MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.55,-96.28 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 995 129 24.8 21.1 80 3.7 22.2 270 8 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.1 16.06 2 950 534 21.5 17.4 77 4.1 18.7 279 13 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.7 13.28 3 900 1001 18.4 11.4 64 7.0 14.0 297 15 300.4 302.2 291.2 328.2 9.43 4 850 1488 14.7 6.9 59 7.8 10.2 303 15 301.5 302.9 289.8 323.4 7.35 5 800 1998 11.4 6.0 70 5.4 8.3 268 13 303.3 304.6 290.3 325.3 7.35 6 750 2536 9.2 5.4 78 3.7 7.0 233 21 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.4 7.54 7 700 3105 6.5 0.3 65 6.2 3.2 229 34 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.0 5.59 8 650 3709 2.3 -2.4 71 4.7 -0.0 239 43 311.6 312.5 290.9 327.1 4.95 9 600 4351 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -3.9 246 51 314.0 314.7 290.7 326.6 3.96 10 550 5037 -6.1 -10.8 70 4.6 -8.0 243 54 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.8 3.06 11 500 5778 -9.9 -12.3 82 2.5 -10.8 236 55 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.8 2.96 12 450 6583 -14.6 -15.9 90 1.3 -15.0 233 55 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.2 2.46 13 400 7464 -20.8 -31.0 40 10.2 -22.8 240 66 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 14 350 8439 -26.6 -58.8 3 32.2 -29.0 251 62 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 15 300 9532 -35.1 -59.4 7 24.2 -36.5 268 50 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 16 250 10778 -44.0 -65.0 8 21.0 -44.7 255 62 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 17 200 12257 -50.1 -74.2 4 24.1 -50.5 266 76 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14084 -62.5 -81.7 6 19.3 -62.6 261 44 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16505 -72.4 -86.9 10 14.5 -72.5 258 34 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.27 m Freezing level: 622.27 mb = 4065.18 m = 13337.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.60 mb = 3701.32 m = 12143.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.99 mb = 598.26 m = 1962.77 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.18 mb = 1436.44 m = 4712.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 16.75 C K Index: 25.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.70 mb = 1176.22 m = 3858.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.70 mb = 1824.47 m = 5985.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.70 mb = 8300.63 m = 27232.70 ft B at Equ Level: 266.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.70 mb = 11426.20 m = 37487.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 5.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.3 neg: -24.8 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 84.64 m/s