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: 33.51,-94.60 Latitude: 33.51 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 997 114 20.7 16.8 78 3.9 18.2 201 5 294.1 296.3 291.4 329.0 12.19 2 950 536 23.0 14.7 60 8.3 17.5 214 31 300.5 302.6 292.6 333.3 11.15 3 900 1006 20.1 15.7 76 4.4 17.2 209 24 302.2 304.5 294.2 339.4 12.60 4 850 1497 15.9 14.0 89 1.9 14.7 218 21 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.1 11.92 5 800 2010 13.3 7.8 69 5.5 10.0 247 18 305.4 306.9 291.9 330.5 8.35 6 750 2552 13.0 -1.1 38 14.1 5.6 260 9 310.7 311.6 290.4 325.4 4.71 7 700 3129 9.8 -3.4 39 13.2 3.2 279 2 313.3 314.2 290.8 326.9 4.27 8 650 3738 4.9 -5.4 47 10.3 -0.0 258 6 314.5 315.2 290.9 327.0 3.92 9 600 4386 0.3 -9.0 50 9.3 -3.8 248 12 316.4 317.1 290.8 326.9 3.22 10 550 5077 -4.9 -12.5 55 7.6 -7.8 244 17 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.1 2.67 11 500 5818 -10.5 -16.7 60 6.2 -12.6 242 21 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.1 2.06 12 450 6620 -14.6 -34.4 17 19.8 -18.6 251 23 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.6 0.46 13 400 7504 -19.1 -51.4 4 32.3 -22.9 253 31 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.08 14 350 8482 -26.7 -47.4 12 20.7 -28.9 256 38 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.15 15 300 9572 -36.1 -50.8 21 14.6 -37.2 265 49 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 16 250 10809 -46.0 -57.1 27 11.2 -46.4 269 54 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.07 17 200 12267 -53.1 -71.3 9 18.2 -53.4 259 63 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14076 -64.2 -80.7 9 16.5 -64.3 259 59 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16497 -72.5 -86.9 10 14.4 -72.5 257 32 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.14 m Freezing level: 597.30 mb = 4423.18 m = 14511.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.60 mb = 3730.78 m = 12239.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.28 mb = 616.45 m = 2022.44 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2826.54 m = 9273.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.52 C = 101.34 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.04 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 27.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 375.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.10 mb = 1355.55 m = 4447.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.10 mb = 5089.75 m = 16698.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.10 mb = 6634.83 m = 21767.56 ft B at Equ Level: 66.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.10 mb = 8092.84 m = 26551.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.1 neg: -29.2 tot: 72.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.20 Bulk Shear: 9.23 m/s