MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170000F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510170000F000.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 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-107.92 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -107.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 556 2 900 1014 3 850 1493 4 800 1996 SFC 792 2078 7.2 -1.5 54 8.8 3.0 293 5 299.7 300.5 286.3 312.7 4.32 6 750 2523 2.9 -2.9 66 5.7 0.2 288 8 299.7 300.4 286.1 312.1 4.13 7 700 3076 -2.1 -6.3 73 4.2 -3.8 270 11 300.2 300.8 285.5 310.5 3.40 8 650 3660 -6.6 -11.1 71 4.4 -8.2 260 12 301.5 301.9 285.1 309.3 2.53 9 600 4279 -11.7 -13.9 83 2.3 -12.4 271 13 302.6 303.0 285.1 309.4 2.17 10 550 4942 -14.8 -18.6 72 3.9 -15.9 295 16 306.6 306.9 285.9 311.7 1.60 11 500 5657 -19.3 -25.8 56 6.6 -20.7 290 16 309.6 309.7 286.3 312.7 0.93 12 450 6431 -25.2 -33.8 44 8.7 -26.4 290 10 311.6 311.7 286.5 313.3 0.49 13 400 7274 -31.7 -40.7 41 9.0 -32.6 269 13 313.7 313.8 287.0 314.7 0.27 14 350 8214 -32.7 -55.4 8 22.8 -34.1 240 60 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.06 15 300 9288 -38.1 -60.0 8 21.8 -39.2 238 72 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.04 16 250 10532 -41.8 -70.4 3 28.6 -42.7 238 66 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.01 17 200 12025 -47.0 -75.5 2 28.5 -47.7 233 57 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 13893 -56.6 -82.5 2 25.9 -56.9 247 47 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16419 -61.8 -88.0 2 26.2 -62.1 221 15 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.50 m Freezing level: 721.09 mb = 2842.83 m = 9326.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.58 mb = 2548.82 m = 8362.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 9.05 C = 48.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.30 mb = 3163.49 m = 10378.78 ft T: -2.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 3.41 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.53 mb = 3474.20 m = 11398.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.50 C = 47.30 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.80 mb = 3341.84 m = 10963.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.80 mb = 4003.29 m = 13134.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 581.80 mb = 4513.89 m = 14809.17 ft B at Equ Level: 7.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 551.80 mb = 4916.97 m = 16131.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 10.88 m/s