MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-95.02 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 978 256 21.3 19.4 89 1.8 20.0 191 10 296.3 299.0 294.0 338.7 14.70 2 950 506 19.7 18.9 95 0.8 19.2 199 25 297.2 299.9 294.2 339.6 14.65 3 900 971 18.2 17.3 94 1.0 17.6 215 39 300.3 302.8 294.6 341.1 13.91 4 850 1462 17.3 11.9 71 5.4 13.8 238 34 304.2 306.1 293.1 335.1 10.33 5 800 1978 14.4 11.7 84 2.6 12.7 246 27 306.4 308.5 294.1 339.2 10.89 6 750 2521 10.8 10.5 98 0.3 10.6 239 27 308.3 310.3 294.5 340.8 10.72 7 700 3093 7.1 3.2 76 3.9 4.9 228 29 310.3 311.6 292.2 331.6 6.91 8 650 3698 2.7 -3.2 65 5.9 -0.2 228 36 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.7 4.65 9 600 4339 -3.3 -7.8 71 4.4 -5.3 233 39 312.3 312.9 289.8 323.6 3.55 10 550 5020 -8.4 -11.3 79 3.0 -9.5 233 42 314.1 314.7 289.9 323.6 2.92 11 500 5755 -12.0 -15.0 78 3.0 -13.0 231 44 318.4 318.9 290.6 326.3 2.39 12 450 6554 -16.7 -18.5 86 1.8 -17.2 230 43 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.98 13 400 7427 -23.0 -27.6 66 4.7 -23.9 227 48 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.7 0.99 14 350 8391 -30.0 -39.5 39 9.5 -31.2 231 57 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.6 0.35 15 300 9469 -38.5 -48.6 34 10.1 -39.2 234 68 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10695 -48.2 -51.3 71 3.0 -48.4 237 82 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 17 200 12143 -52.5 -71.7 8 19.2 -52.9 245 96 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13972 -59.0 -82.7 3 23.8 -59.2 252 75 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16451 -69.1 -87.7 5 18.6 -69.2 257 43 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.41 m Freezing level: 627.46 mb = 3987.08 m = 13080.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.55 mb = 3678.90 m = 12069.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.03 mb = 487.00 m = 1597.76 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.22 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1635.48 m = 5365.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 37.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1342.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.08 mb = 875.41 m = 2872.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.08 mb = 2801.54 m = 9191.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.08 mb = 11376.38 m = 37323.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1324.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.08 mb = 14176.13 m = 46509.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.8 neg: -10.7 tot: 251.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 29.67 Bulk Shear: 45.24 m/s