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: 36.51,-95.83 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 211 18.4 15.7 84 2.7 16.7 163 2 293.0 295.0 290.5 325.7 11.49 2 950 510 20.3 15.5 74 4.8 17.1 223 20 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.9 11.77 3 900 976 18.8 14.0 74 4.8 15.7 235 27 300.9 303.0 292.8 334.1 11.27 4 850 1466 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 248 28 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.3 11.07 5 800 1982 14.5 12.0 85 2.5 12.9 246 25 306.6 308.7 294.3 339.9 11.08 6 750 2525 10.5 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 234 24 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.5 9.07 7 700 3096 6.1 1.3 71 4.8 3.5 235 29 309.3 310.4 291.1 327.9 6.03 8 650 3699 2.0 -7.5 49 9.6 -2.2 242 36 311.3 311.9 289.3 321.9 3.34 9 600 4337 -3.9 -7.6 75 3.8 -5.5 241 40 311.6 312.3 289.7 323.0 3.59 10 550 5018 -8.4 -9.7 90 1.3 -8.9 238 43 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.9 3.33 11 500 5753 -12.4 -14.7 83 2.3 -13.2 238 46 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.0 2.44 12 450 6549 -17.4 -20.4 78 3.0 -18.3 240 46 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.0 1.68 13 400 7420 -23.5 -28.9 61 5.4 -24.6 241 50 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.88 14 350 8383 -30.0 -41.0 34 10.9 -31.3 240 61 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.4 0.30 15 300 9463 -37.8 -48.4 32 10.6 -38.5 244 78 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 16 250 10691 -48.0 -51.5 67 3.5 -48.2 244 89 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12136 -53.7 -70.1 12 16.4 -54.0 250 93 347.7 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13962 -60.4 -82.2 4 21.8 -60.6 255 74 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16432 -68.4 -87.5 5 19.1 -68.5 253 39 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.70 m Freezing level: 632.83 mb = 3918.09 m = 12854.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.22 mb = 3461.70 m = 11357.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.85 mb = 556.34 m = 1825.25 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2326.24 m = 7631.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 330.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 259.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.79 mb = 1239.15 m = 4065.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.79 mb = 3850.03 m = 12631.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.79 mb = 8631.92 m = 28319.61 ft B at Equ Level: 330.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.79 mb = 11584.14 m = 38005.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.0 neg: -15.6 tot: 176.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 7.13 Bulk Shear: 46.33 m/s