MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.91,-94.30 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 997 117 24.7 21.6 83 3.1 22.5 198 8 298.1 301.1 295.7 345.9 16.47 2 950 539 20.7 19.8 95 0.8 20.1 208 19 298.2 301.0 295.1 343.3 15.52 3 900 1005 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.5 213 24 299.7 302.3 294.5 340.9 14.08 4 850 1493 15.0 14.0 93 1.0 14.4 218 25 301.9 304.1 293.6 337.1 11.91 5 800 2005 12.2 9.5 84 2.6 10.6 223 23 304.1 305.9 292.3 332.2 9.39 6 750 2544 9.6 3.4 65 6.2 6.2 219 21 307.0 308.2 290.9 326.9 6.54 7 700 3115 7.7 -1.7 52 9.3 2.9 219 20 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.1 4.84 8 650 3721 3.5 -3.2 61 6.7 0.2 221 20 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.6 4.64 9 600 4365 -1.8 -5.3 77 3.5 -3.5 223 26 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.6 4.29 10 550 5050 -7.1 -7.7 96 0.6 -7.3 227 34 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.91 11 500 5787 -11.7 -12.7 92 1.1 -12.1 228 40 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.3 2.88 12 450 6587 -15.6 -19.2 74 3.6 -16.7 226 40 323.6 324.0 291.7 330.0 1.86 13 400 7466 -21.7 -25.1 74 3.4 -22.5 233 47 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.2 1.25 14 350 8437 -28.0 -40.0 31 12.0 -29.6 238 60 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.34 15 300 9523 -36.9 -45.1 42 8.2 -37.6 245 76 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.23 16 250 10755 -46.7 -56.0 34 9.2 -47.1 244 83 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 17 200 12218 -51.2 -74.5 5 23.3 -51.7 255 81 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14043 -61.5 -82.3 5 20.8 -61.6 260 73 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16488 -72.3 -87.6 8 15.2 -72.4 249 34 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.88 m Freezing level: 617.24 mb = 4142.99 m = 13592.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.33 mb = 3754.34 m = 12317.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.31 mb = 508.28 m = 1667.58 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 761.46 m = 2498.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.66 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1520.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.36 mb = 718.93 m = 2358.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.36 mb = 859.15 m = 2818.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.36 mb = 11435.45 m = 37517.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1511.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.36 mb = 15125.36 m = 49623.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: -11.9 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 75.21 Bulk Shear: 20.21 m/s