MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F044.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170300F044.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: 44 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.98,-86.85 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -86.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 178 24.7 14.3 52 10.4 17.9 213 7 298.6 300.5 291.4 328.8 10.36 2 950 544 23.6 13.8 54 9.8 17.2 224 21 301.2 303.1 292.3 332.0 10.47 3 900 1012 19.3 12.6 65 6.7 15.0 222 23 301.4 303.3 292.1 331.5 10.21 4 850 1501 15.0 9.9 71 5.1 11.9 222 25 301.9 303.6 291.3 328.7 9.03 5 800 2011 10.6 7.6 82 3.0 8.8 226 26 302.4 303.9 290.8 326.8 8.19 6 750 2545 6.6 4.3 85 2.3 5.3 231 26 303.7 305.0 290.2 324.6 6.93 7 700 3109 5.2 -3.8 52 9.0 0.9 232 26 308.3 309.0 289.1 321.1 4.12 8 650 3712 2.2 -4.9 59 7.1 -1.2 235 28 311.4 312.2 290.0 324.3 4.08 9 600 4352 -2.7 -6.1 77 3.5 -4.3 235 33 313.0 313.8 290.5 325.9 4.03 10 550 5036 -7.6 -11.5 74 3.8 -9.1 236 38 315.0 315.6 290.1 324.4 2.89 11 500 5771 -12.4 -21.0 49 8.6 -14.9 239 43 318.0 318.2 289.6 322.8 1.43 12 450 6567 -16.9 -32.1 26 15.2 -20.0 247 47 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.0 0.58 13 400 7441 -22.7 -33.3 38 10.5 -24.6 251 54 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.58 14 350 8406 -29.6 -38.0 44 8.4 -30.7 253 59 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.41 15 300 9485 -38.3 -43.4 59 5.1 -38.8 256 63 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.27 16 250 10709 -49.1 -53.2 62 4.1 -49.3 257 74 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12147 -53.7 -70.8 11 17.1 -54.0 256 90 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13978 -59.8 -83.2 3 23.4 -60.0 248 69 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16441 -69.0 -87.2 5 18.3 -69.1 257 40 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.55 m Freezing level: 627.68 mb = 3997.66 m = 13115.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.70 mb = 3360.53 m = 11025.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.21 mb = 1498.44 m = 4916.07 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.57 mb = 1952.23 m = 6404.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 28.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.59 mb = 1755.89 m = 5760.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.59 mb = 2224.43 m = 7297.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.59 mb = 2998.06 m = 9836.03 ft B at Equ Level: 23.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.59 mb = 10983.22 m = 36033.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 27.90 m/s