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: 32.99,-96.76 Latitude: 32.99 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 988 189 24.1 22.1 89 2.0 22.6 205 8 298.2 301.3 296.2 348.1 17.16 2 950 535 21.0 20.2 95 0.8 20.5 218 18 298.5 301.4 295.4 344.7 15.87 3 900 1002 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 224 24 300.7 303.4 295.0 342.9 14.36 4 850 1493 16.5 13.4 82 3.2 14.4 231 26 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.4 11.41 5 800 2007 13.1 9.3 78 3.8 10.7 244 24 305.1 306.8 292.5 332.8 9.24 6 750 2547 10.0 6.2 77 3.8 7.8 241 19 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.6 7.94 7 700 3118 7.6 1.8 67 5.8 4.4 222 17 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.3 6.24 8 650 3725 3.9 -2.0 65 5.9 0.8 215 23 313.3 314.3 291.5 329.3 5.07 9 600 4370 -1.1 -5.4 72 4.3 -3.1 214 32 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.5 4.27 10 550 5058 -6.3 -10.8 70 4.5 -8.1 217 40 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.6 3.05 11 500 5796 -10.3 -21.0 41 10.7 -13.6 220 43 320.4 320.7 290.4 325.3 1.43 12 450 6601 -14.5 -26.1 37 11.5 -17.5 226 46 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.5 1.01 13 400 7483 -19.9 -41.7 12 21.8 -23.1 234 59 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.25 14 350 8459 -26.8 -47.7 12 20.9 -29.0 242 69 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 15 300 9549 -36.0 -48.9 25 12.9 -37.0 244 75 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.15 16 250 10787 -45.0 -59.3 19 14.3 -45.6 246 80 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12260 -51.0 -72.9 6 21.9 -51.4 253 83 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14080 -62.8 -81.4 6 18.6 -62.9 259 71 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16509 -71.4 -86.9 8 15.5 -71.5 254 33 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.53 m Freezing level: 610.79 mb = 4231.08 m = 13881.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.30 mb = 3858.94 m = 12660.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.54 mb = 438.32 m = 1438.06 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 901.45 m = 2957.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1349.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.09 mb = 783.19 m = 2569.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.09 mb = 1612.18 m = 5289.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.09 mb = 11392.73 m = 37377.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1344.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.09 mb = 15025.65 m = 49296.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -6.3 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 59.80 Bulk Shear: 22.57 m/s