MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F046.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: 46 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-92.80 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 59 29.9 18.6 51 11.3 22.0 193 9 302.7 305.2 295.0 342.7 13.52 1 1000 93 28.6 17.5 51 11.1 20.9 197 10 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.0 12.65 2 950 546 23.7 16.4 64 7.3 18.8 201 15 301.3 303.6 293.8 338.0 12.46 3 900 1015 19.5 14.5 73 5.0 16.3 204 16 301.6 303.8 293.3 336.0 11.65 4 850 1505 15.8 12.2 79 3.6 13.5 211 18 302.7 304.7 292.8 334.1 10.56 5 800 2018 12.0 10.4 90 1.6 11.0 220 18 303.9 305.8 292.7 333.7 9.98 6 750 2557 11.0 2.3 55 8.7 6.2 218 17 308.5 309.7 290.9 327.1 6.04 7 700 3131 8.9 -4.1 39 13.1 2.5 232 13 312.4 313.2 290.3 325.2 4.03 8 650 3739 4.0 -3.2 59 7.2 0.4 241 14 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.2 4.65 9 600 4384 -0.9 -8.0 59 7.1 -4.0 232 19 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.4 3.49 10 550 5072 -6.0 -14.3 52 8.2 -9.1 233 26 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.6 2.30 11 500 5810 -11.3 -22.2 40 10.9 -14.4 241 32 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.29 12 450 6610 -15.3 -29.3 29 14.0 -18.5 242 38 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.75 13 400 7491 -20.1 -45.1 9 25.0 -23.4 245 50 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.17 14 350 8465 -27.8 -48.1 13 20.4 -29.8 247 58 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.14 15 300 9552 -36.7 -49.6 25 12.9 -37.7 251 65 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 16 250 10784 -47.3 -49.8 76 2.5 -47.4 256 72 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.16 17 200 12235 -52.7 -73.2 7 20.5 -53.0 260 81 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14055 -62.2 -82.0 5 19.8 -62.4 255 64 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16483 -71.5 -87.2 8 15.7 -71.5 253 35 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.78 m Freezing level: 608.97 mb = 4268.19 m = 14003.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.17 mb = 3798.97 m = 12463.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.85 mb = 1486.30 m = 4876.25 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1727.46 m = 5667.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.08 mb = 1514.10 m = 4967.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.08 mb = 1974.68 m = 6478.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.08 mb = 2185.63 m = 7170.60 ft B at Equ Level: 0.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 774.08 mb = 2292.86 m = 7522.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 37.69 Bulk Shear: 13.10 m/s