UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.44.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /data/upa/2008112100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 NOV 08 Searching for kama... Searching the city database file for: KAMA ... Date:0000Z 21 NOV 08 Station: KAMA WMO ident: 72363 Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -101.70 Elevation: 1099.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 303 1 925 941 SFC 908 1099 2.2 -3.8 64 6.0 -0.2 20 16 283.1 283.6 277.7 292.1 3.17 3 896 1205 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.1 21 18 282.7 283.1 276.6 289.8 2.48 4 850 1619 -3.1 -6.6 77 3.5 -4.4 25 26 282.9 283.4 277.0 290.7 2.74 5 814 1960 -5.9 -7.4 89 1.5 -6.4 27 26 283.5 283.9 277.2 291.2 2.69 6 811 1989 -5.5 -6.9 90 1.4 -6.0 28 27 284.2 284.7 277.7 292.2 2.81 7 805 2047 -3.1 -4.5 90 1.4 -3.7 29 27 287.3 287.9 280.1 297.1 3.40 8 800 2097 -2.9 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.4 29 27 288.1 288.6 279.7 296.4 2.85 9 797 2127 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -5.6 30 27 288.4 288.7 278.9 294.5 2.09 10 793 2166 -3.1 -12.1 50 9.0 -6.1 31 26 288.6 288.9 278.7 294.2 1.90 11 782 2277 -3.9 -14.9 42 11.0 -7.2 32 23 288.9 289.1 278.4 293.5 1.54 12 775 2348 -3.5 -22.5 21 19.0 -8.2 34 21 290.0 290.2 277.9 292.6 0.81 13 774 2358 -3.5 -20.5 25 17.0 -8.0 34 20 290.1 290.3 278.2 293.1 0.97 14 772 2379 -3.3 -13.3 46 10.0 -6.5 34 20 290.6 290.9 279.5 295.9 1.77 15 763 2471 -3.7 -8.2 71 4.5 -5.4 37 18 291.1 291.6 281.0 299.1 2.70 16 756 2544 -2.9 -4.8 87 1.9 -3.7 40 18 292.8 293.4 282.7 303.2 3.54 17 722 2907 -6.1 -7.3 91 1.2 -6.5 53 14 293.1 293.7 282.3 302.2 3.06 18 700 3150 -4.1 -8.8 70 4.7 -5.9 185 9 297.9 298.5 284.0 306.5 2.81 19 697 3184 -4.1 -9.1 68 5.0 -6.0 193 9 298.3 298.8 284.1 306.7 2.75 20 690 3264 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.4 213 11 300.7 301.2 284.9 308.9 2.65 21 668 3520 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -6.0 256 16 303.5 304.0 285.6 310.8 2.33 22 638 3883 -4.5 -15.5 42 11.0 -8.2 272 18 305.5 305.8 285.8 311.2 1.79 23 615 4171 -6.7 -15.7 49 9.0 -9.6 267 15 306.2 306.5 286.1 312.1 1.83 24 573 4719 -10.7 -20.7 44 10.0 -13.5 283 21 307.8 308.0 286.0 312.0 1.28 25 571 4745 -10.7 -21.7 40 11.0 -13.6 284 22 308.1 308.3 286.0 312.0 1.18 26 569 4772 -10.1 -29.1 19 19.0 -14.3 285 22 309.1 309.2 285.7 311.2 0.61 27 567 4800 -9.7 -30.7 16 21.0 -14.2 286 22 309.9 310.0 285.9 311.7 0.52 28 539 5188 -12.5 -33.5 16 21.0 -16.5 295 24 311.0 311.1 286.2 312.5 0.42 29 523 5418 -13.5 -36.5 13 23.0 -17.5 295 28 312.5 312.6 286.6 313.7 0.32 30 513 5565 -13.9 -36.9 12 23.0 -17.9 295 31 313.8 313.8 287.1 314.9 0.31 31 506 5669 -12.7 -36.7 11 24.0 -17.0 295 32 316.5 316.5 288.0 317.7 0.33 32 500 5760 -13.1 -38.1 10 25.0 -17.4 295 34 317.1 317.1 288.1 318.1 0.29 33 496 5821 -13.5 -38.5 10 25.0 -17.8 295 34 317.3 317.4 288.2 318.3 0.28 34 430 6890 -21.7 -44.7 11 23.0 -24.5 287 40 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.7 0.17 35 412 7204 -23.3 -44.3 13 21.0 -25.8 289 41 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.18 36 400 7420 -24.9 -45.9 12 21.0 -27.2 290 41 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.16 37 359 8196 -30.9 -49.9 14 19.0 -32.4 276 47 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.11 38 321 8978 -38.1 -53.1 19 15.0 -38.9 287 49 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.09 39 300 9440 -41.7 -55.7 20 14.0 -42.3 290 51 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.07 40 250 10650 -52.1 -64.1 22 12.0 -52.4 295 60 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.03 