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: 36.27,-94.77 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 970 322 21.4 20.1 93 1.3 20.5 206 11 297.1 299.9 294.8 341.8 15.48 2 950 504 19.8 19.4 97 0.4 19.5 211 24 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.8 15.05 3 900 969 17.5 17.4 99 0.1 17.4 214 32 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.4 13.99 4 850 1457 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 219 37 302.1 304.3 294.0 338.6 12.38 5 800 1971 13.6 9.7 78 3.9 11.2 215 34 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.3 9.52 6 750 2511 8.9 5.0 76 3.9 6.7 209 32 306.3 307.6 291.3 328.4 7.31 7 700 3077 3.4 1.8 89 1.6 2.6 210 31 306.3 307.4 290.3 325.3 6.25 8 650 3675 0.2 -0.7 93 1.0 -0.3 215 31 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.5 5.59 9 600 4314 -3.0 -3.9 94 0.9 -3.4 218 34 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.7 4.78 10 550 4999 -6.5 -7.3 94 0.8 -6.8 218 39 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.3 4.03 11 500 5739 -10.1 -11.1 93 1.0 -10.5 221 45 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.6 3.29 12 450 6544 -14.8 -16.2 89 1.4 -15.3 226 52 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.7 2.40 13 400 7424 -21.2 -23.3 83 2.1 -21.7 226 60 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.6 1.47 14 350 8395 -28.3 -31.4 75 3.0 -28.9 223 58 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.5 0.79 15 300 9480 -37.1 -40.7 70 3.5 -37.5 226 51 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10710 -48.2 -51.7 67 3.5 -48.4 229 52 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12143 -56.1 -67.8 22 11.7 -56.3 246 84 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13963 -58.1 -82.6 3 24.5 -58.3 264 64 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16455 -68.0 -87.1 5 19.1 -68.1 258 42 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.69 m Freezing level: 646.35 mb = 3721.90 m = 12210.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.76 mb = 3616.44 m = 11864.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.79 mb = 478.28 m = 1569.14 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.57 mb = 878.06 m = 2880.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.38 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1259.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.39 mb = 832.61 m = 2731.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.39 mb = 1070.42 m = 3511.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.39 mb = 1563.54 m = 5129.67 ft B at Equ Level: 17.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.39 mb = 14413.59 m = 47288.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.7 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 246.7 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.9 neg: -38.0 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 63.62 Bulk Shear: 19.80 m/s