MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.77,-92.33 Latitude: 34.77 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 999 110 20.1 15.8 76 4.3 17.3 202 5 293.3 295.4 290.5 325.7 11.35 2 950 548 21.8 17.2 75 4.6 18.7 232 27 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.6 13.13 3 900 1017 19.3 16.0 81 3.3 17.1 227 23 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.0 12.80 4 850 1506 15.2 13.2 88 1.9 13.9 225 20 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.5 11.31 5 800 2018 11.7 9.0 84 2.6 10.0 238 13 303.6 305.3 291.9 330.6 9.06 6 750 2555 9.9 1.8 57 8.1 5.5 247 6 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.2 5.82 7 700 3128 8.7 -4.8 38 13.4 2.1 245 5 312.1 312.8 290.0 324.2 3.84 8 650 3736 4.1 -7.8 41 11.9 -1.3 248 9 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.1 3.26 9 600 4380 -1.0 -7.9 59 6.9 -4.1 233 14 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.2 3.51 10 550 5068 -6.2 -12.3 62 6.1 -8.5 238 19 316.7 317.3 290.5 325.6 2.71 11 500 5806 -11.7 -18.7 56 6.9 -13.9 241 24 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.6 1.75 12 450 6604 -15.6 -33.0 21 17.4 -19.1 241 28 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.5 0.53 13 400 7487 -19.4 -47.3 7 27.9 -22.9 249 39 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 14 350 8462 -27.4 -47.9 13 20.4 -29.5 254 45 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.14 15 300 9550 -36.3 -51.5 19 15.2 -37.4 259 54 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.11 16 250 10785 -47.0 -54.7 41 7.7 -47.4 262 60 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 17 200 12236 -53.8 -70.6 11 16.9 -54.1 258 70 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14044 -63.2 -80.3 8 17.1 -63.3 260 64 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16476 -71.7 -87.0 8 15.3 -71.8 252 33 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.91 m Freezing level: 609.98 mb = 4251.72 m = 13949.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.67 mb = 3503.21 m = 11493.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.10 mb = 666.67 m = 2187.20 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1560.36 m = 5119.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 26.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.80 mb = 1095.07 m = 3592.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.80 mb = 4157.95 m = 13641.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.80 mb = 7178.24 m = 23550.37 ft B at Equ Level: 211.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.80 mb = 11711.25 m = 38422.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -37.5 tot: 33.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 242.78 Bulk Shear: 0.87 m/s