MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.69,-92.38 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 972 291 20.6 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 188 8 296.1 298.8 294.0 338.5 14.72 2 950 489 19.5 18.4 93 1.1 18.8 202 20 297.0 299.6 293.8 338.0 14.16 3 900 953 16.6 13.9 84 2.7 14.8 211 30 298.6 300.7 292.0 331.2 11.17 4 850 1438 13.7 9.5 76 4.1 11.2 213 39 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.5 8.82 5 800 1947 11.0 6.9 76 4.1 8.6 216 46 302.9 304.4 290.6 326.3 7.82 6 750 2483 7.8 4.4 79 3.4 5.9 223 48 305.1 306.4 290.6 326.2 6.99 7 700 3048 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 231 51 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.2 6.44 8 650 3647 0.7 -0.0 95 0.8 0.3 238 52 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.0 5.88 9 600 4288 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.5 239 50 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.15 10 550 4975 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.4 237 50 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.5 4.19 11 500 5716 -10.1 -11.3 91 1.1 -10.6 235 49 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.4 3.23 12 450 6521 -14.8 -16.3 89 1.4 -15.3 229 48 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.7 2.39 13 400 7402 -20.6 -22.4 85 1.8 -21.1 223 52 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.8 1.59 14 350 8375 -27.9 -30.2 81 2.3 -28.3 217 59 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.4 0.89 15 300 9460 -37.5 -40.1 76 2.7 -37.7 213 57 332.6 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.39 16 250 10688 -48.6 -51.7 70 3.1 -48.7 210 53 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12136 -52.9 -72.8 7 19.9 -53.2 244 67 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13957 -59.7 -82.1 4 22.4 -59.9 250 60 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.9 -87.5 4 19.7 -67.9 260 41 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.39 m Freezing level: 637.59 mb = 3806.27 m = 12487.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.50 mb = 3715.36 m = 12189.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.23 mb = 441.48 m = 1448.42 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1211.11 m = 3973.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.06 C = 75.30 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.63 mb = 1003.90 m = 3293.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.63 mb = 1846.64 m = 6058.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.63 mb = 6867.26 m = 22530.09 ft B at Equ Level: 198.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.63 mb = 11528.18 m = 37821.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 107.75 m/s