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: 31.56,-96.82 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 161 24.9 22.8 88 2.1 23.4 277 13 298.9 302.1 296.9 351.1 17.92 2 950 531 21.6 20.7 94 0.9 20.9 265 16 299.1 302.1 295.9 346.8 16.35 3 900 1000 19.1 18.3 95 0.8 18.5 253 17 301.2 303.9 295.5 344.9 14.86 4 850 1490 16.2 15.2 94 1.0 15.5 235 20 303.1 305.5 294.7 341.4 12.91 5 800 2005 13.0 11.7 92 1.3 12.1 229 23 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.4 10.83 6 750 2545 10.0 8.1 88 1.9 8.9 235 25 307.4 309.1 293.0 335.0 9.10 7 700 3118 8.3 0.3 57 8.0 4.0 240 31 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.2 5.59 8 650 3725 3.8 -3.4 59 7.2 0.3 249 42 313.3 314.1 291.1 327.8 4.59 9 600 4370 -1.3 -5.7 72 4.4 -3.3 257 51 314.6 315.4 291.1 327.9 4.18 10 550 5057 -5.5 -12.2 59 6.7 -8.1 262 51 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.6 2.73 11 500 5800 -8.9 -14.5 64 5.6 -11.0 261 49 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.5 2.49 12 450 6608 -13.9 -18.6 68 4.7 -15.4 259 51 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.4 1.95 13 400 7491 -20.1 -26.2 58 6.1 -21.5 257 52 328.9 329.1 292.5 332.9 1.13 14 350 8467 -27.1 -32.1 63 4.9 -28.0 256 48 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.9 0.74 15 300 9557 -35.8 -46.2 33 10.4 -36.7 261 53 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 16 250 10803 -42.3 -66.1 6 23.8 -43.2 263 74 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12286 -50.7 -74.4 4 23.7 -51.1 272 74 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14109 -62.4 -81.1 6 18.7 -62.5 263 44 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16522 -73.5 -86.8 11 13.3 -73.5 266 29 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.06 m Freezing level: 612.92 mb = 4203.00 m = 13789.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3769.40 m = 12366.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.23 mb = 427.85 m = 1403.70 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 23.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 854.22 m = 2802.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 32.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1542.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.39 mb = 758.58 m = 2488.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.39 mb = 995.96 m = 3267.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.39 mb = 11345.95 m = 37223.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1536.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.39 mb = 15417.76 m = 50582.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 27.15 Bulk Shear: 56.81 m/s