MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-92.44 Latitude: 34.75 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 68 SFC 993 128 25.2 19.8 72 5.4 21.4 193 8 298.9 301.6 294.8 341.9 14.79 2 950 517 21.6 18.0 80 3.6 19.1 190 19 299.1 301.7 294.1 339.4 13.80 3 900 985 18.1 15.7 86 2.5 16.5 191 23 300.2 302.5 293.6 336.9 12.54 4 850 1474 16.5 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 198 32 303.4 305.5 293.5 336.9 11.25 5 800 1988 12.7 11.9 95 0.8 12.2 205 33 304.7 306.8 293.7 337.7 11.03 6 750 2527 9.0 8.4 96 0.5 8.6 209 34 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.3 9.28 7 700 3098 7.5 3.4 75 4.1 5.2 213 36 310.8 312.1 292.3 332.4 6.98 8 650 3706 4.8 -2.0 61 6.8 1.3 220 35 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.5 5.08 9 600 4353 -0.1 -6.6 62 6.5 -3.1 223 37 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.5 3.88 10 550 5042 -6.1 -10.1 73 4.0 -7.7 223 40 316.8 317.5 291.0 327.4 3.23 11 500 5780 -11.1 -13.8 80 2.7 -12.1 223 44 319.5 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.64 12 450 6583 -15.2 -16.6 89 1.4 -15.7 222 46 324.2 324.6 292.3 332.0 2.32 13 400 7463 -20.9 -27.7 55 6.7 -22.4 233 57 327.8 328.0 292.1 331.3 0.98 14 350 8435 -28.0 -38.4 36 10.5 -29.4 238 62 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.5 0.39 15 300 9523 -36.3 -38.8 78 2.5 -36.6 246 69 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.44 16 250 10759 -46.0 -50.5 60 4.5 -46.3 248 73 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.15 17 200 12220 -52.1 -74.6 5 22.5 -52.4 256 77 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14039 -61.6 -81.8 5 20.2 -61.7 251 68 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16479 -71.0 -86.9 8 15.9 -71.1 249 42 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.52 m Freezing level: 601.17 mb = 4338.15 m = 14232.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.11 mb = 3893.40 m = 12773.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.61 mb = 807.75 m = 2650.08 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 10.35 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.50 mb = 1558.83 m = 5114.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.83 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 636.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.86 mb = 1043.10 m = 3422.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.86 mb = 2105.07 m = 6906.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.86 mb = 3110.91 m = 10206.27 ft B at Equ Level: 26.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.86 mb = 13290.43 m = 43603.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 11.04 Bulk Shear: 57.64 m/s