MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-95.83 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 210 22.2 19.8 86 2.5 20.5 269 13 296.9 299.6 294.3 340.0 14.92 2 950 500 19.3 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 270 21 296.7 299.2 293.5 336.7 13.84 3 900 964 16.2 15.5 96 0.7 15.7 273 25 298.2 300.4 292.9 334.2 12.38 4 850 1449 13.2 12.0 92 1.2 12.5 282 25 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.6 10.44 5 800 1957 10.6 7.8 83 2.8 9.0 289 21 302.5 304.0 290.9 327.3 8.35 6 750 2493 8.3 5.2 81 3.1 6.5 240 22 305.5 306.9 291.1 327.9 7.39 7 700 3060 5.3 2.9 84 2.4 4.0 205 39 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.1 6.77 8 650 3662 1.1 -0.7 88 1.8 0.2 203 40 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.7 5.61 9 600 4301 -2.7 -5.4 81 2.7 -3.9 216 43 313.0 313.9 290.7 326.6 4.27 10 550 4988 -5.4 -12.8 56 7.4 -8.3 224 50 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.2 2.60 11 500 5731 -9.6 -18.1 50 8.5 -12.4 224 56 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.84 12 450 6534 -15.5 -23.0 53 7.5 -17.6 224 56 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.3 1.33 13 400 7410 -22.5 -29.5 53 7.0 -23.9 225 52 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.83 14 350 8373 -30.8 -36.1 60 5.2 -31.6 224 51 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.0 0.50 15 300 9445 -40.4 -43.6 71 3.2 -40.6 224 54 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.27 16 250 10667 -45.8 -68.7 6 22.9 -46.4 232 75 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.01 17 200 12138 -50.3 -76.8 3 26.5 -50.8 255 62 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13967 -61.4 -80.4 6 19.0 -61.6 266 59 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16432 -67.6 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 257 53 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.87 m Freezing level: 635.13 mb = 3852.04 m = 12637.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.62 mb = 3691.17 m = 12109.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.76 mb = 520.16 m = 1706.55 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 12.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 878.50 m = 2882.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.88 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 719.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.57 mb = 816.60 m = 2679.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.57 mb = 958.29 m = 3143.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.57 mb = 10389.18 m = 34084.83 ft B at Equ Level: 713.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.57 mb = 12787.87 m = 41954.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 7.2 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: -25.6 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 8.41 Bulk Shear: 85.56 m/s