MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.17,-90.94 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -90.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 96 SFC 998 110 24.6 22.4 88 2.2 23.0 178 9 297.8 301.0 296.2 348.1 17.32 2 950 545 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.7 184 21 298.7 301.6 295.7 345.7 16.14 3 900 1013 18.6 17.8 95 0.8 18.1 181 23 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.9 14.41 4 850 1502 15.7 15.1 96 0.6 15.3 182 20 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.5 12.80 5 800 2016 13.5 11.4 87 2.1 12.1 191 18 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.4 10.64 6 750 2558 10.8 8.5 86 2.2 9.4 203 19 308.3 310.0 293.5 336.7 9.34 7 700 3131 8.1 5.9 86 2.2 6.8 213 23 311.4 313.0 293.6 337.1 8.34 8 650 3741 4.9 2.0 81 2.9 3.3 218 26 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.9 6.82 9 600 4390 1.0 -2.9 75 3.9 -1.0 224 29 317.2 318.2 292.7 333.7 5.14 10 550 5084 -3.5 -5.5 86 2.0 -4.5 230 30 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.9 4.61 11 500 5832 -7.8 -8.9 92 1.1 -8.3 234 29 323.5 324.3 293.4 336.5 3.91 12 450 6643 -13.0 -14.8 86 1.8 -13.7 238 30 326.9 327.4 293.3 336.1 2.69 13 400 7531 -18.5 -24.8 58 6.3 -20.1 249 36 330.9 331.2 293.2 335.5 1.28 14 350 8513 -25.4 -34.0 45 8.6 -26.9 250 39 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.8 0.62 15 300 9610 -34.6 -41.4 50 6.9 -35.3 250 42 336.7 336.7 293.8 338.0 0.34 16 250 10856 -44.2 -50.6 49 6.4 -44.5 249 46 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.15 17 200 12329 -51.6 -71.6 7 19.9 -52.0 269 51 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14133 -65.6 -79.0 14 13.4 -65.7 256 44 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16536 -74.4 -86.5 14 12.1 -74.4 253 22 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.31 m Freezing level: 589.29 mb = 4539.07 m = 14891.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.93 mb = 4230.62 m = 13879.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.71 mb = 383.02 m = 1256.62 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.49 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.63 mb = 788.27 m = 2586.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1007.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.20 mb = 699.08 m = 2293.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.20 mb = 934.14 m = 3064.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.20 mb = 11458.59 m = 37593.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1006.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.20 mb = 15063.52 m = 49420.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.9 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 241.9 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.8 neg: -9.4 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 46.61 Bulk Shear: 21.62 m/s