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: 31.69,-96.04 Latitude: 31.69 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 994 124 27.6 22.5 74 5.1 23.9 283 8 301.2 304.4 297.2 352.7 17.50 2 950 526 23.2 20.2 83 3.0 21.1 266 12 300.8 303.7 296.1 347.5 15.93 3 900 997 20.6 16.8 79 3.8 18.0 246 18 302.8 305.2 295.0 342.7 13.51 4 850 1489 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 15.0 228 23 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.1 11.63 5 800 2005 14.2 9.4 73 4.8 11.2 223 25 306.2 308.0 292.9 334.2 9.26 6 750 2547 11.0 5.6 69 5.5 7.8 231 28 308.5 310.0 292.2 331.8 7.60 7 700 3119 7.6 2.4 69 5.3 4.7 245 35 310.9 312.1 292.0 331.0 6.49 8 650 3726 3.7 -2.0 66 5.7 0.8 248 41 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.09 9 600 4371 -1.5 -4.8 78 3.3 -3.0 246 42 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.7 4.47 10 550 5058 -6.2 -7.6 90 1.4 -6.8 244 44 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.4 3.94 11 500 5799 -9.6 -10.7 91 1.1 -10.1 243 47 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.38 12 450 6606 -14.0 -15.5 89 1.4 -14.6 246 50 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.2 2.55 13 400 7491 -19.7 -21.7 84 2.0 -20.3 254 57 329.4 329.7 293.2 335.3 1.69 14 350 8467 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 257 60 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9558 -35.7 -40.6 61 4.9 -36.2 255 65 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.5 0.37 16 250 10807 -41.6 -66.1 5 24.6 -42.5 262 74 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12293 -50.5 -74.8 4 24.3 -51.0 269 68 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14111 -63.6 -79.8 9 16.2 -63.7 261 46 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16522 -73.4 -86.8 11 13.4 -73.5 266 29 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.30 m Freezing level: 614.16 mb = 4188.58 m = 13741.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.74 mb = 3854.60 m = 12646.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.01 mb = 767.68 m = 2518.59 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 24.04 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1353.71 m = 4441.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1514.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.86 mb = 1046.20 m = 3432.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.86 mb = 1693.26 m = 5555.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.86 mb = 11082.58 m = 36359.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1513.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.86 mb = 15962.74 m = 52370.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 19.91 Bulk Shear: 76.04 m/s