MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-95.74 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -95.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 988 200 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 234 2 293.2 295.5 291.7 330.1 12.98 2 950 534 18.6 15.7 83 2.9 16.7 278 9 296.1 298.2 291.8 330.4 11.92 3 900 997 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 301 17 298.2 300.1 291.2 328.2 10.31 4 850 1481 13.2 9.2 77 4.0 10.7 314 23 299.9 301.5 290.3 325.2 8.60 5 800 1988 9.3 6.3 82 3.0 7.6 313 24 301.0 302.4 289.8 323.3 7.51 6 750 2519 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.4 306 24 302.1 303.2 288.6 319.7 5.83 7 700 3079 1.7 -5.2 60 6.9 -1.4 298 23 304.4 305.1 287.3 315.8 3.71 8 650 3672 -2.4 -6.3 74 3.9 -4.1 290 27 306.3 307.0 288.0 317.7 3.67 9 600 4303 -6.3 -12.5 62 6.2 -8.6 290 33 308.8 309.2 287.6 316.6 2.44 10 550 4978 -10.3 -19.7 46 9.4 -13.0 290 35 311.9 312.2 287.6 316.7 1.46 11 500 5706 -14.9 -25.6 40 10.7 -17.4 282 37 314.8 315.0 288.1 318.1 0.95 12 450 6492 -21.0 -31.3 39 10.3 -22.9 272 38 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.62 13 400 7351 -26.8 -47.1 13 20.2 -28.8 273 42 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.7 0.14 14 350 8303 -31.5 -56.9 6 25.4 -33.1 282 46 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.05 15 300 9387 -34.7 -62.7 4 27.9 -36.2 281 49 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 16 250 10637 -42.7 -66.1 6 23.4 -43.5 265 53 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.6 0.02 17 200 12126 -47.8 -76.1 2 28.3 -48.4 263 70 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 13974 -58.8 -82.3 3 23.5 -59.0 273 45 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16449 -66.3 -87.6 4 21.2 -66.5 267 39 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.38 m Freezing level: 679.16 mb = 3326.08 m = 10912.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.43 mb = 2913.39 m = 9558.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.89 mb = 364.59 m = 1196.16 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1420.90 m = 4661.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.54 mb = 1010.51 m = 3315.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.54 mb = 1847.55 m = 6061.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.54 mb = 8433.92 m = 27669.99 ft B at Equ Level: 720.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.54 mb = 11091.26 m = 36388.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.6 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 323.6 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: -10.7 tot: 51.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 14.53 Bulk Shear: 49.89 m/s