MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F050.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F050.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: 50 hour RUC valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.55,-95.63 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 998 147 22.4 21.5 95 0.9 21.8 62 2 295.7 298.7 295.0 342.9 16.39 2 950 574 20.8 18.6 87 2.2 19.2 320 6 298.3 300.9 294.3 339.8 14.30 3 900 1042 19.2 15.8 80 3.5 16.9 301 14 301.3 303.7 294.0 338.5 12.63 4 850 1532 16.6 11.2 71 5.4 13.1 297 19 303.5 305.3 292.5 332.9 9.87 5 800 2046 13.1 7.8 70 5.2 9.9 305 23 305.1 306.6 291.7 330.2 8.35 6 750 2585 8.7 5.4 80 3.3 6.8 309 26 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.51 7 700 3151 4.2 3.1 92 1.2 3.6 302 26 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.0 6.84 8 650 3752 1.2 -4.7 65 5.9 -1.6 293 26 310.3 311.1 289.8 323.3 4.15 9 600 4391 -2.7 -11.7 50 8.9 -6.2 288 30 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.4 2.61 10 550 5076 -6.4 -24.7 22 18.3 -11.5 292 29 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.7 0.94 11 500 5814 -11.2 -26.8 26 15.6 -15.1 289 27 319.4 319.6 289.5 322.4 0.86 12 450 6612 -16.5 -32.4 24 15.9 -19.7 265 33 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.5 0.56 13 400 7488 -21.7 -48.0 7 26.3 -24.8 269 36 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.12 14 350 8457 -28.4 -56.1 5 27.7 -30.5 263 39 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.05 15 300 9542 -36.9 -59.3 8 22.4 -38.0 268 46 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 16 250 10779 -46.1 -64.8 10 18.6 -46.7 248 46 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12244 -51.8 -74.4 5 22.6 -52.1 267 56 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14062 -62.2 -81.1 6 18.9 -62.3 264 51 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16497 -70.6 -87.5 7 16.9 -70.7 270 33 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.02 m Freezing level: 635.06 mb = 3942.71 m = 12935.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.15 mb = 3565.02 m = 11696.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.95 mb = 259.87 m = 852.58 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 23.13 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1457.40 m = 4781.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1156.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.58 mb = 883.90 m = 2899.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.58 mb = 2134.22 m = 7001.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.58 mb = 11004.18 m = 36102.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1154.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.58 mb = 14408.81 m = 47272.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -12.6 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 22.17 Bulk Shear: 52.16 m/s