MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.50,-91.96 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23.4 22.5 95 0.9 22.8 186 10 296.0 299.1 295.7 345.9 17.32 1 1000 90 23.1 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 190 16 296.2 299.3 295.7 346.0 17.25 2 950 537 20.8 20.6 99 0.1 20.7 202 28 298.3 301.2 295.7 345.7 16.31 3 900 1005 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 208 32 300.9 303.7 295.6 345.5 15.19 4 850 1495 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.2 221 34 303.2 305.8 295.3 343.9 13.71 5 800 2010 13.6 13.1 97 0.4 13.3 226 34 305.6 307.8 294.7 341.4 11.95 6 750 2552 10.6 9.7 94 0.9 10.1 226 33 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.0 10.16 7 700 3125 7.7 4.1 78 3.6 5.6 230 34 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.6 7.34 8 650 3732 3.2 -1.5 71 4.7 0.8 237 36 312.6 313.6 291.5 329.1 5.26 9 600 4375 -2.0 -4.2 84 2.3 -3.0 241 41 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.66 10 550 5062 -5.7 -6.8 92 1.0 -6.2 241 45 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.8 4.19 11 500 5805 -8.7 -9.5 94 0.8 -9.1 239 49 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.7 3.72 12 450 6614 -13.7 -15.4 87 1.7 -14.3 238 49 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.7 2.56 13 400 7500 -19.2 -25.3 59 6.1 -20.8 238 50 330.0 330.2 292.9 334.3 1.22 14 350 8479 -26.0 -32.6 54 6.6 -27.2 237 49 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.2 0.70 15 300 9574 -34.7 -43.0 43 8.3 -35.6 241 55 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.5 0.28 16 250 10821 -43.6 -60.6 14 17.0 -44.2 250 61 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12292 -52.3 -71.7 8 19.4 -52.7 257 67 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14098 -64.3 -80.0 10 15.7 -64.4 258 56 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16522 -71.5 -86.6 9 15.1 -71.5 254 32 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.95 m Freezing level: 619.09 mb = 4129.89 m = 13549.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.74 mb = 3860.26 m = 12664.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.28 mb = 140.21 m = 459.99 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 17.35 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.83 mb = 547.65 m = 1796.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 37.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1301.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.09 mb = 517.79 m = 1698.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.09 mb = 1032.65 m = 3387.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.09 mb = 11454.48 m = 37579.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1300.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.09 mb = 15578.99 m = 51111.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 217.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 19.99 Bulk Shear: 65.11 m/s