MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.09,-92.53 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -92.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 995 107 25.3 21.5 79 3.8 22.6 192 13 298.9 301.8 295.9 346.7 16.44 2 950 516 20.9 19.4 91 1.6 19.8 194 21 298.4 301.2 294.8 342.2 15.05 3 900 983 17.9 17.0 95 0.9 17.2 198 26 299.9 302.4 294.3 339.8 13.64 4 850 1471 15.5 13.6 88 1.9 14.3 201 30 302.4 304.5 293.5 336.7 11.59 5 800 1985 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.5 205 31 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.2 10.29 6 750 2523 9.3 7.2 86 2.1 8.0 208 29 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.5 8.52 7 700 3094 7.6 1.9 67 5.7 4.5 210 29 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.4 6.30 8 650 3702 4.6 -3.3 57 7.9 0.7 215 32 314.1 315.0 291.4 328.8 4.62 9 600 4349 -0.6 -6.6 64 6.0 -3.3 218 36 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.0 3.89 10 550 5037 -6.5 -8.9 83 2.4 -7.5 219 40 316.3 317.0 291.1 327.8 3.55 11 500 5774 -11.0 -12.2 91 1.2 -11.5 219 44 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.5 3.00 12 450 6577 -15.2 -16.6 89 1.4 -15.7 217 44 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.0 2.32 13 400 7458 -20.6 -32.8 33 12.2 -22.9 229 54 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.61 14 350 8430 -28.1 -48.4 13 20.3 -30.1 235 61 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 15 300 9517 -36.4 -45.2 40 8.8 -37.1 241 71 334.1 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.23 16 250 10751 -46.8 -50.9 63 4.1 -47.0 247 70 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 17 200 12208 -52.2 -70.1 10 17.9 -52.5 250 80 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14031 -61.4 -82.4 5 21.0 -61.6 249 72 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16479 -69.7 -87.2 6 17.5 -69.8 251 42 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.15 m Freezing level: 605.38 mb = 4279.53 m = 14040.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3806.72 m = 12489.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.91 mb = 590.15 m = 1936.15 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 18.93 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 873.22 m = 2864.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1233.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.58 mb = 797.26 m = 2615.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.58 mb = 939.23 m = 3081.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.58 mb = 11451.33 m = 37569.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1222.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.58 mb = 14685.75 m = 48181.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 35.37 Bulk Shear: 34.86 m/s