MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170900F038.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: 38 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.89,-89.48 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -89.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 998 92 22.3 21.0 92 1.3 21.3 230 8 295.6 298.4 294.6 341.1 15.84 2 950 523 20.3 18.3 88 2.0 18.9 210 25 297.8 300.3 294.0 338.7 14.10 3 900 989 18.0 15.9 87 2.1 16.6 207 29 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.2 12.70 4 850 1476 14.2 13.3 94 0.9 13.6 206 33 301.0 303.1 292.9 334.5 11.39 5 800 1986 10.3 9.8 97 0.5 10.0 209 34 302.1 303.9 291.8 330.4 9.54 6 750 2520 6.7 6.1 96 0.6 6.3 214 34 303.8 305.3 291.0 327.6 7.91 7 700 3084 3.7 2.4 91 1.3 3.0 216 34 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.5 6.53 8 650 3684 0.7 -1.6 84 2.4 -0.4 215 37 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.0 5.23 9 600 4324 -2.8 -5.1 84 2.4 -3.8 215 40 312.9 313.8 290.8 326.7 4.36 10 550 5008 -7.1 -8.1 92 1.1 -7.5 218 44 315.7 316.4 291.1 327.8 3.77 11 500 5746 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.7 224 43 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.1 2.93 12 450 6547 -15.9 -17.7 86 1.8 -16.4 238 42 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.5 2.12 13 400 7424 -21.8 -24.5 79 2.6 -22.5 249 45 326.6 326.9 292.0 331.2 1.32 14 350 8393 -29.0 -33.4 65 4.4 -29.7 248 47 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.65 15 300 9474 -38.2 -43.6 57 5.4 -38.7 253 48 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.27 16 250 10698 -49.1 -54.4 54 5.3 -49.3 256 50 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12132 -53.7 -70.0 12 16.3 -53.9 261 77 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13963 -60.3 -81.3 5 21.0 -60.5 257 56 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16434 -67.4 -87.4 4 20.1 -67.5 260 40 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.62 m Freezing level: 639.63 mb = 3816.50 m = 12521.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.49 mb = 3603.41 m = 11822.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.43 mb = 257.13 m = 843.59 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1070.77 m = 3512.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.65 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.30 mb = 777.92 m = 2552.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.30 mb = 1304.54 m = 4279.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.30 mb = 11309.43 m = 37103.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1257.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.30 mb = 14074.10 m = 46174.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 31.19 Bulk Shear: 40.57 m/s