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: 30.89,-95.38 Latitude: 30.89 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 27.9 24.2 80 3.8 25.2 164 5 301.0 304.5 298.2 357.8 19.30 1 1000 77 27.9 23.3 76 4.5 24.6 187 6 301.0 304.4 297.7 355.1 18.35 2 950 530 24.2 21.0 83 3.1 21.9 207 13 301.7 304.8 296.9 351.1 16.75 3 900 1003 21.0 18.8 88 2.1 19.5 216 18 303.1 305.9 296.4 348.7 15.39 4 850 1496 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.4 223 21 303.9 306.5 295.4 344.8 13.73 5 800 2011 13.8 12.1 90 1.7 12.7 226 23 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.3 11.15 6 750 2554 11.6 6.1 69 5.6 8.3 229 25 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.4 7.88 7 700 3127 8.1 3.0 70 5.1 5.2 235 26 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.5 6.80 8 650 3736 5.2 -2.8 56 8.0 1.2 245 29 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.1 4.80 9 600 4386 1.2 -7.4 53 8.6 -2.7 246 33 317.5 318.3 291.6 329.4 3.66 10 550 5079 -3.9 -14.5 44 10.6 -7.9 249 36 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.0 2.26 11 500 5824 -8.9 -24.5 27 15.6 -13.2 253 41 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.9 1.06 12 450 6630 -13.6 -30.3 23 16.7 -17.4 250 47 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.68 13 400 7517 -18.7 -45.0 8 26.3 -22.4 248 56 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.17 14 350 8496 -26.3 -44.3 17 18.0 -28.5 253 63 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.21 15 300 9590 -35.0 -53.3 14 18.3 -36.3 256 67 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10840 -41.6 -65.7 6 24.1 -42.5 265 65 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 17 200 12321 -51.9 -72.4 7 20.4 -52.3 268 58 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14125 -64.3 -79.5 11 15.2 -64.4 259 43 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16532 -74.4 -86.4 14 12.0 -74.4 267 25 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.98 m Freezing level: 587.97 mb = 4552.95 m = 14937.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.08 mb = 3924.80 m = 12876.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.88 mb = 540.62 m = 1773.67 ft T: 24.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 31.89 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.48 mb = 1113.86 m = 3654.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.97 C Showalter Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1971.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.11 mb = 933.99 m = 3064.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.11 mb = 1274.15 m = 4180.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.11 mb = 12573.53 m = 41251.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1965.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 36.32 Bulk Shear: 54.29 m/s