MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.96,-92.44 Latitude: 29.96 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 4 26.6 23.8 85 2.7 24.6 181 8 298.8 302.2 297.4 353.4 18.71 1 1000 99 25.6 22.9 85 2.7 23.7 182 12 298.8 302.0 296.8 350.8 17.86 2 950 551 21.7 21.3 98 0.4 21.5 186 15 299.2 302.3 296.4 348.9 17.05 3 900 1019 18.7 18.3 98 0.3 18.5 196 17 300.7 303.5 295.4 344.5 14.91 4 850 1509 16.1 14.3 89 1.8 14.9 208 19 303.0 305.2 294.1 339.0 12.15 5 800 2023 13.4 10.3 82 3.0 11.4 205 19 305.4 307.2 293.1 335.1 9.91 6 750 2563 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.8 197 14 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.6 9.25 7 700 3134 7.2 5.0 86 2.3 5.9 186 17 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.6 7.84 8 650 3744 6.5 -1.5 57 8.0 2.2 205 20 316.3 317.3 292.5 333.0 5.26 9 600 4398 2.5 -9.8 40 12.3 -2.9 225 23 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.0 3.03 10 550 5093 -2.6 -16.5 33 13.9 -7.7 237 24 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.5 1.91 11 500 5842 -6.8 -22.1 28 15.4 -11.6 247 27 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.30 12 450 6656 -10.9 -26.5 27 15.6 -15.2 254 33 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.98 13 400 7548 -18.3 -27.9 43 9.6 -20.5 256 33 331.2 331.4 293.0 334.7 0.97 14 350 8529 -25.5 -35.2 40 9.7 -27.2 254 35 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.55 15 300 9627 -34.2 -43.3 39 9.2 -35.1 256 37 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.3 0.28 16 250 10875 -44.0 -52.9 37 8.9 -44.5 257 40 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.11 17 200 12347 -52.4 -71.6 8 19.2 -52.8 272 43 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14147 -65.3 -78.9 13 13.6 -65.4 267 39 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16548 -73.6 -86.7 12 13.0 -73.7 273 17 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.83 m Freezing level: 575.19 mb = 4743.11 m = 15561.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.22 mb = 4022.75 m = 13197.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.81 mb = 350.77 m = 1150.79 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.80 mb = 625.77 m = 2053.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.08 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1443.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.30 mb = 602.75 m = 1977.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.30 mb = 648.75 m = 2128.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.30 mb = 12368.54 m = 40578.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1433.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -16.1 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 99.75 Bulk Shear: 14.47 m/s