UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101906.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0600Z 19 OCT 25 Station: KOTX WMO ident: 72786 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -117.63 Elevation: 728.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 928 728 5.8 4.8 93 1.0 5.3 0 0 285.0 286.0 281.8 301.2 5.81 2 925 757 6.6 1.8 71 4.8 4.3 140 3 286.1 286.9 281.1 299.4 4.71 3 911 882 7.2 0.2 61 7.0 3.9 160 7 287.9 288.7 281.4 300.1 4.26 4 869 1268 5.0 -3.0 56 8.0 1.5 196 15 289.5 290.2 281.3 299.8 3.52 5 850 1448 4.0 -3.0 60 7.0 1.0 200 20 290.3 291.0 281.7 300.8 3.60 6 790 2038 -0.7 -3.8 79 3.1 -2.0 212 25 291.5 292.1 282.3 302.1 3.65 7 784 2099 -0.7 -3.4 82 2.7 -1.9 214 26 292.1 292.8 282.7 303.2 3.79 8 767 2276 3.0 2.3 95 0.7 2.7 224 31 297.9 299.0 287.2 315.3 5.90 9 751 2446 2.6 1.8 94 0.8 2.2 235 37 299.3 300.3 287.6 316.5 5.81 10 741 2555 2.6 2.0 96 0.6 2.3 239 36 300.4 301.5 288.2 318.2 5.97 11 714 2854 0.6 -1.0 89 1.6 -0.2 245 35 301.4 302.4 287.6 316.4 4.98 12 700 3013 0.0 -1.2 92 1.2 -0.6 245 35 302.5 303.4 287.9 317.6 5.01 13 653 3568 -2.3 -3.1 94 0.8 -2.7 245 31 306.0 306.8 288.8 320.3 4.66 14 621 3966 -4.3 -6.2 87 1.9 -5.1 245 33 308.1 308.8 288.8 320.2 3.87 15 600 4237 -5.5 -7.4 86 1.9 -6.3 241 37 309.8 310.4 289.1 321.3 3.65 16 571 4625 -7.3 -9.3 86 2.0 -8.1 240 43 312.1 312.7 289.6 322.6 3.31 17 556 4832 -8.3 -10.4 85 2.1 -9.1 240 46 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.3 3.12 18 500 5650 -12.9 -15.1 84 2.2 -13.6 240 53 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.1 2.37 19 486 5865 -14.3 -16.7 82 2.4 -15.1 241 54 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.3 2.13 20 445 6526 -18.7 -21.2 81 2.5 -19.4 245 58 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.2 1.58 21 414 7059 -22.7 -25.5 78 2.8 -23.3 251 62 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.3 1.16 22 400 7310 -24.7 -27.4 78 2.7 -25.2 255 64 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 1.01 23 351 8245 -32.3 -35.3 75 3.0 -32.7 250 67 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.54 24 348 8306 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 250 67 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.51 25 338 8510 -34.5 -37.5 74 3.0 -34.8 250 68 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.45 26 335 8572 -35.1 -38.0 75 2.9 -35.4 250 68 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.43 27 322 8846 -37.7 -40.7 73 3.0 -38.0 250 70 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.34 28 309 9129 -39.9 -43.1 71 3.2 -40.2 250 71 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.27 29 300 9330 -41.7 -45.0 70 3.3 -41.9 250 75 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.23 30 275 9915 -47.1 -50.5 68 3.4 -47.3 250 79 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.14 31 270 10037 -48.3 -51.6 69 3.3 -48.4 250 79 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 32 250 10540 -52.7 -56.0 67 3.3 -52.8 255 80 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.08 33 247 10618 -53.3 -56.7 66 3.4 -53.4 255 81 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.07 34 242 10749 -54.5 -57.7 68 3.2 -54.6 256 82 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.07 35 237 10883 -55.5 -58.8 67 3.3 -55.6 257 84 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.8 0.06 36 223 11269 -58.7 -62.3 63 3.6 -58.7 260 91 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.04 37 221 11326 -59.1 -62.7 63 3.6 -59.2 259 92 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.04 38 208 11704 -61.3 -65.2 60 3.9 -61.3 255 100 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.03 39 203 11856 -59.1 -64.3 51 5.2 -59.2 260 105 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 40 200 11950 -57.7 -63.7 46 6.0 -57.8 265 102 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 41 191 12240 -56.3 -63.3 41 7.0 -56.5 260 94 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.04 42 180 12618 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.8 262 89 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.9 0.05 43 178 12690 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.8 263 85 359.8 359.9 298.7 360.1 0.05 44 154 13606 -59.7 -71.7 20 12.0 -59.9 252 58 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.02 45 151 13729 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.7 250 63 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 46 150 13770 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.7 250 63 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 47 148 13854 -59.7 -72.7 17 13.0 -59.9 251 63 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.01 48 143 14069 -58.7 -73.7 13 15.0 -58.9 253 64 374.0 374.0 301.3 374.1 0.01 49 139 14247 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -59.1 254 64 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.8 