MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.96,-93.33 Latitude: 36.96 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 963 374 18.5 17.1 91 1.4 17.5 298 9 294.8 297.1 292.1 331.5 12.82 2 950 491 17.8 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 296 14 295.3 297.6 292.2 331.6 12.66 3 900 953 15.3 12.2 82 3.1 13.4 309 24 297.3 299.1 290.6 326.2 9.97 4 850 1436 13.4 7.8 69 5.6 10.1 298 27 300.2 301.6 289.8 323.3 7.84 5 800 1944 10.1 6.1 76 4.1 7.8 278 31 302.0 303.3 289.9 323.9 7.38 6 750 2477 6.7 3.9 82 2.8 5.1 266 34 303.8 305.1 290.0 324.1 6.75 7 700 3041 3.2 1.0 86 2.1 2.1 254 37 306.0 307.1 290.0 324.0 5.90 8 650 3638 -0.2 -1.4 92 1.2 -0.9 240 43 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.1 5.30 9 600 4275 -4.0 -6.4 84 2.4 -5.0 231 46 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.0 3.96 10 550 4956 -7.9 -14.5 59 6.6 -10.2 230 49 314.7 315.2 289.4 322.1 2.26 11 500 5691 -12.2 -17.1 67 4.9 -13.8 223 54 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.8 1.99 12 450 6489 -16.6 -18.3 87 1.7 -17.1 209 52 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.2 2.01 13 400 7364 -22.8 -23.5 94 0.7 -22.9 203 61 325.4 325.7 291.8 330.4 1.44 14 350 8329 -29.3 -34.8 59 5.4 -30.2 201 72 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.3 0.57 15 300 9411 -37.4 -45.0 45 7.5 -38.1 199 67 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.23 16 250 10646 -44.8 -64.4 9 19.6 -45.4 224 63 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 17 200 12117 -51.9 -72.7 7 20.7 -52.3 241 78 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 13948 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 252 60 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16435 -66.5 -87.5 4 21.0 -66.6 260 42 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.95 m Freezing level: 653.63 mb = 3594.75 m = 11793.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.66 mb = 3458.40 m = 11346.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.35 % Est. max temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.34 mb = 551.39 m = 1809.02 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1656.14 m = 5433.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.24 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.57 mb = 1165.94 m = 3825.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.57 mb = 2781.80 m = 9126.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.57 mb = 5651.38 m = 18541.04 ft B at Equ Level: 58.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.57 mb = 7316.15 m = 24002.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 6.1 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -96.8 tot: -96.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: -5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 146.90 m/s