MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.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: 37 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.1,-91.16 Latitude: 35.10 Longitude: -91.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 66 28.3 13.6 40 14.7 18.7 201 13 301.4 303.2 291.8 330.4 9.84 1 1000 79 28.0 14.4 43 13.6 19.0 211 12 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.6 10.35 2 950 531 23.9 12.8 50 11.1 16.7 209 23 301.4 303.2 291.8 330.4 9.80 3 900 1000 19.6 11.6 60 8.0 14.5 208 24 301.7 303.4 291.7 330.0 9.56 4 850 1488 15.1 10.1 72 4.9 12.0 209 25 302.0 303.6 291.5 329.2 9.19 5 800 1999 10.7 7.9 83 2.8 9.0 213 26 302.6 304.1 291.0 327.6 8.39 6 750 2534 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.5 220 28 304.6 306.0 291.2 328.0 7.79 7 700 3100 5.2 1.0 75 4.1 2.9 222 31 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.3 5.90 8 650 3703 2.1 -1.2 79 3.3 0.4 222 32 311.3 312.4 291.2 328.2 5.41 9 600 4345 -2.1 -4.0 86 2.0 -3.0 220 32 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.7 4.73 10 550 5032 -6.8 -8.2 90 1.3 -7.4 219 35 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.1 3.75 11 500 5769 -11.1 -12.4 90 1.3 -11.6 226 40 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.95 12 450 6571 -15.1 -17.9 79 2.9 -16.0 236 45 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.3 2.07 13 400 7452 -20.8 -25.1 68 4.3 -21.8 246 50 327.9 328.2 292.3 332.4 1.25 14 350 8423 -28.2 -33.3 62 5.1 -29.1 249 53 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.1 0.66 15 300 9507 -37.8 -42.3 63 4.4 -38.2 252 58 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.31 16 250 10734 -47.6 -52.4 58 4.7 -47.9 253 69 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12196 -51.3 -75.8 4 24.4 -51.7 259 71 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14014 -63.0 -79.7 9 16.7 -63.1 253 59 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16462 -68.8 -87.7 5 18.8 -68.9 264 41 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.58 m Freezing level: 624.70 mb = 4027.98 m = 13214.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3780.07 m = 12401.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.12 mb = 1913.65 m = 6278.29 ft T: 11.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.62 mb = 2096.36 m = 6877.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.37 mb = 1911.02 m = 6269.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.37 mb = 4567.04 m = 14983.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 483.37 mb = 6026.25 m = 19770.93 ft B at Equ Level: 17.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 443.37 mb = 6681.91 m = 21921.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 20.88 m/s