MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.8,-92.81 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -92.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 971 340 21.6 18.7 83 2.9 19.6 219 7 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.2 14.14 2 950 527 20.2 17.7 86 2.5 18.5 223 17 297.7 300.1 293.6 336.9 13.52 3 900 993 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 231 31 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.8 13.15 4 850 1482 16.2 13.5 84 2.7 14.4 239 31 303.1 305.3 293.6 337.3 11.51 5 800 1996 12.6 11.6 94 0.9 12.0 245 25 304.5 306.5 293.6 336.9 10.83 6 750 2536 9.8 8.1 89 1.7 8.8 221 22 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.6 9.05 7 700 3107 6.9 1.1 67 5.8 3.8 213 28 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.5 5.95 8 650 3711 1.8 -0.4 85 2.2 0.7 221 33 311.0 312.1 291.4 328.9 5.73 9 600 4352 -2.5 -6.5 74 4.0 -4.3 234 37 313.2 314.0 290.5 325.7 3.91 10 550 5036 -7.3 -12.1 69 4.8 -9.1 238 40 315.4 316.0 290.1 324.4 2.76 11 500 5772 -12.0 -16.4 69 4.5 -13.5 237 43 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.5 2.12 12 450 6570 -16.9 -21.3 68 4.5 -18.1 237 43 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.3 1.55 13 400 7444 -22.6 -31.8 43 9.2 -24.3 241 46 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.67 14 350 8409 -29.5 -40.6 33 11.1 -30.9 240 54 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.32 15 300 9489 -38.2 -51.2 24 13.0 -39.0 245 65 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 16 250 10716 -47.9 -51.2 68 3.3 -48.0 249 78 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12156 -53.8 -68.9 14 15.1 -54.1 250 90 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13982 -60.7 -82.8 4 22.1 -60.9 256 77 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16441 -69.8 -87.6 6 17.8 -69.9 247 41 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.17 m Freezing level: 628.90 mb = 3981.31 m = 13061.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3793.54 m = 12445.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.98 mb = 710.44 m = 2330.82 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 10.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.48 mb = 1598.08 m = 5242.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.63 mb = 1092.14 m = 3583.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.63 mb = 2707.56 m = 8882.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.63 mb = 11125.73 m = 36501.31 ft B at Equ Level: 958.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.63 mb = 13789.21 m = 45239.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.8 neg: -23.9 tot: 118.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 34.52 Bulk Shear: 28.04 m/s