MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.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: RUC analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-94.21 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 397 20.4 17.4 83 3.0 18.4 195 8 296.8 299.2 293.0 334.8 13.14 2 950 511 21.4 18.1 81 3.3 19.1 201 19 298.9 301.4 294.1 339.2 13.85 3 900 979 20.0 14.6 71 5.5 16.4 223 37 302.1 304.3 293.4 336.6 11.65 4 850 1471 17.8 9.7 59 8.1 12.7 230 31 304.8 306.4 292.1 331.4 8.89 5 800 1987 14.5 8.5 67 6.1 10.8 232 23 306.6 308.3 292.5 333.0 8.71 6 750 2529 11.1 4.9 66 6.1 7.5 235 20 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.9 7.28 7 700 3102 7.4 1.5 66 5.9 4.2 234 24 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.6 6.11 8 650 3707 2.5 0.4 86 2.1 1.4 233 30 311.8 312.9 291.9 330.7 6.07 9 600 4349 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 236 35 313.3 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.15 10 550 5035 -6.1 -13.7 55 7.7 -8.9 238 39 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.8 2.41 11 500 5774 -10.8 -21.2 42 10.4 -13.9 237 40 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.6 1.41 12 450 6576 -15.2 -27.1 36 11.8 -18.1 240 40 324.1 324.2 291.0 327.3 0.93 13 400 7456 -20.7 -40.8 15 20.1 -23.7 239 48 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.27 14 350 8425 -29.3 -43.8 23 14.5 -30.9 240 54 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.22 15 300 9506 -37.5 -48.2 32 10.7 -38.3 248 65 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10738 -47.4 -52.7 54 5.3 -47.6 253 75 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12183 -52.4 -71.8 8 19.4 -52.7 252 91 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14008 -61.5 -82.1 5 20.6 -61.6 255 72 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16451 -70.0 -87.4 6 17.4 -70.1 252 39 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.73 m Freezing level: 624.92 mb = 4028.82 m = 13217.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.09 mb = 3918.32 m = 12855.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.06 mb = 778.84 m = 2555.23 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 7.78 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.85 mb = 2276.95 m = 7470.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.19 mb = 1498.97 m = 4917.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.19 mb = 3432.85 m = 11262.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.19 mb = 10678.82 m = 35035.07 ft B at Equ Level: 497.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.19 mb = 12774.99 m = 41912.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.5 neg: -39.4 tot: 170.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 21.66 Bulk Shear: 22.99 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F000.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 GRD_get_sound: Too few grids to make sounding: 0