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: 35.04,-90.41 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -90.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 60 27.6 13.8 43 13.8 18.5 192 11 300.6 302.5 291.7 329.9 9.94 1 1000 68 28.1 14.4 43 13.7 19.1 194 10 301.3 303.2 292.2 331.8 10.35 2 950 520 24.4 13.2 50 11.2 17.1 197 26 302.0 303.8 292.2 331.8 10.08 3 900 990 20.0 12.3 61 7.7 15.1 199 28 302.1 304.0 292.2 331.8 10.04 4 850 1479 15.7 9.8 68 5.9 12.1 203 29 302.6 304.3 291.5 329.4 9.00 5 800 1991 12.1 6.8 70 5.3 9.0 213 30 304.0 305.4 290.9 327.3 7.77 6 750 2528 8.4 5.4 81 3.0 6.6 223 31 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.3 7.50 7 700 3095 5.0 2.3 82 2.8 3.5 221 33 308.1 309.3 291.1 327.8 6.44 8 650 3699 2.6 -0.8 78 3.5 0.8 217 35 312.0 313.0 291.5 329.3 5.54 9 600 4343 -0.7 -4.9 73 4.2 -2.7 217 38 315.3 316.1 291.5 329.4 4.42 10 550 5033 -5.8 -10.4 70 4.6 -7.7 216 40 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.5 3.16 11 500 5771 -10.9 -15.7 68 4.8 -12.6 220 43 319.7 320.2 290.9 327.2 2.25 12 450 6573 -15.0 -18.7 74 3.7 -16.2 236 48 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.1 1.95 13 400 7455 -20.4 -25.4 64 5.0 -21.7 246 56 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.7 1.21 14 350 8428 -27.9 -33.2 60 5.4 -28.8 239 56 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.66 15 300 9514 -37.0 -41.4 64 4.3 -37.5 246 62 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.34 16 250 10745 -47.4 -49.9 75 2.6 -47.5 252 67 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 17 200 12207 -51.6 -76.2 4 24.6 -52.0 256 61 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14025 -62.3 -80.9 7 18.6 -62.4 248 58 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16474 -70.1 -87.3 6 17.2 -70.2 258 35 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.63 m Freezing level: 610.85 mb = 4203.42 m = 13790.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3845.53 m = 12616.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.15 mb = 1801.78 m = 5911.30 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 4.51 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2263.80 m = 7427.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.29 mb = 1904.20 m = 6247.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.29 mb = 5127.78 m = 16823.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.29 mb = 6189.24 m = 20305.66 ft B at Equ Level: 14.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.29 mb = 6856.65 m = 22495.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 38.00 m/s