MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.33,-94.27 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 963 390 21.7 20.2 91 1.5 20.6 196 15 298.1 300.9 295.1 343.6 15.66 2 950 504 20.2 19.1 94 1.1 19.5 199 21 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.7 14.85 3 900 970 17.7 17.3 98 0.4 17.4 209 32 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.4 13.94 4 850 1459 17.1 12.4 74 4.7 14.1 222 32 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.1 10.72 5 800 1976 15.5 3.7 45 11.8 8.8 231 29 307.7 308.9 290.8 326.8 6.24 6 750 2518 10.8 1.8 54 9.0 5.9 233 30 308.3 309.4 290.6 326.3 5.83 7 700 3088 5.6 1.0 73 4.5 3.1 230 31 308.7 309.8 290.8 326.8 5.90 8 650 3689 0.5 -1.5 86 2.0 -0.5 224 34 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.0 5.29 9 600 4327 -3.6 -4.6 93 0.9 -4.1 219 39 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.2 4.55 10 550 5010 -7.3 -7.6 98 0.2 -7.4 220 41 315.4 316.2 291.2 328.1 3.94 11 500 5748 -11.3 -12.0 94 0.7 -11.5 222 40 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.4 3.06 12 450 6548 -16.4 -19.0 80 2.6 -17.2 227 47 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.89 13 400 7423 -22.6 -26.3 71 3.7 -23.4 229 60 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.6 1.11 14 350 8390 -29.3 -32.3 75 3.1 -29.7 225 50 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.73 15 300 9470 -38.1 -41.0 74 2.9 -38.4 227 52 331.7 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.35 16 250 10695 -49.0 -50.9 80 1.9 -49.1 232 68 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.14 17 200 12137 -53.1 -74.5 6 21.5 -53.4 245 95 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13969 -58.4 -83.6 3 25.2 -58.6 254 65 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16449 -67.9 -87.7 4 19.8 -68.0 252 42 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.89 m Freezing level: 643.66 mb = 3769.93 m = 12368.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.99 mb = 3602.36 m = 11818.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.00 mb = 577.07 m = 1893.25 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.95 mb = 1997.11 m = 6552.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.48 mb = 1012.89 m = 3323.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.48 mb = 2623.91 m = 8608.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.48 mb = 11507.04 m = 37752.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1363.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.48 mb = 14369.99 m = 47145.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 127.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 50.17 Bulk Shear: 27.56 m/s