MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.84,-92.29 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -92.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 321 24.4 20.7 80 3.8 21.8 198 10 300.0 302.9 295.9 346.7 15.96 2 950 523 21.7 19.1 86 2.5 19.9 202 17 299.2 301.9 294.9 342.5 14.84 3 900 990 17.9 17.3 97 0.5 17.5 206 21 299.9 302.5 294.5 340.8 13.96 4 850 1478 15.4 14.2 92 1.3 14.6 211 25 302.3 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.06 5 800 1991 12.2 10.6 90 1.6 11.3 210 24 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.4 10.12 6 750 2530 8.8 6.5 85 2.3 7.5 208 22 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.7 8.12 7 700 3099 7.1 0.0 61 7.1 3.4 210 24 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.4 5.48 8 650 3706 4.6 -6.0 46 10.5 -0.4 215 26 314.1 314.8 290.6 326.2 3.76 9 600 4351 -1.3 -8.7 57 7.4 -4.5 217 28 314.6 315.3 290.3 325.3 3.31 10 550 5036 -7.0 -10.6 76 3.6 -8.5 223 30 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.8 3.10 11 500 5773 -11.7 -13.6 85 1.9 -12.4 225 35 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.6 2.67 12 450 6573 -16.2 -19.1 78 3.0 -17.1 224 37 322.9 323.3 291.5 329.3 1.87 13 400 7449 -22.3 -26.0 72 3.7 -23.1 227 42 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.1 1.15 14 350 8417 -29.1 -36.8 47 7.7 -30.2 230 49 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.3 0.47 15 300 9499 -37.5 -48.3 31 10.8 -38.3 239 63 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10728 -48.0 -52.0 63 4.1 -48.1 244 75 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.12 17 200 12175 -53.1 -75.1 5 21.9 -53.5 252 88 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14003 -59.9 -83.2 3 23.3 -60.1 248 74 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16461 -69.3 -87.4 5 18.2 -69.4 251 39 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.95 m Freezing level: 611.04 mb = 4208.30 m = 13806.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.21 mb = 3640.40 m = 11943.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.59 mb = 794.47 m = 2606.48 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1027.05 m = 3369.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 34.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.63 mb = 993.38 m = 3259.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.63 mb = 1137.08 m = 3730.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.63 mb = 11421.78 m = 37472.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1430.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.63 mb = 14658.22 m = 48090.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -13.1 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 84.01 Bulk Shear: 17.05 m/s