41 240 10913 -54.3 -65.3 25 11.0 -54.5 298 61 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.02 42 210 11756 -60.3 -71.3 22 11.0 -60.4 305 64 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.6 0.01 43 200 12060 -60.5 -71.5 22 11.0 -60.6 290 61 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.0 0.01 44 181 12680 -59.7 -70.7 23 11.0 -59.8 284 70 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 45 169 13106 -61.1 -72.1 22 11.0 -61.2 280 77 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 46 154 13679 -62.9 -73.9 21 11.0 -63.0 288 72 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 47 150 13840 -63.5 -74.5 21 11.0 -63.6 290 70 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 48 142 14177 -64.3 -75.3 21 11.0 -64.4 283 62 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 49 129 14761 -67.3 -78.3 20 11.0 -67.4 280 64 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 50 118 15299 -67.1 -78.1 20 11.0 -67.2 280 45 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.01 51 112 15613 -69.1 -80.1 19 11.0 -69.2 282 45 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.7 0.01 52 111 15667 -68.7 -79.7 19 11.0 -68.8 282 45 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.01 53 106 15942 -69.9 -80.9 19 11.0 -69.9 283 46 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 54 100 16290 -69.7 -80.7 19 11.0 -69.8 285 46 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.01 55 85 17257 -70.5 -80.5 22 10.0 -70.6 286 37 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.2 0.01 56 74 18086 -67.7 -78.7 19 11.0 -67.8 297 35 432.6 432.6 309.1 432.7 0.01 57 70 18420 -67.9 -78.9 19 11.0 -68.0 300 32 439.1 439.1 309.8 439.2 0.01 58 67 18682 -68.5 -79.5 19 11.0 -68.6 300 32 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.01 59 59 19447 -66.3 -77.3 20 11.0 -66.5 313 14 464.7 464.7 312.2 464.8 0.02 60 56 19765 -63.7 -74.7 21 11.0 -64.0 267 11 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.8 0.03 61 54 19987 -64.7 -75.7 21 11.0 -65.0 263 14 480.3 480.3 313.5 480.5 0.02 62 50 20460 -61.3 -72.3 22 11.0 -61.7 295 17 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.3 0.04 63 49 20585 -60.7 -72.7 19 12.0 -61.2 300 15 503.3 503.4 315.2 503.6 0.04 64 46 20977 -62.3 -73.3 22 11.0 -62.7 259 13 508.7 508.7 315.6 508.9 0.04 65 45 21113 -61.1 -73.1 19 12.0 -61.6 260 15 514.8 514.8 316.0 515.1 0.04 66 41 21690 -61.5 -73.5 19 12.0 -62.0 315 15 527.7 527.7 316.8 528.0 0.04 67 39 22002 -58.9 -70.9 20 12.0 -59.6 335 13 541.8 541.9 317.6 542.3 0.07 68 31 23443 -58.5 -70.5 20 12.0 -59.3 352 3 579.7 579.7 319.7 580.4 0.09 69 30 23650 -56.5 -69.5 18 13.0 -57.6 0 0 590.6 590.7 320.2 591.4 0.11 70 28 24090 -54.3 -67.3 19 13.0 -55.8 355 4 608.5 608.6 321.0 609.7 0.16 71 20 26240 -55.9 -68.9 18 13.0 -57.6 80 17 665.1 665.1 323.3 666.6 0.18 72 18 26908 -58.1 -71.1 17 13.0 -59.6 131 14 678.5 678.5 323.7 679.7 0.14 73 17 27269 -56.3 -69.3 18 13.0 -58.1 159 12 695.4 695.5 324.3 697.2 0.20 74 15 28065 -56.1 -69.1 18 13.0 -58.1 230 9 721.4 721.5 325.1 723.5 0.23 75 14 28506 -54.1 -68.1 16 14.0 -56.7 217 8 742.6 742.7 325.8 745.2 0.29 76 12 29500 -52.1 -66.1 17 14.0 -55.5 205 14 783.1 783.4 326.9 787.5 0.44 77 11 30065 -50.9 -65.9 15 15.0 -54.9 226 30 807.2 807.5 327.5 812.2 0.49 78 11 30065 -48.3 -63.3 16 15.0 -53.1 226 30 816.7 817.0 327.8 823.8 0.70 79 10 30690 -50.5 -65.5 15 15.0 -54.9 260 24 831.0 831.3 328.1 837.0 0.57 80 9.4 31094 -50.3 -65.3 15 15.0 -54.9 846.6 847.0 328.5 853.3 0.63 81 9.2 31235 -48.9 -64.9 14 16.0 -54.2 857.2 857.6 328.7 864.5 0.67 82 8.7 31600 -50.9 -65.9 15 15.0 -55.5 863.3 863.6 328.8 870.0 0.62 83 7.7 32396 -50.5 -66.5 13 16.0 -55.8 895.5 895.9 329.5 902.8 0.65 TRP 210 11756 -60.3 -71.3 22 11.0 -60.4 305 64 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.6 0.01 WND 169 13106 -61.1 -72.1 22 11.0 -61.2 280 77 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5457.00 m Freezing level: 886.56 mb = 1289.60 m = 4230.92 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.48 % Est. max temperature: 11.18 C = 52.