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: 34.31,-95.45 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -95.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 985 210 21.1 17.7 80 3.5 18.8 309 9 295.6 297.9 292.5 332.9 13.00 2 950 525 19.3 14.8 75 4.5 16.4 311 25 296.8 298.8 291.5 329.1 11.18 3 900 988 15.7 11.7 77 4.0 13.2 310 30 297.7 299.4 290.5 325.6 9.61 4 850 1471 12.1 9.7 85 2.4 10.7 308 27 298.9 300.5 290.3 325.1 8.95 5 800 1977 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 287 17 301.3 302.9 291.0 327.5 8.88 6 750 2512 8.0 7.1 94 0.9 7.5 231 19 305.3 306.8 291.9 330.7 8.46 7 700 3080 5.7 2.9 82 2.8 4.2 223 38 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.6 6.77 8 650 3683 2.1 -2.3 72 4.4 -0.1 224 53 311.4 312.3 290.9 327.0 4.97 9 600 4325 -1.7 -5.9 73 4.2 -3.7 230 59 314.1 314.9 290.9 327.2 4.10 10 550 5012 -6.3 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.5 236 60 316.6 317.2 291.1 327.9 3.51 11 500 5751 -11.1 -12.9 87 1.8 -11.8 234 59 319.5 320.0 291.4 328.8 2.84 12 450 6551 -15.9 -16.8 93 0.9 -16.2 224 58 323.2 323.7 292.0 330.9 2.28 13 400 7430 -21.5 -23.0 88 1.5 -21.9 218 61 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.3 1.50 14 350 8397 -29.4 -35.5 55 6.1 -30.3 220 62 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.0 0.53 15 300 9481 -36.2 -57.5 9 21.3 -37.4 237 61 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 16 250 10727 -42.5 -65.0 7 22.5 -43.3 252 54 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12206 -50.7 -73.6 5 22.8 -51.1 265 68 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14036 -61.9 -79.0 8 17.1 -62.0 252 46 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16477 -70.3 -87.5 6 17.2 -70.4 257 41 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.19 m Freezing level: 622.35 mb = 4037.94 m = 13247.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.14 mb = 3668.61 m = 12035.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.80 % Est. max temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.86 mb = 653.24 m = 2143.17 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.87 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1389.51 m = 4558.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5543.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.63 mb = 1181.10 m = 3874.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 8.3 tot: 11.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.7 neg: -103.1 tot: 125.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 198.67 m/s