MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-96.97 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 989 168 25.3 22.0 82 3.2 23.0 247 9 299.4 302.5 296.5 349.5 17.12 2 950 517 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 241 16 300.0 302.8 295.8 346.2 15.78 3 900 986 18.9 17.6 92 1.3 18.0 240 18 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.8 14.21 4 850 1476 15.8 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 240 20 302.7 305.0 294.4 340.3 12.71 5 800 1989 12.8 12.0 95 0.8 12.3 238 22 304.8 306.8 293.8 337.9 11.08 6 750 2529 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 230 26 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.2 8.93 7 700 3100 7.0 2.2 71 4.8 4.4 231 33 310.3 311.5 291.7 330.1 6.42 8 650 3706 3.6 -5.4 52 9.0 -0.7 237 43 313.1 313.8 290.5 325.5 3.93 9 600 4348 -2.7 -7.5 69 4.8 -4.8 240 48 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.6 3.63 10 550 5032 -7.3 -11.5 72 4.2 -8.9 239 50 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.9 2.89 11 500 5770 -11.1 -14.5 76 3.3 -12.3 239 53 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.7 2.49 12 450 6571 -15.4 -23.2 51 7.8 -17.6 245 53 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.4 1.31 13 400 7451 -20.6 -32.6 33 12.1 -22.9 247 58 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.62 14 350 8426 -26.8 -55.1 5 28.3 -29.2 259 56 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.06 15 300 9519 -34.3 -62.4 4 28.2 -35.8 271 51 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 16 250 10770 -42.1 -67.3 5 25.1 -43.0 255 74 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12254 -50.4 -74.2 4 23.8 -50.9 266 74 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14075 -62.8 -81.3 7 18.4 -63.0 269 51 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16499 -71.4 -87.2 8 15.7 -71.5 260 37 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.41 m Freezing level: 621.25 mb = 4075.42 m = 13370.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.78 mb = 3621.42 m = 11881.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.36 mb = 577.87 m = 1895.89 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 24.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 993.49 m = 3259.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.91 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1470.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.53 mb = 894.64 m = 2935.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.53 mb = 1134.54 m = 3722.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.53 mb = 10917.05 m = 35816.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1468.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.53 mb = 15187.19 m = 49826.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 24.31 Bulk Shear: 60.48 m/s