MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-90.04 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 999 78 25.5 13.8 48 11.7 17.9 211 9 298.7 300.6 291.1 327.9 9.96 2 950 518 23.1 13.5 55 9.7 16.8 214 29 300.7 302.5 291.9 330.9 10.27 3 900 986 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.6 210 32 301.4 303.2 291.7 330.1 9.73 4 850 1474 14.9 10.2 73 4.7 12.0 207 34 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.2 9.25 5 800 1984 10.7 7.2 79 3.5 8.6 210 36 302.6 304.0 290.7 326.4 8.01 6 750 2519 7.3 5.1 86 2.2 6.1 217 39 304.5 305.9 290.7 326.6 7.36 7 700 3084 3.8 3.4 97 0.5 3.6 221 42 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.0 6.97 8 650 3684 0.7 0.6 99 0.1 0.6 219 43 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.7 6.14 9 600 4325 -2.5 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 215 45 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.19 10 550 5011 -6.8 -8.0 91 1.1 -7.3 212 48 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.3 3.81 11 500 5748 -11.0 -12.7 87 1.7 -11.6 214 49 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.1 2.87 12 450 6551 -14.5 -16.5 85 2.0 -15.2 228 51 325.0 325.4 292.5 332.9 2.33 13 400 7435 -20.1 -22.9 79 2.7 -20.9 236 54 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.2 1.52 14 350 8409 -27.5 -30.8 74 3.2 -28.1 242 56 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.7 0.84 15 300 9496 -37.0 -40.5 70 3.5 -37.4 246 56 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.37 16 250 10725 -48.2 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.3 245 59 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12168 -52.3 -73.5 6 21.2 -52.7 254 69 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13996 -61.2 -81.2 5 20.0 -61.3 239 58 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16464 -68.3 -87.8 4 19.5 -68.4 261 38 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.67 m Freezing level: 639.05 mb = 3824.24 m = 12546.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.60 mb = 3800.49 m = 12468.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.12 mb = 1562.49 m = 5126.22 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.45 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.78 mb = 2017.80 m = 6620.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.17 mb = 1744.04 m = 5721.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.17 mb = 2649.35 m = 8692.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 598.17 mb = 4348.57 m = 14266.78 ft B at Equ Level: 28.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.17 mb = 6581.81 m = 21593.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 51.48 m/s