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 ksgf... Searching the city database file for: KSGF ... Date:0000Z 21 NOV 08 Station: KSGF WMO ident: 72440 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -93.38 Elevation: 387.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 270 SFC 985 387 1.2 -5.8 60 7.0 -1.3 355 10 275.5 276.0 272.6 282.5 2.51 2 977 453 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.0 352 13 275.8 276.2 272.4 282.1 2.27 3 948 697 -1.1 -10.1 50 9.0 -4.0 347 22 276.2 276.6 272.0 281.5 1.87 4 925 894 -2.9 -9.9 58 7.0 -5.1 350 25 276.3 276.7 272.2 281.8 1.94 5 864 1429 -8.1 -12.7 69 4.6 -9.4 347 29 276.4 276.6 271.8 281.1 1.66 6 850 1555 -9.3 -12.4 78 3.1 -10.2 345 30 276.4 276.7 271.9 281.3 1.73 7 827 1766 -11.5 -12.8 90 1.3 -11.9 349 34 276.3 276.5 271.8 281.2 1.72 8 824 1794 -11.1 -12.8 87 1.7 -11.6 349 34 277.0 277.3 272.2 281.9 1.73 9 815 1879 -9.7 -17.7 52 8.0 -11.6 348 36 279.3 279.5 272.8 282.7 1.17 10 798 2042 -10.1 -20.1 44 10.0 -12.3 343 41 280.6 280.8 273.2 283.5 0.97 11 774 2279 -5.5 -21.5 27 16.0 -9.4 335 46 288.0 288.2 277.0 290.7 0.89 12 736 2673 -6.5 -22.5 27 16.0 -10.4 322 47 291.1 291.2 278.5 293.8 0.85 13 720 2846 -5.1 -21.1 27 16.0 -9.3 320 48 294.5 294.6 280.3 297.6 0.99 14 700 3067 -5.5 -21.5 27 16.0 -9.7 320 52 296.4 296.6 281.1 299.5 0.98 15 696 3112 -5.3 -22.3 25 17.0 -9.7 319 52 297.1 297.3 281.3 300.0 0.92 16 661 3515 -6.9 -22.9 27 16.0 -11.0 309 54 299.7 299.9 282.4 302.7 0.92 17 615 4075 -9.7 -24.7 28 15.0 -13.3 295 64 302.7 302.9 283.6 305.5 0.84 18 605 4201 -10.7 -22.7 37 12.0 -13.7 292 67 303.0 303.2 283.9 306.3 1.02 19 598 4290 -11.1 -18.1 56 7.0 -13.1 290 69 303.6 303.8 284.7 308.5 1.54 20 579 4537 -12.7 -17.7 66 5.0 -14.2 290 70 304.5 304.8 285.2 309.8 1.64 21 575 4590 -12.9 -19.9 56 7.0 -14.8 290 70 304.9 305.1 285.1 309.3 1.37 22 567 4696 -13.7 -20.7 55 7.0 -15.5 290 71 305.2 305.4 285.1 309.4 1.30 23 540 5065 -16.1 -21.1 65 5.0 -17.4 290 72 306.6 306.8 285.7 310.9 1.31 24 523 5305 -17.9 -26.9 45 9.0 -19.7 290 71 307.2 307.4 285.3 309.9 0.81 25 507 5537 -19.7 -28.7 45 9.0 -21.4 290 71 307.8 307.9 285.4 310.2 0.71 26 500 5640 -18.7 -31.7 31 13.0 -21.0 290 71 310.2 310.3 286.1 312.1 0.54 27 498 5670 -18.5 -33.5 26 15.0 -21.0 290 71 310.8 310.9 286.2 312.4 0.45 28 482 5914 -18.9 -34.9 23 16.0 -21.5 287 74 313.3 313.3 287.0 314.7 0.41 29 452 6390 -22.7 -37.7 24 15.0 -24.8 285 78 314.3 314.4 287.2 315.5 0.33 30 429 6772 -24.3 -39.3 24 15.0 -26.2 285 82 317.0 317.1 288.1 318.1 0.29 31 407 7155 -26.7 -41.7 23 15.0 -28.4 285 85 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.6 0.24 32 400 7280 -27.7 -40.7 28 13.0 -29.2 285 86 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.0 0.27 33 370 7835 -31.3 -39.3 45 8.0 -32.2 290 88 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 34 300 9280 -43.3 -51.3 41 8.0 -43.7 290 89 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.11 35 282 9693 -47.1 -55.1 40 8.0 -47.4 290 90 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.08 36 250 10480 -53.3 -60.3 42 7.0 -53.5 290 92 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.05 37 239 10768 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.0 290 95 327.1 327.2 290.9 327.3 0.03 38 217 11378 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 290 100 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 39 216 11406 