MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-92.99 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 968 345 23.4 19.6 80 3.7 20.8 216 9 299.3 302.1 295.1 343.2 15.04 2 950 505 22.0 18.3 79 3.7 19.5 214 16 299.6 302.1 294.5 340.7 14.09 3 900 973 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 215 23 300.2 302.7 294.2 339.5 13.42 4 850 1461 14.9 14.2 96 0.7 14.5 219 26 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.5 12.10 5 800 1973 12.7 9.9 83 2.7 11.0 224 29 304.7 306.4 292.7 333.5 9.64 6 750 2513 9.2 6.9 85 2.3 7.9 216 25 306.6 308.2 292.2 331.9 8.37 7 700 3082 6.4 2.1 74 4.3 4.0 202 25 309.5 310.7 291.5 329.2 6.36 8 650 3686 2.6 -3.7 63 6.3 -0.4 198 31 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.0 4.47 9 600 4327 -3.1 -4.5 90 1.4 -3.8 205 37 312.5 313.4 290.8 326.9 4.57 10 550 5011 -7.4 -8.2 94 0.9 -7.7 214 42 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.4 3.74 11 500 5748 -11.1 -12.9 86 1.8 -11.8 218 46 319.5 320.0 291.4 328.8 2.82 12 450 6551 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.0 222 45 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.21 13 400 7430 -21.5 -24.0 81 2.4 -22.1 234 50 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.9 1.38 14 350 8399 -29.0 -32.0 75 3.0 -29.5 232 49 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.3 0.75 15 300 9479 -38.2 -41.2 73 3.0 -38.5 239 56 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.8 0.34 16 250 10703 -49.4 -52.2 72 2.8 -49.6 248 64 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.12 17 200 12141 -53.5 -72.3 8 18.8 -53.8 258 89 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13977 -57.8 -83.4 2 25.7 -58.0 252 57 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.2 -87.4 5 19.2 -68.3 262 43 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.16 m Freezing level: 627.10 mb = 3979.90 m = 13057.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.04 mb = 3623.42 m = 11887.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.26 mb = 817.88 m = 2683.30 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.16 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1220.82 m = 4005.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1258.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.18 mb = 1104.77 m = 3624.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.18 mb = 1349.11 m = 4426.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.18 mb = 11492.06 m = 37703.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1245.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.18 mb = 14347.33 m = 47070.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.5 neg: -21.0 tot: 49.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 37.94 Bulk Shear: 33.17 m/s