MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 10Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.96,-92.81 Latitude: 36.96 Longitude: -92.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 963 396 17.4 14.7 84 2.6 15.7 183 4 293.7 295.7 290.3 325.1 10.99 2 950 513 21.1 16.3 74 4.9 17.9 208 17 298.6 300.9 292.9 334.5 12.33 3 900 982 19.9 13.5 67 6.4 15.7 233 35 302.0 304.0 292.8 334.1 10.86 4 850 1472 16.9 11.1 69 5.7 13.2 252 32 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.1 9.82 5 800 1987 14.0 8.9 71 5.1 10.9 274 25 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.2 9.00 6 750 2529 10.4 7.0 79 3.4 8.3 268 24 307.9 309.4 292.6 333.4 8.38 7 700 3101 7.4 1.4 65 6.0 4.1 245 26 310.7 311.9 291.6 329.5 6.05 8 650 3707 2.8 0.3 84 2.5 1.5 241 31 312.2 313.3 292.0 331.0 6.04 9 600 4349 -2.3 -5.1 81 2.8 -3.6 250 36 313.4 314.3 290.9 327.3 4.36 10 550 5035 -6.1 -17.5 40 11.5 -9.9 250 37 316.9 317.2 289.6 322.7 1.75 11 500 5773 -11.2 -25.5 29 14.4 -14.9 244 37 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.8 0.96 12 450 6573 -16.8 -31.8 26 15.0 -19.8 244 39 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.59 13 400 7446 -22.1 -40.7 17 18.5 -24.8 246 45 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.27 14 350 8414 -29.2 -46.4 17 17.2 -30.9 244 50 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 15 300 9493 -38.4 -51.2 25 12.8 -39.2 252 58 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 16 250 10720 -48.0 -55.3 42 7.3 -48.2 262 75 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12164 -53.6 -68.8 14 15.2 -53.9 258 84 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13988 -61.0 -82.5 4 21.5 -61.2 254 76 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -69.9 -87.5 6 17.7 -69.9 244 39 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.62 m Freezing level: 622.58 mb = 4058.72 m = 13315.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.44 mb = 3888.36 m = 12756.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.65 mb = 738.16 m = 2421.76 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2377.38 m = 7799.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 200.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.06 mb = 1582.39 m = 5191.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.06 mb = 3905.82 m = 12814.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.06 mb = 9860.16 m = 32349.21 ft B at Equ Level: 255.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.06 mb = 12034.03 m = 39481.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.8 neg: -5.5 tot: 256.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 7.39 Bulk Shear: 34.68 m/s