MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.74,-94.72 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -94.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 969 328 21.5 19.7 90 1.7 20.3 225 13 297.2 300.0 294.6 340.9 15.11 2 950 504 19.6 18.5 94 1.1 18.9 230 23 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.3 14.27 3 900 968 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 235 28 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.1 12.72 4 850 1452 13.2 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 239 28 300.0 302.1 292.4 332.7 11.14 5 800 1961 10.9 9.5 92 1.3 10.0 229 25 302.7 304.5 291.9 330.6 9.38 6 750 2499 8.7 5.8 82 2.8 7.0 207 34 306.0 307.4 291.6 329.4 7.75 7 700 3066 4.3 2.4 87 1.9 3.3 212 41 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.2 6.52 8 650 3665 0.4 -0.2 96 0.6 0.1 222 46 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.5 5.82 9 600 4305 -2.3 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.7 226 46 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.3 5.02 10 550 4993 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 226 46 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.39 11 500 5735 -10.1 -10.9 94 0.8 -10.4 225 48 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.7 3.33 12 450 6539 -15.2 -17.3 84 2.1 -15.9 229 54 324.1 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.18 13 400 7418 -21.3 -24.8 73 3.5 -22.1 227 56 327.3 327.6 292.2 331.9 1.28 14 350 8387 -29.1 -33.9 63 4.8 -29.8 222 57 329.5 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.62 15 300 9468 -38.2 -40.6 79 2.3 -38.4 215 63 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.37 16 250 10696 -46.0 -60.6 18 14.5 -46.5 230 73 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.04 17 200 12168 -50.7 -76.5 3 25.8 -51.1 261 64 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13991 -61.3 -81.0 6 19.7 -61.4 272 57 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16462 -69.2 -87.2 6 18.0 -69.3 258 42 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.73 m Freezing level: 641.85 mb = 3769.53 m = 12367.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.61 mb = 3694.59 m = 12121.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.65 mb = 542.99 m = 1781.44 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 891.59 m = 2925.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.02 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 613.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.81 mb = 874.54 m = 2869.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.81 mb = 921.84 m = 3024.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.81 mb = 10308.03 m = 33818.58 ft B at Equ Level: 610.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.81 mb = 12668.26 m = 41562.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.4 neg: -6.7 tot: 139.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 16.43 Bulk Shear: 37.32 m/s