MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.01,-97.27 Latitude: 33.01 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 986 210 23.4 20.6 85 2.7 21.5 210 9 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.72 2 950 533 20.8 19.8 94 1.0 20.1 215 23 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.1 15.44 3 900 1002 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.1 218 28 302.0 304.5 295.0 342.8 13.86 4 850 1493 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 231 25 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.6 10.20 5 800 2008 14.3 8.3 67 6.0 10.6 247 20 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.4 8.62 6 750 2551 11.2 6.8 74 4.4 8.6 246 13 308.8 310.3 292.8 334.1 8.32 7 700 3124 7.7 3.7 76 4.0 5.4 229 13 311.0 312.4 292.6 333.2 7.17 8 650 3731 3.4 -0.3 77 3.7 1.4 218 19 312.8 313.9 291.9 330.9 5.77 9 600 4375 -1.3 -4.1 81 2.8 -2.7 215 26 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.5 4.70 10 550 5063 -6.5 -9.3 80 2.8 -7.7 218 35 316.4 317.0 291.0 327.5 3.44 11 500 5801 -11.2 -17.9 58 6.7 -13.3 222 38 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.88 12 450 6602 -14.6 -31.0 23 16.4 -18.2 227 44 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.64 13 400 7486 -19.5 -45.0 8 25.5 -23.0 234 57 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 14 350 8462 -27.2 -49.9 10 22.7 -29.4 241 64 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.11 15 300 9552 -35.8 -51.8 18 16.0 -37.0 244 71 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 16 250 10789 -46.0 -55.3 34 9.3 -46.4 246 76 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.08 17 200 12256 -51.6 -70.4 9 18.7 -52.0 250 80 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14070 -62.5 -81.6 6 19.2 -62.6 250 67 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.9 -86.8 9 14.8 -72.0 257 33 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.90 m Freezing level: 614.28 mb = 4191.38 m = 13751.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.62 mb = 3949.28 m = 12956.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.87 mb = 552.78 m = 1813.57 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.88 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1465.71 m = 4808.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.10 mb = 924.07 m = 3031.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.10 mb = 2628.05 m = 8622.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.10 mb = 11537.56 m = 37852.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1109.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.10 mb = 14787.30 m = 48514.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 200.93 Bulk Shear: 5.61 m/s