MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F019.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F019.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: 19 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.25,-95.35 Latitude: 31.25 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 997 105 25.0 23.2 90 1.8 23.7 172 7 298.4 301.7 297.0 351.4 18.22 2 950 533 24.5 20.8 80 3.8 21.8 201 20 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.7 16.47 3 900 1006 21.7 17.5 77 4.1 18.8 226 23 303.8 306.4 295.7 345.9 14.14 4 850 1500 18.2 13.8 76 4.4 15.3 247 24 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.5 11.79 5 800 2017 14.4 9.6 73 4.8 11.4 254 24 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.1 9.45 6 750 2559 11.3 3.0 57 8.3 6.6 257 24 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.3 6.34 7 700 3132 8.0 2.3 68 5.6 4.8 269 31 311.3 312.5 292.1 331.4 6.48 8 650 3739 3.3 0.4 81 2.9 1.7 270 36 312.6 313.8 292.2 331.6 6.06 9 600 4384 -0.6 -11.0 45 10.5 -4.9 271 34 315.4 316.0 290.1 324.4 2.74 10 550 5074 -4.1 -26.7 15 22.6 -10.3 271 31 319.3 319.4 289.3 322.0 0.78 11 500 5819 -9.1 -34.1 11 25.0 -14.5 272 36 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.42 12 450 6623 -14.1 -46.4 5 32.3 -18.8 269 47 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.13 13 400 7507 -19.9 -52.6 4 32.7 -23.5 267 54 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.4 0.07 14 350 8481 -27.3 -57.3 4 30.0 -29.6 281 47 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.05 15 300 9570 -35.7 -59.5 7 23.8 -37.0 269 52 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.3 0.04 16 250 10818 -42.4 -65.7 6 23.3 -43.3 266 70 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 17 200 12297 -51.6 -72.8 6 21.2 -52.0 268 68 351.1 351.1 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14105 -64.5 -78.8 12 14.3 -64.6 258 53 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16519 -72.0 -86.7 9 14.7 -72.0 266 28 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.65 m Freezing level: 607.55 mb = 4286.35 m = 14062.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.02 mb = 3901.68 m = 12800.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.60 mb = 335.03 m = 1099.18 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 23.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1395.44 m = 4578.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.80 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1878.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.04 mb = 996.00 m = 3267.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.04 mb = 1743.88 m = 5721.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.04 mb = 12099.33 m = 39695.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1868.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 20.97 Bulk Shear: 89.57 m/s