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: 30.81,-98.83 Latitude: 30.81 Longitude: -98.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 962 409 27.8 21.7 70 6.0 23.4 205 3 304.3 307.5 297.8 355.8 17.28 2 950 522 26.6 19.8 66 6.8 21.8 243 4 304.2 307.1 296.7 350.4 15.50 3 900 997 22.5 17.6 74 4.9 19.1 253 9 304.7 307.3 296.0 347.2 14.24 4 850 1492 18.7 14.1 75 4.6 15.6 256 16 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.6 11.98 5 800 2009 15.0 9.4 69 5.6 11.5 262 22 307.1 308.9 293.1 335.2 9.27 6 750 2553 12.0 4.2 59 7.8 7.5 265 30 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.9 6.90 7 700 3128 8.4 4.2 75 4.2 6.0 262 38 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.8 7.40 8 650 3736 3.7 -2.5 64 6.3 0.5 264 45 313.2 314.1 291.3 328.6 4.88 9 600 4380 -0.0 -19.3 22 19.3 -6.5 278 43 316.1 316.4 289.0 320.8 1.38 10 550 5072 -3.4 -35.5 6 32.1 -10.6 291 38 320.1 320.1 289.2 321.3 0.34 11 500 5818 -8.4 -37.0 8 28.6 -14.2 294 42 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.32 12 450 6625 -14.1 -45.1 5 31.0 -18.8 284 48 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.15 13 400 7507 -20.0 -53.6 3 33.6 -23.6 273 48 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 14 350 8481 -27.8 -54.1 6 26.4 -30.0 279 52 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 15 300 9572 -34.0 -60.0 5 26.0 -35.5 269 60 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.04 16 250 10828 -41.3 -69.5 3 28.2 -42.2 270 71 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 17 200 12309 -51.9 -72.2 7 20.3 -52.2 274 67 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14117 -63.1 -80.3 8 17.2 -63.3 268 46 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16533 -74.2 -86.6 13 12.4 -74.3 268 23 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.85 m Freezing level: 600.05 mb = 4379.87 m = 14369.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.14 mb = 3783.52 m = 12412.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.61 mb = 1175.45 m = 3856.41 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 24.91 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1811.54 m = 5943.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.58 mb = 1576.73 m = 5172.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.58 mb = 2045.40 m = 6710.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.58 mb = 11480.50 m = 37665.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1377.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.58 mb = 15618.75 m = 51242.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.62 Bulk Shear: 101.48 m/s