MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F039.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F039.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: 39 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.63,-96.40 Latitude: 30.63 Longitude: -96.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 90 26.7 21.2 72 5.5 22.8 134 3 299.8 302.8 295.9 346.7 16.03 1 1000 90 28.1 21.4 67 6.6 23.3 172 0 301.2 304.2 296.4 349.1 16.28 2 950 544 25.2 18.6 67 6.7 20.6 235 6 302.8 305.4 295.6 345.2 14.32 3 900 1017 21.5 16.4 73 5.1 18.0 248 9 303.7 306.1 295.0 342.8 13.16 4 850 1510 17.5 13.9 79 3.6 15.1 256 13 304.5 306.7 294.2 339.7 11.80 5 800 2025 13.3 10.6 84 2.7 11.6 254 15 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.6 10.10 6 750 2565 10.2 5.6 73 4.6 7.5 255 17 307.6 309.1 292.0 330.9 7.63 7 700 3139 8.6 2.1 64 6.5 4.9 266 25 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.8 6.36 8 650 3748 4.2 -1.1 68 5.3 1.4 271 32 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.8 5.42 9 600 4392 -0.9 -6.2 67 5.3 -3.3 272 36 315.1 315.9 291.1 327.9 4.00 10 550 5082 -5.1 -10.9 64 5.8 -7.5 269 36 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.0 3.03 11 500 5824 -9.3 -13.0 75 3.7 -10.8 269 37 321.7 322.2 292.0 331.0 2.81 12 450 6631 -13.5 -28.2 28 14.7 -17.1 271 43 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.83 13 400 7517 -19.3 -31.9 32 12.6 -21.9 267 47 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.66 14 350 8494 -26.5 -43.9 18 17.4 -28.6 265 57 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.22 15 300 9588 -34.5 -56.1 9 21.6 -35.9 266 66 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.06 16 250 10840 -42.3 -67.1 5 24.8 -43.2 266 65 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12317 -52.1 -72.9 6 20.9 -52.4 271 62 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.4 -79.6 11 15.2 -64.6 267 48 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16523 -74.0 -86.5 13 12.4 -74.1 262 27 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.36 m Freezing level: 608.78 mb = 4279.30 m = 14039.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.07 mb = 3934.78 m = 12909.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.08 mb = 795.31 m = 2609.25 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.23 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1584.36 m = 5197.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.45 C = 88.62 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1149.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.73 mb = 1341.63 m = 4401.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.73 mb = 1797.36 m = 5896.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.73 mb = 11342.04 m = 37210.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1141.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.73 mb = 15357.93 m = 50386.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 58.56 m/s