MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.02,-97.96 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -97.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 976 301 24.5 22.0 86 2.5 22.8 268 12 299.8 302.9 296.7 350.5 17.35 2 950 535 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 261 14 300.0 302.9 295.9 346.8 15.99 3 900 1005 19.6 18.3 93 1.2 18.7 252 16 301.7 304.4 295.7 345.6 14.91 4 850 1497 16.6 15.7 94 0.9 16.0 243 17 303.6 306.0 295.1 343.2 13.34 5 800 2012 13.3 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 240 19 305.4 307.6 294.4 340.4 11.70 6 750 2554 10.8 8.9 88 2.0 9.6 241 23 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.5 9.58 7 700 3128 8.6 5.1 79 3.5 6.5 242 29 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.5 7.91 8 650 3737 4.9 -0.2 69 5.1 2.2 251 41 314.5 315.7 292.5 332.8 5.80 9 600 4384 -0.4 -6.8 62 6.4 -3.3 259 48 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.0 3.83 10 550 5074 -4.5 -19.2 31 14.7 -9.4 266 46 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.9 1.52 11 500 5818 -9.1 -21.2 37 12.1 -12.8 270 44 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.41 12 450 6624 -14.5 -32.8 20 18.3 -18.3 268 46 325.0 325.1 290.9 326.9 0.54 13 400 7505 -20.2 -47.1 7 26.9 -23.6 264 55 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.14 14 350 8481 -26.8 -54.1 6 27.3 -29.2 262 56 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.07 15 300 9575 -34.4 -57.0 8 22.6 -35.8 261 66 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.06 16 250 10825 -42.5 -67.1 5 24.6 -43.3 267 74 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12304 -51.9 -72.1 7 20.2 -52.2 273 71 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14115 -62.4 -81.4 6 19.0 -62.6 259 47 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16534 -74.0 -86.7 13 12.6 -74.1 264 21 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.01 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4340.00 m = 14238.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.14 mb = 3987.94 m = 13083.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.67 mb = 612.02 m = 2007.92 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 26.62 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.96 mb = 1150.01 m = 3772.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 38.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1318.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.31 mb = 982.87 m = 3224.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.31 mb = 1423.04 m = 4668.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.31 mb = 11455.52 m = 37583.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1312.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.31 mb = 15582.12 m = 51121.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 29.39 Bulk Shear: 44.86 m/s