MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.20,-90.01 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -90.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 998 94 26.0 20.6 72 5.4 22.2 165 8 299.3 302.1 295.4 344.6 15.51 2 950 530 24.5 18.7 70 5.8 20.5 184 26 302.1 304.7 295.4 344.7 14.44 3 900 1002 20.8 16.1 74 4.8 17.6 200 26 303.0 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.86 4 850 1493 16.7 13.3 80 3.5 14.5 211 26 303.7 305.8 293.7 337.4 11.34 5 800 2008 13.4 8.2 71 5.2 10.2 220 27 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.55 6 750 2548 10.0 4.8 70 5.2 7.0 230 28 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.4 7.22 7 700 3119 6.9 -1.7 54 8.6 2.5 230 29 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.2 4.82 8 650 3725 4.4 -14.3 24 18.8 -2.9 225 31 314.0 314.3 288.8 320.4 1.94 9 600 4372 0.9 -18.6 22 19.5 -6.0 227 37 317.1 317.4 289.4 322.1 1.47 10 550 5064 -3.8 -18.1 32 14.2 -8.8 233 41 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.2 1.68 11 500 5809 -8.9 -23.9 28 15.0 -13.2 236 42 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.0 1.11 12 450 6615 -13.4 -25.5 36 12.1 -16.6 242 50 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.2 1.07 13 400 7501 -19.3 -30.6 36 11.3 -21.7 243 51 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.7 0.75 14 350 8479 -26.4 -35.1 44 8.7 -27.9 243 50 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.2 0.55 15 300 9572 -35.3 -38.5 73 3.1 -35.7 249 51 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.3 0.46 16 250 10816 -43.7 -49.8 51 6.1 -44.0 252 53 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.16 17 200 12287 -52.5 -61.1 35 8.6 -52.7 258 65 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14097 -63.6 -80.0 9 16.4 -63.7 253 52 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16513 -72.3 -86.3 11 13.9 -72.4 259 33 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.12 m Freezing level: 590.87 mb = 4498.14 m = 14757.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.74 mb = 3394.95 m = 11138.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.26 mb = 779.01 m = 2555.79 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 24.31 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1489.52 m = 4886.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 891.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.34 mb = 1240.71 m = 4070.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.34 mb = 1794.83 m = 5888.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.34 mb = 11076.13 m = 36338.57 ft B at Equ Level: 890.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.34 mb = 14493.35 m = 47549.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.86 Bulk Shear: 64.30 m/s