MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 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 84 SFC 997 107 20.6 19.7 95 0.9 20.0 260 8 294.0 296.6 293.3 335.8 14.65 2 950 527 18.1 17.6 97 0.5 17.8 265 22 295.6 298.0 292.9 334.2 13.45 3 900 990 16.9 14.7 87 2.2 15.5 268 26 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.3 11.79 4 850 1476 14.4 11.8 85 2.5 12.7 270 32 301.2 303.1 292.2 331.6 10.30 5 800 1987 11.3 9.4 88 1.9 10.2 267 31 303.2 304.9 292.0 330.9 9.30 6 750 2524 8.2 6.7 90 1.5 7.3 256 34 305.5 307.1 291.8 330.4 8.26 7 700 3091 4.5 3.2 91 1.4 3.8 250 39 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.5 6.89 8 650 3691 0.6 -0.9 90 1.5 -0.2 251 42 309.6 310.7 290.8 326.8 5.53 9 600 4329 -3.0 -4.1 92 1.1 -3.5 248 46 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.6 4.72 10 550 5015 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 243 48 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.6 4.11 11 500 5755 -10.3 -11.3 92 1.0 -10.7 237 48 320.4 321.1 292.0 331.1 3.22 12 450 6558 -15.0 -16.9 85 2.0 -15.6 232 47 324.4 324.9 292.3 332.1 2.26 13 400 7439 -20.9 -23.6 79 2.7 -21.6 226 49 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.8 1.42 14 350 8410 -28.5 -38.7 37 10.2 -29.9 227 56 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.39 15 300 9496 -36.4 -50.1 23 13.8 -37.4 222 58 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.13 16 250 10736 -44.6 -63.8 10 19.2 -45.3 230 51 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12209 -51.5 -73.6 5 22.1 -51.9 242 58 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14028 -61.5 -81.1 6 19.6 -61.6 252 62 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16486 -68.1 -87.4 5 19.3 -68.2 255 36 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.09 m Freezing level: 641.65 mb = 3797.27 m = 12458.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.99 mb = 3665.88 m = 12027.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.82 mb = 215.99 m = 708.63 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 8.97 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1101.61 m = 3614.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.16 mb = 689.19 m = 2261.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.16 mb = 2121.46 m = 6960.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.16 mb = 8673.49 m = 28455.98 ft B at Equ Level: 261.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.16 mb = 11084.26 m = 36365.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: -5.7 tot: 45.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.06 Bulk Shear: 64.64 m/s