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: 36.75,-95.89 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 983 233 19.5 18.0 91 1.5 18.5 259 4 294.1 296.5 292.3 332.1 13.32 2 950 526 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 17.0 271 10 296.5 298.7 292.0 331.2 12.00 3 900 988 15.8 13.3 86 2.4 14.2 290 14 297.7 299.7 291.5 329.0 10.76 4 850 1472 12.7 8.9 78 3.8 10.4 309 19 299.5 301.0 290.1 324.3 8.45 5 800 1978 9.0 4.8 75 4.2 6.6 317 21 300.7 302.0 289.0 320.8 6.74 6 750 2509 4.8 1.5 79 3.4 3.1 311 21 301.8 302.9 288.4 318.9 5.69 7 700 3067 0.9 -1.6 84 2.4 -0.3 299 25 303.4 304.3 288.2 318.3 4.88 8 650 3659 -3.0 -4.3 91 1.3 -3.6 288 29 305.6 306.4 288.3 318.7 4.27 9 600 4289 -6.9 -8.7 87 1.8 -7.6 285 32 308.2 308.8 288.3 318.5 3.30 10 550 4963 -10.8 -13.9 77 3.2 -11.9 285 33 311.3 311.7 288.4 318.9 2.36 11 500 5690 -15.3 -19.6 70 4.3 -16.6 280 34 314.3 314.6 288.6 319.7 1.61 12 450 6476 -20.9 -25.9 64 5.0 -22.0 275 36 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.5 1.03 13 400 7333 -27.7 -34.4 53 6.7 -28.6 273 35 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.9 0.52 14 350 8281 -33.0 -45.2 29 12.2 -34.1 273 44 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.19 15 300 9359 -35.5 -62.2 5 26.7 -36.8 275 52 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 16 250 10610 -41.5 -66.7 5 25.2 -42.5 252 57 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12105 -47.3 -77.2 2 29.9 -47.9 260 67 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 18 150 13954 -59.2 -82.2 4 23.0 -59.4 273 53 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16436 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.1 -65.6 265 39 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.89 m Freezing level: 688.76 mb = 3200.49 m = 10500.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.80 mb = 3012.17 m = 9882.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.45 mb = 422.49 m = 1386.12 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1273.99 m = 4179.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.55 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 952.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.71 mb = 1019.24 m = 3343.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.71 mb = 1653.51 m = 5424.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.71 mb = 8656.25 m = 28399.41 ft B at Equ Level: 951.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.71 mb = 11723.71 m = 38463.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.5 neg: -3.0 tot: 36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 23.72 Bulk Shear: 40.18 m/s