MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.94,-92.73 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 965 383 17.8 16.3 91 1.5 16.8 162 4 293.9 296.1 291.3 328.6 12.15 2 950 518 20.0 17.0 83 3.0 18.0 209 13 297.5 299.8 293.0 335.0 12.96 3 900 985 19.2 16.8 86 2.4 17.5 232 35 301.2 303.7 294.5 340.9 13.47 4 850 1476 16.9 13.1 78 3.8 14.4 246 34 303.9 306.0 293.6 337.3 11.22 5 800 1991 13.4 11.0 85 2.4 11.9 255 25 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.6 10.38 6 750 2531 9.5 8.8 96 0.6 9.1 255 19 306.9 308.6 293.2 335.7 9.55 7 700 3101 6.8 2.9 76 3.8 4.6 241 26 310.0 311.3 291.9 330.9 6.77 8 650 3707 3.0 -2.3 68 5.3 0.3 234 33 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.0 4.98 9 600 4348 -2.6 -5.4 81 2.8 -3.9 242 39 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.6 4.25 10 550 5033 -6.7 -13.2 60 6.5 -9.1 243 42 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.4 2.52 11 500 5770 -12.0 -15.8 74 3.7 -13.3 239 42 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.24 12 450 6568 -17.5 -19.6 83 2.1 -18.1 241 44 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.4 1.80 13 400 7440 -22.8 -29.2 56 6.5 -24.1 243 46 325.4 325.5 291.3 328.4 0.85 14 350 8405 -29.5 -46.9 17 17.4 -31.2 242 53 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9484 -38.4 -52.3 22 13.9 -39.2 248 61 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 16 250 10710 -48.1 -51.9 65 3.8 -48.3 252 76 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12153 -53.2 -70.3 11 17.1 -53.5 254 90 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13976 -61.4 -82.0 5 20.6 -61.5 256 79 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.4 -87.4 5 19.0 -68.5 251 39 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.98 m Freezing level: 623.38 mb = 4048.24 m = 13281.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.97 mb = 3756.45 m = 12324.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.76 mb = 574.90 m = 1886.13 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1814.11 m = 5951.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.15 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 943.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.18 mb = 1195.70 m = 3922.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.18 mb = 2495.83 m = 8188.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.18 mb = 11160.63 m = 36615.79 ft B at Equ Level: 928.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.18 mb = 13842.71 m = 45415.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.0 neg: -22.0 tot: 229.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 23.60 Bulk Shear: 39.96 m/s