UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120906.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 9 DEC 25 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0600Z 9 DEC 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 51 1 925 706 220 25 SFC 922 728 10.2 7.5 83 2.7 8.7 220 25 290.0 291.3 285.4 310.1 7.06 3 907 865 9.4 5.1 74 4.3 7.1 216 41 290.5 291.6 284.5 307.9 6.08 4 871 1202 7.0 3.0 76 4.0 4.9 224 61 291.4 292.4 284.2 307.1 5.45 5 864 1269 7.4 3.0 74 4.4 5.1 226 62 292.5 293.5 284.7 308.4 5.50 6 850 1404 6.8 1.9 71 4.9 4.4 230 61 293.3 294.2 284.7 308.3 5.16 7 842 1482 6.4 1.4 70 5.0 3.9 232 60 293.6 294.5 284.7 308.3 5.03 8 779 2115 1.8 -0.8 83 2.6 0.5 249 57 295.3 296.1 284.9 308.9 4.63 9 709 2869 -2.1 -3.8 88 1.7 -2.9 268 57 299.1 299.8 285.8 311.3 4.07 10 700 2971 -2.7 -4.7 86 2.0 -3.6 270 58 299.5 300.2 285.7 311.1 3.85 11 695 3028 -2.9 -4.8 87 1.9 -3.7 270 57 299.9 300.6 285.9 311.5 3.85 12 682 3177 -3.5 -5.6 85 2.1 -4.4 272 59 300.8 301.5 286.1 312.1 3.69 13 675 3259 -3.3 -5.7 83 2.4 -4.3 273 61 302.0 302.6 286.5 313.3 3.70 14 642 3655 -4.7 -7.5 81 2.8 -5.8 270 62 304.7 305.4 287.2 315.2 3.39 15 627 3841 -5.9 -8.7 81 2.8 -7.0 270 66 305.4 306.0 287.2 315.3 3.16 16 615 3992 -6.1 -9.1 79 3.0 -7.3 270 69 306.9 307.5 287.6 316.7 3.12 17 607 4095 -6.5 -9.6 79 3.1 -7.7 270 70 307.6 308.1 287.8 317.1 3.04 18 603 4147 -6.3 -9.9 76 3.6 -7.7 270 70 308.4 308.9 288.1 317.8 2.99 19 570 4585 -8.3 -13.0 69 4.7 -10.0 270 71 311.0 311.5 288.4 319.0 2.46 20 557 4764 -9.5 -13.9 70 4.4 -11.1 270 72 311.7 312.1 288.5 319.3 2.34 21 506 5500 -14.7 -17.5 79 2.8 -15.6 270 81 314.0 314.4 288.8 320.3 1.91 22 500 5590 -15.3 -18.1 79 2.8 -16.2 270 80 314.4 314.7 288.9 320.5 1.84 23 493 5696 -15.9 -18.9 78 3.0 -16.8 270 80 314.9 315.3 288.9 320.7 1.74 24 459 6231 -18.7 -21.1 81 2.4 -19.3 275 89 317.9 318.2 289.7 323.2 1.55 25 453 6328 -19.3 -21.9 80 2.6 -20.0 275 92 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.3 1.46 26 434 6645 -21.7 -24.4 79 2.7 -22.3 279 97 319.2 319.5 289.8 323.4 1.22 27 412 7026 -24.3 -26.7 80 2.4 -24.8 280 95 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.04 28 400 7240 -25.7 -28.3 79 2.6 -26.2 280 98 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.8 0.93 29 388 7460 -27.5 -30.2 78 2.7 -28.0 280 101 322.0 322.2 290.2 324.9 0.80 30 334 8522 -35.3 -38.7 71 3.4 -35.7 280 109 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.40 31 301 9237 -41.3 -45.0 67 3.7 -41.6 285 114 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.23 32 300 9260 -41.7 -45.4 67 3.7 -41.9 285 114 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.22 33 281 9701 -45.5 -49.3 65 3.8 -45.7 288 117 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.15 34 274 9869 -46.9 -50.5 67 3.6 -47.1 289 119 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.14 35 250 10470 -52.1 -55.7 65 3.6 -52.2 290 123 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 36 233 10921 -55.9 -59.4 65 3.5 -56.0 290 126 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.05 37 231 10975 -56.7 -60.2 64 3.5 -56.8 290 126 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 38 203 11779 -63.9 -67.4 62 3.5 -63.9 290 126 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.2 0.02 39 200 11870 -64.7 -68.1 63 3.4 -64.7 290 125 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.02 40 196 11993 -65.7 -69.0 63 3.3 -65.7 290 125 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.02 41 190 12181 -67.5 -70.8 63 3.3 -67.5 290 125 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.7 0.01 42 186 12309 -68.5 -71.7 63 3.2 -68.5 292 126 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.01 43 182 12439 -69.7 -73.0 62 3.3 -69.7 294 128 331.2 331.2 292.0 331.2 0.01 44 181 12472 -69.9 -73.2 62 3.3 -69.9 295 128 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.01 