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: 33.92,-94.09 Latitude: 33.92 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 995 122 24.4 21.4 83 3.0 22.3 217 8 298.0 300.9 295.6 345.4 16.31 2 950 528 21.0 19.7 93 1.3 20.1 217 20 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.2 15.39 3 900 994 17.7 17.2 97 0.5 17.4 220 26 299.7 302.3 294.4 340.2 13.86 4 850 1482 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.5 224 28 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.5 12.20 5 800 1994 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.4 225 29 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.9 10.38 6 750 2532 8.5 8.2 98 0.4 8.3 221 29 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.3 9.11 7 700 3100 5.5 3.4 86 2.1 4.3 216 27 308.5 309.8 291.7 329.9 6.99 8 650 3705 3.0 -1.0 75 4.1 1.0 211 31 312.4 313.4 291.6 329.5 5.47 9 600 4349 -1.5 -4.4 81 2.9 -2.9 210 39 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.1 4.62 10 550 5035 -6.1 -7.8 88 1.7 -6.8 216 46 316.8 317.6 291.5 329.3 3.87 11 500 5776 -9.8 -12.0 83 2.3 -10.6 220 48 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.2 3.04 12 450 6583 -14.4 -16.6 83 2.2 -15.2 224 48 325.2 325.6 292.6 333.1 2.32 13 400 7463 -21.1 -25.4 69 4.2 -22.1 237 57 327.6 327.8 292.2 331.9 1.22 14 350 8436 -28.0 -31.7 71 3.7 -28.6 231 52 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.8 0.77 15 300 9521 -37.2 -39.8 77 2.5 -37.5 243 62 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.40 16 250 10754 -45.1 -57.8 23 12.7 -45.6 254 76 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12228 -50.8 -75.8 4 25.0 -51.2 263 74 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14054 -61.3 -81.3 5 20.0 -61.4 255 64 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16499 -71.9 -87.4 8 15.5 -72.0 258 30 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.08 m Freezing level: 616.32 mb = 4138.42 m = 13577.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3861.76 m = 12669.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.45 mb = 505.20 m = 1657.45 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.16 mb = 821.93 m = 2696.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.06 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 36.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1330.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.43 mb = 753.87 m = 2473.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.43 mb = 894.92 m = 2936.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.43 mb = 11292.78 m = 37049.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.43 mb = 14451.80 m = 47413.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.4 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 247.4 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -12.9 tot: 56.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 32.12 Bulk Shear: 41.43 m/s