Plot sounding from RAP Analyses/Forecasts

For up-to-date information about the status of RAP runs, see the RUC forum. (You can subscribe to this forum to get email copies of new posts.) Please also see the RUC FAQ.
Input Data Source: Op40 (to 18h, NCEP 13km RAP on 40km grid, hourly, formerly "RUC2") or
Bak40 (to 24h, Backup 13km RUC on 40km grid, hourly, formerly "MAPS")

Input valid time -- year: month: day: hour: UTC
Location: Longitude: , Latitude: OR:
Airport ID: (overrides lat/lon) (list of airports)


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Always get the latest RUC sounding for a particular location.
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Input Data Source: Op40 (to 18h, NCEP 13km RUC on 40km grid, hourly, formerly "RUC2") or
Bak40 (to 24h, Backup 13km RUC on 40km grid, hourly, formerly "MAPS")

Location: Longitude: , Latitude: OR:
Airport ID: (overrides lat/lon) (list of airports)


Please send questions about this page to one or more of the following people.
  • webmaster-amb.gsd for technical questions about the java display (such as a blank screen)
  • Brian Jamison for questions about soundings and the SkewT display in general, and about RAOB soundings
  • John Brown for questions about model soundings (types of models, available forecasts, latency, etc.)

Last modified: Fri Nov 9 19:38:05 GMT 2012