MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34,-91.9 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 75 24.7 12.1 45 12.6 16.7 149 4 297.6 299.2 289.8 323.5 8.86 1 1000 94 27.7 13.7 42 14.1 18.5 162 5 300.9 302.7 291.7 330.0 9.88 2 950 548 25.6 11.7 42 13.9 16.7 186 12 303.2 304.9 291.8 330.4 9.13 3 900 1020 21.2 10.6 51 10.6 14.5 191 15 303.4 305.0 291.7 330.0 8.93 4 850 1511 16.5 9.5 63 7.1 12.2 196 17 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.7 8.78 5 800 2023 12.1 7.6 74 4.5 9.4 202 19 304.0 305.6 291.3 328.7 8.22 6 750 2562 10.4 -1.5 43 11.9 4.3 204 21 307.9 308.7 289.3 322.0 4.56 7 700 3135 9.5 -9.9 24 19.4 1.0 210 21 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.4 2.58 8 650 3746 5.8 -10.6 30 16.4 -1.3 226 18 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.0 2.61 9 600 4394 0.7 -13.8 33 14.5 -5.0 245 16 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.3 2.20 10 550 5086 -4.2 -17.7 34 13.6 -8.9 261 16 319.1 319.5 290.3 325.0 1.72 11 500 5830 -8.9 -23.5 30 14.5 -13.1 266 18 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.2 1.15 12 450 6635 -14.5 -31.4 23 16.8 -18.2 260 21 324.9 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.62 13 400 7516 -21.0 -34.2 30 13.2 -23.4 265 25 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.53 14 350 8486 -27.9 -42.9 23 15.0 -29.7 264 36 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9577 -35.5 -53.2 15 17.7 -36.7 265 38 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 16 250 10819 -44.7 -62.6 12 17.9 -45.3 263 38 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12282 -53.0 -71.1 9 18.1 -53.4 261 53 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14088 -63.9 -81.4 8 17.4 -64.0 269 43 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16510 -72.5 -86.7 10 14.3 -72.5 266 31 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.38 m Freezing level: 592.49 mb = 4498.01 m = 14757.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.77 mb = 3400.73 m = 11157.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.69 mb = 1684.72 m = 5527.23 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3622.62 m = 11885.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.05 C = 107.69 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.18 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 15.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5434.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.95 mb = 2192.44 m = 7192.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 19.78 m/s