MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.95,-93.59 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 24.4 22.7 90 1.7 23.2 208 4 297.6 300.8 296.4 348.7 17.65 1 1000 88 24.6 22.9 90 1.7 23.4 210 5 297.7 301.0 296.5 349.5 17.84 2 950 537 21.3 21.1 99 0.2 21.2 220 17 298.8 301.9 296.2 347.9 16.84 3 900 1005 19.0 18.6 97 0.5 18.7 223 21 301.1 303.9 295.6 345.5 15.11 4 850 1496 16.2 15.0 92 1.3 15.4 232 24 303.1 305.5 294.5 340.8 12.68 5 800 2010 13.3 10.9 85 2.4 11.8 236 27 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.3 10.30 6 750 2551 10.2 7.0 80 3.3 8.3 240 30 307.7 309.2 292.6 333.1 8.38 7 700 3123 8.0 2.2 67 5.8 4.8 249 33 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.4 6.43 8 650 3732 4.8 -2.9 58 7.7 0.9 253 35 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.5 4.76 9 600 4379 -0.3 -5.7 67 5.4 -2.9 245 36 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.1 4.17 10 550 5069 -5.0 -8.3 78 3.3 -6.5 241 40 318.1 318.8 291.7 330.1 3.70 11 500 5812 -8.9 -11.1 85 2.1 -9.8 245 46 322.1 322.8 292.5 333.0 3.29 12 450 6620 -14.4 -16.8 82 2.4 -15.2 251 49 325.1 325.6 292.5 332.9 2.27 13 400 7502 -20.4 -24.0 73 3.5 -21.3 250 54 328.5 328.7 292.6 333.3 1.38 14 350 8478 -26.7 -29.7 75 3.0 -27.3 247 54 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.2 0.93 15 300 9570 -35.5 -38.8 72 3.3 -35.9 251 59 335.4 335.4 293.6 337.1 0.45 16 250 10813 -43.9 -54.4 30 10.4 -44.5 257 71 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.09 17 200 12290 -51.2 -73.5 5 22.3 -51.6 263 69 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14101 -64.3 -79.2 11 14.9 -64.4 258 51 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16514 -72.2 -86.7 10 14.5 -72.3 257 29 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.35 m Freezing level: 603.09 mb = 4339.44 m = 14236.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3882.85 m = 12738.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.06 mb = 299.91 m = 983.95 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.89 mb = 647.88 m = 2125.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1682.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.26 mb = 616.77 m = 2023.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.26 mb = 756.01 m = 2480.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.26 mb = 11772.30 m = 38622.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1674.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.26 mb = 16152.16 m = 52992.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 28.41 Bulk Shear: 59.21 m/s