MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-97.84 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 965 363 18.5 14.7 79 3.8 16.1 47 3 294.7 296.7 290.6 326.2 10.98 2 950 498 21.7 14.0 61 7.7 16.7 68 8 299.2 301.1 291.7 330.2 10.60 3 900 967 21.4 11.2 52 10.2 14.9 238 5 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.3 9.30 4 850 1460 18.0 9.6 58 8.4 12.8 249 15 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.6 8.86 5 800 1976 14.5 11.7 83 2.8 12.7 243 28 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.2 10.84 6 750 2519 10.9 5.1 67 5.9 7.5 236 29 308.4 309.8 292.0 330.9 7.35 7 700 3090 6.7 -5.4 42 12.1 1.0 244 30 309.9 310.6 289.2 321.4 3.64 8 650 3692 1.4 -8.8 46 10.3 -2.9 248 35 310.6 311.2 288.8 320.2 3.02 9 600 4330 -4.1 -12.1 53 8.1 -7.1 244 38 311.4 311.9 288.6 319.5 2.52 10 550 5011 -7.7 -22.9 29 15.1 -12.0 243 43 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.7 1.11 11 500 5747 -11.7 -35.5 12 23.7 -16.4 243 47 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.37 12 450 6545 -16.7 -38.7 13 22.0 -20.4 244 52 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.30 13 400 7419 -22.3 -42.6 14 20.3 -25.0 243 59 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.22 14 350 8385 -29.5 -46.7 17 17.2 -31.2 241 66 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9463 -38.5 -49.6 30 11.1 -39.2 244 75 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 16 250 10688 -48.5 -52.1 66 3.6 -48.6 249 91 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12129 -54.7 -69.2 15 14.5 -54.9 251 94 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13954 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.1 -59.5 256 76 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.2 254 36 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.58 m Freezing level: 636.83 mb = 3860.26 m = 12664.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.06 mb = 3241.99 m = 10636.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.92 mb = 853.18 m = 2799.10 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2831.27 m = 9288.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 27.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 141.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.07 mb = 1943.68 m = 6376.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.07 mb = 3839.88 m = 12597.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.07 mb = 7090.62 m = 23262.92 ft B at Equ Level: 140.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.07 mb = 10219.21 m = 33527.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.6 neg: -16.5 tot: 151.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 183.50 m/s