MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.34,-93.85 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 79 24.2 22.8 92 1.5 23.2 230 8 297.3 300.5 296.3 348.5 17.67 1 1000 87 24.9 22.5 86 2.5 23.2 227 8 298.1 301.2 296.3 348.5 17.36 2 950 536 21.3 20.6 95 0.8 20.8 224 18 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.2 16.25 3 900 1005 18.8 18.4 98 0.4 18.5 222 20 300.9 303.6 295.5 344.9 14.98 4 850 1495 16.0 15.8 98 0.3 15.8 221 22 303.0 305.4 294.9 342.6 13.37 5 800 2009 13.0 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 222 25 305.0 307.2 294.1 339.4 11.49 6 750 2549 9.6 8.8 95 0.7 9.1 222 27 307.0 308.7 293.3 335.9 9.56 7 700 3119 5.9 4.1 88 1.8 4.9 219 29 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.5 7.36 8 650 3724 3.8 -2.2 65 6.0 0.8 218 32 313.3 314.3 291.5 329.1 5.01 9 600 4372 -0.0 -4.9 70 4.9 -2.3 223 35 316.1 317.0 291.8 330.3 4.44 10 550 5062 -4.9 -7.3 83 2.4 -6.0 229 40 318.3 319.1 292.1 331.4 4.03 11 500 5806 -8.8 -11.8 78 3.1 -10.0 228 42 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.6 3.09 12 450 6614 -13.6 -18.4 67 4.8 -15.2 230 44 326.1 326.5 292.5 333.0 2.00 13 400 7500 -19.1 -33.5 27 14.4 -22.0 239 55 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.56 14 350 8477 -26.7 -41.2 24 14.5 -28.6 245 61 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.9 0.29 15 300 9568 -35.8 -45.4 37 9.6 -36.7 246 63 334.9 334.9 293.3 335.7 0.22 16 250 10810 -44.0 -59.0 17 15.0 -44.6 257 71 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 17 200 12286 -51.2 -73.3 5 22.1 -51.6 263 72 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14103 -63.2 -80.7 8 17.6 -63.3 259 56 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16518 -73.0 -86.6 11 13.6 -73.0 258 31 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.40 m Freezing level: 600.22 mb = 4368.74 m = 14332.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3882.49 m = 12737.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.28 mb = 261.65 m = 858.43 ft T: 23.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 752.64 m = 2469.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.76 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1486.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.44 mb = 670.04 m = 2198.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.44 mb = 904.76 m = 2968.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.44 mb = 11642.52 m = 38196.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1475.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.44 mb = 15410.53 m = 50558.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 44.77 Bulk Shear: 33.20 m/s