MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.98,-91.71 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -91.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 343 23.6 20.3 82 3.3 21.3 190 7 299.6 302.4 295.6 345.4 15.70 2 950 500 21.9 18.7 82 3.3 19.6 200 15 299.5 302.1 294.7 341.5 14.40 3 900 967 18.4 16.9 90 1.6 17.4 202 23 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.2 13.54 4 850 1456 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 202 26 302.1 304.3 294.0 338.9 12.48 5 800 1968 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 208 29 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.5 10.95 6 750 2507 9.3 6.3 82 3.0 7.6 210 30 306.7 308.2 292.0 331.0 8.02 7 700 3077 7.1 -0.3 59 7.4 3.2 210 33 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.0 5.35 8 650 3682 2.5 -4.0 62 6.4 -0.6 211 37 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.6 4.39 9 600 4322 -3.0 -5.2 85 2.2 -4.0 210 42 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.4 4.34 10 550 5007 -7.0 -7.6 95 0.7 -7.2 211 46 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.4 3.92 11 500 5747 -10.3 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 215 48 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.2 3.26 12 450 6551 -15.4 -17.0 88 1.6 -15.9 222 50 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.5 2.25 13 400 7429 -21.8 -24.9 75 3.2 -22.5 230 58 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.2 1.26 14 350 8398 -28.7 -32.8 67 4.2 -29.3 224 50 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.69 15 300 9482 -37.3 -40.7 70 3.4 -37.6 237 52 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10711 -48.3 -52.6 61 4.3 -48.4 245 53 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12140 -57.4 -64.0 43 6.6 -57.5 256 75 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 13965 -59.1 -81.4 4 22.3 -59.4 239 72 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.2 -87.6 4 20.4 -67.2 254 43 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.07 m Freezing level: 627.33 mb = 3972.23 m = 13032.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.08 mb = 3581.08 m = 11748.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.18 mb = 756.66 m = 2482.46 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.83 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1213.89 m = 3982.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.53 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 32.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1322.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.86 mb = 1083.43 m = 3554.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.86 mb = 1427.31 m = 4682.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.86 mb = 12049.25 m = 39531.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1312.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.86 mb = 14707.18 m = 48251.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 23.87 Bulk Shear: 55.38 m/s