MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.67,-92.68 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 303 22.1 20.3 89 1.9 20.8 206 4 297.7 300.5 295.0 342.8 15.56 2 950 505 20.5 18.9 91 1.6 19.4 210 12 298.0 300.7 294.4 340.6 14.65 3 900 971 17.6 17.2 98 0.3 17.4 214 19 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.2 13.89 4 850 1459 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 222 24 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.0 12.56 5 800 1971 12.5 11.2 92 1.3 11.7 234 26 304.5 306.5 293.3 336.0 10.53 6 750 2512 9.3 8.1 92 1.3 8.6 232 24 306.7 308.4 292.8 334.1 9.05 7 700 3080 6.0 2.2 77 3.8 3.9 217 26 309.1 310.4 291.4 328.9 6.43 8 650 3683 1.6 -3.2 70 4.8 -0.8 209 35 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.3 4.63 9 600 4322 -3.5 -4.6 93 1.0 -4.0 209 40 312.0 312.9 290.7 326.4 4.55 10 550 5005 -7.6 -8.4 95 0.7 -7.9 216 44 315.0 315.7 290.8 326.9 3.70 11 500 5742 -11.1 -12.4 91 1.2 -11.6 224 45 319.5 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.96 12 450 6544 -15.5 -17.4 86 1.9 -16.2 228 45 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.1 2.17 13 400 7422 -21.9 -24.6 79 2.7 -22.5 231 50 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.2 1.31 14 350 8390 -29.3 -32.8 72 3.5 -29.8 231 47 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.8 0.69 15 300 9471 -37.9 -42.1 65 4.2 -38.3 231 47 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 16 250 10696 -49.0 -51.9 72 2.9 -49.1 242 54 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 17 200 12132 -54.2 -70.6 12 16.4 -54.5 250 92 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 13961 -58.6 -82.8 3 24.2 -58.8 244 67 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16445 -66.8 -87.8 4 21.0 -67.0 256 39 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.45 m Freezing level: 634.62 mb = 3879.60 m = 12728.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.18 mb = 3581.38 m = 11749.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.30 mb = 538.52 m = 1766.78 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 954.10 m = 3130.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.21 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1397.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.96 mb = 885.48 m = 2905.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.96 mb = 1124.40 m = 3688.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.96 mb = 11403.82 m = 37413.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1396.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.96 mb = 14653.61 m = 48075.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.4 neg: -4.4 tot: 85.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 24.96 Bulk Shear: 55.98 m/s