MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.68,-91.94 Latitude: 34.68 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 999 73 27.3 17.4 55 9.9 20.5 217 10 300.5 302.8 293.7 337.4 12.58 2 950 513 22.8 16.2 66 6.6 18.4 207 19 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.4 12.29 3 900 981 19.1 14.3 74 4.8 15.9 198 22 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.8 11.43 4 850 1470 15.6 11.9 79 3.6 13.3 195 25 302.4 304.4 292.6 333.2 10.37 5 800 1983 12.4 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 202 29 304.3 306.3 293.2 335.5 10.44 6 750 2522 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 212 32 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.47 7 700 3091 5.9 4.0 88 1.9 4.8 219 35 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.4 7.29 8 650 3696 3.1 -1.2 74 4.3 0.9 220 37 312.4 313.5 291.5 329.4 5.40 9 600 4340 -1.0 -4.9 75 3.9 -2.9 220 41 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.1 4.43 10 550 5029 -5.9 -8.4 82 2.5 -7.0 222 46 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.1 3.70 11 500 5769 -10.0 -12.1 85 2.1 -10.8 227 47 320.9 321.5 292.0 330.9 3.03 12 450 6574 -14.8 -16.9 84 2.1 -15.5 230 47 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.4 2.27 13 400 7455 -20.9 -27.8 54 6.9 -22.5 236 58 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.3 0.97 14 350 8427 -27.9 -35.6 48 7.7 -29.1 236 62 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.1 0.53 15 300 9515 -36.5 -39.4 74 2.9 -36.8 248 61 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.42 16 250 10750 -46.4 -50.1 66 3.7 -46.6 255 67 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12216 -51.0 -74.8 4 23.8 -51.4 257 66 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14037 -62.1 -81.4 6 19.3 -62.2 256 58 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16481 -70.4 -86.9 7 16.5 -70.5 249 39 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.71 m Freezing level: 612.30 mb = 4181.82 m = 13719.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.32 mb = 3841.84 m = 12604.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.69 mb = 1323.68 m = 4342.75 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 6.45 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1758.88 m = 5770.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.41 mb = 1405.96 m = 4612.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.41 mb = 2395.78 m = 7860.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.41 mb = 9711.43 m = 31861.27 ft B at Equ Level: 264.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.41 mb = 11851.56 m = 38882.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 5.49 Bulk Shear: 48.33 m/s