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: 31.67,-95.26 Latitude: 31.67 Longitude: -95.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 999 118 20.7 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 264 3 293.9 296.5 293.2 335.4 14.54 2 950 558 24.7 12.1 45 12.6 16.6 296 21 302.3 304.0 291.7 330.1 9.36 3 900 1029 21.9 6.3 36 15.6 12.7 305 24 304.1 305.3 290.0 324.2 6.67 4 850 1522 18.2 0.4 30 17.8 8.8 316 25 305.3 306.1 288.6 319.5 4.64 5 800 2037 14.5 -6.1 24 20.5 4.8 323 21 306.6 307.1 287.5 316.1 3.03 6 750 2576 10.0 -11.5 21 21.5 1.1 324 23 307.5 307.9 286.8 314.2 2.11 7 700 3144 5.8 -16.3 19 22.1 -2.3 321 24 308.9 309.2 286.7 313.9 1.53 8 650 3745 2.3 -21.6 15 23.9 -5.3 319 25 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.1 1.05 9 600 4388 0.2 -34.5 5 34.6 -8.1 331 32 316.3 316.4 287.9 317.5 0.34 10 550 5082 -2.7 -42.6 3 39.9 -10.6 341 47 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.5 0.16 11 500 5829 -8.7 -39.8 6 31.1 -14.6 336 54 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.24 12 450 6632 -15.3 -48.9 4 33.6 -19.7 326 47 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.10 13 400 7510 -22.1 -58.4 2 36.3 -25.3 313 47 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.04 14 350 8473 -30.1 -53.7 8 23.7 -31.9 310 65 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 15 300 9556 -35.5 -63.3 4 27.7 -36.9 297 48 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.03 16 250 10801 -45.0 -63.3 11 18.3 -45.6 250 47 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12268 -51.9 -72.2 7 20.3 -52.3 268 71 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14086 -62.1 -82.4 5 20.3 -62.2 273 64 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16529 -71.8 -87.4 8 15.5 -71.9 269 31 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.50 m Freezing level: 597.12 mb = 4428.00 m = 14527.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.33 mb = 2761.12 m = 9058.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.10 mb = 249.35 m = 818.07 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 21.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2701.38 m = 8862.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.56 C = 94.20 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: 2.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: 8.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 9.08 C K Index: 5.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 108.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5523.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.82 mb = 1870.42 m = 6136.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.5 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 356.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.7 neg: -6.8 tot: 154.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 55.84 m/s