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: 31.12,-92.38 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 28 26.9 23.6 82 3.3 24.5 185 10 299.4 302.8 297.4 353.4 18.46 1 1000 93 26.6 22.8 80 3.8 23.9 189 14 299.7 303.0 297.0 351.8 17.78 2 950 544 22.5 21.1 92 1.4 21.5 193 20 300.0 303.1 296.4 349.1 16.78 3 900 1014 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.5 196 21 301.0 303.7 295.5 344.9 14.93 4 850 1504 16.5 13.6 83 3.0 14.6 205 19 303.5 305.6 293.8 337.8 11.56 5 800 2019 14.0 8.9 71 5.2 10.9 212 18 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.96 6 750 2560 10.0 6.2 77 3.8 7.7 213 18 307.4 308.9 292.1 331.5 7.93 7 700 3131 7.1 2.7 74 4.4 4.6 214 18 310.4 311.6 292.0 331.0 6.67 8 650 3739 5.5 -4.5 48 10.0 0.6 217 20 315.2 316.0 291.3 328.6 4.20 9 600 4390 1.8 -15.2 27 17.0 -4.7 222 24 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.7 1.95 10 550 5084 -3.4 -17.6 32 14.2 -8.4 231 26 320.0 320.4 290.6 325.9 1.74 11 500 5829 -8.5 -18.8 43 10.4 -11.9 238 32 322.7 323.1 291.3 328.6 1.73 12 450 6639 -12.2 -28.3 25 16.2 -16.3 243 39 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.9 0.82 13 400 7529 -18.4 -35.0 22 16.6 -21.5 247 43 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.49 14 350 8508 -25.9 -38.8 29 12.9 -27.8 249 46 333.9 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.38 15 300 9603 -35.0 -44.1 39 9.1 -35.9 251 47 336.0 336.0 293.6 337.0 0.25 16 250 10848 -43.7 -57.2 21 13.5 -44.3 257 55 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.07 17 200 12322 -52.2 -72.8 7 20.7 -52.5 271 58 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14128 -64.1 -80.1 9 16.0 -64.2 259 43 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16533 -74.5 -86.4 14 11.9 -74.5 269 25 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.65 m Freezing level: 582.66 mb = 4630.69 m = 15192.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.32 mb = 3810.67 m = 12502.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.10 mb = 451.24 m = 1480.43 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 786.89 m = 2581.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.27 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1626.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.91 mb = 729.93 m = 2394.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.91 mb = 871.08 m = 2857.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.91 mb = 12161.33 m = 39898.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1620.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 119.68 Bulk Shear: 13.59 m/s