MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190600F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510190600F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 17Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.05,-84.86 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -84.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 976 247 16.7 14.6 87 2.1 15.4 241 14 291.9 293.8 289.5 322.4 10.78 2 950 474 13.5 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 254 23 290.9 292.6 288.1 318.1 9.61 3 900 927 10.3 10.1 99 0.2 10.2 254 27 292.1 293.6 287.6 316.7 8.64 4 850 1401 7.4 7.2 98 0.2 7.2 252 28 293.9 295.2 287.2 315.5 7.49 5 800 1898 4.4 3.7 96 0.6 4.0 244 29 295.8 296.9 286.8 314.1 6.27 6 750 2421 1.1 0.0 93 1.1 0.6 231 35 297.8 298.7 286.4 312.9 5.12 7 700 2972 -2.2 -4.7 83 2.5 -3.3 222 41 300.0 300.7 285.9 311.7 3.85 8 650 3558 -4.9 -8.2 77 3.4 -6.2 218 45 303.5 304.0 286.5 313.2 3.16 9 600 4182 -9.1 -11.9 80 2.8 -10.1 215 47 305.6 306.1 286.6 313.7 2.56 10 550 4850 -13.4 -17.5 71 4.1 -14.6 210 49 308.1 308.5 286.7 313.8 1.76 11 500 5569 -18.0 -23.6 61 5.6 -19.3 202 52 311.1 311.3 287.1 314.9 1.14 12 450 6349 -21.7 -37.2 23 15.4 -24.0 201 60 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.2 0.35 13 400 7211 -23.6 -60.4 2 36.8 -26.5 205 72 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.03 14 350 8178 -28.3 -60.1 3 31.8 -30.5 205 79 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.03 15 300 9265 -36.0 -61.5 5 25.5 -37.3 208 94 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 16 250 10522 -37.1 -68.9 2 31.9 -38.5 234 85 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 17 200 12043 -46.3 -76.5 2 30.3 -47.0 206 48 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 13900 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 239 59 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16423 -63.8 -87.2 3 23.4 -64.0 242 34 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5526.86 m Freezing level: 733.39 mb = 2603.82 m = 8542.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.29 mb = 2503.21 m = 8212.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.42 % Est. max temperature: 19.59 C = 67.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.09 mb = 508.70 m = 1668.94 ft T: 13.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 786.50 m = 2580.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.55 C = 61.80 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.42 mb = 784.82 m = 2574.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.42 mb = 830.70 m = 2725.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.42 mb = 5712.45 m = 18741.41 ft B at Equ Level: 192.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.42 mb = 7386.86 m = 24234.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -11.8 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 81.33 m/s