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: 30.01,-94.16 Latitude: 30.01 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 1012 4 23.8 22.8 94 1.1 23.1 236 1 295.9 299.1 295.8 346.3 17.48 1 1000 112 24.7 23.0 90 1.7 23.5 211 11 297.8 301.1 296.6 349.8 17.91 2 950 562 22.0 20.0 88 2.1 20.6 226 17 299.5 302.4 295.6 345.3 15.65 3 900 1032 19.7 17.0 85 2.7 17.8 242 17 301.8 304.3 294.8 342.1 13.67 4 850 1523 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.1 253 18 303.7 305.9 294.3 339.8 12.14 5 800 2037 13.4 10.7 84 2.7 11.7 251 19 305.5 307.4 293.3 336.0 10.18 6 750 2578 10.2 7.1 81 3.0 8.3 260 19 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.4 8.49 7 700 3150 7.5 4.1 79 3.4 5.6 276 22 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.6 7.37 8 650 3759 4.9 -3.2 56 8.1 0.8 275 25 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.3 4.64 9 600 4407 1.1 -12.9 34 14.0 -4.5 267 24 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.2 2.36 10 550 5101 -3.4 -20.6 25 17.2 -9.0 258 25 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.6 1.35 11 500 5846 -8.1 -24.8 25 16.7 -12.8 258 31 323.2 323.4 290.8 326.8 1.02 12 450 6655 -12.9 -32.7 17 19.9 -17.2 259 39 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.54 13 400 7543 -18.6 -40.9 12 22.3 -22.1 256 48 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 14 350 8524 -25.8 -40.6 24 14.7 -27.9 261 56 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.1 0.32 15 300 9618 -35.0 -47.7 26 12.6 -36.1 264 55 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.17 16 250 10864 -43.5 -60.5 14 17.0 -44.2 267 58 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12336 -52.6 -71.8 8 19.2 -52.9 268 56 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14134 -64.9 -79.1 12 14.2 -65.0 258 42 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16537 -74.2 -86.5 13 12.3 -74.3 243 23 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.00 m Freezing level: 587.56 mb = 4579.95 m = 15025.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.12 mb = 3857.66 m = 12656.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.33 mb = 135.32 m = 443.97 ft T: 24.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 16.44 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 1038.98 m = 3408.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 35.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1157.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.98 mb = 700.67 m = 2298.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.98 mb = 1522.77 m = 4995.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.98 mb = 11707.96 m = 38411.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1152.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.98 mb = 15457.25 m = 50712.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 40.87 Bulk Shear: 28.31 m/s