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: 31.49,-95.50 Latitude: 31.49 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 124 24.9 23.2 91 1.7 23.7 129 2 298.4 301.8 297.0 351.7 18.29 2 950 533 23.8 21.4 86 2.4 22.1 208 16 301.3 304.4 297.0 351.7 17.10 3 900 1005 21.3 18.4 84 2.9 19.3 227 21 303.5 306.2 296.2 348.0 15.00 4 850 1499 18.0 15.2 84 2.8 16.1 247 23 305.0 307.4 295.1 343.5 12.90 5 800 2016 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 255 24 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.9 10.96 6 750 2557 10.5 6.7 77 3.8 8.2 261 27 307.9 309.5 292.5 333.0 8.22 7 700 3129 7.2 3.1 75 4.1 4.9 269 33 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.7 6.85 8 650 3735 3.5 -1.4 70 4.9 1.0 269 36 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.6 5.31 9 600 4380 -0.3 -9.8 49 9.5 -4.3 269 34 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.7 3.03 10 550 5071 -4.5 -17.0 37 12.5 -8.9 269 31 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.9 1.83 11 500 5814 -9.6 -25.0 27 15.4 -13.8 272 37 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.8 1.01 12 450 6617 -14.4 -31.4 22 17.0 -18.1 267 49 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.62 13 400 7501 -19.9 -47.4 7 27.5 -23.4 265 56 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.13 14 350 8475 -27.5 -55.8 5 28.3 -29.7 281 50 331.7 331.7 292.2 332.0 0.06 15 300 9563 -35.9 -59.3 7 23.4 -37.1 275 46 334.8 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.04 16 250 10809 -42.9 -66.3 6 23.4 -43.6 265 64 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 12286 -51.6 -72.6 6 21.0 -52.0 268 71 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14098 -63.9 -79.8 10 15.9 -64.0 259 55 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16517 -71.8 -87.1 8 15.3 -71.9 270 29 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.55 m Freezing level: 603.49 mb = 4335.13 m = 14222.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.92 mb = 3848.53 m = 12626.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.87 mb = 332.49 m = 1090.84 ft T: 24.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 26.86 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.68 mb = 1241.77 m = 4074.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.50 C Showalter Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2154.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.58 mb = 883.88 m = 2899.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.58 mb = 1523.27 m = 4997.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.58 mb = 12362.44 m = 40558.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2142.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 247.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 27.39 Bulk Shear: 78.69 m/s