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: 30.99,-94.84 Latitude: 30.99 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 999 85 27.9 23.8 78 4.1 24.9 206 7 301.1 304.6 298.0 356.6 18.86 2 950 533 23.5 21.2 87 2.3 21.8 210 13 301.0 304.1 296.8 350.7 16.88 3 900 1004 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 217 19 302.5 305.2 296.0 346.9 15.02 4 850 1496 17.0 15.4 91 1.5 16.0 221 23 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.9 13.10 5 800 2012 14.3 10.8 79 3.5 12.1 221 25 306.4 308.3 293.6 337.2 10.22 6 750 2555 11.4 5.7 68 5.7 8.0 221 26 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.4 7.66 7 700 3128 7.4 2.4 70 5.0 4.6 227 27 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.9 6.51 8 650 3736 4.7 -0.9 67 5.7 1.7 234 29 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.7 5.50 9 600 4385 0.9 -4.9 65 5.8 -1.9 239 31 317.2 318.1 292.1 331.5 4.43 10 550 5078 -3.8 -12.3 52 8.5 -7.2 245 36 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.5 2.70 11 500 5824 -8.4 -18.6 43 10.2 -11.8 248 39 322.8 323.2 291.4 328.8 1.76 12 450 6632 -13.1 -31.2 20 18.1 -17.1 248 46 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.63 13 400 7520 -18.7 -49.4 5 30.7 -22.5 247 53 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 14 350 8499 -26.3 -44.8 16 18.4 -28.5 251 59 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.20 15 300 9592 -35.1 -52.9 15 17.8 -36.4 254 64 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10841 -41.7 -65.2 6 23.5 -42.6 264 63 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 17 200 12322 -52.1 -72.2 7 20.1 -52.4 267 58 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14125 -64.5 -79.3 11 14.8 -64.7 261 44 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16531 -74.5 -86.3 14 11.9 -74.5 266 26 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.51 m Freezing level: 590.11 mb = 4522.04 m = 14835.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.34 mb = 4036.44 m = 13242.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.82 mb = 608.26 m = 1995.59 ft T: 22.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 25.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 1015.49 m = 3331.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.51 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1891.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.45 mb = 874.94 m = 2870.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.45 mb = 1115.48 m = 3659.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.45 mb = 12370.73 m = 40585.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1891.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 43.13 Bulk Shear: 43.86 m/s