MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.49,-95.08 Latitude: 31.49 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 96 22.1 21.4 95 0.8 21.6 201 3 295.2 298.1 294.7 341.7 16.22 1 1000 104 22.8 22.2 96 0.6 22.4 205 3 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.2 17.09 2 950 552 23.1 18.5 75 4.6 19.9 255 15 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.3 14.21 3 900 1023 22.8 4.1 29 18.7 12.1 296 18 305.0 306.0 289.5 322.3 5.69 4 850 1517 19.1 0.8 29 18.3 9.2 311 22 306.1 307.0 289.0 320.7 4.76 5 800 2033 14.5 -3.0 30 17.5 5.8 321 26 306.6 307.3 288.2 318.4 3.82 6 750 2572 9.6 -6.8 31 16.4 2.1 326 29 307.0 307.6 287.6 316.6 3.06 7 700 3139 5.2 -11.7 28 16.9 -1.6 321 27 308.3 308.7 287.2 315.4 2.22 8 650 3741 2.6 -21.0 16 23.5 -5.1 310 30 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.6 1.10 9 600 4384 -0.5 -28.0 10 27.5 -8.0 315 33 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.7 0.63 10 550 5073 -4.5 -39.6 5 35.1 -11.6 334 40 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.22 11 500 5816 -9.1 -46.5 3 37.3 -15.1 330 48 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.12 12 450 6620 -14.7 -53.6 2 39.0 -19.4 312 47 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.06 13 400 7498 -22.4 -52.7 5 30.3 -25.4 313 64 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.07 14 350 8463 -29.0 -55.3 6 26.3 -31.0 308 65 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 15 300 9552 -34.9 -63.1 4 28.2 -36.3 282 37 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.03 16 250 10797 -44.7 -64.3 9 19.7 -45.3 257 48 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 17 200 12265 -51.7 -72.3 7 20.6 -52.0 268 66 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14082 -62.7 -82.7 5 20.0 -62.9 266 60 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16520 -71.4 -87.1 8 15.7 -71.5 254 25 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.00 m Freezing level: 608.61 mb = 4272.76 m = 14018.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.16 mb = 2894.29 m = 9495.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.09 mb = 190.59 m = 625.29 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 29.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2073.72 m = 6803.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 9.90 C K Index: 12.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 526.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.34 mb = 1332.53 m = 4371.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.34 mb = 2534.91 m = 8316.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.34 mb = 9473.29 m = 31079.99 ft B at Equ Level: 526.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.34 mb = 12814.55 m = 42041.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.7 neg: -7.7 tot: 193.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 5.25 Bulk Shear: 100.42 m/s