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 290 100 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.02 40 211 11553 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 290 94 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.02 41 208 11643 -58.1 -65.1 40 7.0 -58.2 290 91 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 42 206 11703 -57.9 -64.9 40 7.0 -58.0 290 88 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 43 200 11890 -57.9 -64.9 40 7.0 -58.0 295 83 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 44 193 12115 -57.3 -64.3 41 7.0 -57.4 294 85 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.03 45 186 12349 -58.1 -65.1 40 7.0 -58.2 293 87 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 46 173 12807 -56.5 -64.5 36 8.0 -56.7 290 92 357.8 357.8 298.3 358.0 0.04 47 165 13108 -56.3 -64.3 36 8.0 -56.5 290 73 363.0 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.04 48 155 13503 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.5 289 72 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.03 49 141 14097 -59.9 -67.9 34 8.0 -60.0 287 71 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.6 0.03 50 125 14844 -63.3 -70.3 38 7.0 -63.4 283 68 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.02 51 114 15409 -64.5 -71.5 38 7.0 -64.6 279 61 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.02 52 113 15463 -63.7 -70.7 38 7.0 -63.8 279 61 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.9 0.02 53 108 15741 -63.9 -70.9 38 7.0 -64.0 277 56 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.02 54 100 16210 -66.3 -73.3 37 7.0 -66.4 275 48 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.02 55 70 18380 -63.5 -71.5 33 8.0 -63.7 280 32 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.7 0.04 56 67 18649 -62.9 -70.9 33 8.0 -63.1 283 28 455.5 455.5 311.4 455.7 0.04 57 64 18931 -63.7 -71.7 33 8.0 -63.9 282 23 459.7 459.8 311.8 460.0 0.04 58 62 19127 -61.7 -69.7 34 8.0 -62.0 269 19 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.7 0.05 59 60 19331 -58.9 -66.9 35 8.0 -59.3 261 19 479.0 479.1 313.4 479.5 0.08 60 58 19543 -60.5 -68.5 34 8.0 -60.8 260 21 480.1 480.1 313.5 480.5 0.07 61 56 19762 -59.3 -67.3 35 8.0 -59.7 289 18 487.7 487.7 314.1 488.2 0.08 62 53 20106 -60.5 -68.5 34 8.0 -60.9 271 21 492.6 492.7 314.4 493.1 0.07 63 50 20470 -59.1 -67.1 35 8.0 -59.5 285 23 504.2 504.2 315.3 504.8 0.09 64 49 20596 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.7 294 21 509.0 509.1 315.6 509.7 0.10 65 42 21556 -61.9 -69.9 34 8.0 -62.3 299 11 523.1 523.1 316.5 523.5 0.07 66 41 21705 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.6 289 10 531.2 531.2 317.1 531.8 0.10 67 39 22016 -60.7 -68.7 34 8.0 -61.2 287 5 537.3 537.3 317.4 537.9 0.09 68 37 22345 -57.9 -66.9 31 9.0 -58.6 291 1 552.6 552.7 318.3 553.5 0.13 69 36 22517 -58.9 -66.9 35 8.0 -59.5 302 2 554.4 554.4 318.4 555.3 0.13 70 35 22694 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.0 -57.3 312 2 565.1 565.2 319.0 566.3 0.16 71 30 23670 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.0 -57.4 10 4 590.6 590.7 320.2 592.0 0.19 72 29 23885 -56.7 -65.7 31 9.0 -57.6 12 6 595.8 595.9 320.5 597.2 0.19 73 26 24584 -52.9 -62.9 29 10.0 -54.5 12 10 625.5 625.6 321.8 627.9 0.31 74 24 25100 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -55.4 9 12 637.1 637.2 322.3 639.4 0.30 75 23 25375 -51.3 -61.3 29 