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: 31.05,-95.17 Latitude: 31.05 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 88 28.1 23.6 76 4.5 24.7 187 7 301.4 304.8 298.0 356.3 18.64 2 950 530 23.8 21.0 84 2.8 21.8 205 13 301.4 304.4 296.8 350.6 16.71 3 900 1002 20.7 18.4 86 2.4 19.1 218 19 302.9 305.6 296.0 347.1 14.93 4 850 1495 17.1 15.7 91 1.4 16.1 224 23 304.0 306.5 295.2 343.6 13.30 5 800 2010 14.0 11.5 85 2.5 12.4 226 25 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.3 10.72 6 750 2553 11.5 5.6 67 5.9 8.0 228 27 309.1 310.5 292.4 332.5 7.64 7 700 3126 7.9 2.5 69 5.3 4.9 232 28 311.2 312.4 292.2 331.6 6.58 8 650 3735 5.0 -2.5 59 7.4 1.2 240 30 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.2 4.91 9 600 4384 1.1 -6.6 56 7.8 -2.5 243 33 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.0 3.88 10 550 5077 -4.0 -13.5 48 9.5 -7.7 247 37 319.4 319.8 291.0 327.5 2.45 11 500 5822 -8.9 -24.6 27 15.7 -13.3 251 41 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.8 1.04 12 450 6628 -13.7 -32.4 19 18.7 -17.8 248 47 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.56 13 400 7514 -18.8 -46.7 7 27.9 -22.5 247 56 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 14 350 8493 -26.4 -44.0 17 17.7 -28.5 252 64 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.1 0.22 15 300 9586 -35.0 -53.5 14 18.4 -36.3 255 68 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10836 -41.6 -66.0 5 24.5 -42.5 265 66 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.02 17 200 12318 -51.9 -72.4 7 20.5 -52.2 267 59 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14124 -64.2 -79.6 10 15.4 -64.3 260 44 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16530 -74.3 -86.3 14 12.1 -74.3 265 26 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.46 m Freezing level: 588.97 mb = 4537.22 m = 14885.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.86 mb = 3938.83 m = 12922.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.52 mb = 664.29 m = 2179.39 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 30.49 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1111.26 m = 3645.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1881.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.60 mb = 938.31 m = 3078.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.60 mb = 1278.37 m = 4194.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.60 mb = 12265.35 m = 40240.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1880.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 33.31 Bulk Shear: 56.50 m/s