MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 25.18,-90.05 Latitude: 25.18 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -1 28.3 23.1 73 5.2 24.5 140 10 300.3 303.5 297.2 352.5 17.82 1 1000 118 27.1 21.7 73 5.3 23.2 139 11 300.2 303.2 296.4 348.8 16.58 2 950 571 23.1 19.4 80 3.7 20.5 139 12 300.6 303.4 295.5 344.9 15.09 3 900 1041 20.9 14.2 65 6.7 16.4 142 11 303.0 305.1 293.5 336.8 11.37 4 850 1534 17.9 10.1 60 7.8 13.0 148 8 304.9 306.6 292.4 332.5 9.17 5 800 2050 14.9 4.0 48 10.9 8.7 157 5 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.5 6.38 6 750 2593 11.7 3.5 57 8.2 7.1 161 2 309.2 310.5 291.6 329.5 6.57 7 700 3167 9.0 3.4 68 5.6 5.8 227 3 312.4 313.7 292.8 334.1 6.99 8 650 3779 6.8 -0.7 59 7.5 2.8 270 4 316.6 317.7 292.9 334.4 5.59 9 600 4434 3.4 -4.2 58 7.6 -0.4 309 5 320.0 320.9 293.1 335.2 4.67 10 550 5134 -1.4 -7.6 63 6.2 -4.3 303 2 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.3 3.92 11 500 5885 -6.4 -14.8 52 8.3 -9.6 163 3 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.4 2.43 12 450 6700 -10.8 -33.0 14 22.2 -15.9 201 4 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.53 13 400 7597 -15.6 -38.5 12 23.0 -19.8 263 11 334.8 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.34 14 350 8589 -22.5 -46.0 10 23.5 -25.6 273 15 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.18 15 300 9700 -31.6 -46.5 22 14.9 -33.1 279 18 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.20 16 250 10960 -41.9 -50.9 37 9.0 -42.5 269 21 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.3 0.14 17 200 12433 -53.2 -65.7 20 12.5 -53.5 261 27 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.03 18 150 14225 -66.9 -77.3 22 10.4 -67.0 285 18 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16590 -76.8 -86.2 21 9.5 -76.8 308 4 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.06 m Freezing level: 564.73 mb = 4927.53 m = 16166.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.97 mb = 4339.53 m = 14237.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.37 mb = 659.73 m = 2164.45 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 26.01 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1575.09 m = 5167.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.13 C = 91.64 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 16.56 C K Index: 28.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.90 mb = 1042.38 m = 3419.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.90 mb = 2427.23 m = 7963.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 664.90 mb = 3592.02 m = 11784.68 ft B at Equ Level: 16.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.90 mb = 13267.95 m = 43529.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.3 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 194.3 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -127.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -4.5 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 35.76 Bulk Shear: 5.90 m/s