MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F025.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F025.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: 25 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.86,-93.96 Latitude: 34.86 Longitude: -93.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 977 295 25.2 19.6 71 5.6 21.2 206 10 300.3 303.0 295.2 343.7 14.83 2 950 539 21.7 18.0 80 3.6 19.2 208 19 299.2 301.7 294.2 339.5 13.82 3 900 1007 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.8 213 26 301.2 303.5 293.8 337.9 12.48 4 850 1497 16.5 12.3 76 4.2 13.8 213 24 303.4 305.3 293.0 335.0 10.63 5 800 2011 13.6 8.0 69 5.6 10.2 210 11 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.0 8.42 6 750 2552 10.9 2.6 57 8.3 6.3 199 11 308.4 309.6 291.0 327.4 6.18 7 700 3124 8.1 -3.2 45 11.3 2.5 204 17 311.4 312.3 290.3 325.1 4.33 8 650 3730 3.0 -1.6 72 4.6 0.7 216 18 312.4 313.4 291.4 328.8 5.24 9 600 4373 -2.2 -4.6 83 2.4 -3.3 224 23 313.6 314.5 291.1 327.9 4.53 10 550 5059 -7.0 -9.8 80 2.9 -8.1 228 32 315.8 316.4 290.7 326.5 3.30 11 500 5795 -11.9 -17.5 63 5.6 -13.7 230 34 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.93 12 450 6594 -16.0 -27.4 37 11.4 -18.7 232 38 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.89 13 400 7472 -20.6 -46.6 8 26.0 -23.9 237 47 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.15 14 350 8445 -27.8 -48.8 12 21.0 -29.9 241 56 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.13 15 300 9531 -36.6 -51.0 21 14.4 -37.6 242 64 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 16 250 10765 -47.5 -52.0 60 4.5 -47.7 244 71 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 17 200 12213 -52.9 -71.1 9 18.2 -53.2 249 83 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14030 -62.1 -81.3 6 19.2 -62.2 254 74 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16468 -71.5 -87.6 7 16.1 -71.5 251 40 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.93 m Freezing level: 621.07 mb = 4102.23 m = 13458.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3834.11 m = 12578.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.41 mb = 1002.87 m = 3290.22 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1733.93 m = 5688.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.12 mb = 1247.18 m = 4091.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.12 mb = 3359.95 m = 11023.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.12 mb = 11302.34 m = 37080.73 ft B at Equ Level: 798.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.12 mb = 13617.81 m = 44677.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.1 neg: -41.3 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 160.00 Bulk Shear: 5.09 m/s