MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 11Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.78,-93.47 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -93.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 966 362 17.6 15.0 85 2.6 15.9 154 3 293.6 295.6 290.4 325.4 11.14 2 950 508 21.4 16.4 73 5.0 18.0 216 19 298.9 301.1 293.1 335.1 12.45 3 900 978 20.8 14.1 66 6.7 16.4 232 34 302.9 305.0 293.4 336.5 11.31 4 850 1470 17.5 11.0 66 6.5 13.4 246 29 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.7 9.76 5 800 1985 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.2 265 22 305.9 307.6 292.9 334.2 9.43 6 750 2526 9.5 7.9 90 1.6 8.5 255 19 306.9 308.5 292.8 333.9 8.95 7 700 3096 6.6 4.2 85 2.4 5.2 238 26 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.5 7.39 8 650 3701 2.6 0.3 85 2.3 1.4 238 32 311.9 313.0 291.9 330.6 6.02 9 600 4343 -1.6 -7.9 62 6.2 -4.4 243 34 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.5 3.53 10 550 5031 -6.0 -13.4 56 7.4 -8.8 239 35 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.2 2.47 11 500 5769 -11.5 -16.5 66 5.1 -13.2 235 37 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.1 2.10 12 450 6568 -16.7 -22.9 59 6.2 -18.3 239 40 322.3 322.5 290.8 326.9 1.35 13 400 7444 -21.5 -34.7 29 13.3 -23.8 243 46 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.50 14 350 8412 -29.4 -51.7 10 22.3 -31.3 244 51 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.09 15 300 9492 -38.0 -52.9 20 14.9 -38.9 254 62 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.09 16 250 10722 -47.3 -53.2 51 5.9 -47.6 256 77 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 17 200 12169 -52.4 -72.4 7 20.0 -52.8 255 84 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13996 -61.7 -83.5 4 21.7 -61.9 256 73 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16444 -69.6 -87.1 6 17.5 -69.7 248 37 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.73 m Freezing level: 619.43 mb = 4093.73 m = 13430.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3849.27 m = 12628.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.35 mb = 699.16 m = 2293.82 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.66 mb = 2190.25 m = 7185.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 370.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.94 mb = 1571.04 m = 5154.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.94 mb = 3515.45 m = 11533.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.94 mb = 10080.38 m = 33071.73 ft B at Equ Level: 369.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.94 mb = 12331.99 m = 40458.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 220.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 18.54 Bulk Shear: 19.96 m/s