MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.33,-94.69 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 998 99 25.9 22.4 81 3.5 23.3 216 11 299.2 302.3 296.5 349.7 17.30 2 950 533 21.2 20.0 93 1.3 20.4 218 19 298.7 301.6 295.3 344.2 15.63 3 900 1000 18.0 17.2 95 0.8 17.5 222 26 300.1 302.6 294.4 340.6 13.85 4 850 1488 15.2 13.7 91 1.4 14.2 225 28 302.0 304.2 293.4 336.5 11.68 5 800 2001 12.6 11.0 90 1.6 11.6 226 26 304.5 306.5 293.2 335.4 10.34 6 750 2540 8.8 7.9 94 1.0 8.3 220 24 306.2 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.93 7 700 3109 5.9 2.8 80 3.1 4.2 214 24 309.0 310.3 291.6 329.7 6.70 8 650 3715 3.8 -2.1 65 5.9 0.8 211 27 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.2 5.04 9 600 4360 -1.1 -4.8 76 3.7 -2.9 211 34 314.8 315.7 291.5 329.1 4.47 10 550 5047 -6.3 -7.8 89 1.5 -7.0 216 42 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.0 3.86 11 500 5786 -10.4 -12.6 83 2.3 -11.2 220 45 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.0 2.90 12 450 6591 -14.4 -16.5 84 2.1 -15.2 219 43 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.1 2.33 13 400 7472 -21.3 -26.5 63 5.3 -22.5 231 54 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.2 1.09 14 350 8443 -28.0 -36.6 44 8.6 -29.3 231 57 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.8 0.48 15 300 9530 -36.6 -46.4 36 9.8 -37.4 244 75 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.6 0.20 16 250 10768 -44.1 -61.8 12 17.7 -44.7 253 86 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 12246 -50.4 -74.8 4 24.4 -50.8 260 81 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14070 -62.8 -80.6 7 17.8 -62.9 255 67 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16498 -72.4 -87.0 9 14.6 -72.5 257 33 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.08 m Freezing level: 611.48 mb = 4211.65 m = 13817.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.24 mb = 3849.03 m = 12627.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.68 mb = 545.06 m = 1788.24 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.29 mb = 798.18 m = 2618.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.12 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1514.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.44 mb = 759.31 m = 2491.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.44 mb = 900.50 m = 2954.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.44 mb = 11307.67 m = 37098.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1502.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.44 mb = 15384.47 m = 50473.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -15.5 tot: 35.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 55.59 Bulk Shear: 27.24 m/s