MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 4Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.30,-97.35 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -97.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 963 378 22.2 19.8 86 2.5 20.5 331 4 298.6 301.3 295.0 342.9 15.23 2 950 498 22.8 16.8 69 6.0 18.7 317 6 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.7 12.78 3 900 968 20.5 14.1 67 6.4 16.3 228 11 302.6 304.7 293.3 336.1 11.31 4 850 1460 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.3 222 22 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.7 10.71 5 800 1976 13.9 11.2 84 2.6 12.2 228 26 305.9 307.9 293.7 337.6 10.53 6 750 2517 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 233 29 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.61 7 700 3087 5.0 4.4 95 0.7 4.6 237 34 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.0 7.49 8 650 3688 2.2 -10.8 37 13.0 -3.1 244 41 311.5 311.9 288.6 319.7 2.57 9 600 4330 -0.9 -25.1 14 24.1 -7.9 248 43 315.1 315.2 288.1 317.9 0.83 10 550 5018 -5.2 -26.9 16 21.8 -11.0 250 45 318.0 318.1 288.9 320.6 0.76 11 500 5759 -10.2 -33.8 13 23.6 -15.2 248 46 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.2 0.44 12 450 6561 -15.6 -39.4 11 23.8 -19.6 243 49 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.28 13 400 7438 -21.7 -43.2 12 21.5 -24.6 241 52 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.21 14 350 8405 -29.5 -45.3 20 15.8 -31.1 245 56 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.19 15 300 9483 -38.7 -48.5 35 9.7 -39.4 246 59 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.16 16 250 10705 -49.3 -52.7 67 3.4 -49.4 253 72 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12145 -53.7 -67.9 16 14.2 -54.0 252 83 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13977 -59.4 -82.6 3 23.2 -59.6 248 72 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.3 -87.7 5 19.4 -68.4 249 36 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.95 m Freezing level: 614.69 mb = 4141.40 m = 13587.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.17 mb = 3440.10 m = 11286.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.21 mb = 690.61 m = 2265.76 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.65 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2101.92 m = 6895.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 39.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 722.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.31 mb = 1588.13 m = 5210.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.31 mb = 2602.47 m = 8538.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.31 mb = 11178.61 m = 36674.78 ft B at Equ Level: 713.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.31 mb = 13474.66 m = 44207.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.9 neg: -7.9 tot: 190.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 6.72 Bulk Shear: 107.60 m/s