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: 30.42,-94.57 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 37 27.0 23.3 80 3.7 24.3 188 5 299.6 302.9 297.2 352.6 18.13 1 1000 97 26.8 22.5 77 4.3 23.7 189 7 300.0 303.1 296.8 351.0 17.43 2 950 549 22.6 20.7 89 1.9 21.3 194 11 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.3 16.44 3 900 1018 19.0 17.8 93 1.1 18.2 201 13 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.5 14.43 4 850 1508 16.7 11.4 71 5.3 13.3 205 15 303.6 305.5 292.6 333.4 9.99 5 800 2023 14.0 8.1 68 5.9 10.4 206 14 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.7 8.49 6 750 2564 9.7 7.6 87 2.0 8.4 216 12 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.6 8.78 7 700 3133 6.3 4.7 89 1.6 5.4 221 15 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.1 7.68 8 650 3742 5.7 -2.9 54 8.6 1.4 225 17 315.4 316.4 291.9 330.6 4.77 9 600 4394 1.8 -9.3 44 11.1 -3.1 231 19 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.15 10 550 5088 -3.8 -12.4 51 8.6 -7.2 236 24 319.6 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.69 11 500 5832 -8.2 -20.6 36 12.4 -12.1 241 29 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.2 1.49 12 450 6643 -11.7 -31.2 18 19.5 -16.3 254 32 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.9 0.63 13 400 7534 -18.1 -37.4 17 19.3 -21.5 256 38 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.38 14 350 8515 -25.8 -45.0 15 19.2 -28.1 255 43 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.20 15 300 9610 -35.1 -50.1 20 15.0 -36.3 258 47 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 16 250 10852 -44.6 -58.8 19 14.1 -45.2 258 51 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 17 200 12320 -52.4 -72.6 7 20.2 -52.8 265 52 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14122 -65.1 -79.8 11 14.7 -65.3 258 42 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 19 100 16532 -73.8 -86.8 12 13.0 -73.8 274 21 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.60 m Freezing level: 583.86 mb = 4617.64 m = 15149.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.65 mb = 3936.70 m = 12915.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.14 mb = 510.45 m = 1674.69 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.93 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.33 mb = 871.54 m = 2859.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.76 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1499.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.65 mb = 802.44 m = 2632.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.65 mb = 944.76 m = 3099.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.65 mb = 12073.59 m = 39611.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1495.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.65 mb = 16094.56 m = 52803.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -4.0 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 100.01 Bulk Shear: 15.00 m/s