MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.79,-94.09 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 974 303 23.0 20.6 86 2.5 21.3 217 10 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.6 15.87 2 950 520 21.1 19.6 91 1.5 20.1 217 21 298.6 301.4 295.1 343.1 15.30 3 900 987 18.3 17.2 94 1.1 17.5 220 27 300.3 302.9 294.6 340.9 13.86 4 850 1476 15.4 13.9 91 1.5 14.4 223 30 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.3 11.83 5 800 1988 12.2 9.9 86 2.3 10.7 222 30 304.1 305.9 292.5 332.8 9.60 6 750 2527 8.7 5.7 81 3.1 6.9 218 28 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.3 7.67 7 700 3094 4.8 2.5 85 2.3 3.5 214 24 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.8 6.54 8 650 3695 0.8 0.2 96 0.6 0.5 210 26 309.8 311.0 291.2 328.3 5.97 9 600 4335 -2.5 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 210 33 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.17 10 550 5021 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.4 215 41 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.3 4.21 11 500 5762 -10.0 -10.9 93 0.9 -10.4 221 47 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.8 3.33 12 450 6568 -14.2 -15.5 90 1.3 -14.6 228 49 325.4 325.9 292.8 334.1 2.55 13 400 7450 -20.9 -23.3 81 2.4 -21.5 234 54 327.8 328.1 292.5 333.0 1.46 14 350 8423 -27.9 -30.9 76 3.0 -28.5 228 51 331.1 331.3 292.8 334.1 0.83 15 300 9508 -37.0 -40.3 71 3.3 -37.4 232 57 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10739 -47.8 -50.2 77 2.4 -47.9 235 65 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 17 200 12195 -52.1 -74.1 5 22.0 -52.4 256 83 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14014 -61.4 -81.1 6 19.7 -61.6 260 68 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16467 -70.5 -87.5 6 17.0 -70.6 250 42 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.51 m Freezing level: 638.30 mb = 3844.48 m = 12612.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.35 mb = 3789.33 m = 12432.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.96 mb = 611.78 m = 2007.14 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 1078.45 m = 3538.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.51 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1355.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.82 mb = 940.89 m = 3086.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.82 mb = 1278.72 m = 4195.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.82 mb = 11578.41 m = 37986.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1335.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.82 mb = 14888.00 m = 48844.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.4 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 247.4 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -26.2 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 66.00 Bulk Shear: 20.54 m/s