MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-95.17 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 152 24.3 21.9 86 2.5 22.6 263 8 298.0 301.1 296.0 347.0 16.85 2 950 544 20.9 20.0 95 0.9 20.3 259 18 298.4 301.3 295.3 344.0 15.69 3 900 1011 18.4 17.2 93 1.2 17.6 260 21 300.5 303.0 294.6 341.1 13.85 4 850 1500 14.9 14.2 95 0.8 14.4 265 22 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.3 12.03 5 800 2011 11.8 9.9 88 1.8 10.6 264 21 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.5 9.64 6 750 2549 8.9 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 247 22 306.3 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.84 7 700 3119 6.5 3.1 79 3.4 4.6 227 26 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.8 6.84 8 650 3723 2.1 -0.3 84 2.4 0.9 223 31 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.4 5.78 9 600 4364 -2.8 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 230 38 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.83 10 550 5049 -6.6 -9.5 80 2.9 -7.8 236 43 316.3 316.9 290.9 327.3 3.39 11 500 5789 -10.1 -12.1 85 2.0 -10.9 238 42 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.7 3.03 12 450 6593 -14.9 -16.6 87 1.7 -15.5 240 41 324.5 325.0 292.3 332.4 2.32 13 400 7473 -21.3 -24.5 75 3.2 -22.1 244 46 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.0 1.31 14 350 8444 -28.4 -33.1 64 4.8 -29.2 240 48 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.67 15 300 9527 -37.6 -43.3 55 5.7 -38.1 246 57 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.28 16 250 10755 -48.0 -53.1 56 5.0 -48.3 248 70 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12206 -52.6 -73.9 6 21.3 -52.9 258 82 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14028 -61.4 -81.0 6 19.6 -61.5 263 68 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16477 -70.9 -87.4 7 16.5 -71.0 262 39 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.93 m Freezing level: 628.28 mb = 4001.58 m = 13128.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.48 mb = 3853.83 m = 12643.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.82 mb = 462.91 m = 1518.71 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 14.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 899.26 m = 2950.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1731.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.01 mb = 774.15 m = 2539.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.01 mb = 1106.51 m = 3630.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.01 mb = 11586.03 m = 38011.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1731.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.01 mb = 15375.37 m = 50443.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 45.93 Bulk Shear: 37.69 m/s