MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.6,-96.82 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 997 141 20.6 16.9 79 3.7 18.2 271 3 294.0 296.2 291.4 329.0 12.25 2 950 569 24.4 18.3 69 6.0 20.2 315 9 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.5 14.10 3 900 1042 22.4 8.5 41 13.9 13.8 325 20 304.6 306.0 291.1 327.9 7.75 4 850 1534 18.7 -2.1 24 20.7 8.1 341 23 305.7 306.4 288.0 317.6 3.87 5 800 2050 14.9 -8.9 18 23.8 4.4 346 20 307.1 307.5 287.0 314.8 2.44 6 750 2591 10.7 -12.4 18 23.1 1.3 343 21 308.2 308.5 286.9 314.5 1.96 7 700 3161 7.3 -18.6 14 25.9 -1.9 337 23 310.5 310.8 287.0 314.7 1.26 8 650 3766 4.3 -27.2 8 31.6 -4.8 341 26 313.9 314.0 287.5 316.1 0.63 9 600 4414 2.2 -42.6 2 44.8 -7.2 348 32 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.2 0.15 10 550 5111 -1.7 -42.4 3 40.7 -9.9 351 41 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.17 11 500 5860 -7.9 -42.6 4 34.7 -14.2 344 46 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.18 12 450 6665 -14.9 -49.5 3 34.7 -19.4 337 43 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.09 13 400 7543 -22.2 -51.8 5 29.6 -25.2 324 49 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.08 14 350 8508 -30.0 -57.1 5 27.1 -31.9 310 52 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.05 15 300 9589 -36.0 -59.7 7 23.7 -37.2 296 46 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 16 250 10839 -41.8 -66.2 5 24.4 -42.7 273 57 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12320 -51.9 -73.4 6 21.5 -52.2 273 68 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14127 -64.4 -79.4 11 15.0 -64.6 276 54 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16544 -72.7 -86.6 10 13.9 -72.8 283 33 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.43 m Freezing level: 571.76 mb = 4807.37 m = 15772.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.87 mb = 2815.33 m = 9236.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.92 mb = 616.11 m = 2021.33 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 29.03 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.51 mb = 2364.70 m = 7758.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.35 C = 93.83 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: 9.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 5.82 C K Index: -1.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 411.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.45 mb = 1539.93 m = 5052.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 474.45 mb = 6260.80 m = 20540.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.45 mb = 9485.73 m = 31120.78 ft B at Equ Level: 239.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.45 mb = 10988.53 m = 36051.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.8 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 12.8 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.5 neg: -7.2 tot: 99.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 63.32 m/s