0.01 50 135 14430 -58.5 -75.5 9 17.0 -58.7 253 62 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.01 51 128 14764 -59.7 -77.7 8 18.0 -59.9 254 57 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.01 52 127 14813 -59.7 -77.7 8 18.0 -59.9 256 57 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.2 0.01 53 125 14912 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 259 57 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.3 0.01 54 115 15430 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 257 51 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 55 113 15538 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 255 50 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 56 111 15648 -62.5 -84.5 4 22.0 -62.7 253 48 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 57 107 15874 -63.1 -86.1 3 23.0 -63.3 250 43 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 58 105 15990 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.9 248 45 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.00 59 101 16229 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.1 250 43 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 60 100 16290 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.1 255 40 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 61 93 16740 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.0 255 40 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 62 86 17226 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -62.6 250 37 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.00 63 85 17298 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.4 250 38 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.00 64 84 17371 -62.3 -91.3 1 29.0 -62.6 250 39 428.2 428.2 308.6 428.2 0.00 65 82 17520 -62.1 -92.1 1 30.0 -62.4 248 33 431.6 431.6 309.0 431.6 0.00 66 79 17751 -62.7 -91.7 1 29.0 -63.0 243 28 434.9 434.9 309.4 434.9 0.00 67 78 17829 -62.3 -92.3 1 30.0 -62.6 240 31 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 68 75 18072 -62.7 -91.7 1 29.0 -63.0 238 35 441.4 441.5 310.0 441.5 0.00 69 71 18411 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -60.9 251 31 453.1 453.1 311.1 453.1 0.00 70 70 18500 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -60.5 255 29 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.8 0.00 71 69 18590 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -60.7 250 27 457.3 457.3 311.5 457.3 0.00 72 68 18681 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -60.7 254 29 459.2 459.2 311.7 459.2 0.00 73 66 18868 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.3 264 32 464.0 464.0 312.1 464.0 0.00 74 64 19060 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -60.7 281 28 467.2 467.2 312.4 467.2 0.00 75 63 19158 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -60.9 291 25 468.9 468.9 312.5 468.9 0.00 76 61 19360 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.8 285 22 475.9 475.9 313.1 475.9 0.00 77 61 19360 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.8 285 22 475.9 475.9 313.1 475.9 0.00 78 57 19783 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.1 257 16 479.8 479.8 313.4 479.8 0.00 79 56 19892 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.5 248 18 481.3 481.3 313.5 481.3 0.00 80 50 20600 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.0 275 11 506.1 506.1 315.4 506.1 0.00 81 49 20727 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.0 280 16 509.0 509.0 315.6 509.0 0.00 82 45 21257 -61.1 -91.1 1 30.0 -61.7 210 5 514.8 514.8 315.9 514.8 0.00 83 44 21396 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.2 193 7 516.6 516.6 316.1 516.6 0.00 84 41 21835 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.2 247 18 532.7 532.7 317.1 532.7 0.00 85 39 22148 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.4 267 24 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.00 86 37 22479 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.3 289 19 554.2 554.2 318.3 554.2 0.00 87 35 22829 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -58.7 167 7 562.0 562.0 318.8 562.0 0.00 88 34 23011 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -58.9 175 10 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.00 89 34 23011 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -58.7 175 10 566.7 566.7 319.0 566.7 0.00 90 32 23393 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.5 225 18 577.7 577.7 319.6 577.7 0.00 91 32 23393 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.5 225 18 577.7 577.7 319.6 577.7 0.00 92 30 23800 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.0 235 13 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.00 93 29 24014 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.1 239 13 592.5 592.5 320.3 592.5 0.00 94 29 24014 