MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.44,-92.80 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 998 137 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 16.0 283 6 291.1 293.0 289.2 321.5 10.75 2 950 558 17.5 14.2 81 3.3 15.4 305 32 294.9 296.9 290.5 325.8 10.75 3 900 1018 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 312 32 296.6 298.5 290.6 326.1 10.18 4 850 1500 12.4 7.4 72 4.9 9.5 309 23 299.1 300.5 289.2 321.6 7.63 5 800 2006 9.4 3.0 65 6.3 5.9 301 24 301.1 302.2 288.4 318.9 5.96 6 750 2539 6.8 -0.9 58 7.6 2.9 290 32 303.9 304.8 288.3 318.5 4.79 7 700 3101 3.1 -4.9 56 7.9 -0.6 288 38 305.9 306.6 288.0 317.6 3.80 8 650 3697 -1.2 -9.7 53 8.4 -4.6 284 41 307.6 308.1 287.6 316.5 2.83 9 600 4330 -5.0 -18.0 35 13.1 -9.2 279 42 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.4 1.54 10 550 5010 -7.9 -33.9 10 26.0 -13.3 281 42 314.8 314.8 287.5 316.2 0.40 11 500 5745 -12.0 -47.0 4 35.0 -17.0 291 44 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.9 0.11 12 450 6540 -17.7 -51.8 3 34.0 -21.5 293 49 321.0 321.0 289.1 321.3 0.07 13 400 7410 -24.0 -53.7 5 29.7 -26.6 282 47 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.06 14 350 8371 -29.7 -56.4 6 26.7 -31.6 259 50 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.05 15 300 9453 -36.8 -60.4 7 23.6 -38.0 235 57 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.04 16 250 10695 -43.7 -66.2 7 22.5 -44.4 237 60 341.1 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 12166 -51.1 -74.5 5 23.4 -51.5 255 67 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13997 -60.6 -81.6 5 21.0 -60.8 264 63 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16462 -68.5 -87.2 5 18.7 -68.7 262 41 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.72 m Freezing level: 664.20 mb = 3527.90 m = 11574.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.05 mb = 3008.11 m = 9869.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.26 mb = 501.53 m = 1645.43 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1527.12 m = 5010.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.52 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 23.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.68 mb = 955.21 m = 3133.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.68 mb = 3553.92 m = 11659.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 581.68 mb = 4572.32 m = 15000.88 ft B at Equ Level: 30.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 521.68 mb = 5417.47 m = 17773.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.4 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 320.4 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: -10.5 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 32.49 m/s