MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.94,-90.86 Latitude: 30.94 Longitude: -90.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 22.6 21.8 95 0.8 22.1 184 6 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.3 16.62 1 1000 107 22.9 22.1 95 0.8 22.3 186 9 296.0 299.1 295.5 345.0 16.99 2 950 554 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 200 25 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.6 16.00 3 900 1021 18.3 16.5 90 1.7 17.1 212 26 300.3 302.8 294.1 339.2 13.26 4 850 1510 16.2 13.3 83 2.8 14.3 224 25 303.1 305.2 293.5 336.9 11.38 5 800 2024 13.2 10.8 85 2.4 11.6 221 25 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.7 10.19 6 750 2565 10.2 8.5 90 1.6 9.2 212 24 307.6 309.4 293.3 335.9 9.34 7 700 3137 7.7 6.0 89 1.7 6.7 215 24 311.0 312.6 293.6 337.0 8.43 8 650 3747 5.5 -0.3 66 5.8 2.4 237 27 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.3 5.75 9 600 4398 1.7 -12.2 35 14.0 -4.0 250 31 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.4 2.49 10 550 5092 -3.7 -17.9 32 14.2 -8.7 246 32 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.70 11 500 5835 -9.1 -21.9 35 12.8 -12.9 244 33 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.6 1.33 12 450 6643 -12.6 -36.8 11 24.2 -17.3 247 39 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.8 0.36 13 400 7533 -18.0 -47.3 6 29.4 -22.0 249 48 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 14 350 8513 -26.2 -45.2 15 19.0 -28.4 248 51 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.19 15 300 9607 -35.1 -53.4 14 18.2 -36.4 246 52 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10853 -43.4 -63.4 9 20.0 -44.1 253 53 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12326 -52.5 -71.6 8 19.1 -52.8 260 48 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14126 -64.5 -79.2 12 14.7 -64.6 255 43 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16540 -72.8 -86.7 10 13.9 -72.9 237 26 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.36 m Freezing level: 584.14 mb = 4617.98 m = 15150.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.50 mb = 3981.80 m = 13063.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.16 mb = 184.26 m = 604.53 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 9.22 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 755.10 m = 2477.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 701.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.30 mb = 624.16 m = 2047.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.30 mb = 1637.66 m = 5372.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.30 mb = 11196.80 m = 36734.45 ft B at Equ Level: 693.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.30 mb = 14234.12 m = 46699.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.9 neg: -15.2 tot: 123.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 21.25 Bulk Shear: 33.00 m/s