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: 34.13,-93.55 Latitude: 34.13 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 167 24.1 21.4 85 2.7 22.2 225 8 298.0 301.0 295.7 345.8 16.43 2 950 533 20.6 19.8 96 0.7 20.1 226 19 298.1 300.9 295.1 343.2 15.53 3 900 1000 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.6 227 24 299.9 302.4 294.6 341.1 14.09 4 850 1488 15.0 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 230 26 301.8 304.1 293.8 337.9 12.23 5 800 2000 11.6 10.5 93 1.2 10.9 231 27 303.5 305.4 292.6 333.3 9.99 6 750 2537 8.3 5.7 83 2.6 6.8 227 28 305.6 307.1 291.4 328.9 7.69 7 700 3104 5.3 1.5 77 3.8 3.2 223 27 308.3 309.5 290.9 327.1 6.10 8 650 3707 2.3 -1.6 75 3.9 0.4 219 28 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.0 5.25 9 600 4350 -2.0 -3.8 87 1.8 -2.9 218 35 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.0 4.80 10 550 5036 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.7 223 42 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.8 4.14 11 500 5776 -10.2 -11.3 92 1.1 -10.6 229 45 320.6 321.3 292.0 331.3 3.23 12 450 6581 -14.5 -16.3 86 1.8 -15.2 235 46 325.0 325.4 292.5 333.0 2.38 13 400 7461 -21.5 -24.7 75 3.2 -22.2 242 52 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.6 1.29 14 350 8432 -28.3 -30.7 80 2.4 -28.7 230 43 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.85 15 300 9516 -37.5 -41.7 65 4.2 -37.9 245 65 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 16 250 10747 -46.1 -58.9 22 12.7 -46.6 247 78 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12214 -51.5 -73.2 6 21.7 -51.9 261 71 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14034 -62.0 -81.6 6 19.6 -62.1 261 63 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16480 -71.7 -87.4 8 15.7 -71.8 249 37 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.74 m Freezing level: 623.08 mb = 4053.01 m = 13297.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.34 mb = 3777.31 m = 12392.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.16 mb = 504.30 m = 1654.49 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 18.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 792.47 m = 2599.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1501.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.96 mb = 745.04 m = 2444.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.96 mb = 885.79 m = 2906.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.96 mb = 11529.49 m = 37825.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1480.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.96 mb = 14807.15 m = 48579.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 48.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 45.91 Bulk Shear: 32.71 m/s