UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025051820.upa.cvt Date: 2000Z 18 MAY 25 Searching for KOUN... Searching the city database file for: KOUN ... Date:2000Z 18 MAY 25 Station: KOUN WMO ident: 72357 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -97.45 Elevation: 357.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 966 357 24.2 21.9 87 2.3 22.6 150 10 300.3 303.5 296.9 351.3 17.38 2 926 711 20.6 20.6 100 0.0 20.6 155 26 300.3 303.3 296.5 349.3 16.72 3 925 720 20.6 20.6 100 0.0 20.6 155 26 300.4 303.4 296.5 349.4 16.74 4 850 1451 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 185 38 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.5 15.07 5 843 1522 17.0 17.0 100 0.0 17.0 190 36 304.7 307.4 296.3 348.3 14.62 6 842 1532 17.0 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 190 36 304.8 307.4 296.0 347.0 14.17 7 841 1542 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 190 36 306.1 308.4 294.9 342.5 12.12 8 837 1583 18.6 15.0 80 3.6 16.1 191 36 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.9 12.92 9 826 1697 18.0 14.9 82 3.1 15.9 193 36 307.5 309.9 295.9 346.8 13.01 10 815 1812 18.0 13.2 74 4.8 14.8 195 36 308.7 310.9 295.4 344.5 11.79 11 783 2154 15.8 12.4 80 3.4 13.6 186 27 309.9 312.1 295.6 345.4 11.64 12 768 2319 15.6 10.6 72 5.0 12.4 191 31 311.4 313.4 295.2 343.7 10.51 13 763 2374 15.2 11.0 76 4.2 12.4 193 32 311.5 313.6 295.5 344.9 10.87 14 737 2668 14.2 6.2 59 8.0 9.3 202 35 313.6 315.1 294.0 338.8 8.10 15 735 2691 14.0 6.0 58 8.0 9.2 203 36 313.6 315.1 294.0 338.5 8.01 16 700 3102 11.6 0.6 47 11.0 5.5 215 36 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.4 5.72 17 672 3441 9.4 -4.6 37 14.0 2.4 218 38 316.6 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.04 18 663 3553 8.4 -6.6 34 15.0 1.3 219 38 316.7 317.3 291.2 328.1 3.52 19 562 4887 -3.9 -12.9 50 9.0 -7.4 235 41 317.5 318.0 290.5 325.8 2.52 20 549 5071 -5.3 -13.3 53 8.0 -8.4 241 43 318.0 318.4 290.6 326.2 2.50 21 545 5129 -5.5 -15.5 45 10.0 -9.1 243 44 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.4 2.10 22 542 5172 -5.7 -14.7 49 9.0 -9.0 244 45 318.7 319.1 290.6 326.2 2.26 23 538 5230 -5.7 -19.7 32 14.0 -10.2 245 45 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.4 1.49 24 519 5511 -7.9 -21.9 31 14.0 -12.1 242 42 320.0 320.2 290.1 324.4 1.28 25 516 5556 -8.1 -25.1 24 17.0 -12.8 242 42 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.6 0.96 26 513 5601 -8.3 -23.3 29 15.0 -12.6 242 42 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.14 27 500 5800 -9.3 -31.3 15 22.0 -14.4 240 40 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.56 28 485 6034 -11.3 -26.3 28 15.0 -15.2 244 41 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.3 0.92 29 480 6114 -11.9 -29.9 21 18.0 -16.1 245 41 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.7 0.67 30 476 6178 -12.3 -25.3 33 13.0 -15.7 245 40 322.5 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.03 31 473 6226 -12.7 -28.7 25 16.0 -16.5 246 40 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.3 0.76 32 470 6274 -13.3 -27.3 30 14.0 -16.7 246 40 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.5 0.87 33 467 6323 -13.5 -33.5 17 20.0 -17.6 246 39 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.48 34 445 6688 -16.1 -26.1 42 10.0 -18.6 248 36 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.02 35 438 6807 -17.1 -31.1 29 14.0 -20.0 249 35 324.2 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.65 36 428 6980 -18.7 -30.7 34 12.0 -21.2 250 33 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.69 37 427 6997 -18.9 -32.9 28 14.0 -21.6 250 33 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.3 0.56 38 415 7209 -20.7 -33.7 30 13.0 -23.1 250 36 324.6 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.53 39 407 7352 -21.7 -41.7 15 20.0 -24.5 250 38 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.24 40 400 7480 -22.5 -46.5 9 24.0 -25.3 250 40 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.15 41 385 7760 -24.7 -50.7 7 26.0 -27.2 248 42 326.4 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.09 42 370 8049 -27.1 -43.1 20 16.0 -29.0 243 47 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.23 43 365 8147 -27.9 -45.9 16 18.0 -29.7 242 48 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 44 364 8167 -28.3 -41.3 28 13.0 -29.9 241 49 