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: 31.64,-93.28 Latitude: 31.64 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 76 27.2 23.4 80 3.8 24.5 206 10 300.4 303.8 297.6 354.6 18.47 1 1000 77 26.2 23.3 84 2.9 24.1 201 9 299.4 302.7 297.3 352.8 18.28 2 950 528 22.5 21.7 95 0.9 21.9 205 22 300.1 303.2 296.8 351.1 17.42 3 900 998 20.0 18.9 94 1.1 19.2 208 25 302.1 304.9 296.1 347.7 15.45 4 850 1491 17.1 15.7 92 1.3 16.2 214 25 304.0 306.5 295.2 343.8 13.35 5 800 2007 14.1 11.5 84 2.6 12.4 221 23 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.4 10.70 6 750 2549 10.4 7.8 84 2.6 8.8 224 22 307.9 309.5 293.0 334.8 8.86 7 700 3121 7.3 4.8 84 2.5 5.8 222 22 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.4 7.73 8 650 3730 5.3 -0.5 66 5.8 2.2 223 24 315.0 316.1 292.5 333.0 5.69 9 600 4380 1.2 -5.8 60 6.9 -2.1 230 27 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.8 4.15 10 550 5073 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.6 234 31 319.3 319.9 291.7 329.9 3.23 11 500 5818 -8.1 -13.9 63 5.8 -10.3 235 36 323.2 323.7 292.3 332.0 2.62 12 450 6629 -12.3 -23.4 39 11.1 -15.5 243 44 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.3 1.29 13 400 7517 -19.1 -29.8 38 10.8 -21.4 246 49 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.80 14 350 8496 -25.9 -35.2 41 9.4 -27.4 251 53 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.54 15 300 9591 -34.9 -44.5 37 9.6 -35.8 252 55 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.24 16 250 10837 -43.8 -54.4 30 10.5 -44.3 255 60 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.09 17 200 12311 -51.7 -71.6 7 19.9 -52.1 265 65 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.2 -80.0 10 15.7 -64.4 262 50 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16524 -73.1 -86.2 12 13.1 -73.1 256 30 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.67 m Freezing level: 588.95 mb = 4533.05 m = 14872.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.44 mb = 4055.53 m = 13305.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.89 mb = 556.69 m = 1826.38 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 24.76 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 841.33 m = 2760.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.48 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1889.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.18 mb = 711.57 m = 2334.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.18 mb = 1044.71 m = 3427.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.18 mb = 12464.21 m = 40892.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1875.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 99.36 Bulk Shear: 19.01 m/s