MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.51,-94.16 Latitude: 29.51 Longitude: -94.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 -6 26.9 23.9 83 3.1 24.7 214 12 298.9 302.3 297.4 353.6 18.72 1 1000 111 25.9 22.8 83 3.1 23.7 212 14 299.0 302.3 296.8 350.9 17.77 2 950 563 22.4 19.3 82 3.1 20.2 218 17 300.0 302.7 295.3 343.8 15.00 3 900 1032 19.9 14.0 69 5.9 16.0 229 15 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.3 11.26 4 850 1523 17.9 8.1 53 9.8 11.9 241 16 304.9 306.3 291.4 328.9 7.98 5 800 2039 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.6 235 15 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.2 8.57 6 750 2581 10.5 5.9 73 4.7 7.8 262 13 308.0 309.4 292.2 331.6 7.76 7 700 3153 8.4 0.0 56 8.4 3.9 289 22 311.8 312.8 291.4 328.9 5.48 8 650 3764 5.8 -9.2 33 15.0 -0.9 282 26 315.5 316.1 290.3 325.0 2.93 9 600 4413 1.6 -19.7 19 21.4 -5.7 271 24 318.0 318.3 289.5 322.5 1.33 10 550 5107 -3.0 -27.3 13 24.3 -9.8 261 24 320.5 320.6 289.7 323.1 0.74 11 500 5854 -7.4 -39.3 6 31.9 -13.7 259 28 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.25 12 450 6665 -11.9 -47.4 3 35.5 -17.3 261 37 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.12 13 400 7556 -17.9 -40.9 11 23.0 -21.6 262 43 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.27 14 350 8538 -25.8 -43.8 17 18.0 -28.0 264 50 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.22 15 300 9632 -35.1 -51.0 18 15.9 -36.3 265 51 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.12 16 250 10879 -43.4 -64.6 8 21.2 -44.1 267 54 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12350 -52.9 -71.6 9 18.6 -53.3 269 49 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14145 -65.2 -78.8 14 13.5 -65.3 258 38 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16543 -74.8 -86.3 15 11.4 -74.9 244 19 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.43 m Freezing level: 582.57 mb = 4655.43 m = 15273.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.94 mb = 3651.16 m = 11978.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.95 mb = 379.87 m = 1246.29 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 24.71 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1405.62 m = 4611.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.95 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.48 C K Index: 24.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.73 mb = 872.23 m = 2861.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.73 mb = 2020.58 m = 6629.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.73 mb = 11670.10 m = 38287.25 ft B at Equ Level: 847.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.73 mb = 14913.04 m = 48926.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 31.79 Bulk Shear: 26.88 m/s