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: 36.16,-86.59 Latitude: 36.16 Longitude: -86.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 990 164 23.0 13.5 55 9.5 16.9 185 13 297.0 298.8 290.5 325.6 9.86 2 950 521 21.9 13.1 57 8.8 16.3 192 40 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.7 10.00 3 900 989 19.1 12.2 64 6.9 14.7 198 49 301.2 303.0 291.9 330.5 9.95 4 850 1477 15.0 11.3 79 3.7 12.7 203 48 301.8 303.7 292.1 331.3 9.96 5 800 1987 10.9 9.6 91 1.4 10.1 205 48 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.8 9.40 6 750 2523 7.8 6.1 89 1.7 6.8 214 45 305.1 306.5 291.4 328.9 7.90 7 700 3090 4.8 2.6 86 2.2 3.6 219 46 307.8 309.0 291.2 328.0 6.61 8 650 3691 1.8 -1.0 81 2.8 0.4 218 47 311.0 312.1 291.2 328.1 5.47 9 600 4334 -1.4 -9.2 55 7.8 -4.7 218 45 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.8 3.18 10 550 5021 -5.7 -15.9 44 10.3 -9.3 214 43 317.4 317.8 290.0 324.1 2.01 11 500 5761 -10.8 -20.4 45 9.6 -13.7 216 47 319.9 320.1 290.3 325.0 1.51 12 450 6562 -15.7 -24.4 47 8.7 -18.0 225 50 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.18 13 400 7441 -20.7 -24.2 73 3.5 -21.6 231 49 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.35 14 350 8416 -27.3 -29.6 80 2.4 -27.7 236 51 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.4 0.94 15 300 9505 -36.5 -39.2 76 2.7 -36.8 237 54 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.43 16 250 10737 -47.7 -50.8 71 3.0 -47.9 235 66 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12186 -52.4 -74.8 5 22.4 -52.8 247 63 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14005 -61.8 -79.3 8 17.5 -61.9 252 58 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16460 -68.8 -87.5 5 18.8 -68.8 259 34 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.92 m Freezing level: 621.61 mb = 4056.09 m = 13307.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.36 mb = 3736.51 m = 12258.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.85 mb = 1368.70 m = 4490.42 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 3.34 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.30 mb = 2120.17 m = 6955.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.82 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5992.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.08 mb = 1666.47 m = 5467.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 49.77 m/s