MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.01,-96.83 Latitude: 38.01 Longitude: -96.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 955 434 25.9 15.4 52 10.5 18.8 202 4 303.0 305.1 293.7 337.4 11.59 2 950 481 26.7 15.3 50 11.3 19.0 217 8 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.9 11.61 3 900 956 23.1 13.8 56 9.3 16.9 216 18 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.4 11.06 4 850 1451 18.6 12.7 69 5.9 14.7 215 23 305.6 307.7 293.9 338.4 10.93 5 800 1968 13.8 11.6 86 2.2 12.3 218 27 305.8 307.8 293.9 338.1 10.76 6 750 2508 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 222 30 306.8 308.7 293.4 336.6 9.87 7 700 3079 5.6 5.1 97 0.5 5.4 228 34 308.7 310.2 292.5 332.9 7.91 8 650 3681 2.5 -7.5 48 10.0 -2.0 239 42 311.8 312.4 289.5 322.4 3.34 9 600 4323 -0.8 -21.7 19 21.0 -7.4 247 48 315.2 315.4 288.4 319.0 1.12 10 550 5012 -4.8 -30.2 12 25.5 -11.1 247 47 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.4 0.56 11 500 5754 -9.6 -37.4 8 27.8 -15.1 243 44 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.31 12 450 6557 -15.8 -42.3 8 26.5 -19.8 243 43 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.21 13 400 7432 -22.3 -46.6 9 24.3 -25.2 245 46 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.15 14 350 8400 -28.7 -54.4 7 25.6 -30.8 245 46 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 15 300 9482 -37.6 -55.9 13 18.3 -38.6 247 51 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.07 16 250 10711 -48.1 -58.2 30 10.1 -48.5 239 60 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 17 200 12154 -53.5 -69.5 13 16.0 -53.8 242 67 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13977 -60.3 -83.0 4 22.7 -60.4 244 65 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16447 -69.1 -87.2 6 18.2 -69.1 254 40 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.80 m Freezing level: 612.08 mb = 4168.07 m = 13674.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.47 mb = 3514.16 m = 11529.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.27 mb = 1764.82 m = 5790.02 ft T: 15.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 19.90 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2229.36 m = 7314.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 40.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 789.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.86 mb = 2074.49 m = 6805.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.86 mb = 2454.07 m = 8051.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.86 mb = 11114.77 m = 36465.34 ft B at Equ Level: 786.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.86 mb = 13378.58 m = 43892.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 9.76 Bulk Shear: 80.87 m/s