MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 12Z 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 1001 96 20.5 17.8 85 2.7 18.7 192 5 293.6 295.9 291.8 330.4 12.92 1 1000 101 21.4 18.6 84 2.9 19.5 192 6 294.6 297.0 292.6 333.5 13.59 2 950 547 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 17.9 215 25 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.8 12.10 3 900 1015 19.4 14.9 75 4.5 16.4 216 20 301.5 303.6 293.4 336.5 11.89 4 850 1505 15.9 12.5 80 3.4 13.7 224 17 302.8 304.8 293.0 334.9 10.81 5 800 2017 12.2 9.5 84 2.7 10.5 234 12 304.1 305.9 292.3 332.1 9.35 6 750 2556 10.2 1.0 53 9.2 5.3 241 8 307.7 308.7 290.2 324.6 5.49 7 700 3128 8.5 -7.2 32 15.7 1.3 237 7 311.9 312.5 289.4 322.0 3.17 8 650 3737 4.6 -5.3 48 10.0 -0.2 237 9 314.2 315.0 290.8 326.8 3.95 9 600 4384 -0.0 -6.5 61 6.5 -3.0 237 12 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.7 3.91 10 550 5074 -5.1 -12.1 58 7.1 -7.9 241 17 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.1 2.74 11 500 5815 -10.8 -17.7 57 6.9 -13.1 242 21 319.8 320.2 290.6 326.2 1.89 12 450 6616 -14.2 -37.0 13 22.8 -18.5 246 24 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.35 13 400 7502 -18.7 -47.1 6 28.4 -22.5 252 33 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.14 14 350 8480 -26.7 -48.0 12 21.2 -29.0 258 40 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 15 300 9571 -35.9 -51.8 18 15.9 -37.0 264 48 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10809 -46.0 -57.8 25 11.8 -46.4 262 51 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.06 17 200 12263 -54.1 -69.7 13 15.7 -54.4 261 63 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14066 -64.1 -80.3 9 16.2 -64.2 262 56 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16491 -72.3 -86.9 9 14.6 -72.3 256 29 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.14 m Freezing level: 600.29 mb = 4380.06 m = 14370.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3667.12 m = 12031.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.79 mb = 439.49 m = 1441.88 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1741.23 m = 5712.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 23.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 95.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.22 mb = 1166.68 m = 3827.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.22 mb = 4801.87 m = 15753.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 439.22 mb = 6798.50 m = 22304.50 ft B at Equ Level: 93.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 339.22 mb = 8701.79 m = 28548.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.6 neg: -17.5 tot: 50.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 20.44 Bulk Shear: 4.67 m/s