MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180300F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.98,-84.88 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -84.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 976 246 18.3 14.3 78 4.0 15.7 194 17 293.5 295.4 289.9 323.6 10.55 2 950 476 17.9 14.2 79 3.7 15.5 195 40 295.4 297.3 290.7 326.3 10.76 3 900 937 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 200 56 296.7 298.5 290.8 326.9 10.46 4 850 1419 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 206 63 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.8 10.42 5 800 1927 10.3 9.2 93 1.1 9.6 208 60 302.1 303.8 291.5 329.3 9.17 6 750 2462 7.0 6.3 95 0.8 6.6 207 54 304.2 305.7 291.2 328.2 8.00 7 700 3026 3.4 3.2 98 0.2 3.3 206 52 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.2 6.90 8 650 3625 0.4 -0.3 95 0.7 0.0 202 52 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.2 5.76 9 600 4264 -3.2 -3.9 95 0.7 -3.6 200 54 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.5 4.78 10 550 4948 -7.2 -7.9 94 0.8 -7.5 199 58 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.9 3.83 11 500 5686 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.6 -11.2 203 61 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.0 3.15 12 450 6489 -15.2 -16.3 91 1.1 -15.6 209 63 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.2 2.38 13 400 7369 -20.8 -22.5 86 1.7 -21.2 213 64 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.5 1.57 14 350 8342 -28.0 -30.5 79 2.5 -28.5 213 69 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.86 15 300 9427 -37.1 -39.6 77 2.6 -37.4 217 72 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.41 16 250 10657 -48.2 -50.4 78 2.1 -48.3 222 71 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.15 17 200 12117 -50.1 -73.5 5 23.5 -50.5 237 62 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 13951 -60.4 -82.0 4 21.6 -60.6 249 54 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.7 -87.5 4 20.8 -66.8 246 35 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.31 m Freezing level: 644.37 mb = 3696.92 m = 12128.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.72 mb = 3628.45 m = 11904.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.39 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.86 mb = 750.61 m = 2462.59 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1539.42 m = 5050.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6205.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.98 mb = 1050.09 m = 3445.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 55.1 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 41.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.9 neg: -52.2 tot: 294.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 47.10 m/s