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: 34.74,-92.83 Latitude: 34.74 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 987 208 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.2 203 11 298.1 300.9 294.8 341.9 15.10 2 950 538 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.0 207 21 297.7 300.2 294.0 338.9 14.24 3 900 1004 17.9 15.0 83 2.9 16.0 213 27 300.0 302.1 293.1 335.1 12.01 4 850 1493 16.2 12.5 79 3.7 13.8 213 25 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.3 10.81 5 800 2006 12.9 8.8 76 4.2 10.4 213 18 304.9 306.6 292.2 331.6 8.90 6 750 2546 10.4 2.9 60 7.5 6.2 215 13 307.9 309.0 290.9 327.2 6.31 7 700 3118 7.7 -2.3 49 10.0 2.6 207 16 311.0 311.8 290.4 325.4 4.60 8 650 3725 4.1 -5.3 50 9.5 -0.3 207 20 313.7 314.4 290.6 326.3 3.96 9 600 4370 -0.7 -6.9 63 6.2 -3.6 212 23 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.79 10 550 5058 -6.3 -10.9 70 4.6 -8.1 223 28 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.5 3.02 11 500 5796 -11.9 -14.4 82 2.5 -12.8 224 34 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.50 12 450 6593 -16.2 -23.9 51 7.7 -18.2 225 38 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.2 1.23 13 400 7474 -19.8 -52.2 4 32.3 -23.5 233 48 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 14 350 8448 -28.0 -47.5 14 19.5 -30.0 238 52 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 15 300 9534 -36.7 -51.5 20 14.9 -37.7 246 60 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.11 16 250 10768 -47.1 -54.2 44 7.1 -47.4 246 70 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12230 -51.2 -73.4 5 22.2 -51.6 254 83 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14050 -61.7 -81.6 5 19.8 -61.9 250 68 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16491 -70.4 -86.7 7 16.3 -70.5 253 37 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.27 m Freezing level: 607.48 mb = 4273.66 m = 14021.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.66 mb = 3653.58 m = 11986.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.34 mb = 690.54 m = 2265.53 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1563.29 m = 5128.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.16 mb = 982.99 m = 3224.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.16 mb = 3885.58 m = 12747.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.16 mb = 11113.06 m = 36459.73 ft B at Equ Level: 532.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.16 mb = 12997.04 m = 42640.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.6 neg: -34.1 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 130.07 Bulk Shear: 4.24 m/s