MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.47,-92.83 Latitude: 34.47 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 992 146 22.8 20.9 89 1.9 21.5 223 6 296.6 299.5 294.9 342.5 15.88 2 950 520 20.1 19.7 97 0.4 19.8 211 17 297.6 300.4 294.8 342.1 15.36 3 900 987 17.9 17.5 98 0.3 17.7 211 22 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.2 14.13 4 850 1475 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 213 28 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.5 12.68 5 800 1988 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.9 217 32 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.4 10.87 6 750 2526 8.6 8.0 96 0.5 8.3 221 35 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.1 9.04 7 700 3094 5.5 2.0 78 3.6 3.6 222 35 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.0 6.31 8 650 3698 3.0 -3.4 63 6.4 -0.2 216 36 312.3 313.2 290.8 326.7 4.57 9 600 4341 -1.7 -4.5 82 2.7 -3.0 215 39 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.58 10 550 5028 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.4 218 44 316.7 317.6 291.8 330.3 4.22 11 500 5769 -9.8 -10.9 92 1.1 -10.3 226 48 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.0 3.33 12 450 6574 -15.0 -17.1 84 2.2 -15.7 231 52 324.4 324.9 292.3 332.0 2.22 13 400 7454 -21.0 -24.1 76 3.1 -21.8 234 56 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.5 1.36 14 350 8426 -28.2 -30.1 83 1.9 -28.6 227 49 330.7 330.9 292.8 334.0 0.89 15 300 9512 -36.9 -40.7 67 3.9 -37.2 239 68 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.36 16 250 10748 -45.2 -52.9 42 7.7 -45.6 244 72 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.11 17 200 12220 -51.2 -74.0 5 22.7 -51.7 259 70 351.6 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14036 -62.6 -79.8 8 17.2 -62.7 264 56 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16482 -69.8 -87.1 6 17.3 -69.9 254 35 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.72 m Freezing level: 618.46 mb = 4103.94 m = 13464.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.08 mb = 3672.15 m = 12047.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.17 mb = 382.16 m = 1253.81 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.85 mb = 770.44 m = 2527.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1199.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.64 mb = 688.67 m = 2259.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.64 mb = 1018.64 m = 3341.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.64 mb = 11110.51 m = 36451.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1192.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.64 mb = 14598.61 m = 47895.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 19.40 Bulk Shear: 61.83 m/s