MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-97.45 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 967 349 22.6 17.9 75 4.8 19.4 348 11 298.6 301.1 293.7 337.7 13.43 2 950 502 21.1 16.3 74 4.7 17.9 344 16 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.6 12.39 3 900 968 17.1 13.9 81 3.2 15.0 344 18 299.1 301.2 292.2 331.7 11.15 4 850 1454 14.8 6.8 59 8.0 10.1 340 19 301.6 303.0 289.8 323.3 7.29 5 800 1964 11.6 0.2 45 11.4 5.6 336 20 303.5 304.4 288.2 318.2 4.85 6 750 2499 7.1 -1.8 53 8.9 2.7 326 19 304.3 305.2 288.1 318.0 4.48 7 700 3061 2.4 -1.5 76 3.8 0.5 308 20 305.1 306.0 288.8 320.1 4.92 8 650 3655 -2.2 -4.1 87 1.9 -3.0 298 24 306.5 307.3 288.7 320.0 4.36 9 600 4285 -7.0 -10.1 78 3.1 -8.2 285 29 308.1 308.6 287.9 317.4 2.97 10 550 4959 -11.0 -19.5 50 8.4 -13.5 281 29 311.0 311.3 287.4 315.9 1.49 11 500 5684 -15.6 -26.9 37 11.3 -18.1 286 29 314.0 314.1 287.7 316.9 0.84 12 450 6470 -20.9 -32.8 34 11.9 -22.9 295 30 317.0 317.1 288.4 318.9 0.54 13 400 7329 -27.2 -35.9 43 8.8 -28.4 290 35 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.3 0.44 14 350 8277 -32.7 -50.3 16 17.6 -34.0 273 38 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.11 15 300 9354 -36.4 -62.9 5 26.4 -37.7 262 42 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 16 250 10607 -39.9 -68.1 3 28.2 -41.0 260 52 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 17 200 12101 -49.4 -76.3 3 26.9 -50.0 250 68 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13938 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 270 61 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16433 -66.0 -87.7 3 21.7 -66.1 253 36 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.24 m Freezing level: 673.89 mb = 3371.20 m = 11060.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.05 mb = 3141.10 m = 10305.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.02 mb = 948.62 m = 3112.22 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1800.95 m = 5908.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 33.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1051.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.00 mb = 1354.41 m = 4443.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.00 mb = 2334.49 m = 7659.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.00 mb = 9013.07 m = 29570.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1045.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.00 mb = 11935.94 m = 39159.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -11.9 tot: -10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.68 Bulk Shear: 32.18 m/s