MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-91.70 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -91.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 21.6 20.3 92 1.3 20.7 198 12 294.6 297.3 293.8 337.9 15.12 1 1000 80 21.7 20.4 93 1.2 20.8 206 11 294.8 297.5 294.0 338.6 15.28 2 950 524 19.1 18.1 94 1.0 18.4 210 27 296.6 299.1 293.4 336.6 13.86 3 900 988 17.0 16.2 95 0.9 16.5 210 30 299.1 301.4 293.5 336.8 12.95 4 850 1475 14.6 14.3 98 0.4 14.4 223 34 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.2 12.12 5 800 1987 11.4 10.7 96 0.7 11.0 229 36 303.3 305.1 292.7 333.5 10.16 6 750 2523 7.9 6.9 93 1.1 7.3 233 39 305.2 306.7 291.8 330.3 8.33 7 700 3090 4.3 3.6 95 0.7 3.9 239 44 307.2 308.6 291.4 328.9 7.11 8 650 3690 0.6 0.4 99 0.2 0.5 244 49 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.5 6.09 9 600 4330 -2.4 -2.9 97 0.5 -2.7 244 53 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.16 10 550 5017 -5.5 -6.7 91 1.2 -6.1 240 54 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.1 4.20 11 500 5760 -9.3 -11.2 86 1.9 -10.1 236 53 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.5 3.26 12 450 6566 -15.0 -17.7 80 2.7 -15.9 235 56 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.12 13 400 7446 -20.6 -23.2 80 2.6 -21.3 234 54 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.4 1.48 14 350 8421 -27.2 -29.8 79 2.6 -27.8 234 50 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.4 0.92 15 300 9509 -36.5 -39.3 75 2.8 -36.8 227 56 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.42 16 250 10743 -47.1 -48.7 84 1.6 -47.2 219 67 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.18 17 200 12198 -52.6 -71.6 8 19.0 -53.0 257 66 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14019 -62.8 -79.2 9 16.5 -62.9 251 65 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16486 -69.1 -87.9 5 18.7 -69.2 254 35 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.26 m Freezing level: 639.84 mb = 3819.91 m = 12532.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.89 mb = 3790.26 m = 12435.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.28 mb = 225.80 m = 740.79 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 8.71 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 853.34 m = 2799.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.31 C = 77.56 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 513.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 648.53 m = 2127.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.32 mb = 1662.72 m = 5455.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.32 mb = 10706.88 m = 35127.15 ft B at Equ Level: 512.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.32 mb = 12818.78 m = 42055.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 5.54 Bulk Shear: 92.62 m/s