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: 31.17,-97.69 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -97.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 981 253 25.7 22.3 82 3.4 23.2 272 10 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.9 17.52 2 950 534 22.7 20.1 85 2.6 20.8 263 14 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.3 15.75 3 900 1004 19.4 18.4 94 1.0 18.7 253 15 301.5 304.3 295.7 345.6 14.97 4 850 1495 16.4 16.0 98 0.4 16.1 242 17 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.5 13.56 5 800 2010 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 236 20 305.2 307.4 294.5 340.7 11.87 6 750 2551 10.4 8.9 90 1.5 9.5 238 23 307.9 309.7 293.6 337.1 9.61 7 700 3125 9.0 2.1 62 6.9 5.1 241 29 312.4 313.7 292.3 332.3 6.37 8 650 3734 4.8 -3.0 57 7.8 0.9 250 40 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.4 4.71 9 600 4380 -0.7 -6.5 65 5.9 -3.3 258 48 315.4 316.1 291.1 327.9 3.92 10 550 5070 -4.8 -13.0 52 8.3 -7.9 262 49 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.55 11 500 5814 -9.0 -15.1 61 6.1 -11.2 263 48 322.1 322.6 291.7 330.1 2.37 12 450 6621 -14.2 -20.9 57 6.7 -16.2 261 49 325.4 325.7 292.0 331.0 1.61 13 400 7503 -20.1 -31.4 36 11.3 -22.4 260 55 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.69 14 350 8479 -26.9 -40.5 26 13.6 -28.7 258 54 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.32 15 300 9572 -34.8 -51.2 17 16.4 -36.1 259 64 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 16 250 10821 -42.7 -66.2 6 23.5 -43.5 266 75 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 17 200 12300 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 272 73 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14115 -62.2 -81.6 6 19.4 -62.4 259 46 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16533 -74.1 -86.7 13 12.6 -74.1 263 23 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.51 m Freezing level: 605.99 mb = 4302.76 m = 14116.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.35 mb = 3867.54 m = 12688.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.95 mb = 682.45 m = 2238.97 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 25.08 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1078.91 m = 3539.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1383.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.96 mb = 965.87 m = 3168.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.96 mb = 1207.25 m = 3960.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.96 mb = 11403.30 m = 37411.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1381.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.96 mb = 15497.60 m = 50844.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 25.52 Bulk Shear: 54.22 m/s