MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.48,-94.16 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -94.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 996 107 24.2 23.2 94 1.0 23.5 181 4 297.7 301.0 296.8 350.7 18.26 2 950 525 23.8 20.8 83 3.1 21.6 203 23 301.4 304.4 296.6 349.9 16.47 3 900 997 21.0 18.8 87 2.2 19.5 216 26 303.2 306.0 296.4 348.8 15.36 4 850 1491 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 16.9 233 29 304.6 307.2 295.9 346.6 14.11 5 800 2007 14.1 12.5 90 1.7 13.1 243 29 306.2 308.4 294.5 340.7 11.45 6 750 2550 11.3 6.5 72 4.8 8.5 248 27 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.7 8.13 7 700 3124 8.7 0.3 56 8.4 4.2 255 28 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.6 5.60 8 650 3733 4.8 -6.2 45 11.0 -0.3 264 32 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.3 3.71 9 600 4379 -0.1 -9.5 49 9.4 -4.1 264 31 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.0 3.10 10 550 5069 -4.8 -10.4 65 5.6 -7.1 258 30 318.4 319.0 291.4 328.8 3.16 11 500 5813 -8.8 -15.0 61 6.2 -11.1 255 34 322.3 322.8 291.8 330.3 2.38 12 450 6621 -13.5 -23.1 44 9.6 -16.2 255 44 326.3 326.5 292.0 330.9 1.32 13 400 7507 -19.6 -30.8 36 11.3 -22.0 256 51 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.73 14 350 8483 -26.8 -37.1 37 10.3 -28.4 258 53 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.45 15 300 9579 -34.1 -44.2 35 10.1 -35.1 262 62 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.25 16 250 10834 -41.2 -62.3 8 21.1 -42.1 264 69 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.03 17 200 12316 -52.0 -71.8 8 19.8 -52.4 263 68 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14122 -64.0 -79.8 10 15.8 -64.1 259 47 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16530 -72.5 -86.4 11 13.9 -72.6 257 29 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.32 m Freezing level: 601.33 mb = 4362.30 m = 14311.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.68 mb = 3686.54 m = 12094.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.80 mb = 235.53 m = 772.74 ft T: 24.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 24.68 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1201.86 m = 3943.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1685.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.66 mb = 865.64 m = 2839.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.66 mb = 1503.96 m = 4934.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.66 mb = 12034.09 m = 39481.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1681.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 238.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.38 Bulk Rich Number: 27.20 Bulk Shear: 61.95 m/s