MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F003.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.88,-92.26 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -92.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 995 108 23.4 21.5 89 2.0 22.1 202 10 297.0 300.0 295.4 344.5 16.42 2 950 507 20.3 19.6 96 0.7 19.8 209 26 297.8 300.5 294.8 342.1 15.30 3 900 973 18.3 17.8 97 0.4 18.0 206 30 300.3 303.0 295.0 342.6 14.44 4 850 1463 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 206 33 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.5 13.13 5 800 1976 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 211 34 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.9 11.45 6 750 2516 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 218 37 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.5 9.83 7 700 3086 5.9 5.4 97 0.4 5.6 222 39 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.7 8.09 8 650 3690 2.1 0.7 90 1.4 1.4 220 39 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.7 6.22 9 600 4332 -2.2 -3.5 91 1.3 -2.9 216 41 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.1 4.92 10 550 5018 -6.4 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 217 46 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.07 11 500 5759 -9.3 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 224 51 321.7 322.3 292.6 333.1 3.46 12 450 6568 -12.8 -13.9 92 1.1 -13.2 232 52 327.2 327.7 293.6 337.0 2.91 13 400 7456 -19.2 -21.0 85 1.8 -19.7 242 54 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.4 1.79 14 350 8434 -26.4 -29.4 76 3.0 -27.0 247 54 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.96 15 300 9527 -35.5 -38.9 71 3.4 -35.9 242 52 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.44 16 250 10765 -46.5 -49.9 68 3.4 -46.7 248 59 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 17 200 12212 -53.9 -65.6 23 11.6 -54.2 260 71 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14029 -61.6 -82.1 5 20.5 -61.8 258 61 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16479 -69.7 -86.9 6 17.2 -69.8 251 38 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.92 m Freezing level: 625.45 mb = 4004.78 m = 13138.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.79 mb = 3892.09 m = 12769.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.84 mb = 353.63 m = 1160.20 ft T: 21.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 780.70 m = 2561.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 40.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1118.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.04 mb = 671.45 m = 2202.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.04 mb = 1292.86 m = 4241.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.04 mb = 11682.20 m = 38326.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1107.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.04 mb = 14575.31 m = 47818.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 24.59 Bulk Shear: 45.49 m/s