MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F034.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F034.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: 34 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.69,-98.15 Latitude: 32.69 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 979 285 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.5 137 5 294.5 296.7 291.5 329.3 12.15 2 950 542 21.2 14.8 67 6.4 17.0 174 13 298.7 300.7 292.1 331.3 11.19 3 900 1010 20.2 10.9 55 9.2 14.4 248 15 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.5 9.16 4 850 1501 18.3 4.2 39 14.1 10.3 294 23 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.9 6.09 5 800 2017 14.9 -2.1 31 17.1 6.3 315 30 307.1 307.8 288.6 319.7 4.09 6 750 2558 10.0 -4.2 36 14.2 3.2 318 33 307.4 308.1 288.4 319.0 3.73 7 700 3125 4.8 -7.0 42 11.8 -0.5 319 35 307.7 308.3 288.1 317.8 3.22 8 650 3724 0.8 -15.2 29 15.9 -5.0 322 34 309.8 310.2 287.3 315.7 1.81 9 600 4363 -2.0 -27.6 12 25.6 -8.8 324 35 313.8 313.9 287.5 316.1 0.66 10 550 5048 -6.4 -31.0 12 24.6 -12.2 324 36 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.4 0.52 11 500 5785 -11.6 -41.8 6 30.2 -16.6 320 36 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.19 12 450 6582 -16.7 -49.5 4 32.8 -20.8 310 36 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.09 13 400 7457 -22.0 -53.9 4 31.9 -25.2 291 42 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.06 14 350 8425 -28.6 -57.4 4 28.9 -30.7 289 52 330.2 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.05 15 300 9512 -35.2 -60.5 6 25.4 -36.5 289 58 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 16 250 10766 -41.1 -68.9 3 27.8 -42.1 269 47 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 17 200 12247 -51.4 -73.8 5 22.4 -51.8 266 60 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14062 -63.3 -80.6 8 17.3 -63.4 272 60 361.0 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16499 -72.1 -87.5 8 15.4 -72.1 258 33 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.10 m Freezing level: 636.10 mb = 3901.24 m = 12799.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.88 mb = 3044.39 m = 9988.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.00 mb = 670.30 m = 2199.12 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.61 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.75 mb = 2582.37 m = 8472.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 22.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 271.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.24 mb = 1690.84 m = 5547.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.24 mb = 3524.12 m = 11561.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 626.24 mb = 4020.83 m = 13191.55 ft B at Equ Level: 31.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 386.24 mb = 7710.35 m = 25296.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 199.52 m/s