MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.96,-87.1 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: -87.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 27.7 23.9 80 3.8 24.9 119 14 299.7 303.1 297.6 354.7 18.77 1 1000 124 26.4 22.6 80 3.8 23.7 119 15 299.6 302.8 296.8 350.9 17.54 2 950 577 22.8 19.4 81 3.4 20.4 121 16 300.3 303.0 295.4 344.4 15.05 3 900 1046 19.4 16.4 83 3.0 17.3 124 16 301.5 303.9 294.3 340.1 13.11 4 850 1537 17.1 11.7 70 5.5 13.6 122 15 304.1 306.0 292.9 334.5 10.19 5 800 2052 13.9 9.4 74 4.5 11.1 113 12 306.0 307.7 292.8 334.0 9.29 6 750 2593 9.7 8.5 92 1.2 9.0 107 10 307.1 308.9 293.2 335.4 9.32 7 700 3164 7.3 5.4 88 1.9 6.1 115 10 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.3 8.05 8 650 3775 6.5 -1.3 57 7.8 2.4 108 7 316.3 317.3 292.6 333.3 5.35 9 600 4428 3.3 -15.0 25 18.3 -3.9 75 2 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.6 1.98 10 550 5127 -0.8 -40.7 3 39.9 -9.4 267 1 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.20 11 500 5879 -6.5 -35.6 8 29.1 -13.0 140 2 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.37 12 450 6690 -12.5 -35.7 13 23.2 -17.2 77 4 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.0 0.41 13 400 7582 -16.9 -33.7 22 16.8 -20.4 298 2 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.1 0.55 14 350 8572 -22.4 -47.3 9 24.9 -25.6 262 11 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.15 15 300 9682 -31.6 -46.3 22 14.8 -33.1 284 15 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.20 16 250 10943 -41.8 -55.6 21 13.8 -42.6 288 19 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 17 200 12416 -53.5 -66.3 20 12.8 -53.8 269 19 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14203 -67.5 -76.4 27 8.8 -67.6 292 16 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16566 -77.7 -86.1 24 8.5 -77.7 308 6 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.06 m Freezing level: 560.06 mb = 4986.66 m = 16360.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.15 mb = 4015.10 m = 13172.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.93 mb = 485.50 m = 1592.84 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.69 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1076.22 m = 3530.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: 2.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.19 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.97 mb = 893.80 m = 2932.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.97 mb = 1729.49 m = 5674.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.97 mb = 11757.85 m = 38575.16 ft B at Equ Level: 529.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.97 mb = 14993.99 m = 49192.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 147.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -12.4 tot: -6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 99.83 Bulk Shear: 5.34 m/s