MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 32.27,-90.02 Latitude: 32.27 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 1002 116 23.6 17.1 67 6.5 19.2 157 3 296.6 298.8 292.3 332.2 12.32 1 1000 135 22.6 16.7 69 5.9 18.7 147 2 295.7 297.9 291.8 330.3 12.02 2 950 581 23.4 10.5 44 12.9 15.4 170 6 301.0 302.5 290.6 325.9 8.44 3 900 1050 20.3 9.7 51 10.6 13.8 172 9 302.5 304.0 291.0 327.6 8.44 4 850 1540 16.7 7.3 54 9.4 11.2 174 9 303.7 305.1 290.7 326.4 7.59 5 800 2055 14.7 2.0 42 12.8 7.8 193 6 306.9 307.9 289.9 323.8 5.52 6 750 2597 11.8 -0.7 42 12.5 5.2 197 6 309.4 310.3 290.1 324.4 4.84 7 700 3171 8.4 -2.5 46 10.9 2.9 182 8 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.2 4.56 8 650 3780 4.9 -7.0 42 12.0 -0.6 179 11 314.5 315.2 290.5 325.7 3.47 9 600 4427 0.7 -14.3 32 15.0 -5.1 184 11 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.9 2.10 10 550 5120 -3.6 -28.4 13 24.9 -10.2 206 12 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.2 0.67 11 500 5865 -8.4 -34.9 10 26.5 -14.1 209 15 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.39 12 450 6672 -13.5 -41.3 8 27.8 -18.2 202 21 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.23 13 400 7558 -19.3 -28.6 43 9.3 -21.4 208 30 330.0 330.1 292.6 333.2 0.90 14 350 8536 -26.4 -29.1 78 2.7 -27.0 211 40 333.1 333.3 293.5 336.7 0.98 15 300 9628 -35.7 -39.7 67 4.0 -36.1 213 39 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.41 16 250 10871 -43.9 -55.7 26 11.9 -44.4 234 46 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.08 17 200 12336 -53.5 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.8 234 57 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14134 -64.5 -78.1 14 13.7 -64.6 249 49 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16555 -73.0 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.1 241 17 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.97 m Freezing level: 591.93 mb = 4538.74 m = 14890.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.54 mb = 3672.41 m = 12048.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.51 mb = 949.54 m = 3115.26 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.03 mb = 3384.41 m = 11103.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.81 C = 103.65 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.00 C Showalter Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 15.76 C K Index: 21.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6339.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.07 mb = 1885.99 m = 6187.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.6 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 219.6 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: -3.1 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.79 Bulk Shear: 4.47 m/s