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: 32.99,-97.00 Latitude: 32.99 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 169 24.5 20.9 80 3.6 21.9 241 11 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.7 15.91 2 950 536 21.3 18.0 81 3.3 19.1 253 19 298.8 301.4 294.1 339.1 13.81 3 900 1003 18.2 13.2 72 5.0 15.0 272 24 300.3 302.2 292.1 331.5 10.64 4 850 1490 14.9 6.9 59 8.0 10.2 290 28 301.7 303.1 289.8 323.6 7.34 5 800 2000 11.4 3.5 58 7.9 7.0 301 28 303.3 304.4 289.3 321.7 6.14 6 750 2537 8.8 5.3 79 3.5 6.8 264 19 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.8 7.48 7 700 3106 6.4 5.1 91 1.4 5.6 229 27 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.88 8 650 3711 2.8 0.4 84 2.4 1.5 226 35 312.1 313.3 292.0 331.0 6.06 9 600 4353 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 224 41 313.0 314.0 291.4 328.8 5.01 10 550 5037 -7.5 -8.2 95 0.7 -7.8 223 46 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.1 3.74 11 500 5774 -11.1 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.4 223 48 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.08 12 450 6577 -14.7 -15.7 92 1.0 -15.1 219 48 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.2 2.50 13 400 7459 -21.0 -22.0 92 1.0 -21.3 219 51 327.6 328.0 292.6 333.4 1.64 14 350 8428 -29.1 -30.8 85 1.7 -29.4 232 66 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.5 0.84 15 300 9512 -36.1 -56.9 10 20.8 -37.3 242 82 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 16 250 10760 -42.5 -66.3 6 23.9 -43.3 256 74 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12242 -50.6 -73.4 5 22.8 -51.0 258 72 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14063 -62.9 -81.8 6 18.9 -63.0 260 61 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16499 -71.1 -87.4 7 16.2 -71.2 257 28 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.85 m Freezing level: 624.56 mb = 4037.97 m = 13247.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3919.73 m = 12859.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.38 mb = 624.35 m = 2048.37 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.95 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1375.65 m = 4513.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 17.91 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.17 mb = 1116.03 m = 3661.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.17 mb = 1658.54 m = 5441.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.17 mb = 9669.44 m = 31723.50 ft B at Equ Level: 592.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.17 mb = 12461.88 m = 40884.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.1 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -3.4 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.14 Bulk Shear: 39.21 m/s