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,-97.57 Latitude: 30.99 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 984 219 25.3 22.6 85 2.7 23.3 288 7 299.8 303.1 297.0 351.9 17.77 2 950 529 22.9 20.4 86 2.5 21.1 268 12 300.4 303.3 296.1 347.4 16.03 3 900 1001 20.8 17.4 81 3.5 18.4 248 16 303.0 305.6 295.4 344.4 13.99 4 850 1494 17.6 15.0 85 2.6 15.8 236 18 304.5 306.9 294.9 342.4 12.69 5 800 2010 13.6 12.6 93 1.1 13.0 238 20 305.7 307.8 294.4 340.2 11.51 6 750 2552 10.8 8.9 88 2.0 9.6 244 24 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.5 9.58 7 700 3125 8.4 5.6 82 2.8 6.7 248 31 311.8 313.3 293.6 337.0 8.16 8 650 3735 4.6 2.0 84 2.5 3.2 256 41 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.6 6.84 9 600 4381 -0.5 -5.9 67 5.4 -3.0 263 47 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.7 4.10 10 550 5071 -4.7 -21.8 25 17.1 -9.9 271 43 318.5 318.8 289.6 322.7 1.22 11 500 5815 -8.9 -32.6 13 23.8 -14.2 277 41 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.0 0.49 12 450 6620 -14.5 -44.1 6 29.6 -19.0 273 45 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.17 13 400 7502 -20.1 -51.5 4 31.4 -23.7 267 55 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 14 350 8478 -26.7 -55.4 5 28.7 -29.1 267 52 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.06 15 300 9571 -34.5 -58.1 7 23.6 -36.0 264 63 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 16 250 10823 -41.8 -67.8 4 26.0 -42.7 268 73 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12304 -51.7 -72.6 6 20.9 -52.1 274 69 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14115 -62.9 -80.7 7 17.8 -63.1 261 46 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16529 -74.2 -86.7 13 12.5 -74.2 266 24 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.41 m Freezing level: 604.56 mb = 4322.25 m = 14180.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.37 mb = 4059.63 m = 13318.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.82 mb = 567.87 m = 1863.07 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 29.18 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1406.87 m = 4615.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1341.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.58 mb = 1052.68 m = 3453.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.58 mb = 1700.60 m = 5579.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.58 mb = 11388.58 m = 37363.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1334.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.58 mb = 15464.84 m = 50737.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 23.33 Bulk Shear: 57.49 m/s