MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F000.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 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 36.8,-108.73 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -108.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 573 2 900 1025 3 850 1498 SFC 844 1556 2.2 -2.1 73 4.3 0.3 144 1 289.1 289.7 281.4 300.3 3.88 5 800 1995 5.8 -2.0 57 7.7 2.1 330 7 297.3 298.0 285.2 309.6 4.13 6 750 2521 3.4 -8.2 42 11.6 -1.3 338 11 300.3 300.8 284.8 308.8 2.75 7 700 3077 0.1 -12.3 39 12.4 -4.5 315 9 302.6 303.0 285.0 309.2 2.12 8 650 3666 -3.1 -19.6 27 16.6 -8.1 285 12 305.5 305.7 285.1 309.6 1.24 9 600 4295 -6.6 -27.1 18 20.5 -11.6 268 15 308.5 308.7 285.7 310.9 0.69 10 550 4970 -9.8 -35.3 10 25.5 -14.7 256 20 312.5 312.5 286.6 313.7 0.34 11 500 5700 -13.7 -33.4 17 19.7 -17.5 250 30 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.0 0.46 12 450 6491 -19.3 -30.9 35 11.6 -21.5 246 46 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.3 0.65 13 400 7355 -25.5 -36.6 35 11.1 -27.1 241 61 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.3 0.42 14 350 8310 -31.9 -48.2 18 16.3 -33.3 238 69 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.14 15 300 9379 -40.3 -53.3 24 13.0 -41.0 238 67 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.09 16 250 10601 -47.2 -65.4 11 18.3 -47.6 241 65 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 17 200 12072 -48.9 -73.8 4 24.9 -49.5 251 53 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 13923 -57.7 -82.6 3 24.9 -57.9 248 44 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16418 -65.9 -87.4 3 21.5 -66.0 253 29 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.48 m Freezing level: 698.32 mb = 3096.40 m = 10158.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.21 mb = 2314.81 m = 7594.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.03 % Est. max temperature: 15.44 C = 59.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.92 mb = 2108.55 m = 6917.73 ft T: 5.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.84 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.95 mb = 4598.75 m = 15087.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.47 C = 72.44 F Cap Strength: 8.66 C Lifted Index: 10.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11795.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.71 mb = 3091.23 m = 10141.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -57.5 tot: -28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 76.74 m/s