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: 36.14,-95.00 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 973 309 23.7 20.4 82 3.3 21.4 187 12 299.2 302.1 295.6 345.1 15.73 2 950 515 21.2 18.9 87 2.3 19.6 197 18 298.7 301.3 294.6 341.1 14.58 3 900 982 18.9 14.7 76 4.3 16.1 216 24 301.0 303.1 293.2 335.5 11.73 4 850 1473 18.6 6.9 47 11.7 11.6 236 34 305.6 307.0 291.1 327.9 7.37 5 800 1989 15.3 3.2 44 12.1 8.5 241 38 307.5 308.6 290.6 326.0 6.04 6 750 2532 10.9 1.3 51 9.6 5.7 247 37 308.4 309.4 290.5 325.6 5.59 7 700 3102 6.0 -0.7 62 6.8 2.5 253 37 309.2 310.1 290.3 325.2 5.19 8 650 3704 1.2 -2.7 76 3.8 -0.7 257 43 310.3 311.2 290.4 325.4 4.83 9 600 4343 -3.1 -5.7 83 2.5 -4.3 257 47 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.8 4.18 10 550 5026 -7.7 -8.8 92 1.1 -8.2 253 52 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.5 3.58 11 500 5762 -12.2 -13.7 89 1.5 -12.8 250 52 318.1 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.65 12 450 6559 -17.5 -19.3 86 1.7 -18.0 247 52 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.85 13 400 7429 -24.1 -26.6 80 2.5 -24.6 245 55 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.09 14 350 8388 -31.4 -36.6 61 5.1 -32.1 245 66 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.1 0.48 15 300 9461 -39.2 -44.8 55 5.6 -39.6 246 84 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.24 16 250 10684 -48.6 -53.0 60 4.4 -48.8 245 98 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12138 -51.7 -73.2 6 21.5 -52.1 251 87 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13966 -60.6 -81.8 4 21.3 -60.7 255 70 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16435 -68.4 -87.2 5 18.9 -68.5 259 49 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.42 m Freezing level: 636.46 mb = 3876.89 m = 12719.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.31 mb = 3563.83 m = 11692.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.23 mb = 724.31 m = 2376.32 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.11 mb = 2168.90 m = 7115.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1245.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.07 mb = 1262.42 m = 4141.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.07 mb = 2914.69 m = 9562.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.07 mb = 11057.96 m = 36278.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1238.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.07 mb = 14128.17 m = 46351.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 9.59 Bulk Shear: 129.83 m/s