MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 36.85,-97.66 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 965 347 29.1 15.4 43 13.7 19.8 201 11 305.3 307.5 294.2 339.6 11.45 2 950 482 28.5 14.9 44 13.6 19.3 201 18 306.1 308.2 294.3 339.9 11.25 3 900 959 23.9 13.8 53 10.1 17.2 205 22 306.1 308.2 294.2 339.5 11.10 4 850 1455 19.1 12.9 67 6.2 15.0 210 23 306.2 308.2 294.1 339.4 11.05 5 800 1972 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 214 25 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.8 10.79 6 750 2514 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.5 229 27 307.7 309.6 293.6 337.2 9.71 7 700 3086 7.3 1.9 68 5.4 4.4 240 34 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.1 6.28 8 650 3692 2.9 -1.3 74 4.2 0.8 247 44 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.1 5.37 9 600 4336 -0.2 -22.2 17 22.0 -7.1 251 43 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.5 1.07 10 550 5026 -3.9 -37.9 5 34.0 -11.1 246 41 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.5 0.27 11 500 5770 -9.5 -36.6 9 27.2 -14.9 243 42 321.5 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.33 12 450 6573 -15.7 -39.2 11 23.4 -19.7 243 44 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.28 13 400 7448 -22.1 -45.3 10 23.1 -25.0 245 44 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 14 350 8416 -28.7 -53.6 7 24.9 -30.7 250 43 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 15 300 9499 -37.3 -55.7 13 18.4 -38.3 255 45 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 16 250 10731 -46.9 -58.7 25 11.8 -47.3 245 57 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12184 -52.6 -69.7 11 17.1 -52.9 246 64 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14005 -61.3 -81.7 5 20.4 -61.4 238 61 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16462 -69.7 -87.1 6 17.4 -69.8 250 37 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.58 m Freezing level: 603.83 mb = 4286.19 m = 14062.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.06 mb = 3753.06 m = 12313.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.41 mb = 2073.53 m = 6802.83 ft T: 13.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.36 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.87 mb = 2360.46 m = 7744.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 36.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.01 mb = 2206.35 m = 7238.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.01 mb = 2591.97 m = 8503.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.01 mb = 11189.46 m = 36710.37 ft B at Equ Level: 779.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.01 mb = 13478.81 m = 44221.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 12.45 Bulk Shear: 63.57 m/s