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: 34.85,-89.41 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 992 148 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 242 12 294.1 296.8 293.4 336.5 14.85 2 950 521 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 238 29 295.6 298.1 293.1 335.2 13.78 3 900 984 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 16.0 238 32 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.9 12.67 4 850 1469 13.7 13.3 97 0.4 13.4 236 36 300.5 302.5 292.7 333.8 11.34 5 800 1979 10.6 10.1 96 0.5 10.3 237 39 302.5 304.3 292.1 331.5 9.75 6 750 2514 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 236 41 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.1 8.49 7 700 3080 4.2 4.1 99 0.1 4.1 231 42 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.4 7.34 8 650 3680 0.7 0.6 99 0.1 0.6 229 44 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.7 6.15 9 600 4320 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 228 45 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.3 5.32 10 550 5008 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.7 228 46 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.1 4.46 11 500 5752 -9.4 -10.1 95 0.7 -9.7 226 45 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.2 3.55 12 450 6557 -14.5 -15.7 90 1.3 -14.9 224 47 325.1 325.5 292.7 333.5 2.49 13 400 7440 -20.3 -22.3 85 1.9 -20.9 222 51 328.5 328.9 292.9 334.2 1.60 14 350 8414 -27.5 -30.1 78 2.6 -28.0 219 54 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.90 15 300 9503 -36.3 -39.1 75 2.9 -36.6 217 59 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.43 16 250 10736 -47.2 -51.2 63 4.0 -47.4 221 68 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12202 -51.1 -73.6 5 22.5 -51.5 248 61 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14024 -61.4 -81.5 5 20.0 -61.6 249 60 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16476 -70.3 -87.4 6 17.1 -70.4 257 36 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.17 m Freezing level: 638.67 mb = 3824.97 m = 12548.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.87 mb = 3805.58 m = 12485.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.66 mb = 203.38 m = 667.25 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 7.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.72 mb = 641.92 m = 2106.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.40 C = 72.31 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.05 mb = 629.78 m = 2066.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.05 mb = 1050.01 m = 3444.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.05 mb = 8147.06 m = 26728.87 ft B at Equ Level: 277.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.05 mb = 11787.16 m = 38671.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 76.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 6.60 Bulk Shear: 42.08 m/s