MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.17,-94.12 Latitude: 36.17 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 962 405 19.0 17.3 90 1.7 17.9 166 4 295.4 297.7 292.4 332.8 13.02 2 950 514 20.3 18.8 91 1.5 19.2 198 19 297.8 300.4 294.3 339.9 14.52 3 900 981 18.9 17.5 92 1.3 17.9 216 38 301.0 303.6 294.9 342.6 14.16 4 850 1472 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 232 34 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.2 11.04 5 800 1988 14.3 10.6 78 3.7 12.0 237 25 306.4 308.3 293.6 336.9 10.12 6 750 2531 10.7 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 241 20 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.8 9.75 7 700 3103 7.3 3.2 75 4.0 5.0 234 25 310.6 311.9 292.2 331.9 6.92 8 650 3709 3.1 -3.2 63 6.4 -0.0 226 29 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.1 4.64 9 600 4351 -2.4 -4.4 86 2.0 -3.4 232 32 313.4 314.2 291.1 327.9 4.59 10 550 5036 -6.7 -14.4 54 7.7 -9.5 238 37 316.1 316.6 289.9 323.6 2.28 11 500 5773 -12.2 -21.4 46 9.2 -14.8 234 39 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.38 12 450 6569 -17.5 -25.5 50 8.0 -19.4 233 40 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.0 1.07 13 400 7442 -22.0 -41.8 15 19.8 -24.7 238 46 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.24 14 350 8410 -29.3 -47.8 15 18.5 -31.1 236 53 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.14 15 300 9490 -38.1 -52.3 21 14.2 -39.0 244 63 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 16 250 10718 -47.9 -52.1 62 4.2 -48.1 246 75 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12165 -52.6 -71.8 8 19.3 -52.9 251 92 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13988 -61.0 -82.5 4 21.5 -61.2 255 78 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16451 -68.5 -87.2 5 18.8 -68.6 254 38 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.00 m Freezing level: 621.60 mb = 4073.41 m = 13364.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.39 mb = 3703.79 m = 12151.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.68 mb = 617.89 m = 2027.16 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1758.46 m = 5769.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.87 mb = 1107.36 m = 3633.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.87 mb = 2733.72 m = 8968.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.87 mb = 11206.00 m = 36764.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1281.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.87 mb = 14326.16 m = 47001.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.6 neg: -26.4 tot: 239.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 50.58 Bulk Shear: 25.35 m/s