MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.14,-97.09 Latitude: 33.14 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 187 24.2 21.3 84 2.8 22.2 228 13 298.3 301.3 295.7 346.0 16.38 2 950 535 21.0 18.7 87 2.3 19.4 241 21 298.4 301.1 294.4 340.4 14.43 3 900 1002 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.3 265 25 300.5 302.5 292.4 332.5 10.89 4 850 1490 15.2 7.1 58 8.2 10.4 286 29 302.1 303.5 290.1 324.3 7.46 5 800 2001 12.6 3.4 53 9.2 7.5 291 26 304.6 305.7 289.7 323.1 6.12 6 750 2540 10.0 7.4 84 2.6 8.4 243 20 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.6 8.64 7 700 3111 7.2 4.1 81 3.1 5.4 221 25 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.1 7.35 8 650 3718 3.2 0.2 81 3.0 1.6 220 32 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.3 5.99 9 600 4361 -2.2 -3.0 94 0.8 -2.6 219 38 313.6 314.5 291.6 329.7 5.12 10 550 5046 -7.3 -8.9 89 1.6 -7.9 220 44 315.4 316.1 290.8 326.9 3.56 11 500 5782 -11.5 -13.8 83 2.3 -12.3 223 49 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.7 2.64 12 450 6584 -14.9 -15.4 96 0.5 -15.1 217 45 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.2 2.56 13 400 7465 -21.1 -21.7 95 0.6 -21.3 219 49 327.5 327.9 292.6 333.4 1.68 14 350 8435 -28.7 -39.6 34 10.8 -30.1 235 71 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.3 0.35 15 300 9520 -36.6 -46.0 37 9.4 -37.4 239 84 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.21 16 250 10760 -43.6 -63.4 9 19.8 -44.3 247 79 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.03 17 200 12237 -50.8 -73.4 5 22.6 -51.2 255 78 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14060 -62.4 -82.4 5 20.0 -62.6 258 67 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16500 -71.2 -87.5 7 16.3 -71.3 259 27 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.38 m Freezing level: 620.48 mb = 4097.25 m = 13442.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.02 mb = 3955.68 m = 12977.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.81 mb = 545.93 m = 1791.08 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 22.81 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1361.27 m = 4466.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 30.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.49 mb = 1054.33 m = 3459.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.49 mb = 2769.77 m = 9087.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.49 mb = 2999.89 m = 9842.04 ft B at Equ Level: 9.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.49 mb = 12922.60 m = 42396.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.1 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 60.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 25.51 Bulk Shear: 26.09 m/s