MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-95.86 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -95.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 986 204 19.5 17.7 89 1.9 18.3 130 3 293.9 296.2 292.0 331.0 13.00 2 950 523 18.9 15.8 82 3.1 16.8 224 6 296.4 298.5 291.9 330.8 11.95 3 900 986 16.6 12.3 76 4.3 13.9 280 12 298.6 300.4 291.1 327.9 10.04 4 850 1471 13.9 8.7 71 5.2 10.8 303 18 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.3 8.32 5 800 1980 10.2 5.3 72 4.9 7.5 308 21 302.0 303.3 289.6 322.9 7.00 6 750 2513 6.2 -0.4 63 6.6 2.9 306 23 303.3 304.2 288.2 318.4 4.97 7 700 3074 2.5 -7.4 48 9.9 -1.8 301 23 305.2 305.8 287.1 315.0 3.12 8 650 3668 -1.9 -6.9 69 5.0 -4.1 289 26 306.8 307.4 288.0 317.7 3.50 9 600 4299 -6.6 -12.5 63 6.0 -8.7 285 31 308.5 309.0 287.5 316.3 2.43 10 550 4974 -10.5 -20.0 46 9.5 -13.3 285 34 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.3 1.42 11 500 5701 -14.8 -23.0 50 8.2 -16.9 279 36 315.0 315.2 288.4 319.1 1.20 12 450 6489 -20.5 -27.9 52 7.4 -22.0 274 39 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.5 0.86 13 400 7347 -27.6 -38.8 34 11.2 -29.0 268 39 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.33 14 350 8298 -30.9 -56.3 6 25.4 -32.6 271 49 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.05 15 300 9382 -35.0 -62.3 4 27.3 -36.5 272 51 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 16 250 10633 -41.9 -66.7 5 24.8 -42.8 252 58 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 17 200 12128 -48.0 -77.0 2 28.9 -48.7 261 65 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 13971 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 266 50 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.5 -87.5 4 21.0 -66.6 263 37 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.65 m Freezing level: 671.91 mb = 3408.03 m = 11181.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.16 mb = 2854.50 m = 9365.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.52 mb = 437.17 m = 1434.26 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.99 mb = 1590.79 m = 5219.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.98 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 27.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 692.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.02 mb = 1080.91 m = 3546.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.02 mb = 2241.83 m = 7354.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.02 mb = 8398.84 m = 27554.90 ft B at Equ Level: 686.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.02 mb = 11046.67 m = 36241.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.7 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 318.7 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -3.4 tot: 82.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 9.67 Bulk Shear: 71.62 m/s