MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.39,-94.09 Latitude: 30.39 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 30 27.1 24.8 87 2.3 25.4 180 7 299.8 303.4 298.4 358.3 19.96 1 1000 84 26.6 24.0 86 2.6 24.7 190 10 299.8 303.3 297.9 355.9 19.15 2 950 536 23.0 22.0 94 1.1 22.3 202 20 300.6 303.8 297.2 352.7 17.74 3 900 1006 19.8 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 209 22 301.9 304.8 296.3 348.6 15.84 4 850 1498 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 214 24 303.7 306.2 295.3 344.1 13.59 5 800 2013 14.0 11.9 87 2.1 12.7 217 22 306.1 308.2 294.1 339.3 11.02 6 750 2556 10.6 7.9 83 2.7 9.0 224 18 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.3 8.95 7 700 3128 7.9 4.5 79 3.4 5.9 214 16 311.2 312.7 293.0 334.6 7.58 8 650 3738 5.7 -5.1 45 10.9 0.4 217 18 315.4 316.2 291.2 328.3 4.01 9 600 4389 1.9 -16.3 24 18.3 -4.9 226 21 318.3 318.7 290.0 324.3 1.78 10 550 5084 -2.9 -17.2 32 14.3 -8.1 237 24 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.7 1.80 11 500 5831 -7.2 -16.4 48 9.2 -10.6 248 28 324.2 324.6 292.1 331.4 2.12 12 450 6645 -11.3 -24.3 33 13.0 -15.0 258 36 329.0 329.3 292.6 333.3 1.19 13 400 7537 -17.8 -38.0 15 20.1 -21.4 251 39 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.36 14 350 8518 -25.9 -39.6 26 13.7 -27.9 252 42 333.8 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.35 15 300 9614 -34.8 -42.3 46 7.5 -35.6 254 44 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.5 0.31 16 250 10859 -43.8 -54.9 28 11.1 -44.3 260 49 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.09 17 200 12334 -52.0 -71.3 8 19.3 -52.4 271 50 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14135 -65.5 -78.6 15 13.1 -65.6 260 41 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16536 -73.7 -86.4 13 12.7 -73.7 271 22 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.17 m Freezing level: 580.19 mb = 4664.12 m = 15302.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.97 mb = 3788.87 m = 12430.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.98 mb = 324.93 m = 1066.05 ft T: 24.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 34.00 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 730.94 m = 2398.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.49 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.49 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2147.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.52 mb = 659.91 m = 2165.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.52 mb = 800.45 m = 2626.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.52 mb = 12941.17 m = 42457.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2145.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -11.3 tot: 65.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 151.14 Bulk Shear: 14.21 m/s