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: 35.47,-88.92 Latitude: 35.47 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 992 142 25.2 18.1 65 7.1 20.3 181 9 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.7 13.28 2 950 527 24.1 17.1 65 7.0 19.3 189 29 301.6 304.0 294.3 340.0 13.03 3 900 998 20.0 15.9 77 4.2 17.2 192 33 302.1 304.5 294.2 339.6 12.69 4 850 1488 15.8 13.6 87 2.2 14.4 196 34 302.7 304.9 293.6 337.1 11.61 5 800 2001 11.9 10.2 89 1.7 10.9 204 36 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.2 9.85 6 750 2539 9.1 4.6 73 4.5 6.5 210 38 306.5 307.8 291.2 328.0 7.09 7 700 3107 5.9 1.3 72 4.6 3.4 217 38 309.0 310.1 291.0 327.5 6.02 8 650 3713 3.9 -4.8 53 8.8 -0.3 229 35 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.5 4.11 9 600 4358 -0.4 -5.5 69 5.1 -2.8 226 33 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.2 4.23 10 550 5048 -5.5 -9.7 72 4.2 -7.2 219 34 317.6 318.2 291.3 328.5 3.34 11 500 5789 -10.7 -17.3 59 6.6 -12.9 221 40 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.6 1.97 12 450 6590 -14.6 -23.6 46 9.0 -17.0 229 47 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.4 1.27 13 400 7474 -20.0 -26.9 54 6.9 -21.7 239 58 328.9 329.2 292.4 332.7 1.06 14 350 8449 -27.1 -32.3 61 5.2 -28.0 242 57 332.2 332.4 293.0 334.9 0.73 15 300 9540 -35.6 -41.4 56 5.7 -36.2 258 51 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.5 0.34 16 250 10777 -46.7 -51.2 60 4.5 -46.9 260 56 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.14 17 200 12229 -53.2 -68.8 13 15.6 -53.5 253 61 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14040 -62.5 -81.9 6 19.4 -62.7 246 66 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16487 -69.7 -86.9 6 17.2 -69.8 254 38 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.48 m Freezing level: 604.95 mb = 4294.51 m = 14089.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.70 mb = 3666.14 m = 12027.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.65 mb = 1048.96 m = 3441.44 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1581.96 m = 5190.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 629.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.35 mb = 1374.39 m = 4509.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.35 mb = 1829.68 m = 6002.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.35 mb = 11142.29 m = 36555.64 ft B at Equ Level: 622.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.35 mb = 13388.36 m = 43924.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 15.23 Bulk Shear: 41.34 m/s