MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.39,-94.22 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 989 162 23.5 21.4 88 2.0 22.1 218 10 297.6 300.6 295.6 345.3 16.48 2 950 510 20.5 19.7 95 0.8 20.0 221 23 298.0 300.8 295.0 342.8 15.43 3 900 977 18.1 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 225 31 300.2 302.7 294.2 339.4 13.39 4 850 1465 15.2 11.3 77 4.0 12.7 226 32 302.1 303.9 292.1 331.5 9.91 5 800 1976 12.1 6.5 68 5.6 8.8 219 31 304.0 305.5 290.8 326.9 7.60 6 750 2514 8.8 3.9 71 4.9 6.1 215 31 306.2 307.4 290.7 326.7 6.76 7 700 3081 4.6 2.1 83 2.6 3.2 219 35 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.1 6.36 8 650 3681 0.7 0.1 95 0.7 0.4 223 41 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.1 5.92 9 600 4322 -2.1 -2.8 96 0.6 -2.4 223 43 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.21 10 550 5009 -5.8 -6.3 97 0.5 -6.0 224 45 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.35 11 500 5751 -10.0 -10.8 94 0.8 -10.4 225 47 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.36 12 450 6555 -15.0 -16.4 89 1.5 -15.4 225 49 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.4 2.35 13 400 7436 -20.8 -23.0 82 2.2 -21.4 226 51 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.50 14 350 8409 -28.0 -31.4 73 3.3 -28.6 228 51 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.8 0.80 15 300 9493 -37.5 -41.0 70 3.5 -37.9 228 52 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.35 16 250 10722 -48.2 -50.2 80 2.0 -48.3 224 53 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.15 17 200 12179 -52.0 -75.0 5 23.0 -52.4 254 78 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13994 -61.8 -80.1 7 18.3 -62.0 267 62 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16461 -68.0 -87.5 5 19.5 -68.1 257 45 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.29 m Freezing level: 637.13 mb = 3846.17 m = 12618.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3762.98 m = 12345.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.20 mb = 417.56 m = 1369.94 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 18.65 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 935.70 m = 3069.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.91 C = 78.63 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.66 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1420.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.98 mb = 777.96 m = 2552.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.98 mb = 1207.86 m = 3962.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.98 mb = 11381.48 m = 37340.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1417.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.98 mb = 14590.70 m = 47869.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.5 neg: -16.4 tot: 97.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 34.51 Bulk Shear: 41.16 m/s