MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-93.98 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 955 458 22.6 19.2 82 3.3 20.2 201 15 299.6 302.3 295.0 343.0 14.85 2 950 506 21.7 18.6 83 3.1 19.6 203 19 299.2 301.8 294.6 341.1 14.36 3 900 973 17.7 16.8 94 0.9 17.1 207 29 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.3 13.50 4 850 1461 15.9 13.2 84 2.6 14.1 218 36 302.8 304.8 293.4 336.3 11.31 5 800 1975 13.6 9.3 76 4.2 10.9 224 31 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.4 9.25 6 750 2516 9.7 6.7 81 3.1 7.9 221 25 307.1 308.7 292.3 332.1 8.22 7 700 3086 6.3 0.8 68 5.5 3.4 208 25 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.5 5.81 8 650 3689 2.2 -4.2 63 6.4 -0.9 201 30 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.0 4.31 9 600 4329 -3.4 -5.0 89 1.6 -4.1 202 34 312.2 313.0 290.6 326.1 4.40 10 550 5012 -7.7 -8.3 95 0.6 -7.9 210 37 315.0 315.7 290.9 326.9 3.73 11 500 5748 -12.0 -13.2 91 1.2 -12.5 215 41 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.5 2.76 12 450 6547 -16.6 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.1 218 44 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.2 1.99 13 400 7422 -22.2 -24.8 80 2.6 -22.8 225 46 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.6 1.28 14 350 8388 -29.8 -33.0 73 3.2 -30.3 231 56 328.6 328.8 292.0 331.1 0.68 15 300 9465 -38.8 -41.4 76 2.6 -39.1 230 57 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.34 16 250 10687 -49.3 -51.7 76 2.4 -49.4 238 76 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 17 200 12135 -52.4 -75.8 4 23.3 -52.8 254 90 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.8 0.01 18 150 13975 -57.6 -83.7 2 26.1 -57.9 251 58 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16455 -67.5 -87.8 4 20.2 -67.7 256 42 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.77 m Freezing level: 630.66 mb = 3936.50 m = 12914.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.58 mb = 3557.47 m = 11671.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.99 mb = 877.34 m = 2878.37 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1519.60 m = 4985.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.42 mb = 1170.31 m = 3839.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.42 mb = 2356.09 m = 7729.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.42 mb = 11387.58 m = 37360.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1265.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.42 mb = 14206.69 m = 46609.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.7 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 241.7 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.0 neg: -21.8 tot: 86.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 98.51 Bulk Shear: 13.03 m/s