MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-95.34 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -95.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 981 233 24.4 21.0 81 3.4 21.9 263 5 299.2 302.1 295.8 346.3 16.14 2 950 510 22.0 19.3 85 2.7 20.1 248 8 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.2 14.98 3 900 978 18.9 16.1 84 2.8 17.0 244 16 301.0 303.3 294.0 338.9 12.89 4 850 1468 15.7 12.4 81 3.3 13.6 245 20 302.6 304.6 292.9 334.4 10.71 5 800 1980 12.7 8.4 75 4.3 10.0 247 24 304.6 306.2 291.9 330.6 8.66 6 750 2519 9.4 1.8 59 7.6 5.3 254 26 306.8 307.9 290.2 324.6 5.81 7 700 3087 5.3 -5.3 46 10.6 0.4 259 26 308.4 309.1 288.7 319.9 3.68 8 650 3687 0.3 -7.0 58 7.3 -2.9 258 32 309.3 310.0 288.8 320.3 3.47 9 600 4323 -4.5 -10.6 63 6.0 -6.9 261 40 310.9 311.4 288.8 320.0 2.85 10 550 5002 -8.6 -18.9 43 10.2 -11.8 262 48 313.9 314.2 288.4 319.1 1.57 11 500 5735 -12.6 -20.4 52 7.7 -14.9 258 57 317.7 317.9 289.6 322.8 1.52 12 450 6531 -17.2 -20.5 76 3.3 -18.1 246 62 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.2 1.66 13 400 7404 -23.3 -25.4 83 2.1 -23.8 236 67 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.9 1.21 14 350 8364 -31.3 -33.7 79 2.5 -31.6 234 71 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.9 0.63 15 300 9434 -40.7 -42.5 83 1.8 -40.8 235 76 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.30 16 250 10646 -50.0 -56.7 45 6.7 -50.3 244 94 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 17 200 12103 -50.3 -75.7 3 25.3 -50.8 267 58 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13943 -58.6 -82.1 3 23.4 -58.9 264 53 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16427 -67.5 -87.1 5 19.7 -67.6 260 46 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.32 m Freezing level: 646.71 mb = 3728.53 m = 12232.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.34 mb = 3152.63 m = 10343.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.47 mb = 662.16 m = 2172.42 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 26.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1277.11 m = 4189.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 30.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2039.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.25 mb = 1052.52 m = 3453.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.25 mb = 1595.53 m = 5234.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.25 mb = 11562.73 m = 37935.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2006.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.25 mb = 14951.04 m = 49051.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 25.03 Bulk Shear: 81.49 m/s