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: 32.52,-99.64 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -99.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 529 SFC 949 539 22.2 17.7 75 4.6 19.1 209 7 299.8 302.3 294.2 339.4 13.53 3 900 997 20.6 8.3 45 12.4 13.1 256 12 302.8 304.2 290.5 325.6 7.64 4 850 1488 17.3 6.1 48 11.1 10.7 267 20 304.2 305.5 290.3 325.3 6.98 5 800 2002 13.9 4.9 55 9.0 8.7 262 31 305.9 307.2 290.7 326.6 6.80 6 750 2543 10.4 5.1 70 5.3 7.3 246 34 307.9 309.3 291.8 330.4 7.37 7 700 3115 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.8 222 36 310.0 311.5 292.8 334.1 7.82 8 650 3720 2.6 0.7 87 2.0 1.5 217 43 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.2 6.18 9 600 4362 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -3.0 226 48 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.9 4.99 10 550 5046 -7.6 -7.7 99 0.1 -7.7 240 54 315.1 315.8 291.0 327.5 3.89 11 500 5780 -13.4 -14.7 90 1.2 -13.9 252 61 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.8 2.45 12 450 6574 -17.9 -31.0 31 13.2 -20.5 252 67 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.0 0.64 13 400 7448 -20.6 -54.4 3 33.8 -24.1 243 73 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.06 14 350 8425 -26.0 -60.1 3 34.1 -28.6 251 58 333.7 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.03 15 300 9522 -33.4 -63.6 3 30.2 -35.1 265 56 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 16 250 10775 -43.2 -67.1 5 23.9 -43.9 252 69 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12248 -52.3 -72.4 7 20.1 -52.6 262 83 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14057 -62.8 -81.9 6 19.1 -63.0 271 75 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16510 -70.9 -87.7 7 16.8 -71.0 258 29 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.04 m Freezing level: 624.81 mb = 4043.48 m = 13265.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.90 mb = 3933.88 m = 12906.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.56 mb = 1116.85 m = 3664.15 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.63 mb = 3130.86 m = 10271.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 274.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.16 mb = 2245.02 m = 7365.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.16 mb = 4735.45 m = 15536.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.16 mb = 6704.04 m = 21994.60 ft B at Equ Level: 84.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.16 mb = 7781.98 m = 25531.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 5.3 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -41.2 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 129.73 m/s