MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.34,-88.48 Latitude: 34.34 Longitude: -88.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 997 112 25.6 13.9 48 11.7 18.0 178 6 299.0 300.9 291.3 328.5 10.08 2 950 536 24.9 13.4 49 11.5 17.4 187 28 302.4 304.3 292.4 332.8 10.23 3 900 1007 20.7 12.6 60 8.1 15.4 192 31 302.8 304.7 292.6 333.2 10.21 4 850 1498 16.2 11.8 75 4.5 13.4 196 32 303.2 305.0 292.7 333.6 10.25 5 800 2010 11.6 10.8 94 0.9 11.1 201 33 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.9 10.19 6 750 2547 7.8 6.9 94 1.0 7.3 211 35 305.1 306.6 291.7 330.1 8.33 7 700 3114 5.5 -1.1 62 6.6 2.1 226 33 308.5 309.5 290.0 324.2 5.04 8 650 3718 3.7 -8.2 42 11.8 -1.6 231 33 313.1 313.7 289.8 323.3 3.17 9 600 4364 0.3 -14.1 33 14.5 -5.3 230 37 316.5 316.9 289.9 323.6 2.13 10 550 5055 -4.2 -19.9 28 15.7 -9.4 228 41 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.0 1.43 11 500 5799 -9.0 -26.1 24 17.1 -13.6 229 42 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.91 12 450 6606 -13.4 -29.0 25 15.7 -17.1 240 46 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.2 0.77 13 400 7491 -19.8 -32.7 31 13.0 -22.3 244 48 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.5 0.61 14 350 8467 -26.8 -39.4 29 12.7 -28.5 241 52 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.36 15 300 9558 -35.9 -42.9 48 7.0 -36.5 250 55 334.8 334.9 293.3 335.9 0.29 16 250 10797 -45.8 -48.8 72 3.0 -46.0 253 49 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.18 17 200 12254 -53.1 -61.4 36 8.3 -53.3 250 65 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14067 -63.4 -78.4 11 15.0 -63.5 241 63 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16497 -69.9 -86.4 7 16.5 -69.9 259 36 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.52 m Freezing level: 596.23 mb = 4416.31 m = 14489.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.61 mb = 3451.40 m = 11323.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.01 mb = 1597.61 m = 5241.44 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.62 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2174.20 m = 7133.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4436.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.76 mb = 1907.59 m = 6258.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 255.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 58.10 m/s