MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.02,-94.78 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 77 28.0 23.2 75 4.8 24.5 195 9 301.1 304.4 297.6 354.5 18.17 1 1000 89 27.6 22.4 74 5.2 23.8 192 9 300.7 303.9 297.0 351.6 17.33 2 950 542 23.2 20.9 87 2.3 21.5 195 16 300.7 303.7 296.5 349.4 16.57 3 900 1012 19.7 17.9 89 1.9 18.4 199 18 301.8 304.5 295.4 344.4 14.44 4 850 1503 16.9 13.9 83 3.0 15.0 203 20 303.9 306.1 294.1 339.1 11.85 5 800 2019 14.0 10.5 79 3.6 11.7 204 18 306.1 308.0 293.3 336.2 9.99 6 750 2560 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.4 208 14 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.5 8.55 7 700 3131 6.7 4.6 87 2.0 5.5 215 14 309.9 311.3 292.6 333.3 7.63 8 650 3740 5.8 -2.1 57 7.9 1.7 217 17 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.6 5.06 9 600 4390 1.5 -8.8 46 10.3 -3.1 224 21 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.27 10 550 5084 -3.7 -13.6 46 9.9 -7.5 232 26 319.7 320.1 291.1 327.7 2.43 11 500 5829 -8.4 -22.3 32 13.9 -12.6 237 31 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.3 1.28 12 450 6639 -12.0 -38.7 9 26.7 -17.1 244 35 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.30 13 400 7529 -18.1 -42.6 10 24.5 -21.9 247 41 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.22 14 350 8510 -26.1 -46.6 13 20.5 -28.4 246 45 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.17 15 300 9604 -35.2 -49.9 21 14.7 -36.3 249 49 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 16 250 10845 -45.2 -57.2 25 12.0 -45.7 253 52 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.07 17 200 12311 -52.5 -72.6 7 20.1 -52.8 263 57 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14113 -65.0 -79.5 12 14.5 -65.1 254 46 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16526 -73.3 -86.7 11 13.4 -73.3 259 24 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.84 m Freezing level: 585.80 mb = 4587.56 m = 15050.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.11 mb = 3966.85 m = 13014.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.05 mb = 688.87 m = 2260.05 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 27.24 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 1008.12 m = 3307.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.62 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1630.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.33 mb = 903.05 m = 2962.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.33 mb = 1143.40 m = 3751.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.33 mb = 12105.88 m = 39716.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1630.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.33 mb = 16160.91 m = 53020.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -12.6 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 136.57 Bulk Shear: 11.94 m/s