MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.85,-102.19 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -102.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 502 2 900 988 3 850 1496 SFC 816 1851 25.0 9.6 38 15.4 15.0 342 9 316.0 317.8 295.5 344.9 9.23 5 800 2027 22.6 8.6 41 14.1 13.6 339 10 315.3 316.9 295.0 342.7 8.78 6 750 2584 17.4 7.0 51 10.3 10.9 345 10 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.8 8.42 7 700 3168 12.2 4.7 60 7.4 7.7 351 8 315.9 317.4 294.3 340.1 7.69 8 650 3784 7.2 1.0 64 6.2 3.8 349 7 317.1 318.4 293.6 337.3 6.33 9 600 4437 2.7 -4.4 60 7.1 -0.9 336 6 319.2 320.1 292.8 334.1 4.59 10 550 5135 -1.5 -11.0 48 9.5 -5.5 331 6 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.3 3.00 11 500 5888 -5.5 -21.6 27 16.1 -10.7 333 9 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.1 1.36 12 450 6706 -10.8 -29.4 20 18.7 -15.5 334 12 329.7 329.8 292.4 332.4 0.74 13 400 7599 -17.3 -37.3 16 20.0 -21.0 328 9 332.5 332.6 292.8 333.9 0.39 14 350 8586 -24.3 -56.9 3 32.6 -27.3 295 9 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 15 300 9687 -32.8 -59.5 5 26.6 -34.6 268 19 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 16 250 10946 -41.9 -61.0 11 19.0 -42.8 259 37 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 17 200 12416 -53.9 -66.0 22 12.0 -54.2 253 35 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14201 -67.5 -77.3 24 9.8 -67.6 271 28 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16569 -76.6 -86.5 19 9.9 -76.6 258 10 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.63 m Freezing level: 568.09 mb = 4882.65 m = 16019.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.28 mb = 4311.85 m = 14146.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.25 mb = 3780.52 m = 12403.14 ft T: 7.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.36 mb = 4191.11 m = 13750.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.46 mb = 3866.29 m = 12684.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 438.46 mb = 6902.86 m = 22646.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.46 mb = 9722.84 m = 31898.69 ft B at Equ Level: 40.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.46 mb = 10987.11 m = 36046.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.3 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 7.3 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -1.7 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 169.01 Bulk Shear: 0.25 m/s