MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180900F000.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 0900Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-103.51 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 503 2 900 959 SFC 864 1299 4.2 -4.1 54 8.4 0.7 205 4 289.2 289.8 280.8 298.7 3.25 4 850 1437 11.3 -3.1 36 14.4 4.5 245 10 298.0 298.7 284.8 308.8 3.57 5 800 1943 10.9 -5.7 31 16.6 3.4 231 13 302.8 303.4 286.2 312.4 3.12 6 750 2477 7.4 -8.4 32 15.8 0.6 276 18 304.6 305.1 286.4 313.0 2.70 7 700 3040 2.6 -10.1 38 12.8 -2.5 295 24 305.4 305.9 286.5 313.4 2.52 8 650 3633 -2.2 -13.1 43 10.9 -6.2 303 27 306.5 306.9 286.5 313.3 2.14 9 600 4263 -6.7 -18.1 40 11.4 -10.2 304 28 308.4 308.7 286.5 313.4 1.54 10 550 4936 -11.5 -21.7 43 10.1 -14.3 302 27 310.4 310.6 286.9 314.5 1.23 11 500 5659 -16.6 -23.3 56 6.7 -18.2 292 28 312.8 313.0 287.7 316.7 1.17 12 450 6443 -21.3 -27.2 59 5.9 -22.5 281 31 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.6 0.92 13 400 7301 -27.5 -32.9 60 5.4 -28.3 273 35 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.3 0.60 14 350 8246 -34.9 -41.0 54 6.1 -35.5 272 36 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.30 15 300 9305 -41.0 -55.6 19 14.6 -41.6 287 41 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.07 16 250 10531 -45.2 -64.3 10 19.1 -45.8 289 41 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 17 200 11998 -49.3 -74.2 4 24.9 -49.8 285 48 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.01 18 150 13856 -56.6 -82.7 2 26.1 -56.9 281 33 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16367 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.0 268 27 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.25 m Freezing level: 672.51 mb = 3366.25 m = 11044.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.25 mb = 2584.17 m = 8478.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.87 % Est. max temperature: 19.54 C = 67.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.74 mb = 2381.52 m = 7813.29 ft T: 8.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 567.68 mb = 4691.51 m = 15391.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: 5.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: 6.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 13.48 C K Index: 12.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11346.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.06 mb = 3717.82 m = 12197.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.1 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 318.1 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 54.33 m/s