MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 15Z 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 74 SFC 976 288 21.0 19.7 92 1.4 20.1 190 9 296.3 299.0 294.1 339.3 14.93 2 950 522 19.3 18.9 98 0.4 19.0 199 20 296.7 299.4 294.0 338.8 14.58 3 900 987 18.1 17.6 97 0.5 17.8 214 34 300.2 302.8 294.8 341.9 14.24 4 850 1477 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 14.0 230 31 304.2 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.64 5 800 1993 14.4 10.2 76 4.1 11.7 235 24 306.5 308.3 293.3 336.1 9.84 6 750 2536 10.3 9.5 95 0.8 9.8 227 21 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.1 10.00 7 700 3107 5.9 5.3 96 0.6 5.6 223 23 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.6 8.03 8 650 3710 1.8 -2.6 72 4.4 -0.4 229 30 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.2 4.86 9 600 4350 -3.1 -7.7 71 4.6 -5.1 236 34 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.9 3.58 10 550 5033 -7.5 -9.0 89 1.5 -8.2 236 37 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.5 3.51 11 500 5770 -11.3 -12.0 94 0.8 -11.6 232 39 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.05 12 450 6570 -16.8 -19.2 82 2.4 -17.5 230 40 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.5 1.86 13 400 7443 -22.7 -27.7 63 5.1 -23.8 231 46 325.5 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.98 14 350 8408 -29.9 -38.9 41 9.0 -31.0 234 55 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.37 15 300 9486 -38.5 -47.6 38 9.0 -39.2 236 67 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10712 -48.2 -50.6 76 2.4 -48.3 238 85 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.15 17 200 12158 -52.2 -72.2 7 20.0 -52.5 246 98 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13990 -59.6 -83.5 3 23.9 -59.8 251 74 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16458 -69.4 -87.6 5 18.2 -69.5 258 42 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.15 m Freezing level: 631.61 mb = 3945.10 m = 12943.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.27 mb = 3668.90 m = 12036.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.59 mb = 461.40 m = 1513.75 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.15 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1607.34 m = 5273.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1367.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.66 mb = 857.35 m = 2812.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.66 mb = 2550.57 m = 8367.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.66 mb = 11289.93 m = 37040.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1357.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.66 mb = 14468.69 m = 47468.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.6 neg: -24.5 tot: 166.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 41.33 Bulk Shear: 33.09 m/s