MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.05,-93.25 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 996 103 24.5 21.2 82 3.3 22.2 188 5 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.8 16.13 2 950 518 21.8 19.3 85 2.5 20.1 202 18 299.3 302.0 295.0 343.0 14.95 3 900 986 18.7 17.3 92 1.4 17.7 200 22 300.7 303.3 294.7 341.6 13.93 4 850 1475 15.4 14.9 97 0.5 15.0 201 27 302.2 304.6 294.2 339.5 12.60 5 800 1988 12.5 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 205 33 304.5 306.5 293.7 337.3 11.01 6 750 2527 8.9 8.3 96 0.7 8.5 213 35 306.3 308.0 292.8 334.0 9.18 7 700 3097 6.9 1.7 70 5.2 4.1 216 34 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.19 8 650 3704 4.6 -3.0 58 7.5 0.8 218 34 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.73 9 600 4351 -0.2 -6.1 64 5.9 -3.0 221 37 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.8 4.03 10 550 5041 -5.8 -9.8 73 4.0 -7.5 227 42 317.2 317.8 291.1 327.9 3.30 11 500 5780 -10.2 -15.5 65 5.3 -12.1 230 45 320.5 321.0 291.2 328.2 2.29 12 450 6584 -14.9 -18.6 74 3.7 -16.0 226 44 324.5 324.9 292.0 331.3 1.97 13 400 7466 -20.4 -36.1 23 15.6 -23.1 233 57 328.5 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.44 14 350 8438 -28.0 -48.2 13 20.3 -30.0 234 63 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.14 15 300 9525 -36.6 -47.1 33 10.5 -37.4 243 71 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.18 16 250 10761 -45.7 -57.6 25 11.9 -46.2 248 81 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12230 -51.4 -73.9 5 22.5 -51.8 258 74 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14050 -61.5 -81.6 5 20.1 -61.7 256 69 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16493 -71.2 -86.9 8 15.6 -71.3 254 37 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.78 m Freezing level: 602.19 mb = 4322.93 m = 14182.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.58 mb = 3834.93 m = 12581.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.12 mb = 516.98 m = 1696.12 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.95 mb = 1043.90 m = 3424.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.42 C = 81.35 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.52 mb = 857.11 m = 2811.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.52 mb = 1290.80 m = 4234.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.52 mb = 11352.48 m = 37245.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1218.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.52 mb = 14529.82 m = 47669.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 19.81 Bulk Shear: 62.01 m/s