45 176 12638 -70.7 -74.1 61 3.4 -70.7 295 123 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.01 46 174 12706 -70.7 -74.3 59 3.6 -70.7 295 125 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.01 47 168 12915 -69.7 -74.3 51 4.6 -69.7 291 123 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.01 48 165 13022 -69.9 -74.9 48 5.0 -69.9 288 118 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.01 49 150 13600 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -62.6 300 93 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 50 140 14028 -61.9 -70.9 29 9.0 -62.0 305 83 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.02 51 133 14345 -62.9 -72.9 25 10.0 -63.0 297 70 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.5 0.02 52 126 14682 -58.9 -69.9 23 11.0 -59.1 287 62 387.4 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.02 53 121 14938 -56.7 -69.7 18 13.0 -57.0 276 70 396.0 396.0 304.7 396.1 0.03 54 115 15263 -54.3 -67.3 19 13.0 -54.7 287 67 406.2 406.3 306.0 406.4 0.04 55 100 16150 -59.5 -73.5 15 14.0 -59.8 325 24 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.02 56 86 17079 -64.9 -80.9 9 16.0 -65.1 320 34 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.01 57 78 17671 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.9 300 44 430.3 430.3 308.9 430.3 0.00 58 75 17911 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.4 306 46 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.01 59 73 18078 -59.5 -79.5 6 20.0 -59.9 310 47 451.6 451.6 311.0 451.7 0.01 60 71 18252 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.3 314 49 454.4 454.4 311.3 454.4 0.01 61 70 18340 -59.5 -80.5 5 21.0 -59.9 300 47 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.01 62 63 19007 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -55.9 313 40 480.8 480.8 313.5 480.8 0.01 63 62 19109 -55.3 -79.3 4 24.0 -56.1 318 38 482.5 482.5 313.7 482.6 0.01 64 55 19870 -58.3 -83.3 3 25.0 -58.9 343 38 492.5 492.5 314.4 492.5 0.01 65 52 20223 -58.5 -83.5 3 25.0 -59.2 333 29 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.01 66 51 20345 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -59.0 331 29 503.2 503.2 315.2 503.3 0.01 67 50 20470 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -59.2 330 27 505.6 505.6 315.4 505.7 0.01 68 45 21127 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.7 342 37 514.8 514.8 315.9 514.8 0.00 69 38 22189 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.1 328 33 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.6 0.01 70 35 22710 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.6 322 28 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.6 0.01 71 30 23690 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.0 350 34 596.6 596.6 320.5 596.7 0.01 72 29 23907 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.7 343 26 603.5 603.5 320.7 603.6 0.01 73 28 24133 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -55.6 359 23 610.2 610.2 321.0 610.2 0.01 74 25 24854 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.3 8 18 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.3 0.01 75 24 25111 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.8 4 18 623.7 623.7 321.6 623.8 0.01 76 22 25662 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.8 342 25 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.2 0.01 77 21 25958 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.5 347 21 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.1 0.01 78 20 26270 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -56.3 360 34 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.3 0.01 79 19 26601 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -55.2 3 34 686.1 686.1 324.0 686.2 0.02 80 17 27324 -49.9 -72.9 5 23.0 -53.7 9 35 716.0 716.0 325.0 717.0 0.12 TRP 176 12638 -70.7 -74.1 61 3.4 -70.7 295 123 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.01 WND 181 12472 -69.9 -73.2 62 3.3 -69.9 295 128 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.00 m Freezing level: 746.69 mb = 2463.11 m = 8080.