MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.94,-94.25 Latitude: 34.94 Longitude: -94.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 974 300 25.9 19.7 69 6.2 21.5 204 13 301.3 304.1 295.6 345.6 15.03 2 950 512 22.2 18.4 79 3.7 19.6 207 23 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.1 14.19 3 900 979 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 210 27 300.3 302.7 294.2 339.5 13.38 4 850 1469 16.8 12.3 75 4.5 13.9 220 31 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.5 10.67 5 800 1983 13.4 9.0 74 4.5 10.7 226 27 305.5 307.1 292.4 332.6 9.02 6 750 2523 9.7 5.9 77 3.8 7.5 216 19 307.1 308.6 291.9 330.7 7.77 7 700 3093 6.4 1.0 68 5.4 3.5 196 18 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.7 5.86 8 650 3697 2.4 -2.0 73 4.4 0.2 200 26 311.7 312.6 291.0 327.6 5.09 9 600 4339 -2.2 -4.0 87 1.9 -3.1 202 32 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.6 4.73 10 550 5024 -6.9 -8.0 92 1.1 -7.4 210 38 315.9 316.7 291.2 328.2 3.80 11 500 5762 -11.4 -13.4 85 1.9 -12.2 220 45 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.1 2.72 12 450 6563 -15.2 -17.7 81 2.5 -16.0 223 50 324.1 324.5 292.0 331.3 2.11 13 400 7443 -21.6 -24.3 79 2.7 -22.3 231 57 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.6 1.34 14 350 8412 -28.9 -32.4 72 3.5 -29.5 231 56 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.4 0.72 15 300 9493 -37.8 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.1 236 65 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10719 -48.6 -51.9 69 3.2 -48.8 247 84 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12181 -51.3 -75.3 4 24.0 -51.8 260 88 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14014 -59.5 -82.0 4 22.5 -59.7 254 66 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16470 -71.0 -87.4 7 16.4 -71.1 258 39 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.16 m Freezing level: 623.70 mb = 4034.40 m = 13236.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.02 mb = 3733.61 m = 12249.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.99 mb = 1074.99 m = 3526.83 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1618.09 m = 5308.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1223.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.23 mb = 1150.02 m = 3772.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.23 mb = 2224.83 m = 7299.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.23 mb = 11344.74 m = 37219.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1211.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.23 mb = 14126.75 m = 46347.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -27.9 tot: 57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 113.00 Bulk Shear: 10.83 m/s