MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 25.03,-86.41 Latitude: 25.03 Longitude: -86.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 27.4 24.4 84 3.0 25.2 106 13 299.4 302.9 297.9 356.1 19.36 1 1000 118 26.1 23.2 84 2.9 24.0 104 14 299.2 302.5 297.1 352.5 18.21 2 950 570 22.3 21.2 94 1.1 21.5 106 15 299.8 302.9 296.5 349.4 16.94 3 900 1040 19.3 18.0 92 1.3 18.4 109 16 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.5 14.62 4 850 1530 16.5 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 112 15 303.5 305.6 293.9 338.1 11.65 5 800 2044 13.5 9.7 78 3.8 11.2 106 12 305.5 307.3 292.8 334.1 9.49 6 750 2585 9.5 8.3 92 1.2 8.8 94 11 306.9 308.7 293.0 334.8 9.20 7 700 3156 7.8 5.2 83 2.6 6.3 94 10 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.7 7.95 8 650 3770 7.4 -2.1 51 9.5 2.4 88 7 317.4 318.3 292.7 333.6 5.06 9 600 4423 3.6 -15.8 23 19.4 -3.9 73 4 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.6 1.86 10 550 5123 -0.5 -36.2 5 35.6 -9.0 123 3 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.32 11 500 5875 -6.2 -32.2 11 26.0 -12.5 142 6 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.51 12 450 6689 -11.4 -33.6 14 22.2 -16.3 103 4 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.50 13 400 7584 -16.1 -29.8 30 13.8 -19.3 24 2 334.1 334.3 293.6 337.1 0.80 14 350 8576 -22.4 -34.2 33 11.8 -24.6 281 10 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.9 0.60 15 300 9688 -31.2 -45.6 23 14.4 -32.7 294 15 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.3 0.22 16 250 10951 -41.9 -52.6 30 10.8 -42.5 282 20 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.3 0.12 17 200 12423 -53.4 -67.2 17 13.8 -53.7 263 22 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14210 -67.8 -76.6 27 8.9 -67.8 286 23 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16571 -77.9 -86.6 23 8.7 -77.9 301 10 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.89 m Freezing level: 556.38 mb = 5034.12 m = 16515.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.86 mb = 4013.62 m = 13167.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.50 mb = 372.65 m = 1222.60 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 22.00 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.88 mb = 755.93 m = 2480.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1056.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.83 mb = 672.75 m = 2207.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.83 mb = 907.06 m = 2975.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.83 mb = 12946.83 m = 42475.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1055.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.8 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 133.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -11.4 tot: -5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 384.52 Bulk Shear: 2.75 m/s