MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.49,-91.90 Latitude: 36.49 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 976 271 23.4 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 194 7 298.7 301.5 295.3 344.0 15.56 2 950 502 21.2 18.8 86 2.4 19.5 203 16 298.7 301.3 294.6 340.9 14.50 3 900 969 17.8 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 207 21 299.9 302.3 294.1 339.0 13.37 4 850 1456 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 213 24 301.6 303.8 293.5 336.6 11.87 5 800 1968 12.2 10.2 88 2.0 10.9 220 25 304.1 306.0 292.6 333.4 9.81 6 750 2506 8.9 5.6 80 3.3 7.0 218 25 306.2 307.7 291.5 329.3 7.62 7 700 3075 6.2 -0.9 61 7.1 2.5 214 28 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.3 5.13 8 650 3677 1.0 -1.7 82 2.7 -0.3 208 35 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.3 5.21 9 600 4316 -2.8 -4.2 90 1.3 -3.4 207 41 312.9 313.7 291.0 327.7 4.69 10 550 5001 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.2 211 44 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.87 11 500 5741 -10.3 -11.7 89 1.5 -10.8 214 43 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.8 3.12 12 450 6546 -14.9 -17.2 83 2.3 -15.7 221 44 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.0 2.21 13 400 7426 -21.2 -24.6 74 3.4 -22.0 236 50 327.5 327.7 292.3 332.1 1.31 14 350 8396 -28.9 -32.2 73 3.4 -29.4 228 44 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.73 15 300 9478 -38.0 -41.2 72 3.2 -38.4 242 54 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.35 16 250 10702 -49.2 -52.1 71 2.9 -49.3 248 59 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12135 -54.2 -69.9 13 15.7 -54.5 258 92 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13974 -57.6 -84.4 2 26.8 -57.9 246 54 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16459 -67.6 -87.7 4 20.1 -67.7 260 39 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.12 m Freezing level: 637.07 mb = 3842.21 m = 12605.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.78 mb = 3604.91 m = 11826.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.44 mb = 663.06 m = 2175.36 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1082.34 m = 3550.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.08 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1248.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.04 mb = 968.30 m = 3176.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.04 mb = 1306.65 m = 4286.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.04 mb = 11669.86 m = 38286.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1226.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.04 mb = 14179.97 m = 46521.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.9 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 241.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 80.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 29.16 Bulk Shear: 42.81 m/s