MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F016.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F016.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: 16 hour RUC valid 13Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.52,-85.80 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -85.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 120 20.2 19.6 97 0.6 19.8 212 9 293.3 295.9 293.0 334.7 14.54 1 1000 122 20.3 19.9 98 0.4 20.0 215 9 293.4 296.0 293.2 335.4 14.74 2 950 565 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.4 227 27 295.9 298.5 293.4 336.6 14.12 3 900 1029 17.0 16.8 99 0.1 16.9 233 34 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.5 13.54 4 850 1516 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 238 38 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.33 5 800 2028 11.7 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 246 40 303.7 305.6 293.2 335.5 10.70 6 750 2566 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.2 251 42 305.7 307.4 292.5 333.0 9.05 7 700 3134 4.9 4.6 98 0.2 4.7 251 43 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.64 8 650 3735 1.5 1.4 99 0.1 1.4 246 41 310.6 311.9 291.9 330.9 6.53 9 600 4378 -1.4 -1.5 99 0.1 -1.4 239 40 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.7 5.74 10 550 5068 -5.2 -5.4 98 0.2 -5.3 235 43 317.9 318.8 292.5 332.9 4.64 11 500 5811 -9.2 -9.8 95 0.6 -9.5 236 46 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.8 3.64 12 450 6618 -14.0 -15.2 91 1.2 -14.5 236 47 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.4 2.61 13 400 7503 -19.8 -21.5 86 1.7 -20.3 235 47 329.3 329.6 293.2 335.3 1.71 14 350 8480 -26.7 -28.9 81 2.2 -27.2 236 49 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.4 1.00 15 300 9572 -35.5 -38.0 78 2.5 -35.8 236 51 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.48 16 250 10810 -46.3 -48.6 78 2.3 -46.4 236 59 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.19 17 200 12277 -51.7 -72.1 7 20.4 -52.1 248 68 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14093 -62.5 -80.7 7 18.2 -62.7 250 48 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.6 -86.5 9 14.9 -71.6 252 26 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.55 m Freezing level: 623.89 mb = 4071.00 m = 13356.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.91 mb = 4051.44 m = 13291.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.21 mb = 189.70 m = 622.38 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.19 mb = 635.81 m = 2085.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.91 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 38.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.82 mb = 593.74 m = 1947.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.82 mb = 1904.09 m = 6246.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.82 mb = 8236.59 m = 27022.61 ft B at Equ Level: 270.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.82 mb = 11899.56 m = 39040.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 59.54 m/s