MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.75,-91.68 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -91.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 291 21.5 20.3 93 1.2 20.6 208 10 296.9 299.7 294.8 341.9 15.56 2 950 507 19.6 19.1 97 0.5 19.3 209 20 297.1 299.8 294.3 340.0 14.84 3 900 972 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 212 25 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.0 13.65 4 850 1459 14.6 14.1 97 0.4 14.3 217 27 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.8 12.02 5 800 1970 11.3 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 222 28 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.1 10.06 6 750 2507 7.5 6.5 94 1.0 6.9 220 29 304.7 306.2 291.5 329.1 8.13 7 700 3071 3.2 2.4 94 0.8 2.8 212 33 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.8 6.51 8 650 3669 0.3 -0.1 97 0.4 0.1 210 39 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.3 5.84 9 600 4309 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.5 216 46 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.0 5.22 10 550 4996 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 222 48 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.39 11 500 5739 -9.6 -10.5 93 0.9 -10.0 227 46 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.6 3.44 12 450 6545 -15.0 -16.3 89 1.3 -15.4 235 48 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.5 2.38 13 400 7424 -21.1 -23.2 83 2.1 -21.6 238 51 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.8 1.48 14 350 8396 -28.1 -31.0 76 2.9 -28.6 230 46 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.82 15 300 9481 -37.4 -41.1 68 3.7 -37.8 233 45 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.35 16 250 10708 -48.5 -53.0 60 4.5 -48.7 236 48 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12141 -55.4 -67.4 21 12.1 -55.6 254 76 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13964 -59.2 -83.3 3 24.1 -59.4 267 61 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16448 -66.9 -87.3 4 20.5 -67.0 255 38 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.12 m Freezing level: 644.52 mb = 3739.08 m = 12267.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.46 mb = 3687.95 m = 12099.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.70 mb = 445.96 m = 1463.11 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 849.41 m = 2786.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.88 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.33 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1124.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.56 mb = 805.58 m = 2642.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.56 mb = 947.34 m = 3108.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.56 mb = 11454.89 m = 37581.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1118.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.56 mb = 14275.60 m = 46835.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 26.18 Bulk Shear: 42.94 m/s