MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F039.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F039.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: 39 hour RUC valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-98.05 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 963 390 18.7 15.6 82 3.1 16.7 173 6 295.0 297.1 291.3 328.4 11.64 2 950 506 21.0 16.0 73 5.0 17.7 200 16 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.8 12.13 3 900 976 22.8 10.1 45 12.7 14.8 249 26 305.0 306.6 292.0 331.0 8.65 4 850 1473 22.2 1.5 25 20.7 10.6 260 29 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.9 5.01 5 800 1995 17.5 0.3 31 17.2 8.2 257 30 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.1 4.90 6 750 2541 12.6 -0.7 40 13.3 5.6 250 31 310.3 311.2 290.4 325.4 4.86 7 700 3114 7.5 -1.5 53 9.0 2.9 242 32 310.8 311.8 290.6 326.2 4.90 8 650 3718 2.1 -1.3 78 3.4 0.3 239 33 311.3 312.3 291.2 328.0 5.34 9 600 4359 -2.9 -4.2 90 1.3 -3.5 248 38 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.6 4.68 10 550 5043 -7.1 -10.2 78 3.1 -8.4 249 41 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.0 3.20 11 500 5779 -12.3 -17.6 65 5.2 -14.0 246 43 318.0 318.4 290.1 324.5 1.93 12 450 6575 -17.7 -31.5 29 13.8 -20.4 245 50 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.61 13 400 7446 -23.1 -50.9 6 27.8 -25.9 245 58 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.09 14 350 8411 -29.6 -47.1 17 17.5 -31.3 246 69 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.16 15 300 9491 -37.6 -46.6 38 9.0 -38.3 251 81 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.19 16 250 10721 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 251 91 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12169 -52.9 -74.2 6 21.4 -53.2 253 91 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13995 -60.9 -82.4 4 21.5 -61.0 261 79 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16458 -69.7 -87.5 6 17.8 -69.8 264 35 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.37 m Freezing level: 629.08 mb = 3986.37 m = 13078.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.89 mb = 3769.06 m = 12365.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.20 C = 91.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.77 mb = 787.28 m = 2582.90 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 8.93 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.80 mb = 3116.40 m = 10224.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.32 C = 93.78 F Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.46 C Cross Totals Index: 13.80 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 405.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.41 mb = 2204.38 m = 7232.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.41 mb = 4026.95 m = 13211.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.41 mb = 7904.46 m = 25932.95 ft B at Equ Level: 181.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.41 mb = 10576.51 m = 34699.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.4 neg: -14.4 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.45 Bulk Shear: 52.87 m/s