MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.89,-97.15 Latitude: 32.89 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 187 26.7 21.8 75 4.9 23.2 224 11 300.8 303.9 296.7 350.5 16.89 2 950 534 22.1 19.9 88 2.1 20.6 225 18 299.6 302.4 295.6 345.2 15.60 3 900 1002 18.9 17.6 93 1.2 18.0 229 23 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.8 14.24 4 850 1492 16.5 13.3 81 3.2 14.4 242 27 303.4 305.5 293.6 337.3 11.38 5 800 2006 13.3 9.0 75 4.3 10.7 254 25 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.7 9.07 6 750 2547 9.9 7.1 83 2.8 8.2 246 18 307.3 308.9 292.5 333.0 8.48 7 700 3118 7.3 3.6 78 3.6 5.2 222 17 310.5 311.9 292.4 332.5 7.12 8 650 3724 3.3 0.2 80 3.1 1.7 216 24 312.7 313.9 292.1 331.5 5.99 9 600 4369 -1.5 -3.8 84 2.3 -2.6 216 33 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.6 4.80 10 550 5055 -6.4 -11.3 68 4.9 -8.4 217 40 316.5 317.0 290.6 326.0 2.93 11 500 5794 -10.5 -22.2 38 11.6 -13.9 221 45 320.2 320.4 290.2 324.6 1.29 12 450 6597 -14.7 -25.9 38 11.2 -17.6 227 49 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.4 1.03 13 400 7480 -19.8 -39.5 16 19.7 -22.9 234 61 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.5 0.31 14 350 8456 -26.8 -45.3 16 18.5 -28.9 244 72 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 15 300 9547 -35.9 -49.7 23 13.8 -36.9 244 78 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 16 250 10788 -44.2 -61.5 13 17.4 -44.8 248 80 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 17 200 12264 -50.7 -73.6 5 22.8 -51.2 254 82 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14084 -62.9 -81.6 6 18.7 -63.0 261 69 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.00 19 100 16510 -71.6 -86.8 9 15.2 -71.7 256 33 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.29 m Freezing level: 615.50 mb = 4168.95 m = 13677.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.59 mb = 3968.41 m = 13019.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.28 mb = 799.73 m = 2623.74 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 17.80 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1039.36 m = 3409.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1426.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.61 mb = 938.65 m = 3079.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.61 mb = 1476.09 m = 4842.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.61 mb = 11292.95 m = 37049.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1424.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.61 mb = 15339.06 m = 50324.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 54.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 69.23 Bulk Shear: 20.61 m/s