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: 36.85,-96.49 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 969 342 20.3 16.4 79 3.9 17.7 263 2 296.1 298.3 292.0 331.3 12.22 2 950 515 20.3 15.2 73 5.1 17.0 278 5 297.8 299.9 292.0 331.2 11.51 3 900 979 16.6 12.7 78 3.9 14.1 294 9 298.6 300.5 291.3 328.7 10.32 4 850 1464 13.5 8.6 73 4.8 10.6 307 15 300.2 301.8 290.2 324.7 8.28 5 800 1971 9.3 5.6 78 3.7 7.2 309 17 301.1 302.4 289.5 322.4 7.17 6 750 2503 5.8 0.3 68 5.4 3.0 309 19 302.8 303.8 288.3 318.6 5.22 7 700 3064 1.8 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.4 306 22 304.5 305.3 288.1 317.9 4.36 8 650 3657 -2.6 -5.1 83 2.5 -3.7 293 26 306.0 306.8 288.2 318.4 4.02 9 600 4287 -7.0 -10.0 79 3.0 -8.2 286 31 308.0 308.6 287.9 317.4 2.97 10 550 4960 -11.0 -16.3 65 5.3 -12.7 287 32 311.0 311.4 287.9 317.3 1.94 11 500 5686 -15.6 -20.0 69 4.4 -16.9 287 32 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.2 1.56 12 450 6472 -21.1 -25.5 68 4.4 -22.1 281 33 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.3 1.07 13 400 7328 -28.2 -33.0 63 4.9 -28.9 278 38 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.59 14 350 8273 -33.5 -53.2 12 19.6 -34.8 269 45 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.8 0.08 15 300 9349 -36.1 -60.6 6 24.5 -37.3 275 51 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 16 250 10600 -41.1 -67.1 4 26.1 -42.0 253 53 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 17 200 12098 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.8 262 67 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13948 -58.8 -82.4 3 23.6 -59.0 270 52 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16430 -66.2 -87.6 3 21.4 -66.3 265 41 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.08 m Freezing level: 679.30 mb = 3309.37 m = 10857.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.49 mb = 2989.01 m = 9806.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.94 C = 76.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.84 mb = 829.62 m = 2721.82 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1631.17 m = 5351.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.47 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.29 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.89 mb = 1356.27 m = 4449.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.89 mb = 1910.01 m = 6266.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.89 mb = 8770.96 m = 28775.75 ft B at Equ Level: 846.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.89 mb = 11280.52 m = 37009.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 19.41 Bulk Shear: 44.03 m/s