MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-92.56 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 977 276 21.0 20.3 96 0.7 20.5 202 7 296.2 299.0 294.6 340.9 15.53 2 950 515 19.5 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 211 17 296.9 299.6 294.3 340.1 14.94 3 900 981 17.4 17.0 98 0.4 17.2 211 24 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.4 13.69 4 850 1468 14.4 14.0 97 0.5 14.1 214 27 301.3 303.4 293.4 336.2 11.87 5 800 1979 11.1 10.0 93 1.2 10.4 219 31 303.0 304.8 292.2 331.8 9.66 6 750 2515 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.5 217 34 305.2 306.6 291.1 327.8 7.51 7 700 3081 4.2 3.0 92 1.1 3.5 218 39 307.1 308.4 291.1 327.8 6.80 8 650 3681 0.7 0.5 98 0.2 0.5 223 45 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.6 6.10 9 600 4322 -2.0 -2.6 96 0.6 -2.3 227 49 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.5 5.28 10 550 5010 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.6 231 50 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.2 4.47 11 500 5753 -9.1 -9.8 95 0.7 -9.4 233 48 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.0 3.65 12 450 6561 -14.0 -15.2 90 1.3 -14.5 234 50 325.6 326.2 292.9 334.5 2.60 13 400 7443 -20.8 -23.1 81 2.4 -21.4 235 57 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.2 1.48 14 350 8416 -27.7 -30.7 76 3.0 -28.3 232 55 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.5 0.85 15 300 9503 -36.7 -39.4 75 2.8 -37.0 228 52 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.42 16 250 10735 -47.5 -50.0 75 2.5 -47.6 226 57 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 17 200 12181 -53.9 -72.7 8 18.9 -54.2 249 78 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13995 -61.9 -79.9 7 17.9 -62.1 260 68 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16469 -67.6 -87.7 4 20.1 -67.7 256 36 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.82 m Freezing level: 636.97 mb = 3848.02 m = 12624.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.27 mb = 3801.72 m = 12472.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.53 mb = 366.04 m = 1200.92 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 13.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 869.48 m = 2852.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.65 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.43 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 945.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.90 mb = 783.21 m = 2569.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.90 mb = 1115.44 m = 3659.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.90 mb = 11391.90 m = 37374.53 ft B at Equ Level: 930.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.90 mb = 14164.28 m = 46470.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 176.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 13.08 Bulk Shear: 72.26 m/s