MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.71,-93.97 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 955 479 20.9 19.6 92 1.3 20.0 198 8 297.9 300.7 294.8 341.9 15.17 2 950 523 20.4 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 201 13 297.9 300.6 294.6 340.9 14.81 3 900 989 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 207 22 299.5 302.0 294.3 339.9 13.84 4 850 1478 15.7 14.3 92 1.3 14.8 218 30 302.6 304.8 294.0 338.6 12.18 5 800 1991 12.8 10.1 84 2.6 11.1 224 27 304.8 306.6 292.8 334.0 9.76 6 750 2531 9.3 7.7 89 1.6 8.3 219 22 306.7 308.4 292.6 333.4 8.82 7 700 3101 6.8 2.4 74 4.4 4.3 211 23 310.0 311.2 291.7 330.0 6.50 8 650 3706 3.0 -4.5 58 7.6 -0.6 207 27 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.6 4.20 9 600 4348 -2.7 -5.4 81 2.7 -4.0 210 29 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.5 4.26 10 550 5032 -7.5 -7.8 97 0.4 -7.6 216 32 315.2 316.0 291.0 327.6 3.85 11 500 5769 -11.5 -12.6 92 1.1 -11.9 221 35 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.6 2.91 12 450 6570 -15.8 -17.5 87 1.7 -16.3 228 39 323.4 323.9 291.9 330.7 2.15 13 400 7447 -21.9 -24.2 82 2.2 -22.5 233 48 326.5 326.8 292.0 331.2 1.36 14 350 8415 -29.5 -31.7 81 2.2 -29.9 230 48 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.8 0.77 15 300 9494 -38.4 -41.0 76 2.6 -38.7 235 55 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.35 16 250 10719 -48.7 -51.2 75 2.5 -48.8 244 74 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 17 200 12163 -53.1 -74.6 6 21.4 -53.5 250 95 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13997 -58.4 -82.8 3 24.4 -58.6 249 70 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16462 -69.1 -87.5 5 18.4 -69.2 257 39 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.69 m Freezing level: 623.64 mb = 4044.32 m = 13268.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.31 mb = 3627.25 m = 11900.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.05 mb = 641.61 m = 2105.00 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1169.18 m = 3835.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.54 C = 74.37 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1260.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.56 mb = 1050.60 m = 3446.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.56 mb = 1901.15 m = 6237.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.56 mb = 11299.33 m = 37070.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1258.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.56 mb = 14055.29 m = 46112.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: -15.9 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 64.31 Bulk Shear: 19.61 m/s