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: 32.23,-90.73 Latitude: 32.23 Longitude: -90.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 63 29.7 19.1 53 10.7 22.2 192 8 302.6 305.2 295.3 343.9 13.97 1 1000 92 28.9 18.3 53 10.6 21.5 193 8 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.4 13.35 2 950 546 24.3 17.1 64 7.2 19.4 193 13 301.9 304.2 294.4 340.2 13.00 3 900 1017 20.0 15.6 76 4.5 17.0 194 15 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.9 12.45 4 850 1507 16.1 12.2 78 3.9 13.6 200 18 303.0 305.0 292.9 334.5 10.60 5 800 2020 12.6 8.4 75 4.2 10.1 211 22 304.6 306.2 291.9 330.7 8.68 6 750 2559 9.3 5.5 77 3.8 7.1 220 25 306.6 308.0 291.6 329.6 7.56 7 700 3128 6.5 0.6 66 5.9 3.3 219 24 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.3 5.70 8 650 3734 4.4 -5.1 50 9.5 -0.2 219 24 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.7 4.01 9 600 4382 1.0 -12.6 35 13.7 -4.5 224 30 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.3 2.41 10 550 5076 -3.6 -19.2 29 15.6 -8.8 224 33 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.1 1.53 11 500 5821 -8.2 -26.6 21 18.4 -13.2 227 33 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.1 0.87 12 450 6629 -13.3 -32.3 19 19.0 -17.4 233 39 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.56 13 400 7517 -18.4 -47.4 6 29.0 -22.2 244 44 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 14 350 8496 -26.4 -49.6 9 23.2 -28.7 246 46 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 15 300 9589 -35.6 -52.6 16 17.1 -36.7 252 51 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10829 -44.7 -58.8 19 14.1 -45.3 257 58 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12302 -51.5 -72.9 6 21.4 -51.9 268 62 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14115 -63.6 -81.0 8 17.4 -63.7 253 49 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16519 -73.8 -86.5 13 12.6 -73.9 259 30 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.57 m Freezing level: 588.84 mb = 4537.19 m = 14885.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3705.94 m = 12158.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.54 mb = 1411.15 m = 4629.71 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1667.80 m = 5471.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 30.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.05 mb = 1476.10 m = 4842.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.05 mb = 1935.08 m = 6348.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.05 mb = 10880.98 m = 35698.33 ft B at Equ Level: 364.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.05 mb = 12689.94 m = 41633.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 77.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 11.89 Bulk Shear: 31.26 m/s