MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190000F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.16,-82.26 Latitude: 34.16 Longitude: -82.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 991 170 21.5 18.7 84 2.8 19.6 222 10 295.4 297.9 293.1 335.1 13.84 2 950 539 18.6 16.9 90 1.7 17.4 238 25 296.1 298.4 292.5 333.0 12.82 3 900 1001 15.3 13.6 90 1.7 14.3 249 33 297.3 299.3 291.5 329.1 10.96 4 850 1483 11.4 10.4 94 1.0 10.8 253 37 298.1 299.8 290.4 325.4 9.38 5 800 1988 9.4 2.0 60 7.4 5.5 250 41 301.1 302.1 288.0 317.7 5.51 6 750 2522 7.8 -7.4 33 15.2 1.1 245 45 305.0 305.6 286.8 314.1 2.92 7 700 3088 6.2 -36.8 3 43.0 -4.0 244 54 309.4 309.4 285.4 310.2 0.23 8 650 3691 3.3 -41.9 2 45.2 -6.2 239 54 312.6 312.7 286.5 313.2 0.15 9 600 4333 -1.1 -44.3 2 43.2 -9.2 253 51 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.3 0.12 10 550 5020 -5.6 -44.1 3 38.5 -12.3 266 60 317.5 317.5 288.1 318.0 0.14 11 500 5760 -10.7 -45.1 4 34.4 -16.1 264 65 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.6 0.14 12 450 6559 -16.7 -45.8 6 29.2 -20.6 258 67 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.14 13 400 7431 -23.6 -48.8 8 25.2 -26.3 254 71 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.11 14 350 8393 -29.6 -61.0 3 31.5 -31.6 242 74 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.03 15 300 9475 -37.0 -58.8 9 21.8 -38.2 226 78 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 16 250 10711 -45.5 -60.4 17 14.9 -46.0 223 82 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12183 -50.6 -73.5 5 23.0 -51.0 239 74 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14015 -59.8 -81.1 5 21.3 -60.0 246 51 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16476 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.5 250 35 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.97 m Freezing level: 612.94 mb = 4166.80 m = 13670.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.01 mb = 2642.90 m = 8670.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.71 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.15 mb = 519.43 m = 1704.16 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 24.88 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.32 mb = 969.73 m = 3181.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.32 C = 73.97 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 2.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: -10.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 264.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.88 mb = 861.05 m = 2824.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.88 mb = 1096.62 m = 3597.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.88 mb = 2633.30 m = 8639.35 ft B at Equ Level: 53.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.88 mb = 4202.00 m = 13785.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 47.9 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 243.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 114.63 m/s