MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.03,-93.43 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 79 28.0 20.3 63 7.6 22.5 201 9 301.0 303.7 295.6 345.5 15.17 1 1000 96 26.9 19.6 65 7.2 21.8 205 9 300.0 302.7 295.0 342.6 14.54 2 950 546 22.1 18.6 80 3.5 19.6 206 16 299.6 302.2 294.7 341.4 14.29 3 900 1014 18.3 16.7 90 1.6 17.2 212 18 300.4 302.9 294.3 339.9 13.45 4 850 1502 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 218 21 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.3 11.53 5 800 2015 12.4 10.7 89 1.8 11.3 228 22 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.7 10.13 6 750 2554 9.1 5.7 79 3.4 7.1 226 22 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.7 7.69 7 700 3122 6.0 1.1 71 4.9 3.4 216 21 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.5 5.95 8 650 3729 4.3 -4.1 54 8.5 0.2 217 23 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.7 4.34 9 600 4376 -0.1 -7.0 60 6.9 -3.2 226 26 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.2 3.78 10 550 5066 -6.0 -8.7 81 2.7 -7.2 234 31 317.0 317.7 291.3 328.6 3.60 11 500 5803 -11.1 -13.7 81 2.7 -12.1 237 38 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.65 12 450 6605 -15.4 -19.3 72 3.8 -16.6 233 38 323.9 324.2 291.7 330.2 1.85 13 400 7487 -19.5 -38.9 16 19.4 -22.7 240 50 329.6 329.7 292.0 330.9 0.33 14 350 8465 -26.7 -50.5 9 23.9 -29.0 243 60 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 15 300 9556 -35.9 -49.8 23 13.8 -37.0 248 66 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 16 250 10792 -45.9 -57.7 25 11.8 -46.3 249 71 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 17 200 12258 -51.6 -72.9 6 21.2 -52.0 256 76 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14078 -62.6 -81.0 7 18.3 -62.8 257 64 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16502 -72.5 -86.8 10 14.3 -72.5 255 34 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.90 m Freezing level: 600.62 mb = 4368.08 m = 14330.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.12 mb = 3764.67 m = 12351.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.80 mb = 1044.34 m = 3426.28 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1193.80 m = 3916.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 905.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.33 mb = 1048.83 m = 3441.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.33 mb = 1389.20 m = 4557.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.33 mb = 11301.96 m = 37079.48 ft B at Equ Level: 891.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.33 mb = 14021.94 m = 46003.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.4 neg: -9.2 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 41.80 Bulk Shear: 21.66 m/s