MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.98,-94.88 Latitude: 35.98 Longitude: -94.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 975 288 20.7 19.3 92 1.4 19.7 181 8 295.9 298.6 293.8 337.8 14.55 2 950 518 19.4 18.8 96 0.6 19.0 198 21 296.9 299.5 294.0 338.8 14.53 3 900 984 18.6 17.5 93 1.2 17.8 217 36 300.7 303.3 294.8 342.0 14.09 4 850 1475 17.8 10.8 63 7.0 13.3 235 30 304.8 306.5 292.7 333.5 9.59 5 800 1991 14.5 9.9 74 4.7 11.6 236 23 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.6 9.60 6 750 2534 10.4 9.7 96 0.7 10.0 233 19 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.5 10.13 7 700 3105 6.4 5.6 95 0.8 5.9 229 21 309.5 311.1 292.9 334.6 8.17 8 650 3709 2.1 -0.6 82 2.7 0.7 230 29 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.62 9 600 4350 -2.5 -6.7 73 4.2 -4.4 235 35 313.2 314.0 290.4 325.5 3.86 10 550 5035 -7.3 -12.1 68 4.8 -9.1 237 37 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.4 2.75 11 500 5771 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.4 -12.4 233 38 318.5 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.74 12 450 6569 -16.9 -18.9 85 2.0 -17.5 232 39 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.5 1.91 13 400 7442 -23.1 -29.4 56 6.3 -24.4 232 46 324.9 325.1 291.1 327.9 0.84 14 350 8406 -29.7 -42.2 29 12.5 -31.1 234 57 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.27 15 300 9485 -38.3 -51.5 24 13.2 -39.1 239 68 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 16 250 10712 -47.9 -51.7 65 3.8 -48.1 241 82 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12160 -52.0 -72.1 7 20.1 -52.4 249 95 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13991 -60.2 -83.1 3 22.9 -60.3 253 76 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16452 -69.8 -87.6 6 17.8 -69.9 258 41 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.16 m Freezing level: 627.23 mb = 4000.98 m = 13126.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.41 mb = 3790.60 m = 12436.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.42 mb = 468.19 m = 1536.04 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 14.11 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1765.27 m = 5791.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 39.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1288.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.53 mb = 921.32 m = 3022.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.53 mb = 2627.88 m = 8621.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.53 mb = 11209.89 m = 36777.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1280.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.53 mb = 14344.09 m = 47060.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.4 neg: -26.7 tot: 198.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 39.32 Bulk Shear: 32.77 m/s