MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.89,-91.00 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -91.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 999 74 25.1 20.3 75 4.8 21.7 206 12 298.3 301.0 294.8 342.3 15.14 2 950 519 22.2 17.4 74 4.8 18.9 202 25 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.5 13.28 3 900 987 18.7 15.5 81 3.3 16.5 201 28 300.8 303.1 293.6 337.1 12.37 4 850 1475 14.7 13.0 90 1.7 13.6 203 29 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.5 11.17 5 800 1986 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 208 30 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.2 9.43 6 750 2522 8.5 4.2 74 4.3 6.1 211 28 305.8 307.1 290.8 326.7 6.90 7 700 3090 5.8 0.3 67 5.5 2.9 217 27 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.2 5.59 8 650 3695 3.3 -5.0 55 8.3 -0.7 223 28 312.7 313.4 290.4 325.5 4.05 9 600 4338 -1.9 -6.1 72 4.3 -3.8 223 33 314.0 314.7 290.8 326.8 4.03 10 550 5024 -6.7 -10.7 73 4.0 -8.3 224 38 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.2 3.08 11 500 5762 -10.9 -15.7 68 4.8 -12.6 228 38 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.2 2.25 12 450 6562 -16.0 -21.0 65 5.1 -17.4 241 42 323.2 323.5 291.3 328.6 1.59 13 400 7440 -22.0 -28.0 58 6.1 -23.3 248 52 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.8 0.95 14 350 8407 -29.2 -35.1 57 5.8 -30.1 241 57 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.4 0.55 15 300 9489 -37.7 -45.1 46 7.4 -38.4 246 57 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.23 16 250 10715 -48.5 -54.7 49 6.2 -48.7 251 57 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12163 -52.6 -76.3 4 23.7 -52.9 259 78 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13982 -61.7 -81.7 5 20.0 -61.9 256 71 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16450 -68.0 -87.6 4 19.6 -68.1 261 42 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.83 m Freezing level: 618.12 mb = 4105.08 m = 13467.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.48 mb = 3576.88 m = 11735.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 687.55 m = 2255.72 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 16.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1286.73 m = 4221.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1058.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.74 mb = 1084.73 m = 3558.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.74 mb = 1427.45 m = 4683.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.74 mb = 11406.21 m = 37421.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.74 mb = 14199.28 m = 46584.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 85.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 48.63 Bulk Shear: 21.75 m/s