MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510182100F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 14Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.07,-86.24 Latitude: 32.07 Longitude: -86.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 1000 115 22.0 21.1 95 0.9 21.4 205 8 295.2 298.0 294.6 341.0 15.97 2 950 558 19.5 19.3 99 0.1 19.4 236 25 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.4 15.02 3 900 1023 17.3 17.0 98 0.3 17.1 239 30 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.2 13.66 4 850 1511 15.3 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 247 33 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.3 12.56 5 800 2024 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 252 33 304.7 306.6 293.4 336.2 10.55 6 750 2563 9.6 7.2 85 2.5 8.2 255 34 307.0 308.6 292.4 332.8 8.50 7 700 3133 5.9 1.8 75 4.1 3.7 260 41 309.0 310.1 291.2 328.1 6.23 8 650 3736 2.6 -2.5 69 5.0 0.1 262 47 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.3 4.91 9 600 4380 -1.1 -6.1 69 5.0 -3.4 264 49 314.8 315.6 291.0 327.7 4.03 10 550 5069 -5.4 -10.0 70 4.6 -7.3 265 49 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.3 3.25 11 500 5810 -9.9 -12.0 84 2.2 -10.7 260 47 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.1 3.05 12 450 6615 -14.5 -15.6 91 1.2 -14.9 249 46 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.6 2.52 13 400 7498 -20.2 -21.9 86 1.7 -20.7 239 46 328.7 329.1 292.9 334.5 1.65 14 350 8473 -27.1 -29.5 80 2.4 -27.5 230 45 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.7 0.95 15 300 9564 -35.7 -38.5 76 2.8 -36.1 223 44 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.46 16 250 10804 -45.6 -49.7 63 4.1 -45.8 223 46 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.16 17 200 12276 -52.3 -71.9 8 19.6 -52.6 243 67 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14085 -62.7 -80.6 7 17.9 -62.9 256 53 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16516 -71.7 -86.4 9 14.7 -71.8 254 24 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.28 m Freezing level: 615.20 mb = 4184.34 m = 13727.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.89 mb = 3750.26 m = 12303.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.53 mb = 221.90 m = 728.00 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 12.00 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.23 mb = 646.75 m = 2121.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.28 mb = 609.80 m = 2000.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.28 mb = 840.64 m = 2757.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 859.28 mb = 1418.02 m = 4652.26 ft B at Equ Level: 16.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.28 mb = 13707.51 m = 44971.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 236.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 9.13 Bulk Shear: 80.33 m/s