MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.2,-92.96 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 970 340 18.4 16.4 88 2.0 17.1 285 1 294.1 296.2 291.4 328.8 12.15 2 950 524 20.4 18.2 87 2.2 18.9 230 16 297.9 300.4 293.9 338.5 13.98 3 900 991 19.2 16.4 84 2.7 17.3 238 33 301.2 303.7 294.3 340.0 13.16 4 850 1482 16.8 13.0 78 3.8 14.4 243 32 303.8 305.9 293.6 337.0 11.17 5 800 1996 13.3 10.9 86 2.3 11.8 252 23 305.3 307.2 293.4 336.2 10.31 6 750 2537 9.8 8.9 94 0.9 9.2 254 15 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.2 9.56 7 700 3108 7.1 2.7 74 4.4 4.6 229 18 310.4 311.6 292.0 330.9 6.66 8 650 3713 2.8 -0.8 77 3.5 1.0 220 22 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.6 5.57 9 600 4356 -1.9 -5.2 78 3.3 -3.5 229 27 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.6 4.33 10 550 5042 -6.2 -14.1 53 7.9 -9.1 229 33 316.7 317.2 290.1 324.4 2.33 11 500 5781 -11.5 -17.9 59 6.3 -13.6 233 36 319.0 319.4 290.4 325.3 1.88 12 450 6579 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.5 241 36 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.79 13 400 7455 -21.7 -35.3 28 13.6 -24.0 245 43 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.48 14 350 8424 -29.2 -50.4 11 21.2 -31.0 243 50 329.4 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 15 300 9503 -38.4 -50.6 27 12.2 -39.2 248 55 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10730 -47.7 -51.7 63 4.0 -47.9 256 72 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12178 -52.5 -71.3 9 18.8 -52.8 258 85 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14005 -61.4 -82.3 5 20.9 -61.6 258 74 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16452 -69.5 -86.8 6 17.3 -69.5 249 40 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.01 m Freezing level: 620.50 mb = 4092.58 m = 13426.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.25 mb = 3847.29 m = 12622.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.94 mb = 597.63 m = 1960.70 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1737.16 m = 5699.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 856.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.05 mb = 1134.89 m = 3723.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.05 mb = 2647.61 m = 8686.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.05 mb = 2990.13 m = 9810.01 ft B at Equ Level: 23.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.05 mb = 13593.16 m = 44596.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.8 neg: -11.7 tot: 92.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 68.43 Bulk Shear: 12.52 m/s