MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F000.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: RUC analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 34.73,-97.64 Latitude: 34.73 Longitude: -97.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 970 342 17.4 13.0 76 4.4 14.7 174 5 293.1 294.8 289.0 320.9 9.75 2 950 528 21.0 13.4 62 7.6 16.1 190 23 298.5 300.4 291.3 328.4 10.25 3 900 995 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.7 207 32 301.1 302.9 291.9 330.8 10.06 4 850 1484 16.4 9.2 62 7.2 12.0 224 23 303.3 304.9 291.5 329.1 8.62 5 800 1997 13.0 9.1 77 3.9 10.6 241 15 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.4 9.11 6 750 2539 11.6 2.9 55 8.7 6.8 254 11 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.6 6.31 7 700 3114 9.6 -1.4 46 11.0 3.8 253 10 313.1 314.1 291.3 328.7 4.94 8 650 3724 5.2 -1.0 64 6.2 2.0 254 9 314.8 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.48 9 600 4373 0.8 -3.0 76 3.8 -1.1 248 9 317.1 318.0 292.6 333.4 5.12 10 550 5066 -4.5 -7.0 83 2.5 -5.7 245 11 318.7 319.5 292.3 332.1 4.12 11 500 5809 -10.3 -12.2 86 1.9 -11.1 249 13 320.4 321.0 291.8 330.3 2.99 12 450 6611 -15.8 -19.5 73 3.7 -16.9 252 15 323.4 323.7 291.6 329.6 1.81 13 400 7488 -21.8 -26.9 64 5.0 -22.9 241 17 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.4 1.06 14 350 8455 -29.4 -36.5 50 7.1 -30.4 246 21 329.1 329.2 292.0 330.9 0.48 15 300 9536 -37.3 -47.5 34 10.2 -38.1 253 21 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 16 250 10775 -44.5 -72.7 3 28.2 -45.2 279 37 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.01 17 200 12237 -52.7 -72.0 8 19.4 -53.0 273 35 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14055 -61.7 -81.6 5 19.9 -61.9 258 34 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16494 -71.7 -87.4 8 15.7 -71.8 254 26 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.48 m Freezing level: 592.42 mb = 4478.22 m = 14692.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.94 mb = 4134.26 m = 13563.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.34 mb = 905.92 m = 2972.13 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 3.74 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.13 mb = 3327.06 m = 10915.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.17 F Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.71 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 24.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6237.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.70 mb = 1678.65 m = 5507.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 162.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 26.66 m/s