MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.74,-94.93 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 977 274 25.1 20.5 76 4.6 21.9 188 13 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.4 15.76 2 950 517 23.0 18.5 76 4.5 19.9 205 23 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.3 14.23 3 900 987 20.4 13.2 63 7.2 15.7 221 30 302.5 304.5 292.8 334.0 10.62 4 850 1478 18.0 7.0 48 11.0 11.4 239 36 305.1 306.4 291.0 327.4 7.42 5 800 1993 14.5 4.2 50 10.3 8.6 250 38 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.3 6.45 6 750 2534 10.0 2.4 59 7.6 5.8 257 39 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.1 6.08 7 700 3102 5.2 0.5 72 4.7 2.7 262 38 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.6 5.67 8 650 3703 0.7 -1.8 83 2.5 -0.6 265 39 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.7 5.15 9 600 4342 -3.2 -5.0 87 1.8 -4.0 264 42 312.5 313.3 290.7 326.3 4.39 10 550 5025 -7.4 -9.4 86 1.9 -8.2 256 45 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.3 3.42 11 500 5762 -11.9 -12.8 93 0.9 -12.2 246 46 318.5 319.1 291.2 328.0 2.86 12 450 6560 -17.1 -18.5 89 1.3 -17.5 242 47 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.4 1.98 13 400 7432 -23.5 -26.3 78 2.7 -24.2 241 53 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.3 1.12 14 350 8393 -31.1 -35.5 65 4.4 -31.7 236 63 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.8 0.53 15 300 9465 -40.1 -44.3 64 4.2 -40.4 238 81 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.25 16 250 10685 -48.2 -57.1 35 8.9 -48.5 244 96 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 17 200 12144 -51.3 -75.1 4 23.8 -51.7 255 82 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13972 -60.4 -81.0 5 20.7 -60.5 252 62 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16447 -67.7 -87.3 4 19.6 -67.8 262 47 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.52 m Freezing level: 641.39 mb = 3812.79 m = 12509.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.63 mb = 3595.96 m = 11797.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.82 mb = 854.19 m = 2802.42 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 20.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2104.59 m = 6904.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1312.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.60 mb = 1482.09 m = 4862.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.60 mb = 2593.88 m = 8510.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.60 mb = 11100.76 m = 36419.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1300.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.60 mb = 14196.30 m = 46575.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 314.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 12.57 Bulk Shear: 104.41 m/s