MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F021.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 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.09,-92.73 Latitude: 36.09 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 975 292 24.1 20.4 80 3.7 21.5 198 8 299.5 302.3 295.6 345.3 15.70 2 950 516 22.0 19.0 83 3.0 19.9 199 15 299.5 302.1 294.8 342.3 14.67 3 900 983 18.1 17.2 95 0.8 17.5 206 21 300.1 302.7 294.5 340.8 13.88 4 850 1472 15.7 14.0 89 1.8 14.6 215 27 302.6 304.8 293.8 337.9 11.90 5 800 1985 12.6 10.4 87 2.2 11.2 220 24 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.3 9.94 6 750 2524 9.1 6.9 86 2.1 7.8 219 21 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.7 8.36 7 700 3094 6.8 0.8 66 6.0 3.6 214 23 310.0 311.1 291.1 327.9 5.80 8 650 3700 3.9 -6.0 48 9.9 -0.7 211 27 313.3 314.1 290.3 325.3 3.74 9 600 4343 -2.2 -6.7 72 4.4 -4.2 213 30 313.6 314.3 290.5 325.9 3.87 10 550 5027 -7.5 -8.3 94 0.9 -7.8 219 35 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.2 3.71 11 500 5764 -11.5 -13.3 87 1.8 -12.1 222 37 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.2 2.75 12 450 6565 -16.1 -18.8 79 2.8 -16.9 227 39 323.1 323.4 291.6 329.6 1.92 13 400 7441 -22.0 -24.6 79 2.6 -22.6 231 45 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.30 14 350 8409 -29.5 -32.2 77 2.8 -29.9 230 46 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.73 15 300 9488 -38.3 -42.1 67 3.8 -38.7 237 59 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.31 16 250 10713 -48.8 -52.6 65 3.7 -49.0 245 71 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12157 -53.1 -77.6 4 24.5 -53.4 252 93 348.7 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.00 18 150 13988 -59.3 -82.0 4 22.7 -59.5 246 71 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16456 -68.1 -87.6 5 19.5 -68.2 253 39 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.09 m Freezing level: 618.18 mb = 4108.88 m = 13480.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.61 mb = 3592.08 m = 11784.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.66 mb = 759.02 m = 2490.19 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1121.78 m = 3680.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1529.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.92 mb = 1012.61 m = 3322.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.92 mb = 1552.92 m = 5094.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.92 mb = 11483.78 m = 37675.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1525.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.92 mb = 14769.66 m = 48456.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.3 neg: -9.6 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 61.42 Bulk Shear: 24.90 m/s