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.28 45 361 8226 -28.5 -33.5 62 5.0 -29.3 240 50 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 46 356 8327 -29.3 -32.7 72 3.4 -29.9 239 51 327.6 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.69 47 355 8347 -29.5 -34.5 62 5.0 -30.2 238 52 327.6 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.58 48 353 8387 -29.7 -33.3 71 3.6 -30.3 238 52 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.65 49 349 8469 -29.9 -35.9 56 6.0 -30.7 236 54 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.51 50 344 8572 -30.5 -36.5 56 6.0 -31.3 235 55 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.49 51 329 8887 -33.5 -37.7 66 4.2 -34.0 238 55 329.4 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.45 52 319 9104 -35.1 -40.0 61 4.9 -35.6 240 55 330.1 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.37 53 317 9148 -35.7 -42.7 49 7.0 -36.4 240 55 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.9 0.28 54 300 9530 -38.5 -43.5 59 5.0 -38.9 245 69 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.27 55 250 10750 -47.3 -56.3 35 9.0 -47.6 240 101 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 56 215 11730 -53.8 -67.5 17 13.7 -54.1 240 106 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.02 57 200 12190 -56.9 -72.9 12 16.0 -57.1 245 101 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.01 58 173 13102 -61.7 -73.7 19 12.0 -61.8 245 95 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 59 150 13990 -61.3 -82.3 5 21.0 -61.4 250 76 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 60 100 16490 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -63.9 255 40 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 61 93 16933 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 244 33 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 62 90 17133 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.3 233 29 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 63 79 17923 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.6 232 40 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 64 76 18155 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 234 37 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.1 0.00 65 75 18234 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 235 36 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.8 0.00 66 75 18234 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 235 36 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 67 72 18486 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.6 235 36 449.6 449.6 310.8 449.6 0.00 68 70 18660 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 260 10 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 69 66 19021 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.7 247 12 454.0 454.0 311.2 454.0 0.00 70 61 19505 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 222 6 470.5 470.5 312.7 470.6 0.00 71 57 19923 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 225 6 475.7 475.7 313.1 475.7 0.00 72 54 20256 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.7 210 12 485.9 485.9 313.9 485.9 0.00 73 51 20608 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 173 11 491.1 491.1 314.3 491.1 0.00 74 50 20730 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.8 180 8 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 75 48 20984 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.2 176 10 509.2 509.2 315.6 509.2 0.00 76 44 21528 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.5 181 10 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 77 35 22967 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.6 122 9 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.6 0.01 78 30 23950 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.5 175 2 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.6 0.01 79 29 24170 -51.9 -85.9 1 34.0 -54.1 231 2 609.0 609.0 321.0 609.1 0.01 80 26 24882 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.4 188 1 631.8 631.8 322.0 631.8 0.01 81 25 25138 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.5 139 1 638.9 638.9 322.3 639.0 0.01 82 22 25978 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -51.9 107 6 670.4 670.4 323.4 670.5 0.02 83 20 26610 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -51.2 105 10 693.2 693.2 