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: 36.33,-97.09 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 976 299 20.7 15.7 73 5.0 17.4 24 5 295.9 298.0 291.5 329.2 11.56 2 950 530 21.1 14.4 65 6.8 16.7 11 12 298.6 300.6 291.8 330.4 10.90 3 900 996 17.8 12.3 70 5.5 14.3 348 18 299.8 301.7 291.5 329.2 10.02 4 850 1482 13.6 10.4 81 3.2 11.7 341 21 300.4 302.1 291.2 328.0 9.37 5 800 1989 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 336 20 301.0 302.5 290.3 325.3 8.21 6 750 2521 5.3 2.3 81 3.0 3.7 330 18 302.3 303.4 288.9 320.4 6.02 7 700 3081 1.8 -3.2 69 5.0 -0.5 324 19 304.5 305.3 288.0 317.8 4.32 8 650 3674 -2.0 -7.5 66 5.5 -4.3 305 23 306.7 307.3 287.8 317.2 3.34 9 600 4306 -5.9 -17.5 40 11.6 -9.6 305 31 309.3 309.6 286.9 314.5 1.61 10 550 4981 -10.6 -23.5 34 12.9 -13.9 304 35 311.5 311.7 287.1 315.1 1.04 11 500 5707 -15.8 -32.5 22 16.7 -19.0 301 38 313.8 313.8 287.2 315.5 0.50 12 450 6491 -21.6 -40.4 16 18.9 -24.1 292 41 316.1 316.2 287.8 317.1 0.25 13 400 7348 -26.9 -51.6 8 24.7 -29.0 295 49 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.08 14 350 8299 -32.0 -58.6 5 26.5 -33.6 304 58 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.04 15 300 9381 -34.8 -63.1 4 28.3 -36.2 296 56 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 16 250 10631 -42.9 -66.2 6 23.3 -43.7 290 47 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 17 200 12116 -47.8 -75.4 3 27.7 -48.4 266 69 357.1 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 18 150 13964 -58.4 -82.3 3 23.8 -58.6 282 51 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16437 -65.9 -87.7 3 21.8 -66.0 274 41 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.90 m Freezing level: 675.97 mb = 3366.16 m = 11043.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.02 mb = 3011.54 m = 9880.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.55 mb = 933.24 m = 3061.76 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.64 mb = 1704.82 m = 5593.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.44 C = 77.79 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.24 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 768.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.96 mb = 1491.94 m = 4894.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.96 mb = 1947.71 m = 6390.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.96 mb = 8628.50 m = 28308.40 ft B at Equ Level: 759.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.96 mb = 11363.13 m = 37280.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.4 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 344.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -19.9 tot: -17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.48 Bulk Shear: 57.00 m/s