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: 36.31,-93.7 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 961 412 23.7 20.1 80 3.6 21.2 200 9 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.2 15.64 2 950 509 22.5 18.9 80 3.6 20.0 200 14 300.0 302.7 295.0 342.9 14.65 3 900 977 18.3 17.4 94 1.0 17.7 203 21 300.4 302.9 294.7 341.4 13.99 4 850 1466 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.6 210 27 302.1 304.3 293.8 337.9 12.14 5 800 1978 12.2 10.2 88 2.0 11.0 213 28 304.1 306.0 292.7 333.5 9.82 6 750 2517 10.8 4.0 63 6.8 6.9 210 28 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.1 6.80 7 700 3091 8.0 -0.2 56 8.2 3.7 216 29 311.3 312.4 291.2 328.1 5.38 8 650 3696 1.9 -1.2 80 3.1 0.3 223 32 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.40 9 600 4335 -3.9 -6.3 84 2.4 -5.0 225 36 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.2 3.99 10 550 5016 -8.1 -15.0 57 6.9 -10.5 225 42 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.17 11 500 5751 -11.8 -17.3 64 5.4 -13.6 226 48 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.2 1.97 12 450 6551 -16.5 -18.7 83 2.2 -17.1 230 51 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.1 1.95 13 400 7426 -22.3 -25.8 73 3.5 -23.1 233 55 326.0 326.3 291.7 330.2 1.17 14 350 8393 -29.4 -31.1 85 1.7 -29.7 229 47 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.1 0.81 15 300 9473 -38.3 -40.9 77 2.6 -38.6 239 64 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.36 16 250 10698 -48.6 -51.3 73 2.7 -48.7 243 77 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 17 200 12141 -54.4 -71.1 11 16.7 -54.6 246 90 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13956 -59.5 -82.4 4 22.9 -59.7 248 73 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16439 -66.9 -87.6 4 20.7 -67.0 254 43 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.04 m Freezing level: 633.67 mb = 3904.37 m = 12809.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.03 mb = 3732.29 m = 12244.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.62 mb = 865.96 m = 2841.05 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 24.52 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1191.14 m = 3907.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1588.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.48 mb = 1116.01 m = 3661.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.48 mb = 1360.78 m = 4464.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.48 mb = 11510.58 m = 37763.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1587.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.48 mb = 14810.01 m = 48588.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 114.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 32.91 Bulk Shear: 48.25 m/s