MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F025.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F025.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: 25 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-95.86 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -95.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 983 212 24.3 20.7 80 3.6 21.7 184 8 298.9 301.8 295.5 344.9 15.79 2 950 510 21.3 18.8 86 2.5 19.6 197 15 298.8 301.4 294.6 341.0 14.51 3 900 977 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.8 212 21 300.7 303.0 293.8 338.0 12.71 4 850 1468 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.2 225 23 304.7 306.6 293.4 336.6 10.68 5 800 1984 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.6 211 22 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.0 10.77 6 750 2527 10.8 8.3 85 2.5 9.2 202 25 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.2 9.21 7 700 3099 7.5 0.2 60 7.3 3.6 217 31 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.1 5.55 8 650 3704 2.4 -3.7 64 6.0 -0.6 232 33 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.7 4.48 9 600 4344 -3.2 -6.4 78 3.2 -4.7 233 36 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.9 3.94 10 550 5027 -8.2 -12.0 74 3.9 -9.6 226 39 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.76 11 500 5759 -13.2 -19.3 60 6.1 -15.0 230 44 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.6 1.67 12 450 6553 -17.9 -26.6 46 8.7 -19.9 232 48 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.1 0.96 13 400 7424 -23.3 -37.7 25 14.4 -25.5 234 55 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.37 14 350 8387 -30.0 -48.3 15 18.4 -31.6 233 64 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.14 15 300 9466 -38.0 -45.8 44 7.8 -38.6 237 79 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10693 -48.4 -49.6 87 1.2 -48.4 235 87 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.17 17 200 12139 -53.2 -71.7 9 18.5 -53.5 243 89 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13971 -59.5 -82.1 4 22.6 -59.7 252 71 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16443 -68.8 -87.4 5 18.6 -68.9 251 44 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.77 m Freezing level: 628.86 mb = 3974.93 m = 13040.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.76 mb = 3619.88 m = 11876.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.71 mb = 668.81 m = 2194.25 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1772.81 m = 5816.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.08 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1462.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.64 mb = 1028.51 m = 3374.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.64 mb = 2870.06 m = 9416.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.64 mb = 11532.19 m = 37834.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1440.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.64 mb = 14407.22 m = 47267.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.3 neg: -10.1 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 28.60 Bulk Shear: 51.14 m/s