MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.14,-94.81 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -94.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 986 194 27.3 20.7 67 6.6 22.5 194 14 301.6 304.5 296.2 348.0 15.73 2 950 520 22.7 18.9 79 3.8 20.1 196 22 300.2 302.9 295.0 343.0 14.61 3 900 989 19.8 16.1 79 3.7 17.3 207 28 301.9 304.3 294.3 340.0 12.88 4 850 1481 17.1 12.1 73 4.9 13.9 217 28 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.52 5 800 1995 13.9 8.6 70 5.3 10.6 212 22 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.4 8.78 6 750 2538 11.6 3.0 55 8.6 6.8 205 18 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.7 6.34 7 700 3111 8.4 -1.3 50 9.7 3.4 212 20 311.8 312.8 291.0 327.4 4.98 8 650 3718 3.0 -1.7 71 4.7 0.6 216 22 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.6 5.19 9 600 4360 -2.5 -4.4 87 1.9 -3.4 222 27 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.7 4.59 10 550 5044 -7.8 -12.0 72 4.2 -9.4 228 32 314.9 315.4 289.9 323.9 2.77 11 500 5778 -12.9 -24.4 37 11.6 -15.9 226 37 317.3 317.5 289.0 321.0 1.06 12 450 6572 -17.9 -31.4 30 13.5 -20.6 220 44 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.9 0.62 13 400 7444 -22.3 -40.8 17 18.4 -24.9 226 54 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.27 14 350 8412 -28.4 -50.4 10 22.0 -30.4 233 67 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.11 15 300 9498 -36.6 -48.6 28 12.0 -37.5 237 77 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.15 16 250 10730 -47.6 -51.6 64 4.0 -47.8 239 81 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12182 -52.2 -72.5 7 20.2 -52.6 247 87 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14010 -60.5 -83.2 4 22.7 -60.6 253 74 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16468 -71.0 -87.5 7 16.6 -71.1 254 40 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.87 m Freezing level: 622.92 mb = 4065.59 m = 13338.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3810.82 m = 12502.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.46 mb = 1032.83 m = 3388.50 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.48 mb = 1596.51 m = 5237.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1544.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.51 mb = 1197.07 m = 3927.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.51 mb = 3069.64 m = 10070.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.51 mb = 11459.06 m = 37594.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1538.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.51 mb = 14715.95 m = 48280.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: -36.4 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 107.58 Bulk Shear: 14.36 m/s