MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.73,-89.65 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 997 121 21.8 20.6 93 1.2 20.9 187 12 295.2 298.0 294.2 339.7 15.48 2 950 538 19.5 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 202 33 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.4 15.02 3 900 1003 17.6 16.9 95 0.7 17.1 203 40 299.7 302.2 294.1 339.4 13.58 4 850 1492 15.8 14.6 92 1.3 15.0 221 41 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.4 12.36 5 800 2006 13.5 10.0 79 3.5 11.3 232 40 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.6 9.67 6 750 2547 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 7.9 235 40 307.9 309.3 292.3 332.0 7.93 7 700 3118 6.4 4.0 84 2.4 5.1 234 40 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.0 7.30 8 650 3723 2.5 1.7 94 0.8 2.0 232 40 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.4 6.65 9 600 4367 -1.0 -1.5 96 0.5 -1.3 230 41 314.9 316.0 292.5 333.0 5.72 10 550 5057 -4.7 -5.1 97 0.4 -4.9 232 43 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.8 4.75 11 500 5803 -8.2 -8.6 97 0.4 -8.4 236 46 323.0 323.8 293.4 336.3 4.01 12 450 6613 -12.9 -13.4 96 0.5 -13.1 239 48 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.2 3.01 13 400 7501 -19.0 -20.5 88 1.5 -19.4 239 48 330.3 330.7 293.6 336.9 1.87 14 350 8481 -26.0 -29.2 74 3.2 -26.7 238 46 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.2 0.97 15 300 9575 -35.4 -39.4 67 4.0 -35.9 240 48 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.0 0.42 16 250 10815 -45.9 -48.9 71 3.1 -46.0 248 51 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.18 17 200 12281 -51.5 -73.6 5 22.1 -51.9 254 70 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14096 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 249 57 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.6 -86.2 10 14.6 -71.7 255 32 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.12 m Freezing level: 614.61 mb = 4178.51 m = 13708.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.34 mb = 4111.37 m = 13488.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.03 mb = 276.53 m = 907.25 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 8.40 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 774.58 m = 2541.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.94 C = 76.89 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.76 mb = 649.38 m = 2130.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.76 mb = 2627.25 m = 8619.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.76 mb = 11008.11 m = 36115.40 ft B at Equ Level: 449.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.76 mb = 12849.88 m = 42157.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 313.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 7.08 Bulk Shear: 64.01 m/s