MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.76,-90.25 Latitude: 30.76 Longitude: -90.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 59 24.0 22.3 91 1.6 22.8 178 6 296.7 299.7 295.8 346.1 17.13 1 1000 107 24.0 22.4 91 1.6 22.9 178 11 297.1 300.3 296.0 347.2 17.28 2 950 555 20.8 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 183 23 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.4 15.87 3 900 1022 18.2 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 191 26 300.2 302.8 294.6 341.1 13.94 4 850 1511 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 209 24 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.3 12.60 5 800 2024 12.6 11.8 95 0.9 12.1 222 23 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.2 10.90 6 750 2564 9.6 8.4 92 1.2 8.9 222 22 307.0 308.8 293.1 335.1 9.29 7 700 3136 7.8 3.8 76 4.1 5.5 217 25 311.2 312.5 292.6 333.4 7.20 8 650 3745 5.2 -1.5 62 6.8 1.7 216 25 314.9 315.9 292.2 331.5 5.26 9 600 4395 2.0 -4.6 62 6.5 -1.3 221 24 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.1 4.55 10 550 5093 -1.9 -7.4 66 5.5 -4.5 232 23 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.9 3.98 11 500 5844 -6.6 -16.6 45 10.0 -10.2 246 22 325.0 325.5 292.3 332.2 2.09 12 450 6658 -11.7 -31.2 18 19.5 -16.2 263 26 328.6 328.7 292.0 330.9 0.63 13 400 7548 -18.3 -39.5 14 21.2 -21.9 260 33 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.31 14 350 8529 -25.7 -45.7 14 20.0 -28.0 250 39 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 15 300 9625 -34.4 -50.8 17 16.4 -35.7 245 39 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.12 16 250 10874 -43.1 -59.3 15 16.2 -43.7 254 46 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 17 200 12350 -52.3 -72.1 7 19.8 -52.7 266 46 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.01 18 150 14146 -65.9 -78.6 16 12.6 -66.0 268 43 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16540 -74.1 -86.5 13 12.4 -74.2 238 22 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.23 m Freezing level: 574.65 mb = 4749.20 m = 15581.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.24 mb = 4112.78 m = 13493.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.15 mb = 264.30 m = 867.11 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 15.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.40 mb = 707.63 m = 2321.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.83 mb = 629.96 m = 2066.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.83 mb = 862.37 m = 2829.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.83 mb = 11232.04 m = 36850.09 ft B at Equ Level: 700.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.83 mb = 14688.60 m = 48190.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 128.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 27.92 Bulk Shear: 25.22 m/s