MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.29,-88.21 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -88.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 993 147 23.0 15.0 61 8.0 17.8 174 6 296.8 298.7 291.2 328.1 10.85 2 950 533 23.8 14.0 54 9.8 17.4 187 31 301.3 303.3 292.4 332.6 10.60 3 900 1003 19.9 12.5 62 7.4 15.2 192 36 302.1 303.9 292.3 332.2 10.19 4 850 1493 15.5 12.0 80 3.5 13.3 201 36 302.4 304.3 292.6 333.4 10.44 5 800 2004 11.0 10.5 96 0.5 10.7 209 37 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.6 10.00 6 750 2539 7.0 5.7 92 1.2 6.2 214 40 304.1 305.6 290.9 327.2 7.70 7 700 3105 5.2 -2.6 57 7.8 1.4 221 39 308.3 309.1 289.5 322.3 4.52 8 650 3707 2.2 -3.5 66 5.7 -0.6 221 36 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.8 4.54 9 600 4350 -0.8 -10.2 49 9.5 -4.7 219 33 315.2 315.8 290.2 324.7 2.92 10 550 5039 -5.1 -15.3 45 10.2 -8.8 219 33 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.0 2.11 11 500 5781 -9.9 -23.1 33 13.2 -13.7 225 40 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.0 1.19 12 450 6585 -14.2 -25.2 39 11.0 -17.1 239 46 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.10 13 400 7468 -20.1 -31.2 36 11.1 -22.4 244 51 328.9 329.0 292.1 331.5 0.71 14 350 8443 -27.4 -40.4 28 13.0 -29.1 240 55 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.32 15 300 9530 -36.8 -43.4 51 6.5 -37.4 250 57 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.27 16 250 10762 -47.3 -51.4 63 4.1 -47.5 249 63 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 17 200 12214 -53.3 -75.5 5 22.2 -53.6 249 59 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14028 -62.1 -81.2 6 19.1 -62.2 247 60 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16480 -69.0 -87.2 6 18.2 -69.1 267 35 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.14 m Freezing level: 612.77 mb = 4185.93 m = 13733.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.64 mb = 3525.79 m = 11567.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.40 mb = 1172.28 m = 3846.01 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1975.21 m = 6480.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.00 mb = 1703.71 m = 5589.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.00 mb = 2278.03 m = 7473.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.00 mb = 2942.42 m = 9653.50 ft B at Equ Level: 29.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 594.00 mb = 4429.92 m = 14533.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 294.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 48.18 m/s