MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-88.87 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 995 119 24.0 21.0 83 3.0 21.9 210 6 297.6 300.5 295.3 343.9 15.97 2 950 524 20.7 18.9 90 1.8 19.5 211 15 298.2 300.8 294.5 340.6 14.62 3 900 991 18.3 15.7 85 2.6 16.5 206 23 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.1 12.54 4 850 1478 14.7 12.1 84 2.6 13.0 207 27 301.6 303.5 292.4 332.6 10.49 5 800 1989 11.4 7.6 77 3.8 9.2 210 28 303.3 304.8 291.1 327.9 8.21 6 750 2525 7.7 5.2 84 2.5 6.3 212 28 304.9 306.3 290.9 327.3 7.43 7 700 3091 4.6 0.9 76 3.8 2.7 215 28 307.6 308.7 290.4 325.5 5.82 8 650 3693 2.1 -3.5 67 5.6 -0.6 218 30 311.3 312.2 290.5 325.6 4.55 9 600 4335 -1.7 -6.0 73 4.2 -3.7 219 34 314.1 314.9 290.9 327.1 4.09 10 550 5022 -6.9 -8.7 87 1.8 -7.7 222 38 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.6 3.61 11 500 5758 -11.5 -15.1 75 3.5 -12.8 224 40 319.0 319.4 290.8 326.8 2.37 12 450 6559 -15.7 -20.7 66 5.0 -17.1 230 39 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.2 1.64 13 400 7437 -21.3 -31.7 38 10.5 -23.3 241 46 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.8 0.67 14 350 8408 -28.4 -44.2 21 15.8 -30.2 237 54 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.22 15 300 9491 -37.7 -49.7 27 12.0 -38.5 242 61 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.14 16 250 10718 -48.3 -50.8 75 2.5 -48.4 242 69 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.14 17 200 12151 -55.8 -67.6 21 11.9 -56.0 256 81 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13971 -59.1 -82.7 3 23.6 -59.3 244 76 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16450 -67.7 -87.1 5 19.4 -67.8 256 38 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.61 m Freezing level: 622.87 mb = 4041.57 m = 13259.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.52 mb = 3574.88 m = 11728.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.04 mb = 496.02 m = 1627.36 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 18.39 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1098.71 m = 3604.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.78 mb = 859.40 m = 2819.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.78 mb = 1390.66 m = 4562.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.78 mb = 11574.82 m = 37974.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1285.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.78 mb = 14446.27 m = 47395.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 29.53 Bulk Shear: 43.69 m/s