MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.45,-93.12 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 989 190 23.7 20.4 82 3.3 21.3 197 10 297.8 300.6 294.9 342.5 15.42 2 950 540 19.9 18.9 94 1.0 19.2 206 20 297.4 300.0 294.2 339.6 14.60 3 900 1005 17.6 15.5 87 2.1 16.2 214 26 299.6 301.9 293.3 335.8 12.36 4 850 1494 16.2 11.7 74 4.5 13.3 214 25 303.2 305.0 292.7 333.5 10.21 5 800 2007 12.7 9.4 80 3.3 10.6 214 19 304.7 306.4 292.4 332.5 9.28 6 750 2547 10.6 2.3 56 8.3 6.1 219 14 308.1 309.3 290.7 326.7 6.04 7 700 3119 7.7 -0.7 55 8.4 3.3 214 17 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.3 5.21 8 650 3726 4.1 -4.2 55 8.3 0.1 213 20 313.6 314.5 291.0 327.4 4.32 9 600 4372 -0.7 -6.7 64 6.0 -3.4 215 22 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.7 3.86 10 550 5060 -6.1 -10.5 71 4.3 -7.9 224 28 316.8 317.4 290.9 327.0 3.13 11 500 5798 -11.8 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.8 223 34 318.6 319.1 290.8 326.9 2.49 12 450 6596 -15.9 -25.5 43 9.6 -18.3 225 38 323.2 323.5 290.9 327.0 1.07 13 400 7477 -19.8 -46.1 8 26.4 -23.2 233 48 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.15 14 350 8451 -28.0 -47.7 13 19.7 -30.0 238 52 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 15 300 9537 -36.6 -51.7 19 15.2 -37.6 245 61 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 16 250 10772 -46.9 -54.4 42 7.4 -47.3 246 70 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.09 17 200 12236 -51.1 -73.4 5 22.4 -51.5 254 82 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14057 -61.7 -81.6 5 19.9 -61.9 250 67 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16495 -70.9 -86.7 8 15.9 -70.9 253 36 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.62 m Freezing level: 607.43 mb = 4276.09 m = 14028.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.89 mb = 3740.24 m = 12271.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.41 mb = 608.95 m = 1997.86 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1346.07 m = 4416.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.14 mb = 880.46 m = 2888.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.14 mb = 3624.46 m = 11891.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.14 mb = 11090.85 m = 36386.87 ft B at Equ Level: 620.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.14 mb = 12968.67 m = 42547.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.5 neg: -26.7 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 86.49 Bulk Shear: 7.32 m/s