MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.1,-81.65 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -81.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 1000 140 28.0 12.6 38 15.5 18.1 216 7 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.4 9.19 2 950 585 22.2 10.9 49 11.3 15.1 215 10 299.7 301.3 290.3 325.1 8.62 3 900 1051 17.6 10.1 61 7.5 13.0 218 10 299.6 301.2 290.3 325.0 8.64 4 850 1536 13.2 9.3 77 3.9 10.9 225 10 300.0 301.6 290.5 325.6 8.70 5 800 2043 9.7 5.6 76 4.1 7.3 238 8 301.5 302.8 289.6 322.7 7.14 6 750 2578 9.3 -7.7 29 17.0 1.8 297 6 306.7 307.2 287.3 315.7 2.85 7 700 3147 7.0 -10.6 27 17.6 -0.4 312 6 310.2 310.7 288.1 318.0 2.43 8 650 3752 3.6 -8.1 42 11.6 -1.6 284 6 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.3 3.20 9 600 4397 -0.5 -9.5 51 9.0 -4.3 272 11 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.7 3.11 10 550 5087 -4.6 -16.8 38 12.2 -8.9 270 16 318.6 319.0 290.2 324.9 1.87 11 500 5830 -9.7 -23.5 31 13.9 -13.6 277 21 321.2 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.15 12 450 6632 -15.4 -33.5 20 18.1 -19.0 282 24 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.50 13 400 7510 -22.1 -34.5 32 12.4 -24.2 276 28 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.51 14 350 8477 -28.3 -50.4 10 22.0 -30.3 284 29 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9563 -36.6 -56.1 12 19.5 -37.8 296 33 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.06 16 250 10800 -45.2 -62.1 13 16.9 -45.7 294 41 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12264 -52.5 -73.4 6 20.9 -52.8 283 46 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14078 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.8 -63.4 282 43 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16501 -71.3 -86.8 8 15.6 -71.3 278 30 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.52 m Freezing level: 605.63 mb = 4324.43 m = 14187.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.00 mb = 3041.51 m = 9978.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.48 mb = 2069.33 m = 6789.05 ft T: 9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 9.93 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.62 mb = 3257.03 m = 10685.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 14.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6711.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.44 mb = 2017.77 m = 6619.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -3.8 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 8.68 m/s