MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-95.17 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 975 297 22.4 18.6 79 3.8 19.8 193 12 297.7 300.2 293.9 338.1 13.97 2 950 527 20.2 17.8 86 2.4 18.6 199 25 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.3 13.66 3 900 995 19.9 16.1 79 3.8 17.3 216 36 302.0 304.4 294.3 340.0 12.87 4 850 1486 17.6 11.5 67 6.2 13.7 229 31 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.6 10.05 5 800 2002 14.0 8.1 68 5.9 10.4 235 26 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.8 8.51 6 750 2544 10.4 5.9 73 4.5 7.8 224 17 307.9 309.4 292.2 331.6 7.78 7 700 3115 7.7 -1.4 52 9.2 3.0 210 18 311.0 312.0 290.7 326.4 4.92 8 650 3722 3.9 -5.3 51 9.2 -0.4 202 22 313.4 314.1 290.6 326.0 3.98 9 600 4366 -1.5 -6.7 67 5.2 -3.8 207 23 314.4 315.1 290.7 326.7 3.85 10 550 5052 -7.1 -8.7 88 1.6 -7.8 216 27 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.3 3.60 11 500 5787 -13.1 -14.3 91 1.1 -13.5 218 34 317.0 317.5 290.4 325.4 2.54 12 450 6581 -17.9 -26.2 48 8.4 -19.8 221 38 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.3 1.00 13 400 7455 -21.5 -45.1 10 23.6 -24.5 224 53 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 14 350 8424 -28.8 -48.8 13 20.0 -30.7 232 65 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 15 300 9507 -37.2 -51.2 22 14.0 -38.1 237 73 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 16 250 10738 -47.3 -55.0 41 7.7 -47.6 242 84 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12203 -50.7 -74.5 4 23.8 -51.1 250 94 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14031 -61.1 -81.7 5 20.7 -61.2 250 74 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16487 -70.7 -87.5 7 16.7 -70.8 261 34 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.43 m Freezing level: 613.80 mb = 4188.03 m = 13740.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.49 mb = 3640.41 m = 11943.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.67 mb = 779.61 m = 2557.73 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.96 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1900.79 m = 6236.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 887.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.08 mb = 1197.02 m = 3927.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.08 mb = 3546.41 m = 11635.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.08 mb = 11170.36 m = 36647.70 ft B at Equ Level: 864.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.08 mb = 13460.67 m = 44161.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.4 neg: -16.5 tot: 137.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 149.15 Bulk Shear: 5.95 m/s