MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.41,-90.02 Latitude: 32.41 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 108 22.6 21.3 93 1.3 21.7 197 8 295.7 298.6 294.8 342.1 16.16 1 1000 115 22.7 21.4 93 1.3 21.8 198 9 295.8 298.8 295.0 342.7 16.28 2 950 561 19.6 19.5 99 0.1 19.6 203 24 297.1 299.9 294.6 341.1 15.19 3 900 1026 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 205 27 299.2 301.6 294.0 338.8 13.59 4 850 1513 14.8 14.3 97 0.4 14.5 210 27 301.6 303.9 293.7 337.5 12.18 5 800 2025 12.1 11.4 96 0.7 11.7 217 26 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.67 6 750 2564 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 222 25 306.5 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.03 7 700 3134 6.2 5.6 96 0.5 5.8 223 27 309.3 310.8 292.9 334.4 8.19 8 650 3739 3.2 1.7 90 1.4 2.4 229 29 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.4 6.70 9 600 4385 -0.1 -5.2 69 5.0 -2.5 237 34 316.0 316.8 291.7 329.9 4.35 10 550 5076 -5.0 -10.3 66 5.3 -7.2 241 39 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.18 11 500 5818 -9.3 -13.5 71 4.2 -10.9 239 41 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.6 2.69 12 450 6624 -14.6 -17.0 82 2.4 -15.4 238 42 324.8 325.3 292.4 332.5 2.24 13 400 7506 -20.3 -27.8 51 7.5 -22.0 243 48 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.1 0.97 14 350 8481 -27.0 -43.5 19 16.5 -29.0 244 54 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.23 15 300 9570 -36.2 -47.8 29 11.6 -37.1 247 61 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.17 16 250 10810 -44.5 -62.0 12 17.5 -45.1 249 65 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12278 -52.1 -73.3 6 21.1 -52.5 257 67 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14091 -63.7 -79.7 10 16.0 -63.8 252 53 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16509 -72.1 -86.7 10 14.5 -72.2 254 32 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.88 m Freezing level: 601.76 mb = 4362.56 m = 14312.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.70 mb = 4046.57 m = 13275.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.69 mb = 266.70 m = 875.00 ft T: 21.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.38 mb = 629.93 m = 2066.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.82 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 801.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.39 mb = 611.67 m = 2006.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.39 mb = 657.35 m = 2156.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.39 mb = 10826.54 m = 35519.71 ft B at Equ Level: 798.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.39 mb = 13708.70 m = 44975.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 22.41 Bulk Shear: 35.76 m/s