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: 35.54,-92.20 Latitude: 35.54 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 985 218 23.3 19.8 81 3.5 20.9 207 10 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.0 14.93 2 950 535 20.0 18.4 90 1.6 18.9 208 20 297.5 300.1 294.0 338.5 14.15 3 900 1000 18.0 14.9 82 3.1 16.0 215 28 300.1 302.3 293.1 335.1 11.95 4 850 1489 15.8 13.2 84 2.7 14.1 215 28 302.7 304.8 293.3 336.2 11.27 5 800 2002 12.1 10.5 90 1.5 11.1 214 21 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.9 10.02 6 750 2541 10.2 2.9 60 7.4 6.2 209 17 307.7 308.9 290.9 326.9 6.29 7 700 3113 8.5 -3.8 42 12.2 2.4 197 19 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.0 4.14 8 650 3721 4.2 -4.8 52 9.0 -0.2 202 18 313.7 314.5 290.8 326.8 4.10 9 600 4365 -1.3 -7.8 61 6.5 -4.1 215 22 314.7 315.3 290.6 326.1 3.55 10 550 5052 -6.6 -12.0 65 5.4 -8.7 225 27 316.3 316.8 290.3 325.3 2.77 11 500 5789 -12.1 -16.2 71 4.1 -13.5 228 33 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.4 2.15 12 450 6585 -16.9 -23.7 55 6.9 -18.7 226 38 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.4 1.25 13 400 7463 -20.5 -47.1 7 26.5 -23.8 233 48 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.14 14 350 8436 -28.2 -48.0 13 19.7 -30.2 237 54 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 15 300 9520 -37.0 -51.3 21 14.3 -37.9 247 60 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10752 -47.5 -53.1 52 5.6 -47.7 246 70 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12208 -51.5 -73.2 6 21.6 -52.0 252 86 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14031 -61.3 -81.8 5 20.5 -61.4 253 69 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16480 -69.8 -86.8 7 17.0 -69.9 255 39 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.07 m Freezing level: 611.54 mb = 4216.47 m = 13833.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.03 mb = 3682.48 m = 12081.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.35 mb = 659.10 m = 2162.37 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1502.73 m = 4930.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 28.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 610.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.54 mb = 994.72 m = 3263.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.54 mb = 2048.34 m = 6720.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.54 mb = 2154.00 m = 7066.85 ft B at Equ Level: 11.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.54 mb = 2815.69 m = 9237.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.7 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 245.7 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -33.0 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 103.16 Bulk Shear: 5.91 m/s