MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F050.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F050.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: 50 hour RUC valid 17Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.21,-85.06 Latitude: 31.21 Longitude: -85.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 59 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 224 9 294.9 297.9 294.9 342.6 16.64 1 1000 125 21.7 21.3 98 0.4 21.5 223 12 294.9 297.8 294.6 341.3 16.19 2 950 570 19.6 19.5 99 0.2 19.5 238 22 297.1 299.8 294.6 340.9 15.14 3 900 1036 17.4 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 243 25 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.6 13.74 4 850 1523 14.8 14.4 98 0.4 14.5 246 27 301.6 303.8 293.7 337.6 12.22 5 800 2035 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 247 28 304.1 306.2 293.6 336.9 10.99 6 750 2574 9.3 8.8 97 0.5 9.0 248 28 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.4 9.51 7 700 3144 5.8 5.1 96 0.7 5.4 251 30 308.9 310.3 292.5 333.0 7.89 8 650 3748 2.1 1.4 95 0.8 1.7 256 34 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.6 6.52 9 600 4391 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.4 -2.1 257 41 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.0 5.19 10 550 5080 -4.8 -6.7 87 1.9 -5.7 255 43 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.0 4.21 11 500 5825 -8.2 -9.5 90 1.3 -8.8 249 40 323.0 323.7 293.2 335.3 3.71 12 450 6636 -13.2 -14.7 89 1.5 -13.8 240 40 326.6 327.1 293.3 335.8 2.72 13 400 7521 -19.6 -22.5 78 2.9 -20.4 238 42 329.5 329.8 293.1 335.1 1.58 14 350 8499 -26.3 -29.6 74 3.3 -26.9 236 43 333.3 333.5 293.5 336.7 0.94 15 300 9593 -35.2 -38.1 74 2.9 -35.5 225 44 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.48 16 250 10835 -45.6 -49.6 64 4.0 -45.8 221 51 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.17 17 200 12296 -53.6 -70.6 11 17.0 -53.9 244 60 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14094 -63.4 -80.2 8 16.8 -63.5 252 48 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16515 -73.0 -86.5 11 13.5 -73.0 244 28 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.23 m Freezing level: 619.47 mb = 4140.55 m = 13584.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.43 mb = 4031.73 m = 13227.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.83 mb = 117.81 m = 386.51 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.83 mb = 580.81 m = 1905.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.48 mb = 538.43 m = 1766.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.48 mb = 767.44 m = 2517.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.48 mb = 11143.34 m = 36559.09 ft B at Equ Level: 692.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.48 mb = 13750.39 m = 45112.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 17.21 Bulk Shear: 40.40 m/s