MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.38,-95.92 Latitude: 36.38 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 984 206 18.6 15.5 82 3.1 16.5 182 3 293.1 295.1 290.3 325.2 11.29 2 950 509 20.3 15.8 76 4.5 17.3 220 21 297.8 299.9 292.4 332.5 11.98 3 900 975 19.2 13.9 71 5.3 15.7 235 28 301.3 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.16 4 850 1467 17.7 13.1 75 4.6 14.7 247 28 304.7 306.7 293.9 338.2 11.23 5 800 1983 14.7 12.0 83 2.8 12.9 244 25 306.8 308.9 294.4 340.1 11.05 6 750 2527 10.7 8.0 84 2.7 9.0 232 22 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.5 9.01 7 700 3097 6.3 1.3 70 5.0 3.6 233 28 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.0 6.01 8 650 3701 2.2 -7.4 49 9.6 -2.1 242 35 311.4 312.0 289.4 322.1 3.37 9 600 4340 -3.7 -8.2 71 4.5 -5.6 242 39 311.8 312.5 289.6 322.8 3.44 10 550 5021 -8.3 -10.9 82 2.6 -9.4 238 43 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.0 3.03 11 500 5755 -12.5 -15.7 77 3.2 -13.6 238 45 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.3 2.25 12 450 6551 -17.6 -20.9 75 3.3 -18.5 240 46 321.1 321.5 290.7 326.6 1.61 13 400 7422 -23.5 -29.3 59 5.7 -24.6 241 50 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.85 14 350 8385 -29.9 -42.9 27 13.0 -31.3 240 62 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.25 15 300 9465 -37.7 -48.3 32 10.7 -38.5 244 78 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 16 250 10694 -48.0 -50.9 72 2.9 -48.1 244 89 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12139 -53.5 -70.3 11 16.7 -53.8 250 93 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13966 -60.4 -82.5 4 22.1 -60.6 255 75 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16435 -68.7 -87.4 5 18.7 -68.8 253 39 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.76 m Freezing level: 631.56 mb = 3936.30 m = 12914.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.38 mb = 3473.63 m = 11396.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.62 mb = 603.74 m = 1980.74 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.03 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.94 mb = 2360.56 m = 7744.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.70 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.57 mb = 1251.19 m = 4104.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.57 mb = 3867.37 m = 12688.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.57 mb = 8659.15 m = 28408.93 ft B at Equ Level: 347.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.57 mb = 11623.20 m = 38133.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.0 neg: -21.0 tot: 166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 8.27 Bulk Shear: 42.11 m/s