MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.2,-93.19 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 958 458 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.2 219 10 299.4 302.1 294.8 342.2 14.68 2 950 528 21.4 18.5 84 2.9 19.4 217 16 298.9 301.4 294.4 340.2 14.21 3 900 995 18.7 16.3 86 2.4 17.1 228 31 300.8 303.1 294.1 339.1 13.07 4 850 1486 17.1 12.2 73 4.9 14.0 236 30 304.1 306.1 293.2 335.6 10.57 5 800 2001 13.8 10.7 82 3.0 11.9 238 22 305.8 307.7 293.4 336.4 10.18 6 750 2542 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 235 16 307.4 309.2 293.3 336.0 9.46 7 700 3113 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.6 226 21 310.2 311.4 291.9 330.9 6.71 8 650 3718 2.7 -1.7 73 4.4 0.4 220 26 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.3 5.19 9 600 4360 -2.4 -5.2 81 2.8 -3.7 225 30 313.3 314.1 290.9 327.0 4.32 10 550 5045 -7.0 -11.0 73 4.0 -8.6 227 34 315.8 316.3 290.4 325.5 3.01 11 500 5781 -12.0 -15.0 78 3.1 -13.0 229 36 318.5 318.9 290.7 326.4 2.38 12 450 6580 -17.0 -20.5 74 3.5 -18.0 233 37 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.5 1.66 13 400 7453 -22.6 -31.6 44 9.0 -24.3 237 42 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.68 14 350 8419 -29.3 -46.4 18 17.0 -31.0 237 54 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.17 15 300 9499 -38.2 -51.2 24 13.0 -39.0 242 64 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 16 250 10726 -47.9 -51.8 64 3.9 -48.1 246 79 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12174 -52.0 -72.3 7 20.3 -52.4 252 93 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14004 -60.7 -82.5 4 21.9 -60.9 254 74 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16457 -70.2 -87.2 7 17.0 -70.2 251 41 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.47 m Freezing level: 623.91 mb = 4053.09 m = 13297.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.83 mb = 3782.21 m = 12408.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.14 mb = 898.40 m = 2947.46 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 10.92 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1871.20 m = 6139.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 37.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1089.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.78 mb = 1308.07 m = 4291.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.78 mb = 2511.09 m = 8238.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.78 mb = 11189.26 m = 36709.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1077.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.78 mb = 13886.55 m = 45558.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.2 neg: -26.2 tot: 79.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 177.35 Bulk Shear: 6.14 m/s