MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.54,-94.27 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 998 97 24.5 23.1 92 1.3 23.5 180 6 297.8 301.1 296.7 350.6 18.16 2 950 528 22.3 20.8 91 1.5 21.3 197 19 299.8 302.8 296.2 348.2 16.52 3 900 998 20.2 17.7 85 2.5 18.5 210 23 302.3 304.9 295.4 344.5 14.28 4 850 1491 17.6 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 223 25 304.6 306.8 294.6 341.2 12.27 5 800 2007 14.3 11.2 82 3.1 12.3 227 26 306.4 308.4 293.9 338.1 10.52 6 750 2550 10.7 8.3 85 2.4 9.2 233 25 308.2 310.0 293.4 336.2 9.21 7 700 3123 7.8 5.8 87 2.0 6.6 237 26 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.8 8.32 8 650 3733 5.4 -2.1 58 7.5 1.5 243 32 315.1 316.1 292.0 331.1 5.05 9 600 4382 1.1 -10.8 41 11.9 -4.0 250 37 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.5 2.79 10 550 5074 -4.6 -16.9 38 12.3 -8.9 250 39 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.9 1.85 11 500 5816 -9.4 -27.5 21 18.1 -14.0 249 41 321.6 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.80 12 450 6621 -13.8 -36.2 13 22.5 -18.1 248 48 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.3 0.38 13 400 7506 -19.7 -44.5 9 24.8 -23.1 247 56 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 14 350 8482 -26.9 -49.2 10 22.3 -29.2 249 63 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 15 300 9574 -35.2 -52.7 15 17.6 -36.4 252 71 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 16 250 10821 -42.8 -64.4 8 21.6 -43.6 261 71 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12299 -51.8 -71.9 7 20.1 -52.2 266 67 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14106 -64.1 -79.6 10 15.5 -64.2 261 52 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16524 -71.8 -86.5 9 14.7 -71.9 254 27 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.16 m Freezing level: 590.34 mb = 4515.85 m = 14815.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.99 mb = 3909.38 m = 12825.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.98 mb = 264.81 m = 868.79 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1130.23 m = 3708.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1488.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.97 mb = 769.80 m = 2525.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.97 mb = 1704.18 m = 5591.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.97 mb = 11698.54 m = 38380.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1483.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.97 mb = 16011.26 m = 52529.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 23.04 Bulk Shear: 64.61 m/s