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: 36.94,-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 78 SFC 971 340 21.2 19.3 89 1.8 19.9 232 6 296.8 299.5 294.1 339.3 14.71 2 950 526 19.5 18.1 92 1.3 18.6 226 13 297.0 299.5 293.6 337.2 13.92 3 900 990 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.6 234 25 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.4 13.25 4 850 1478 15.7 13.5 87 2.2 14.3 240 33 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.7 11.53 5 800 1992 13.3 9.7 79 3.6 11.0 244 29 305.3 307.0 292.7 333.7 9.47 6 750 2532 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 236 23 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.67 7 700 3102 5.9 4.3 90 1.5 5.0 229 26 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.9 7.49 8 650 3705 2.1 -3.8 65 5.9 -0.7 225 33 311.4 312.2 290.4 325.4 4.44 9 600 4345 -3.5 -4.7 91 1.2 -4.1 227 37 312.0 312.9 290.6 326.2 4.49 10 550 5028 -7.6 -8.6 93 1.0 -8.0 230 40 315.1 315.8 290.8 326.8 3.64 11 500 5765 -11.4 -12.5 92 1.1 -11.8 230 40 319.1 319.7 291.4 328.8 2.93 12 450 6565 -16.7 -19.1 82 2.3 -17.4 233 42 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.6 1.88 13 400 7438 -22.6 -27.3 65 4.7 -23.7 235 46 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.2 1.02 14 350 8404 -29.7 -37.7 46 8.0 -30.8 235 53 328.7 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.42 15 300 9482 -38.5 -44.9 51 6.4 -39.1 240 61 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.23 16 250 10707 -48.5 -50.2 82 1.7 -48.6 244 80 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.15 17 200 12147 -53.6 -70.7 11 17.1 -53.9 250 94 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 13973 -59.8 -82.3 4 22.5 -60.0 250 75 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16446 -68.1 -87.7 4 19.6 -68.2 255 37 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.79 m Freezing level: 631.14 mb = 3946.67 m = 12948.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.46 mb = 3624.88 m = 11892.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.13 mb = 570.18 m = 1870.66 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.64 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1034.98 m = 3395.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.66 mb = 927.10 m = 3041.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.66 mb = 2513.79 m = 8247.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.66 mb = 11198.75 m = 36740.85 ft B at Equ Level: 952.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.66 mb = 13902.89 m = 45612.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.7 neg: -21.9 tot: 84.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 24.10 Bulk Shear: 40.13 m/s