MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.52,-95.93 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -95.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 994 154 20.5 19.5 94 1.0 19.8 229 4 294.1 296.7 293.2 335.5 14.49 2 950 548 23.1 17.0 69 6.1 18.9 273 24 300.6 303.0 294.0 338.6 12.95 3 900 1020 22.2 9.3 44 12.9 14.2 285 28 304.4 305.9 291.4 329.0 8.20 4 850 1512 18.0 6.9 48 11.0 11.4 297 27 305.0 306.3 290.9 327.2 7.37 5 800 2027 13.6 -0.1 39 13.7 6.5 324 24 305.7 306.6 288.8 320.3 4.76 6 750 2565 9.4 -7.4 30 16.8 1.9 317 21 306.8 307.3 287.4 315.9 2.91 7 700 3132 5.0 -12.6 27 17.7 -1.9 302 26 308.1 308.4 287.0 314.7 2.07 8 650 3733 2.3 -22.4 14 24.7 -5.4 308 30 311.5 311.7 287.0 314.8 0.97 9 600 4375 -1.4 -31.3 8 29.9 -8.8 326 32 314.5 314.6 287.5 316.2 0.47 10 550 5061 -6.0 -40.7 5 34.7 -12.6 341 45 316.9 316.9 288.0 317.6 0.20 11 500 5799 -10.8 -41.9 6 31.1 -16.0 333 58 319.9 320.0 288.9 320.7 0.19 12 450 6599 -16.4 -47.5 5 31.1 -20.5 322 53 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.12 13 400 7473 -23.1 -54.5 4 31.4 -26.0 310 60 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.06 14 350 8434 -30.7 -54.9 8 24.2 -32.4 308 79 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.06 15 300 9517 -34.5 -61.8 5 27.3 -36.0 297 59 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 16 250 10772 -42.2 -66.7 5 24.5 -43.0 271 43 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 17 200 12243 -52.9 -71.1 9 18.2 -53.2 266 53 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14057 -61.6 -81.0 6 19.4 -61.7 267 61 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.9 -87.6 7 16.7 -70.9 265 41 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.12 m Freezing level: 618.88 mb = 4132.38 m = 13557.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.13 mb = 2842.46 m = 9325.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.04 mb = 276.56 m = 907.33 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 23.95 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2150.17 m = 7054.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.05 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 17.97 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.37 mb = 1488.36 m = 4883.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.37 mb = 2817.10 m = 9242.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.37 mb = 9121.41 m = 29925.54 ft B at Equ Level: 433.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.37 mb = 11397.36 m = 37392.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.3 neg: -9.8 tot: 248.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 5.46 Bulk Shear: 80.41 m/s