MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.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: 43 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.34,-92.03 Latitude: 35.34 Longitude: -92.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 988 194 23.3 19.8 81 3.5 20.8 246 12 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.5 14.85 2 950 537 21.3 18.2 83 3.1 19.2 242 23 298.8 301.4 294.2 339.6 14.00 3 900 1005 19.0 16.3 85 2.6 17.2 237 24 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.5 13.09 4 850 1495 15.3 14.1 92 1.3 14.5 233 25 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.6 11.95 5 800 2006 11.6 10.2 91 1.4 10.7 235 26 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.7 9.80 6 750 2545 9.6 3.2 64 6.4 6.1 238 27 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.7 6.44 7 700 3112 4.3 0.9 78 3.4 2.5 237 30 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.3 5.86 8 650 3711 -0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 235 32 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.71 9 600 4350 -2.5 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.7 238 34 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.13 10 550 5037 -5.8 -6.3 97 0.5 -6.1 242 35 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.1 4.34 11 500 5778 -10.4 -10.9 96 0.5 -10.6 243 37 320.3 321.0 292.1 331.3 3.33 12 450 6580 -15.6 -16.8 91 1.2 -16.0 244 42 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.3 2.28 13 400 7458 -21.7 -23.6 84 1.9 -22.2 244 47 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.42 14 350 8427 -28.7 -31.4 78 2.7 -29.2 245 50 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.79 15 300 9510 -37.8 -40.9 73 3.1 -38.1 250 53 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 16 250 10737 -48.9 -52.2 68 3.4 -49.0 255 58 333.4 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12168 -55.2 -66.8 22 11.6 -55.4 259 91 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13995 -59.4 -82.9 3 23.5 -59.6 252 66 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16463 -68.6 -87.5 5 18.9 -68.7 264 39 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.36 m Freezing level: 650.15 mb = 3709.50 m = 12170.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.90 mb = 3662.99 m = 12017.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.60 mb = 641.90 m = 2105.96 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1330.91 m = 4366.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.76 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1212.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.13 mb = 1032.53 m = 3387.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.13 mb = 1673.87 m = 5491.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.13 mb = 11494.38 m = 37710.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1207.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.13 mb = 14323.01 m = 46990.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 75.00 Bulk Shear: 16.17 m/s