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: 36.10,-95.89 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 982 216 24.7 20.7 78 4.1 21.8 201 8 299.4 302.3 295.6 345.5 15.80 2 950 505 21.9 18.8 82 3.2 19.7 205 15 299.4 302.1 294.7 341.7 14.49 3 900 973 18.1 17.1 94 1.0 17.4 206 19 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.4 13.75 4 850 1461 15.7 13.9 89 1.8 14.6 214 22 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.6 11.83 5 800 1976 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.1 214 24 306.4 308.3 293.6 337.3 10.27 6 750 2518 10.3 9.2 93 1.1 9.6 204 27 307.8 309.6 293.7 337.5 9.82 7 700 3090 7.0 2.4 72 4.7 4.5 211 30 310.3 311.5 291.8 330.4 6.50 8 650 3694 1.7 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.4 217 33 310.9 311.9 290.6 326.0 4.81 9 600 4333 -3.9 -5.0 92 1.1 -4.4 216 37 311.6 312.4 290.4 325.4 4.40 10 550 5014 -8.4 -9.8 90 1.3 -9.0 219 43 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.7 3.32 11 500 5748 -12.5 -14.8 83 2.3 -13.3 229 49 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.7 2.42 12 450 6544 -17.3 -20.3 77 3.0 -18.1 233 51 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.3 1.69 13 400 7416 -23.3 -27.8 67 4.5 -24.2 234 55 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.97 14 350 8380 -30.0 -36.4 54 6.4 -30.9 234 63 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.48 15 300 9459 -38.1 -41.9 67 3.8 -38.4 231 62 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.32 16 250 10684 -48.7 -50.6 81 1.9 -48.8 232 80 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.15 17 200 12132 -53.4 -72.8 8 19.4 -53.7 241 89 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13961 -59.0 -82.0 4 23.0 -59.2 253 66 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16438 -68.1 -87.4 5 19.2 -68.2 250 45 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.11 m Freezing level: 634.60 mb = 3890.50 m = 12763.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.56 mb = 3636.74 m = 11931.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.67 mb = 729.83 m = 2394.42 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 12.82 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1099.98 m = 3608.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.97 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 26.45 C K Index: 37.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1725.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.33 mb = 979.39 m = 3213.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.33 mb = 2359.36 m = 7740.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.33 mb = 11682.87 m = 38329.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1704.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.33 mb = 15108.09 m = 49566.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 34.95 Bulk Shear: 49.37 m/s