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: 35.76,-94.93 Latitude: 35.76 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 70 SFC 977 273 25.2 20.5 75 4.8 21.8 191 13 300.4 303.2 295.8 346.3 15.69 2 950 517 23.0 18.4 75 4.6 19.8 205 23 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.2 14.18 3 900 986 20.4 13.1 63 7.3 15.7 221 30 302.5 304.5 292.8 334.0 10.60 4 850 1478 18.1 7.1 49 11.0 11.5 239 36 305.1 306.4 291.0 327.5 7.45 5 800 1993 14.5 4.2 50 10.2 8.6 249 38 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.4 6.49 6 750 2534 10.0 2.5 60 7.5 5.9 256 39 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.2 6.12 7 700 3102 5.2 0.5 72 4.7 2.7 262 38 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.6 5.66 8 650 3703 0.7 -2.0 83 2.6 -0.6 266 39 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.6 5.10 9 600 4341 -3.2 -5.2 86 2.0 -4.1 264 43 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.1 4.34 10 550 5025 -7.5 -9.6 84 2.2 -8.4 257 45 315.2 315.9 290.6 326.0 3.35 11 500 5761 -11.9 -12.9 92 1.0 -12.3 247 46 318.5 319.1 291.1 327.8 2.84 12 450 6560 -17.1 -18.5 89 1.4 -17.6 242 48 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.4 1.97 13 400 7432 -23.6 -26.5 77 2.9 -24.2 240 54 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.2 1.10 14 350 8392 -31.1 -35.7 64 4.6 -31.7 236 64 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.52 15 300 9464 -40.1 -44.3 64 4.3 -40.4 239 81 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.25 16 250 10684 -48.2 -57.3 34 9.1 -48.5 244 96 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 17 200 12143 -51.4 -75.1 4 23.7 -51.8 256 81 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 13971 -60.3 -81.1 5 20.8 -60.4 252 62 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16446 -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: 5691.21 m Freezing level: 641.51 mb = 3811.04 m = 12503.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.35 mb = 3586.79 m = 11767.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.62 mb = 874.80 m = 2870.06 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2108.43 m = 6917.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1304.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.62 mb = 1491.58 m = 4893.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.62 mb = 2604.42 m = 8544.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.62 mb = 11127.19 m = 36506.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1289.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.62 mb = 14236.92 m = 46708.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.6 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: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 12.36 Bulk Shear: 105.51 m/s