MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.33,-94.12 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 999 88 29.2 22.0 65 7.2 24.0 184 9 302.4 305.5 297.1 352.3 16.89 2 950 535 24.0 20.3 80 3.7 21.4 184 16 301.6 304.5 296.4 348.7 16.02 3 900 1006 20.0 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 189 20 302.1 304.8 295.8 346.3 14.99 4 850 1497 17.0 15.2 89 1.8 15.8 193 23 304.0 306.4 294.9 342.4 12.92 5 800 2013 14.2 12.6 90 1.6 13.1 202 24 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.0 11.53 6 750 2556 10.7 9.2 90 1.5 9.8 208 24 308.2 310.1 293.8 338.0 9.79 7 700 3128 6.8 3.4 79 3.4 4.9 207 20 310.1 311.4 292.2 331.7 7.02 8 650 3737 5.7 -6.6 41 12.2 -0.1 220 17 315.4 316.1 290.8 326.9 3.59 9 600 4386 1.3 -10.7 40 12.0 -3.8 228 18 317.7 318.2 290.8 326.9 2.82 10 550 5080 -3.3 -15.5 38 12.2 -7.8 237 25 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.2 2.08 11 500 5827 -7.3 -22.9 28 15.6 -12.1 238 30 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.3 1.21 12 450 6640 -11.3 -45.4 4 34.1 -16.9 245 36 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.15 13 400 7531 -18.4 -44.8 8 26.3 -22.2 244 40 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.18 14 350 8510 -26.3 -52.2 7 25.9 -28.7 249 43 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.09 15 300 9604 -34.9 -54.2 12 19.3 -36.2 251 48 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 16 250 10848 -44.3 -60.4 15 16.0 -45.0 259 51 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12322 -51.6 -72.9 6 21.3 -52.0 267 60 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14128 -65.0 -80.1 11 15.1 -65.1 249 43 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 19 100 16540 -73.8 -86.4 13 12.5 -73.9 265 27 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.95 m Freezing level: 585.55 mb = 4586.75 m = 15048.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.97 mb = 3724.42 m = 12219.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.88 mb = 997.18 m = 3271.56 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 25.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1135.47 m = 3725.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.50 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1523.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.61 mb = 1047.77 m = 3437.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.61 mb = 1291.30 m = 4236.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.61 mb = 11980.96 m = 39307.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1520.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.0 neg: -10.8 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 75.72 Bulk Shear: 20.12 m/s