MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.81,-92.44 Latitude: 34.81 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 65 SFC 993 124 24.3 21.0 82 3.3 22.0 213 7 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.4 15.98 2 950 513 21.0 18.4 85 2.6 19.2 207 18 298.5 301.1 294.3 339.8 14.18 3 900 980 18.1 16.2 88 2.0 16.8 201 22 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.1 12.94 4 850 1468 15.6 13.9 89 1.8 14.5 206 28 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.5 11.80 5 800 1981 12.5 11.2 92 1.3 11.7 213 31 304.5 306.4 293.3 335.8 10.48 6 750 2520 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.1 216 33 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.7 8.90 7 700 3089 6.3 2.7 78 3.6 4.2 217 35 309.4 310.7 291.7 329.8 6.63 8 650 3694 3.7 -1.9 67 5.5 0.8 217 36 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.13 9 600 4339 -1.4 -4.7 78 3.3 -3.0 219 39 314.5 315.4 291.4 328.8 4.50 10 550 5026 -6.4 -7.6 91 1.2 -7.0 223 44 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.0 3.91 11 500 5765 -10.0 -11.4 90 1.4 -10.6 225 48 320.8 321.5 292.1 331.4 3.21 12 450 6571 -14.4 -16.3 86 1.9 -15.1 226 50 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.2 2.38 13 400 7452 -21.2 -25.1 71 3.8 -22.2 236 59 327.4 327.6 292.2 331.8 1.25 14 350 8424 -28.1 -30.9 77 2.8 -28.6 232 55 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.9 0.83 15 300 9510 -36.8 -40.7 67 3.9 -37.2 248 63 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.36 16 250 10743 -46.7 -50.1 68 3.4 -46.9 253 72 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.16 17 200 12207 -51.2 -73.0 6 21.8 -51.6 261 74 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14029 -61.8 -82.0 5 20.2 -61.9 257 62 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16479 -69.8 -87.0 6 17.3 -69.8 250 40 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.65 m Freezing level: 613.89 mb = 4159.84 m = 13647.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.97 mb = 3832.12 m = 12572.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.07 mb = 539.45 m = 1769.83 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1153.81 m = 3785.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 919.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.37 mb = 899.66 m = 2951.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.37 mb = 1737.47 m = 5700.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.37 mb = 11194.74 m = 36727.69 ft B at Equ Level: 906.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.37 mb = 13887.94 m = 45563.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 16.28 Bulk Shear: 56.50 m/s