MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-94.06 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 960 412 23.4 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 205 14 300.1 302.9 295.4 344.7 15.24 2 950 499 22.1 18.7 81 3.4 19.7 207 19 299.6 302.2 294.7 341.7 14.44 3 900 967 17.9 17.2 95 0.8 17.4 211 28 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.4 13.82 4 850 1456 16.4 12.9 80 3.5 14.1 224 34 303.3 305.4 293.4 336.3 11.10 5 800 1970 13.5 9.9 79 3.7 11.3 233 29 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.5 9.61 6 750 2511 9.8 7.1 83 2.8 8.2 227 23 307.3 308.8 292.5 332.9 8.45 7 700 3082 6.8 0.9 66 5.8 3.7 213 23 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.1 5.86 8 650 3686 2.2 -4.6 61 6.7 -1.0 203 27 311.4 312.2 290.2 324.6 4.18 9 600 4325 -3.3 -5.0 88 1.7 -4.1 202 30 312.3 313.2 290.6 326.2 4.40 10 550 5008 -7.6 -8.2 96 0.6 -7.8 208 37 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.2 3.76 11 500 5744 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.4 -12.4 216 44 318.5 319.1 291.0 327.5 2.74 12 450 6544 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.2 -17.0 220 47 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 1.98 13 400 7420 -22.0 -24.8 78 2.8 -22.7 227 56 326.4 326.7 292.0 330.9 1.28 14 350 8388 -29.4 -32.5 75 3.1 -29.9 230 61 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.72 15 300 9468 -38.2 -41.1 74 2.9 -38.5 229 58 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.35 16 250 10694 -48.6 -50.6 80 2.0 -48.7 237 77 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.15 17 200 12139 -53.0 -77.5 4 24.5 -53.3 252 91 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.00 18 150 13976 -57.7 -83.4 2 25.7 -58.0 247 68 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16454 -68.2 -87.5 5 19.3 -68.3 250 40 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.19 m Freezing level: 630.16 mb = 3939.33 m = 12924.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.04 mb = 3548.30 m = 11641.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.23 mb = 878.52 m = 2882.24 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 20.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1553.75 m = 5097.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1347.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.30 mb = 1146.40 m = 3761.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.30 mb = 2222.13 m = 7290.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.30 mb = 11339.26 m = 37201.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1340.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.30 mb = 14129.21 m = 46355.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -14.5 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 102.89 Bulk Shear: 13.10 m/s