MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.28,-94.92 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 1000 83 25.2 23.6 90 1.7 24.0 170 2 298.4 301.8 297.2 352.6 18.61 2 950 535 24.3 21.4 84 2.8 22.2 220 17 301.8 305.0 297.1 352.5 17.16 3 900 1007 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.7 232 21 303.3 306.2 296.6 349.8 15.68 4 850 1501 17.7 15.5 87 2.3 16.2 250 24 304.7 307.2 295.3 343.9 13.12 5 800 2017 14.1 10.9 81 3.2 12.0 256 27 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.1 10.29 6 750 2559 10.6 6.8 77 3.8 8.3 250 26 308.1 309.7 292.6 333.4 8.30 7 700 3132 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.5 262 30 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.4 7.28 8 650 3739 3.8 -0.9 72 4.7 1.3 264 34 313.2 314.3 291.9 330.6 5.52 9 600 4384 -0.1 -10.9 44 10.8 -4.6 261 33 316.0 316.5 290.3 325.1 2.78 10 550 5076 -3.6 -18.8 30 15.2 -8.7 263 32 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.2 1.58 11 500 5823 -7.8 -31.2 13 23.5 -13.4 270 35 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.56 12 450 6632 -13.2 -45.1 5 31.8 -18.2 267 40 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 13 400 7516 -19.8 -46.4 7 26.6 -23.3 268 44 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 14 350 8491 -27.3 -51.4 8 24.2 -29.5 264 45 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 15 300 9584 -34.3 -56.9 8 22.6 -35.8 259 63 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 16 250 10837 -41.8 -65.0 6 23.2 -42.6 266 67 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12316 -52.0 -71.5 8 19.5 -52.4 265 67 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14118 -65.2 -78.5 14 13.3 -65.3 262 54 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16528 -71.5 -86.6 9 15.2 -71.5 263 29 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.78 m Freezing level: 601.28 mb = 4367.68 m = 14329.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3877.87 m = 12722.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.23 mb = 294.28 m = 965.46 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 27.55 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1120.33 m = 3675.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.51 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2106.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.66 mb = 837.29 m = 2747.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.66 mb = 1372.98 m = 4504.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.66 mb = 12550.40 m = 41175.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2106.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.3 neg: -5.8 tot: 188.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 34.65 Bulk Shear: 60.81 m/s