MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190600F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190600F003.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 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.20,-91.45 Latitude: 31.20 Longitude: -91.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 44 21.8 21.3 96 0.6 21.5 293 2 294.4 297.2 294.3 340.0 15.98 1 1000 109 21.7 21.2 97 0.5 21.3 282 4 294.9 297.7 294.5 340.8 16.03 2 950 554 20.6 18.8 90 1.8 19.4 277 19 298.1 300.8 294.4 340.4 14.57 3 900 1021 18.5 15.6 83 2.9 16.5 277 23 300.5 302.8 293.6 337.0 12.45 4 850 1510 15.7 12.1 79 3.7 13.4 288 25 302.6 304.6 292.7 333.7 10.47 5 800 2023 12.7 8.6 76 4.2 10.2 297 28 304.7 306.4 292.0 331.1 8.77 6 750 2562 9.5 4.5 71 5.0 6.6 288 29 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.3 7.04 7 700 3132 6.3 2.0 74 4.2 3.9 273 30 309.4 310.6 291.4 328.9 6.33 8 650 3736 2.4 -0.3 82 2.7 1.0 269 31 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.6 5.75 9 600 4379 -1.4 -4.2 81 2.8 -2.7 271 34 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.3 4.67 10 550 5067 -5.1 -8.0 81 2.8 -6.4 271 38 318.0 318.7 291.8 330.4 3.82 11 500 5811 -9.2 -11.6 83 2.4 -10.2 271 37 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.2 3.15 12 450 6616 -14.4 -23.2 47 8.8 -16.9 275 38 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.7 1.31 13 400 7499 -20.4 -27.4 54 7.0 -22.0 270 41 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.2 1.01 14 350 8473 -27.4 -29.4 83 2.0 -27.8 252 32 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.3 0.96 15 300 9563 -35.3 -40.3 60 5.0 -35.8 249 31 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.38 16 250 10817 -40.9 -62.4 8 21.5 -41.8 253 57 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 17 200 12298 -52.3 -71.0 9 18.7 -52.7 255 61 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14099 -64.9 -78.9 13 14.0 -65.0 255 50 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16517 -71.6 -86.2 10 14.6 -71.7 270 29 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.63 m Freezing level: 618.72 mb = 4138.02 m = 13576.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.03 mb = 3897.61 m = 12787.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.26 mb = 115.29 m = 378.24 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1123.92 m = 3687.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.24 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 626.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.10 mb = 690.79 m = 2266.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.10 mb = 2021.62 m = 6632.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.10 mb = 10035.09 m = 32923.12 ft B at Equ Level: 617.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.10 mb = 12954.33 m = 42500.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: -22.7 tot: 57.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 13.35 Bulk Shear: 46.91 m/s