MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2511181500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2511181500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 18 NOV 25 Station: 36.4,-89.2 Latitude: 36.40 Longitude: -89.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 112 19.4 9.3 52 10.1 13.4 193 14 292.5 293.8 286.6 313.5 7.34 1 1000 120 19.3 10.1 55 9.2 13.8 194 14 292.5 293.8 287.0 314.7 7.77 2 950 558 16.6 13.3 81 3.2 14.6 211 37 294.0 295.8 289.7 323.1 10.18 3 900 1020 16.3 15.6 95 0.7 15.8 227 43 298.3 300.6 292.9 334.5 12.46 4 850 1505 12.9 12.2 96 0.7 12.4 233 42 299.6 301.6 291.9 330.6 10.57 5 800 2014 11.8 5.6 66 6.2 8.3 246 37 303.7 305.1 290.3 325.3 7.17 6 750 2552 9.2 0.6 55 8.6 4.6 249 32 306.5 307.5 289.6 322.8 5.32 7 700 3118 3.8 -1.7 67 5.5 1.1 243 35 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.5 4.81 8 650 3714 -1.1 -6.3 68 5.2 -3.4 245 38 307.7 308.4 288.5 319.2 3.67 9 600 4348 -4.7 -14.0 48 9.3 -8.0 250 41 310.7 311.1 288.0 317.7 2.16 10 550 5029 -8.4 -22.3 32 13.9 -12.3 253 45 314.2 314.4 288.1 318.1 1.16 11 500 5760 -13.1 -33.4 17 20.2 -17.1 255 50 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.7 0.46 12 450 6553 -18.1 -35.1 21 16.9 -21.1 255 54 320.4 320.5 289.3 322.0 0.43 13 400 7422 -24.5 -40.5 21 16.0 -26.6 257 58 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.28 14 350 8377 -32.9 -47.2 22 14.4 -34.1 264 65 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.15 15 300 9440 -41.7 -49.8 41 8.2 -42.1 271 75 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.13 16 250 10648 -51.5 -56.9 52 5.4 -51.6 276 86 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 17 200 12069 -58.5 -75.7 9 17.2 -58.7 283 78 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 18 150 13855 -61.5 -81.8 5 20.3 -61.7 270 70 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16350 -64.9 -87.5 3 22.5 -65.1 266 50 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.49 m Freezing level: 661.42 mb = 3578.19 m = 11739.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.94 mb = 3257.83 m = 10688.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.10 mb = 1394.66 m = 4575.60 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2379.63 m = 7807.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.56 C = 90.62 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 32.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5820.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.62 mb = 1061.29 m = 3481.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.0 neg: -10.4 tot: 331.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 76.70 m/s