10.0 -53.2 17 10 652.5 652.7 322.9 656.0 0.43 76 20 26280 -52.9 -62.9 29 10.0 -54.8 45 4 674.3 674.4 323.7 677.6 0.41 77 19 26610 -53.1 -63.1 29 10.0 -55.1 46 6 683.6 683.8 324.0 687.1 0.42 78 18 26959 -51.7 -62.7 26 11.0 -54.1 48 7 698.7 698.9 324.5 702.7 0.46 79 15 28134 -54.1 -65.1 25 11.0 -56.3 52 13 728.1 728.3 325.4 731.7 0.40 80 12 29573 -51.5 -63.5 23 12.0 -54.8 69 9 785.3 785.6 327.0 791.4 0.62 81 10 30750 -53.7 -65.7 22 12.0 -56.9 87 14 819.1 819.4 327.8 824.8 0.56 82 9.7 30946 -54.1 -66.1 22 12.0 -57.2 93 14 824.8 825.0 328.0 830.4 0.54 83 7.6 32522 -50.9 -62.9 23 12.0 -55.4 138 15 897.3 897.9 329.6 909.2 1.07 TRP 217 11378 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 290 100 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 WND 216 11406 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 290 100 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5370.00 m Freezing level: 964.79 mb = 555.79 m = 1823.43 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.48 % Est. max temperature: 1.97 C = 35.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.06 mb = 1257.57 m = 4125.85 ft T: -6.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 977.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1730.45 m = 5677.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.94 C = 35.50 F Cap Strength: 22.00 C Lifted Index: 23.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 30.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.87 C Showalter Index: 24.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 9.40 C Cross Totals Index: 6.30 C K Index: -19.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70114.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 23.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.88 mb = 1721.00 m = 5646.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 336 at 40 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 387 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 149 30 -15.6 26.2 1 958 610 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 146 20 -11.3 16.8 2 925 894 350 25 4.3 -24.6 | 134 17 -12.1 11.5 3 923 914 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 136 18 -12.3 12.5 4 887 1219 350 28 4.9 -27.6 | 127 14 -11.6 8.6 5 850 1555 345 30 7.8 -29.0 | 130 11 -8.7 7.2 6 821 1829 350 35 6.1 -34.5 | 99 11 -10.4 1.7 7 789 2134 340 43 14.7 -40.4 | 22 5 -1.7 -4.3 8 759 2438 330 49 24.5 -42.4 | 308 10 8.1 -6.3 9 730 2743 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 266 13 13.1 0.9 10 700 3067 320 52 33.4 -39.8 | 282 17 17.0 -3.7 11 648 3658 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 261 29 28.6 4.6 12 598 4267 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 255 50 48.4 12.6 13 552 4877 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 257 52 51.2 11.5 14 500 5640 290 71 66.7 -24.3 | 257 52 50.3 11.9 15 470 6096 285 76 73.4 -19.7 | 254 59 57.0 16.5 16 400 7280 285 86 83.1 -22.3 | 258 68 66.6 13.9 17 381 7620 290 88 82.7 -30.1 | 265 67 66.3 6.1 18 306 9144 290 87 81.8 -29.8 | 264 66 65.3 6.4 19 300 9280 290 89 83.6 -30.4 | 265 67 67.2 5.7 20 250 10480 290 92 86.5 -31.5 | 266 70 70.0 4.7 21 220 11278 290 100 94.0 -34.2 | 269 78 77.5 2.0 22 217 11378 290 100 94.0 -34.2 | 269 78 77.5 2.0 23 216 11406 290 100 94.0 -34.2 | 269 78 77.5 2.0 24 200 11887 290 81 76.1 -27.7 | 262 60 59.7 8.5 25 200 11890 295 83 75.2 -35.1 | 269 59 58.8 1.1 26 173 12802 290 92 86.5 -31.5 | 266 70 70.0 4.7 27 165 13106 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 257 52 51.2 11.5 28 129 14630 285 70 67.6 -18.1 | 251 54 51.2 18.0 29 117 15240 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 242 53 46.6 25.0 30 100 16210 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 224 45 31.4 32.0 31 91 16764 285 57 55.1 -14.8 | 241 44 38.6 21.4 32 87 17069 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 224 24 16.5 17.2 33 83 17374 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 198 31 9.6 29.2 34 75 17983 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 220 38 23.9 29.0 35 71 18288 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 203 34 13.1 30.9 36 70 18380 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 206 34 15.1 30.6 37 64 18898 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 193 31 6.7 29.9 38 61 19202 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 181 38 0.5 37.6 39 58 19507 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 187 42 4.8 41.8 40 56 19812 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 178 29 -1.0 29.0 41 53 20117 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 187 36 4.6 36.2 42 50 20422 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 192 35 7.5 34.1 43 50 20470 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 191 31 5.8 30.2 44 46 21031 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 163 24 -7.3 23.0 45 44 21336 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 160 29 -10.1 27.1 46 41 21641 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 169 33 -6.1 32.4 47 38 22250 285 1 1.0 -0.3 | 157 39 -15.5 35.9 48 30 23670 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 152 36 -17.1 32.2 49 27 24384 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 146 33 -18.8 27.5 50 24 24994 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 143 29 -17.6 23.2 51 20 26280 45 4 -2.8 -2.8 | 150 38 -19.3 33.3 52 13 27432 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 131 40 -30.4 26.4 53 12 27737 70 8 -7.5 -2.7 | 144 41 -24.0 33.4 54 11 28042 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 137 44 -30.0 32.5 55 6 29566 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 161 54 -17.7 51.1 56 6 29870 170 27 -4.7 26.6 | 161 66 -21.1 62.7 57 5 30175 170 21 -3.6 20.7 | 161 60 -20.1 56.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 7.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -123.6 tot: -108.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: -6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 221.44 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 348 19 145 21| 0.0 15.4 15.4| 0.0 -29.1 -29.1 -58.2 -0.35| 15.9 -5.5 1000 349 23 139 18| 0.0 9.8 9.8| 0.6 -37.1 -36.5 -36.5 -0.35| 10.3 -3.7 1500 348 26 134 15| 2.6 6.6 9.1| 1.3 -54.7 -53.3 -35.5 -0.47| 9.8 -4.6 2000 345 30 129 11| 1.9 8.3 10.2| 1.3 -75.8 -74.4 -37.2 -0.60| 11.8 -7.1 2500 339 34 136 6| 1.6 7.3 8.8| 6.6-100.1 -93.6 -37.4 -0.60| 11.9 -7.1 3000 334 37 174 3| 1.3 7.2 8.5| 14.7-123.6-108.8 -36.3 -0.54| 11.7 -6.3 4000 321 43 255 11| 1.0 8.2 9.1| 18.4-192.6-174.2 -43.6 -0.46| 12.5 -5.7 5000 312 49 259 20| 0.8 6.7 7.5| 36.4-197.5-161.1 -32.2 -0.43| 10.3 -4.5 6000 306 53 259 27| 0.6 6.3 7.0| 55.4-239.8-184.4 -30.7 -0.41| 9.5 -3.9 Wrote GIF file: sgfstuv.GIF