MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F021.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 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-103.03 Latitude: 40.30 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 129 1 950 566 2 900 1018 SFC 866 1337 8.3 1.6 62 6.8 4.9 344 17 293.3 294.2 284.5 307.7 4.95 4 850 1490 6.4 0.9 68 5.5 3.7 350 24 292.9 293.7 284.1 306.8 4.80 5 800 1985 3.6 -1.0 72 4.6 1.4 346 31 295.0 295.8 284.6 308.0 4.44 6 750 2507 1.2 -4.5 66 5.6 -1.3 318 42 297.8 298.5 284.9 308.8 3.66 7 700 3058 -2.3 -6.5 73 4.2 -4.0 308 43 300.0 300.6 285.4 310.2 3.37 8 650 3643 -5.5 -9.9 71 4.4 -7.1 288 32 302.8 303.3 285.8 311.4 2.78 9 600 4266 -9.2 -17.6 50 8.4 -11.8 284 34 305.5 305.7 285.5 310.6 1.60 10 550 4933 -14.1 -26.3 35 12.1 -16.9 290 41 307.3 307.5 285.3 310.0 0.81 11 500 5649 -18.9 -34.5 24 15.6 -21.4 289 46 310.0 310.1 285.8 311.5 0.41 12 450 6424 -24.6 -40.8 21 16.2 -26.5 286 45 312.3 312.4 286.5 313.2 0.24 13 400 7269 -31.2 -46.6 21 15.3 -32.5 292 47 314.4 314.4 287.1 314.9 0.15 14 350 8200 -37.9 -53.2 19 15.3 -38.7 300 53 317.6 317.6 288.1 317.9 0.08 15 300 9249 -42.7 -62.3 10 19.6 -43.3 292 62 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.3 0.03 16 250 10480 -42.3 -69.7 3 27.4 -43.2 289 56 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.01 17 200 11973 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.5 275 55 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.00 18 150 13828 -57.1 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.4 295 59 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16353 -63.2 -87.7 2 24.6 -63.4 278 29 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.32 m Freezing level: 733.01 mb = 2693.91 m = 8838.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.55 mb = 2256.54 m = 7403.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.23 % Est. max temperature: 14.06 C = 57.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.68 mb = 2182.26 m = 7159.56 ft T: 2.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 0.89 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.21 mb = 3157.79 m = 10360.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.18 C = 59.32 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: 5.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 22.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11922.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.09 mb = 2484.02 m = 8149.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.2 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 328.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -191.2 tot: -183.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: -9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 119.57 m/s