MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181200F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.77,-86.66 Latitude: 34.77 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 984 222 20.5 17.7 84 2.7 18.7 200 10 295.0 297.3 292.4 332.5 13.09 2 950 526 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 201 28 296.4 298.8 292.8 333.9 12.99 3 900 989 15.8 14.8 94 1.0 15.1 206 40 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.1 11.84 4 850 1472 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 206 44 299.1 300.8 291.0 327.5 9.70 5 800 1979 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 207 44 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.0 8.62 6 750 2514 8.1 7.3 95 0.7 7.6 222 47 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.2 8.61 7 700 3081 4.4 3.6 95 0.8 4.0 227 52 307.4 308.7 291.5 329.1 7.12 8 650 3682 1.1 1.0 99 0.1 1.0 226 52 310.2 311.3 291.6 329.7 6.33 9 600 4324 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.2 225 51 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.2 5.82 10 550 5014 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -4.9 224 51 318.4 319.4 292.7 333.8 4.77 11 500 5759 -8.9 -9.5 95 0.7 -9.2 224 52 322.2 323.0 292.9 334.5 3.71 12 450 6567 -13.7 -14.9 91 1.2 -14.1 224 53 326.0 326.5 293.1 335.1 2.68 13 400 7453 -19.5 -21.3 86 1.7 -20.0 225 53 329.6 330.0 293.3 335.8 1.75 14 350 8430 -26.7 -29.1 80 2.5 -27.2 227 55 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.4 0.98 15 300 9522 -35.6 -38.5 75 2.9 -36.0 228 58 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.0 0.46 16 250 10759 -46.8 -49.7 72 2.9 -47.0 229 61 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 17 200 12212 -51.3 -74.9 4 23.5 -51.7 250 76 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14035 -61.6 -82.5 5 20.9 -61.7 250 65 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16487 -68.4 -87.0 5 18.6 -68.5 248 32 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.43 m Freezing level: 626.13 mb = 3988.35 m = 13084.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.19 mb = 3968.46 m = 13019.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.19 mb = 569.15 m = 1867.26 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 6.93 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 1020.07 m = 3346.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.30 C = 73.94 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 31.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.54 mb = 889.10 m = 2916.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.54 mb = 1221.96 m = 4009.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 605.54 mb = 4250.41 m = 13944.75 ft B at Equ Level: 84.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 435.54 mb = 6813.02 m = 22352.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 350.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 83.95 m/s