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: 36.61,-86.26 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 980 249 22.3 14.0 59 8.3 17.0 181 14 297.2 299.0 290.9 327.0 10.30 2 950 517 22.2 13.2 57 9.0 16.4 189 40 299.7 301.6 291.5 329.4 10.10 3 900 986 19.6 11.2 59 8.3 14.3 196 50 301.7 303.4 291.5 329.4 9.35 4 850 1475 15.1 10.4 73 4.7 12.2 204 51 302.0 303.7 291.6 329.7 9.36 5 800 1985 10.7 9.3 91 1.4 9.8 207 49 302.6 304.3 291.7 329.9 9.22 6 750 2521 7.6 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 210 44 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.4 8.55 7 700 3086 4.1 3.7 97 0.4 3.9 216 46 307.0 308.4 291.4 328.8 7.15 8 650 3687 1.5 -1.8 78 3.3 -0.2 219 47 310.7 311.6 290.8 326.7 5.15 9 600 4328 -1.8 -9.8 55 7.9 -5.1 217 44 314.0 314.6 289.9 323.8 3.04 10 550 5014 -6.1 -16.4 44 10.3 -9.7 211 43 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.2 1.92 11 500 5753 -11.1 -18.2 56 7.1 -13.4 215 47 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.6 1.82 12 450 6553 -15.5 -21.3 61 5.8 -17.1 225 50 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.1 1.55 13 400 7434 -20.3 -24.1 72 3.8 -21.2 235 49 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.5 1.37 14 350 8408 -27.7 -29.9 81 2.2 -28.1 240 50 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.91 15 300 9496 -36.7 -41.9 58 5.2 -37.2 240 56 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.32 16 250 10727 -47.8 -51.5 66 3.7 -48.0 237 68 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12174 -52.4 -72.7 7 20.3 -52.7 248 65 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13995 -62.1 -79.7 8 17.6 -62.2 253 59 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16451 -68.3 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.4 258 36 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.68 m Freezing level: 627.49 mb = 3975.46 m = 13042.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.93 mb = 3662.79 m = 12016.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.88 mb = 1306.39 m = 4286.00 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 7.24 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2119.42 m = 6953.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5036.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.62 mb = 1780.74 m = 5842.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 45.5 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 34.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 390.0 neg: -10.8 tot: 379.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 45.47 m/s