MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171200F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-103.03 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -103.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 506 2 900 968 SFC 860 1352 10.2 -7.5 28 17.7 2.8 297 8 295.8 296.3 282.8 303.5 2.53 4 850 1452 15.2 -7.7 20 22.9 5.1 303 17 302.1 302.6 285.3 309.9 2.52 5 800 1966 14.8 -12.8 14 27.6 3.5 298 18 307.0 307.3 286.3 312.7 1.78 6 750 2506 10.4 -9.5 23 20.0 1.8 268 24 307.9 308.4 287.3 315.8 2.47 7 700 3075 5.5 -6.4 42 11.9 0.1 253 29 308.6 309.2 288.5 319.3 3.39 8 650 3674 0.2 -8.3 53 8.4 -3.4 247 30 309.1 309.7 288.5 319.1 3.15 9 600 4309 -4.8 -14.8 45 10.0 -8.3 241 28 310.6 311.0 287.8 317.1 2.02 10 550 4987 -9.3 -24.3 28 15.0 -13.3 238 29 313.0 313.2 287.5 316.3 0.97 11 500 5717 -13.9 -39.2 10 25.3 -18.1 237 33 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.0 0.26 12 450 6508 -19.2 -41.7 12 22.5 -22.4 235 41 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.22 13 400 7372 -25.4 -41.4 21 16.0 -27.3 239 58 322.0 322.1 289.6 323.0 0.25 14 350 8327 -32.2 -47.3 21 15.1 -33.4 240 72 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 15 300 9397 -39.6 -57.2 14 17.6 -40.4 240 78 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 16 250 10625 -45.7 -65.8 9 20.1 -46.3 244 69 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.02 17 200 12098 -49.4 -77.7 2 28.3 -49.9 250 55 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.00 18 150 13945 -58.6 -82.1 3 23.5 -58.8 254 49 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16431 -67.5 -87.1 5 19.6 -67.6 260 41 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.12 m Freezing level: 648.46 mb = 3693.68 m = 12118.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.08 mb = 3096.70 m = 10159.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.82 % Est. max temperature: 22.29 C = 72.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 655.96 mb = 3600.18 m = 11811.46 ft T: 0.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 469.73 mb = 6185.74 m = 20294.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 7.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 8.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 6.20 C K Index: 9.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10397.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 556.90 mb = 4890.06 m = 16043.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -44.9 tot: -41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 87.48 m/s