MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.77,-87.79 Latitude: 34.77 Longitude: -87.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 173 23.6 14.5 57 9.1 17.7 162 7 297.6 299.5 291.2 328.1 10.51 2 950 535 24.1 13.4 51 10.7 17.1 173 29 301.7 303.5 292.2 331.9 10.23 3 900 1005 20.2 11.2 56 8.9 14.6 182 34 302.3 304.0 291.7 330.0 9.35 4 850 1494 16.1 8.8 62 7.3 11.7 192 33 303.0 304.6 291.2 328.1 8.40 5 800 2006 12.3 7.0 70 5.3 9.2 206 31 304.2 305.7 291.1 327.9 7.88 6 750 2544 9.0 2.9 65 6.1 5.6 217 32 306.3 307.5 290.4 325.5 6.28 7 700 3113 6.1 -0.5 63 6.6 2.7 223 34 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.5 5.26 8 650 3718 3.8 -5.5 51 9.3 -0.6 226 36 313.2 314.0 290.5 325.7 3.91 9 600 4364 0.4 -14.1 33 14.5 -5.2 229 39 316.6 317.0 289.9 323.6 2.14 10 550 5055 -4.3 -19.1 31 14.8 -9.2 231 43 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.2 1.54 11 500 5799 -9.5 -25.6 26 16.1 -13.8 232 45 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.8 0.95 12 450 6603 -14.6 -36.4 14 21.9 -18.7 237 47 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.3 0.38 13 400 7486 -19.5 -44.5 9 25.1 -22.9 242 52 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.18 14 350 8462 -27.0 -37.1 38 10.1 -28.5 241 54 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.45 15 300 9554 -35.2 -39.0 68 3.8 -35.7 248 56 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.4 0.43 16 250 10796 -46.0 -49.4 68 3.4 -46.2 255 46 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12252 -53.1 -56.2 69 3.1 -53.2 250 60 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.10 18 150 14064 -62.8 -71.4 31 8.6 -62.9 248 60 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 19 100 16503 -69.6 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 262 35 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.99 m Freezing level: 596.00 mb = 4419.12 m = 14498.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.16 mb = 3603.45 m = 11822.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.96 mb = 1334.97 m = 4379.76 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.40 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2438.75 m = 8001.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5512.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.34 mb = 1866.68 m = 6124.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 85.88 m/s