MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.88,-94.91 Latitude: 35.88 Longitude: -94.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 977 276 24.6 20.6 79 4.0 21.8 195 15 299.7 302.6 295.8 346.1 15.87 2 950 520 22.4 18.5 78 4.0 19.7 208 23 300.0 302.6 294.7 341.5 14.21 3 900 989 20.2 13.0 63 7.2 15.5 229 32 302.4 304.3 292.7 333.5 10.52 4 850 1480 17.8 7.8 52 10.0 11.7 244 38 304.8 306.2 291.2 328.3 7.82 5 800 1995 14.3 4.6 52 9.6 8.8 249 39 306.4 307.6 290.7 326.7 6.68 6 750 2536 10.1 2.7 60 7.5 6.0 250 38 307.6 308.7 290.7 326.5 6.19 7 700 3105 5.5 0.7 71 4.7 2.9 249 35 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.3 5.77 8 650 3706 0.9 -1.3 85 2.2 -0.2 251 38 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.6 5.36 9 600 4345 -3.2 -4.4 92 1.1 -3.8 252 43 312.4 313.3 290.8 326.9 4.61 10 550 5029 -7.4 -8.7 91 1.2 -7.9 251 46 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.9 3.62 11 500 5766 -11.7 -12.8 92 1.1 -12.1 247 47 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.2 2.87 12 450 6564 -17.2 -18.9 86 1.7 -17.7 246 49 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.1 1.91 13 400 7436 -23.7 -26.2 79 2.6 -24.2 245 55 324.2 324.5 291.2 328.2 1.12 14 350 8397 -31.1 -34.6 71 3.5 -31.6 242 63 326.8 327.0 291.4 329.0 0.58 15 300 9469 -39.6 -44.8 57 5.3 -40.0 244 80 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.23 16 250 10691 -48.8 -52.2 67 3.4 -49.0 245 97 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12145 -51.4 -73.6 5 22.3 -51.8 252 86 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 13974 -60.4 -81.4 5 21.1 -60.5 254 66 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.9 -87.3 5 19.4 -68.0 260 48 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.31 m Freezing level: 639.36 mb = 3842.37 m = 12606.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.39 mb = 3664.16 m = 12021.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.29 mb = 776.40 m = 2547.20 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 19.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2085.61 m = 6842.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1221.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.93 mb = 1440.20 m = 4725.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.93 mb = 2658.95 m = 8723.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.93 mb = 11264.63 m = 36956.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1196.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.93 mb = 14017.58 m = 45988.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.9 neg: -12.3 tot: 226.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 14.66 Bulk Shear: 83.33 m/s