MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.42,-92.23 Latitude: 35.42 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 987 203 25.2 19.4 70 5.8 21.2 209 8 299.5 302.1 294.8 341.9 14.54 2 950 541 21.4 17.6 79 3.8 18.8 211 15 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.2 13.48 3 900 1008 18.8 14.6 77 4.2 16.0 217 23 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.3 11.69 4 850 1497 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.6 213 24 302.4 304.4 292.9 334.2 10.73 5 800 2009 11.7 9.7 88 2.0 10.4 206 17 303.6 305.4 292.2 331.9 9.48 6 750 2547 9.7 2.9 63 6.8 5.9 200 15 307.1 308.3 290.6 326.3 6.30 7 700 3118 8.2 -4.6 40 12.8 2.0 210 15 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.9 3.89 8 650 3725 3.4 -2.9 63 6.3 0.3 226 17 312.8 313.7 291.1 327.7 4.74 9 600 4369 -1.3 -7.7 62 6.4 -4.1 227 23 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.1 3.57 10 550 5056 -6.5 -11.6 67 5.2 -8.5 231 29 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.7 2.85 11 500 5793 -11.9 -17.2 65 5.3 -13.7 233 35 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.1 1.98 12 450 6590 -16.4 -32.9 23 16.5 -19.7 235 38 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.6 0.53 13 400 7468 -21.2 -46.3 9 25.1 -24.3 236 45 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.15 14 350 8439 -28.1 -48.3 13 20.2 -30.1 239 55 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 15 300 9524 -36.8 -51.0 21 14.3 -37.7 243 63 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 16 250 10757 -47.5 -52.1 59 4.6 -47.7 246 71 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12205 -52.7 -71.6 8 18.9 -53.0 251 84 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14025 -61.7 -81.4 6 19.7 -61.9 257 70 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16464 -70.6 -87.3 7 16.7 -70.7 249 40 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.64 m Freezing level: 613.98 mb = 4188.58 m = 13741.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.11 mb = 3760.61 m = 12337.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.50 mb = 936.36 m = 3072.03 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.68 mb = 1530.27 m = 5020.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 27.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 630.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.73 mb = 1203.09 m = 3947.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.73 mb = 1855.00 m = 6085.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.73 mb = 2605.44 m = 8547.92 ft B at Equ Level: 13.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 694.73 mb = 3180.13 m = 10433.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -36.4 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 53.25 Bulk Shear: 11.84 m/s