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: 32.99,-95.80 Latitude: 32.99 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 992 156 24.5 21.5 83 3.0 22.3 268 10 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.2 16.47 2 950 536 20.8 19.1 90 1.7 19.6 262 17 298.3 301.0 294.7 341.4 14.83 3 900 1002 17.5 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 263 20 299.5 301.8 293.5 336.8 12.75 4 850 1489 14.6 12.6 88 2.0 13.3 259 19 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.5 10.85 5 800 2001 12.2 9.3 82 2.9 10.4 243 19 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.8 9.24 6 750 2540 9.0 5.9 80 3.2 7.2 226 25 306.4 307.8 291.7 329.9 7.77 7 700 3108 5.7 1.9 77 3.7 3.7 227 28 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.1 6.30 8 650 3714 4.1 -2.4 63 6.5 0.8 229 33 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.2 4.94 9 600 4359 -1.1 -4.4 78 3.3 -2.7 232 41 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.6 4.61 10 550 5046 -6.5 -9.9 77 3.4 -7.9 234 46 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.0 3.28 11 500 5785 -10.9 -13.3 82 2.4 -11.8 233 47 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.74 12 450 6587 -15.8 -17.7 85 1.9 -16.4 233 47 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.6 2.12 13 400 7465 -21.8 -26.0 69 4.1 -22.8 240 54 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.15 14 350 8432 -29.3 -34.3 62 5.0 -30.1 240 59 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.60 15 300 9517 -35.6 -60.9 6 25.4 -36.9 245 69 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.03 16 250 10766 -42.6 -67.5 5 25.0 -43.4 259 64 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 17 200 12242 -51.4 -74.3 5 22.9 -51.8 260 64 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14063 -62.7 -81.9 6 19.2 -62.9 261 62 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16495 -72.2 -87.4 9 15.1 -72.3 254 30 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.53 m Freezing level: 610.34 mb = 4225.93 m = 13864.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3863.50 m = 12675.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.10 mb = 535.31 m = 1756.25 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 922.34 m = 3026.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1005.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.18 mb = 848.83 m = 2784.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.18 mb = 991.18 m = 3251.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.18 mb = 10209.13 m = 33494.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1003.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.18 mb = 14013.34 m = 45974.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.46 Bulk Shear: 49.15 m/s