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: 33.12,-94.15 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 92 24.8 21.9 84 2.9 22.8 233 6 298.0 301.0 295.9 346.8 16.80 2 950 539 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 231 17 298.7 301.6 295.5 344.9 15.86 3 900 1006 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 18.0 231 20 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.6 14.49 4 850 1495 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.2 234 23 302.2 304.5 294.4 340.1 12.85 5 800 2008 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.6 235 25 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.53 6 750 2546 9.3 4.9 74 4.4 6.8 229 26 306.6 308.0 291.3 328.7 7.26 7 700 3114 5.3 2.2 81 3.1 3.6 226 27 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.0 6.42 8 650 3719 3.7 -3.4 60 7.1 0.2 228 30 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.7 4.59 9 600 4364 -1.1 -5.3 73 4.2 -3.1 228 35 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.6 4.29 10 550 5052 -6.3 -7.3 93 0.9 -6.7 228 39 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.6 4.03 11 500 5791 -10.0 -11.5 88 1.6 -10.6 230 41 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.4 3.17 12 450 6597 -14.5 -15.7 91 1.2 -14.9 231 38 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.5 2.51 13 400 7478 -21.2 -26.3 64 5.1 -22.4 241 53 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.4 1.12 14 350 8449 -28.0 -34.5 54 6.5 -29.0 240 52 331.0 331.2 292.6 333.2 0.59 15 300 9536 -36.7 -46.0 37 9.4 -37.4 244 73 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.21 16 250 10773 -44.7 -62.0 13 17.4 -45.3 251 78 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.04 17 200 12245 -51.2 -73.9 5 22.7 -51.7 259 71 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14064 -62.8 -81.9 6 19.0 -63.0 262 65 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16489 -72.2 -87.1 9 14.9 -72.3 252 35 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.41 m Freezing level: 611.23 mb = 4219.52 m = 13843.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.02 mb = 3756.18 m = 12323.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.13 mb = 455.00 m = 1492.78 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.02 mb = 778.51 m = 2554.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.83 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 37.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1584.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.78 mb = 706.21 m = 2316.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.78 mb = 846.54 m = 2777.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.78 mb = 11416.09 m = 37453.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1576.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.78 mb = 15561.56 m = 51054.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 44.78 Bulk Shear: 35.38 m/s