MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-94.85 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 970 328 24.3 20.7 80 3.6 21.7 196 10 300.1 303.0 296.0 347.0 16.04 2 950 506 22.3 19.3 84 2.9 20.2 200 16 299.8 302.5 295.2 343.7 15.02 3 900 975 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 203 22 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.0 14.10 4 850 1463 15.2 14.8 98 0.4 14.9 209 26 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.1 12.55 5 800 1976 12.8 10.7 87 2.1 11.5 215 28 304.8 306.7 293.1 335.2 10.16 6 750 2516 9.9 7.6 86 2.3 8.5 209 29 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.9 8.76 7 700 3088 7.3 2.7 73 4.6 4.7 215 32 310.5 311.8 292.0 331.1 6.65 8 650 3693 2.4 -3.0 67 5.4 -0.3 221 34 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.4 4.70 9 600 4332 -3.7 -6.6 81 2.8 -5.0 219 37 311.8 312.5 290.0 324.2 3.90 10 550 5014 -8.1 -12.1 73 4.0 -9.6 220 43 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.74 11 500 5749 -11.9 -18.0 61 6.1 -13.9 226 49 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.7 1.86 12 450 6547 -16.8 -21.1 69 4.3 -18.0 232 53 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.5 1.58 13 400 7422 -22.0 -25.9 71 3.8 -22.9 234 58 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.5 1.16 14 350 8390 -29.1 -32.4 73 3.3 -29.7 231 55 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.72 15 300 9471 -38.2 -42.0 67 3.8 -38.5 231 57 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.32 16 250 10696 -48.7 -51.5 73 2.8 -48.8 237 78 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 17 200 12140 -54.2 -71.9 10 17.7 -54.5 243 90 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13959 -59.4 -82.2 4 22.7 -59.6 249 69 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16433 -67.8 -87.4 4 19.6 -67.9 249 47 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.83 m Freezing level: 630.60 mb = 3940.79 m = 12928.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.74 mb = 3658.34 m = 12002.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.23 mb = 782.06 m = 2565.79 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 23.71 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1101.69 m = 3614.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.17 C = 77.30 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1814.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.25 mb = 1029.39 m = 3377.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.25 mb = 1174.02 m = 3851.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.25 mb = 11847.13 m = 38868.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1798.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.25 mb = 15359.15 m = 50390.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 119.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 37.28 Bulk Shear: 48.67 m/s