MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 7Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.95,-91.81 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -91.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 27 22.8 21.9 95 0.9 22.2 209 7 295.3 298.3 295.1 343.1 16.66 1 1000 101 22.4 22.0 97 0.4 22.1 225 11 295.5 298.6 295.3 343.9 16.83 2 950 547 21.0 19.7 92 1.3 20.1 246 20 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.2 15.39 3 900 1015 19.0 16.0 83 2.9 17.0 260 23 301.1 303.4 294.0 338.8 12.85 4 850 1505 16.0 12.7 81 3.3 13.9 277 24 302.9 305.0 293.2 335.4 10.94 5 800 2018 12.5 8.7 78 3.8 10.2 284 26 304.5 306.1 292.0 331.1 8.88 6 750 2556 8.6 4.2 74 4.5 6.1 286 27 305.9 307.2 290.8 326.9 6.89 7 700 3123 4.6 0.7 76 3.9 2.6 278 34 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.3 5.76 8 650 3723 1.1 -0.5 89 1.7 0.3 268 39 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.8 5.67 9 600 4364 -2.3 -5.3 80 2.9 -3.7 263 41 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.1 4.31 10 550 5050 -6.4 -14.0 55 7.5 -9.2 263 45 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.2 2.36 11 500 5788 -10.2 -16.9 58 6.6 -12.5 259 47 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.4 2.04 12 450 6593 -14.6 -20.9 59 6.3 -16.4 256 46 324.9 325.2 291.9 330.5 1.61 13 400 7475 -20.8 -26.9 58 6.1 -22.2 252 43 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.7 1.06 14 350 8447 -27.7 -31.2 72 3.5 -28.3 242 41 331.5 331.6 292.9 334.4 0.81 15 300 9537 -36.0 -39.1 73 3.1 -36.3 238 41 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.3 0.43 16 250 10776 -44.1 -58.2 20 14.0 -44.7 248 58 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.06 17 200 12254 -50.4 -74.3 4 24.0 -50.8 254 67 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14074 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.2 253 56 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16507 -71.3 -86.8 8 15.5 -71.4 258 31 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.71 m Freezing level: 633.81 mb = 3930.90 m = 12896.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.76 mb = 3763.35 m = 12346.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.86 mb = 136.69 m = 448.46 ft T: 22.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 18.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1045.00 m = 3428.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.88 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1277.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.06 mb = 638.40 m = 2094.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.06 mb = 1554.06 m = 5098.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.06 mb = 10908.01 m = 35787.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.06 mb = 14703.69 m = 48239.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 20.13 Bulk Shear: 63.45 m/s