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: 34.04,-96.58 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 984 212 20.4 18.1 87 2.2 18.8 152 4 294.9 297.3 292.6 333.3 13.40 2 950 516 21.0 16.0 73 5.0 17.7 194 17 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.7 12.10 3 900 982 19.0 12.5 66 6.5 14.8 226 25 301.1 302.9 292.0 331.0 10.16 4 850 1473 17.5 8.5 56 9.0 12.0 260 28 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.2 8.23 5 800 1987 14.0 2.1 44 11.9 7.5 281 33 306.1 307.2 289.8 323.2 5.59 6 750 2527 9.3 -2.7 43 12.1 3.4 287 37 306.7 307.5 288.6 319.6 4.17 7 700 3093 4.4 -7.2 43 11.6 -0.7 289 36 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.4 3.18 8 650 3691 0.3 -13.1 36 13.5 -4.8 292 31 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.2 2.14 9 600 4328 -3.4 -22.4 22 18.9 -9.0 294 31 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.7 1.06 10 550 5010 -7.5 -29.4 15 21.9 -12.7 289 33 315.2 315.3 287.9 317.4 0.61 11 500 5745 -12.8 -30.3 22 17.5 -16.6 277 36 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.6 0.61 12 450 6537 -19.3 -32.5 30 13.1 -21.7 266 41 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.9 0.56 13 400 7401 -25.1 -47.0 11 21.9 -27.4 264 47 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.14 14 350 8362 -29.0 -56.7 5 27.7 -31.0 268 57 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.05 15 300 9451 -34.4 -61.3 5 26.9 -35.9 275 60 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.03 16 250 10709 -40.2 -68.2 3 27.9 -41.3 266 52 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 17 200 12196 -50.1 -73.7 5 23.6 -50.6 267 58 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14025 -62.1 -80.0 7 17.9 -62.3 261 47 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16476 -70.7 -87.1 7 16.4 -70.8 257 41 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.37 m Freezing level: 645.53 mb = 3748.41 m = 12297.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.45 mb = 2994.69 m = 9824.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.03 mb = 497.12 m = 1630.94 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.61 mb = 2213.92 m = 7263.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 27.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 492.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.99 mb = 1332.52 m = 4371.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.99 mb = 2988.45 m = 9804.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.99 mb = 8382.10 m = 27500.01 ft B at Equ Level: 488.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.99 mb = 10735.87 m = 35222.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 396.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 3.46 Bulk Shear: 142.18 m/s