MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.21,-96.52 Latitude: 29.21 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 33 24.4 23.3 94 1.0 23.6 164 4 296.9 300.2 296.5 349.6 18.20 1 1000 95 24.5 23.5 94 0.9 23.8 168 8 297.6 301.0 297.0 351.4 18.54 2 950 547 22.6 21.4 93 1.2 21.8 188 16 300.1 303.3 296.7 350.3 17.13 3 900 1016 19.2 18.5 96 0.7 18.7 187 17 301.3 304.0 295.6 345.5 15.02 4 850 1508 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.1 177 18 304.4 306.6 294.2 339.7 11.82 5 800 2024 14.7 10.9 78 3.8 12.3 175 15 306.8 308.8 293.8 337.9 10.30 6 750 2568 12.8 5.6 62 7.2 8.5 206 9 310.5 311.9 292.8 334.0 7.63 7 700 3147 11.7 -8.7 23 20.4 2.3 245 9 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.6 2.82 8 650 3761 6.8 -7.2 36 14.0 0.2 253 8 316.6 317.3 291.0 327.7 3.43 9 600 4412 1.6 -9.6 43 11.2 -3.3 250 8 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.1 3.09 10 550 5107 -3.0 -15.5 38 12.5 -7.7 254 13 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.5 2.08 11 500 5854 -7.5 -23.1 27 15.6 -12.2 255 18 323.9 324.2 291.2 328.1 1.19 12 450 6667 -10.8 -40.8 6 30.0 -16.4 253 19 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.24 13 400 7561 -17.3 -56.0 2 38.7 -21.7 255 23 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 14 350 8543 -25.7 -50.6 8 24.9 -28.2 263 26 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.11 15 300 9639 -34.7 -54.2 12 19.5 -36.0 266 32 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 16 250 10884 -44.1 -62.0 12 17.9 -44.8 264 44 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.04 17 200 12351 -52.8 -70.7 10 17.8 -53.1 264 52 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14152 -65.2 -78.8 14 13.6 -65.3 258 38 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16546 -75.2 -86.7 15 11.5 -75.2 245 24 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.25 m Freezing level: 582.53 mb = 4654.67 m = 15271.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.78 mb = 3801.66 m = 12472.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.65 mb = 160.35 m = 526.08 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 26.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 760.15 m = 2493.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 18.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1425.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.65 mb = 614.37 m = 2015.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.65 mb = 942.94 m = 3093.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 737.65 mb = 2707.77 m = 8883.66 ft B at Equ Level: 41.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -20.0 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 194.36 Bulk Shear: 7.34 m/s