MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F035.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: 35 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.48,-96.67 Latitude: 30.48 Longitude: -96.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 998 107 30.3 20.9 57 9.4 23.5 231 8 303.6 306.5 296.8 350.6 15.81 2 950 543 24.9 18.7 69 6.2 20.6 240 11 302.5 305.1 295.6 345.2 14.46 3 900 1015 20.7 17.1 80 3.6 18.2 242 13 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.5 13.76 4 850 1507 16.9 14.0 83 3.0 15.0 243 15 303.9 306.1 294.1 339.3 11.89 5 800 2022 13.5 10.2 80 3.4 11.4 234 16 305.6 307.4 293.0 335.0 9.79 6 750 2563 10.2 5.0 70 5.2 7.2 225 15 307.6 309.0 291.7 329.9 7.31 7 700 3133 7.0 0.9 65 6.1 3.7 239 16 310.3 311.4 291.3 328.4 5.85 8 650 3742 4.8 -2.4 59 7.2 1.1 247 23 314.4 315.3 291.7 330.0 4.92 9 600 4389 0.3 -6.4 61 6.7 -2.8 243 28 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.2 3.96 10 550 5081 -4.4 -16.5 38 12.0 -8.7 243 31 318.8 319.2 290.3 325.2 1.92 11 500 5824 -8.3 -33.2 11 24.9 -13.9 248 36 323.0 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.47 12 450 6634 -12.2 -45.0 5 32.7 -17.5 253 44 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 13 400 7524 -18.1 -46.1 7 28.0 -22.0 259 51 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 14 350 8505 -26.1 -43.8 17 17.7 -28.3 262 56 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 15 300 9598 -35.4 -49.7 22 14.3 -36.5 260 59 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 16 250 10842 -43.6 -64.0 9 20.4 -44.3 257 59 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.4 0.03 17 200 12316 -52.0 -72.6 7 20.6 -52.4 267 57 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.6 -80.2 10 15.7 -64.7 256 43 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16530 -74.3 -86.3 14 12.0 -74.3 271 25 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.40 m Freezing level: 596.90 mb = 4432.28 m = 14541.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.57 mb = 3923.28 m = 12871.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.76 mb = 1289.49 m = 4230.56 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1479.37 m = 4853.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1150.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.41 mb = 1352.36 m = 4436.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.41 mb = 1603.35 m = 5260.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.41 mb = 11674.34 m = 38301.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1140.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.41 mb = 15426.36 m = 50610.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 67.64 Bulk Shear: 17.01 m/s