MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F039.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F039.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: 39 hour RUC valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.5,-89.94 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -89.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 999 108 22.5 21.1 92 1.3 21.5 213 10 295.7 298.5 294.7 341.6 15.98 2 950 548 19.8 19.5 99 0.2 19.6 225 29 297.2 300.0 294.6 341.2 15.22 3 900 1014 17.4 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 230 32 299.5 301.9 294.1 339.0 13.54 4 850 1501 14.9 14.4 96 0.6 14.6 240 33 301.8 304.1 293.8 337.8 12.22 5 800 2014 12.2 11.4 95 0.8 11.7 244 34 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.66 6 750 2552 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.6 242 35 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.4 9.20 7 700 3122 6.0 5.6 97 0.4 5.8 236 35 309.2 310.7 292.9 334.3 8.20 8 650 3727 2.6 2.1 96 0.5 2.3 233 36 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.2 6.84 9 600 4371 -0.7 -3.9 79 3.2 -2.2 229 38 315.3 316.3 291.9 330.6 4.80 10 550 5062 -5.0 -10.9 63 5.9 -7.4 226 43 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.0 3.02 11 500 5803 -9.5 -14.8 65 5.3 -11.5 229 45 321.4 321.9 291.6 329.5 2.42 12 450 6610 -14.1 -17.2 77 3.1 -15.1 236 43 325.5 326.0 292.6 333.1 2.21 13 400 7494 -19.7 -29.2 43 9.5 -21.8 240 49 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.85 14 350 8471 -26.8 -34.0 51 7.1 -28.0 239 49 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.9 0.62 15 300 9562 -35.8 -40.8 60 5.0 -36.4 242 46 334.9 334.9 293.4 336.2 0.36 16 250 10801 -45.5 -49.4 65 3.9 -45.7 247 58 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.17 17 200 12271 -51.7 -73.7 5 22.0 -52.1 252 66 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14078 -64.7 -79.6 11 14.9 -64.8 250 56 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16506 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.1 255 31 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.91 m Freezing level: 610.21 mb = 4239.92 m = 13910.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.46 mb = 4049.74 m = 13286.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.48 mb = 273.63 m = 897.73 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 698.11 m = 2290.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.92 mb = 630.84 m = 2069.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.92 mb = 957.27 m = 3140.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.92 mb = 11182.99 m = 36689.14 ft B at Equ Level: 752.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.92 mb = 13835.48 m = 45391.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.5 neg: -10.1 tot: 129.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 22.76 Bulk Shear: 33.67 m/s