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: 31.62,-93.01 Latitude: 31.62 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 47 26.1 23.8 87 2.3 24.4 192 10 298.9 302.3 297.4 353.7 18.76 1 1000 79 25.9 23.4 86 2.5 24.1 199 11 299.1 302.4 297.3 352.8 18.40 2 950 529 22.3 21.7 96 0.6 21.9 204 23 299.8 303.0 296.8 351.0 17.47 3 900 999 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.5 206 26 301.9 304.9 296.4 349.0 15.96 4 850 1491 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 212 26 303.9 306.5 295.6 345.3 13.92 5 800 2007 13.9 11.3 84 2.6 12.3 221 24 306.0 308.0 293.8 337.8 10.60 6 750 2549 10.5 7.2 80 3.3 8.5 223 22 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.9 8.52 7 700 3121 7.7 4.7 81 3.0 5.9 220 23 311.0 312.4 293.0 334.7 7.68 8 650 3731 5.4 -0.1 67 5.5 2.5 220 24 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.6 5.86 9 600 4381 1.0 -4.9 65 5.9 -1.9 226 26 317.3 318.1 292.1 331.5 4.42 10 550 5074 -3.8 -11.5 55 7.7 -7.0 232 30 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.1 2.88 11 500 5819 -8.0 -15.9 53 7.9 -10.9 234 35 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.7 2.20 12 450 6631 -12.0 -25.9 30 13.9 -15.8 243 44 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.8 1.03 13 400 7519 -19.3 -29.2 41 9.9 -21.5 246 49 329.9 330.1 292.5 333.0 0.85 14 350 8497 -26.3 -33.2 52 6.9 -27.5 250 51 333.3 333.4 293.3 335.8 0.67 15 300 9591 -34.8 -41.6 50 6.7 -35.5 251 53 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.5 0.33 16 250 10837 -44.0 -53.3 35 9.3 -44.5 253 59 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.11 17 200 12311 -51.6 -71.7 7 20.0 -52.0 265 65 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.4 -80.1 10 15.7 -64.5 261 49 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16524 -73.0 -86.3 12 13.3 -73.0 255 29 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.85 m Freezing level: 589.56 mb = 4525.68 m = 14847.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4096.45 m = 13439.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.96 mb = 337.62 m = 1107.67 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.88 mb = 715.47 m = 2347.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1980.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.19 mb = 638.13 m = 2093.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.19 mb = 872.95 m = 2863.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.19 mb = 12528.69 m = 41104.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1967.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 77.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 117.06 Bulk Shear: 16.92 m/s