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: 36.25,-95.44 Latitude: 36.25 Longitude: -95.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 982 206 21.7 17.9 79 3.8 19.2 172 11 296.4 298.8 293.0 334.7 13.30 2 950 495 21.5 17.3 77 4.2 18.7 193 29 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.6 13.21 3 900 965 22.2 11.3 50 10.8 15.3 224 40 304.4 306.1 292.4 332.5 9.41 4 850 1459 19.5 7.5 46 12.0 12.2 238 36 306.6 308.0 291.7 329.9 7.67 5 800 1977 15.7 6.5 54 9.2 10.2 242 27 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.61 6 750 2521 11.3 6.3 71 5.0 8.3 241 21 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.3 8.01 7 700 3094 7.1 3.8 79 3.3 5.2 233 24 310.4 311.7 292.4 332.6 7.20 8 650 3699 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 228 33 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.37 9 600 4341 -1.8 -7.5 65 5.7 -4.3 233 38 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.6 3.63 10 550 5027 -6.5 -18.0 40 11.5 -10.3 233 41 316.4 316.7 289.3 322.0 1.69 11 500 5764 -11.9 -25.1 33 13.1 -15.3 230 42 318.5 318.7 289.3 321.9 1.00 12 450 6561 -16.6 -36.1 17 19.4 -20.1 232 45 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.39 13 400 7437 -21.4 -49.3 6 27.9 -24.6 235 54 327.1 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.11 14 350 8406 -29.1 -49.4 12 20.3 -31.0 238 61 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.12 15 300 9487 -37.6 -50.7 24 13.1 -38.5 244 71 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 16 250 10717 -47.7 -52.0 61 4.2 -47.9 246 81 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12162 -52.3 -72.9 7 20.6 -52.7 247 96 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13991 -60.9 -83.3 4 22.4 -61.1 251 78 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16449 -69.3 -87.6 5 18.3 -69.4 255 40 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.81 m Freezing level: 620.77 mb = 4074.42 m = 13367.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.41 mb = 3880.97 m = 12732.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.22 mb = 686.93 m = 2253.67 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 11.35 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.00 mb = 2476.48 m = 8124.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.00 C = 93.20 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 380.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 273.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.73 mb = 1552.95 m = 5094.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.73 mb = 3627.08 m = 11899.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.73 mb = 10056.07 m = 32991.97 ft B at Equ Level: 379.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.73 mb = 12299.09 m = 40350.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.1 neg: -27.8 tot: 308.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 52.89 m/s