MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F039.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F039.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: 39 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.04,-95.12 Latitude: 36.04 Longitude: -95.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 978 262 24.1 20.6 81 3.5 21.6 182 13 299.2 302.0 295.6 345.3 15.81 2 950 515 21.5 18.7 84 2.8 19.6 195 20 299.0 301.7 294.6 341.1 14.44 3 900 982 19.7 13.2 66 6.5 15.5 218 25 301.9 303.8 292.6 333.3 10.66 4 850 1474 18.8 6.2 44 12.6 11.3 238 34 305.8 307.1 290.9 327.1 7.00 5 800 1991 15.4 3.2 44 12.1 8.5 244 37 307.5 308.7 290.6 326.0 6.04 6 750 2534 10.9 1.4 52 9.5 5.7 249 36 308.4 309.4 290.5 325.8 5.64 7 700 3104 5.9 -0.2 65 6.2 2.7 254 37 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.7 5.38 8 650 3705 1.2 -2.2 78 3.4 -0.5 256 42 310.3 311.2 290.5 325.9 5.00 9 600 4345 -3.1 -5.3 85 2.2 -4.1 255 46 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.2 4.30 10 550 5028 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 252 51 315.1 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.60 11 500 5764 -12.1 -13.4 90 1.3 -12.6 251 52 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.2 2.72 12 450 6561 -17.4 -19.0 87 1.6 -17.9 249 51 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.89 13 400 7432 -24.0 -26.4 80 2.4 -24.5 246 55 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.6 1.10 14 350 8391 -31.5 -37.1 58 5.5 -32.2 245 67 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.45 15 300 9463 -39.1 -44.9 54 5.8 -39.6 246 83 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.23 16 250 10687 -48.6 -52.6 63 4.0 -48.8 245 97 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12141 -51.5 -73.2 6 21.7 -51.9 251 87 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13971 -60.5 -82.1 4 21.6 -60.7 255 69 365.8 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16438 -68.6 -87.2 5 18.6 -68.7 258 48 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.78 m Freezing level: 636.27 mb = 3880.76 m = 12732.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.88 mb = 3607.46 m = 11835.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.25 mb = 705.58 m = 2314.87 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2211.32 m = 7254.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 30.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1185.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.25 mb = 1330.90 m = 4366.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.25 mb = 2879.42 m = 9446.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.25 mb = 10973.17 m = 36000.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1183.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.25 mb = 14000.97 m = 45934.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 8.84 Bulk Shear: 133.98 m/s