MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.78,-93.01 Latitude: 33.78 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 71 23.3 22.1 93 1.2 22.5 209 4 296.3 299.4 295.6 345.3 16.99 1 1000 84 23.3 22.1 93 1.2 22.5 210 5 296.5 299.5 295.6 345.5 17.01 2 950 531 20.6 20.4 99 0.2 20.5 229 20 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.7 16.07 3 900 999 18.5 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 229 23 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.1 14.50 4 850 1488 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 226 27 302.5 304.7 294.0 338.7 12.24 5 800 2001 12.5 10.1 85 2.4 11.0 224 31 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.6 9.73 6 750 2540 9.5 5.8 78 3.7 7.3 226 35 306.9 308.4 291.8 330.4 7.73 7 700 3109 5.7 2.7 81 3.0 4.1 231 42 308.8 310.1 291.5 329.3 6.66 8 650 3711 1.4 -0.1 90 1.5 0.6 237 48 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.6 5.84 9 600 4352 -2.3 -3.2 93 0.9 -2.7 241 51 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.4 5.03 10 550 5039 -5.8 -6.8 93 1.0 -6.3 240 52 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.6 4.17 11 500 5781 -9.1 -10.7 88 1.6 -9.8 236 53 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.1 3.39 12 450 6589 -13.9 -15.7 87 1.8 -14.6 235 54 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.2 2.50 13 400 7473 -20.1 -22.7 80 2.6 -20.8 234 57 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.4 1.55 14 350 8449 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 232 54 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9539 -35.9 -38.3 79 2.3 -36.2 227 55 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.5 0.47 16 250 10778 -45.7 -48.9 71 3.1 -45.9 223 56 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 17 200 12240 -52.8 -71.8 8 18.9 -53.2 260 61 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14048 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.2 255 65 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16492 -70.2 -87.1 7 16.9 -70.3 254 36 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.68 m Freezing level: 631.28 mb = 3951.40 m = 12963.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3823.86 m = 12545.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.00 mb = 215.65 m = 707.49 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 656.50 m = 2153.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.32 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1499.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.38 mb = 591.66 m = 1941.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.38 mb = 1014.09 m = 3327.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.38 mb = 11663.97 m = 38267.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1492.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.38 mb = 15474.94 m = 50770.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 16.37 Bulk Shear: 91.57 m/s