MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F046.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 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-93.99 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -93.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 991 170 21.1 19.6 91 1.5 20.1 337 2 295.0 297.7 293.6 336.9 14.62 2 950 536 20.6 17.3 81 3.3 18.4 223 18 298.1 300.4 293.4 336.3 13.17 3 900 1002 18.4 12.5 69 5.9 14.6 243 31 300.4 302.3 291.8 330.4 10.18 4 850 1490 15.7 8.3 61 7.4 11.3 261 36 302.6 304.1 290.8 326.8 8.11 5 800 2002 12.3 5.3 62 7.0 8.3 268 36 304.2 305.5 290.3 325.3 6.99 6 750 2539 8.5 3.2 69 5.3 5.6 265 34 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.3 6.43 7 700 3106 4.7 -0.7 68 5.4 2.0 265 33 307.7 308.7 289.9 323.7 5.20 8 650 3705 0.4 -7.3 56 7.7 -2.9 276 37 309.4 310.1 288.8 320.2 3.41 9 600 4342 -3.9 -12.1 53 8.2 -7.0 278 41 311.7 312.1 288.6 319.8 2.52 10 550 5023 -8.2 -12.1 73 4.0 -9.6 271 44 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.74 11 500 5758 -12.0 -13.2 90 1.2 -12.5 253 44 318.4 319.0 291.0 327.5 2.76 12 450 6557 -16.5 -17.5 92 1.0 -16.9 240 48 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.7 2.14 13 400 7432 -22.7 -24.5 86 1.8 -23.1 239 54 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.1 1.32 14 350 8397 -30.1 -32.8 77 2.7 -30.5 238 61 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.69 15 300 9473 -39.2 -41.8 76 2.7 -39.4 228 65 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.32 16 250 10695 -46.9 -61.8 17 14.9 -47.3 244 72 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12159 -52.2 -74.7 5 22.5 -52.6 261 66 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13979 -61.6 -81.0 6 19.3 -61.8 263 57 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.5 -87.3 4 19.8 -67.6 265 47 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.69 m Freezing level: 645.07 mb = 3767.77 m = 12361.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.04 mb = 3339.79 m = 10957.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.15 mb = 362.64 m = 1189.74 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 11.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1718.21 m = 5637.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 613.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.58 mb = 1101.35 m = 3613.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.58 mb = 2488.70 m = 8164.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.58 mb = 10066.26 m = 33025.37 ft B at Equ Level: 613.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.58 mb = 12666.87 m = 41557.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.3 neg: -19.4 tot: 238.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 6.50 Bulk Shear: 94.53 m/s