MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.45,-89.65 Latitude: 35.45 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 996 104 27.0 17.3 56 9.6 20.4 188 10 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.4 12.58 2 950 521 25.1 16.6 59 8.5 19.3 197 30 302.6 305.0 294.3 339.9 12.58 3 900 993 20.7 15.5 72 5.3 17.2 200 33 302.9 305.2 294.2 339.5 12.36 4 850 1484 16.3 13.4 83 2.9 14.4 203 35 303.2 305.3 293.6 337.2 11.45 5 800 1997 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.2 205 38 304.3 305.9 292.0 330.9 8.89 6 750 2535 9.0 2.4 64 6.5 5.4 209 39 306.3 307.4 290.2 324.9 6.09 7 700 3103 6.1 -1.0 60 7.1 2.5 222 38 309.3 310.2 290.3 325.0 5.07 8 650 3708 3.2 -3.2 63 6.3 0.0 227 38 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.65 9 600 4352 -1.1 -5.3 73 4.2 -3.1 222 38 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.6 4.29 10 550 5040 -6.0 -9.8 74 3.8 -7.5 216 40 317.0 317.6 291.1 327.7 3.30 11 500 5779 -10.9 -14.6 74 3.7 -12.2 216 45 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.0 2.47 12 450 6582 -14.9 -17.0 84 2.1 -15.6 224 51 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.1 2.24 13 400 7465 -19.8 -24.3 68 4.4 -21.0 238 56 329.2 329.5 292.8 334.0 1.34 14 350 8442 -26.5 -32.2 58 5.7 -27.5 246 51 333.0 333.2 293.3 335.7 0.73 15 300 9534 -35.8 -40.5 62 4.7 -36.3 254 53 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.3 0.37 16 250 10770 -47.0 -51.7 59 4.7 -47.2 259 60 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 17 200 12221 -52.4 -70.4 10 18.0 -52.7 255 64 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14036 -63.0 -80.7 7 17.7 -63.1 248 62 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16487 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -69.0 251 35 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.94 m Freezing level: 612.81 mb = 4186.96 m = 13736.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.68 mb = 3711.73 m = 12177.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.47 mb = 1329.08 m = 4360.44 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 15.02 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1742.81 m = 5717.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.27 C = 86.48 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 630.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.91 mb = 1554.91 m = 5101.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.91 mb = 1914.00 m = 6279.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.91 mb = 11092.13 m = 36391.08 ft B at Equ Level: 625.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.91 mb = 13324.22 m = 43714.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 14.82 Bulk Shear: 42.56 m/s