MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 26 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-91.93 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 84 SFC 983 238 27.2 19.4 62 7.9 21.7 215 12 301.9 304.6 295.4 344.8 14.54 2 950 533 22.8 17.7 73 5.1 19.3 218 18 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.9 13.51 3 900 1002 18.9 16.1 84 2.8 17.0 222 22 301.0 303.3 294.0 338.9 12.90 4 850 1491 15.5 13.4 88 2.0 14.1 225 25 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.2 11.46 5 800 2003 12.1 9.7 85 2.4 10.6 227 17 304.1 305.8 292.3 332.4 9.47 6 750 2542 9.5 4.1 69 5.4 6.5 210 15 306.9 308.2 291.1 327.9 6.88 7 700 3112 7.2 -1.3 54 8.6 2.8 214 20 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.9 4.95 8 650 3717 2.5 -0.8 79 3.2 0.8 230 25 311.8 312.8 291.5 329.2 5.58 9 600 4359 -2.0 -6.6 71 4.5 -4.1 236 31 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.2 3.90 10 550 5044 -7.2 -11.1 73 3.9 -8.7 235 35 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.3 2.98 11 500 5780 -12.0 -15.6 74 3.6 -13.2 235 37 318.5 318.9 290.6 326.0 2.27 12 450 6578 -16.8 -21.7 66 4.9 -18.1 235 37 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.3 1.50 13 400 7454 -21.2 -47.3 8 26.1 -24.4 238 47 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.13 14 350 8425 -28.3 -48.3 13 19.9 -30.3 241 56 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 15 300 9509 -37.1 -51.3 22 14.1 -38.1 244 65 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.11 16 250 10740 -47.7 -51.4 65 3.7 -47.9 246 73 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12178 -55.0 -66.9 22 11.9 -55.2 249 86 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13994 -61.9 -81.3 6 19.4 -62.0 254 76 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16449 -68.5 -87.8 5 19.2 -68.7 251 40 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.05 m Freezing level: 622.57 mb = 4068.89 m = 13349.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.97 mb = 3816.43 m = 12520.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.21 mb = 1231.08 m = 4038.93 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 18.86 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1430.20 m = 4692.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1141.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.17 mb = 1270.54 m = 4168.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.17 mb = 1619.34 m = 5312.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.17 mb = 11356.96 m = 37259.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1140.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.17 mb = 14535.29 m = 47687.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.4 neg: -28.2 tot: 43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 94.49 Bulk Shear: 12.08 m/s