324.2 693.4 0.02 84 16 28088 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -52.2 198 10 737.6 737.6 325.6 737.8 0.02 85 16 28088 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -51.1 198 10 743.5 743.5 325.7 743.7 0.02 86 15 28517 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.2 222 13 752.7 752.7 326.0 752.9 0.02 87 13 29469 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -51.8 216 12 789.0 789.0 327.0 789.2 0.03 88 12 30008 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -49.9 211 10 822.8 822.8 327.8 823.2 0.04 89 11 30600 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -50.1 160 9 845.0 845.0 328.3 845.5 0.05 90 10 31250 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -50.3 105 9 869.9 869.9 328.8 870.4 0.06 91 9.2 31820 -38.9 -80.9 0 42.0 -50.2 116 9 895.4 895.5 329.4 896.1 0.06 92 7.4 33309 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -51.7 143 11 948.9 948.9 330.4 949.8 0.08 93 7.0 33690 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -51.4 150 11 970.7 970.8 330.7 971.7 0.09 94 6.2 34531 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -50.8 1018.7 1018.8 331.5 1020.5 0.15 95 5.8 34996 -34.7 -77.7 0 43.0 -51.0 1040.1 1040.2 331.8 1042.1 0.17 TRP 173 13102 -61.7 -73.7 19 12.0 -61.8 245 95 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 WND 215 11730 -53.8 -67.5 17 13.7 -54.1 240 106 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.00 m Freezing level: 594.02 mb = 4464.09 m = 14645.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.44 mb = 3732.20 m = 12244.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.47 mb = 634.81 m = 2082.68 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 737.0- 549.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.57 mb = 827.45 m = 2714.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2653.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.48 mb = 866.27 m = 2842.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.48 mb = 913.93 m = 2998.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 844.48 mb = 1506.77 m = 4943.40 ft B at Equ Level: 15.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 804.48 mb = 1922.77 m = 6308.22 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 246 at 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 966 357 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 85 30 -29.8 -2.6 1 937 610 150 20 -10.0 17.3 | 100 35 -34.8 6.1 2 925 720 155 26 -11.0 23.6 | 109 38 -35.8 12.3 3 904 914 160 29 -9.9 27.3 | 115 38 -34.7 16.0 4 873 1219 175 40 -3.5 39.8 | 135 40 -28.3 28.6 5 850 1451 185 38 3.3 37.9 | 141 34 -21.5 26.6 6 843 1524 190 36 6.3 35.5 | 143 30 -18.5 24.2 7 813 1829 195 36 9.3 34.8 | 147 28 -15.5 23.5 8 784 2134 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 125 27 -22.4 15.7 9 757 2438 195 34 8.8 32.8 | 143 27 -16.0 21.6 10 730 2743 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 156 23 -9.6 21.4 11 704 3048 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 160 17 -5.9 15.8 12 700 3102 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 167 19 -4.1 18.2 13 653 3658 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 181 19 0.3 18.6 14 605 4267 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 188 16 2.1 15.6 15 561 4877 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 216 15 8.8 12.3 16 540 5182 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 244 18 16.0 7.8 17 500 5800 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 228 13 9.9 8.8 18 481 6096 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 244 14 12.4 6.1 19 426 7010 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 270 6 6.2 0.0 20 400 7480 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 259 13 12.8 2.4 21 392 7620 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 259 13 12.8 2.4 22 345 8534 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 225 29 20.3 20.3 23 317 9144 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 235 28 22.8 16.3 24 303 9449 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 235 31 25.4 17.8 25 300 9530 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 245 42 37.7 17.9 26 250 10750 240 101 87.5 50.5 | 238 74 62.7 39.3 27 242 10973 240 103 89.2 51.5 | 238 76 64.4 40.3 28 220 11582 235 95 77.8 54.5 | 231 68 53.0 43.2 29 215 11730 240 106 91.8 53.0 | 238 79 67.0 41.8 