MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.86,-88.93 Latitude: 36.86 Longitude: -88.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 998 119 23.7 19.7 78 4.0 20.9 221 10 297.0 299.7 294.1 339.3 14.62 2 950 543 19.6 17.6 88 2.0 18.2 230 21 297.1 299.5 293.3 335.9 13.42 3 900 1009 18.5 16.9 90 1.7 17.4 237 28 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.3 13.54 4 850 1498 15.8 11.5 76 4.3 13.1 225 30 302.7 304.6 292.4 332.7 10.10 5 800 2010 11.3 9.7 90 1.6 10.3 223 26 303.2 305.0 292.1 331.5 9.51 6 750 2546 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.1 221 23 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.6 8.26 7 700 3114 5.7 1.3 73 4.4 3.4 223 23 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.3 6.02 8 650 3717 2.4 -1.3 76 3.7 0.5 224 23 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.5 5.36 9 600 4360 -1.4 -6.4 69 5.0 -3.6 219 27 314.6 315.3 290.9 327.2 3.96 10 550 5048 -6.4 -11.1 69 4.7 -8.2 222 31 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.3 2.98 11 500 5785 -11.7 -21.0 46 9.4 -14.4 231 33 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.6 1.43 12 450 6583 -16.2 -30.4 28 14.2 -19.2 240 34 322.9 323.1 290.4 325.4 0.68 13 400 7461 -20.9 -37.6 21 16.6 -23.6 250 41 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.38 14 350 8432 -28.9 -52.1 9 23.2 -30.8 248 48 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.09 15 300 9513 -37.7 -51.2 23 13.5 -38.6 253 56 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.11 16 250 10742 -47.8 -52.3 60 4.5 -48.0 257 67 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.12 17 200 12186 -53.2 -70.1 11 16.9 -53.5 259 83 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14010 -61.2 -82.1 5 20.9 -61.4 255 68 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16465 -69.5 -87.1 6 17.6 -69.5 249 35 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.54 m Freezing level: 617.87 mb = 4130.28 m = 13550.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3794.17 m = 12447.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.37 mb = 621.91 m = 2040.35 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.02 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1398.73 m = 4588.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.22 mb = 874.11 m = 2867.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.22 mb = 1809.91 m = 5937.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.22 mb = 11026.91 m = 36177.10 ft B at Equ Level: 823.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.22 mb = 13631.73 m = 44722.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -37.3 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 63.36 Bulk Shear: 13.05 m/s