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: 36.94,-92.47 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 970 342 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 174 4 294.9 297.3 292.5 332.9 13.25 2 950 522 19.7 17.5 87 2.2 18.2 210 16 297.1 299.6 293.3 335.8 13.36 3 900 988 18.7 16.6 88 2.1 17.2 234 33 300.7 303.2 294.3 339.8 13.31 4 850 1478 16.8 13.0 78 3.8 14.3 244 35 303.7 305.8 293.6 336.9 11.14 5 800 1993 13.5 10.9 84 2.6 11.9 251 25 305.5 307.5 293.4 336.5 10.31 6 750 2534 9.4 8.9 97 0.5 9.0 246 20 306.8 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.57 7 700 3104 6.9 2.3 73 4.6 4.4 236 26 310.1 311.3 291.7 330.1 6.46 8 650 3709 2.9 -3.4 63 6.4 -0.2 231 32 312.3 313.2 290.7 326.7 4.57 9 600 4350 -3.0 -4.1 92 1.2 -3.5 238 37 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.5 4.70 10 550 5034 -7.4 -9.8 83 2.4 -8.4 239 42 315.3 316.0 290.6 326.0 3.32 11 500 5771 -12.0 -14.5 81 2.5 -12.9 237 42 318.5 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.49 12 450 6569 -17.0 -19.5 81 2.5 -17.8 240 42 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.0 1.81 13 400 7442 -22.5 -28.7 57 6.2 -23.8 240 44 325.8 325.9 291.4 329.0 0.90 14 350 8408 -29.5 -43.1 26 13.6 -31.0 239 53 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.24 15 300 9486 -38.5 -50.6 27 12.1 -39.3 247 60 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.5 0.12 16 250 10712 -48.1 -51.8 65 3.7 -48.2 250 76 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12155 -53.2 -70.5 10 17.3 -53.5 253 90 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13978 -61.4 -82.3 5 20.9 -61.6 255 79 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16446 -68.2 -87.5 5 19.3 -68.3 251 40 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.32 m Freezing level: 625.10 mb = 4028.32 m = 13216.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.73 mb = 3687.28 m = 12097.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.54 mb = 534.91 m = 1754.94 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1766.04 m = 5794.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.28 mb = 1090.73 m = 3578.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.28 mb = 2486.23 m = 8156.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.28 mb = 11132.28 m = 36522.77 ft B at Equ Level: 906.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.28 mb = 13799.57 m = 45273.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.1 neg: -24.1 tot: 201.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 23.75 Bulk Shear: 38.76 m/s