MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.44,-94.53 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 999 105 24.9 22.5 86 2.4 23.2 296 9 298.1 301.3 296.3 348.7 17.39 2 950 543 21.0 20.1 94 1.0 20.4 272 15 298.5 301.4 295.3 344.3 15.74 3 900 1011 18.7 17.8 94 0.9 18.1 262 17 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.9 14.36 4 850 1500 15.5 14.6 95 0.8 14.9 245 18 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.0 12.39 5 800 2013 12.2 11.2 94 1.0 11.5 237 20 304.1 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.48 6 750 2551 9.2 6.8 85 2.4 7.8 231 22 306.6 308.1 292.2 331.7 8.31 7 700 3122 7.1 0.8 64 6.4 3.7 226 25 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.4 5.79 8 650 3727 2.7 -1.7 73 4.4 0.5 230 30 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.4 5.21 9 600 4369 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.5 237 36 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.5 4.58 10 550 5054 -6.6 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.1 243 39 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.7 3.87 11 500 5794 -10.0 -11.4 90 1.4 -10.5 245 42 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.21 12 450 6599 -15.1 -17.2 84 2.1 -15.8 245 48 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.8 2.21 13 400 7479 -21.1 -24.0 78 2.9 -21.8 244 48 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.4 1.38 14 350 8451 -28.1 -31.4 73 3.3 -28.7 242 43 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.7 0.79 15 300 9535 -37.2 -41.2 66 4.0 -37.6 250 56 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.34 16 250 10768 -46.3 -51.9 53 5.6 -46.6 258 64 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.13 17 200 12232 -52.6 -73.7 6 21.1 -52.9 265 63 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14046 -62.7 -81.3 6 18.6 -62.9 265 66 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16483 -71.5 -87.5 8 16.0 -71.6 259 37 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.68 m Freezing level: 624.59 mb = 4053.58 m = 13298.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.87 mb = 3803.35 m = 12478.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.77 mb = 408.32 m = 1339.61 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 20.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 836.33 m = 2743.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1781.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.81 mb = 719.81 m = 2361.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.81 mb = 1147.10 m = 3763.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.81 mb = 11732.86 m = 38493.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1773.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.81 mb = 15601.11 m = 51184.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 35.63 Bulk Shear: 50.00 m/s