MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.07,-92.98 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -92.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 24.4 22.9 91 1.5 23.3 199 7 297.4 300.6 296.4 348.8 17.76 1 1000 100 25.0 23.4 91 1.6 23.8 199 10 298.1 301.5 297.0 351.6 18.40 2 950 551 22.2 20.4 90 1.8 21.0 209 27 299.7 302.7 296.0 346.9 16.11 3 900 1020 19.8 15.5 76 4.3 16.9 219 28 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.5 12.38 4 850 1511 17.6 11.0 65 6.6 13.4 232 30 304.6 306.4 292.7 333.7 9.73 5 800 2027 13.9 8.9 72 5.1 10.8 235 31 306.0 307.7 292.5 333.0 8.96 6 750 2568 10.6 6.1 74 4.5 8.0 243 27 308.1 309.6 292.3 332.3 7.92 7 700 3141 8.1 2.5 68 5.6 4.9 260 28 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.8 6.57 8 650 3750 5.0 -5.7 46 10.7 -0.1 265 29 314.6 315.3 290.8 326.9 3.83 9 600 4398 0.5 -15.8 28 16.3 -5.5 256 29 316.7 317.1 289.6 322.9 1.86 10 550 5089 -4.2 -22.4 23 18.2 -9.8 249 30 319.1 319.4 289.7 323.1 1.15 11 500 5833 -8.3 -22.8 30 14.5 -12.6 252 34 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.1 1.22 12 450 6643 -12.7 -33.5 16 20.8 -17.1 257 43 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.50 13 400 7530 -18.9 -43.2 10 24.2 -22.5 253 50 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 14 350 8508 -26.2 -43.8 18 17.6 -28.4 253 57 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.23 15 300 9603 -34.9 -51.6 17 16.8 -36.1 252 63 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 16 250 10852 -42.6 -63.3 9 20.7 -43.4 260 64 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12329 -52.1 -71.4 8 19.4 -52.4 263 60 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14131 -64.7 -79.1 12 14.4 -64.8 255 46 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16542 -71.9 -86.4 10 14.5 -71.9 259 26 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.60 m Freezing level: 594.32 mb = 4476.31 m = 14685.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.97 mb = 3737.92 m = 12263.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.32 mb = 274.90 m = 901.89 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1216.17 m = 3990.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1103.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.70 mb = 822.59 m = 2698.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.70 mb = 1861.61 m = 6107.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.70 mb = 11528.52 m = 37822.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1095.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.70 mb = 15182.01 m = 49809.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 205.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 25.52 Bulk Shear: 43.24 m/s