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,-94.27 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 386 20.6 17.5 83 3.1 18.5 194 8 296.9 299.3 293.0 335.0 13.20 2 950 511 21.4 18.1 81 3.3 19.1 201 19 298.9 301.4 294.1 339.3 13.88 3 900 979 20.1 14.4 70 5.6 16.3 223 37 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.3 11.55 4 850 1470 17.8 9.5 58 8.3 12.7 230 32 304.8 306.4 292.0 331.2 8.81 5 800 1986 14.5 8.6 68 5.9 10.9 232 23 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.3 8.80 6 750 2529 11.0 5.2 67 5.8 7.6 235 20 308.6 310.0 292.1 331.3 7.43 7 700 3102 7.3 1.9 68 5.4 4.4 234 24 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.1 6.29 8 650 3707 2.5 0.5 87 2.0 1.4 233 30 311.8 312.9 291.9 330.8 6.11 9 600 4348 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 235 35 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.16 10 550 5035 -6.1 -13.4 56 7.3 -8.9 238 40 316.8 317.3 290.3 324.9 2.47 11 500 5774 -10.8 -20.8 44 10.0 -13.8 237 40 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.8 1.46 12 450 6575 -15.2 -26.6 37 11.4 -18.0 240 40 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.96 13 400 7455 -20.7 -40.8 15 20.1 -23.7 239 49 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.27 14 350 8425 -29.3 -43.5 24 14.2 -30.9 240 55 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.23 15 300 9506 -37.5 -48.4 31 10.9 -38.3 248 66 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10738 -47.4 -52.6 55 5.2 -47.6 252 75 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12183 -52.4 -71.8 8 19.4 -52.8 252 91 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 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: 5711.68 m Freezing level: 625.06 mb = 4026.73 m = 13210.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.62 mb = 3923.99 m = 12873.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.30 mb = 776.15 m = 2546.38 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.85 mb = 2276.69 m = 7469.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.57 mb = 1494.80 m = 4904.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.57 mb = 3427.92 m = 11246.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.57 mb = 10668.34 m = 35000.68 ft B at Equ Level: 491.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.57 mb = 12761.35 m = 41867.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.1 neg: -40.8 tot: 172.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 20.62 Bulk Shear: 23.86 m/s