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: 35.27,-92.33 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 993 153 24.2 20.4 80 3.7 21.5 206 11 297.9 300.7 295.0 342.6 15.40 2 950 537 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.1 208 20 297.7 300.3 294.1 339.0 14.26 3 900 1002 17.7 15.5 87 2.2 16.2 214 27 299.7 302.0 293.3 335.9 12.36 4 850 1491 15.9 12.9 82 3.1 14.0 214 27 302.8 304.9 293.2 335.6 11.04 5 800 2004 12.1 10.2 88 1.9 10.9 212 21 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.4 9.82 6 750 2543 9.9 3.3 63 6.6 6.2 207 16 307.3 308.6 290.9 327.2 6.49 7 700 3114 8.3 -4.3 41 12.6 2.1 195 19 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.2 3.97 8 650 3722 4.4 -6.0 47 10.5 -0.5 201 19 313.9 314.7 290.5 325.9 3.74 9 600 4368 -0.9 -7.6 61 6.7 -3.8 215 22 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.7 3.61 10 550 5055 -6.3 -12.2 63 5.9 -8.6 226 27 316.7 317.2 290.5 325.6 2.73 11 500 5793 -12.0 -15.5 75 3.4 -13.2 228 33 318.4 318.8 290.6 326.0 2.29 12 450 6589 -16.8 -23.1 58 6.3 -18.4 225 38 322.1 322.4 290.7 326.7 1.33 13 400 7468 -20.4 -46.4 8 26.0 -23.7 233 47 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.15 14 350 8440 -28.2 -48.2 13 20.0 -30.2 237 53 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.14 15 300 9525 -36.9 -51.3 21 14.4 -37.9 247 60 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.11 16 250 10758 -47.4 -53.4 50 6.0 -47.7 246 70 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.11 17 200 12215 -51.5 -73.2 6 21.7 -51.9 252 85 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14037 -61.3 -81.8 5 20.4 -61.5 252 69 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16485 -69.9 -86.8 7 16.9 -70.0 255 37 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.11 m Freezing level: 608.39 mb = 4259.32 m = 13973.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.63 mb = 3601.58 m = 11816.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.05 mb = 627.61 m = 2059.05 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1266.13 m = 4153.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.90 C K Index: 28.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 739.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.23 mb = 895.50 m = 2937.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.23 mb = 1938.28 m = 6359.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.23 mb = 2696.11 m = 8845.41 ft B at Equ Level: 12.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 686.23 mb = 3277.22 m = 10751.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: -31.4 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 115.61 Bulk Shear: 6.39 m/s