MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-89.77 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -89.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 998 102 29.2 15.4 43 13.8 19.9 194 12 302.6 304.6 293.2 335.4 11.09 2 950 536 24.5 13.8 51 10.8 17.5 193 19 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.1 10.47 3 900 1006 20.0 12.8 63 7.2 15.3 193 21 302.1 304.0 292.4 332.7 10.36 4 850 1496 15.6 10.4 71 5.2 12.3 194 22 302.5 304.2 291.7 330.2 9.35 5 800 2007 11.3 7.6 78 3.7 9.1 195 25 303.2 304.8 291.1 327.8 8.22 6 750 2543 7.9 1.2 63 6.7 4.3 199 26 305.1 306.1 289.3 322.0 5.55 7 700 3110 6.3 -6.0 41 12.4 0.6 213 26 309.5 310.2 288.9 320.5 3.48 8 650 3716 4.0 -3.0 60 7.0 0.5 219 26 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.4 4.71 9 600 4362 -0.6 -3.9 78 3.3 -2.1 223 28 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.8 4.80 10 550 5051 -5.7 -8.6 80 2.9 -7.0 231 30 317.3 318.0 291.5 329.1 3.63 11 500 5790 -11.5 -16.6 66 5.1 -13.2 236 35 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.0 2.09 12 450 6589 -15.7 -31.7 24 16.0 -19.0 235 42 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.60 13 400 7470 -19.9 -57.4 2 37.5 -23.6 235 47 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 14 350 8445 -27.2 -48.5 11 21.2 -29.4 239 55 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 15 300 9534 -36.1 -51.7 18 15.7 -37.1 245 64 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10769 -47.2 -53.5 48 6.4 -47.4 247 69 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12218 -53.3 -69.9 12 16.6 -53.7 252 81 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14034 -62.9 -80.6 7 17.7 -63.0 251 74 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16472 -69.7 -87.1 6 17.4 -69.8 250 41 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.07 m Freezing level: 606.10 mb = 4283.01 m = 14051.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.74 mb = 3831.61 m = 12570.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.87 mb = 1841.41 m = 6041.28 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.32 mb = 2014.20 m = 6608.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 25.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.92 mb = 1882.35 m = 6175.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.92 mb = 2250.12 m = 7382.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.92 mb = 2799.77 m = 9185.48 ft B at Equ Level: 6.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 696.92 mb = 3146.00 m = 10321.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.41 Bulk Shear: 21.16 m/s