MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180000F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.35,-97.33 Latitude: 30.35 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 990 165 32.4 17.5 41 14.9 22.0 221 11 306.4 308.8 295.5 345.0 12.84 2 950 529 27.5 15.9 49 11.6 19.6 227 13 305.1 307.4 294.6 341.2 12.08 3 900 1004 22.9 15.0 61 7.9 17.5 228 13 305.1 307.3 294.6 340.9 11.97 4 850 1499 18.4 13.4 72 5.1 15.1 231 14 305.5 307.6 294.3 339.7 11.42 5 800 2015 14.1 11.8 86 2.3 12.7 246 15 306.2 308.3 294.1 339.2 10.96 6 750 2558 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.2 258 18 308.4 310.2 293.4 336.2 9.13 7 700 3132 9.4 2.1 60 7.3 5.3 252 26 312.9 314.1 292.5 332.9 6.37 8 650 3743 5.4 -0.8 64 6.2 2.1 258 35 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.7 5.56 9 600 4391 0.4 -6.6 59 7.0 -2.9 267 41 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.90 10 550 5083 -4.2 -14.7 44 10.5 -8.1 273 42 319.1 319.6 290.7 326.5 2.22 11 500 5828 -8.7 -18.2 46 9.5 -11.9 273 41 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.7 1.83 12 450 6636 -13.5 -34.0 16 20.5 -17.7 266 47 326.3 326.3 291.2 328.0 0.48 13 400 7520 -19.5 -46.2 7 26.7 -23.0 264 56 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.2 0.15 14 350 8499 -26.1 -47.9 11 21.8 -28.5 261 67 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 15 300 9594 -34.7 -50.6 18 15.9 -35.9 263 69 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.12 16 250 10845 -41.8 -65.4 6 23.6 -42.7 271 68 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12325 -52.0 -72.0 7 20.0 -52.4 273 59 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14128 -64.7 -79.0 12 14.3 -64.8 260 44 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16537 -74.9 -86.5 15 11.6 -75.0 274 25 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.55 m Freezing level: 595.48 mb = 4454.02 m = 14612.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.63 mb = 4013.96 m = 13169.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.49 mb = 2031.36 m = 6664.49 ft T: 14.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2191.67 m = 7190.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 33.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.21 mb = 2002.58 m = 6570.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.21 mb = 3916.83 m = 12850.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.21 mb = 10160.51 m = 33334.61 ft B at Equ Level: 497.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.21 mb = 13118.39 m = 43038.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 48.89 m/s