MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F000.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 2100Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 32.5,-90.07 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -90.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 95 31.2 16.3 41 14.9 21.0 228 5 304.3 306.5 294.1 339.3 11.71 1 1000 97 30.6 15.3 39 15.3 20.2 198 5 303.7 305.8 293.4 336.4 10.96 2 950 553 26.2 13.8 46 12.5 18.0 197 7 303.8 305.7 293.0 335.0 10.46 3 900 1025 21.5 12.8 57 8.7 15.8 194 7 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.6 10.38 4 850 1517 16.9 10.8 67 6.1 13.1 189 6 303.9 305.7 292.4 332.6 9.61 5 800 2031 12.8 7.1 68 5.7 9.5 182 6 304.8 306.3 291.4 328.8 7.96 6 750 2570 10.2 1.3 54 8.8 5.4 170 7 307.6 308.7 290.2 324.9 5.62 7 700 3141 7.4 -1.4 54 8.7 2.9 172 12 310.7 311.6 290.6 326.1 4.95 8 650 3748 4.5 -8.1 40 12.6 -1.2 194 17 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.3 3.19 9 600 4395 1.0 -16.6 25 17.7 -5.4 209 19 317.3 317.7 289.7 323.1 1.73 10 550 5090 -2.8 -21.0 23 18.2 -8.7 227 17 320.8 321.0 290.3 325.3 1.31 11 500 5837 -8.4 -17.8 47 9.4 -11.6 249 18 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.3 1.89 12 450 6643 -14.2 -26.1 36 11.9 -17.3 257 22 325.4 325.6 291.4 329.0 1.01 13 400 7525 -20.4 -34.7 27 14.3 -23.0 252 30 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.50 14 350 8500 -26.6 -44.5 17 17.9 -28.7 254 39 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.21 15 300 9595 -34.3 -50.3 18 16.0 -35.5 261 36 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.13 16 250 10844 -43.6 -62.7 10 19.1 -44.3 253 44 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 17 200 12309 -53.6 -72.9 8 19.4 -53.9 268 55 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14113 -63.9 -80.4 9 16.5 -64.0 275 45 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16524 -74.0 -86.6 13 12.6 -74.0 262 23 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.79 m Freezing level: 586.39 mb = 4584.02 m = 15039.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3570.34 m = 11713.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.62 mb = 1971.54 m = 6468.24 ft T: 13.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 14.37 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2517.92 m = 8260.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.57 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.59 mb = 2098.08 m = 6883.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 458.59 mb = 6498.55 m = 21320.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.59 mb = 7736.67 m = 25382.46 ft B at Equ Level: 4.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 368.59 mb = 8122.50 m = 26648.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 5.65 m/s