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.5 239 13 591.4 591.4 320.2 591.4 0.00 95 28 24234 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.8 243 13 596.3 596.3 320.5 596.3 0.00 96 27 24463 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.7 248 12 603.1 603.1 320.7 603.1 0.00 97 27 24463 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.7 248 12 603.1 603.1 320.7 603.1 0.00 98 25 24946 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.4 254 12 614.2 614.2 321.2 614.2 0.00 99 25 24946 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.4 254 12 614.2 614.2 321.2 614.2 0.00 100 23 25469 -58.7 -90.7 1 32.0 -60.0 251 13 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.8 0.00 101 23 25469 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.9 251 13 631.4 631.4 322.0 631.4 0.01 102 23 25469 -58.7 -77.7 7 19.0 -60.0 251 13 630.8 630.8 321.9 631.1 0.04 TRP 208 11704 -61.3 -65.2 60 3.9 -61.3 255 100 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.03 WND 203 11856 -59.1 -64.3 51 5.2 -59.2 260 105 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5537.00 m Freezing level: 798.94 mb = 1950.42 m = 6398.95 ft Freezing level: 780.78 mb = 2132.69 m = 6996.91 ft Freezing level: 700.00 mb = 3013.00 m = 9885.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 830.78 mb = 1632.45 m = 5355.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.36 % Est. max temperature: 14.75 C = 58.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.92 mb = 855.87 m = 2807.93 ft T: 7.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 925.0- 911.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 571.23 mb = 4621.66 m = 15162.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Cap Strength: 14.06 C Lifted Index: 15.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.30 C Showalter Index: 15.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.90 C Cross Totals Index: 9.90 C K Index: 12.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 198.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41534.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.98 mb = 2048.69 m = 6721.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 268 at 28 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 928 728 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 88 28 -27.9 -0.9 1 925 757 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 93 30 -29.9 1.4 2 907 914 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 103 31 -30.0 6.9 3 874 1219 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 118 27 -24.3 12.7 4 850 1448 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 130 28 -21.1 17.9 5 842 1524 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 138 29 -19.7 21.7 6 811 1829 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 140 27 -17.8 20.9 7 781 2134 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 147 24 -13.0 20.4 8 752 2438 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 187 20 2.4 20.4 9 724 2743 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 195 14 3.8 13.9 10 700 3013 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 195 14 3.8 13.9 11 670 3353 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 185 13 1.1 12.7 12 645 3658 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 181 12 0.2 12.2 13 620 3962 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 189 13 2.0 13.1 14 596 4267 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 195 19 5.0 18.1 15 552 4877 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 209 26 12.8 22.6 16 531 5182 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 220 26 16.5 19.8 17 511 5486 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 223 29 20.1 21.5 18 500 5650 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 215 31 18.0 25.6 19 491 5791 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 216 32 18.8 26.1 20 471 6096 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 224 31 21.9 22.4 21 434 6706 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 227 35 25.5 24.1 22 416 7010 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 236 37 30.3 20.3 23 400 7310 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 245 37 33.9 15.7 24 383 7620 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 246 39 35.8 16.2 25 351 8230 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 238 41 35.0 22.0 26 308 9144 250 71 66.7 24.3 | 239 45 38.8 23.4 27 300 9330 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 240 49 42.5 24.8 28 295 9449 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 240 49 42.5 24.8 29 257 10363 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 241 56 49.1 27.2 30 250 10540 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 248 53 49.3 19.8 31 245 10668 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 248 54 50.3 20.1 32 223 11278 