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: 36.07,-95.80 Latitude: 36.07 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 57 SFC 983 210 22.9 20.4 86 2.5 21.1 228 9 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.5 15.51 2 950 504 21.2 18.9 87 2.3 19.6 224 21 298.7 301.4 294.6 341.3 14.62 3 900 971 18.0 16.8 93 1.2 17.2 221 25 300.0 302.5 294.2 339.5 13.48 4 850 1459 14.7 14.2 97 0.4 14.4 219 26 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.2 12.10 5 800 1970 12.1 10.8 91 1.4 11.3 218 27 304.1 306.0 292.9 334.5 10.20 6 750 2510 9.8 8.7 93 1.1 9.2 209 29 307.2 309.0 293.3 335.9 9.48 7 700 3081 6.2 5.1 93 1.1 5.6 202 31 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.6 7.91 8 650 3683 1.1 -0.7 87 1.8 0.1 201 33 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.5 5.58 9 600 4321 -4.0 -4.6 95 0.7 -4.3 204 38 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.7 4.52 10 550 5003 -7.6 -9.7 85 2.1 -8.4 216 45 315.1 315.7 290.5 325.9 3.34 11 500 5741 -11.2 -15.0 73 3.8 -12.5 228 52 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.3 2.39 12 450 6541 -16.3 -21.1 66 4.8 -17.6 233 54 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.2 1.58 13 400 7417 -21.8 -28.9 53 7.1 -23.3 230 56 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.8 0.88 14 350 8385 -29.3 -36.2 52 6.8 -30.3 224 53 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.50 15 300 9464 -38.5 -45.3 49 6.8 -39.1 228 61 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 16 250 10689 -47.7 -55.3 42 7.5 -48.0 230 72 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12140 -53.6 -72.1 9 18.5 -53.9 242 82 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13957 -59.7 -82.3 4 22.6 -59.9 255 66 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16438 -67.8 -87.2 5 19.4 -67.9 251 47 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.02 m Freezing level: 639.18 mb = 3821.41 m = 12537.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.46 mb = 3702.19 m = 12146.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.90 mb = 532.32 m = 1746.44 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.21 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1038.00 m = 3405.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.56 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 39.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1430.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.07 mb = 903.52 m = 2964.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.07 mb = 1240.13 m = 4068.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.07 mb = 11459.74 m = 37597.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1416.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.07 mb = 14736.03 m = 48345.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 36.46 Bulk Shear: 39.24 m/s