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: 35.68,-94.90 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 976 270 21.6 20.1 91 1.5 20.6 225 13 296.8 299.6 294.6 341.1 15.34 2 950 509 19.7 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 234 24 297.1 299.8 294.1 339.2 14.55 3 900 973 16.6 16.2 97 0.4 16.4 238 28 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.4 12.97 4 850 1459 13.4 13.1 98 0.4 13.2 240 29 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.1 11.21 5 800 1967 10.0 9.2 95 0.8 9.6 234 28 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.1 9.18 6 750 2503 7.6 4.7 82 2.9 6.0 217 32 304.8 306.2 290.7 326.5 7.17 7 700 3069 4.4 2.3 86 2.1 3.3 217 40 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.2 6.47 8 650 3669 1.0 -0.5 90 1.5 0.2 225 47 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.7 5.68 9 600 4309 -2.2 -4.0 88 1.7 -3.1 228 47 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.6 4.76 10 550 4996 -6.0 -7.2 91 1.2 -6.5 231 45 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.0 4.04 11 500 5738 -10.2 -11.3 92 1.1 -10.6 233 46 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.2 3.22 12 450 6541 -15.3 -17.4 84 2.1 -16.0 232 50 324.0 324.5 292.1 331.4 2.17 13 400 7420 -21.4 -25.0 73 3.6 -22.3 224 55 327.2 327.4 292.2 331.6 1.26 14 350 8389 -28.7 -32.5 69 3.9 -29.3 218 51 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.7 0.71 15 300 9471 -38.0 -42.2 65 4.2 -38.4 215 56 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.31 16 250 10698 -47.5 -55.5 39 8.0 -47.8 224 68 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 17 200 12162 -51.4 -75.1 4 23.7 -51.8 251 71 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 13979 -62.2 -79.9 8 17.7 -62.4 270 61 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16447 -67.5 -87.2 4 19.7 -67.6 259 49 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.67 m Freezing level: 634.80 mb = 3863.66 m = 12675.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.02 mb = 3705.75 m = 12157.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.78 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.19 mb = 461.43 m = 1513.85 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 865.85 m = 2840.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.61 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 34.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 871.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.42 mb = 817.93 m = 2683.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.42 mb = 959.74 m = 3148.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.42 mb = 10926.84 m = 35848.78 ft B at Equ Level: 865.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.42 mb = 13515.66 m = 44342.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 106.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 24.70 Bulk Shear: 35.29 m/s