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: 36.87,-92.36 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -92.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 970 311 19.2 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 222 15 294.9 297.4 293.0 334.7 13.90 2 950 491 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.8 235 25 295.4 297.8 292.8 334.1 13.49 3 900 953 15.3 14.9 98 0.3 15.1 241 34 297.2 299.4 292.2 331.9 11.96 4 850 1436 12.5 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 241 39 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.6 10.38 5 800 1943 9.6 9.0 96 0.6 9.2 243 44 301.4 303.0 291.2 328.2 9.05 6 750 2478 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.7 244 45 304.0 305.5 291.3 328.5 8.15 7 700 3043 4.0 3.8 99 0.2 3.9 240 45 306.9 308.3 291.4 328.8 7.21 8 650 3642 0.7 0.5 99 0.1 0.6 235 49 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.6 6.12 9 600 4281 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.2 -2.7 234 52 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.4 5.19 10 550 4967 -6.3 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.5 235 51 316.6 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.20 11 500 5708 -10.5 -11.5 93 1.0 -10.9 234 50 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.6 3.17 12 450 6511 -15.5 -17.0 89 1.5 -16.0 229 50 323.7 324.2 292.1 331.3 2.25 13 400 7389 -21.3 -23.5 83 2.1 -21.9 223 49 327.3 327.5 292.3 332.3 1.44 14 350 8359 -28.6 -31.2 78 2.7 -29.0 214 52 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.81 15 300 9443 -37.7 -40.6 74 2.9 -38.0 206 54 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.37 16 250 10670 -47.8 -53.2 54 5.4 -48.1 210 56 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12127 -52.4 -72.4 7 20.0 -52.7 242 74 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13957 -58.9 -82.5 3 23.6 -59.2 247 58 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16442 -66.4 -87.2 4 20.8 -66.5 262 42 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.48 m Freezing level: 639.82 mb = 3772.10 m = 12375.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3754.11 m = 12316.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.27 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.57 mb = 404.93 m = 1328.49 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 851.59 m = 2793.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.11 C = 70.00 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.56 mb = 815.83 m = 2676.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.56 mb = 957.05 m = 3139.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 419.56 mb = 7033.03 m = 23073.98 ft B at Equ Level: 206.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.56 mb = 11227.03 m = 36833.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.7 neg: -7.9 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 3.99 Bulk Shear: 51.84 m/s