MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.88,-99.13 Latitude: 24.88 Longitude: -99.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 970 339 22.2 18.7 81 3.5 19.8 162 3 298.0 300.5 294.1 339.1 14.17 2 950 521 23.2 18.7 76 4.5 20.1 167 15 300.7 303.4 295.0 343.1 14.42 3 900 992 21.3 16.5 74 4.8 18.0 165 9 303.4 305.9 295.0 342.6 13.20 4 850 1486 19.2 13.2 68 6.1 15.2 175 4 306.3 308.4 294.3 340.1 11.26 5 800 2007 18.7 5.4 42 13.3 10.7 255 4 311.1 312.4 292.5 332.9 7.04 6 750 2558 16.0 1.1 37 14.8 7.6 316 7 313.9 315.0 292.1 331.3 5.53 7 700 3139 11.8 -1.8 39 13.7 4.6 323 11 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.8 4.78 8 650 3754 7.1 -5.2 41 12.2 1.0 325 12 316.9 317.7 291.7 329.8 4.00 9 600 4405 2.2 -9.1 43 11.3 -2.9 336 11 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.1 3.19 10 550 5102 -1.9 -15.5 35 13.6 -7.1 347 6 321.8 322.2 291.4 328.8 2.08 11 500 5854 -5.7 -19.5 33 13.9 -10.4 263 2 326.1 326.5 292.2 331.8 1.63 12 450 6672 -10.4 -22.1 37 11.8 -14.0 240 10 330.2 330.5 293.2 335.3 1.44 13 400 7569 -16.1 -30.3 28 14.1 -19.4 247 15 334.0 334.2 293.6 336.9 0.77 14 350 8558 -23.6 -43.2 15 19.6 -26.3 260 18 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.24 15 300 9664 -32.3 -52.4 12 20.1 -33.9 255 26 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 16 250 10924 -41.7 -63.6 7 22.0 -42.5 259 30 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 17 200 12397 -53.7 -68.7 14 14.9 -54.0 257 26 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14181 -67.7 -77.2 25 9.5 -67.7 246 28 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16550 -77.4 -86.3 22 9.0 -77.4 205 9 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.70 m Freezing level: 573.36 mb = 4776.60 m = 15671.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.59 mb = 3923.37 m = 12871.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.00 mb = 781.45 m = 2563.77 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.68 mb = 2929.09 m = 9609.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.36 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 24.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 367.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.70 mb = 1407.92 m = 4619.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.70 mb = 4639.67 m = 15221.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.70 mb = 5656.40 m = 18557.51 ft B at Equ Level: 25.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.70 mb = 7517.35 m = 24662.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 44.91 m/s