MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.84,-92.74 Latitude: 30.84 Longitude: -92.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 44 23.7 22.4 92 1.3 22.8 213 6 296.3 299.4 295.7 345.9 17.17 1 1000 98 24.3 22.8 91 1.5 23.2 219 12 297.4 300.6 296.4 348.8 17.72 2 950 549 22.2 18.8 81 3.5 19.8 224 28 299.7 302.4 294.8 342.1 14.49 3 900 1018 20.1 12.8 63 7.3 15.4 228 28 302.2 304.1 292.5 332.8 10.34 4 850 1509 17.5 10.6 64 6.8 13.1 253 24 304.4 306.2 292.5 332.9 9.51 5 800 2024 13.6 10.9 84 2.7 11.9 270 25 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.7 10.32 6 750 2565 10.0 7.8 86 2.2 8.7 267 27 307.4 309.1 292.9 334.4 8.90 7 700 3136 7.0 3.7 80 3.3 5.1 267 28 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.14 8 650 3743 3.6 -3.6 59 7.2 0.1 262 28 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.3 4.52 9 600 4388 -0.1 -14.4 33 14.3 -5.5 259 29 316.0 316.4 289.6 322.9 2.08 10 550 5078 -4.1 -22.2 23 18.1 -9.7 261 31 319.2 319.4 289.7 323.2 1.17 11 500 5823 -8.5 -30.4 15 21.9 -13.8 263 36 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.9 0.61 12 450 6630 -13.9 -30.5 23 16.7 -17.6 269 44 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.67 13 400 7513 -20.3 -34.8 26 14.5 -22.9 263 44 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.50 14 350 8487 -27.2 -59.1 3 31.9 -29.6 248 40 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.04 15 300 9581 -34.0 -50.8 17 16.8 -35.3 260 54 337.4 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.12 16 250 10836 -41.5 -65.4 6 23.9 -42.4 261 63 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 17 200 12317 -51.9 -71.8 7 19.9 -52.2 263 60 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14125 -63.6 -79.9 9 16.3 -63.7 261 45 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16541 -73.1 -86.4 12 13.3 -73.2 266 30 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.17 m Freezing level: 601.58 mb = 4367.42 m = 14328.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.30 mb = 3751.16 m = 12306.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.06 mb = 212.86 m = 698.35 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.63 mb = 1562.65 m = 5126.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.70 mb = 934.24 m = 3065.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.70 mb = 2090.27 m = 6857.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.70 mb = 10212.18 m = 33504.14 ft B at Equ Level: 702.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.70 mb = 13575.39 m = 44538.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 163.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 19.70 Bulk Shear: 35.90 m/s