MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-98.78 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 958 485 19.2 16.4 84 2.8 17.3 185 4 296.0 298.2 292.1 331.4 12.31 2 950 560 23.1 19.1 78 4.0 20.3 197 12 300.7 303.4 295.3 344.1 14.81 3 900 1032 23.3 7.3 36 16.0 13.6 274 15 305.5 306.8 290.9 327.1 7.13 4 850 1527 20.4 -5.3 17 25.7 7.9 320 22 307.5 308.1 287.8 317.1 3.03 5 800 2045 15.6 -7.6 19 23.2 4.9 329 23 307.8 308.3 287.5 316.3 2.69 6 750 2586 10.3 -8.6 26 18.9 2.0 335 24 307.8 308.3 287.5 316.2 2.67 7 700 3154 6.1 -13.0 24 19.1 -1.4 337 26 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.7 2.00 8 650 3757 4.0 -24.7 10 28.8 -4.7 342 31 313.5 313.7 287.5 316.3 0.79 9 600 4403 0.9 -38.3 3 39.2 -7.8 349 36 317.2 317.2 288.1 318.1 0.23 10 550 5094 -4.4 -41.8 4 37.5 -11.5 352 44 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.18 11 500 5836 -10.5 -40.5 6 30.1 -15.8 351 53 320.3 320.3 289.1 321.1 0.22 12 450 6635 -16.8 -46.2 6 29.3 -20.8 350 46 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.6 0.14 13 400 7508 -22.8 -52.1 5 29.4 -25.7 323 40 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.08 14 350 8471 -30.1 -56.4 6 26.3 -32.0 313 56 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.05 15 300 9554 -36.3 -59.2 8 22.9 -37.5 298 54 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.04 16 250 10800 -42.9 -65.3 7 22.3 -43.7 284 51 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 12276 -51.5 -74.1 5 22.6 -51.9 276 64 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14089 -63.8 -82.3 6 18.5 -63.9 276 59 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16514 -72.4 -87.0 9 14.5 -72.5 261 33 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.09 m Freezing level: 591.23 mb = 4524.32 m = 14843.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.90 mb = 2911.79 m = 9553.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.91 mb = 850.41 m = 2790.03 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 28.48 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.03 mb = 3071.83 m = 10078.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 7.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.89 C Cross Totals Index: 5.20 C K Index: 6.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 431.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.92 mb = 2508.79 m = 8230.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 461.92 mb = 6437.02 m = 21118.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.92 mb = 7290.39 m = 23918.31 ft B at Equ Level: 34.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.92 mb = 8843.55 m = 29013.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.8 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 11.8 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 197.34 m/s