MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-95.08 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 270 24.8 20.5 77 4.2 21.8 206 10 300.0 302.9 295.8 346.1 15.76 2 950 507 22.7 19.1 80 3.6 20.2 208 19 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.5 14.78 3 900 975 18.9 17.4 91 1.4 17.9 208 23 300.9 303.5 294.8 342.3 14.06 4 850 1464 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 211 27 302.1 304.5 294.3 340.0 12.81 5 800 1977 12.5 11.7 95 0.7 12.0 216 30 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.0 10.89 6 750 2517 9.5 8.2 92 1.3 8.8 210 30 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.7 9.17 7 700 3088 6.9 3.7 80 3.2 5.1 210 32 310.1 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.17 8 650 3692 2.2 -1.5 77 3.7 0.3 215 33 311.5 312.5 291.2 328.0 5.29 9 600 4332 -3.8 -5.8 86 2.0 -4.7 215 36 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.8 4.14 10 550 5013 -8.2 -11.4 77 3.3 -9.4 218 42 314.4 314.9 289.9 323.8 2.90 11 500 5748 -11.8 -16.1 70 4.3 -13.3 226 49 318.6 319.1 290.5 325.9 2.17 12 450 6548 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.6 233 55 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.78 13 400 7423 -22.0 -25.6 73 3.5 -22.8 234 60 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.6 1.19 14 350 8392 -28.8 -32.2 72 3.5 -29.4 231 54 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.73 15 300 9474 -38.0 -41.6 68 3.7 -38.3 231 57 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.33 16 250 10700 -48.5 -52.5 63 3.9 -48.7 237 74 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12144 -53.9 -71.8 9 17.9 -54.2 244 89 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.3 -59.3 251 68 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16437 -68.3 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.4 249 47 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.09 m Freezing level: 631.52 mb = 3928.71 m = 12889.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.86 mb = 3731.10 m = 12241.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.66 mb = 806.85 m = 2647.12 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 22.33 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1151.68 m = 3778.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.92 C K Index: 39.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1842.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.70 mb = 1054.59 m = 3459.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.70 mb = 1297.93 m = 4258.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.70 mb = 11625.15 m = 38139.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1842.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.70 mb = 15495.20 m = 50836.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 94.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 47.22 Bulk Shear: 39.02 m/s