MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 4Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.41,-87.00 Latitude: 33.41 Longitude: -87.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 994 173 21.6 12.3 55 9.4 15.8 139 5 295.3 297.0 289.2 321.5 9.05 2 950 567 24.7 12.4 46 12.3 16.8 181 18 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.5 9.54 3 900 1038 21.0 10.3 51 10.6 14.3 204 14 303.1 304.8 291.5 329.3 8.79 4 850 1529 16.5 9.2 62 7.2 12.0 208 14 303.4 305.0 291.5 329.2 8.64 5 800 2041 12.0 7.5 74 4.5 9.3 209 12 304.0 305.5 291.3 328.4 8.16 6 750 2579 10.5 0.9 51 9.6 5.4 245 3 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.8 5.45 7 700 3152 8.5 -1.7 49 10.2 3.2 343 3 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.1 4.83 8 650 3761 4.8 -4.7 50 9.5 0.2 280 7 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.7 4.16 9 600 4408 0.7 -12.1 38 12.8 -4.6 280 12 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.1 2.51 10 550 5101 -3.6 -19.5 28 15.9 -8.9 283 15 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.9 1.48 11 500 5846 -9.2 -19.2 44 10.0 -12.5 282 17 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.5 1.67 12 450 6650 -15.1 -29.0 30 13.8 -18.3 277 22 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.0 0.78 13 400 7528 -21.5 -36.1 25 14.6 -23.9 279 27 327.1 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.44 14 350 8498 -28.2 -42.9 23 14.7 -29.9 278 33 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.25 15 300 9586 -35.4 -55.0 12 19.5 -36.7 264 37 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.07 16 250 10829 -44.8 -60.4 16 15.6 -45.4 263 47 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12294 -53.2 -70.6 10 17.4 -53.5 270 58 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14099 -63.8 -82.0 7 18.2 -64.0 271 39 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16520 -72.7 -86.9 10 14.3 -72.7 287 26 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.90 m Freezing level: 592.15 mb = 4516.97 m = 14819.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.94 mb = 3786.37 m = 12422.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.03 mb = 1378.17 m = 4521.50 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 5.76 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.59 mb = 3443.54 m = 11297.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.40 C = 102.91 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.87 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 24.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5575.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.39 mb = 2047.35 m = 6716.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.8 neg: -19.4 tot: 59.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 27.71 m/s