MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-94.93 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 972 315 21.2 20.0 93 1.2 20.4 190 11 296.8 299.6 294.6 341.0 15.30 2 950 512 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 195 21 296.9 299.6 294.3 339.7 14.83 3 900 977 18.1 16.9 93 1.2 17.3 210 32 300.2 302.7 294.3 340.0 13.58 4 850 1467 17.4 11.9 70 5.4 13.8 227 28 304.3 306.3 293.2 335.3 10.38 5 800 1983 14.4 11.1 81 3.3 12.3 231 22 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.0 10.46 6 750 2526 10.3 9.5 95 0.8 9.8 222 23 307.8 309.6 293.9 338.1 10.01 7 700 3097 6.0 5.1 94 0.9 5.5 219 25 309.2 310.6 292.6 333.3 7.89 8 650 3700 2.5 -4.3 61 6.7 -0.7 230 30 311.7 312.6 290.3 325.3 4.29 9 600 4341 -2.8 -9.0 62 6.2 -5.4 240 32 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.2 3.23 10 550 5024 -7.6 -12.3 69 4.7 -9.4 236 37 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.9 2.70 11 500 5760 -11.9 -15.4 75 3.5 -13.0 233 42 318.6 319.0 290.6 326.3 2.31 12 450 6559 -17.1 -20.5 75 3.4 -18.1 230 47 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.66 13 400 7431 -23.3 -28.4 63 5.1 -24.3 232 58 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.0 0.92 14 350 8394 -30.4 -34.7 66 4.3 -31.0 231 57 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.9 0.57 15 300 9470 -38.9 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.2 231 63 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.32 16 250 10693 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 235 91 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12139 -53.0 -74.4 6 21.4 -53.4 245 96 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13975 -58.2 -82.0 3 23.8 -58.5 255 69 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16451 -69.2 -87.4 5 18.2 -69.3 253 42 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.74 m Freezing level: 626.50 mb = 4001.38 m = 13127.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.97 mb = 3625.90 m = 11895.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.48 mb = 470.93 m = 1545.03 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 14.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1717.47 m = 5634.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 40.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1376.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.49 mb = 934.44 m = 3065.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.49 mb = 2643.01 m = 8671.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.49 mb = 11247.64 m = 36901.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1372.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.49 mb = 14418.25 m = 47303.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.3 neg: -16.7 tot: 152.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 40.21 Bulk Shear: 34.23 m/s