MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.26,-98.05 Latitude: 34.26 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 86 SFC 975 304 26.4 14.6 48 11.8 18.6 240 6 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.6 10.78 2 950 533 23.5 12.4 50 11.0 16.4 258 10 301.0 302.7 291.5 329.3 9.58 3 900 1003 21.3 7.2 40 14.1 12.9 287 21 303.4 304.7 290.2 324.7 7.08 4 850 1494 17.0 5.4 46 11.6 10.3 281 29 304.0 305.2 290.0 324.0 6.64 5 800 2007 12.6 4.6 58 8.0 8.1 276 31 304.6 305.9 290.2 324.8 6.66 6 750 2545 8.1 3.2 71 5.0 5.4 271 26 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.9 6.43 7 700 3110 3.8 0.2 77 3.6 1.9 253 16 306.7 307.7 289.9 323.6 5.54 8 650 3708 -0.1 -1.3 91 1.2 -0.7 225 24 308.8 309.8 290.4 325.4 5.35 9 600 4347 -2.6 -4.4 87 1.9 -3.4 221 45 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.7 4.59 10 550 5032 -6.6 -14.5 53 7.9 -9.5 225 50 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.7 2.26 11 500 5769 -12.0 -17.6 63 5.6 -13.8 229 50 318.4 318.7 290.2 324.8 1.91 12 450 6566 -17.9 -21.1 76 3.2 -18.8 239 51 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.1 1.58 13 400 7435 -24.2 -26.6 80 2.4 -24.7 244 55 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.3 1.09 14 350 8394 -31.2 -33.4 81 2.2 -31.6 244 62 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.0 0.65 15 300 9467 -37.2 -57.5 10 20.3 -38.2 248 83 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 16 250 10716 -41.8 -68.8 4 27.1 -42.7 266 63 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 17 200 12197 -51.3 -75.3 4 24.0 -51.7 269 59 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14021 -61.3 -81.3 5 20.0 -61.4 273 51 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 19 100 16476 -70.6 -87.3 7 16.6 -70.7 270 34 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.48 m Freezing level: 651.39 mb = 3691.23 m = 12110.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.07 mb = 3534.99 m = 11597.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.39 mb = 1793.89 m = 5885.40 ft T: 14.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2730.31 m = 8957.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.17 mb = 2323.65 m = 7623.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.17 mb = 3521.69 m = 11553.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 635.17 mb = 3892.12 m = 12769.26 ft B at Equ Level: 10.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 595.17 mb = 4410.51 m = 14470.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.4 neg: -43.0 tot: -31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 69.59 m/s