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 256 63 61.7 14.9 33 208 11704 255 100 96.6 25.9 | 250 73 68.7 25.0 34 203 11856 260 105 103.4 18.2 | 257 77 75.5 17.4 35 202 11887 260 105 103.4 18.2 | 257 77 75.5 17.4 36 200 11950 265 102 101.6 8.9 | 264 74 73.7 8.0 37 192 12192 260 93 91.6 16.1 | 256 65 63.7 15.3 38 183 12497 260 97 95.5 16.8 | 257 69 67.6 16.0 39 175 12802 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 263 49 48.8 5.8 40 167 13106 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 262 28 27.9 4.0 41 159 13411 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 239 23 19.4 11.8 42 151 13716 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 237 37 31.3 20.7 43 150 13770 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 237 37 31.3 20.7 44 137 14326 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 245 37 33.9 15.7 45 131 14630 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 234 32 25.6 18.6 46 124 14935 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 252 30 28.2 9.0 47 118 15240 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 251 26 24.3 8.3 48 113 15545 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 239 24 20.4 12.1 49 107 15850 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 222 19 12.5 13.8 50 102 16154 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 218 24 14.7 19.0 51 100 16290 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 228 14 10.7 9.5 52 97 16459 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 244 15 13.4 6.4 53 93 16764 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 228 14 10.7 9.5 54 88 17069 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 204 12 5.0 11.1 55 84 17374 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 215 15 8.7 12.5 56 80 17678 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 157 11 -4.4 10.1 57 76 17983 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 185 20 1.6 19.8 58 72 18288 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 189 13 2.0 13.1 59 70 18500 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 181 7 0.1 6.6 60 69 18593 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 163 9 -2.6 8.4 61 66 18898 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 248 5 4.9 2.0 62 63 19202 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 29 13 -6.2 -11.0 63 60 19507 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 72 8 -8.0 -2.6 64 57 19812 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 105 13 -12.5 3.3 65 54 20117 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 143 17 -10.3 13.9 66 51 20422 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 98 13 -13.2 1.7 67 50 20600 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 84 17 -17.0 -1.8 68 49 20726 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 73 13 -12.2 -3.6 69 47 21031 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 85 24 -24.1 -1.9 70 44 21336 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 99 28 -27.5 4.1 71 40 21946 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 111 8 -7.3 2.8 72 38 22250 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 66 2 -1.9 -0.9 73 37 22555 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 57 15 -12.5 -8.1 74 35 22860 155 6 -2.5 5.4 | 99 31 -30.5 4.6 75 32 23470 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 133 16 -11.5 10.6 76 30 23774 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 82 14 -14.0 -2.1 77 30 23800 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 111 18 -17.3 6.6 78 25 24384 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 98 16 -16.3 2.2 79 23 24689 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 103 16 -15.7 3.6 80 21 24994 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 105 13 -12.5 3.3 81 20 25298 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 91 14 -14.0 0.4 82 18 25603 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 91 16 -16.0 0.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.3 neg: -11.4 tot: 312.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 149.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 179 9 106 29| 0.0 14.6 14.6|120.4 0.0 120.4 240.9 0.91| 17.4 15.8 1000 194 15 119 28| 5.2 7.3 12.5|196.0 0.0 196.0 196.0 0.91| 14.5 13.2 1500 202 18 127 27| 6.1 4.9 11.0|249.6 0.0 249.6 166.4 0.88| 13.1 11.6 2000 215 22 139 23| 7.2 3.7 10.9|321.8 0.0 321.8 160.9 0.85| 14.2 12.1 2500 224 25 148 20| 5.4 2.9 8.3|322.3 -5.5 316.7 126.7 0.79| 11.8 9.4 3000 228 26 153 18| 4.5 2.3 6.8|323.3 -11.4 312.0 104.0 0.74| 10.3 7.6 4000 233 29 164 17| 3.4 3.3 6.7|359.1 -11.4 347.7 86.9 0.70| 9.5 6.6 5000 236 33 179 18| 3.3 3.2 6.6|407.9 -41.1 366.8 73.4 0.62| 9.1 5.7 6000 238 37 191 19| 3.4 2.7 6.1|465.2 -41.1 424.1 70.7 0.63| 8.4 5.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20251019.06.gif