MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-93.59 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 999 97 28.1 19.7 60 8.4 22.2 205 11 301.4 304.0 295.4 344.4 14.61 2 950 537 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 207 19 300.5 303.1 294.6 341.3 13.89 3 900 1006 19.0 15.6 81 3.4 16.7 208 20 301.1 303.4 293.8 337.8 12.48 4 850 1495 16.6 10.3 67 6.2 12.7 212 23 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.3 9.32 5 800 2010 13.0 10.1 83 2.9 11.2 221 24 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.3 9.78 6 750 2548 8.4 8.0 97 0.4 8.2 224 27 305.7 307.4 292.5 332.9 9.03 7 700 3117 6.1 3.4 83 2.8 4.6 218 25 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.7 6.98 8 650 3723 3.5 -0.9 73 4.4 1.2 215 25 312.9 313.9 291.7 330.2 5.51 9 600 4368 -0.4 -6.4 64 6.0 -3.1 216 29 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.4 3.96 10 550 5059 -5.5 -11.4 63 5.9 -7.9 219 33 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.1 2.91 11 500 5797 -11.4 -17.0 63 5.6 -13.3 222 38 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.9 2.02 12 450 6597 -14.7 -36.0 14 21.4 -18.7 224 45 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.39 13 400 7481 -19.2 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.1 229 56 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.04 14 350 8456 -27.6 -49.9 10 22.3 -29.7 236 61 331.5 331.5 292.2 332.0 0.11 15 300 9544 -36.4 -51.5 20 15.1 -37.5 244 69 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 16 250 10780 -45.7 -58.9 21 13.1 -46.2 249 78 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12251 -51.1 -74.1 5 23.0 -51.5 257 82 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14070 -62.7 -81.3 6 18.6 -62.8 252 67 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16500 -71.3 -86.7 8 15.4 -71.4 251 32 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.56 m Freezing level: 605.16 mb = 4301.78 m = 14113.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.26 mb = 3895.08 m = 12778.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.01 mb = 1159.52 m = 3804.17 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1579.73 m = 5182.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 900.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.93 mb = 1228.41 m = 4030.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.93 mb = 1989.57 m = 6527.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.93 mb = 11274.35 m = 36988.88 ft B at Equ Level: 881.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.93 mb = 13989.76 m = 45897.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -9.7 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 46.15 Bulk Shear: 19.52 m/s