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: 31.28,-94.69 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 999 89 27.0 23.7 82 3.3 24.6 193 6 300.2 303.6 297.8 355.3 18.78 2 950 531 23.3 20.5 84 2.8 21.3 209 15 300.9 303.8 296.3 348.5 16.20 3 900 1002 20.4 17.5 83 2.9 18.4 218 21 302.5 305.1 295.3 344.2 14.09 4 850 1494 17.4 14.2 81 3.3 15.3 223 24 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.3 12.03 5 800 2011 14.6 9.9 74 4.6 11.7 222 26 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.8 9.65 6 750 2553 11.1 6.2 72 4.9 8.2 222 28 308.6 310.1 292.5 332.9 7.95 7 700 3125 7.0 3.7 80 3.3 5.1 224 30 310.2 311.6 292.3 332.3 7.15 8 650 3732 4.5 -0.7 69 5.1 1.8 230 31 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.8 5.62 9 600 4381 0.9 -6.0 60 6.9 -2.4 236 34 317.1 317.9 291.8 330.3 4.07 10 550 5074 -3.9 -12.6 51 8.8 -7.4 243 38 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.2 2.63 11 500 5819 -8.5 -19.9 39 11.4 -12.2 247 42 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.1 1.58 12 450 6627 -13.4 -33.3 17 19.9 -17.6 246 47 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.51 13 400 7514 -18.9 -49.2 5 30.3 -22.7 244 55 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 14 350 8492 -26.5 -44.4 17 17.9 -28.6 249 61 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.21 15 300 9585 -35.2 -53.6 14 18.4 -36.4 252 67 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.2 0.09 16 250 10834 -41.8 -65.6 6 23.8 -42.7 263 65 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12315 -51.8 -72.2 7 20.4 -52.2 266 60 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.3 -79.6 11 15.3 -64.4 261 46 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16526 -74.1 -86.4 13 12.3 -74.1 264 27 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.40 m Freezing level: 590.65 mb = 4510.88 m = 14799.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 4003.41 m = 13134.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.19 mb = 501.38 m = 1644.94 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 27.20 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.62 mb = 1169.85 m = 3838.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.34 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1563.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.04 mb = 914.80 m = 3001.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.04 mb = 1554.00 m = 5098.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.04 mb = 11864.66 m = 38925.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1558.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 29.95 Bulk Shear: 52.21 m/s