MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.51,-93.66 Latitude: 29.51 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -6 27.0 23.9 83 3.1 24.7 209 12 299.0 302.4 297.4 353.6 18.69 1 1000 112 26.1 22.9 83 3.2 23.8 208 14 299.2 302.5 296.9 351.2 17.81 2 950 564 22.3 20.0 87 2.2 20.7 214 16 299.8 302.7 295.7 345.8 15.73 3 900 1032 19.2 15.8 80 3.5 16.9 227 17 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.4 12.61 4 850 1523 17.4 9.0 58 8.4 12.2 233 18 304.3 305.9 291.6 329.8 8.48 5 800 2038 14.2 7.9 66 6.3 10.4 229 17 306.3 307.9 292.2 331.7 8.39 6 750 2580 10.5 6.3 75 4.2 8.0 251 13 308.0 309.5 292.3 332.3 7.99 7 700 3153 8.7 -0.3 53 9.0 3.9 286 19 312.1 313.1 291.4 328.9 5.36 8 650 3764 6.0 -6.2 41 12.2 0.2 283 25 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.7 3.70 9 600 4414 1.8 -13.0 32 14.8 -4.2 265 24 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.0 2.34 10 550 5109 -3.1 -19.5 27 16.3 -8.7 252 23 320.4 320.6 290.4 325.4 1.49 11 500 5854 -7.8 -32.6 12 24.8 -13.5 252 26 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.50 12 450 6666 -11.7 -46.6 4 34.9 -17.2 258 34 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.13 13 400 7558 -17.7 -42.9 9 25.2 -21.6 262 41 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.8 0.22 14 350 8539 -25.7 -45.2 14 19.5 -28.0 262 46 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 15 300 9634 -35.1 -51.3 18 16.2 -36.3 264 50 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10880 -43.5 -64.9 8 21.4 -44.2 266 53 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12351 -53.0 -71.7 9 18.8 -53.3 269 49 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14146 -65.1 -78.9 13 13.7 -65.2 255 37 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16543 -74.9 -86.3 15 11.4 -75.0 244 19 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.73 m Freezing level: 581.73 mb = 4668.03 m = 15314.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.78 mb = 3791.47 m = 12439.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.31 mb = 386.34 m = 1267.50 ft T: 23.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 23.79 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 953.64 m = 3128.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 16.72 C K Index: 25.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1087.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 787.97 m = 2585.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.73 mb = 1820.62 m = 5973.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.73 mb = 12006.12 m = 39389.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1080.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.73 mb = 15429.42 m = 50620.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -7.1 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 45.40 Bulk Shear: 23.96 m/s