MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.84,-88.98 Latitude: 37.84 Longitude: -88.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 996 127 22.6 17.6 73 5.0 19.2 222 11 296.2 298.5 292.5 333.0 12.80 2 950 533 20.8 15.6 72 5.2 17.4 237 30 298.3 300.5 292.4 332.8 11.85 3 900 1002 19.7 16.0 79 3.8 17.2 245 32 301.8 304.2 294.2 339.5 12.77 4 850 1492 15.9 13.1 84 2.8 14.1 242 29 302.8 304.9 293.3 336.1 11.24 5 800 2004 11.2 10.7 96 0.6 10.9 244 27 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.2 10.12 6 750 2540 8.2 5.3 82 2.9 6.5 247 27 305.5 306.8 291.2 328.0 7.45 7 700 3108 5.8 0.9 70 4.9 3.2 237 27 308.9 310.0 290.9 327.0 5.84 8 650 3710 1.6 -1.6 80 3.1 0.0 232 27 310.8 311.7 290.9 327.2 5.26 9 600 4351 -2.3 -9.0 60 6.7 -5.1 232 32 313.4 314.1 289.9 323.8 3.22 10 550 5036 -6.6 -17.0 43 10.4 -10.1 230 39 316.2 316.6 289.5 322.3 1.83 11 500 5773 -11.7 -26.8 28 15.0 -15.4 231 42 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.7 0.85 12 450 6571 -16.3 -32.7 23 16.4 -19.6 240 41 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.7 0.54 13 400 7447 -21.9 -29.3 51 7.4 -23.4 253 42 326.5 326.7 291.6 329.6 0.85 14 350 8414 -29.4 -44.6 22 15.1 -31.0 248 48 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.8 0.21 15 300 9492 -38.6 -47.5 39 8.9 -39.3 253 51 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.17 16 250 10715 -48.6 -52.9 61 4.3 -48.7 265 70 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12157 -53.5 -71.1 10 17.6 -53.8 263 81 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13982 -60.0 -82.5 4 22.5 -60.2 252 72 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16453 -68.8 -87.3 5 18.5 -68.9 250 33 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.20 m Freezing level: 629.68 mb = 3970.61 m = 13026.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.81 mb = 3712.66 m = 12180.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.45 mb = 769.51 m = 2524.60 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.54 mb = 1677.24 m = 5502.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.93 mb = 1185.22 m = 3888.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.93 mb = 2046.22 m = 6713.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.93 mb = 10821.14 m = 35501.99 ft B at Equ Level: 498.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.93 mb = 12619.98 m = 41403.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.8 neg: -19.9 tot: 67.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 46.89 Bulk Shear: 10.77 m/s