MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.98,-93.25 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 54 25.0 22.7 87 2.3 23.3 206 5 297.8 300.9 296.3 348.6 17.52 1 1000 96 25.1 22.3 85 2.7 23.1 202 8 298.2 301.3 296.3 348.4 17.25 2 950 545 21.5 20.6 95 0.9 20.9 212 16 299.0 301.9 295.8 346.4 16.28 3 900 1014 18.5 18.2 98 0.4 18.3 214 19 300.6 303.3 295.3 343.9 14.75 4 850 1503 15.7 15.2 97 0.5 15.4 224 20 302.6 305.0 294.5 340.7 12.87 5 800 2017 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.5 228 22 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.4 10.09 6 750 2557 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.3 230 22 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.3 8.69 7 700 3127 6.8 4.4 84 2.5 5.4 235 23 310.0 311.5 292.6 333.1 7.49 8 650 3736 5.3 -2.7 56 8.0 1.3 240 28 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.4 4.84 9 600 4386 0.5 -6.6 59 7.1 -2.9 243 33 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.88 10 550 5075 -5.6 -8.0 84 2.3 -6.7 242 37 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.7 3.81 11 500 5816 -9.5 -11.1 88 1.6 -10.2 242 40 321.4 322.0 292.3 332.2 3.27 12 450 6623 -14.2 -15.0 94 0.7 -14.5 240 39 325.3 325.9 292.9 334.3 2.66 13 400 7506 -20.1 -25.0 65 4.9 -21.3 244 47 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.4 1.26 14 350 8482 -26.7 -35.6 43 8.9 -28.2 246 55 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.7 0.52 15 300 9573 -35.8 -47.7 28 11.9 -36.8 249 65 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.17 16 250 10816 -43.9 -62.3 11 18.5 -44.5 256 69 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12285 -52.3 -72.7 7 20.4 -52.7 261 69 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14096 -63.7 -79.7 10 15.9 -63.8 262 56 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16513 -72.5 -86.6 10 14.2 -72.5 254 30 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.86 m Freezing level: 596.25 mb = 4437.17 m = 14557.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.76 mb = 3928.48 m = 12888.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.53 mb = 348.94 m = 1144.82 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 747.19 m = 2451.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1530.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.60 mb = 668.52 m = 2193.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.60 mb = 902.79 m = 2961.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.60 mb = 11610.35 m = 38091.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1528.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.60 mb = 15859.18 m = 52030.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 41.23 Bulk Shear: 37.11 m/s