MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.98,-88.90 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 996 124 27.5 17.6 55 9.9 20.7 213 13 301.0 303.4 294.0 338.6 12.80 2 950 537 22.2 15.7 66 6.5 17.8 215 19 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.4 11.86 3 900 1005 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.8 225 23 300.7 302.9 293.0 334.6 11.54 4 850 1493 14.9 11.7 81 3.2 12.9 227 27 301.7 303.6 292.2 331.9 10.21 5 800 2004 10.8 8.9 88 1.9 9.6 223 26 302.7 304.3 291.5 329.3 8.96 6 750 2539 7.2 4.8 85 2.4 5.9 221 23 304.4 305.8 290.6 326.2 7.22 7 700 3105 5.2 -4.1 51 9.3 0.8 224 21 308.2 309.0 289.0 320.8 4.04 8 650 3707 2.3 -6.2 53 8.5 -1.6 234 22 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.3 3.71 9 600 4349 -1.6 -8.8 58 7.1 -4.7 234 30 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.8 3.29 10 550 5036 -6.5 -13.7 57 7.2 -9.2 232 36 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.3 2.41 11 500 5773 -12.1 -20.2 51 8.1 -14.5 234 39 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.5 1.53 12 450 6568 -17.2 -30.3 31 13.1 -20.0 236 42 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.0 0.68 13 400 7443 -21.7 -46.2 9 24.5 -24.7 239 47 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.15 14 350 8412 -28.4 -47.9 14 19.5 -30.3 242 56 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 15 300 9495 -37.7 -51.6 22 13.9 -38.5 245 62 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 16 250 10724 -47.9 -51.2 69 3.3 -48.0 250 71 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12162 -55.0 -67.8 19 12.9 -55.2 253 85 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13979 -60.8 -82.9 4 22.1 -61.0 250 68 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.0 -87.2 5 19.3 -68.1 249 36 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.23 m Freezing level: 620.77 mb = 4082.33 m = 13393.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3300.44 m = 10828.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.72 mb = 1376.21 m = 4515.06 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 13.81 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.01 mb = 1622.84 m = 5324.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.27 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.44 mb = 1418.67 m = 4654.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.44 mb = 1873.73 m = 6147.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.44 mb = 10658.09 m = 34967.06 ft B at Equ Level: 501.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.44 mb = 12742.05 m = 41804.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -25.0 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 25.74 Bulk Shear: 19.56 m/s