MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 27.15,-80.57 Latitude: 27.15 Longitude: -80.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 10 26.7 22.9 80 3.8 23.9 183 5 298.6 301.8 296.5 349.6 17.54 1 1000 141 25.4 21.6 80 3.8 22.6 172 6 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.3 16.44 2 950 591 21.5 19.7 89 1.8 20.2 178 6 299.0 301.8 295.2 343.8 15.36 3 900 1059 18.1 16.5 90 1.7 17.0 200 6 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.9 13.20 4 850 1547 15.1 11.9 81 3.2 13.1 235 9 302.0 303.9 292.4 332.7 10.39 5 800 2059 13.0 5.5 60 7.5 8.6 257 11 305.0 306.3 290.7 326.4 7.09 6 750 2599 10.1 3.5 64 6.5 6.4 269 12 307.5 308.7 291.0 327.7 6.59 7 700 3170 7.0 5.8 92 1.2 6.2 242 13 310.2 311.7 293.2 335.6 8.28 8 650 3778 4.7 -0.6 68 5.4 1.9 230 13 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.1 5.63 9 600 4427 1.8 -13.9 30 15.7 -4.4 227 16 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.5 2.18 10 550 5123 -2.4 -31.0 9 28.6 -9.8 230 19 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.52 11 500 5870 -7.7 -32.3 12 24.6 -13.5 237 19 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.51 12 450 6679 -12.8 -21.6 48 8.8 -15.4 234 22 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.4 1.51 13 400 7569 -18.3 -23.9 61 5.6 -19.8 229 27 331.2 331.5 293.4 336.2 1.39 14 350 8551 -25.3 -37.8 30 12.5 -27.2 240 24 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.42 15 300 9650 -33.9 -47.4 25 13.4 -35.1 247 32 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.18 16 250 10898 -43.5 -60.1 14 16.6 -44.2 245 37 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 17 200 12368 -53.4 -69.6 12 16.2 -53.7 253 34 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14161 -65.8 -78.8 15 13.0 -65.9 265 29 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16549 -74.4 -86.5 14 12.1 -74.5 255 10 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.28 m Freezing level: 578.48 mb = 4726.48 m = 15506.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 3968.44 m = 13019.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.43 mb = 495.48 m = 1625.56 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 23.24 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.16 mb = 886.06 m = 2906.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 755.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.26 mb = 782.18 m = 2566.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.26 mb = 1017.91 m = 3339.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.26 mb = 11613.64 m = 38102.02 ft B at Equ Level: 745.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.26 mb = 14813.93 m = 48601.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -3.5 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 48.78 Bulk Shear: 15.48 m/s