MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F028.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F028.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: 28 hour RUC valid 7Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.55,-94.45 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 104 22.3 21.5 96 0.7 21.8 236 3 295.4 298.3 294.9 342.4 16.39 1 1000 107 22.6 22.2 97 0.4 22.3 235 4 295.8 298.9 295.5 345.0 17.11 2 950 554 22.2 19.4 84 2.7 20.2 255 20 299.7 302.4 295.3 343.9 15.12 3 900 1024 21.5 9.2 45 12.3 13.9 298 21 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.13 4 850 1517 18.9 -0.0 28 18.9 8.9 316 22 305.9 306.8 288.6 319.7 4.49 5 800 2033 14.2 -0.9 35 15.1 6.3 323 26 306.2 307.1 288.8 320.0 4.47 6 750 2571 9.1 -2.3 45 11.4 3.5 327 29 306.5 307.3 288.7 319.8 4.32 7 700 3137 4.4 -7.3 42 11.8 -0.7 324 28 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.3 3.15 8 650 3738 2.1 -19.3 19 21.4 -5.1 310 29 311.3 311.6 287.3 315.6 1.27 9 600 4380 -0.5 -29.4 9 28.9 -8.1 316 32 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.5 0.56 10 550 5070 -4.5 -40.1 4 35.6 -11.6 331 39 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.21 11 500 5812 -9.2 -46.5 3 37.4 -15.2 323 45 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.3 0.12 12 450 6616 -15.2 -52.9 2 37.8 -19.7 307 45 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.06 13 400 7492 -22.8 -53.8 4 31.1 -25.7 313 61 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.06 14 350 8456 -29.0 -56.8 5 27.8 -31.0 308 65 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.05 15 300 9546 -35.0 -61.6 5 26.5 -36.4 282 37 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 16 250 10789 -45.3 -64.0 10 18.7 -45.9 256 52 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 17 200 12253 -52.1 -71.7 8 19.6 -52.4 269 66 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.3 -83.0 5 20.7 -62.5 264 61 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16508 -71.9 -87.0 9 15.1 -71.9 255 28 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.51 m Freezing level: 609.95 mb = 4252.32 m = 13951.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.79 mb = 3034.94 m = 9957.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.36 mb = 191.22 m = 627.36 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 25.27 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.53 mb = 1869.07 m = 6132.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: 7.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.04 C Cross Totals Index: 9.13 C K Index: 16.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 90.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 869.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.85 mb = 1083.48 m = 3554.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.85 mb = 2364.14 m = 7756.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.85 mb = 10819.60 m = 35496.95 ft B at Equ Level: 868.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.85 mb = 13708.83 m = 44975.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.4 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 347.4 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.4 neg: -5.9 tot: 206.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 9.22 Bulk Shear: 94.33 m/s