MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.88,-90.15 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -90.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 1000 74 27.0 13.8 44 13.2 18.4 191 11 300.2 302.0 291.6 329.5 9.98 2 950 523 24.4 13.3 50 11.1 17.2 196 27 301.9 303.8 292.2 331.9 10.14 3 900 993 19.9 12.3 62 7.6 15.0 197 29 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.7 10.03 4 850 1482 15.7 9.1 65 6.6 11.7 200 30 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.1 8.57 5 800 1994 12.3 4.4 59 7.9 7.9 208 31 304.3 305.5 290.0 324.1 6.58 6 750 2531 8.8 2.3 63 6.6 5.3 218 30 306.2 307.3 290.1 324.5 6.02 7 700 3099 5.6 0.6 70 5.0 2.9 217 31 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.2 5.70 8 650 3703 3.1 -2.0 69 5.2 0.5 216 33 312.5 313.5 291.3 328.5 5.08 9 600 4349 -0.4 -5.6 68 5.1 -2.9 218 35 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.1 4.21 10 550 5038 -5.4 -10.9 65 5.5 -7.7 218 37 317.7 318.2 291.0 327.5 3.02 11 500 5778 -10.5 -17.3 58 6.8 -12.8 225 42 320.2 320.6 290.8 326.9 1.97 12 450 6580 -15.0 -19.8 67 4.8 -16.4 239 49 324.4 324.7 291.8 330.5 1.76 13 400 7462 -20.5 -28.2 50 7.7 -22.2 245 56 328.4 328.5 292.2 331.7 0.93 14 350 8435 -27.7 -39.2 32 11.6 -29.2 237 58 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.8 0.36 15 300 9522 -36.9 -41.8 61 4.8 -37.4 246 61 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.6 0.33 16 250 10753 -46.8 -50.1 69 3.3 -47.0 251 68 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 17 200 12216 -52.1 -76.1 4 24.0 -52.5 256 61 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14032 -62.4 -80.9 7 18.5 -62.6 248 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16476 -70.5 -87.2 7 16.7 -70.5 258 37 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.13 m Freezing level: 606.01 mb = 4271.15 m = 14012.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.69 mb = 3794.29 m = 12448.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.60 mb = 1738.12 m = 5702.43 ft T: 13.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2363.76 m = 7755.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 30.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5217.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.56 mb = 1883.02 m = 6177.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 30.99 m/s