MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.82,-93.04 Latitude: 34.82 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 979 267 21.4 20.3 93 1.1 20.6 240 8 296.3 299.1 294.6 341.0 15.48 2 950 530 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 247 21 296.7 299.4 294.2 339.5 14.81 3 900 994 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 250 25 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.7 13.32 4 850 1480 14.1 13.7 97 0.4 13.8 249 26 300.9 303.1 293.1 335.2 11.67 5 800 1991 11.2 10.3 94 1.0 10.6 239 28 303.1 305.0 292.4 332.5 9.86 6 750 2528 8.3 5.8 84 2.5 6.9 231 32 305.6 307.0 291.4 329.0 7.74 7 700 3095 4.4 2.2 86 2.2 3.2 231 36 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.1 6.44 8 650 3694 0.5 0.0 97 0.5 0.3 236 44 309.5 310.6 291.1 327.8 5.91 9 600 4334 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 241 51 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.16 10 550 5020 -6.4 -6.8 97 0.5 -6.5 241 54 316.5 317.3 291.7 330.0 4.18 11 500 5761 -10.1 -10.9 94 0.8 -10.5 237 52 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.7 3.32 12 450 6565 -14.9 -16.6 87 1.7 -15.5 232 51 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.3 2.32 13 400 7445 -21.4 -24.3 77 2.9 -22.1 230 51 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.9 1.33 14 350 8415 -28.6 -31.7 75 3.1 -29.2 229 47 330.1 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.77 15 300 9497 -37.7 -41.4 69 3.6 -38.1 229 49 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.5 0.34 16 250 10730 -45.3 -67.1 7 21.8 -45.9 244 56 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 17 200 12198 -52.2 -72.9 7 20.7 -52.5 258 64 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14015 -62.7 -80.1 8 17.4 -62.8 253 57 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16470 -68.9 -87.4 5 18.6 -68.9 259 40 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.93 m Freezing level: 642.13 mb = 3795.12 m = 12451.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.75 mb = 3746.86 m = 12292.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.42 mb = 408.08 m = 1338.83 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 787.73 m = 2584.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.98 C = 73.37 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.16 mb = 766.46 m = 2514.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.16 mb = 907.05 m = 2975.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.16 mb = 10752.33 m = 35276.23 ft B at Equ Level: 912.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.16 mb = 13640.86 m = 44752.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 15.89 Bulk Shear: 58.02 m/s