MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.65,-94.84 Latitude: 30.65 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 78 24.2 23.5 96 0.7 23.8 118 3 297.1 300.5 296.8 350.7 18.50 1 1000 103 24.5 23.5 94 1.0 23.8 179 5 297.7 301.0 297.0 351.5 18.53 2 950 554 23.2 20.8 86 2.4 21.5 220 17 300.8 303.8 296.4 349.2 16.49 3 900 1025 20.2 18.7 91 1.5 19.2 234 16 302.3 305.1 296.1 347.4 15.27 4 850 1517 16.9 15.9 94 1.1 16.3 258 19 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.0 13.49 5 800 2033 14.0 11.1 83 2.9 12.1 268 23 306.0 308.0 293.7 337.4 10.44 6 750 2575 10.8 7.6 81 3.2 8.9 280 27 308.3 309.9 293.0 335.0 8.77 7 700 3147 7.4 0.9 64 6.4 3.9 284 32 310.6 311.8 291.4 328.8 5.86 8 650 3754 4.5 -8.0 40 12.5 -1.2 282 31 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.4 3.21 9 600 4402 1.1 -17.1 24 18.2 -5.5 283 28 317.4 317.7 289.7 323.0 1.66 10 550 5096 -3.2 -24.0 18 20.8 -9.4 290 29 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.8 1.00 11 500 5841 -7.9 -35.8 9 27.9 -13.9 292 34 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.36 12 450 6651 -13.2 -48.4 3 35.1 -18.3 286 40 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 13 400 7534 -20.5 -50.1 5 29.6 -23.9 282 45 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.10 14 350 8505 -28.2 -54.3 6 26.1 -30.3 276 40 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 15 300 9593 -35.5 -58.5 8 23.0 -36.8 264 57 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.05 16 250 10843 -42.2 -64.9 7 22.8 -43.0 265 67 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12322 -51.9 -72.3 7 20.4 -52.3 269 65 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14126 -64.9 -78.8 13 13.8 -65.0 262 52 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16536 -72.9 -86.6 11 13.7 -73.0 259 24 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.51 m Freezing level: 586.90 mb = 4583.47 m = 15037.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.43 mb = 3611.39 m = 11848.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.26 mb = 162.41 m = 532.84 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 28.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 1021.22 m = 3350.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.08 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 34.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1787.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.46 mb = 763.17 m = 2503.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.46 mb = 1292.49 m = 4240.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.46 mb = 12240.83 m = 40159.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1776.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 24.72 Bulk Shear: 72.31 m/s