MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 11Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.10,-96.56 Latitude: 35.10 Longitude: -96.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 976 271 20.1 16.2 78 4.0 17.5 180 8 295.3 297.5 291.6 329.5 11.91 2 950 510 21.2 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 205 28 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.33 3 900 979 21.3 13.2 60 8.1 16.0 229 35 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.3 10.69 4 850 1473 18.7 11.0 61 7.7 13.8 240 30 305.7 307.5 293.0 335.0 9.73 5 800 1991 15.7 10.6 72 5.1 12.4 236 12 307.9 309.8 293.9 338.4 10.07 6 750 2536 11.9 6.1 67 5.8 8.5 232 13 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.7 7.89 7 700 3109 7.8 1.6 65 6.2 4.4 232 21 311.1 312.2 291.7 330.2 6.15 8 650 3715 2.9 -3.7 62 6.6 -0.3 236 25 312.3 313.1 290.7 326.4 4.47 9 600 4357 -1.8 -9.7 55 7.9 -5.1 239 28 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.0 3.06 10 550 5044 -6.5 -15.6 48 9.1 -9.7 236 32 316.4 316.8 289.8 323.2 2.06 11 500 5781 -11.7 -23.7 36 12.0 -14.9 236 36 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.7 1.13 12 450 6578 -16.5 -33.8 21 17.3 -19.8 241 41 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.49 13 400 7455 -21.4 -45.0 10 23.7 -24.4 245 49 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 14 350 8425 -28.4 -47.8 14 19.3 -30.3 243 56 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 15 300 9510 -36.9 -51.0 22 14.1 -37.8 249 68 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 16 250 10742 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.8 252 77 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12187 -53.6 -70.6 11 17.0 -53.9 253 86 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 14007 -61.1 -81.5 5 20.4 -61.3 255 74 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16460 -70.4 -87.7 6 17.3 -70.5 252 33 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.94 m Freezing level: 618.72 mb = 4116.81 m = 13506.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.52 mb = 3670.77 m = 12043.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.48 mb = 783.82 m = 2571.55 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.20 mb = 2533.60 m = 8312.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 369.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 266.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.34 mb = 1489.27 m = 4885.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.34 mb = 3673.03 m = 12050.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.34 mb = 9895.79 m = 32466.12 ft B at Equ Level: 369.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.34 mb = 12401.08 m = 40685.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.5 neg: -40.7 tot: 209.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 20.38 Bulk Shear: 18.15 m/s