MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F046.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F046.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: 46 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.30,-95.24 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 997 118 27.5 21.9 72 5.6 23.4 240 9 300.9 303.9 296.7 350.2 16.80 2 950 544 22.8 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 239 16 300.3 303.1 295.5 344.9 15.22 3 900 1014 19.2 17.4 90 1.7 18.0 235 19 301.2 303.8 295.0 342.6 14.07 4 850 1503 15.7 14.1 90 1.6 14.6 239 21 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.0 11.97 5 800 2016 12.3 10.8 90 1.5 11.4 243 22 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.9 10.24 6 750 2555 9.7 6.6 81 3.1 7.9 231 21 307.1 308.6 292.2 332.0 8.19 7 700 3127 7.9 0.2 58 7.7 3.8 214 23 311.2 312.3 291.3 328.5 5.54 8 650 3734 3.5 -0.4 76 3.9 1.4 220 27 312.9 314.0 292.0 330.9 5.74 9 600 4378 -1.3 -4.8 77 3.5 -3.0 233 35 314.6 315.4 291.4 328.8 4.46 10 550 5065 -6.2 -12.7 60 6.5 -8.7 243 40 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.3 2.62 11 500 5804 -10.6 -19.5 48 8.9 -13.4 246 42 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.7 1.63 12 450 6606 -15.6 -21.3 62 5.7 -17.2 246 43 323.6 324.0 291.5 329.0 1.55 13 400 7484 -21.4 -29.9 46 8.5 -23.2 247 52 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.0 0.80 14 350 8455 -28.2 -36.9 43 8.7 -29.5 248 57 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.46 15 300 9541 -37.0 -45.5 41 8.6 -37.7 252 73 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.22 16 250 10773 -46.8 -56.2 33 9.5 -47.1 255 80 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.9 0.08 17 200 12235 -52.2 -73.2 6 21.0 -52.5 262 76 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14054 -62.1 -82.4 5 20.2 -62.3 262 66 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16489 -72.0 -87.4 8 15.4 -72.0 257 34 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.88 m Freezing level: 613.74 mb = 4201.24 m = 13783.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.78 mb = 3937.41 m = 12917.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.69 mb = 825.73 m = 2709.05 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.21 mb = 1097.58 m = 3600.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 32.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1820.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.68 mb = 997.30 m = 3271.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.68 mb = 1238.41 m = 4062.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.68 mb = 11709.71 m = 38417.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1817.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.68 mb = 15562.39 m = 51057.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -11.0 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 67.85 Bulk Shear: 26.83 m/s