MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F025.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F025.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: 25 hour RUC valid 22Z 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 69 SFC 994 123 24.9 20.8 78 4.1 22.0 195 5 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.3 15.71 2 950 518 22.7 17.3 72 5.3 19.0 196 17 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.9 13.21 3 900 987 19.2 14.8 76 4.4 16.3 194 25 301.3 303.5 293.3 336.2 11.83 4 850 1475 14.9 12.3 84 2.6 13.3 195 28 301.8 303.8 292.6 333.3 10.67 5 800 1986 11.1 7.4 78 3.7 8.9 198 30 303.0 304.5 290.9 327.1 8.07 6 750 2521 7.6 1.0 62 6.7 4.1 203 30 304.9 305.9 289.2 321.5 5.47 7 700 3087 4.8 -8.1 38 13.0 -0.8 210 32 307.8 308.4 287.8 317.2 2.96 8 650 3689 2.8 -13.3 29 16.1 -3.5 218 34 312.1 312.5 288.4 318.9 2.10 9 600 4332 -1.2 -8.2 59 7.0 -4.3 222 36 314.7 315.4 290.5 325.8 3.43 10 550 5020 -6.3 -9.2 80 2.9 -7.5 223 39 316.6 317.3 291.1 327.8 3.45 11 500 5757 -11.4 -16.8 64 5.4 -13.2 225 40 319.1 319.5 290.6 325.9 2.05 12 450 6557 -16.0 -22.2 59 6.2 -17.7 232 43 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.44 13 400 7435 -21.4 -31.0 41 9.6 -23.3 238 50 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.8 0.72 14 350 8405 -28.2 -44.9 19 16.7 -30.0 237 59 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.20 15 300 9490 -37.2 -46.6 37 9.4 -37.9 246 56 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.19 16 250 10718 -48.7 -54.5 51 5.8 -48.9 255 54 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.09 17 200 12149 -55.7 -67.1 23 11.3 -55.9 262 75 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13970 -59.2 -82.5 3 23.3 -59.4 244 80 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16450 -68.2 -87.4 5 19.2 -68.3 260 39 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.28 m Freezing level: 615.04 mb = 4138.35 m = 13577.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.13 mb = 2992.10 m = 9816.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.74 mb = 649.14 m = 2129.69 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 27.09 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.84 mb = 1367.09 m = 4485.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 25.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1044.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.76 mb = 1181.26 m = 3875.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.76 mb = 1527.55 m = 5011.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.76 mb = 11400.53 m = 37402.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1042.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.76 mb = 14187.38 m = 46545.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 19.92 Bulk Shear: 52.44 m/s