MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.22,-94.45 Latitude: 32.22 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 82 SFC 998 96 24.4 22.9 91 1.5 23.3 182 5 297.7 300.9 296.5 349.4 17.83 2 950 532 21.7 21.2 97 0.5 21.4 216 16 299.2 302.3 296.3 348.7 16.95 3 900 1001 19.6 18.7 95 0.9 18.9 221 19 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.6 15.25 4 850 1492 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 234 23 303.6 306.0 294.8 341.9 12.88 5 800 2008 13.5 11.4 87 2.0 12.2 241 26 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.6 10.68 6 750 2549 10.7 5.8 72 4.9 7.8 239 29 308.2 309.6 292.2 331.7 7.71 7 700 3122 8.3 -1.6 50 9.8 3.2 247 32 311.6 312.5 290.8 326.9 4.87 8 650 3729 3.7 -3.9 57 7.6 -0.0 258 37 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.1 4.40 9 600 4372 -2.2 -5.3 79 3.1 -3.6 254 40 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.3 4.30 10 550 5058 -6.2 -9.0 80 2.9 -7.4 250 41 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.1 3.51 11 500 5799 -9.9 -13.0 78 3.1 -11.1 253 43 321.0 321.5 291.8 330.3 2.80 12 450 6604 -14.6 -18.8 70 4.2 -16.0 257 48 324.8 325.2 292.1 331.4 1.92 13 400 7486 -20.4 -24.3 71 3.8 -21.4 259 51 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.2 1.34 14 350 8460 -27.3 -33.2 57 5.9 -28.3 261 45 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.4 0.67 15 300 9550 -36.0 -42.3 52 6.3 -36.6 259 47 334.7 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.31 16 250 10793 -43.2 -65.4 7 22.2 -43.9 260 69 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12271 -51.1 -73.4 5 22.3 -51.5 264 72 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14088 -63.8 -80.5 9 16.7 -63.8 253 56 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16516 -71.4 -87.1 8 15.7 -71.5 261 30 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.61 m Freezing level: 618.42 mb = 4135.47 m = 13567.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.60 mb = 3721.79 m = 12210.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.94 mb = 286.92 m = 941.32 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 22.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 789.10 m = 2588.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1895.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.60 mb = 655.25 m = 2149.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.60 mb = 1178.82 m = 3867.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.60 mb = 11897.94 m = 39034.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1879.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 166.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 26.62 Bulk Shear: 71.20 m/s