MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F000.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 1500Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 35.99,-94 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 961 460 20.8 15.1 70 5.7 17.1 175 8 297.3 299.4 291.7 330.1 11.30 2 950 561 20.0 13.2 65 6.8 15.7 178 12 297.5 299.3 290.8 326.8 10.07 3 900 1027 18.8 8.3 50 10.5 12.5 207 19 300.9 302.3 289.8 323.5 7.63 4 850 1514 14.5 9.1 70 5.4 11.2 214 20 301.3 302.9 290.7 326.7 8.57 5 800 2023 10.7 5.7 71 5.0 7.9 215 20 302.6 303.9 290.0 324.2 7.22 6 750 2560 9.6 -5.0 35 14.6 2.7 210 22 307.0 307.6 288.1 317.9 3.51 7 700 3131 8.3 -7.7 31 16.0 1.1 209 25 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.5 3.07 8 650 3739 4.3 -2.9 59 7.2 0.7 217 22 313.9 314.8 291.4 328.9 4.76 9 600 4385 -0.6 -6.4 65 5.8 -3.3 213 18 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.1 3.94 10 550 5074 -5.4 -14.7 48 9.3 -8.8 206 15 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.1 2.22 11 500 5814 -10.4 -19.0 49 8.6 -13.1 219 16 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.70 12 450 6617 -15.5 -18.6 77 3.1 -16.4 228 22 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.5 1.97 13 400 7495 -22.0 -25.8 71 3.9 -22.8 217 22 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.6 1.17 14 350 8462 -29.3 -34.7 60 5.4 -30.1 216 24 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.3 0.57 15 300 9543 -37.7 -44.1 51 6.4 -38.2 199 29 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.25 16 250 10776 -46.0 -54.4 38 8.4 -46.3 194 37 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.09 17 200 12233 -52.8 -68.9 12 16.1 -53.1 255 24 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14060 -59.8 -83.0 3 23.2 -60.0 250 25 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16511 -71.0 -86.6 8 15.5 -71.1 249 18 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.73 m Freezing level: 605.79 mb = 4309.80 m = 14139.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3852.13 m = 12638.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.20 mb = 1187.67 m = 3896.52 ft T: 17.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.97 mb = 3515.10 m = 11532.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.39 C = 97.50 F Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lifted Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.71 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 18.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6948.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.49 mb = 1976.42 m = 6484.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 8.55 m/s