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: 36.98,-96.67 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -96.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 968 370 19.1 16.7 86 2.4 17.5 327 5 294.9 297.2 291.9 330.7 12.46 2 950 534 19.5 14.8 74 4.7 16.5 332 19 297.0 299.0 291.6 329.5 11.24 3 900 997 16.3 10.8 70 5.4 12.9 339 27 298.3 299.9 290.2 324.9 9.10 4 850 1480 12.4 7.5 72 4.9 9.6 342 28 299.1 300.5 289.3 321.7 7.68 5 800 1985 8.2 4.9 80 3.3 6.3 342 25 299.9 301.1 288.7 319.9 6.78 6 750 2514 3.9 2.1 88 1.8 3.0 337 21 300.8 301.9 288.3 318.6 5.96 7 700 3071 0.5 -3.2 76 3.7 -1.2 317 17 303.0 303.8 287.5 316.1 4.30 8 650 3663 -2.6 -7.0 72 4.3 -4.5 293 24 306.0 306.6 287.7 316.8 3.49 9 600 4293 -6.4 -16.3 45 9.9 -9.6 297 34 308.7 309.1 286.9 314.5 1.79 10 550 4966 -11.2 -21.1 44 9.9 -14.0 295 34 310.8 311.0 287.1 315.0 1.29 11 500 5690 -16.6 -30.7 29 14.1 -19.3 291 36 312.8 312.9 287.1 314.9 0.59 12 450 6472 -22.4 -36.7 26 14.3 -24.5 280 36 315.1 315.1 287.5 316.4 0.37 13 400 7325 -28.3 -42.7 24 14.3 -29.9 275 42 318.2 318.2 288.4 319.0 0.22 14 350 8272 -33.2 -56.4 8 23.2 -34.6 286 48 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.2 0.05 15 300 9350 -35.3 -62.6 4 27.3 -36.7 288 55 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 16 250 10599 -42.9 -66.3 6 23.4 -43.7 281 45 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 12085 -46.7 -76.3 2 29.6 -47.4 267 74 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13947 -58.1 -83.0 3 24.9 -58.3 275 53 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16429 -65.6 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 272 43 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.40 m Freezing level: 692.17 mb = 3163.99 m = 10380.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.35 mb = 2907.55 m = 9539.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.61 % Est. max temperature: 23.70 C = 74.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.25 mb = 667.60 m = 2190.27 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1642.06 m = 5387.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.72 mb = 1432.96 m = 4701.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.72 mb = 1884.15 m = 6181.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.72 mb = 8277.23 m = 27155.93 ft B at Equ Level: 657.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.72 mb = 10606.50 m = 34797.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -4.0 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 27.18 Bulk Shear: 24.21 m/s