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: 35.06,-92.32 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 112 24.5 20.8 80 3.7 21.9 198 10 298.1 301.0 295.2 343.8 15.73 2 950 516 21.2 18.7 86 2.5 19.5 194 21 298.7 301.4 294.6 340.9 14.47 3 900 983 18.0 16.1 89 1.9 16.7 194 25 300.0 302.4 293.7 337.7 12.87 4 850 1472 16.2 13.0 81 3.2 14.1 199 33 303.1 305.1 293.3 336.1 11.11 5 800 1986 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 205 34 304.6 306.7 293.7 337.8 11.10 6 750 2524 8.8 8.6 99 0.2 8.7 208 35 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.6 9.42 7 700 3095 7.2 3.3 76 3.9 5.0 213 36 310.5 311.8 292.3 332.0 6.96 8 650 3703 4.8 -3.1 57 7.9 0.8 221 36 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.3 4.69 9 600 4350 -0.6 -6.7 63 6.2 -3.4 223 38 315.5 316.2 291.1 327.8 3.85 10 550 5037 -6.5 -9.3 80 2.8 -7.7 221 42 316.4 317.1 291.0 327.5 3.43 11 500 5775 -10.9 -13.3 82 2.4 -11.8 220 45 319.7 320.2 291.4 328.8 2.73 12 450 6578 -15.1 -16.8 87 1.7 -15.7 222 47 324.2 324.7 292.2 331.9 2.28 13 400 7458 -21.0 -27.6 55 6.6 -22.5 232 57 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.2 0.99 14 350 8430 -28.1 -33.8 58 5.8 -29.0 234 57 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.63 15 300 9518 -36.2 -40.2 67 4.0 -36.6 248 68 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.8 0.38 16 250 10754 -46.3 -50.9 60 4.6 -46.6 249 70 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.14 17 200 12211 -52.5 -74.1 6 21.6 -52.8 255 78 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14029 -61.5 -82.0 5 20.5 -61.7 249 69 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16473 -70.2 -87.1 7 16.9 -70.3 250 41 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.10 m Freezing level: 605.32 mb = 4280.86 m = 14044.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3827.68 m = 12557.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.25 mb = 586.67 m = 1924.74 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1155.29 m = 3790.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.40 mb = 893.08 m = 2930.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.40 mb = 1834.24 m = 6017.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.40 mb = 11174.62 m = 36661.68 ft B at Equ Level: 890.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.40 mb = 13846.45 m = 45427.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 17.48 Bulk Shear: 51.35 m/s