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.73 mb = 2231.61 m = 7321.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.30 % Est. max temperature: 15.73 C = 60.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.00 mb = 1069.34 m = 3508.30 ft T: 7.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 2.92 C Layer 907.0- 864.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.09 mb = 2134.53 m = 7002.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.47 C = 59.85 F Cap Strength: 8.07 C Lifted Index: 8.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 8.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.20 C K Index: 22.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 2.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39875.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.81 mb = 1738.91 m = 5705.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 at 51 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 922 728 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 143 50 -30.6 40.0 1 902 914 215 47 27.0 38.5 | 162 63 -19.7 59.3 2 869 1219 225 62 43.8 43.8 | 177 65 -2.9 64.7 3 850 1404 230 61 46.7 39.2 | 180 60 0.0 60.1 4 806 1829 240 56 48.5 28.0 | 182 49 1.8 48.8 5 777 2134 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 190 41 6.9 40.3 6 748 2438 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 201 28 10.1 25.8 7 720 2743 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 199 27 9.1 25.7 8 700 2971 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 208 24 11.3 20.8 9 693 3048 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 206 23 10.3 20.8 10 666 3353 275 63 62.8 -5.5 | 226 22 16.1 15.3 11 641 3658 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 216 26 15.3 20.8 12 616 3962 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 227 31 22.3 20.8 13 593 4267 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 229 32 24.3 20.8 14 570 4572 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 229 32 24.3 20.8 15 548 4877 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 232 34 26.3 20.8 16 507 5486 270 81 81.0 -0.0 | 239 40 34.3 20.8 17 500 5590 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 238 39 33.3 20.8 18 487 5791 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 238 39 33.3 20.8 19 467 6096 275 86 85.7 -7.5 | 251 41 39.0 13.3 20 448 6401 275 94 93.6 -8.2 | 255 49 46.9 12.6 21 430 6706 280 98 96.5 -17.0 | 266 50 49.8 3.8 22 413 7010 280 95 93.6 -16.5 | 265 47 46.9 4.3 23 400 7240 280 98 96.5 -17.0 | 266 50 49.8 3.8 24 396 7315 280 98 96.5 -17.0 | 266 50 49.8 3.8 25 379 7620 280 104 102.4 -18.1 | 267 56 55.7 2.8 26 363 7925 280 109 107.3 -18.9 | 268 61 60.6 1.9 27 347 8230 285 106 102.4 -27.4 | 277 56 55.7 -6.6 28 333 8534 280 109 107.3 -18.9 | 268 61 60.6 1.9 29 305 9144 285 112 108.2 -29.0 | 278 62 61.5 -8.1 30 300 9260 285 114 110.1 -29.5 | 278 64 63.4 -8.7 31 266 10058 290 120 112.8 -41.0 | 287 69 66.1 -20.2 32 250 10470 290 123 115.6 -42.1 | 287 72 68.9 -21.2 33 242 10668 290 125 117.5 -42.8 | 287 74 70.8 -21.9 34 220 11278 290 128 120.3 -43.8 | 287 77 73.6 -22.9 35 209 11582 290 128 120.3 -43.8 | 287 77 73.6 -22.9 36 200 11870 290 125 117.5 -42.8 | 287 74 70.8 -21.9 37 190 12192 290 125 117.5 -42.8 | 287 74 70.8 -21.9 38 181 12472 295 128 116.0 -54.1 | 296 77 69.3 -33.3 39 176 12638 295 123 111.5 -52.0 | 296 72 64.8 -31.1 40 171 12802 295 128 116.0 -54.1 | 296 77 69.3 -33.3 41 163 13106 285 115 111.1 -29.8 | 278 65 64.4 -8.9 42 155 13411 290 117 109.9 -40.0 | 287 66 63.2 -19.2 43 150 13600 300 93 80.5 -46.5 | 307 42 33.8 -25.7 44 147 13716 295 95 86.1 -40.1 | 296 44 39.4 -19.3 45 140 14021 305 83 68.0 -47.6 | 321 34 21.3 -26.8 46 127 14630 290 60 56.4 -20.5 | 268 10 9.7 0.3 47 121 14935 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 237 27 23.0 14.7 48 116 15240 285 69 66.6 -17.9 | 262 20 20.0 3.0 49 105 15850 320 32 20.6 -24.5 | 82 26 -26.1 -3.7 50 100 16150 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 92 33 -32.9 1.2 51 95 16459 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 92 33 -32.9 1.2 52 90 16764 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 92 33 -32.9 1.2 53 86 17069 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 78 25 -24.8 -5.2 54 78 17678 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 82 9 -8.6 -1.2 55 71 18288 315 49 34.6 -34.6 | 41 18 -12.0 -13.8 56 70 18340 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 66 7 -6.0 -2.7 57 67 18593 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 100 3 -3.2 0.6 58 58 19507 335 30 12.7 -27.2 | 79 35 -34.0 -6.3 59 55 19812 345 40 10.4 -38.6 | 64 40 -36.3 -17.8 60 53 20117 335 28 11.8 -25.4 | 83 35 -34.9 -4.5 61 50 20422 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 81 32 -31.7 -5.1 62 50 20470 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 86 33 -33.2 -2.5 63 48 20726 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 91 32 -32.4 0.4 64 44 21336 350 43 7.5 -42.3 | 61 45 -39.2 -21.5 65 42 21641 355 43 3.7 -42.8 | 63 48 -42.9 -22.0 66 40 21946 320 32 20.6 -24.5 | 82 26 -26.1 -3.7 67 38 22250 330 33 16.5 -28.6 | 76 31 -30.2 -7.7 68 36 22555 325 28 16.1 -22.9 | 86 31 -30.6 -2.1 69 34 22860 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 89 29 -28.7 -0.6 70 33 23165 335 42 17.7 -38.1 | 59 34 -28.9 -17.2 71 31 23470 340 37 12.7 -34.8 | 68 37 -34.0 -13.9 72 30 23690 350 34 5.9 -33.5 | 73 43 -40.8 -12.6 73 30 23774 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 86 33 -33.2 -2.5 74 28 24079 360 25 -0.0 -25.0 | 85 47 -46.7 -4.2 75 27 24384 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 100 46 -45.6 7.9 76 26 24689 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 96 48 -48.1 4.9 77 24 24994 10 20 -3.5 -19.7 | 91 50 -50.2 1.1 78 23 25298 355 16 1.4 -15.9 | 96 46 -45.3 4.9 79 22 25603 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 85 38 -37.8 -3.6 80 21 25908 350 23 4.0 -22.7 | 88 43 -42.7 -1.8 81 20 26213 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 104 43 -42.0 10.9 82 20 26270 360 34 -0.0 -34.0 | 74 49 -46.7 -13.2 83 17 26822 10 35 -6.1 -34.5 | 76 55 -52.8 -13.6 84 15 27127 10 23 -4.0 -22.7 | 88 51 -50.7 -1.8 85 14 27432 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 98 50 -49.1 7.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 68.2 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 51.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 841.4 neg: -24.5 tot: 816.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 272.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.3 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 300.93 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 220 48 164 60| 38.2 0.0 38.2|566.7 0.0 566.7 1133.4 0.90| 41.2 37.2 1000 226 54 172 59| 17.6 0.0 17.6|635.7 0.0 635.7 635.7 0.75| 27.7 20.8 1500 233 55 177 54| 13.4 0.0 13.4|732.7 0.0 732.7 488.5 0.69| 24.4 16.8 2000 241 55 182 48| 10.9 0.0 10.9|771.1 -4.6 766.5 383.3 0.64| 21.1 13.6 2500 247 56 186 43| 10.2 0.0 10.2|819.8 -4.6 815.2 326.1 0.66| 18.9 12.4 3000 252 57 191 39| 8.5 0.8 9.3|841.4 -24.5 816.9 272.3 0.60| 17.3 10.4 4000 257 60 199 36| 6.4 1.5 7.9|887.7 -24.5 863.3 215.8 0.61| 14.0 8.6 5000 261 64 207 35| 5.1 2.0 7.1|935.0 -27.8 907.3 181.5 0.60| 12.2 7.3 6000 264 68 217 35| 6.2 1.7 7.9|1186.9 -27.81159.1 193.2 0.64| 12.4 7.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20251209.06.gif