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: 31.39,-86.66 Latitude: 31.39 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 89 22.9 21.7 93 1.2 22.1 263 7 295.7 298.6 295.0 343.0 16.47 1 1000 127 22.0 20.9 94 1.1 21.3 276 10 295.2 298.0 294.4 340.4 15.78 2 950 571 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 280 19 296.4 299.1 293.9 338.5 14.58 3 900 1035 16.7 16.6 99 0.2 16.6 279 21 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.4 13.28 4 850 1522 14.3 14.0 98 0.4 14.1 275 22 301.2 303.3 293.3 336.1 11.88 5 800 2033 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 270 22 303.8 305.7 292.8 334.1 10.16 6 750 2572 9.7 6.7 82 3.0 7.9 265 24 307.1 308.6 292.3 332.0 8.22 7 700 3143 6.7 3.2 78 3.5 4.8 261 29 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.2 6.91 8 650 3748 3.0 -1.2 74 4.2 0.8 257 35 312.4 313.4 291.5 329.2 5.38 9 600 4392 -0.9 -5.3 72 4.4 -3.0 251 41 315.1 315.9 291.4 328.8 4.30 10 550 5082 -5.1 -9.0 74 3.8 -6.8 248 44 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.5 3.53 11 500 5824 -9.5 -11.8 83 2.3 -10.4 248 42 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.8 3.10 12 450 6630 -14.4 -18.6 71 4.1 -15.7 240 42 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.8 1.96 13 400 7513 -20.3 -28.2 49 7.9 -22.1 236 48 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.0 0.93 14 350 8487 -27.3 -37.3 38 10.1 -28.7 233 52 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.44 15 300 9578 -35.3 -49.5 22 14.2 -36.4 221 50 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 16 250 10820 -44.3 -62.7 11 18.4 -45.0 230 55 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12289 -53.0 -71.4 9 18.4 -53.4 244 60 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14085 -64.5 -79.2 12 14.7 -64.6 254 54 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16515 -72.1 -86.7 9 14.6 -72.1 242 24 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.07 m Freezing level: 611.73 mb = 4240.92 m = 13913.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.27 mb = 3881.81 m = 12735.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.26 mb = 237.94 m = 780.64 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.22 mb = 578.47 m = 1897.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.70 C = 74.66 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 482.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.22 mb = 587.54 m = 1927.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.22 mb = 632.91 m = 2076.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.22 mb = 9970.15 m = 32710.06 ft B at Equ Level: 482.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.22 mb = 12836.12 m = 42112.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.68 Bulk Shear: 41.33 m/s