MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.34,-92.71 Latitude: 34.34 Longitude: -92.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 102 28.2 19.3 59 8.8 21.9 196 9 301.4 304.1 295.1 343.4 14.27 2 950 541 22.6 17.4 73 5.2 19.1 197 16 300.1 302.6 294.1 339.1 13.31 3 900 1009 18.7 15.2 80 3.5 16.4 199 17 300.8 303.0 293.4 336.6 12.17 4 850 1498 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.4 204 21 302.4 304.4 292.8 333.9 10.63 5 800 2010 11.9 10.6 92 1.3 11.1 206 22 303.8 305.7 292.8 333.9 10.09 6 750 2548 9.5 4.1 69 5.3 6.5 205 20 306.8 308.1 291.1 327.8 6.88 7 700 3119 8.1 -5.5 37 13.7 1.7 211 17 311.5 312.2 289.6 323.0 3.62 8 650 3726 4.0 -4.7 53 8.7 -0.2 214 18 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.7 4.15 9 600 4372 -0.5 -6.9 62 6.4 -3.4 222 24 315.5 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.80 10 550 5062 -5.8 -11.2 66 5.4 -7.9 226 30 317.2 317.8 290.8 326.9 2.96 11 500 5799 -11.7 -15.8 72 4.1 -13.1 229 37 318.7 319.2 290.6 326.2 2.23 12 450 6598 -15.8 -28.1 34 12.2 -18.7 230 40 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.3 0.84 13 400 7479 -19.9 -45.9 8 26.1 -23.3 234 46 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.16 14 350 8453 -27.5 -49.1 11 21.6 -29.6 237 53 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 15 300 9541 -36.3 -51.6 19 15.4 -37.3 241 62 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 16 250 10777 -47.0 -53.8 46 6.7 -47.3 244 68 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12232 -52.2 -71.7 8 19.4 -52.6 252 80 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14051 -62.1 -81.8 6 19.7 -62.3 252 68 363.0 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16487 -71.3 -87.3 8 16.0 -71.4 250 37 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.65 m Freezing level: 605.58 mb = 4300.02 m = 14107.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.72 mb = 3654.55 m = 11989.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.25 mb = 1218.09 m = 3996.31 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1485.80 m = 4874.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 25.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.39 mb = 1265.49 m = 4151.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.39 mb = 1715.26 m = 5627.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.39 mb = 2904.44 m = 9528.89 ft B at Equ Level: 25.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.39 mb = 13320.23 m = 43701.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -9.5 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 41.53 Bulk Shear: 16.97 m/s