MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.26,-93.20 Latitude: 30.26 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 7 24.0 23.0 94 1.0 23.3 204 4 296.1 299.3 296.0 347.2 17.73 1 1000 114 24.7 23.5 93 1.1 23.9 218 12 297.8 301.2 297.0 351.7 18.55 2 950 564 22.0 20.8 93 1.2 21.2 234 20 299.5 302.6 296.1 347.8 16.52 3 900 1033 19.1 17.0 87 2.2 17.7 249 21 301.2 303.7 294.7 341.4 13.65 4 850 1523 16.9 12.9 77 4.0 14.3 267 23 303.8 305.9 293.5 336.7 11.06 5 800 2038 13.1 11.0 87 2.2 11.7 277 26 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.2 10.35 6 750 2578 10.0 6.7 80 3.3 8.0 282 26 307.5 309.0 292.4 332.6 8.26 7 700 3150 7.1 1.1 66 6.0 3.9 290 27 310.4 311.5 291.4 328.8 5.94 8 650 3757 4.2 -5.4 49 9.6 -0.4 288 26 313.7 314.4 290.6 326.2 3.92 9 600 4404 0.7 -11.7 39 12.4 -4.4 286 24 316.9 317.4 290.4 325.5 2.60 10 550 5097 -3.5 -15.2 40 11.8 -7.8 287 26 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.1 2.13 11 500 5843 -7.8 -18.9 40 11.1 -11.5 288 33 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.5 1.72 12 450 6653 -13.4 -34.0 16 20.6 -17.7 287 42 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.48 13 400 7536 -20.5 -44.7 10 24.2 -23.8 281 42 328.3 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.18 14 350 8507 -28.3 -51.0 10 22.7 -30.3 267 44 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.10 15 300 9593 -35.9 -55.6 12 19.6 -37.1 262 59 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10841 -42.6 -63.1 9 20.5 -43.4 262 64 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12318 -52.1 -71.7 8 19.6 -52.4 266 59 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.3 -79.7 10 15.4 -64.4 262 50 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16532 -73.5 -86.4 12 12.9 -73.5 255 24 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.10 m Freezing level: 591.65 mb = 4519.51 m = 14827.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.56 mb = 3699.24 m = 12136.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.09 mb = 130.39 m = 427.80 ft T: 24.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 26.21 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 780.68 m = 2561.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 31.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1662.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.14 mb = 617.85 m = 2027.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.14 mb = 945.10 m = 3100.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.14 mb = 11713.17 m = 38428.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1661.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.14 mb = 16011.63 m = 52530.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 31.85 Bulk Shear: 52.20 m/s