MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.81,-91.70 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -91.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 971 309 20.6 19.5 93 1.1 19.9 211 8 296.2 298.9 294.1 339.0 14.85 2 950 501 19.5 18.7 95 0.8 19.0 216 20 297.0 299.6 294.0 338.8 14.45 3 900 965 16.7 14.7 88 2.0 15.4 222 28 298.7 300.9 292.5 332.9 11.74 4 850 1451 14.1 10.4 78 3.7 11.9 222 34 300.9 302.7 291.3 328.6 9.37 5 800 1961 11.2 6.9 75 4.2 8.7 221 39 303.1 304.5 290.7 326.5 7.84 6 750 2497 7.5 4.4 81 3.1 5.8 219 44 304.8 306.1 290.6 326.0 7.02 7 700 3061 3.3 2.4 94 0.9 2.8 219 47 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.0 6.52 8 650 3660 0.5 0.3 99 0.2 0.4 223 50 309.5 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.04 9 600 4300 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.4 230 51 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.3 5.34 10 550 4987 -5.8 -6.0 99 0.1 -5.9 235 50 317.2 318.0 292.1 331.5 4.46 11 500 5729 -10.0 -10.4 97 0.4 -10.1 235 48 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.3 3.47 12 450 6534 -14.6 -15.6 92 1.0 -14.9 231 48 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.5 2.53 13 400 7416 -20.3 -22.0 86 1.7 -20.8 226 49 328.6 328.9 292.9 334.3 1.64 14 350 8391 -27.6 -30.4 77 2.9 -28.1 224 51 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.8 0.87 15 300 9478 -36.7 -40.3 69 3.6 -37.1 220 52 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.38 16 250 10709 -48.2 -51.4 69 3.2 -48.4 217 50 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12145 -54.8 -68.9 16 14.1 -55.1 246 70 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13953 -60.9 -81.0 5 20.1 -61.1 263 60 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16447 -68.4 -87.3 5 18.9 -68.5 256 44 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.95 m Freezing level: 641.09 mb = 3773.58 m = 12380.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.36 mb = 3754.12 m = 12316.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.20 mb = 444.86 m = 1459.51 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1166.95 m = 3828.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.61 mb = 969.10 m = 3179.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.61 mb = 1706.01 m = 5597.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.61 mb = 7702.61 m = 25270.74 ft B at Equ Level: 297.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.61 mb = 12316.96 m = 40409.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 207.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 3.99 Bulk Shear: 74.82 m/s