MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.85,-90.73 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -90.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 985 199 22.4 20.7 90 1.6 21.2 189 7 296.8 299.7 294.9 342.5 15.83 2 950 512 19.7 19.3 98 0.4 19.5 197 20 297.2 299.9 294.5 340.7 15.04 3 900 977 17.5 17.1 98 0.4 17.2 201 26 299.5 302.0 294.3 339.7 13.77 4 850 1465 15.0 13.6 91 1.4 14.1 208 29 301.9 304.0 293.3 336.1 11.60 5 800 1977 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 10.9 210 28 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.4 10.00 6 750 2514 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 211 27 305.3 306.9 291.7 329.9 8.17 7 700 3081 5.3 1.1 75 4.1 3.1 213 28 308.3 309.4 290.7 326.6 5.95 8 650 3682 1.2 -1.8 80 3.1 -0.3 212 32 310.4 311.3 290.7 326.4 5.15 9 600 4322 -2.8 -4.6 88 1.8 -3.6 211 36 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.2 4.54 10 550 5007 -6.6 -7.7 92 1.0 -7.1 214 41 316.2 317.0 291.4 328.8 3.90 11 500 5747 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.4 -10.7 222 43 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.2 3.17 12 450 6551 -15.2 -17.3 84 2.1 -15.9 231 45 324.1 324.5 292.1 331.5 2.18 13 400 7430 -21.3 -24.0 79 2.7 -22.0 238 48 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.1 1.37 14 350 8400 -28.7 -31.5 77 2.8 -29.2 232 45 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.79 15 300 9483 -37.9 -40.9 73 3.0 -38.2 243 50 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.36 16 250 10709 -48.9 -52.1 69 3.2 -49.0 254 57 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12134 -57.5 -64.3 42 6.8 -57.6 261 85 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 13966 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 242 65 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16448 -68.0 -87.3 5 19.3 -68.1 261 41 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.20 m Freezing level: 634.76 mb = 3877.13 m = 12720.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.88 mb = 3621.39 m = 11881.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.75 mb = 405.18 m = 1329.32 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 788.81 m = 2587.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1383.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.05 mb = 731.69 m = 2400.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.05 mb = 1062.65 m = 3486.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.05 mb = 12101.07 m = 39701.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1366.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.05 mb = 14792.54 m = 48531.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 113.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 35.96 Bulk Shear: 38.46 m/s