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: 32.08,-93.76 Latitude: 32.08 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 999 83 25.6 23.3 87 2.3 24.0 204 6 298.8 302.2 297.1 352.4 18.36 2 950 528 22.7 21.7 94 1.0 22.0 211 19 300.2 303.4 296.9 351.3 17.45 3 900 998 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 217 23 302.3 305.2 296.4 349.0 15.80 4 850 1491 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 224 27 304.4 306.8 295.3 343.9 13.25 5 800 2007 14.6 9.8 73 4.7 11.6 229 29 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.58 6 750 2550 10.9 6.2 73 4.7 8.1 233 29 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.97 7 700 3123 8.0 1.5 63 6.5 4.4 237 30 311.4 312.5 291.8 330.3 6.10 8 650 3732 5.6 -4.3 49 10.0 0.7 238 32 315.3 316.1 291.4 328.9 4.26 9 600 4382 1.0 -8.3 50 9.2 -3.2 238 36 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.3 3.42 10 550 5074 -4.4 -13.7 48 9.2 -8.0 240 39 318.8 319.3 290.8 326.8 2.42 11 500 5817 -9.2 -21.7 36 12.5 -13.0 243 40 321.8 322.0 290.7 326.4 1.35 12 450 6623 -14.0 -32.7 19 18.8 -17.9 244 47 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.7 0.54 13 400 7506 -19.8 -46.7 7 26.9 -23.3 243 56 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.14 14 350 8482 -27.0 -46.6 14 19.6 -29.2 243 62 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.17 15 300 9574 -34.9 -55.2 11 20.3 -36.2 251 70 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 16 250 10822 -43.1 -62.9 10 19.8 -43.8 257 71 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12301 -51.2 -72.4 6 21.1 -51.7 263 72 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14112 -64.2 -79.8 10 15.6 -64.4 265 56 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16522 -72.0 -86.1 10 14.1 -72.0 253 32 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.51 m Freezing level: 591.09 mb = 4505.39 m = 14781.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.72 mb = 3848.99 m = 12627.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.25 mb = 369.28 m = 1211.54 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 25.94 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 868.88 m = 2850.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 35.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2024.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.37 mb = 699.95 m = 2296.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.37 mb = 1129.74 m = 3706.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.37 mb = 12092.83 m = 39674.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2024.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 40.56 Bulk Shear: 49.91 m/s