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: 34.72,-93.94 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 972 321 23.4 20.5 84 2.9 21.4 210 11 299.0 301.9 295.6 345.2 15.83 2 950 518 21.2 19.2 89 2.0 19.8 213 22 298.7 301.4 294.8 342.1 14.92 3 900 985 17.9 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 216 28 299.9 302.4 294.3 340.1 13.74 4 850 1473 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 221 30 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.3 11.54 5 800 1986 12.6 9.1 79 3.4 10.4 224 27 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.8 9.11 6 750 2525 9.8 4.2 68 5.6 6.6 216 25 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.3 6.91 7 700 3094 5.4 1.8 78 3.5 3.4 208 28 308.4 309.6 291.0 327.6 6.24 8 650 3695 0.8 -0.1 94 0.9 0.4 206 33 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.0 5.86 9 600 4335 -2.5 -3.4 93 0.9 -3.0 209 37 313.2 314.2 291.4 328.9 4.95 10 550 5021 -6.2 -6.9 94 0.8 -6.5 215 42 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.13 11 500 5763 -9.8 -10.7 93 0.9 -10.2 219 48 321.1 321.7 292.3 332.2 3.38 12 450 6569 -14.4 -15.8 89 1.4 -14.9 224 50 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.5 2.47 13 400 7450 -21.0 -23.3 82 2.3 -21.6 235 57 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.9 1.47 14 350 8422 -27.8 -30.6 77 2.8 -28.3 227 50 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.4 0.85 15 300 9508 -37.3 -40.2 74 3.0 -37.6 233 55 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10737 -48.3 -50.9 75 2.6 -48.4 243 63 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 17 200 12196 -51.3 -75.5 4 24.3 -51.7 265 85 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14027 -59.7 -82.8 3 23.1 -59.9 257 61 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16482 -70.9 -87.4 7 16.5 -70.9 255 36 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.68 m Freezing level: 637.66 mb = 3853.09 m = 12641.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3763.85 m = 12348.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.42 mb = 688.85 m = 2259.99 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.62 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1061.39 m = 3482.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.40 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1193.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.29 mb = 972.70 m = 3191.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.29 mb = 1311.14 m = 4301.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.29 mb = 11388.54 m = 37363.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1181.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.29 mb = 14178.87 m = 46518.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.8 neg: -14.4 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 54.59 Bulk Shear: 21.87 m/s