MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.10,-95.92 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 983 214 20.0 17.7 87 2.3 18.5 158 3 294.6 296.9 292.2 331.9 13.05 2 950 512 19.0 15.8 82 3.1 16.9 201 8 296.4 298.6 292.0 331.0 11.98 3 900 975 16.3 12.6 79 3.7 14.0 249 12 298.3 300.2 291.2 328.2 10.25 4 850 1460 13.9 8.6 70 5.3 10.7 284 16 300.7 302.3 290.3 325.2 8.28 5 800 1969 11.0 3.5 60 7.5 6.8 303 20 302.8 304.0 289.2 321.3 6.14 6 750 2504 7.5 -3.4 46 10.9 2.3 302 23 304.7 305.4 287.7 316.9 3.97 7 700 3067 3.3 -7.4 45 10.7 -1.3 295 25 306.1 306.7 287.4 315.9 3.12 8 650 3663 -1.6 -6.4 69 4.8 -3.7 283 26 307.2 307.9 288.3 318.6 3.64 9 600 4295 -6.3 -10.7 71 4.3 -8.0 279 29 308.8 309.3 288.0 317.8 2.83 10 550 4970 -10.3 -20.3 44 10.0 -13.2 280 33 311.9 312.1 287.6 316.5 1.38 11 500 5698 -14.2 -30.1 25 15.9 -17.6 278 36 315.7 315.8 288.1 317.9 0.63 12 450 6488 -19.6 -32.6 31 13.0 -22.0 274 38 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.55 13 400 7349 -26.7 -42.8 20 16.1 -28.5 265 43 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.1 0.22 14 350 8301 -31.7 -58.2 5 26.5 -33.3 261 52 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.2 0.04 15 300 9384 -34.8 -61.0 5 26.2 -36.2 256 51 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 16 250 10639 -40.1 -68.3 3 28.2 -41.2 248 59 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12134 -49.4 -76.6 3 27.2 -49.9 253 68 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13972 -59.9 -81.7 4 21.9 -60.1 260 56 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16448 -66.6 -87.4 4 20.8 -66.7 262 39 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.07 m Freezing level: 665.96 mb = 3472.77 m = 11393.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.28 mb = 2856.92 m = 9372.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.82 mb = 504.84 m = 1656.27 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1619.78 m = 5314.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 26.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.70 mb = 1082.42 m = 3551.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.70 mb = 2683.45 m = 8803.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.70 mb = 8428.41 m = 27651.94 ft B at Equ Level: 596.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.70 mb = 10809.82 m = 35464.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: -5.1 tot: 97.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 7.53 Bulk Shear: 79.26 m/s