MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.25,-88.84 Latitude: 32.25 Longitude: -88.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 109 SFC 999 117 24.4 18.8 71 5.6 20.5 186 9 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.6 13.80 2 950 556 20.5 18.1 86 2.4 18.8 188 28 298.0 300.5 293.9 338.2 13.86 3 900 1022 17.1 15.0 87 2.1 15.7 192 34 299.1 301.3 292.8 334.1 11.97 4 850 1508 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.3 198 30 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.5 10.85 5 800 2020 12.3 10.1 86 2.2 10.9 203 26 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.3 9.73 6 750 2559 9.4 9.0 98 0.3 9.2 219 27 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.67 7 700 3130 6.7 6.3 97 0.4 6.5 227 30 309.9 311.5 293.4 336.2 8.58 8 650 3737 3.7 2.8 94 0.9 3.2 230 33 313.1 314.5 293.2 335.7 7.23 9 600 4384 0.1 -2.8 81 2.9 -1.3 235 34 316.3 317.3 292.5 332.9 5.21 10 550 5076 -4.3 -7.9 76 3.6 -5.9 239 36 319.0 319.7 292.1 331.5 3.83 11 500 5821 -8.6 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 235 37 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.68 12 450 6630 -13.7 -15.6 86 1.9 -14.4 241 40 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.5 2.51 13 400 7515 -19.4 -25.8 57 6.4 -21.0 251 47 329.8 330.0 292.8 333.9 1.17 14 350 8494 -26.1 -36.5 37 10.4 -27.7 250 51 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.48 15 300 9588 -34.8 -48.5 24 13.7 -35.9 241 54 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 16 250 10832 -44.7 -59.9 17 15.2 -45.3 243 57 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12298 -52.4 -72.0 8 19.6 -52.8 255 60 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14104 -64.1 -79.7 10 15.6 -64.3 250 46 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.5 -86.9 8 15.3 -71.6 248 31 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.77 m Freezing level: 598.64 mb = 4402.96 m = 14445.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.72 mb = 4188.20 m = 13740.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.91 mb = 824.16 m = 2703.91 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1167.13 m = 3829.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.28 mb = 961.94 m = 3155.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.28 mb = 2434.63 m = 7987.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.28 mb = 3352.02 m = 10997.31 ft B at Equ Level: 7.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.28 mb = 9789.59 m = 32117.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.6 neg: -12.8 tot: 173.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 43.90 m/s