MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.93,-86.64 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -86.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 983 220 27.2 16.0 50 11.2 19.6 218 12 301.8 303.9 293.4 336.3 11.67 2 950 515 23.7 14.7 57 9.1 17.7 221 22 301.3 303.3 292.8 334.0 11.12 3 900 985 19.3 13.6 70 5.7 15.6 223 25 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.7 10.95 4 850 1473 15.1 11.4 78 3.7 12.7 227 27 301.9 303.8 292.1 331.5 9.98 5 800 1984 11.3 7.9 80 3.4 9.3 234 30 303.2 304.7 291.2 328.2 8.38 6 750 2520 8.1 3.7 74 4.4 5.6 244 34 305.4 306.6 290.5 325.6 6.68 7 700 3086 4.6 -0.7 69 5.2 1.9 249 38 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.6 5.21 8 650 3685 0.5 -9.1 49 9.6 -3.6 246 37 309.5 310.0 288.3 318.8 2.95 9 600 4322 -4.0 -11.7 55 7.7 -7.0 243 41 311.5 312.0 288.7 319.8 2.60 10 550 5002 -8.4 -15.2 58 6.8 -10.7 242 47 314.1 314.6 289.1 321.2 2.14 11 500 5736 -12.5 -24.4 36 11.9 -15.6 240 49 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.4 1.06 12 450 6532 -17.6 -33.6 23 16.0 -20.5 239 47 321.2 321.3 289.6 323.0 0.50 13 400 7402 -23.9 -31.6 49 7.7 -25.3 241 48 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.3 0.68 14 350 8362 -31.1 -33.8 78 2.6 -31.5 242 55 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.63 15 300 9434 -39.8 -44.2 63 4.4 -40.1 244 66 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.25 16 250 10651 -49.7 -53.2 66 3.5 -49.8 256 92 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12088 -53.7 -72.5 8 18.9 -54.0 256 81 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13919 -58.7 -82.7 3 24.1 -58.9 248 66 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16409 -66.3 -87.2 4 20.9 -66.4 246 40 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.16 m Freezing level: 644.84 mb = 3750.88 m = 12305.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.61 mb = 3289.32 m = 10791.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.58 mb = 1627.34 m = 5338.98 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 17.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1848.99 m = 6066.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 799.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.56 mb = 1678.05 m = 5505.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.56 mb = 2145.51 m = 7038.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.56 mb = 10792.85 m = 35409.19 ft B at Equ Level: 798.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.56 mb = 12953.38 m = 42497.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 150.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 49.93 m/s