MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-95.14 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 980 239 21.6 19.8 90 1.8 20.4 180 12 296.5 299.2 294.3 339.7 14.99 2 950 509 19.7 19.3 97 0.4 19.4 196 25 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.5 14.97 3 900 975 17.7 17.5 98 0.2 17.5 211 36 299.8 302.3 294.6 341.0 14.10 4 850 1464 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.3 233 34 303.4 305.5 293.6 337.0 11.28 5 800 1980 14.3 11.8 85 2.5 12.7 245 28 306.4 308.5 294.1 339.4 10.95 6 750 2523 10.9 10.5 97 0.4 10.7 234 27 308.4 310.5 294.6 340.9 10.71 7 700 3096 7.0 3.9 80 3.2 5.2 224 30 310.3 311.6 292.4 332.6 7.23 8 650 3700 2.8 -4.7 58 7.4 -0.8 230 34 312.1 312.9 290.3 325.2 4.16 9 600 4340 -3.3 -8.3 69 5.0 -5.4 234 37 312.2 312.9 289.7 323.1 3.41 10 550 5022 -8.0 -11.6 76 3.6 -9.4 231 41 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.9 2.87 11 500 5758 -12.0 -16.5 69 4.5 -13.5 230 44 318.5 318.9 290.4 325.5 2.11 12 450 6556 -16.8 -19.8 78 2.9 -17.7 228 43 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.77 13 400 7430 -22.9 -27.1 68 4.2 -23.8 225 48 325.3 325.5 291.4 329.0 1.04 14 350 8393 -30.3 -43.1 28 12.8 -31.7 227 60 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.24 15 300 9470 -38.6 -45.1 50 6.5 -39.1 229 65 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.23 16 250 10695 -48.4 -52.3 64 3.9 -48.6 233 87 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.12 17 200 12146 -51.7 -73.1 6 21.5 -52.1 243 97 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13980 -59.0 -82.7 3 23.7 -59.2 251 75 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16457 -69.7 -87.7 5 18.1 -69.8 253 41 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.85 m Freezing level: 627.33 mb = 3990.60 m = 13092.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.63 mb = 3617.51 m = 11868.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.70 mb = 466.23 m = 1529.62 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 911.57 m = 2990.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 38.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1446.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.08 mb = 784.87 m = 2575.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.08 mb = 2803.74 m = 9198.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.08 mb = 11378.12 m = 37329.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1429.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.08 mb = 14620.53 m = 47967.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.8 neg: -8.3 tot: 232.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 28.90 Bulk Shear: 50.05 m/s