MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 23.93,-85.53 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -85.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 0 28.0 23.8 78 4.2 24.9 136 12 300.0 303.4 297.6 354.5 18.61 1 1000 121 26.7 22.5 78 4.2 23.6 139 13 299.8 303.0 296.8 350.7 17.39 2 950 574 22.8 19.6 82 3.1 20.6 141 13 300.3 303.1 295.6 345.1 15.31 3 900 1043 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 145 14 301.1 303.6 294.7 341.5 13.75 4 850 1534 16.9 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 151 13 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.78 5 800 2049 14.2 8.7 69 5.5 10.8 170 10 306.3 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.85 6 750 2590 10.2 6.3 77 3.9 7.9 199 9 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.0 8.01 7 700 3160 7.0 4.1 81 2.9 5.4 203 10 310.3 311.7 292.5 332.9 7.35 8 650 3772 7.1 -5.6 40 12.7 0.9 215 12 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.5 3.86 9 600 4426 3.9 -18.3 18 22.1 -4.3 218 12 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.7 1.51 10 550 5126 -1.0 -15.6 32 14.6 -6.6 221 10 322.9 323.3 291.7 329.9 2.06 11 500 5878 -6.6 -15.5 49 8.9 -9.9 243 8 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.8 2.28 12 450 6691 -12.0 -23.0 40 11.0 -15.3 257 6 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.8 1.33 13 400 7583 -16.7 -38.7 13 22.1 -20.6 282 10 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.33 14 350 8572 -23.5 -41.9 17 18.4 -26.1 284 14 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.28 15 300 9678 -32.5 -47.1 22 14.6 -33.9 262 16 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.18 16 250 10934 -42.8 -56.0 22 13.2 -43.5 260 21 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.08 17 200 12401 -54.1 -67.2 19 13.1 -54.4 279 20 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14185 -67.6 -78.4 20 10.8 -67.7 255 16 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 19 100 16554 -77.2 -86.1 23 8.9 -77.2 238 1 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.60 m Freezing level: 560.53 mb = 4978.92 m = 16334.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.29 mb = 3882.05 m = 12736.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.42 mb = 533.28 m = 1749.59 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 22.44 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 970.20 m = 3183.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 722.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.58 mb = 875.50 m = 2872.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.58 mb = 1114.33 m = 3655.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 642.58 mb = 3865.58 m = 12682.21 ft B at Equ Level: 113.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.58 mb = 15862.15 m = 52040.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 54.26 Bulk Shear: 13.32 m/s