MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-99.40 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -99.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 974 320 26.3 22.3 79 3.9 23.4 59 4 301.7 304.9 297.5 354.0 17.72 2 950 540 26.9 19.9 65 7.0 21.9 30 3 304.5 307.3 296.8 350.8 15.54 3 900 1016 23.2 17.7 71 5.4 19.4 301 4 305.4 308.1 296.3 348.3 14.34 4 850 1512 19.4 14.1 72 5.3 15.8 301 10 306.5 308.7 294.9 342.6 12.01 5 800 2031 15.4 10.4 72 5.1 12.2 302 15 307.6 309.5 293.7 337.6 9.92 6 750 2575 11.5 6.0 69 5.5 8.2 295 20 309.1 310.5 292.5 333.0 7.83 7 700 3148 8.0 -1.9 50 9.9 2.9 289 31 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.2 4.75 8 650 3756 5.2 -17.5 18 22.7 -3.1 291 38 314.9 315.2 288.7 319.9 1.49 9 600 4404 2.1 -37.1 4 39.3 -7.1 298 35 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.26 10 550 5099 -2.4 -38.3 4 35.8 -10.2 297 30 321.2 321.3 289.4 322.2 0.26 11 500 5848 -7.5 -37.7 7 30.2 -13.7 292 36 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.30 12 450 6659 -12.6 -43.2 6 30.6 -17.7 280 42 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 13 400 7547 -17.9 -43.2 9 25.4 -21.7 282 51 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 14 350 8531 -25.4 -41.2 21 15.8 -27.6 276 58 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.7 0.30 15 300 9627 -34.8 -49.8 20 15.0 -36.0 280 58 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 16 250 10874 -43.4 -61.5 12 18.1 -44.1 276 58 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 17 200 12344 -53.2 -70.8 10 17.6 -53.5 273 55 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14139 -65.4 -78.5 15 13.0 -65.5 267 43 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16547 -75.3 -86.5 16 11.1 -75.4 268 16 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.94 m Freezing level: 576.63 mb = 4729.16 m = 15515.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.82 mb = 3436.39 m = 11274.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.14 mb = 821.06 m = 2693.74 ft T: 24.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 34.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.95 mb = 1830.75 m = 6006.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1492.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.15 mb = 1530.92 m = 5022.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.15 mb = 2103.55 m = 6901.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.15 mb = 12561.85 m = 41212.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1487.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.5 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 324.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 17.94 Bulk Shear: 83.18 m/s