MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F021.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 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.95,-97.45 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 208 23.5 21.2 87 2.3 21.9 225 3 297.9 300.9 295.6 345.2 16.31 2 950 530 23.2 19.8 81 3.5 20.8 246 15 300.8 303.6 295.8 346.1 15.45 3 900 1002 21.5 11.4 52 10.2 15.0 267 23 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.8 9.42 4 850 1494 18.7 1.9 32 16.8 9.5 285 23 305.8 306.7 289.2 321.6 5.17 5 800 2010 14.5 -2.6 31 17.1 5.9 290 23 306.6 307.3 288.3 318.8 3.93 6 750 2550 10.1 -8.3 26 18.4 2.0 287 25 307.6 308.1 287.5 316.2 2.73 7 700 3118 6.1 -14.4 21 20.5 -1.7 284 27 309.3 309.6 287.1 315.1 1.79 8 650 3721 2.9 -25.2 11 28.1 -5.4 286 29 312.3 312.4 287.1 314.9 0.76 9 600 4364 -0.5 -31.2 8 30.6 -8.3 287 33 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.2 0.47 10 550 5053 -5.5 -28.8 14 23.3 -11.4 288 36 317.6 317.7 288.7 319.8 0.65 11 500 5792 -10.9 -32.5 15 21.6 -15.5 281 43 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.50 12 450 6592 -14.8 -48.2 4 33.4 -19.4 270 53 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.11 13 400 7474 -20.1 -53.5 3 33.4 -23.7 271 60 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.07 14 350 8447 -28.1 -56.6 5 28.5 -30.3 283 68 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 15 300 9534 -36.0 -60.1 7 24.1 -37.2 283 59 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 16 250 10783 -42.4 -65.7 6 23.3 -43.2 271 52 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.02 17 200 12260 -51.3 -72.8 6 21.5 -51.7 269 69 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14077 -62.3 -82.6 5 20.2 -62.5 271 59 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16512 -72.7 -87.6 9 14.9 -72.7 271 29 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.42 m Freezing level: 607.75 mb = 4264.43 m = 13990.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.33 mb = 2848.37 m = 9344.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.43 mb = 498.87 m = 1636.68 ft T: 23.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 31.27 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 2011.97 m = 6600.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 12.78 C K Index: 11.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.95 mb = 1394.15 m = 4573.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.95 mb = 2495.11 m = 8185.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.95 mb = 10131.20 m = 33238.45 ft B at Equ Level: 701.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.95 mb = 13105.46 m = 42996.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 12.06 Bulk Shear: 58.40 m/s