MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F037.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: 37 hour RUC valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.84,-88.92 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 996 116 27.2 14.6 46 12.6 18.8 189 12 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.6 10.52 2 950 531 24.0 13.3 51 10.7 17.0 192 23 301.5 303.4 292.1 331.5 10.15 3 900 1000 19.4 12.3 63 7.1 14.8 194 25 301.5 303.3 292.0 331.1 10.03 4 850 1488 14.8 11.0 78 3.8 12.4 195 26 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.4 9.72 5 800 1999 10.8 6.9 77 3.8 8.5 198 28 302.7 304.1 290.6 326.1 7.85 6 750 2534 8.5 -3.4 43 11.8 2.8 213 30 305.8 306.5 288.1 318.1 3.98 7 700 3101 6.7 -12.0 25 18.7 -0.9 219 31 309.9 310.3 287.7 316.9 2.18 8 650 3707 3.9 -6.3 47 10.2 -0.8 224 30 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.2 3.68 9 600 4352 -1.0 -4.0 80 3.0 -2.4 229 32 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.1 4.75 10 550 5040 -6.5 -7.6 92 1.1 -7.0 231 34 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.1 3.93 11 500 5778 -12.2 -14.8 81 2.6 -13.1 234 37 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.2 2.43 12 450 6574 -16.8 -29.6 32 12.8 -19.6 235 43 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.7 0.73 13 400 7451 -20.7 -56.2 3 35.5 -24.2 236 52 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.05 14 350 8424 -27.7 -50.1 10 22.4 -29.9 240 61 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 15 300 9509 -37.1 -47.0 35 9.8 -37.9 244 67 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 16 250 10739 -47.9 -51.1 69 3.2 -48.1 242 74 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12184 -54.1 -72.5 9 18.4 -54.4 254 78 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13996 -60.7 -82.0 4 21.3 -60.9 253 72 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16459 -69.1 -87.4 5 18.3 -69.2 261 40 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.88 m Freezing level: 609.99 mb = 4223.44 m = 13856.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.43 mb = 2956.65 m = 9700.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.34 mb = 1705.64 m = 5595.86 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2010.75 m = 6596.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 19.23 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.10 mb = 1841.25 m = 6040.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.10 mb = 4896.58 m = 16064.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.10 mb = 6910.41 m = 22671.69 ft B at Equ Level: 79.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 360.10 mb = 8216.42 m = 26956.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 32.56 m/s