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: 36.58,-93.67 Latitude: 36.58 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 967 350 20.3 18.8 91 1.5 19.3 223 10 296.4 298.9 293.7 337.6 14.30 2 950 499 19.4 18.5 94 1.0 18.8 226 21 296.9 299.5 293.8 337.9 14.21 3 900 963 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 229 32 298.3 300.7 293.3 336.1 12.99 4 850 1448 13.5 13.3 99 0.2 13.3 230 34 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.5 11.34 5 800 1957 10.2 9.4 95 0.8 9.7 226 36 302.0 303.7 291.6 329.5 9.28 6 750 2492 7.5 4.9 83 2.7 6.0 224 39 304.7 306.1 290.7 326.5 7.24 7 700 3058 4.0 2.3 89 1.7 3.1 231 42 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.7 6.47 8 650 3656 0.3 -0.1 97 0.5 0.1 238 44 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.84 9 600 4295 -3.1 -4.0 94 0.8 -3.6 239 47 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.5 4.75 10 550 4980 -6.4 -7.3 93 0.9 -6.8 236 47 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.5 4.03 11 500 5721 -10.4 -11.6 91 1.2 -10.9 234 47 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.8 3.16 12 450 6524 -15.7 -17.1 89 1.4 -16.2 229 46 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.0 2.22 13 400 7402 -21.3 -23.4 83 2.1 -21.8 217 48 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.4 1.45 14 350 8373 -28.4 -33.0 64 4.7 -29.2 214 57 330.5 330.6 292.5 333.0 0.68 15 300 9456 -37.9 -42.7 61 4.8 -38.3 213 63 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.30 16 250 10681 -48.9 -53.3 60 4.4 -49.0 216 69 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.11 17 200 12140 -51.3 -76.8 3 25.5 -51.7 243 67 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13958 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.3 261 65 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16439 -66.5 -87.3 4 20.8 -66.7 260 48 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.21 m Freezing level: 645.15 mb = 3718.29 m = 12198.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3669.64 m = 12039.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.76 mb = 537.14 m = 1762.24 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.39 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 908.87 m = 2981.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.13 C = 71.83 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 745.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.16 mb = 875.83 m = 2873.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.16 mb = 1018.01 m = 3339.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.16 mb = 11108.99 m = 36446.38 ft B at Equ Level: 723.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.16 mb = 13014.37 m = 42697.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 16.36 Bulk Shear: 45.55 m/s