MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F043.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: 43 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.59,-97.13 Latitude: 32.59 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 989 197 23.9 21.7 87 2.3 22.3 316 8 298.1 301.1 295.9 346.7 16.74 2 950 548 21.7 19.5 87 2.2 20.2 282 10 299.2 302.0 295.1 343.4 15.16 3 900 1017 19.1 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 281 12 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.5 14.04 4 850 1507 16.3 15.2 93 1.1 15.6 269 13 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.6 12.92 5 800 2021 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 259 15 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.3 11.51 6 750 2562 9.3 8.8 96 0.5 9.0 251 17 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.5 9.53 7 700 3131 6.3 1.3 70 5.0 3.6 232 20 309.4 310.6 291.1 327.9 6.00 8 650 3735 2.5 -2.9 68 5.3 -0.2 221 26 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.7 4.76 9 600 4377 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.6 226 30 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.8 5.14 10 550 5064 -5.8 -6.0 98 0.3 -5.9 237 32 317.2 318.1 292.1 331.5 4.43 11 500 5807 -9.6 -10.4 94 0.8 -9.9 246 34 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.7 3.46 12 450 6611 -14.9 -16.5 88 1.6 -15.4 248 38 324.5 324.9 292.4 332.4 2.34 13 400 7492 -20.8 -23.3 80 2.5 -21.4 249 46 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.2 1.46 14 350 8464 -28.1 -33.9 58 5.8 -29.0 248 57 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.62 15 300 9549 -36.8 -43.2 52 6.4 -37.4 249 58 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.6 0.28 16 250 10786 -45.2 -59.6 19 14.3 -45.8 260 77 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12253 -52.0 -73.3 6 21.3 -52.4 269 69 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14070 -62.7 -81.6 6 18.9 -62.8 267 58 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16501 -71.8 -87.6 8 15.8 -71.9 268 29 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.50 m Freezing level: 623.59 mb = 4074.30 m = 13366.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3708.99 m = 12168.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.02 mb = 483.34 m = 1585.74 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1178.41 m = 3866.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1422.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.82 mb = 913.08 m = 2995.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.82 mb = 1649.97 m = 5413.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.82 mb = 11454.73 m = 37580.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1413.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.82 mb = 15123.95 m = 49618.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 33.56 Bulk Shear: 42.38 m/s