MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.99,-92.44 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 996 104 25.7 20.1 71 5.6 21.8 198 12 299.2 301.9 295.0 343.0 15.02 2 950 520 21.5 17.8 79 3.7 19.0 199 20 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.8 13.65 3 900 987 17.9 15.9 88 2.0 16.5 201 21 299.9 302.3 293.6 337.1 12.70 4 850 1475 15.7 11.8 78 3.9 13.2 207 27 302.6 304.5 292.6 333.1 10.29 5 800 1988 12.3 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 209 28 304.2 306.1 292.8 334.1 9.99 6 750 2526 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 8.0 209 25 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.3 8.79 7 700 3096 6.9 2.2 72 4.7 4.4 210 26 310.2 311.4 291.7 330.0 6.43 8 650 3702 4.1 -3.0 60 7.0 0.5 215 29 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.5 4.73 9 600 4348 -1.2 -5.8 71 4.6 -3.3 217 33 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.0 4.13 10 550 5034 -6.9 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.5 217 38 315.9 316.7 291.1 327.9 3.71 11 500 5772 -11.3 -12.6 90 1.4 -11.8 217 41 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.8 2.89 12 450 6573 -15.8 -16.6 94 0.8 -16.0 217 40 323.4 323.8 292.0 331.2 2.33 13 400 7452 -20.9 -29.0 48 8.1 -22.7 228 55 327.8 327.9 292.0 330.9 0.87 14 350 8423 -28.1 -47.1 15 19.0 -30.0 232 62 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 15 300 9510 -36.3 -42.0 56 5.7 -36.8 241 75 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.32 16 250 10745 -46.7 -50.7 64 4.0 -46.9 245 82 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12204 -52.1 -74.2 5 22.1 -52.5 253 83 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14025 -61.6 -82.6 5 20.9 -61.8 248 74 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16474 -69.5 -87.2 6 17.7 -69.6 252 39 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.52 m Freezing level: 611.20 mb = 4203.36 m = 13790.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3790.71 m = 12436.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.79 mb = 818.11 m = 2684.07 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.87 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1315.81 m = 4316.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.86 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 786.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.36 mb = 1021.71 m = 3352.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.36 mb = 1869.05 m = 6131.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.36 mb = 10975.22 m = 36007.51 ft B at Equ Level: 783.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.36 mb = 13563.08 m = 44497.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.2 neg: -6.9 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 31.25 Bulk Shear: 25.17 m/s