MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 15Z 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 91 SFC 986 210 24.6 21.6 83 3.0 22.5 220 12 298.9 302.0 296.1 347.7 16.72 2 950 539 21.0 20.0 94 1.1 20.3 221 20 298.5 301.4 295.3 344.1 15.65 3 900 1007 19.3 17.3 88 2.0 17.9 224 27 301.4 304.0 294.9 342.4 13.91 4 850 1498 16.9 12.3 74 4.6 13.9 238 27 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.5 10.63 5 800 2013 13.7 8.7 72 5.0 10.6 252 23 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.5 8.86 6 750 2554 10.4 7.4 82 3.0 8.6 243 16 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.67 7 700 3126 7.4 4.2 80 3.2 5.6 220 16 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.5 7.41 8 650 3733 3.3 0.1 80 3.2 1.6 215 23 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.3 5.95 9 600 4377 -1.5 -4.0 83 2.5 -2.7 214 31 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.5 4.75 10 550 5064 -6.3 -10.3 74 3.9 -7.9 217 38 316.6 317.2 290.8 326.9 3.18 11 500 5802 -10.8 -19.0 51 8.2 -13.3 220 41 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.7 1.70 12 450 6605 -14.4 -32.6 20 18.2 -18.2 229 49 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.55 13 400 7488 -19.9 -47.2 7 27.3 -23.4 235 61 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 14 350 8463 -27.0 -50.0 9 23.0 -29.2 241 70 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 15 300 9553 -35.9 -50.4 21 14.5 -37.0 244 76 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.13 16 250 10791 -45.5 -57.7 24 12.3 -46.0 245 80 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12263 -51.0 -72.6 6 21.6 -51.4 251 83 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14084 -62.3 -81.5 6 19.2 -62.5 256 69 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16518 -71.2 -86.9 8 15.6 -71.3 257 32 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.90 m Freezing level: 615.45 mb = 4177.61 m = 13705.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 3967.78 m = 13017.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.54 mb = 589.11 m = 1932.76 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1250.93 m = 4104.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1278.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.30 mb = 899.06 m = 2949.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.30 mb = 1945.95 m = 6384.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.30 mb = 11448.25 m = 37559.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1267.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.30 mb = 14658.90 m = 48092.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 105.83 Bulk Shear: 12.08 m/s