MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.47,-99.7 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 528 SFC 949 537 22.1 17.5 75 4.5 18.9 196 6 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.9 13.40 3 900 997 20.6 8.6 46 12.0 13.3 254 10 302.7 304.2 290.6 326.0 7.78 4 850 1488 17.4 6.3 48 11.1 10.9 267 20 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.6 7.04 5 800 2002 14.3 4.0 50 10.4 8.5 262 31 306.4 307.6 290.5 325.8 6.37 6 750 2544 10.8 4.5 65 6.3 7.2 246 34 308.3 309.6 291.7 329.9 7.07 7 700 3116 6.9 4.7 86 2.2 5.6 224 36 310.1 311.6 292.7 333.8 7.68 8 650 3721 2.6 0.6 86 2.0 1.5 219 43 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.0 6.14 9 600 4363 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -2.9 228 48 313.1 314.1 291.4 329.0 5.02 10 550 5047 -7.6 -7.7 99 0.1 -7.7 242 54 315.1 315.8 291.0 327.6 3.89 11 500 5781 -13.4 -14.8 90 1.4 -13.9 253 62 316.7 317.1 290.2 324.6 2.43 12 450 6574 -17.8 -31.5 29 13.7 -20.5 253 68 320.9 321.0 289.7 323.1 0.61 13 400 7450 -20.4 -54.1 3 33.6 -23.9 244 73 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.06 14 350 8427 -25.9 -60.1 3 34.1 -28.6 253 58 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.03 15 300 9524 -33.4 -63.6 3 30.2 -35.0 266 56 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 16 250 10777 -43.1 -67.1 5 24.0 -43.9 253 69 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 17 200 12250 -52.3 -72.3 7 20.0 -52.7 262 83 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14059 -62.9 -81.7 6 18.9 -63.0 271 74 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16511 -71.0 -87.7 7 16.7 -71.1 258 30 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.04 m Freezing level: 624.97 mb = 4042.37 m = 13262.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.11 mb = 3932.25 m = 12900.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.69 mb = 1115.07 m = 3658.33 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.26 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.73 mb = 3130.72 m = 10271.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 289.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.70 mb = 2228.79 m = 7312.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.70 mb = 4715.42 m = 15470.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.70 mb = 6848.71 m = 22469.25 ft B at Equ Level: 86.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.70 mb = 7754.22 m = 25440.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -43.7 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 140.22 m/s