MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F044.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F044.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: 44 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.17,-96.73 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 987 213 24.8 21.7 83 3.1 22.6 229 10 299.0 302.1 296.1 347.9 16.75 2 950 547 21.1 19.6 91 1.5 20.1 229 17 298.6 301.4 295.1 343.2 15.32 3 900 1015 19.3 15.5 79 3.7 16.8 245 24 301.4 303.6 293.8 337.9 12.42 4 850 1505 16.9 10.3 65 6.6 12.8 267 25 303.9 305.6 292.2 331.6 9.29 5 800 2020 13.9 9.9 77 4.0 11.4 248 21 306.0 307.8 293.0 335.0 9.63 6 750 2562 10.8 8.1 84 2.6 9.2 217 20 308.3 310.0 293.3 335.9 9.10 7 700 3135 8.0 2.2 66 5.9 4.8 205 24 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.3 6.41 8 650 3742 3.3 0.2 80 3.2 1.7 215 29 312.7 313.9 292.1 331.4 5.97 9 600 4385 -1.9 -3.6 88 1.7 -2.7 230 37 313.9 314.9 291.6 329.4 4.90 10 550 5072 -6.3 -9.4 79 3.1 -7.6 240 40 316.6 317.3 291.0 327.7 3.41 11 500 5811 -10.9 -14.5 74 3.7 -12.2 244 39 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.1 2.49 12 450 6612 -16.2 -20.6 69 4.4 -17.5 247 42 322.9 323.2 291.3 328.5 1.65 13 400 7489 -21.6 -35.4 28 13.8 -24.0 247 52 326.9 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.47 14 350 8459 -28.0 -46.2 16 18.2 -29.9 249 66 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 15 300 9545 -36.9 -45.4 41 8.5 -37.7 252 75 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.22 16 250 10777 -47.4 -52.0 59 4.6 -47.6 254 82 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12235 -52.4 -72.4 7 20.0 -52.8 259 83 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14058 -61.5 -81.8 5 20.3 -61.7 260 67 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16491 -72.7 -87.4 9 14.6 -72.8 258 29 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.16 m Freezing level: 618.21 mb = 4150.91 m = 13618.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.11 mb = 3978.93 m = 13054.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.02 mb = 601.75 m = 1974.22 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 16.26 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1508.77 m = 4949.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 32.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1247.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.97 mb = 1005.37 m = 3298.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.97 mb = 2495.24 m = 8186.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.97 mb = 11437.39 m = 37523.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1241.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.97 mb = 14647.19 m = 48054.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -14.5 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 49.91 Bulk Shear: 24.99 m/s