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.18 mb = 1833.43 m = 6015.11 ft T: -4.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.56 C Layer 800.0- 774.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 535.50 mb = 5237.87 m = 17184.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 22.20 C Lifted Index: 22.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.00 C Showalter Index: 22.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 10.00 C Cross Totals Index: 6.50 C K Index: -1.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70976.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.28 mb = 2103.99 m = 6902.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 338 at 18 knt ---------------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 908 1099 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 99 12 -12.3 2.0 1 850 1619 25 26 -11.0 -23.6 | 70 19 -17.8 -6.5 2 828 1829 25 26 -11.0 -23.6 | 70 19 -17.8 -6.5 3 796 2134 30 27 -13.5 -23.4 | 73 21 -20.3 -6.3 4 766 2438 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 98 17 -17.1 2.3 5 737 2743 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 107 21 -19.8 6.1 6 709 3048 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 121 19 -16.6 10.2 7 700 3150 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 167 27 -6.0 26.0 8 682 3353 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 187 24 3.0 23.9 9 656 3658 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 221 20 13.1 15.3 10 606 4267 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 201 20 7.2 18.3 11 560 4877 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 241 18 15.8 8.8 12 539 5182 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 245 16 15.0 6.9 13 500 5760 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 264 24 24.0 2.7 14 478 6096 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 264 24 24.0 2.7 15 459 6401 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 258 33 31.8 6.7 16 400 7420 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 265 32 31.7 3.0 17 389 7620 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 266 34 33.6 2.3 18 356 8230 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 252 42 40.0 12.9 19 313 9144 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 270 40 40.2 -0.1 20 300 9440 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 271 41 41.1 -0.4 21 250 10650 295 60 54.4 -25.4 | 280 48 47.6 -8.3 22 216 11582 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 293 48 44.0 -18.5 23 210 11756 305 64 52.4 -36.7 | 293 50 45.6 -19.7 24 206 11887 295 60 54.4 -25.4 | 280 48 47.6 -8.3 25 200 12060 290 61 57.3 -20.9 | 274 51 50.5 -3.8 26 169 13106 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 267 69 69.0 3.7 27 169 13106 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 267 69 69.0 3.7 28 150 13840 290 70 65.8 -23.9 | 277 59 59.0 -6.9 29 138 14326 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 262 51 50.3 7.0 30 125 14935 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 265 59 59.2 5.4 31 119 15240 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 256 39 37.5 9.2 32 100 