MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F037.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F037.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: 37 hour RUC valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.59,-88.97 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -88.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 86 22.1 21.1 94 1.0 21.4 239 8 295.0 297.9 294.4 340.6 15.91 1 1000 108 22.2 21.3 94 0.9 21.5 241 10 295.3 298.2 294.7 341.6 16.10 2 950 553 19.7 19.5 99 0.1 19.6 252 27 297.1 299.9 294.6 341.1 15.21 3 900 1018 17.3 17.1 99 0.2 17.1 258 30 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.4 13.72 4 850 1505 14.3 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 264 31 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.3 11.94 5 800 2016 11.8 10.8 93 1.0 11.2 270 30 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.3 10.24 6 750 2555 9.4 7.2 86 2.2 8.0 270 29 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.5 8.51 7 700 3125 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.2 265 30 309.5 311.0 292.4 332.5 7.49 8 650 3731 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 260 34 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.7 6.49 9 600 4376 -0.6 -3.5 80 3.0 -2.0 256 38 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.1 4.92 10 550 5067 -5.0 -8.9 74 3.8 -6.7 257 41 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.7 3.56 11 500 5808 -10.2 -14.0 74 3.8 -11.6 260 42 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.3 2.60 12 450 6610 -15.5 -20.6 65 5.1 -17.0 261 43 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.4 1.65 13 400 7489 -21.4 -25.5 69 4.1 -22.4 258 43 327.2 327.4 292.1 331.4 1.20 14 350 8458 -29.0 -32.1 74 3.2 -29.5 253 45 329.7 329.8 292.4 332.4 0.74 15 300 9542 -37.0 -39.9 74 2.9 -37.3 246 45 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.40 16 250 10783 -42.2 -60.8 11 18.6 -43.0 247 66 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 17 200 12267 -51.2 -73.0 6 21.7 -51.6 247 61 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14073 -64.2 -79.2 11 15.0 -64.3 254 53 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16506 -71.0 -86.6 8 15.6 -71.1 261 27 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.25 m Freezing level: 607.60 mb = 4278.00 m = 14035.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.41 mb = 4054.53 m = 13302.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.82 mb = 205.34 m = 673.67 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.99 mb = 625.71 m = 2052.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.20 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 981.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.78 mb = 582.09 m = 1909.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.78 mb = 812.51 m = 2665.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.78 mb = 10469.87 m = 34349.54 ft B at Equ Level: 971.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.78 mb = 13998.93 m = 45927.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: -5.1 tot: 117.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 31.53 Bulk Shear: 31.14 m/s