MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181800F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.12,-85.85 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -85.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 224 21.7 18.1 80 3.6 19.3 175 12 296.3 298.7 293.1 335.0 13.44 2 950 522 21.7 17.2 76 4.5 18.7 183 36 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.5 13.12 3 900 990 19.3 14.5 74 4.8 16.1 196 45 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.6 11.61 4 850 1479 15.1 12.7 85 2.5 13.6 203 47 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.2 10.89 5 800 1990 11.5 8.6 83 2.9 9.7 208 45 303.4 305.0 291.6 329.6 8.80 6 750 2527 7.9 4.7 80 3.3 6.1 213 41 305.2 306.5 290.8 326.8 7.15 7 700 3093 4.4 1.0 78 3.4 2.7 221 40 307.4 308.5 290.4 325.5 5.89 8 650 3694 2.1 -4.5 61 6.6 -1.0 223 38 311.4 312.2 290.2 324.7 4.22 9 600 4337 -1.1 -8.1 59 7.0 -4.2 218 36 314.8 315.5 290.6 326.0 3.47 10 550 5025 -5.6 -11.9 61 6.3 -8.1 212 39 317.5 318.0 290.7 326.6 2.79 11 500 5766 -10.4 -19.9 45 9.5 -13.3 214 47 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.7 1.57 12 450 6568 -15.1 -28.6 31 13.4 -18.3 222 52 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.1 0.81 13 400 7448 -21.0 -26.5 61 5.5 -22.2 230 54 327.7 328.0 292.2 331.6 1.10 14 350 8421 -27.6 -30.7 75 3.0 -28.2 231 51 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.6 0.85 15 300 9510 -36.2 -40.2 66 4.1 -36.6 238 49 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.38 16 250 10744 -47.3 -48.8 85 1.5 -47.4 243 59 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 17 200 12189 -53.0 -70.8 10 17.8 -53.4 247 66 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14002 -62.8 -79.4 9 16.6 -62.9 248 65 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16468 -68.9 -88.6 4 19.7 -69.0 258 32 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.76 m Freezing level: 617.20 mb = 4115.60 m = 13502.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.02 mb = 3520.90 m = 11551.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.78 mb = 680.32 m = 2232.01 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1551.15 m = 5089.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 360.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.70 mb = 1243.91 m = 4081.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.70 mb = 1898.84 m = 6229.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.70 mb = 9307.59 m = 30536.36 ft B at Equ Level: 359.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.70 mb = 12555.04 m = 41190.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 364.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 6.64 Bulk Shear: 54.29 m/s