MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36,-92.64 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 976 290 21.8 18.4 81 3.4 19.5 206 8 296.9 299.4 293.5 336.7 13.76 2 950 528 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.7 217 25 298.4 300.9 293.7 337.6 13.50 3 900 996 19.8 15.6 77 4.2 17.0 225 35 302.0 304.2 294.0 338.8 12.47 4 850 1487 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.2 234 25 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.5 10.76 5 800 2003 14.1 10.2 77 3.9 11.6 251 9 306.1 308.0 293.2 335.7 9.80 6 750 2544 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.2 257 8 307.5 309.2 293.3 335.9 9.40 7 700 3116 7.4 0.1 60 7.3 3.5 227 17 310.6 311.7 291.1 327.8 5.51 8 650 3721 3.0 -1.9 70 5.0 0.5 215 21 312.4 313.4 291.3 328.5 5.12 9 600 4364 -2.2 -3.6 91 1.3 -2.9 233 24 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.0 4.90 10 550 5050 -6.8 -11.5 69 4.7 -8.7 238 30 316.0 316.6 290.4 325.4 2.88 11 500 5787 -12.0 -21.4 45 9.4 -14.7 234 34 318.4 318.6 289.7 323.0 1.38 12 450 6582 -17.7 -22.3 68 4.5 -19.0 235 37 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.8 1.42 13 400 7456 -21.3 -40.3 16 18.9 -24.1 241 45 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.4 0.29 14 350 8426 -29.1 -47.7 15 18.6 -30.9 241 51 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 15 300 9507 -37.8 -51.7 22 13.9 -38.7 248 61 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 16 250 10736 -47.7 -53.0 54 5.3 -47.9 249 71 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12188 -51.6 -73.4 6 21.8 -52.0 254 87 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14014 -61.4 -82.0 5 20.6 -61.6 260 71 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16463 -69.2 -86.7 6 17.5 -69.2 251 42 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.08 m Freezing level: 621.16 mb = 4091.93 m = 13424.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.09 mb = 3819.70 m = 12531.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.16 mb = 719.97 m = 2362.07 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.79 mb = 1952.18 m = 6404.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 855.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.93 mb = 1238.75 m = 4064.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.93 mb = 3353.50 m = 11002.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.93 mb = 11003.74 m = 36101.08 ft B at Equ Level: 849.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.93 mb = 13606.75 m = 44641.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.3 neg: -30.0 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 206.00 Bulk Shear: 4.15 m/s