MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.25,-93.65 Latitude: 36.25 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 959 432 23.8 19.9 79 3.9 21.1 199 10 300.5 303.4 295.7 345.9 15.46 2 950 510 22.6 18.9 79 3.8 20.0 200 14 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.8 14.58 3 900 978 18.4 17.2 93 1.1 17.6 203 21 300.4 303.0 294.6 341.1 13.87 4 850 1466 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 210 27 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.6 12.00 5 800 1979 12.2 10.1 87 2.0 10.9 212 28 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.3 9.78 6 750 2518 10.9 3.5 60 7.4 6.8 209 27 308.4 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.60 7 700 3092 8.1 -0.2 56 8.2 3.7 216 29 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.3 5.40 8 650 3697 2.0 -1.4 79 3.3 0.3 223 31 311.2 312.2 291.1 327.8 5.33 9 600 4336 -3.8 -6.6 81 2.9 -5.0 226 35 311.8 312.5 290.0 324.0 3.88 10 550 5017 -8.0 -15.2 56 7.2 -10.5 226 41 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.6 2.13 11 500 5753 -11.8 -17.1 65 5.3 -13.6 226 47 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.3 2.00 12 450 6553 -16.5 -18.6 84 2.1 -17.1 229 50 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.2 1.96 13 400 7427 -22.4 -26.1 72 3.6 -23.2 233 54 325.8 326.1 291.7 329.9 1.14 14 350 8394 -29.5 -31.2 85 1.7 -29.8 229 47 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.8 0.80 15 300 9474 -38.3 -41.3 73 3.0 -38.5 239 66 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10699 -48.4 -51.1 73 2.7 -48.5 242 79 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.14 17 200 12144 -54.3 -71.5 10 17.2 -54.6 246 90 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13959 -59.6 -82.3 4 22.7 -59.8 247 74 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.1 -87.6 4 20.5 -67.2 253 43 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.18 m Freezing level: 632.95 mb = 3914.99 m = 12844.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.59 mb = 3726.70 m = 12226.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.14 mb = 918.96 m = 3014.93 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.27 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1247.33 m = 4092.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1522.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.44 mb = 1155.96 m = 3792.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.44 mb = 1401.92 m = 4599.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 756.44 mb = 2446.88 m = 8027.74 ft B at Equ Level: 26.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.44 mb = 15004.86 m = 49227.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.9 neg: -4.4 tot: 110.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 32.85 Bulk Shear: 46.34 m/s