MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.24,-93.31 Latitude: 32.24 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 71 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 252 4 296.2 299.3 295.6 345.5 17.12 1 1000 104 23.2 22.3 95 0.9 22.5 254 6 296.3 299.4 295.7 345.8 17.15 2 950 551 20.5 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 290 16 298.0 300.8 295.3 344.1 15.91 3 900 1018 19.2 14.0 72 5.1 15.8 311 26 301.2 303.3 292.9 334.4 11.27 4 850 1508 16.9 3.5 41 13.4 9.4 318 28 303.8 304.9 289.2 321.4 5.79 5 800 2021 12.9 -0.4 40 13.3 6.0 318 25 304.9 305.7 288.4 319.1 4.64 6 750 2558 8.3 -3.3 44 11.6 2.7 314 23 305.6 306.3 288.1 317.9 4.00 7 700 3124 4.9 -11.3 30 16.2 -1.6 302 25 307.9 308.4 287.2 315.3 2.30 8 650 3725 2.1 -18.5 20 20.6 -4.9 291 30 311.4 311.6 287.4 315.9 1.37 9 600 4366 -1.1 -24.7 15 23.6 -8.0 296 34 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.8 0.86 10 550 5055 -4.4 -36.2 6 31.9 -11.3 323 41 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.0 0.31 11 500 5799 -9.2 -46.7 3 37.5 -15.2 339 61 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.3 0.11 12 450 6601 -15.9 -45.0 6 29.2 -20.0 333 58 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.15 13 400 7479 -21.0 -58.6 2 37.6 -24.4 293 48 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.04 14 350 8449 -28.6 -61.0 3 32.4 -30.7 305 45 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.03 15 300 9535 -36.4 -63.5 4 27.1 -37.7 282 31 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.02 16 250 10772 -45.3 -63.8 11 18.5 -45.9 258 60 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 17 200 12247 -50.0 -74.7 4 24.7 -50.5 263 71 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14078 -61.3 -82.7 4 21.3 -61.5 255 53 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16514 -71.6 -87.1 8 15.5 -71.6 265 40 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.71 m Freezing level: 616.97 mb = 4148.45 m = 13610.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.69 mb = 2907.50 m = 9538.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.05 mb = 200.20 m = 656.81 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 30.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1183.64 m = 3883.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.53 C Showalter Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 12.68 C K Index: 13.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1246.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.38 mb = 694.45 m = 2278.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.38 mb = 1818.42 m = 5965.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.38 mb = 11058.71 m = 36281.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1246.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.38 mb = 14519.29 m = 47634.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.4 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 344.4 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.7 neg: -13.1 tot: 122.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.47 Bulk Shear: 71.39 m/s