MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F001.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F001.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: 1 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.57,-92.56 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 997 122 24.3 20.7 80 3.6 21.8 189 8 297.8 300.6 295.0 343.0 15.62 2 950 539 19.9 19.3 96 0.6 19.5 193 17 297.4 300.1 294.5 340.7 14.95 3 900 1005 18.0 17.0 93 1.1 17.3 201 25 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.1 13.65 4 850 1495 16.6 11.8 73 4.8 13.5 205 27 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.1 10.28 5 800 2009 12.4 11.0 91 1.4 11.5 215 25 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.4 10.37 6 750 2547 9.6 7.2 85 2.3 8.2 212 24 307.0 308.6 292.5 332.9 8.55 7 700 3119 7.7 1.9 66 5.9 4.5 210 23 311.1 312.2 291.9 330.5 6.27 8 650 3727 4.6 -3.4 56 8.0 0.6 210 23 314.2 315.1 291.3 328.7 4.58 9 600 4374 -0.1 -6.9 60 6.8 -3.2 210 24 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.2 3.79 10 550 5064 -5.5 -11.3 64 5.8 -7.8 214 29 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.1 2.92 11 500 5803 -10.7 -17.9 55 7.2 -13.0 218 34 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.3 1.87 12 450 6607 -13.6 -33.6 17 20.1 -17.8 226 37 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.0 0.50 13 400 7493 -19.6 -49.0 5 29.4 -23.2 234 45 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.11 14 350 8466 -27.8 -47.1 14 19.3 -29.8 239 47 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 15 300 9554 -36.0 -48.7 26 12.6 -37.0 246 59 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.15 16 250 10792 -46.3 -58.6 23 12.3 -46.7 248 65 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12251 -51.5 -68.5 11 17.0 -51.9 254 79 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14071 -62.2 -81.7 6 19.5 -62.3 250 66 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16503 -71.2 -86.9 8 15.7 -71.3 247 38 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.14 m Freezing level: 600.98 mb = 4361.25 m = 14308.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.05 mb = 3826.44 m = 12553.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.42 mb = 580.97 m = 1906.05 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 949.31 m = 3114.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 792.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.17 mb = 758.24 m = 2487.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.17 mb = 1891.06 m = 6204.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.17 mb = 11303.98 m = 37086.11 ft B at Equ Level: 777.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.17 mb = 13616.31 m = 44672.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -8.9 tot: 75.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 35.35 Bulk Shear: 22.42 m/s