MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.63,-94.09 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 971 336 23.0 19.5 81 3.5 20.6 193 9 298.7 301.4 294.8 341.9 14.85 2 950 528 20.8 18.4 86 2.4 19.1 198 16 298.3 300.8 294.1 339.3 14.12 3 900 995 18.4 16.4 88 2.0 17.0 213 28 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.0 13.13 4 850 1485 16.8 12.2 74 4.7 13.8 224 29 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.1 10.53 5 800 2000 13.3 8.7 73 4.7 10.4 227 23 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.9 8.83 6 750 2540 10.8 3.3 60 7.5 6.6 221 19 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.1 6.47 7 700 3113 8.1 -3.0 46 11.0 2.5 215 22 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.2 4.39 8 650 3719 3.2 -4.1 59 7.3 -0.3 217 25 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.4 4.35 9 600 4362 -2.1 -7.0 69 4.8 -4.3 225 28 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.7 3.78 10 550 5047 -7.0 -12.8 63 5.8 -9.2 224 33 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.3 2.60 11 500 5782 -12.5 -17.8 64 5.3 -14.2 219 40 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.1 1.89 12 450 6579 -16.5 -30.0 30 13.5 -19.4 222 43 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.0 0.71 13 400 7457 -20.7 -46.8 8 26.1 -24.0 227 54 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.14 14 350 8428 -28.7 -60.4 3 31.8 -30.8 231 61 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.2 0.03 15 300 9511 -37.2 -51.1 22 13.9 -38.1 239 72 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10743 -47.3 -52.2 58 4.8 -47.6 244 80 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.12 17 200 12194 -52.0 -70.2 9 18.2 -52.3 246 93 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14020 -61.3 -82.5 4 21.2 -61.4 249 75 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.5 -87.6 5 18.1 -69.5 253 39 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.84 m Freezing level: 619.85 mb = 4106.44 m = 13472.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.78 mb = 3646.76 m = 11964.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.65 mb = 780.43 m = 2560.43 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1682.46 m = 5519.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 896.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.90 mb = 1120.65 m = 3676.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.90 mb = 3448.12 m = 11312.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.90 mb = 11231.59 m = 36848.62 ft B at Equ Level: 878.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.90 mb = 13535.73 m = 44408.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.2 neg: -21.2 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 42.06 Bulk Shear: 21.32 m/s