MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.06,-92.64 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 997 119 23.9 21.5 86 2.4 22.2 240 8 297.4 300.3 295.5 344.9 16.43 2 950 536 20.4 19.5 94 0.9 19.8 241 22 297.9 300.7 294.8 341.9 15.17 3 900 1003 18.0 16.7 92 1.3 17.1 240 26 300.0 302.5 294.1 339.3 13.42 4 850 1491 14.9 13.4 91 1.5 14.0 243 29 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.6 11.47 5 800 2002 11.9 9.9 88 2.0 10.7 244 29 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.6 9.63 6 750 2540 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.9 237 26 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.1 7.59 7 700 3107 4.2 2.0 85 2.2 3.0 220 29 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.4 6.31 8 650 3707 0.6 -0.5 92 1.1 0.0 218 39 309.7 310.7 290.9 327.3 5.69 9 600 4346 -2.9 -3.6 95 0.7 -3.2 227 46 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.2 4.89 10 550 5031 -6.6 -7.2 95 0.6 -6.8 237 50 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.3 4.05 11 500 5772 -10.1 -11.1 92 1.0 -10.5 243 51 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.5 3.27 12 450 6576 -14.8 -17.0 84 2.2 -15.6 244 50 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.2 2.25 13 400 7457 -20.9 -24.3 74 3.4 -21.8 241 51 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.5 1.33 14 350 8430 -27.6 -31.7 68 4.1 -28.3 234 47 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.3 0.77 15 300 9516 -37.4 -41.9 63 4.4 -37.8 239 51 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.32 16 250 10743 -48.5 -52.1 66 3.6 -48.7 246 55 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12184 -54.9 -72.8 9 18.0 -55.1 265 69 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 13992 -61.3 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 263 70 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 19 100 16462 -69.2 -87.3 6 18.2 -69.3 265 37 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.37 m Freezing level: 641.26 mb = 3818.63 m = 12528.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3710.64 m = 12173.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.74 mb = 420.35 m = 1379.08 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 876.35 m = 2875.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.07 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1484.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.63 mb = 741.84 m = 2433.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.63 mb = 1169.10 m = 3835.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.63 mb = 11788.35 m = 38675.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1474.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.63 mb = 15219.50 m = 49932.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.2 neg: -10.4 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 28.83 Bulk Shear: 51.50 m/s