16290 285 46 44.4 -11.9 | 262 38 37.6 5.1 33 88 17069 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 247 29 26.7 11.1 34 79 17678 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 278 30 29.6 -4.0 35 72 18288 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 261 22 22.2 3.5 36 70 18420 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 267 21 20.9 1.0 37 68 18593 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 275 20 20.2 -1.9 38 65 18898 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 251 22 20.5 7.1 39 59 19507 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 197 8 2.4 7.8 40 56 19812 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 192 19 4.0 18.9 41 53 20117 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 206 21 9.1 18.4 42 50 20422 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 221 13 8.6 9.8 43 50 20460 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 221 13 8.6 9.8 44 48 20726 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 202 10 3.9 9.6 45 46 21031 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 194 22 5.4 21.5 46 43 21336 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 224 17 11.6 12.1 47 39 21946 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 166 5 -1.3 5.3 48 34 22860 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 173 7 -0.8 6.6 49 30 23650 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 158 18 -6.8 17.0 50 29 23774 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 158 18 -6.8 17.0 51 27 24384 350 8 1.4 -7.9 | 149 11 -5.4 9.2 52 25 24689 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 107 7 -6.8 2.0 53 22 25603 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 138 25 -16.6 18.8 54 21 25908 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 124 23 -19.0 12.6 55 20 26213 75 18 -17.4 -4.7 | 117 27 -24.2 12.4 56 20 26240 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 121 27 -23.5 14.1 57 17 27432 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 163 29 -8.7 27.9 58 16 27737 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 185 22 1.9 22.0 59 12 29261 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 167 23 -5.2 22.8 60 11 30175 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 206 42 18.5 38.2 61 10 30690 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 218 27 16.8 21.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.3 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 338.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.4 neg: -53.1 tot: 303.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 100.91 m/s Storm Parameters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Mean Inflow| Shear | Helicity | Vorticity AGL Dir Spd Dir Spd| Pos Neg Tot| Pos Neg Tot Ave Rel | Hor Strm m knt knt| 10^-3/s | m^2/s^2 m/s^2 | 10^-3/s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 23 21 82 15| 10.0 0.0 10.0| 0.0 -28.8 -28.8 -57.6 -0.75| 10.1 -7.6 1000 25 24 75 17| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 4.6 -29.8 -25.3 -25.3 -0.54| 6.4 -3.4 1500 28 23 80 18| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 54.9 -29.8 25.0 16.7 0.14| 8.1 1.1 2000 32 21 88 18| 5.3 0.0 5.3|146.3 -29.8 116.4 58.2 0.45| 11.1 5.0 2500 28 19 90 16| 5.9 0.0 5.9|343.9 -29.8 314.1 125.6 0.67| 15.2 10.2 3000 14 19 83 11| 4.5 0.0 4.5|356.4 -53.1 303.3 101.1 0.59| 13.9 8.1 4000 343 19 45 2| 3.6 0.0 3.6|422.1 -59.2 362.8 90.7 0.62| 12.4 7.7 5000 321 21 267 7| 3.5 0.3 3.8|457.0 -59.4 397.6 79.5 0.62| 11.0 6.8 6000 308 24 261 13| 2.9 0.9 3.8|477.9 -79.9 398.0 66.3 0.56| 10.1 5.7 Wrote GIF file: amastuv.GIF