MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.87,-91.63 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -91.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 973 301 22.7 20.6 88 2.1 21.2 154 5 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.3 15.88 2 950 504 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.8 179 11 298.6 301.3 294.7 341.8 14.82 3 900 971 18.7 16.1 85 2.5 17.0 193 19 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.7 12.94 4 850 1460 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 13.9 198 24 302.2 304.3 293.2 335.4 11.22 5 800 1972 11.8 9.2 84 2.6 10.2 199 27 303.8 305.4 292.0 331.1 9.15 6 750 2510 9.5 3.3 65 6.3 6.1 203 26 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.6 6.46 7 700 3080 6.7 -0.9 58 7.6 2.8 218 27 309.9 310.9 290.5 325.9 5.12 8 650 3683 1.4 -0.8 85 2.2 0.3 225 33 310.5 311.6 291.1 327.8 5.57 9 600 4322 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.6 -3.7 222 40 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.1 4.76 10 550 5005 -7.3 -8.9 88 1.6 -8.0 221 44 315.4 316.1 290.8 326.8 3.55 11 500 5744 -10.5 -13.1 82 2.5 -11.5 226 46 320.2 320.7 291.6 329.5 2.80 12 450 6547 -16.0 -18.8 79 2.7 -16.9 232 50 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.7 1.93 13 400 7423 -22.1 -25.2 76 3.1 -22.8 237 56 326.3 326.5 291.9 330.6 1.24 14 350 8390 -29.4 -32.5 74 3.1 -29.9 234 50 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.71 15 300 9470 -38.3 -42.0 68 3.7 -38.7 248 66 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.32 16 250 10693 -49.2 -53.5 61 4.3 -49.4 255 72 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12128 -54.4 -68.1 17 13.7 -54.6 252 90 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13954 -58.8 -82.6 3 23.8 -59.0 244 71 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16444 -67.1 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.2 257 44 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.45 m Freezing level: 635.58 mb = 3867.26 m = 12687.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.76 mb = 3722.75 m = 12213.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.53 mb = 563.07 m = 1847.32 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1279.19 m = 4196.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1365.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.04 mb = 1047.18 m = 3435.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.04 mb = 1589.66 m = 5215.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.04 mb = 11602.28 m = 38064.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1349.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.04 mb = 14508.45 m = 47599.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 18.05 Bulk Shear: 75.69 m/s