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: 36.10,-95.80 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 209 24.0 20.7 82 3.3 21.6 183 7 298.6 301.4 295.4 344.4 15.77 2 950 511 21.1 18.8 87 2.2 19.5 197 14 298.6 301.2 294.6 341.0 14.57 3 900 978 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.7 213 21 300.6 303.0 293.8 337.9 12.69 4 850 1468 17.5 12.4 72 5.1 14.2 226 23 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.5 10.70 5 800 1985 14.4 11.6 83 2.8 12.6 213 21 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.9 10.78 6 750 2527 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.3 202 25 308.1 309.9 293.4 336.3 9.28 7 700 3099 7.5 0.3 60 7.1 3.7 217 31 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.2 5.60 8 650 3704 2.3 -3.9 63 6.2 -0.7 232 33 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.5 4.42 9 600 4344 -3.2 -6.6 77 3.4 -4.7 233 36 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.7 3.89 10 550 5026 -8.2 -12.2 73 4.0 -9.7 226 40 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.73 11 500 5759 -13.1 -19.4 59 6.3 -15.0 230 44 317.1 317.4 289.5 322.6 1.64 12 450 6553 -17.9 -26.4 47 8.5 -19.8 233 47 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.2 0.98 13 400 7424 -23.3 -36.8 28 13.5 -25.4 234 54 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.41 14 350 8387 -30.0 -48.5 15 18.6 -31.7 233 64 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 15 300 9466 -38.0 -45.9 43 7.9 -38.6 237 79 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.21 16 250 10693 -48.4 -49.6 87 1.2 -48.4 235 87 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.17 17 200 12139 -53.3 -71.7 9 18.4 -53.6 243 89 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13970 -59.5 -82.2 4 22.7 -59.7 251 71 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.8 -87.4 5 18.6 -68.9 250 44 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.90 m Freezing level: 629.00 mb = 3972.93 m = 13034.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.88 mb = 3605.79 m = 11829.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.77 mb = 632.04 m = 2073.59 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1736.74 m = 5697.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1445.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.22 mb = 1004.35 m = 3295.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.22 mb = 2726.31 m = 8944.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.22 mb = 11456.26 m = 37585.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1429.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.22 mb = 14739.36 m = 48356.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.0 neg: -9.7 tot: 132.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 27.41 Bulk Shear: 52.74 m/s