MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.30,-85.32 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -85.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 90 21.2 20.6 96 0.6 20.8 191 10 294.0 296.7 293.8 337.9 15.38 1 1000 129 20.9 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 193 11 294.0 296.7 293.7 337.4 15.20 2 950 573 19.5 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 219 25 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.3 15.00 3 900 1038 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 227 28 299.5 302.1 294.3 340.0 13.85 4 850 1526 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 238 31 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.7 12.40 5 800 2039 12.5 11.8 95 0.7 12.0 246 32 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.1 10.92 6 750 2578 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 251 31 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.4 9.44 7 700 3149 5.9 5.4 96 0.5 5.6 251 31 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.6 8.04 8 650 3752 2.1 1.9 99 0.2 2.0 250 32 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.4 6.79 9 600 4396 -1.2 -1.4 99 0.1 -1.3 249 35 314.7 315.8 292.5 332.9 5.78 10 550 5086 -5.0 -5.1 99 0.1 -5.0 246 37 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.5 4.76 11 500 5830 -8.8 -9.1 98 0.3 -8.9 241 37 322.3 323.1 293.1 335.0 3.86 12 450 6639 -13.3 -13.8 96 0.5 -13.5 239 36 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.4 2.92 13 400 7525 -19.5 -21.7 82 2.3 -20.1 241 40 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.68 14 350 8503 -26.5 -29.9 73 3.4 -27.2 241 40 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.4 0.91 15 300 9597 -35.2 -38.3 74 3.1 -35.5 232 45 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.47 16 250 10837 -45.7 -49.0 69 3.3 -45.9 230 50 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 17 200 12301 -53.3 -70.8 10 17.5 -53.6 249 59 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14100 -63.5 -80.1 9 16.6 -63.7 252 46 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16518 -72.8 -86.7 10 13.9 -72.8 241 24 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.77 m Freezing level: 618.46 mb = 4158.21 m = 13642.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.88 mb = 4133.73 m = 13561.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.12 mb = 162.53 m = 533.22 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 7.83 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 708.18 m = 2323.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.80 mb = 574.41 m = 1884.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.80 mb = 1780.52 m = 5841.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.80 mb = 10975.16 m = 36007.29 ft B at Equ Level: 470.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.80 mb = 13143.49 m = 43121.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 9.67 Bulk Shear: 49.09 m/s