MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.25,-94.87 Latitude: 31.25 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 81 24.7 23.5 93 1.2 23.9 113 3 297.7 301.1 297.0 351.5 18.54 1 1000 93 25.3 24.0 92 1.3 24.3 164 1 298.4 301.9 297.5 354.0 19.07 2 950 545 24.3 21.3 84 3.0 22.2 221 17 301.8 305.0 297.1 352.2 17.06 3 900 1018 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 232 21 303.4 306.3 296.5 349.6 15.55 4 850 1512 17.8 15.3 85 2.5 16.1 253 23 304.8 307.2 295.1 343.6 12.97 5 800 2028 14.1 11.8 86 2.3 12.6 261 25 306.1 308.2 294.0 338.9 10.91 6 750 2570 10.4 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 266 27 307.8 309.6 293.4 336.2 9.36 7 700 3142 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.6 272 32 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.8 6.70 8 650 3747 3.6 -7.4 45 10.9 -1.4 268 34 313.0 313.6 289.9 323.8 3.38 9 600 4393 0.6 -18.8 22 19.4 -6.1 269 34 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.7 1.45 10 550 5086 -3.3 -26.0 15 22.7 -9.8 271 32 320.2 320.3 289.7 323.1 0.84 11 500 5832 -8.1 -34.6 10 26.5 -13.9 271 35 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.7 0.41 12 450 6641 -13.1 -40.0 8 26.9 -17.9 268 42 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.26 13 400 7525 -20.2 -39.8 16 19.6 -23.2 271 44 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.30 14 350 8499 -27.5 -44.7 18 17.2 -29.4 271 41 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.20 15 300 9590 -34.7 -50.1 19 15.4 -35.9 266 52 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.13 16 250 10842 -42.1 -61.7 10 19.6 -42.9 265 65 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 17 200 12320 -51.9 -72.0 7 20.2 -52.2 263 67 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14125 -64.9 -78.7 13 13.9 -65.0 260 53 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16543 -71.2 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.2 270 30 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.76 m Freezing level: 592.45 mb = 4497.62 m = 14755.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.60 mb = 3602.75 m = 11819.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.01 mb = 226.22 m = 742.18 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 32.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1142.59 m = 3748.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.29 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 37.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2200.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.89 mb = 836.43 m = 2744.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.89 mb = 1472.20 m = 4830.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.89 mb = 12515.11 m = 41059.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2200.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.60 Bulk Rich Number: 33.08 Bulk Shear: 66.54 m/s