MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 11Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.59,-93.17 Latitude: 33.59 Longitude: -93.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 93 20.9 17.2 79 3.7 18.4 192 5 294.0 296.2 291.6 329.5 12.44 1 1000 97 22.0 18.1 79 3.9 19.4 193 6 295.2 297.6 292.6 333.1 13.21 2 950 544 22.1 16.0 69 6.0 18.0 216 26 299.6 301.8 293.1 335.1 12.16 3 900 1012 19.5 14.9 75 4.5 16.4 217 21 301.6 303.8 293.5 336.8 11.95 4 850 1502 15.8 12.7 82 3.1 13.8 218 18 302.7 304.7 293.1 335.1 10.92 5 800 2014 12.2 9.3 82 2.9 10.4 240 11 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.9 9.26 6 750 2554 10.9 -0.9 44 11.8 4.8 255 8 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.3 4.79 7 700 3127 9.0 -7.9 29 16.9 1.3 246 6 312.5 313.0 289.4 322.2 3.02 8 650 3736 4.7 -5.1 49 9.9 0.0 237 8 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.02 9 600 4383 -0.1 -5.8 65 5.7 -2.8 238 12 316.0 316.8 291.5 329.3 4.13 10 550 5074 -5.1 -11.1 63 6.0 -7.5 246 16 318.0 318.6 291.1 327.8 2.99 11 500 5814 -10.7 -17.2 59 6.5 -12.9 250 20 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.99 12 450 6616 -14.7 -34.1 17 19.4 -18.6 251 23 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.47 13 400 7501 -18.7 -49.9 5 31.2 -22.5 255 31 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 14 350 8479 -26.6 -48.1 11 21.5 -28.9 261 38 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.5 0.14 15 300 9570 -35.9 -51.5 19 15.5 -37.0 267 46 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10808 -45.8 -58.1 24 12.2 -46.3 263 49 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 17 200 12264 -53.7 -70.4 11 16.7 -53.9 262 62 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14070 -63.9 -80.7 8 16.8 -64.0 263 56 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16495 -72.0 -87.0 9 15.0 -72.1 256 29 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.30 m Freezing level: 601.02 mb = 4369.94 m = 14336.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.65 mb = 3740.48 m = 12271.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.67 mb = 564.81 m = 1853.03 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1742.23 m = 5715.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 241.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.41 mb = 1200.70 m = 3939.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.41 mb = 4715.32 m = 15470.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.41 mb = 6863.31 m = 22517.14 ft B at Equ Level: 102.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.41 mb = 8994.92 m = 29510.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.9 neg: -19.3 tot: 53.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.01 Bulk Shear: 6.06 m/s