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: 37.21,-96.94 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 964 369 21.8 18.5 81 3.4 19.5 323 2 298.1 300.6 294.0 338.7 14.00 2 950 497 20.4 17.5 84 2.9 18.5 324 1 297.9 300.3 293.5 336.7 13.39 3 900 962 17.4 14.7 84 2.7 15.6 316 4 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.7 11.73 4 850 1450 16.1 9.0 63 7.1 11.7 307 5 303.0 304.6 291.2 328.4 8.50 5 800 1963 13.6 2.2 46 11.3 7.4 266 9 305.6 306.7 289.6 322.8 5.63 6 750 2502 8.7 -1.9 47 10.6 3.4 269 17 306.0 306.9 288.6 319.7 4.43 7 700 3066 2.8 -1.3 75 4.1 0.8 268 20 305.6 306.5 289.0 320.8 4.98 8 650 3662 -0.9 -2.5 88 1.7 -1.7 253 23 308.0 308.9 289.7 323.1 4.88 9 600 4298 -4.1 -4.7 96 0.6 -4.4 232 30 311.3 312.2 290.4 325.5 4.49 10 550 4979 -8.1 -8.8 95 0.6 -8.4 218 40 314.4 315.1 290.6 325.9 3.59 11 500 5713 -12.9 -14.2 90 1.3 -13.3 215 50 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.8 2.56 12 450 6508 -18.4 -20.4 85 2.0 -19.0 214 52 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.8 1.68 13 400 7375 -24.6 -27.0 80 2.4 -25.1 212 53 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.7 1.04 14 350 8332 -32.1 -35.3 73 3.2 -32.5 215 53 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.5 0.54 15 300 9400 -40.9 -44.8 66 3.9 -41.2 221 57 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.24 16 250 10615 -47.6 -58.7 27 11.1 -48.0 234 68 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12081 -50.7 -77.8 3 27.1 -51.2 249 52 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.00 18 150 13922 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.4 260 48 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16408 -66.0 -87.3 4 21.3 -66.2 258 48 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.98 m Freezing level: 661.77 mb = 3521.69 m = 11553.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.12 mb = 3250.71 m = 10664.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.86 mb = 793.36 m = 2602.85 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.43 mb = 2021.44 m = 6631.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 994.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.86 mb = 1252.98 m = 4110.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.86 mb = 2558.14 m = 8392.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.86 mb = 10486.53 m = 34404.21 ft B at Equ Level: 987.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.86 mb = 12940.78 m = 42456.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -19.8 tot: -12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 12.31 Bulk Shear: 80.81 m/s