MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-92.11 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -92.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 999 78 23.9 20.9 83 3.0 21.8 210 9 297.1 299.9 295.0 342.6 15.74 2 950 520 21.5 18.3 82 3.2 19.4 211 21 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.1 14.11 3 900 989 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.9 205 24 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.3 12.48 4 850 1479 15.8 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 205 27 302.7 304.9 293.6 337.0 11.58 5 800 1992 12.3 10.8 91 1.5 11.3 214 30 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.7 10.21 6 750 2530 8.3 7.3 94 0.9 7.7 223 34 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.4 8.60 7 700 3097 4.8 3.4 90 1.4 4.0 225 36 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.2 6.99 8 650 3700 2.3 -0.2 83 2.5 1.0 222 36 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.6 5.79 9 600 4343 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.9 -3.0 221 38 314.3 315.2 291.4 328.9 4.59 10 550 5030 -6.7 -8.7 85 2.0 -7.5 224 42 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.8 3.60 11 500 5767 -11.1 -13.1 85 2.0 -11.8 229 46 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.8 2.80 12 450 6569 -15.7 -17.4 87 1.7 -16.3 228 45 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.8 2.17 13 400 7448 -21.3 -25.9 66 4.6 -22.4 233 57 327.3 327.5 292.1 331.4 1.16 14 350 8417 -29.3 -35.5 55 6.3 -30.2 234 65 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.3 0.53 15 300 9496 -38.3 -48.9 32 10.6 -39.0 239 73 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.15 16 250 10730 -44.3 -66.8 6 22.4 -45.0 251 72 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12203 -51.6 -75.5 4 23.8 -52.0 261 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14024 -61.2 -81.5 5 20.3 -61.4 252 52 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16478 -69.9 -87.3 6 17.5 -69.9 251 35 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.14 m Freezing level: 620.24 mb = 4082.97 m = 13395.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.81 mb = 3852.17 m = 12638.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.89 mb = 457.30 m = 1500.31 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1350.04 m = 4429.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1141.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.82 mb = 952.48 m = 3124.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.82 mb = 1795.31 m = 5890.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.82 mb = 10761.55 m = 35306.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1132.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.82 mb = 14072.20 m = 46168.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 25.02 Bulk Shear: 45.62 m/s