MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.33,-94.18 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 999 86 27.0 23.9 83 3.1 24.7 194 5 300.3 303.8 297.9 356.1 19.00 2 950 526 23.4 22.0 92 1.4 22.4 206 15 300.9 304.2 297.3 353.2 17.78 3 900 998 20.3 19.9 98 0.3 20.1 214 18 302.4 305.4 296.9 351.2 16.50 4 850 1490 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 221 21 304.1 306.7 295.7 346.0 14.10 5 800 2006 14.2 11.1 82 3.1 12.2 224 23 306.3 308.2 293.7 337.8 10.46 6 750 2549 10.7 6.4 75 4.2 8.2 228 25 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.8 8.08 7 700 3121 8.2 1.2 61 7.1 4.4 233 26 311.6 312.7 291.7 330.1 5.95 8 650 3732 6.4 -5.9 41 12.2 0.5 236 28 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.4 3.80 9 600 4383 1.4 -8.1 49 9.5 -2.9 237 30 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.0 3.47 10 550 5075 -4.0 -11.0 58 7.1 -6.9 242 33 319.4 319.9 291.5 329.2 2.99 11 500 5821 -8.2 -18.6 43 10.3 -11.7 245 36 323.0 323.4 291.5 329.1 1.77 12 450 6630 -13.0 -30.3 22 17.3 -17.0 245 41 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.4 0.68 13 400 7518 -18.7 -40.4 13 21.7 -22.2 245 49 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.28 14 350 8497 -26.2 -43.8 17 17.6 -28.3 251 56 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.22 15 300 9591 -35.1 -50.1 20 15.0 -36.3 252 61 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 16 250 10837 -43.1 -62.7 10 19.6 -43.9 257 64 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12314 -51.7 -71.6 7 19.9 -52.1 266 64 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14123 -64.2 -79.9 10 15.8 -64.3 264 49 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16526 -73.4 -86.3 12 12.9 -73.5 254 29 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.88 m Freezing level: 587.10 mb = 4561.60 m = 14965.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3822.31 m = 12540.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.41 mb = 485.29 m = 1592.14 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 27.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 827.11 m = 2713.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2320.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.34 mb = 736.64 m = 2416.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.34 mb = 974.94 m = 3198.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.34 mb = 12895.09 m = 42306.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2313.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 56.95 Bulk Shear: 40.75 m/s