MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-92.35 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -92.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 995 112 27.9 17.5 53 10.4 20.7 201 10 301.4 303.8 294.0 338.8 12.70 2 950 522 24.0 15.7 60 8.3 18.4 199 19 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.86 3 900 992 19.9 14.3 70 5.6 16.2 197 21 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.8 11.45 4 850 1482 15.7 12.2 80 3.4 13.4 197 23 302.6 304.5 292.7 333.9 10.58 5 800 1994 11.8 10.2 90 1.6 10.8 205 25 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.1 9.82 6 750 2532 8.4 7.1 91 1.3 7.6 217 28 305.7 307.2 292.0 331.1 8.44 7 700 3100 6.5 1.5 70 5.0 3.8 219 27 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.5 6.08 8 650 3706 3.3 -1.8 69 5.1 0.7 219 26 312.7 313.7 291.4 329.0 5.17 9 600 4350 -1.4 -5.3 75 3.9 -3.2 220 28 314.5 315.3 291.2 328.3 4.31 10 550 5037 -6.4 -8.0 88 1.6 -7.1 220 33 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.7 3.80 11 500 5776 -10.8 -11.6 94 0.8 -11.1 223 37 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.2 3.15 12 450 6578 -15.5 -17.0 89 1.4 -16.0 228 39 323.7 324.2 292.1 331.3 2.25 13 400 7458 -21.3 -24.0 78 2.8 -22.0 239 54 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.1 1.37 14 350 8428 -28.4 -33.2 63 4.8 -29.2 238 57 330.5 330.7 292.5 333.0 0.67 15 300 9513 -37.2 -41.6 64 4.4 -37.6 242 64 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.33 16 250 10745 -46.9 -52.6 52 5.8 -47.1 247 78 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12209 -51.2 -75.0 4 23.9 -51.6 257 79 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14030 -62.4 -80.9 7 18.5 -62.6 254 65 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16473 -70.0 -87.5 6 17.5 -70.1 249 41 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.61 m Freezing level: 614.79 mb = 4159.45 m = 13646.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3820.63 m = 12534.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.09 mb = 1430.77 m = 4694.08 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1772.20 m = 5814.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.36 mb = 1578.25 m = 5177.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.36 mb = 2042.47 m = 6700.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.36 mb = 10601.26 m = 34780.61 ft B at Equ Level: 472.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.36 mb = 12690.23 m = 41634.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 22.50 Bulk Shear: 21.06 m/s