MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 15Z 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 20.3 18.5 90 1.8 19.1 180 4 296.0 298.6 293.4 336.3 13.99 2 950 522 19.5 17.8 90 1.6 18.4 212 14 296.9 299.4 293.4 336.4 13.65 3 900 987 17.9 16.4 91 1.4 16.9 231 30 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.5 13.17 4 850 1476 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 242 34 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.7 10.77 5 800 1991 13.7 10.4 81 3.3 11.6 246 26 305.7 307.6 293.2 335.6 9.95 6 750 2532 9.5 9.2 98 0.2 9.3 241 22 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.5 9.81 7 700 3102 6.4 3.3 80 3.1 4.6 234 26 309.6 310.9 292.0 330.9 6.94 8 650 3707 3.0 -4.6 57 7.6 -0.6 228 33 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.20 9 600 4348 -2.7 -5.1 83 2.4 -3.8 234 37 313.0 313.8 290.8 326.8 4.35 10 550 5032 -7.2 -11.2 73 4.1 -8.8 237 41 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.2 2.94 11 500 5769 -12.0 -15.5 75 3.4 -13.2 236 42 318.4 318.8 290.6 326.0 2.29 12 450 6567 -17.2 -19.8 80 2.6 -18.0 236 41 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.6 1.77 13 400 7439 -22.9 -30.8 48 8.0 -24.4 237 44 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.73 14 350 8405 -29.6 -47.4 16 17.8 -31.3 237 55 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.15 15 300 9482 -38.6 -51.0 26 12.3 -39.4 244 64 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.12 16 250 10708 -48.2 -51.6 68 3.4 -48.4 247 77 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12150 -53.4 -71.2 10 17.8 -53.7 252 93 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13974 -61.1 -82.5 4 21.5 -61.2 252 77 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -68.1 -87.6 5 19.5 -68.2 254 40 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.66 m Freezing level: 623.52 mb = 4046.41 m = 13275.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.92 mb = 3632.63 m = 11917.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.27 mb = 564.73 m = 1852.75 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.46 mb = 1756.11 m = 5761.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.05 mb = 1034.28 m = 3393.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.05 mb = 2531.68 m = 8305.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.05 mb = 10970.30 m = 35991.36 ft B at Equ Level: 906.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.05 mb = 13562.60 m = 44496.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.0 neg: -23.9 tot: 165.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 21.59 Bulk Shear: 42.07 m/s