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: 31.95,-96.19 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 997 103 26.3 22.8 81 3.5 23.8 272 7 299.7 303.0 297.0 351.8 17.79 2 950 526 22.1 20.2 89 1.9 20.8 264 14 299.6 302.5 295.7 346.0 15.86 3 900 995 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 247 20 302.0 304.4 294.5 340.8 13.18 4 850 1486 17.1 12.5 74 4.6 14.1 232 24 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.4 10.81 5 800 2001 14.0 8.9 71 5.1 10.9 225 27 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.96 6 750 2543 10.9 6.1 72 4.8 8.0 230 30 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.5 7.90 7 700 3115 7.6 1.4 64 6.3 4.2 240 38 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.7 6.04 8 650 3721 2.6 -1.4 75 4.0 0.5 245 43 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.5 5.30 9 600 4364 -2.0 -4.1 85 2.1 -3.0 248 46 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.8 4.72 10 550 5050 -6.1 -7.3 91 1.3 -6.6 250 49 316.9 317.7 291.7 329.8 4.01 11 500 5792 -9.4 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 249 50 321.6 322.3 292.5 333.0 3.45 12 450 6600 -13.8 -14.8 92 1.0 -14.1 250 52 325.9 326.5 293.1 335.1 2.71 13 400 7484 -20.0 -21.7 86 1.7 -20.5 253 56 329.0 329.4 293.0 334.9 1.69 14 350 8460 -27.1 -29.3 82 2.2 -27.6 253 57 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.7 0.97 15 300 9550 -35.9 -43.8 44 7.8 -36.7 256 61 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.26 16 250 10794 -42.5 -65.5 6 23.0 -43.3 261 74 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12280 -50.1 -75.4 3 25.4 -50.5 270 73 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14104 -62.9 -80.3 8 17.5 -63.0 261 44 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16519 -73.0 -87.1 10 14.1 -73.0 266 31 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.94 m Freezing level: 621.69 mb = 4084.83 m = 13401.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3808.63 m = 12495.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.81 mb = 545.71 m = 1790.35 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 23.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1229.11 m = 4032.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1405.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.53 mb = 893.79 m = 2932.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.53 mb = 1837.73 m = 6029.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.53 mb = 11191.21 m = 36716.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1397.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.53 mb = 15164.52 m = 49751.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 16.53 Bulk Shear: 85.05 m/s