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: 35.99,-90.19 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -90.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 75 26.0 21.7 78 4.2 22.9 220 8 299.1 302.1 296.1 347.4 16.58 1 1000 77 26.2 21.1 73 5.2 22.5 214 8 299.4 302.3 295.7 345.8 15.90 2 950 528 22.3 18.5 79 3.8 19.6 212 19 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.3 14.21 3 900 996 18.8 16.3 86 2.5 17.1 209 23 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.3 13.08 4 850 1485 14.8 13.5 92 1.3 14.0 209 26 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.6 11.50 5 800 1996 11.4 9.9 90 1.5 10.4 215 29 303.3 305.0 292.2 331.8 9.59 6 750 2533 8.8 5.4 79 3.4 6.9 222 28 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.9 7.53 7 700 3102 5.9 3.1 82 2.8 4.4 235 30 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.1 6.85 8 650 3705 2.1 -2.5 72 4.6 -0.2 245 34 311.4 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.91 9 600 4346 -2.4 -8.9 61 6.5 -5.1 238 36 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.8 3.25 10 550 5031 -6.7 -13.5 58 6.9 -9.2 232 40 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.44 11 500 5769 -11.1 -16.9 62 5.8 -13.0 236 42 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.4 2.04 12 450 6570 -15.7 -19.6 72 3.9 -16.9 243 43 323.5 323.8 291.6 329.6 1.79 13 400 7448 -21.8 -26.5 66 4.7 -22.9 249 49 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.5 1.10 14 350 8416 -29.1 -35.0 57 5.8 -30.0 246 50 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.56 15 300 9497 -37.9 -43.6 55 5.7 -38.4 250 57 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.27 16 250 10721 -49.3 -54.2 56 4.9 -49.5 260 65 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 17 200 12154 -54.2 -70.5 12 16.3 -54.4 260 82 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13983 -60.3 -82.4 4 22.1 -60.5 251 70 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16448 -69.1 -87.3 5 18.2 -69.2 262 40 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.00 m Freezing level: 626.34 mb = 4008.64 m = 13151.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.73 mb = 3683.73 m = 12085.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.65 mb = 613.34 m = 2012.26 ft T: 21.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.71 mb = 1161.88 m = 3811.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1630.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.25 mb = 1012.77 m = 3322.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.25 mb = 1352.43 m = 4437.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.25 mb = 11742.37 m = 38524.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1618.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.25 mb = 15177.00 m = 49792.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 37.87 Bulk Shear: 43.05 m/s