MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.31,-95.95 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 982 210 24.2 20.3 79 3.9 21.4 204 13 298.9 301.7 295.2 343.7 15.41 2 950 500 21.5 18.4 83 3.0 19.4 209 23 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.3 14.20 3 900 967 18.3 16.1 87 2.2 16.8 216 30 300.3 302.7 293.9 338.1 12.88 4 850 1456 16.7 11.8 73 4.9 13.6 230 30 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.31 5 800 1972 14.6 10.6 77 4.0 12.0 237 22 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.1 10.06 6 750 2515 11.1 9.1 87 2.0 9.9 229 23 308.7 310.5 293.9 338.3 9.74 7 700 3088 6.9 3.4 78 3.5 4.9 219 26 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.7 7.00 8 650 3691 1.5 -3.4 70 4.9 -0.9 218 29 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.1 4.58 9 600 4329 -4.5 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.8 223 31 311.0 311.8 290.1 324.5 4.30 10 550 5009 -8.9 -10.1 91 1.2 -9.4 223 38 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.8 3.22 11 500 5742 -12.6 -15.5 79 2.8 -13.6 224 44 317.6 318.1 290.3 325.2 2.30 12 450 6539 -16.9 -18.8 85 2.0 -17.5 223 44 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.5 1.92 13 400 7412 -23.2 -26.2 77 2.9 -23.9 222 51 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.8 1.13 14 350 8374 -30.9 -34.3 72 3.4 -31.4 227 58 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.60 15 300 9446 -40.1 -42.2 80 2.2 -40.3 229 69 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.31 16 250 10663 -48.7 -57.8 34 9.1 -49.0 233 91 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 17 200 12118 -51.9 -75.2 5 23.2 -52.3 245 87 350.5 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13956 -58.5 -82.7 3 24.2 -58.7 261 64 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16445 -68.6 -87.2 5 18.6 -68.7 249 44 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.12 m Freezing level: 637.18 mb = 3854.81 m = 12646.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.41 mb = 3598.97 m = 11807.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.76 mb = 704.73 m = 2312.06 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.44 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1698.03 m = 5570.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1554.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.09 mb = 1033.00 m = 3389.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.09 mb = 2875.94 m = 9435.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.09 mb = 11261.16 m = 36945.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1544.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.09 mb = 14463.75 m = 47452.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.1 neg: -11.3 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 91.63 Bulk Shear: 16.97 m/s