MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F018.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 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.25,-86.96 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -86.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 992 159 21.3 20.1 93 1.3 20.5 231 7 295.2 297.9 293.9 338.4 15.06 2 950 530 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 234 15 296.2 298.7 293.4 336.2 13.90 3 900 993 16.7 15.7 94 0.9 16.1 231 18 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.4 12.60 4 850 1479 13.9 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 226 24 300.7 302.7 292.5 333.0 10.97 5 800 1989 10.4 9.7 95 0.7 10.0 224 27 302.3 304.0 291.8 330.4 9.48 6 750 2524 7.0 6.5 97 0.5 6.8 222 28 304.2 305.7 291.3 328.7 8.15 7 700 3089 4.4 3.0 90 1.4 3.6 222 29 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.0 6.78 8 650 3690 1.1 -0.5 89 1.6 0.3 220 30 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.70 9 600 4331 -2.2 -7.5 67 5.4 -4.6 220 35 313.6 314.3 290.3 325.2 3.61 10 550 5016 -6.8 -13.0 61 6.2 -9.1 225 41 316.0 316.5 290.1 324.4 2.55 11 500 5753 -11.7 -18.9 55 7.2 -13.9 232 43 318.8 319.1 290.2 324.6 1.72 12 450 6551 -16.5 -21.7 64 5.2 -18.0 234 39 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.6 1.49 13 400 7427 -21.8 -32.1 39 10.3 -23.7 244 42 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.0 0.65 14 350 8396 -29.0 -47.7 15 18.7 -30.8 241 51 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9475 -38.4 -50.3 28 11.9 -39.2 241 56 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 16 250 10700 -48.5 -50.7 78 2.2 -48.6 246 69 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.15 17 200 12134 -55.6 -68.4 19 12.8 -55.8 251 81 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 13957 -59.0 -83.7 3 24.8 -59.2 242 73 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16435 -67.1 -87.4 4 20.3 -67.2 250 41 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.07 m Freezing level: 632.77 mb = 3910.51 m = 12829.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.78 mb = 3729.43 m = 12235.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.71 mb = 316.03 m = 1036.84 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 856.73 m = 2810.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.07 C = 75.33 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 804.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.34 mb = 718.19 m = 2356.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.34 mb = 1337.09 m = 4386.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.34 mb = 11115.84 m = 36468.86 ft B at Equ Level: 794.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.34 mb = 13378.40 m = 43891.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 18.81 Bulk Shear: 42.78 m/s