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: 38.21,-85.75 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -85.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 992 159 23.1 17.3 70 5.8 19.2 199 5 296.9 299.2 292.6 333.4 12.60 2 950 532 23.0 12.8 53 10.2 16.5 222 21 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.5 9.84 3 900 1000 19.2 10.6 58 8.5 13.8 223 26 301.3 302.9 291.1 327.8 8.98 4 850 1488 15.0 9.4 69 5.6 11.6 226 28 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.8 8.73 5 800 1998 10.6 8.0 84 2.6 9.0 228 29 302.5 304.0 291.0 327.6 8.46 6 750 2533 6.5 4.1 85 2.4 5.2 229 31 303.6 304.9 290.0 324.3 6.87 7 700 3096 3.6 1.2 84 2.4 2.3 225 31 306.4 307.6 290.2 324.7 5.98 8 650 3695 0.5 -1.5 87 1.9 -0.5 223 31 309.5 310.5 290.5 325.9 5.28 9 600 4334 -2.7 -5.6 81 2.9 -4.1 228 31 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.3 4.20 10 550 5019 -7.0 -10.6 76 3.5 -8.5 237 37 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.8 3.10 11 500 5756 -11.7 -18.1 59 6.4 -13.7 234 42 318.8 319.1 290.3 324.9 1.84 12 450 6553 -16.8 -29.8 32 13.0 -19.6 229 42 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.72 13 400 7428 -22.3 -45.7 10 23.4 -25.2 234 44 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.16 14 350 8394 -29.3 -48.7 14 19.4 -31.1 239 51 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 15 300 9474 -38.1 -50.8 25 12.7 -38.9 243 62 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 16 250 10699 -48.6 -50.9 77 2.3 -48.7 245 70 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 17 200 12130 -56.5 -66.7 27 10.1 -56.7 250 82 343.2 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13952 -59.3 -82.7 3 23.4 -59.6 249 66 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16424 -67.9 -87.5 4 19.6 -68.0 254 40 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.00 m Freezing level: 642.94 mb = 3784.94 m = 12417.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.02 mb = 3583.35 m = 11756.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.76 mb = 897.55 m = 2944.68 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.10 mb = 1997.30 m = 6552.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.07 mb = 1708.30 m = 5604.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.07 mb = 2389.55 m = 7839.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.07 mb = 6501.80 m = 21331.12 ft B at Equ Level: 75.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 343.07 mb = 8533.98 m = 27998.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.6 neg: -7.6 tot: 107.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 35.92 m/s