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: 37.09,-88.40 Latitude: 37.09 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 122 24.4 21.1 82 3.3 22.1 199 3 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.5 16.01 2 950 520 22.0 18.1 78 4.0 19.3 200 15 299.6 302.1 294.3 340.1 13.88 3 900 988 18.9 15.4 80 3.5 16.6 199 24 301.0 303.3 293.7 337.3 12.35 4 850 1477 14.9 12.7 87 2.2 13.5 199 28 301.7 303.7 292.8 334.0 10.92 5 800 1987 11.1 7.9 81 3.2 9.2 202 30 303.0 304.5 291.2 328.0 8.40 6 750 2523 7.9 1.4 63 6.5 4.5 205 31 305.1 306.2 289.5 322.3 5.65 7 700 3088 4.7 -5.4 48 10.1 0.0 210 31 307.7 308.4 288.5 319.1 3.64 8 650 3690 2.5 -12.8 31 15.3 -3.6 217 33 311.7 312.2 288.3 318.9 2.19 9 600 4333 -1.3 -11.0 48 9.7 -5.3 221 35 314.6 315.2 289.9 323.6 2.76 10 550 5020 -6.4 -10.3 74 3.9 -7.9 224 38 316.5 317.2 290.8 326.9 3.18 11 500 5758 -11.3 -18.6 55 7.3 -13.6 227 40 319.2 319.5 290.3 325.1 1.76 12 450 6557 -15.7 -28.2 33 12.6 -18.6 231 43 323.6 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.83 13 400 7436 -21.4 -32.2 37 10.8 -23.4 239 48 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 14 350 8406 -28.4 -48.5 13 20.1 -30.4 237 59 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 15 300 9489 -37.8 -48.6 31 10.9 -38.5 242 60 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 16 250 10715 -48.3 -50.9 75 2.6 -48.4 244 62 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 17 200 12147 -56.0 -66.7 25 10.8 -56.2 261 76 344.1 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13968 -58.6 -82.7 3 24.1 -58.8 245 78 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16449 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 260 38 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.83 m Freezing level: 617.19 mb = 4111.53 m = 13489.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.32 mb = 3096.32 m = 10158.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.30 mb = 544.61 m = 1786.75 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 25.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.56 mb = 1252.84 m = 4110.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 28.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.56 mb = 1040.06 m = 3412.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.56 mb = 1381.11 m = 4531.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.56 mb = 11548.65 m = 37888.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1240.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.56 mb = 14409.25 m = 47273.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 22.04 Bulk Shear: 56.38 m/s