MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F038.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F038.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 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.94,-88.35 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -88.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 990 157 21.1 18.6 86 2.4 19.4 191 12 295.1 297.6 293.0 334.7 13.80 2 950 511 20.3 17.7 85 2.7 18.5 205 36 297.8 300.3 293.6 337.0 13.51 3 900 977 18.2 14.0 76 4.2 15.4 220 43 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.1 11.20 4 850 1464 14.2 11.7 85 2.4 12.6 226 46 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.2 10.24 5 800 1973 10.3 8.5 88 1.9 9.2 228 42 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.1 8.72 6 750 2508 7.5 4.2 79 3.3 5.7 232 43 304.8 306.0 290.5 325.6 6.92 7 700 3073 4.5 2.0 84 2.5 3.2 229 45 307.5 308.7 290.8 326.9 6.35 8 650 3674 1.5 -3.9 67 5.4 -1.1 218 48 310.7 311.5 290.1 324.5 4.40 9 600 4315 -2.4 -7.3 69 4.9 -4.6 210 51 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.1 3.68 10 550 5000 -6.7 -9.2 83 2.4 -7.8 214 54 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.3 3.47 11 500 5740 -10.3 -11.4 92 1.1 -10.8 225 56 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.0 3.20 12 450 6544 -14.7 -16.1 89 1.4 -15.2 231 56 324.7 325.2 292.5 332.9 2.41 13 400 7426 -20.4 -22.8 81 2.4 -21.1 231 55 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.8 1.52 14 350 8400 -27.4 -31.5 68 4.1 -28.2 229 60 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.7 0.79 15 300 9488 -36.6 -40.4 67 3.9 -37.0 227 65 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.37 16 250 10721 -47.6 -49.1 85 1.5 -47.7 222 71 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.18 17 200 12176 -51.5 -72.7 6 21.2 -51.9 248 61 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13999 -61.9 -79.9 7 18.0 -62.1 252 63 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16455 -68.5 -87.8 5 19.2 -68.7 262 39 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.81 m Freezing level: 630.71 mb = 3921.46 m = 12865.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.78 mb = 3516.42 m = 11536.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.43 mb = 461.17 m = 1512.99 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 11.35 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1331.59 m = 4368.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.33 mb = 1011.47 m = 3318.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.33 mb = 1650.20 m = 5413.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.33 mb = 7774.60 m = 25506.92 ft B at Equ Level: 306.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.33 mb = 11816.69 m = 38768.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.7 neg: -10.8 tot: 288.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 61.65 m/s