MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.90,-94.09 Latitude: 33.90 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 996 114 24.2 21.1 83 3.0 22.1 199 8 297.7 300.6 295.3 344.3 16.05 2 950 526 20.9 19.5 92 1.4 19.9 202 21 298.4 301.2 295.0 342.7 15.22 3 900 992 17.6 17.5 99 0.2 17.5 204 25 299.7 302.3 294.6 340.9 14.11 4 850 1481 16.8 11.9 72 5.0 13.6 208 30 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.5 10.32 5 800 1996 12.7 11.3 91 1.5 11.8 212 31 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.3 10.56 6 750 2535 9.6 7.0 84 2.6 8.0 213 30 307.0 308.6 292.4 332.5 8.42 7 700 3107 8.4 -0.5 54 8.9 3.7 211 26 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.3 5.29 8 650 3716 4.8 -3.7 54 8.5 0.5 215 26 314.4 315.2 291.3 328.6 4.46 9 600 4363 -0.2 -6.2 64 6.0 -3.0 218 30 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.7 4.01 10 550 5052 -6.0 -9.4 77 3.4 -7.4 222 36 317.0 317.6 291.2 328.0 3.41 11 500 5790 -10.6 -15.6 67 5.0 -12.3 227 42 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.7 2.27 12 450 6594 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.1 -16.1 225 40 324.2 324.6 292.0 331.1 2.02 13 400 7475 -20.2 -34.9 26 14.7 -22.9 233 54 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.49 14 350 8448 -27.9 -49.6 11 21.6 -30.0 239 63 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.12 15 300 9536 -36.3 -43.5 47 7.2 -37.0 246 73 334.2 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.27 16 250 10771 -46.4 -49.0 74 2.6 -46.5 248 79 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.18 17 200 12233 -51.7 -72.1 7 20.4 -52.1 254 86 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14054 -62.5 -78.3 10 15.8 -62.6 251 73 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16494 -69.7 -87.0 6 17.2 -69.8 252 34 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.04 m Freezing level: 602.15 mb = 4334.90 m = 14221.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.35 mb = 3811.43 m = 12504.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.75 mb = 500.52 m = 1642.10 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 9.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.16 mb = 819.97 m = 2690.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.27 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1114.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.19 mb = 744.87 m = 2443.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.19 mb = 885.76 m = 2906.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.19 mb = 1173.05 m = 3848.55 ft B at Equ Level: 8.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.19 mb = 1569.76 m = 5150.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: -16.0 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 36.26 Bulk Shear: 30.72 m/s