MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.34,-94.69 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 971 321 18.2 17.4 95 0.9 17.7 285 18 293.8 296.1 291.9 330.8 12.96 2 950 512 17.0 16.5 97 0.6 16.7 285 27 294.5 296.7 291.8 330.3 12.52 3 900 972 14.3 13.5 95 0.7 13.8 292 32 296.2 298.2 291.0 327.6 10.87 4 850 1454 11.9 10.6 92 1.3 11.1 288 31 298.6 300.3 290.6 326.3 9.47 5 800 1960 9.4 8.6 95 0.8 8.9 277 30 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.1 8.78 6 750 2494 6.5 6.3 98 0.3 6.3 266 28 303.7 305.1 291.0 327.6 7.99 7 700 3057 3.3 3.2 99 0.1 3.2 253 28 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.1 6.91 8 650 3655 0.3 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 240 31 309.3 310.4 291.1 327.8 5.99 9 600 4294 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 228 38 312.6 313.6 291.3 328.4 5.00 10 550 4978 -6.9 -7.5 95 0.6 -7.2 226 44 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.6 3.95 11 500 5717 -11.2 -12.6 90 1.4 -11.7 228 46 319.4 319.9 291.4 329.0 2.91 12 450 6517 -16.7 -18.5 86 1.9 -17.2 229 48 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.97 13 400 7392 -22.3 -24.2 85 1.8 -22.8 218 53 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.7 1.35 14 350 8359 -29.1 -31.2 82 2.1 -29.5 204 59 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.5 0.81 15 300 9440 -38.3 -41.0 76 2.7 -38.5 202 62 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.35 16 250 10667 -46.2 -57.2 28 10.9 -46.7 220 61 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12140 -50.9 -75.0 4 24.1 -51.3 247 63 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13964 -61.8 -80.3 7 18.4 -62.0 260 63 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.0 -87.1 4 20.1 -67.1 258 51 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.40 m Freezing level: 645.35 mb = 3714.43 m = 12186.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.26 mb = 3701.03 m = 12142.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.42 C = 75.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.26 mb = 428.60 m = 1406.14 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 931.51 m = 3056.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.44 C = 68.80 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.96 mb = 868.99 m = 2850.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.96 mb = 1592.81 m = 5225.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 585.96 mb = 4479.98 m = 14697.91 ft B at Equ Level: 39.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 435.96 mb = 6752.54 m = 22153.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -31.7 tot: -31.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 64.50 m/s