MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.16,-93.70 Latitude: 32.16 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 74 29.3 21.0 61 8.3 23.3 186 11 302.3 305.2 296.4 349.0 15.80 1 1000 88 27.8 20.1 63 7.7 22.3 186 11 301.0 303.7 295.5 345.1 15.00 2 950 540 22.9 19.1 79 3.8 20.2 189 17 300.4 303.1 295.2 343.7 14.77 3 900 1009 19.2 17.0 88 2.1 17.7 192 19 301.2 303.8 294.7 341.6 13.70 4 850 1499 16.7 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 194 25 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.7 10.76 5 800 2014 14.4 5.6 55 8.8 9.3 191 27 306.5 307.9 291.2 328.2 7.14 6 750 2556 10.3 7.3 81 3.1 8.5 203 26 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.8 8.56 7 700 3129 9.2 -2.6 43 11.8 3.2 214 24 312.7 313.6 290.9 327.0 4.52 8 650 3740 5.8 -8.1 36 13.8 -0.5 219 23 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.9 3.21 9 600 4389 0.7 -8.2 52 8.8 -3.3 223 23 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.1 3.44 10 550 5081 -4.2 -14.0 47 9.7 -7.9 229 27 319.1 319.5 290.8 326.9 2.36 11 500 5824 -8.6 -23.5 29 14.9 -12.9 233 31 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.5 1.15 12 450 6634 -12.0 -44.2 5 32.2 -17.3 239 35 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.8 0.17 13 400 7523 -18.9 -46.8 7 27.9 -22.6 241 43 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 14 350 8501 -26.6 -51.7 7 25.1 -28.9 247 49 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 15 300 9594 -35.2 -53.3 14 18.1 -36.5 246 53 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.09 16 250 10836 -44.6 -59.5 17 14.9 -45.2 256 56 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12308 -51.4 -72.6 6 21.1 -51.8 263 64 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14118 -64.3 -80.7 9 16.5 -64.4 246 48 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16535 -73.5 -86.4 12 12.9 -73.5 256 29 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.69 m Freezing level: 593.20 mb = 4482.96 m = 14707.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.88 mb = 3653.53 m = 11986.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.29 mb = 1121.15 m = 3678.26 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1377.68 m = 4519.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 753.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.41 mb = 1091.06 m = 3579.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.41 mb = 2265.47 m = 7432.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.41 mb = 3053.68 m = 10018.51 ft B at Equ Level: 14.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.41 mb = 14262.20 m = 46791.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 35.46 Bulk Shear: 21.24 m/s