MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.4,-93.43 Latitude: 33.40 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 998 103 26.1 21.3 75 4.7 22.7 213 9 299.4 302.4 295.9 346.8 16.23 2 950 534 21.8 19.2 85 2.6 20.0 217 18 299.3 302.0 295.0 342.8 14.92 3 900 1002 18.3 16.1 87 2.2 16.8 218 23 300.4 302.7 293.9 338.1 12.88 4 850 1490 15.1 12.8 86 2.3 13.6 216 25 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.4 10.99 5 800 2003 12.8 9.7 81 3.1 10.9 214 27 304.8 306.6 292.6 333.2 9.48 6 750 2542 8.7 8.2 97 0.5 8.4 217 27 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.6 9.15 7 700 3111 5.8 4.8 93 1.1 5.2 216 26 309.0 310.4 292.4 332.5 7.71 8 650 3716 3.6 0.5 80 3.1 2.0 215 28 313.1 314.2 292.3 332.3 6.13 9 600 4363 -0.4 -5.5 69 5.1 -2.8 217 32 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.3 4.25 10 550 5052 -5.7 -9.7 74 4.0 -7.4 221 38 317.3 318.0 291.2 328.2 3.34 11 500 5792 -10.0 -12.6 81 2.6 -11.0 223 41 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.5 2.91 12 450 6598 -14.5 -16.4 85 1.9 -15.2 221 40 325.0 325.4 292.5 333.0 2.35 13 400 7480 -20.3 -30.1 41 9.7 -22.4 235 54 328.6 328.7 292.1 331.4 0.79 14 350 8454 -27.3 -40.4 28 13.2 -29.0 237 59 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.32 15 300 9542 -36.4 -49.3 25 12.9 -37.4 246 73 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.14 16 250 10781 -44.3 -61.4 13 17.0 -45.0 254 81 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12256 -50.8 -74.2 5 23.4 -51.2 259 77 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14077 -63.1 -80.5 8 17.4 -63.2 253 67 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16506 -72.0 -86.8 9 14.7 -72.1 260 32 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.42 m Freezing level: 604.84 mb = 4300.24 m = 14108.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 3976.24 m = 13045.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.86 mb = 701.00 m = 2299.84 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1042.89 m = 3421.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1068.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.45 mb = 930.71 m = 3053.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.45 mb = 1170.19 m = 3839.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.45 mb = 10984.14 m = 36036.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.45 mb = 14386.55 m = 47199.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 50.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 36.38 Bulk Shear: 29.35 m/s