MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F007.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 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-94.66 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 996 106 29.0 21.3 63 7.7 23.5 212 15 302.6 305.5 296.8 350.6 16.24 2 950 518 23.8 19.1 75 4.7 20.5 214 23 301.3 304.0 295.5 344.9 14.81 3 900 989 20.0 17.5 86 2.5 18.2 213 25 302.1 304.7 295.2 343.7 14.11 4 850 1480 16.2 15.4 95 0.9 15.7 213 26 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.8 13.03 5 800 1994 13.4 11.9 91 1.5 12.5 215 29 305.5 307.5 294.0 338.6 11.03 6 750 2536 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.0 219 29 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.6 8.11 7 700 3107 7.6 0.0 59 7.5 3.6 221 29 310.9 311.9 291.1 327.9 5.49 8 650 3716 5.3 -9.4 34 14.8 -1.2 226 32 315.0 315.6 290.1 324.3 2.88 9 600 4363 0.1 -6.7 60 6.8 -3.0 227 37 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.7 3.87 10 550 5054 -5.3 -8.5 78 3.2 -6.7 228 40 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.7 3.67 11 500 5795 -9.8 -13.2 76 3.4 -11.1 229 41 321.1 321.7 291.8 330.3 2.76 12 450 6601 -13.9 -22.5 48 8.6 -16.4 232 46 325.8 326.0 291.9 330.6 1.39 13 400 7487 -19.3 -47.2 7 27.9 -22.9 237 58 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 14 350 8463 -27.0 -48.1 12 21.1 -29.2 244 64 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.14 15 300 9552 -36.0 -48.4 27 12.4 -37.0 246 69 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.3 0.16 16 250 10793 -44.0 -61.1 13 17.1 -44.7 252 75 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12269 -50.9 -73.5 5 22.6 -51.3 259 76 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14087 -63.0 -81.4 7 18.3 -63.2 261 60 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16509 -71.7 -86.4 9 14.8 -71.8 256 37 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.01 m Freezing level: 598.77 mb = 4380.51 m = 14371.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.21 mb = 3562.72 m = 11688.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.60 mb = 1078.98 m = 3539.91 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 26.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1267.27 m = 4157.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.15 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1342.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.66 mb = 1155.90 m = 3792.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.66 mb = 1402.70 m = 4601.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.66 mb = 11412.37 m = 37441.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.66 mb = 15050.46 m = 49377.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 62.46 Bulk Shear: 21.49 m/s