MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-91.38 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 978 252 20.0 18.9 94 1.1 19.3 207 9 295.1 297.6 293.3 335.8 14.23 2 950 498 18.4 17.9 97 0.5 18.1 214 24 295.9 298.4 293.2 335.4 13.74 3 900 961 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 219 31 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.1 11.55 4 850 1445 12.9 10.7 86 2.2 11.6 228 35 299.7 301.4 291.0 327.7 9.55 5 800 1952 10.5 7.7 83 2.8 8.9 235 38 302.3 303.9 290.9 327.0 8.28 6 750 2488 7.3 5.1 85 2.3 6.1 239 39 304.6 305.9 290.7 326.6 7.34 7 700 3053 3.7 2.7 93 1.0 3.2 243 42 306.6 307.8 290.8 326.9 6.66 8 650 3652 0.6 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 245 50 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.03 9 600 4290 -3.0 -4.1 92 1.1 -3.6 247 52 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.5 4.71 10 550 4976 -6.5 -7.7 91 1.2 -7.0 241 48 316.4 317.1 291.4 328.9 3.89 11 500 5716 -10.4 -11.3 93 0.8 -10.8 234 45 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.0 3.23 12 450 6519 -15.1 -16.5 89 1.4 -15.6 229 45 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.1 2.33 13 400 7399 -21.0 -23.1 83 2.1 -21.5 223 51 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.9 1.49 14 350 8370 -28.5 -30.9 79 2.4 -28.9 218 57 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.4 0.83 15 300 9454 -37.6 -40.1 77 2.6 -37.8 212 58 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.9 0.39 16 250 10683 -47.6 -51.3 65 3.8 -47.7 213 73 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12141 -53.1 -72.5 8 19.5 -53.4 247 71 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13964 -60.2 -82.3 4 22.1 -60.4 252 65 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16451 -65.4 -87.3 3 21.9 -65.6 258 31 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.01 m Freezing level: 642.25 mb = 3750.61 m = 12304.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.60 mb = 3718.08 m = 12198.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.67 mb = 384.12 m = 1260.22 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.19 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.49 mb = 918.21 m = 3012.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.37 C = 72.26 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 221.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.35 mb = 825.45 m = 2708.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.35 mb = 1157.22 m = 3796.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.35 mb = 6870.25 m = 22539.93 ft B at Equ Level: 221.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.35 mb = 11246.18 m = 36896.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 3.12 Bulk Shear: 70.86 m/s