MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-97.15 Latitude: 32.76 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 989 184 25.7 22.3 81 3.4 23.2 230 10 299.8 302.9 296.8 350.6 17.36 2 950 535 21.7 20.2 91 1.5 20.7 232 18 299.3 302.2 295.7 345.7 15.92 3 900 1003 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 233 24 300.7 303.4 295.3 344.3 14.88 4 850 1493 16.3 14.8 91 1.5 15.3 238 28 303.2 305.5 294.4 340.3 12.53 5 800 2007 13.3 10.2 81 3.1 11.3 244 25 305.3 307.2 293.0 334.8 9.80 6 750 2548 10.5 6.8 78 3.7 8.3 238 19 307.9 309.5 292.6 333.2 8.29 7 700 3121 8.4 3.2 70 5.2 5.5 223 20 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.3 6.92 8 650 3729 3.9 1.1 82 2.8 2.4 218 27 313.4 314.6 292.6 333.4 6.39 9 600 4374 -1.0 -4.3 78 3.3 -2.6 217 34 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.7 4.64 10 550 5062 -5.8 -13.3 56 7.5 -8.7 220 39 317.2 317.7 290.4 325.4 2.49 11 500 5803 -9.6 -22.9 33 13.3 -13.4 227 42 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.6 1.21 12 450 6610 -14.2 -20.2 60 6.0 -16.0 230 43 325.4 325.8 292.1 331.4 1.71 13 400 7493 -19.5 -35.4 23 15.9 -22.4 239 60 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.3 0.47 14 350 8470 -26.6 -44.4 17 17.8 -28.7 247 67 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.21 15 300 9561 -35.7 -49.4 23 13.6 -36.8 248 74 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10801 -44.8 -59.7 17 15.0 -45.3 249 77 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 17 200 12274 -50.8 -73.6 5 22.8 -51.2 258 77 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14093 -63.2 -81.2 7 17.9 -63.3 262 67 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.6 -86.9 9 15.2 -71.7 252 32 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.85 m Freezing level: 610.24 mb = 4242.08 m = 13917.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.27 mb = 4028.74 m = 13217.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.45 mb = 612.95 m = 2010.96 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 866.59 m = 2843.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1472.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.24 mb = 819.55 m = 2688.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.24 mb = 961.94 m = 3155.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.24 mb = 11519.32 m = 37792.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1467.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.24 mb = 15719.97 m = 51574.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -9.3 tot: 37.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 65.19 Bulk Shear: 22.59 m/s