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: 32.50,-95.53 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -95.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 996 145 20.3 19.4 94 0.9 19.6 276 4 293.8 296.3 293.0 334.7 14.34 2 950 555 21.5 18.9 85 2.6 19.6 292 25 299.0 301.6 294.7 341.5 14.59 3 900 1024 20.0 13.1 65 6.9 15.5 308 32 302.1 304.1 292.7 333.5 10.60 4 850 1515 17.1 8.6 57 8.5 11.9 304 25 304.1 305.6 291.4 328.8 8.25 5 800 2028 12.9 2.9 50 10.0 7.4 322 19 304.9 306.0 289.6 322.8 5.88 6 750 2566 9.2 -7.8 29 17.0 1.7 308 18 306.6 307.1 287.3 315.5 2.84 7 700 3133 5.3 -14.8 22 20.1 -2.2 301 28 308.3 308.7 286.7 313.9 1.73 8 650 3733 2.0 -23.8 13 25.9 -5.7 311 32 311.3 311.4 286.8 314.2 0.86 9 600 4374 -1.8 -32.6 7 30.8 -9.2 328 31 314.0 314.1 287.2 315.4 0.41 10 550 5059 -6.1 -38.4 6 32.3 -12.5 337 44 316.8 316.9 288.0 317.8 0.25 11 500 5798 -10.4 -41.9 6 31.6 -15.8 327 55 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.1 0.19 12 450 6599 -16.1 -50.1 4 34.1 -20.3 314 50 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.09 13 400 7473 -23.3 -53.8 4 30.4 -26.2 311 63 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.06 14 350 8432 -31.2 -56.1 7 24.9 -32.9 307 74 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.05 15 300 9514 -35.0 -60.6 6 25.6 -36.4 299 65 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.2 0.04 16 250 10768 -42.2 -65.2 6 23.1 -43.0 265 44 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12237 -53.7 -70.4 11 16.7 -54.0 262 52 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14049 -61.2 -81.2 5 20.0 -61.4 267 63 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16500 -69.5 -87.6 5 18.1 -69.5 267 38 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.94 m Freezing level: 623.72 mb = 4069.99 m = 13352.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.27 mb = 2807.37 m = 9210.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.61 mb = 261.69 m = 858.56 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 27.55 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1729.51 m = 5674.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 15.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 759.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.77 mb = 1035.61 m = 3397.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.77 mb = 2414.36 m = 7921.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.77 mb = 9426.18 m = 30925.41 ft B at Equ Level: 759.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.77 mb = 13122.32 m = 43051.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.0 neg: -50.2 tot: 166.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 16.64 Bulk Shear: 45.63 m/s