30 210 11887 240 106 91.8 53.0 | 238 79 67.0 41.8 31 200 12190 245 101 91.5 42.7 | 245 74 66.7 31.4 32 173 13102 245 95 86.1 40.1 | 245 68 61.3 28.9 33 157 13716 255 95 91.8 24.6 | 259 68 67.0 13.3 34 150 13990 250 76 71.4 26.0 | 252 49 46.6 14.7 35 122 15240 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 254 30 28.8 8.3 36 117 15545 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 257 16 15.6 3.5 37 106 16154 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 263 32 32.2 4.0 38 100 16490 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 274 14 13.8 -0.9 39 96 16764 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 274 14 13.8 -0.9 40 91 17069 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 159 5 -1.9 4.8 41 86 17374 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 169 12 -2.2 11.4 42 82 17678 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 208 19 8.9 17.0 43 74 18288 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 204 10 3.9 8.8 44 71 18593 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 209 11 5.5 10.0 45 70 18660 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 58 18 -14.9 -9.5 46 67 18898 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 47 15 -10.8 -10.0 47 64 19202 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 79 19 -18.4 -3.6 48 58 19812 225 2 1.4 1.4 | 67 25 -23.4 -9.8 49 55 20117 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 83 16 -15.6 -2.1 50 50 20726 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 86 28 -28.2 -1.8 51 50 20730 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 83 25 -24.8 -3.2 52 48 21031 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 87 26 -25.7 -1.3 53 45 21336 155 9 -3.8 8.2 | 84 29 -28.6 -3.1 54 43 21641 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 86 22 -22.2 -1.6 55 41 21946 150 3 -1.5 2.6 | 72 28 -26.3 -8.6 56 39 22250 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 78 40 -39.6 -8.6 57 37 22555 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 66 28 -25.7 -11.6 58 34 23165 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 89 32 -32.2 -0.6 59 32 23470 155 14 -5.9 12.7 | 93 31 -30.7 1.4 60 31 23774 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 86 29 -29.0 -2.2 61 30 23950 175 2 -0.2 2.0 | 70 27 -25.0 -9.3 62 28 24384 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 63 26 -22.9 -11.8 63 24 25298 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 67 28 -25.7 -10.9 64 20 26610 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 76 36 -34.4 -8.7 65 19 27127 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 87 32 -31.7 -1.4 66 18 27432 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 87 26 -25.7 -1.3 67 17 27737 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 104 21 -20.4 5.2 68 15 28346 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 76 23 -22.7 -5.6 69 15 28651 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 82 11 -10.9 -1.5 70 14 28956 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 83 20 -19.8 -2.6 71 13 29261 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 72 17 -16.6 -5.5 72 13 29566 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 90 18 -18.3 0.0 73 12 29870 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 77 18 -17.7 -4.2 74 10 31250 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 75 35 -33.5 -8.9 75 7 33690 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 87 30 -30.3 -1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.9 neg: -68.7 tot: 421.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.78 Bulk Rich Number: 19.19 Bulk Shear: 138.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 153 20 101 34| 18.8 0.0 18.8|154.0 0.0 154.0 307.9 0.89| 19.5 17.3 1000 164 27 115 36| 15.8 0.0 15.8|334.5 0.0 334.5 334.5 0.90| 19.6 17.7 1500 175 31 125 34| 9.9 0.0 9.9|367.7 -3.9 363.8 242.5 0.79| 16.4 12.9 2000 178 30 127 32| 7.4 0.8 8.2|408.7 -68.7 340.0 170.0 0.55| 16.1 8.9 2500 183 31 131 30| 7.0 0.7 7.7|465.4 -68.7 396.7 158.7 0.58| 15.2 8.9 3000 189 32 136 28| 6.5 0.5 7.0|489.9 -68.7 421.2 140.4 0.59| 14.1 8.2 4000 199 34 146 25| 5.2 0.4 5.6|515.4 -68.7 446.7 111.7 0.60| 11.5 6.9 5000 208 35 158 21| 4.9 0.3 5.2|573.3 -71.6 501.7 100.3 0.64| 10.8 6.9 6000 216 36 169 19| 4.0 0.5 4.6|588.4 -82.4 506.0 84.3 0.60| 9.8 5.9 Wrote GIF file: KOUN.skewt.20.GIF