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: 36.89,-93.57 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 392 22.5 20.4 88 2.2 21.1 184 9 298.9 301.8 295.6 345.2 15.87 2 950 506 21.1 19.3 89 1.8 19.8 193 12 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 14.98 3 900 972 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 203 18 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.6 14.03 4 850 1460 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 211 23 301.6 303.9 293.7 337.5 12.16 5 800 1972 12.5 10.0 85 2.4 11.0 216 22 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.5 9.71 6 750 2512 10.0 5.8 75 4.2 7.6 216 26 307.5 308.9 292.0 331.1 7.76 7 700 3084 7.4 0.7 63 6.7 3.8 220 32 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.6 5.78 8 650 3688 1.5 -3.4 70 4.9 -0.9 225 35 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.0 4.57 9 600 4325 -4.5 -6.9 83 2.5 -5.5 225 40 310.9 311.7 289.6 322.9 3.79 10 550 5005 -8.5 -11.6 79 3.1 -9.7 226 47 313.9 314.5 289.8 323.2 2.86 11 500 5739 -12.3 -15.1 80 2.8 -13.3 230 52 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.8 2.36 12 450 6538 -16.6 -18.9 83 2.2 -17.3 233 56 322.3 322.7 291.4 328.9 1.91 13 400 7414 -21.8 -24.8 77 2.9 -22.5 234 59 326.6 326.9 292.0 331.1 1.28 14 350 8382 -29.2 -31.3 81 2.2 -29.5 228 49 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.3 0.80 15 300 9461 -38.8 -41.2 78 2.4 -39.0 235 62 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.35 16 250 10684 -49.2 -52.2 71 3.0 -49.3 242 77 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 17 200 12119 -55.4 -67.8 20 12.4 -55.6 244 94 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13940 -59.3 -82.1 4 22.7 -59.6 247 68 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.3 -87.5 4 21.1 -66.5 255 46 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.50 m Freezing level: 637.49 mb = 3847.16 m = 12621.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.16 mb = 3573.62 m = 11724.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.28 C = 81.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.01 mb = 661.76 m = 2171.10 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 972.50 m = 3190.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.76 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 26.65 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1604.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.03 mb = 962.65 m = 3158.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.03 mb = 1010.24 m = 3314.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.03 mb = 11623.43 m = 38134.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1600.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.03 mb = 15008.50 m = 49239.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 133.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 22.29 Bulk Shear: 71.96 m/s