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: 31.46,-94.18 Latitude: 31.46 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 22.7 22.1 96 0.6 22.3 220 4 295.9 298.9 295.5 344.8 17.01 1 1000 106 23.0 22.6 98 0.4 22.7 221 5 296.1 299.3 295.8 346.6 17.51 2 950 554 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.6 279 16 300.4 303.0 294.7 341.4 13.99 3 900 1025 21.9 4.8 33 17.1 12.0 312 22 304.0 305.1 289.4 322.1 5.99 4 850 1517 18.4 -2.7 24 21.1 7.8 326 23 305.5 306.1 287.7 316.8 3.68 5 800 2031 13.8 -4.1 29 17.9 5.1 333 25 305.8 306.5 287.7 316.8 3.53 6 750 2570 9.1 -7.3 31 16.4 1.8 331 25 306.5 307.0 287.3 315.7 2.95 7 700 3137 5.9 -15.3 20 21.2 -2.0 315 26 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.4 1.66 8 650 3739 2.7 -21.1 15 23.8 -5.0 305 28 312.1 312.3 287.3 315.8 1.10 9 600 4382 -0.1 -28.4 10 28.3 -7.8 317 33 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.2 0.61 10 550 5075 -3.2 -43.9 3 40.7 -10.9 340 47 320.3 320.4 289.0 320.9 0.14 11 500 5821 -8.7 -44.7 4 36.0 -14.7 344 59 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.14 12 450 6625 -14.8 -48.8 4 34.0 -19.4 325 45 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.10 13 400 7505 -21.0 -58.5 2 37.6 -24.4 300 49 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.04 14 350 8474 -28.9 -60.0 3 31.1 -31.0 313 49 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.03 15 300 9559 -36.3 -62.4 5 26.0 -37.6 282 33 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.03 16 250 10796 -44.8 -63.9 10 19.1 -45.4 261 63 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 17 200 12274 -50.5 -75.4 4 25.0 -50.9 268 75 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14100 -62.0 -82.2 5 20.2 -62.1 264 52 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16531 -73.2 -86.9 11 13.7 -73.3 268 35 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.59 m Freezing level: 601.28 mb = 4365.63 m = 14322.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.66 mb = 2829.43 m = 9282.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.78 mb = 178.23 m = 584.75 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 32.22 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 1975.72 m = 6481.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.83 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 9.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 5.96 C K Index: 3.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 410.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.50 mb = 1301.93 m = 4271.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.50 mb = 2497.63 m = 8194.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.50 mb = 10112.70 m = 33177.74 ft B at Equ Level: 408.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.50 mb = 12386.34 m = 40637.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.5 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 356.5 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.5 neg: -9.0 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 4.25 Bulk Shear: 96.56 m/s