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: 31.56,-93.10 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 64 26.3 23.6 85 2.7 24.4 198 10 299.3 302.7 297.5 353.9 18.67 1 1000 79 26.0 23.4 86 2.5 24.2 199 10 299.1 302.5 297.3 353.1 18.46 2 950 529 22.4 21.7 96 0.6 21.9 204 23 299.9 303.1 296.8 351.1 17.49 3 900 1000 19.9 19.2 96 0.7 19.4 207 26 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.5 15.76 4 850 1492 17.0 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 213 26 304.0 306.5 295.4 344.6 13.65 5 800 2007 13.9 11.3 84 2.7 12.2 221 24 306.0 308.0 293.7 337.7 10.55 6 750 2549 10.4 7.4 82 2.9 8.6 224 22 307.8 309.5 292.9 334.2 8.67 7 700 3121 7.5 5.0 84 2.5 6.1 220 22 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.9 7.83 8 650 3731 5.4 0.4 70 5.0 2.7 220 24 315.1 316.2 292.9 334.3 6.09 9 600 4381 1.1 -4.6 66 5.6 -1.7 227 26 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.0 4.54 10 550 5074 -3.7 -10.8 58 7.1 -6.7 232 29 319.7 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.04 11 500 5820 -8.0 -15.3 56 7.3 -10.7 234 34 323.3 323.7 292.0 331.2 2.33 12 450 6631 -12.0 -25.8 31 13.8 -15.7 243 43 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.9 1.03 13 400 7520 -19.1 -30.2 37 11.1 -21.5 246 48 330.2 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.78 14 350 8498 -26.2 -34.6 45 8.4 -27.6 251 51 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.6 0.58 15 300 9593 -34.9 -43.2 42 8.3 -35.7 252 54 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.3 0.28 16 250 10839 -43.9 -54.4 30 10.6 -44.4 254 59 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.09 17 200 12313 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.1 -52.1 266 64 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14122 -64.4 -79.9 10 15.5 -64.5 261 49 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16525 -73.1 -86.3 12 13.2 -73.1 255 29 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.20 m Freezing level: 588.97 mb = 4533.88 m = 14874.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.11 mb = 4126.39 m = 13537.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.87 mb = 402.09 m = 1319.17 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.39 mb = 757.71 m = 2485.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.35 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 38.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1948.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.59 mb = 662.40 m = 2173.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.59 mb = 993.97 m = 3261.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.59 mb = 12293.34 m = 40332.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1946.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 121.62 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s