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: 30.79,-95.2 Latitude: 30.79 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 64 27.4 23.8 80 3.7 24.7 155 4 300.5 303.9 297.8 355.7 18.79 1 1000 78 27.8 23.3 77 4.5 24.5 191 5 300.9 304.3 297.7 354.8 18.30 2 950 532 24.1 21.1 84 2.9 22.0 208 13 301.6 304.7 296.9 351.3 16.83 3 900 1004 20.7 18.9 89 1.8 19.5 215 18 302.8 305.7 296.3 348.6 15.45 4 850 1497 16.9 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 220 21 303.9 306.4 295.5 344.9 13.81 5 800 2013 13.7 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 222 23 305.8 307.9 294.3 339.9 11.38 6 750 2555 11.6 5.9 68 5.8 8.2 224 25 309.2 310.7 292.5 333.0 7.77 7 700 3129 8.0 2.4 68 5.6 4.9 233 26 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.6 6.52 8 650 3738 5.2 -1.8 61 7.0 1.5 243 28 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.2 5.17 9 600 4387 1.2 -5.8 60 7.0 -2.1 246 31 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.8 4.13 10 550 5081 -3.8 -13.6 46 9.9 -7.6 249 35 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.7 2.42 11 500 5826 -8.4 -23.5 28 15.1 -12.8 252 39 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.8 1.15 12 450 6634 -13.1 -34.4 15 21.3 -17.5 250 45 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.4 0.46 13 400 7522 -18.6 -47.8 6 29.2 -22.4 248 53 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.13 14 350 8501 -26.3 -44.4 17 18.1 -28.5 254 60 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.21 15 300 9594 -35.2 -53.1 14 18.0 -36.4 255 64 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10844 -41.7 -65.0 6 23.3 -42.6 265 63 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 17 200 12325 -52.1 -72.3 7 20.2 -52.5 268 57 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14127 -64.6 -79.2 12 14.6 -64.7 260 43 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16534 -74.6 -86.3 15 11.7 -74.6 268 25 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.61 m Freezing level: 588.04 mb = 4553.25 m = 14938.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.10 mb = 4002.94 m = 13132.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.83 mb = 533.67 m = 1750.87 ft T: 24.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 28.88 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1071.83 m = 3516.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1940.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.70 mb = 910.64 m = 2987.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.70 mb = 1249.99 m = 4100.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.70 mb = 12492.99 m = 40987.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1939.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 39.93 Bulk Shear: 48.59 m/s