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: 34.21,-94.06 Latitude: 34.21 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 982 223 22.5 20.7 90 1.7 21.2 226 6 297.1 300.0 295.0 343.0 15.87 2 950 516 20.5 19.6 94 0.9 19.9 219 17 298.0 300.8 294.9 342.4 15.29 3 900 983 18.0 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 217 24 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.2 14.06 4 850 1471 15.0 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 216 28 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.7 12.48 5 800 1984 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 219 31 304.2 306.1 293.0 335.0 10.29 6 750 2523 8.9 8.4 97 0.5 8.6 224 34 306.2 307.9 292.8 334.1 9.26 7 700 3091 5.4 2.7 83 2.7 3.9 223 36 308.5 309.7 291.4 328.8 6.64 8 650 3695 3.0 -5.7 53 8.7 -1.1 215 38 312.3 313.1 290.1 324.5 3.84 9 600 4338 -1.5 -5.0 77 3.5 -3.1 212 42 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.5 4.41 10 550 5026 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.9 218 45 317.4 318.3 292.1 331.5 4.36 11 500 5769 -9.3 -10.8 89 1.5 -9.9 226 47 321.7 322.4 292.5 332.8 3.36 12 450 6576 -14.7 -16.8 84 2.1 -15.4 231 51 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.5 2.28 13 400 7456 -20.8 -23.7 78 2.8 -21.6 238 56 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.42 14 350 8430 -27.6 -30.4 77 2.8 -28.2 233 51 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.87 15 300 9518 -36.4 -39.7 72 3.3 -36.8 245 61 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.41 16 250 10754 -46.1 -50.0 64 3.9 -46.3 249 68 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12220 -51.4 -73.4 6 22.0 -51.8 261 71 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14040 -61.6 -82.0 5 20.5 -61.7 261 64 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16489 -70.6 -87.0 7 16.4 -70.7 253 37 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.28 m Freezing level: 616.55 mb = 4124.87 m = 13532.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.98 mb = 3558.26 m = 11673.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.23 mb = 441.03 m = 1446.94 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 904.68 m = 2968.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1130.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.08 mb = 792.54 m = 2600.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.08 mb = 1125.85 m = 3693.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.08 mb = 11158.28 m = 36608.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1128.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.08 mb = 14241.62 m = 46723.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 114.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 18.66 Bulk Shear: 60.60 m/s