MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510181500F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.23,-104.36 Latitude: 40.23 Longitude: -104.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 1 950 573 2 900 1029 SFC 858 1433 12.5 -9.6 20 22.1 3.4 308 29 298.5 298.9 283.5 305.2 2.15 4 850 1507 10.6 -10.6 21 21.2 2.2 309 35 297.3 297.6 282.8 303.4 2.00 5 800 2006 5.4 -11.6 28 17.0 -1.0 307 44 296.9 297.2 282.5 302.9 1.96 6 750 2528 0.3 -12.8 37 13.0 -4.3 304 46 296.9 297.2 282.5 302.8 1.91 7 700 3076 -4.5 -15.1 43 10.7 -7.9 300 47 297.5 297.8 282.5 302.8 1.68 8 650 3654 -8.4 -19.2 41 10.8 -11.4 291 53 299.4 299.7 282.8 303.5 1.28 9 600 4272 -10.9 -28.8 21 18.0 -14.6 286 62 303.5 303.6 283.6 305.5 0.59 10 550 4937 -12.3 -40.7 7 28.4 -16.7 292 74 309.5 309.5 285.4 310.2 0.20 11 500 5663 -13.4 -44.3 5 30.9 -17.9 295 93 316.7 316.7 287.8 317.3 0.15 12 450 6459 -17.3 -42.3 9 24.9 -21.0 292 101 321.4 321.5 289.4 322.2 0.21 13 400 7330 -23.8 -47.7 9 23.9 -26.3 288 99 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.13 14 350 8289 -31.2 -53.9 9 22.7 -32.9 284 103 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.07 15 300 9360 -40.4 -57.1 15 16.7 -41.2 280 108 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 16 250 10575 -49.7 -61.6 23 12.0 -50.0 277 111 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.04 17 200 12014 -55.4 -70.6 13 15.2 -55.6 281 99 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 13820 -60.6 -82.2 4 21.7 -60.7 288 83 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16300 -61.9 -88.7 2 26.8 -62.1 268 63 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.96 m Freezing level: 746.99 mb = 2561.24 m = 8402.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 816.06 mb = 1842.82 m = 6045.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.00 % Est. max temperature: 11.51 C = 52.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 611.62 mb = 4123.58 m = 13528.63 ft T: -10.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.45 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 437.40 mb = 6668.65 m = 21878.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.18 F Cap Strength: 8.84 C Lifted Index: 13.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 13.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 2.76 C K Index: 2.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 162.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12872.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.21 mb = 4103.55 m = 13462.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 69.8 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 52.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 157.37 m/s