MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.12,-86.01 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -86.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 985 210 26.9 16.1 52 10.8 19.6 222 10 301.3 303.5 293.3 336.0 11.78 2 950 530 23.8 14.6 56 9.3 17.7 227 21 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.9 11.03 3 900 999 19.4 13.5 69 5.9 15.5 227 24 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.6 10.88 4 850 1488 14.9 12.2 84 2.7 13.1 228 25 301.7 303.7 292.5 332.8 10.54 5 800 1998 10.7 9.0 90 1.6 9.6 233 28 302.5 304.2 291.5 329.4 9.05 6 750 2533 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.6 237 30 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.6 7.04 7 700 3098 4.9 -0.9 66 5.8 2.0 245 30 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.8 5.14 8 650 3699 1.3 -6.3 57 7.6 -2.1 246 32 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.1 3.67 9 600 4338 -3.0 -8.8 64 5.9 -5.4 242 37 312.7 313.3 289.7 323.1 3.27 10 550 5021 -7.5 -12.3 68 4.8 -9.4 237 42 315.2 315.7 290.0 324.0 2.70 11 500 5757 -12.5 -17.0 69 4.5 -14.0 237 46 317.8 318.2 290.1 324.5 2.01 12 450 6552 -17.4 -24.3 55 6.9 -19.1 240 48 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.4 1.19 13 400 7425 -23.1 -32.9 40 9.8 -24.8 245 51 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.60 14 350 8388 -30.2 -39.5 40 9.3 -31.3 245 58 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.35 15 300 9463 -39.1 -43.0 67 3.9 -39.5 250 66 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.29 16 250 10686 -48.9 -52.7 65 3.8 -49.1 257 86 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12122 -54.5 -70.2 13 15.8 -54.7 260 87 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 13951 -59.3 -83.3 3 24.1 -59.5 251 68 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16426 -67.1 -87.3 4 20.2 -67.2 251 39 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.48 m Freezing level: 634.55 mb = 3896.03 m = 12782.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.19 mb = 3378.38 m = 11083.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.05 mb = 1566.76 m = 5140.22 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1786.73 m = 5861.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 616.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.35 mb = 1694.53 m = 5559.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.35 mb = 1952.00 m = 6404.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.35 mb = 10832.59 m = 35539.55 ft B at Equ Level: 607.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.35 mb = 12994.29 m = 42631.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 18.65 Bulk Shear: 33.05 m/s