MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.68,-92.96 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 42 25.3 23.6 90 1.7 24.1 189 7 298.0 301.4 297.1 352.0 18.55 1 1000 84 25.5 23.5 89 2.0 24.0 191 9 298.6 302.0 297.2 352.6 18.51 2 950 535 22.5 21.2 93 1.2 21.6 203 22 300.0 303.1 296.5 349.7 16.96 3 900 1005 20.3 17.9 86 2.5 18.6 210 26 302.5 305.1 295.6 345.2 14.45 4 850 1497 17.3 15.0 86 2.3 15.7 218 26 304.3 306.6 294.8 342.1 12.68 5 800 2013 14.0 11.0 82 3.0 12.1 224 24 306.1 308.0 293.6 337.3 10.38 6 750 2555 10.4 7.8 84 2.6 8.8 227 23 307.9 309.5 293.0 334.9 8.90 7 700 3128 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.6 223 25 311.1 312.7 293.6 336.9 8.35 8 650 3738 5.4 0.6 71 4.8 2.8 227 26 315.1 316.3 292.9 334.5 6.16 9 600 4388 1.2 -6.3 57 7.5 -2.4 236 29 317.5 318.2 291.8 330.3 3.97 10 550 5081 -4.2 -11.0 59 6.8 -7.0 240 33 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.0 3.01 11 500 5825 -8.7 -13.3 69 4.6 -10.5 239 38 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.74 12 450 6634 -13.1 -19.6 58 6.5 -15.2 241 42 326.8 327.1 292.5 333.0 1.80 13 400 7521 -18.8 -37.7 17 18.9 -22.1 244 48 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.37 14 350 8501 -25.9 -43.9 17 18.0 -28.2 252 55 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.22 15 300 9596 -34.9 -50.6 19 15.7 -36.1 253 59 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.12 16 250 10842 -43.7 -61.7 12 18.0 -44.3 259 62 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12316 -51.8 -71.3 8 19.5 -52.2 266 65 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14124 -64.6 -79.4 11 14.9 -64.7 263 51 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -72.1 -86.3 10 14.2 -72.2 255 29 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.05 m Freezing level: 589.05 mb = 4540.11 m = 14895.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.10 mb = 4081.41 m = 13390.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.48 mb = 257.31 m = 844.17 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 17.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 1007.06 m = 3303.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 39.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1723.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.37 mb = 707.14 m = 2319.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.37 mb = 1333.15 m = 4373.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.37 mb = 12108.75 m = 39726.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1719.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 114.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 55.12 Bulk Shear: 31.27 m/s