MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.73,-94.42 Latitude: 30.73 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 86 28.6 22.3 69 6.4 24.0 171 8 301.8 304.9 297.1 352.4 17.16 1 1000 89 28.2 22.1 69 6.1 23.8 171 9 301.4 304.5 296.9 351.3 16.97 2 950 542 23.7 20.9 85 2.7 21.7 174 14 301.2 304.2 296.7 350.2 16.64 3 900 1013 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 185 20 302.0 304.8 296.0 347.0 15.24 4 850 1505 17.2 15.5 89 1.7 16.1 189 21 304.2 306.6 295.1 343.3 13.12 5 800 2022 14.5 12.9 90 1.6 13.5 198 21 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.2 11.81 6 750 2565 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.6 204 20 308.5 310.2 293.6 337.3 9.47 7 700 3137 7.7 0.4 60 7.3 3.8 209 14 311.1 312.1 291.3 328.6 5.63 8 650 3747 6.0 -10.2 30 16.2 -1.0 233 10 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.6 2.71 9 600 4397 1.4 -11.7 37 13.1 -4.0 232 12 317.7 318.3 290.7 326.3 2.61 10 550 5092 -2.8 -17.6 31 14.8 -8.1 237 20 320.7 321.1 290.7 326.7 1.75 11 500 5839 -7.1 -27.7 18 20.6 -12.6 238 27 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.78 12 450 6653 -11.0 -51.6 2 40.6 -16.9 244 29 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 13 400 7544 -18.1 -48.4 5 30.3 -22.1 245 33 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 14 350 8524 -26.1 -50.8 8 24.7 -28.5 252 37 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 15 300 9619 -34.9 -54.1 12 19.2 -36.2 252 42 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.08 16 250 10863 -44.0 -61.4 13 17.3 -44.7 259 47 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12340 -51.4 -74.1 5 22.7 -51.8 264 48 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14146 -64.9 -79.9 11 14.9 -65.0 255 39 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 19 100 16553 -73.8 -86.5 13 12.6 -73.9 265 26 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.27 m Freezing level: 583.32 mb = 4628.47 m = 15185.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.64 mb = 3613.79 m = 11856.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.40 mb = 893.97 m = 2932.94 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 27.76 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1031.83 m = 3385.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1529.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.84 mb = 947.19 m = 3107.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.84 mb = 1188.52 m = 3899.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.84 mb = 12278.95 m = 40284.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1514.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: -8.7 tot: 63.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 87.97 Bulk Shear: 17.39 m/s