MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F045.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510162100F045.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: 45 hour RUC valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-108.52 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -108.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 1 950 609 2 900 1069 3 850 1551 SFC 819 1865 11.5 -1.6 40 13.0 5.0 324 5 301.4 302.1 286.8 314.0 4.16 5 800 2056 8.7 -3.8 41 12.5 2.9 321 6 300.5 301.1 285.8 311.5 3.62 6 750 2584 3.6 -5.4 52 9.0 -0.3 320 9 300.5 301.1 285.7 310.9 3.42 7 700 3139 -1.4 -8.3 59 7.0 -4.1 317 13 301.0 301.5 285.3 309.9 2.91 8 650 3725 -5.1 -16.3 41 11.1 -8.7 323 28 303.2 303.5 284.7 308.4 1.65 9 600 4350 -7.4 -25.2 23 17.8 -11.9 328 43 307.5 307.7 285.4 310.2 0.82 10 550 5024 -9.6 -28.3 20 18.7 -14.0 329 51 312.7 312.8 287.1 315.0 0.67 11 500 5755 -13.0 -33.4 16 20.4 -17.0 330 55 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.8 0.46 12 450 6549 -18.4 -38.5 15 20.1 -21.5 331 61 320.1 320.2 289.1 321.3 0.31 13 400 7416 -24.9 -46.3 12 21.4 -27.2 329 67 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.15 14 350 8369 -33.7 -51.2 15 17.5 -35.0 335 68 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.10 15 300 9427 -42.9 -56.3 22 13.4 -43.5 340 66 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.1 0.06 16 250 10629 -52.5 -60.8 36 8.3 -52.7 322 79 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.04 17 200 12070 -50.6 -74.6 4 24.0 -51.0 308 78 352.6 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13912 -58.9 -82.9 3 24.0 -59.1 306 46 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16389 -68.7 -87.5 5 18.9 -68.8 287 33 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.06 m Freezing level: 713.81 mb = 2985.55 m = 9795.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.06 mb = 2529.09 m = 8297.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.75 % Est. max temperature: 12.36 C = 54.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.18 mb = 3471.07 m = 11387.88 ft T: -3.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.44 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.22 mb = 4690.06 m = 15387.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.70 C = 67.46 F Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lifted Index: 8.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9994.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.43 mb = 3670.84 m = 12043.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.7 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 358.7 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 165.84 m/s