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: 34.88,-93.43 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 236 22.5 20.6 89 1.9 21.1 196 10 297.2 300.1 295.0 342.7 15.72 2 950 516 19.8 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 205 19 297.3 300.0 294.4 340.6 14.97 3 900 981 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 209 24 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.5 13.67 4 850 1469 15.0 14.4 96 0.7 14.6 215 28 301.9 304.2 293.8 338.0 12.22 5 800 1981 12.1 11.5 96 0.7 11.7 219 32 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.0 10.69 6 750 2520 8.9 8.3 96 0.6 8.5 220 34 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.9 9.17 7 700 3089 5.6 3.0 83 2.6 4.2 217 34 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.6 6.81 8 650 3691 1.8 -1.4 79 3.3 0.1 210 36 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.6 5.30 9 600 4333 -2.1 -4.0 87 1.9 -3.0 211 42 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.7 4.73 10 550 5019 -6.2 -7.1 93 0.9 -6.6 218 49 316.7 317.5 291.7 329.9 4.08 11 500 5760 -9.9 -11.3 89 1.4 -10.5 225 51 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.6 3.22 12 450 6566 -14.4 -16.2 86 1.8 -15.0 230 51 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.3 2.40 13 400 7447 -21.0 -23.5 80 2.5 -21.7 235 56 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.7 1.44 14 350 8420 -28.0 -30.5 79 2.5 -28.5 227 50 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.1 0.86 15 300 9506 -37.0 -40.1 73 3.1 -37.3 244 58 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.39 16 250 10738 -47.1 -50.1 72 2.9 -47.3 249 64 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.6 0.16 17 200 12196 -51.5 -72.7 6 21.2 -51.9 263 81 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14021 -60.4 -83.5 3 23.1 -60.6 260 63 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.9 -87.2 6 17.2 -70.0 249 40 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.41 m Freezing level: 626.81 mb = 3988.68 m = 13086.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.84 mb = 3717.86 m = 12197.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.30 mb = 476.29 m = 1562.61 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 15.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 869.70 m = 2853.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1031.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.37 mb = 788.40 m = 2586.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.37 mb = 1218.02 m = 3996.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.37 mb = 11131.95 m = 36521.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1027.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.37 mb = 13798.04 m = 45268.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.0 neg: -6.5 tot: 110.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 18.72 Bulk Shear: 55.11 m/s