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: 36.6,-89.6 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -89.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 90 18.3 12.7 70 5.6 14.9 194 13 291.2 292.9 287.9 317.5 9.25 1 1000 114 18.9 12.4 66 6.4 14.9 195 15 292.0 293.6 288.1 317.9 9.09 2 950 552 16.4 15.2 93 1.2 15.7 212 36 293.8 295.9 290.8 326.7 11.51 3 900 1014 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 229 43 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.4 12.80 4 850 1499 13.2 12.3 94 0.9 12.7 237 42 300.0 302.0 292.0 331.3 10.64 5 800 2009 11.8 6.3 69 5.6 8.6 249 39 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.2 7.49 6 750 2546 8.6 1.6 61 7.0 4.9 251 35 305.9 307.0 289.8 323.5 5.74 7 700 3112 3.3 -0.5 76 3.8 1.4 247 35 306.2 307.2 289.5 322.3 5.28 8 650 3708 -1.1 -5.2 74 4.1 -3.0 246 39 307.7 308.5 288.8 320.2 4.00 9 600 4342 -4.5 -12.3 55 7.8 -7.5 248 42 310.9 311.3 288.3 318.8 2.48 10 550 5022 -8.5 -21.6 34 13.1 -12.3 251 47 314.0 314.3 288.2 318.2 1.24 11 500 5754 -13.3 -32.6 18 19.4 -17.1 254 52 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.6 0.49 12 450 6547 -18.3 -36.7 18 18.5 -21.3 255 56 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.36 13 400 7415 -24.6 -41.8 19 17.1 -26.8 255 60 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.24 14 350 8369 -33.2 -46.6 25 13.4 -34.3 261 65 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.17 15 300 9431 -41.8 -49.2 44 7.4 -42.2 269 77 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.14 16 250 10639 -51.6 -56.5 56 4.9 -51.7 274 89 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.07 17 200 12062 -58.0 -77.1 7 19.1 -58.2 281 79 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.01 18 150 13852 -61.8 -81.7 5 19.9 -61.9 269 67 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16344 -64.5 -87.5 3 22.9 -64.7 266 48 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.44 m Freezing level: 662.39 mb = 3560.14 m = 11680.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.23 mb = 3295.02 m = 10810.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.87 mb = 799.87 m = 2624.21 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 17.19 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1750.20 m = 5742.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.16 mb = 825.02 m = 2706.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.16 mb = 3402.38 m = 11162.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 475.16 mb = 6137.22 m = 20135.01 ft B at Equ Level: 58.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.16 mb = 9539.12 m = 31295.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.5 neg: -13.0 tot: 349.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 84.84 m/s