MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-94.99 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 980 242 22.0 17.9 78 4.1 19.2 277 10 296.9 299.3 293.1 335.2 13.29 2 950 512 19.4 16.0 81 3.4 17.1 282 19 296.9 299.1 292.2 331.9 12.13 3 900 975 15.4 13.6 89 1.9 14.3 288 23 297.4 299.4 291.5 329.1 10.91 4 850 1458 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.6 290 23 299.5 301.1 290.2 324.8 8.61 5 800 1965 10.1 7.1 82 3.0 8.3 267 18 301.9 303.4 290.4 325.5 7.94 6 750 2500 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.5 228 25 304.6 306.1 291.2 328.1 7.79 7 700 3066 4.7 2.5 86 2.2 3.5 222 41 307.6 308.9 291.0 327.6 6.54 8 650 3668 2.0 -1.2 80 3.1 0.4 228 54 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.1 5.41 9 600 4310 -1.5 -5.5 74 4.0 -3.3 233 60 314.4 315.2 291.1 327.9 4.25 10 550 4997 -5.9 -8.4 83 2.5 -7.0 236 59 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.1 3.70 11 500 5738 -10.6 -12.4 87 1.8 -11.3 233 58 320.1 320.7 291.7 329.9 2.96 12 450 6539 -16.0 -18.3 83 2.3 -16.7 228 61 323.1 323.5 291.7 329.9 2.01 13 400 7417 -21.7 -23.8 83 2.1 -22.2 219 64 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.40 14 350 8385 -29.2 -31.7 79 2.5 -29.6 214 66 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.2 0.77 15 300 9467 -36.7 -52.8 17 16.0 -37.8 224 66 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 16 250 10714 -41.8 -68.5 4 26.7 -42.6 250 57 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12192 -52.5 -73.8 6 21.3 -52.8 263 65 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14019 -59.6 -82.1 4 22.5 -59.8 258 43 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16472 -70.1 -87.5 6 17.4 -70.2 254 39 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.10 m Freezing level: 621.46 mb = 4034.16 m = 13235.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.97 mb = 3729.90 m = 12237.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.89 mb = 759.57 m = 2491.98 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 10.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1216.47 m = 3990.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.04 mb = 1059.15 m = 3474.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.04 mb = 1902.26 m = 6240.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 696.04 mb = 3112.23 m = 10210.60 ft B at Equ Level: 6.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 646.04 mb = 3716.65 m = 12193.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 6.9 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.9 neg: -34.8 tot: 145.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 129.15 m/s