MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.02,-107.96 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -107.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 581 2 900 1043 3 850 1527 4 800 2035 SFC 791 2125 11.0 -2.9 38 13.9 4.2 308 8 303.8 304.6 287.3 315.8 3.89 6 750 2567 5.8 -6.0 42 11.8 0.5 312 11 302.9 303.5 286.4 312.9 3.26 7 700 3126 0.3 -7.4 56 7.7 -2.9 311 12 302.8 303.4 286.2 312.5 3.13 8 650 3714 -4.8 -11.4 60 6.7 -7.2 313 15 303.6 304.0 285.8 311.2 2.45 9 600 4339 -8.1 -21.6 33 13.5 -11.8 324 33 306.7 306.9 285.5 310.4 1.13 10 550 5013 -9.2 -27.1 22 18.0 -13.5 325 52 313.2 313.4 287.3 315.8 0.75 11 500 5746 -11.7 -27.9 25 16.2 -15.6 318 57 318.8 319.0 289.2 321.5 0.77 12 450 6544 -17.7 -32.1 27 14.4 -20.5 318 56 321.0 321.2 289.7 323.1 0.58 13 400 7412 -24.8 -36.8 32 12.0 -26.6 326 63 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.2 0.41 14 350 8368 -32.7 -42.5 37 9.8 -33.7 317 69 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.26 15 300 9431 -41.6 -51.3 34 9.7 -42.2 317 76 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.11 16 250 10645 -49.3 -59.5 30 10.2 -49.7 320 77 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12089 -53.2 -69.8 12 16.5 -53.5 314 81 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13925 -58.0 -84.6 2 26.6 -58.3 307 38 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16408 -68.0 -88.2 4 20.2 -68.1 304 36 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.98 m Freezing level: 696.84 mb = 3163.02 m = 10377.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.09 mb = 2652.94 m = 8703.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.46 % Est. max temperature: 11.26 C = 52.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.65 mb = 3839.55 m = 12596.81 ft T: -5.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.33 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 528.12 mb = 5325.08 m = 17470.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.02 C = 71.64 F Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lifted Index: 8.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9366.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 626.24 mb = 4004.95 m = 13139.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.8 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 350.8 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 184.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 139.26 m/s