MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.08,-93.46 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -93.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 994 136 24.0 21.3 85 2.8 22.1 226 7 297.6 300.6 295.4 344.6 16.20 2 950 534 20.7 19.8 95 0.9 20.1 225 19 298.2 301.0 295.1 343.2 15.49 3 900 1001 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.6 226 24 299.9 302.4 294.6 341.2 14.15 4 850 1489 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 229 26 301.8 304.0 293.9 338.2 12.37 5 800 2000 11.6 10.8 95 0.8 11.1 231 27 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.0 10.24 6 750 2538 8.3 6.1 86 2.2 7.1 227 28 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.5 7.92 7 700 3105 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 223 27 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.8 6.36 8 650 3708 2.6 -1.7 74 4.2 0.4 219 28 311.9 312.9 291.2 328.2 5.22 9 600 4351 -1.8 -4.2 84 2.3 -3.0 218 34 314.0 314.9 291.4 328.8 4.68 10 550 5038 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 223 41 316.4 317.1 291.6 329.6 4.11 11 500 5777 -10.2 -11.6 89 1.4 -10.8 229 44 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.0 3.15 12 450 6582 -14.5 -16.5 85 2.0 -15.2 235 45 325.0 325.5 292.5 333.0 2.35 13 400 7462 -21.5 -24.8 74 3.4 -22.3 243 53 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.6 1.27 14 350 8434 -28.4 -30.5 82 2.2 -28.7 231 43 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.86 15 300 9517 -37.5 -41.8 64 4.3 -37.9 246 66 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.32 16 250 10749 -46.1 -59.0 22 12.9 -46.6 248 79 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.8 0.05 17 200 12216 -51.4 -73.5 5 22.1 -51.8 261 71 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14037 -62.0 -81.5 6 19.5 -62.1 261 63 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16480 -71.8 -87.4 8 15.6 -71.9 249 37 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.88 m Freezing level: 620.82 mb = 4083.68 m = 13397.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.67 mb = 3787.02 m = 12424.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.42 mb = 484.35 m = 1589.06 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.29 mb = 798.84 m = 2620.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.38 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 36.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1490.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.82 mb = 728.63 m = 2390.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.82 mb = 869.13 m = 2851.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.82 mb = 11476.50 m = 37652.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1472.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.82 mb = 15192.94 m = 49845.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -9.3 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 46.07 Bulk Shear: 32.35 m/s