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: 35.50,-92.77 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -92.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 973 315 25.8 19.1 67 6.7 21.1 194 9 301.3 303.9 295.2 343.8 14.47 2 950 528 22.9 17.4 71 5.6 19.1 197 14 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.3 13.25 3 900 996 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.8 200 18 300.6 303.0 293.8 338.0 12.73 4 850 1485 15.4 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 207 24 302.2 304.3 293.3 335.9 11.39 5 800 1997 12.3 9.2 82 3.0 10.4 200 22 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.7 9.20 6 750 2537 10.6 2.2 56 8.4 5.9 201 21 308.0 309.2 290.7 326.4 5.97 7 700 3109 8.6 -2.6 45 11.2 2.9 216 20 312.0 312.9 290.6 326.2 4.51 8 650 3717 3.6 -2.5 64 6.2 0.5 224 21 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.88 9 600 4361 -1.5 -6.2 70 4.8 -3.7 225 26 314.4 315.2 290.9 327.2 4.00 10 550 5047 -7.0 -9.4 83 2.4 -8.0 228 31 315.8 316.4 290.8 326.8 3.42 11 500 5782 -12.6 -16.5 72 4.0 -13.9 231 35 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.7 2.10 12 450 6579 -17.1 -25.8 47 8.6 -19.2 230 39 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.3 1.04 13 400 7454 -21.5 -42.7 13 21.1 -24.4 232 49 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.22 14 350 8424 -28.2 -49.1 12 20.9 -30.2 237 60 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 15 300 9510 -36.6 -51.1 21 14.5 -37.6 240 70 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 16 250 10743 -47.6 -51.6 63 4.0 -47.7 243 76 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12188 -53.7 -69.5 13 15.8 -54.0 248 88 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14008 -61.2 -82.4 4 21.2 -61.4 252 75 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16460 -70.2 -87.5 6 17.3 -70.2 250 40 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.28 m Freezing level: 614.36 mb = 4175.78 m = 13699.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.52 mb = 3797.46 m = 12458.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.27 mb = 1156.74 m = 3795.02 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1483.02 m = 4865.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 30.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 872.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.37 mb = 1302.24 m = 4272.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.37 mb = 1857.26 m = 6093.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 773.37 mb = 2280.26 m = 7481.07 ft B at Equ Level: 5.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.37 mb = 2722.89 m = 8933.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.1 neg: -18.5 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 39.87 Bulk Shear: 21.88 m/s