MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.09,-87.63 Latitude: 34.09 Longitude: -87.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 984 218 20.2 19.7 97 0.5 19.9 222 11 294.7 297.4 293.6 337.3 14.87 2 950 517 18.8 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 226 29 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.6 14.37 3 900 981 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.6 228 35 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.4 13.30 4 850 1468 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 229 38 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.4 12.22 5 800 1980 12.0 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 230 42 304.0 306.0 293.6 336.9 11.05 6 750 2519 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 8.9 234 45 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.2 9.57 7 700 3087 5.2 5.1 99 0.1 5.1 235 47 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.3 7.88 8 650 3689 1.3 1.2 99 0.1 1.3 233 48 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.3 6.43 9 600 4331 -1.4 -1.5 99 0.1 -1.5 231 50 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.5 5.70 10 550 5022 -4.3 -4.5 99 0.1 -4.4 231 51 318.9 319.9 293.1 335.0 5.00 11 500 5768 -8.6 -8.7 99 0.2 -8.7 232 50 322.6 323.4 293.2 335.6 3.95 12 450 6576 -13.7 -14.4 94 0.7 -14.0 231 51 326.0 326.5 293.2 335.4 2.77 13 400 7462 -19.6 -21.1 88 1.5 -20.1 230 52 329.5 329.8 293.2 335.7 1.77 14 350 8438 -26.8 -29.1 81 2.3 -27.3 229 52 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.2 0.98 15 300 9530 -35.8 -38.2 78 2.4 -36.1 228 50 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.7 0.47 16 250 10766 -47.0 -48.8 82 1.8 -47.1 230 47 336.2 336.2 293.6 336.9 0.18 17 200 12220 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 246 77 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14044 -61.2 -82.9 4 21.7 -61.4 250 67 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16499 -69.6 -86.7 7 17.1 -69.6 250 33 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.11 m Freezing level: 625.76 mb = 4000.13 m = 13123.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.30 mb = 3974.00 m = 13037.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.17 mb = 273.77 m = 898.18 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.76 mb = 729.91 m = 2394.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.80 C = 73.05 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 299.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.44 mb = 695.89 m = 2283.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.44 mb = 1513.40 m = 4965.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.44 mb = 10886.18 m = 35715.37 ft B at Equ Level: 294.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.44 mb = 12366.70 m = 40572.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 194.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 5.48 Bulk Shear: 54.68 m/s