MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.84,-92.84 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -92.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 970 344 20.4 18.8 91 1.6 19.3 240 4 296.2 298.7 293.6 337.1 14.23 2 950 524 19.7 18.2 91 1.6 18.7 230 14 297.2 299.7 293.7 337.6 13.95 3 900 989 17.0 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 234 26 299.0 301.4 293.8 337.8 13.31 4 850 1477 15.9 13.3 84 2.6 14.2 239 34 302.8 304.9 293.4 336.6 11.38 5 800 1991 13.4 9.1 75 4.4 10.7 244 30 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.8 9.08 6 750 2531 9.6 8.7 94 0.9 9.1 237 25 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.7 9.47 7 700 3102 6.1 5.9 99 0.2 5.9 230 25 309.2 310.8 293.0 334.7 8.34 8 650 3705 1.3 -0.9 85 2.2 0.2 225 31 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.52 9 600 4344 -3.5 -5.4 87 1.9 -4.4 225 37 312.0 312.8 290.4 325.5 4.27 10 550 5026 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 227 40 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.59 11 500 5764 -11.3 -12.9 88 1.6 -11.9 227 40 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.6 2.83 12 450 6564 -16.7 -19.4 79 2.7 -17.5 231 42 322.3 322.6 291.3 328.5 1.83 13 400 7437 -22.6 -27.1 67 4.5 -23.6 233 46 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.04 14 350 8402 -30.0 -35.4 59 5.5 -30.7 233 51 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.53 15 300 9480 -38.6 -49.7 30 11.1 -39.4 239 65 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.14 16 250 10705 -48.5 -49.9 85 1.4 -48.6 243 82 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.16 17 200 12146 -53.3 -71.5 9 18.2 -53.6 249 93 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13973 -59.7 -82.2 4 22.5 -59.9 250 74 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16446 -68.2 -87.7 4 19.5 -68.3 254 37 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.82 m Freezing level: 636.36 mb = 3879.07 m = 12726.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.86 mb = 3731.09 m = 12240.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.42 mb = 547.28 m = 1795.53 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 10.17 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1508.09 m = 4947.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 40.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 999.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.94 mb = 951.14 m = 3120.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.94 mb = 2543.20 m = 8343.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.94 mb = 11273.34 m = 36985.58 ft B at Equ Level: 978.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.94 mb = 13605.81 m = 44637.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 81.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 25.97 Bulk Shear: 38.49 m/s