MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F002.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 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.31,-91.39 Latitude: 35.31 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 998 70 29.4 18.7 53 10.6 21.9 186 15 302.7 305.3 295.1 343.5 13.77 2 950 500 24.2 16.8 63 7.5 19.1 185 23 301.8 304.1 294.1 339.4 12.75 3 900 971 19.9 15.6 76 4.3 17.0 185 24 302.1 304.3 294.0 338.9 12.48 4 850 1461 15.9 13.4 85 2.6 14.3 187 26 302.8 305.0 293.5 336.7 11.43 5 800 1974 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.3 196 27 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.03 6 750 2513 8.9 7.1 89 1.8 7.8 204 30 306.2 307.8 292.2 331.8 8.47 7 700 3083 7.4 1.9 68 5.5 4.4 214 33 310.7 311.9 291.7 330.2 6.30 8 650 3691 4.7 -3.2 57 7.9 0.7 221 36 314.2 315.1 291.4 329.0 4.64 9 600 4338 -0.4 -6.6 63 6.2 -3.3 224 38 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.1 3.89 10 550 5027 -6.3 -9.3 79 3.1 -7.5 223 42 316.6 317.3 291.1 327.7 3.42 11 500 5764 -11.1 -12.9 87 1.8 -11.8 224 47 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.84 12 450 6567 -15.4 -16.3 92 1.0 -15.7 225 50 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.0 2.38 13 400 7447 -20.9 -26.5 61 5.6 -22.2 238 67 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.7 1.09 14 350 8419 -27.3 -34.0 53 6.7 -28.4 238 63 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.2 0.62 15 300 9510 -35.5 -41.1 57 5.5 -36.1 252 67 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.6 0.35 16 250 10749 -46.3 -50.8 60 4.5 -46.5 254 66 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.14 17 200 12201 -53.1 -65.8 20 12.7 -53.4 258 73 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14018 -61.8 -77.4 11 15.6 -62.0 247 68 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16467 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 255 39 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.24 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4286.19 m = 14062.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3804.78 m = 12482.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.94 mb = 1411.14 m = 4629.66 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 15.73 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1606.04 m = 5269.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.90 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.63 mb = 1454.50 m = 4771.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.63 mb = 1810.36 m = 5939.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.63 mb = 11134.21 m = 36529.13 ft B at Equ Level: 763.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.63 mb = 13785.10 m = 45226.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 17.95 Bulk Shear: 42.91 m/s