MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.62,-90.01 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -90.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 998 91 27.6 18.2 56 9.4 21.1 185 12 300.9 303.4 294.3 339.9 13.26 2 950 528 24.8 17.4 63 7.4 19.6 194 27 302.3 304.7 294.7 341.4 13.24 3 900 999 20.4 16.1 76 4.3 17.5 198 30 302.6 304.9 294.5 340.7 12.89 4 850 1490 16.3 13.6 84 2.7 14.5 203 32 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.5 11.56 5 800 2004 12.5 8.4 76 4.1 10.0 206 33 304.5 306.1 291.9 330.5 8.68 6 750 2542 8.8 5.1 77 3.7 6.6 213 34 306.1 307.5 291.2 328.3 7.34 7 700 3111 6.0 2.5 78 3.5 4.1 223 34 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.4 6.57 8 650 3716 3.6 -4.0 58 7.6 -0.1 222 36 313.0 313.9 290.8 326.9 4.38 9 600 4361 0.0 -9.8 48 9.8 -4.1 221 37 316.2 316.7 290.6 326.0 3.04 10 550 5053 -4.6 -14.9 44 10.3 -8.4 225 41 318.7 319.1 290.6 326.0 2.19 11 500 5795 -9.4 -22.2 34 12.8 -13.2 229 46 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.0 1.29 12 450 6600 -13.7 -29.7 25 15.9 -17.4 237 53 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.6 0.73 13 400 7485 -20.1 -30.5 39 10.5 -22.2 245 57 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.7 0.75 14 350 8459 -27.1 -41.5 24 14.4 -29.0 246 60 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.29 15 300 9550 -35.6 -40.0 64 4.4 -36.1 254 56 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.6 0.39 16 250 10790 -45.8 -52.1 49 6.3 -46.2 260 57 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.12 17 200 12248 -52.8 -65.7 20 12.9 -53.1 252 61 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14062 -62.4 -76.1 14 13.7 -62.6 247 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16496 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.3 -70.4 252 39 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.24 m Freezing level: 599.59 mb = 4366.94 m = 14327.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.15 mb = 3701.07 m = 12142.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.88 mb = 1291.79 m = 4238.10 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.23 mb = 1628.64 m = 5343.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 35.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.50 mb = 1445.03 m = 4740.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.50 mb = 1799.80 m = 5904.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.50 mb = 11070.05 m = 36318.62 ft B at Equ Level: 727.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.50 mb = 13674.75 m = 44864.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.7 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 246.7 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 15.62 Bulk Shear: 46.61 m/s