MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.62,-93.97 Latitude: 31.62 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 997 105 29.9 21.5 61 8.4 23.8 194 10 303.4 306.4 297.1 352.1 16.41 2 950 529 24.6 19.9 75 4.6 21.3 194 17 302.1 305.0 296.2 348.1 15.60 3 900 1000 20.3 18.4 88 2.0 18.9 195 19 302.5 305.2 295.8 346.6 14.92 4 850 1492 17.0 15.7 92 1.4 16.1 200 23 304.0 306.5 295.2 343.6 13.31 5 800 2009 14.2 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 207 25 306.3 308.5 294.7 341.5 11.72 6 750 2552 11.0 8.4 84 2.6 9.4 214 26 308.5 310.3 293.5 336.7 9.25 7 700 3123 6.2 4.9 92 1.2 5.5 208 22 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.2 7.81 8 650 3729 4.3 -2.9 59 7.2 0.7 216 21 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.8 4.75 9 600 4378 1.4 -10.4 41 11.8 -3.7 227 23 317.8 318.3 290.9 327.2 2.89 10 550 5072 -3.5 -13.6 45 10.1 -7.4 236 28 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.1 2.44 11 500 5819 -7.4 -16.8 47 9.4 -10.8 236 32 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.0 2.06 12 450 6632 -11.5 -36.2 11 24.6 -16.6 244 40 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.39 13 400 7522 -18.7 -40.7 13 22.0 -22.2 245 44 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.27 14 350 8500 -26.3 -47.2 12 20.9 -28.6 248 47 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.15 15 300 9594 -34.9 -52.1 16 17.1 -36.2 252 53 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 16 250 10837 -44.4 -57.6 22 13.1 -45.0 257 55 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.06 17 200 12310 -51.8 -72.0 7 20.2 -52.2 266 64 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14119 -64.2 -80.6 9 16.4 -64.3 251 46 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16531 -73.8 -86.2 13 12.4 -73.9 257 30 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.11 m Freezing level: 585.51 mb = 4579.35 m = 15023.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.34 mb = 3825.17 m = 12549.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.04 mb = 1173.89 m = 3851.28 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 24.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1267.90 m = 4159.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.06 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.91 mb = 1165.36 m = 3823.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.91 mb = 1412.68 m = 4634.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.91 mb = 12053.84 m = 39546.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1527.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.91 mb = 16077.67 m = 52747.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.5 neg: -15.0 tot: 66.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 76.24 Bulk Shear: 20.14 m/s