MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.65,-97.27 Latitude: 32.65 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 987 208 23.4 21.3 88 2.1 21.9 206 11 297.7 300.6 295.6 345.1 16.35 2 950 540 20.0 19.8 98 0.3 19.8 210 21 297.5 300.3 294.8 342.2 15.44 3 900 1008 20.2 15.5 74 4.7 17.0 222 24 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.9 12.38 4 850 1499 17.3 11.9 70 5.4 13.8 239 22 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.1 10.32 5 800 2015 14.3 8.2 67 6.1 10.6 242 17 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.2 8.53 6 750 2557 11.5 5.0 64 6.5 7.7 219 12 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.4 7.31 7 700 3131 8.6 2.2 64 6.3 5.1 208 13 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.1 6.44 8 650 3740 4.1 -0.9 70 5.0 1.5 215 19 313.6 314.7 292.0 331.1 5.54 9 600 4386 -0.9 -4.4 77 3.5 -2.6 220 28 315.1 316.0 291.6 329.8 4.61 10 550 5074 -6.2 -9.4 78 3.3 -7.5 224 34 316.8 317.4 291.1 327.8 3.40 11 500 5813 -10.7 -17.8 55 7.2 -13.0 228 35 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.4 1.88 12 450 6615 -15.2 -21.6 58 6.5 -17.0 232 38 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.4 1.51 13 400 7496 -20.1 -40.8 14 20.6 -23.2 241 51 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 14 350 8471 -27.1 -50.0 10 22.9 -29.3 244 60 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 15 300 9562 -35.8 -50.6 21 14.8 -36.9 243 65 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.12 16 250 10798 -46.3 -55.8 33 9.4 -46.7 247 70 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12262 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 255 76 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14072 -63.2 -80.9 7 17.7 -63.4 249 63 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16500 -72.2 -86.9 9 14.7 -72.3 257 31 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.75 m Freezing level: 608.59 mb = 4274.54 m = 14023.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.64 mb = 3970.89 m = 13027.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.10 mb = 475.24 m = 1559.16 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1603.53 m = 5260.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.71 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 890.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.53 mb = 954.60 m = 3131.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.53 mb = 3362.88 m = 11032.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.53 mb = 11330.09 m = 37171.75 ft B at Equ Level: 878.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.53 mb = 14050.36 m = 46096.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.1 neg: -9.7 tot: 55.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 127.80 Bulk Shear: 6.96 m/s