MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.28,-96.8 Latitude: 36.28 Longitude: -96.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 976 296 21.7 18.8 84 2.8 19.7 327 6 296.9 299.4 293.7 337.8 14.16 2 950 529 20.9 16.1 74 4.9 17.7 333 16 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.8 12.16 3 900 995 18.1 10.1 59 8.0 13.2 340 23 300.2 301.7 290.5 325.6 8.64 4 850 1481 14.4 4.7 52 9.7 9.0 339 24 301.3 302.4 288.8 320.1 6.31 5 800 1990 10.5 0.8 51 9.7 5.5 329 21 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.6 5.06 6 750 2523 6.1 -1.7 57 7.8 2.2 313 19 303.2 304.0 287.7 316.9 4.49 7 700 3083 1.4 -4.2 67 5.5 -1.2 301 20 304.0 304.7 287.5 316.3 4.01 8 650 3675 -2.9 -5.8 81 2.9 -4.1 294 27 305.7 306.4 287.9 317.5 3.83 9 600 4304 -7.2 -10.4 78 3.2 -8.4 290 35 307.8 308.3 287.7 316.9 2.89 10 550 4977 -10.9 -22.5 38 11.7 -14.0 292 35 311.2 311.4 287.1 315.0 1.14 11 500 5703 -15.7 -26.6 39 10.9 -18.2 295 37 313.9 314.0 287.7 316.8 0.87 12 450 6487 -21.7 -29.0 52 7.3 -23.1 287 35 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.6 0.77 13 400 7344 -27.0 -38.4 33 11.3 -28.5 273 41 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.1 0.35 14 350 8300 -29.5 -57.7 5 28.2 -31.5 266 50 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 15 300 9387 -35.1 -61.5 5 26.4 -36.5 260 51 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 16 250 10637 -42.1 -67.2 5 25.1 -43.0 266 56 343.5 343.5 295.1 343.6 0.02 17 200 12123 -49.5 -77.1 3 27.6 -50.0 258 60 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13952 -61.1 -80.8 6 19.8 -61.2 265 61 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16431 -66.3 -87.4 4 21.1 -66.4 257 40 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.50 m Freezing level: 684.02 mb = 3272.10 m = 10735.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.95 mb = 2888.78 m = 9477.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.44 mb = 653.28 m = 2143.28 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.48 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1871.84 m = 6141.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.94 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 29.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 806.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.43 mb = 1516.78 m = 4976.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.43 mb = 2290.26 m = 7513.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.43 mb = 8069.88 m = 26475.68 ft B at Equ Level: 804.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.43 mb = 11150.90 m = 36583.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -8.4 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.37 Bulk Shear: 34.50 m/s