MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.88,-92.05 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -92.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 999 89 25.9 19.8 69 6.1 21.6 190 11 299.1 301.8 294.7 341.8 14.66 2 950 532 21.1 18.0 82 3.1 19.0 191 19 298.6 301.1 294.0 338.8 13.79 3 900 999 18.0 16.8 93 1.2 17.2 198 25 300.1 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.52 4 850 1488 16.6 11.8 73 4.8 13.5 203 26 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.0 10.26 5 800 2002 12.4 10.9 91 1.5 11.4 214 24 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.2 10.31 6 750 2540 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 212 25 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.7 9.11 7 700 3111 7.1 3.2 76 3.9 4.9 213 26 310.4 311.7 292.2 331.6 6.89 8 650 3718 4.3 -2.5 61 6.8 0.9 214 27 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.4 4.91 9 600 4365 -0.2 -6.6 62 6.4 -3.1 213 29 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.4 3.88 10 550 5055 -5.6 -10.7 67 5.1 -7.7 215 33 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.4 3.06 11 500 5793 -10.8 -16.8 62 5.9 -12.8 219 38 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.8 2.06 12 450 6596 -14.4 -26.1 36 11.8 -17.4 225 40 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.7 1.01 13 400 7480 -19.6 -49.9 5 30.2 -23.2 234 48 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.10 14 350 8453 -28.0 -45.3 18 17.3 -29.9 239 50 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.19 15 300 9540 -36.3 -48.0 29 11.7 -37.2 246 59 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10776 -46.7 -56.3 33 9.6 -47.0 247 66 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 17 200 12232 -52.3 -62.4 28 10.2 -52.5 252 82 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14051 -62.5 -81.9 6 19.4 -62.6 250 70 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16487 -69.9 -87.0 7 17.0 -70.0 248 38 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.72 m Freezing level: 602.27 mb = 4335.34 m = 14223.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3857.35 m = 12655.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.03 mb = 865.37 m = 2839.11 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1511.48 m = 4958.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 684.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.27 mb = 967.58 m = 3174.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.27 mb = 1914.85 m = 6282.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.27 mb = 11089.99 m = 36384.03 ft B at Equ Level: 679.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.27 mb = 13324.59 m = 43715.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 27.08 Bulk Shear: 25.27 m/s