MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.66,-92.50 Latitude: 30.66 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 23 24.7 23.5 93 1.2 23.9 173 8 297.1 300.5 296.7 350.4 18.38 1 1000 95 24.7 23.7 95 0.9 24.0 176 14 297.8 301.2 297.1 352.5 18.81 2 950 546 22.0 21.8 99 0.2 21.9 197 24 299.5 302.7 296.8 351.0 17.59 3 900 1015 19.4 18.3 93 1.1 18.6 206 24 301.5 304.2 295.6 345.2 14.83 4 850 1507 17.7 12.8 73 4.9 14.5 217 24 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.5 10.98 5 800 2023 14.3 11.1 81 3.2 12.3 229 21 306.4 308.4 293.8 337.8 10.43 6 750 2565 10.8 8.6 86 2.2 9.4 232 20 308.3 310.0 293.5 336.8 9.38 7 700 3139 8.6 4.1 73 4.5 5.9 229 22 312.0 313.3 293.0 334.7 7.34 8 650 3751 6.3 -4.7 45 11.0 0.8 241 24 316.0 316.8 291.5 329.3 4.14 9 600 4402 2.0 -16.6 24 18.6 -5.0 254 27 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.2 1.73 10 550 5096 -3.4 -16.1 37 12.7 -8.1 255 27 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.97 11 500 5841 -8.1 -18.8 42 10.7 -11.7 252 29 323.1 323.5 291.5 329.1 1.73 12 450 6652 -12.2 -35.8 12 23.6 -17.0 251 33 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.4 0.40 13 400 7543 -17.8 -48.4 5 30.6 -21.9 250 43 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 14 350 8523 -26.0 -45.9 14 19.8 -28.3 257 48 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.18 15 300 9617 -35.0 -54.6 12 19.6 -36.3 256 53 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 16 250 10865 -42.6 -63.8 8 21.2 -43.3 263 59 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12344 -51.8 -72.3 7 20.5 -52.1 270 53 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14147 -65.3 -78.6 14 13.3 -65.4 258 42 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16542 -73.7 -86.4 13 12.7 -73.7 246 22 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.95 m Freezing level: 581.64 mb = 4656.88 m = 15278.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.76 mb = 3841.84 m = 12604.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.56 mb = 169.65 m = 556.60 ft T: 24.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.80 mb = 621.01 m = 2037.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1637.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.68 mb = 548.60 m = 1799.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.68 mb = 780.26 m = 2559.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.68 mb = 12190.83 m = 39995.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1635.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 140.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 40.49 Bulk Shear: 40.45 m/s