UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121106.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 11 DEC 25 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0600Z 11 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 63 1 925 722 220 29 SFC 924 728 11.8 9.0 83 2.8 10.2 220 29 291.5 292.9 286.6 313.7 7.82 3 918 783 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 8.9 219 35 291.4 292.6 285.7 311.1 6.90 4 876 1174 8.2 5.6 84 2.6 6.8 219 57 292.2 293.4 285.7 310.9 6.52 5 859 1337 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.3 226 56 296.4 297.5 286.9 314.5 6.20 6 850 1425 10.2 3.2 62 7.0 6.5 230 55 296.8 297.9 286.6 313.5 5.67 7 848 1445 10.2 3.2 62 7.0 6.5 230 54 297.0 298.1 286.6 313.8 5.68 8 843 1494 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 6.1 230 52 297.1 298.1 286.6 313.5 5.56 9 791 2019 5.8 1.5 74 4.3 3.6 246 46 298.3 299.3 286.8 314.3 5.39 10 766 2282 4.6 -0.2 71 4.8 2.2 255 40 299.8 300.7 286.9 314.5 4.92 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327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.09 39 250 10520 -52.3 -56.3 62 4.0 -52.4 280 100 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 40 245 10650 -53.5 -57.1 65 3.6 -53.6 280 100 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.07 41 240 10782 -54.5 -58.4 62 3.9 -54.6 281 101 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 42 228 11107 -57.7 -60.9 67 3.2 -57.8 284 104 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.05 43 215 11474 -60.5 -64.1 62 3.6 -60.6 282 104 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.03 44 212 11561 -61.3 -64.7 64 3.4 -61.3 281 104 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.03 45 206 11739 -62.5 -66.2 61 3.7 -62.6 278 103 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.03 46 200 11920 -63.9 -67.5 61 3.6 -63.9 275 102 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 47 189 12266 -66.7 -70.8 56 4.1 -66.7 275 101 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.01 48 179 12594 -69.1 -73.6 52 4.5 -69.1 280 105 333.7 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 49 175 12730 -67.6 -72.8 47 5.2 -67.7 285 108 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 50 160 13279 -61.7 -69.7 34 8.0 -61.8 291 103 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 51 156 13436 -61.9 -70.9 29 9.0 -62.0 294 101 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 52 150 13680 -60.9 -70.9 26 10.0 -61.0 290 93 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.02 53 145 13891 -60.3 -70.3 26 10.0 -60.4 293 92 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.02 54 139 14154 -61.3 -72.3 22 11.0 -61.4 293 88 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.02 55 135 14335 -60.7 -71.7 22 11.0 -60.9 290 87 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.8 0.02 56 123 14911 -63.1 -77.1 13 14.0 -63.3 292 84 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.01 57 114 15382 -60.1 -76.1 11 16.0 -60.3 301 65 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.01 58 112 15492 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.6 302 58 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.01 59 100 16200 -60.5 -77.5 9 17.0 -60.7 255 20 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.01 60 96 16454 -60.7 -78.7 8 18.0 -61.0 245 17 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.01 61 90 16854 -61.3 -80.3 6 19.0 -61.6 241 31 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.01 62 87 17064 -61.3 -81.3 5 20.0 -61.6 230 32 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.01 63 76 17895 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.3 274 32 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.8 0.00 64 70 18400 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.4 310 41 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.00 65 68 18581 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 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25337 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.7 351 25 635.5 635.5 322.1 635.5 0.01 80 22 25619 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.4 355 37 644.8 644.8 322.5 644.8 0.01 81 20 26220 -58.3 -90.3 1 32.0 -59.9 345 28 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.8 0.01 82 19 26542 -58.7 -90.7 1 32.0 -60.3 351 31 666.2 666.2 323.3 666.2 0.01 83 18 26883 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -59.7 354 33 679.1 679.1 323.7 679.1 0.01 84 15 28025 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -62.3 1 27 706.1 706.1 324.6 706.2 0.01 85 15 28025 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -62.4 1 27 705.5 705.5 324.6 705.5 0.01 86 14 28456 -59.1 -91.1 1 32.0 -61.0 4 24 725.6 725.6 325.2 725.7 0.01 87 13 28920 -59.1 -91.1 1 32.0 -61.2 2 26 741.2 741.2 325.7 741.2 0.01 88 11 29964 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -62.6 350 22 772.4 772.4 326.5 772.4 0.01 89 10 30557 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -63.0 342 23 792.2 792.2 327.1 792.3 0.01 90 10 30557 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -62.9 342 23 793.0 793.0 327.1 793.2 0.02 TRP 179 12594 -69.1 -73.6 52 4.5 -69.1 280 105 333.7 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 WND 175 12730 -67.6 -72.8 47 5.2 -67.7 285 108 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.00 m Freezing level: 717.81 mb = 2811.98 m = 9225.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.51 mb = 2608.99 m = 8559.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.15 % Est. max temperature: 19.44 C = 67.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.76 mb = 1081.12 m = 3546.95 ft T: 8.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 918.0- 859.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.05 mb = 2483.52 m = 8147.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.15 C = 68.26 F Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lifted Index: 7.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 6.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 24.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53931.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.79 mb = 1794.91 m = 5888.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 302 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 924 728 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 154 55 -24.2 49.0 1 904 914 215 50 28.7 41.0 | 168 69 -14.2 67.7 2 871 1219 220 58 37.3 44.4 | 176 71 -5.6 71.2 3 850 1425 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 179 62 -0.7 62.1 4 840 1524 230 51 39.1 32.8 | 176 60 -3.8 59.6 5 809 1829 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 183 53 3.0 53.3 6 779 2134 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 175 41 -3.4 41.1 7 751 2438 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 171 34 -5.4 33.4 8 723 2743 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 180 23 -0.0 23.0 9 700 3008 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 193 27 6.1 26.8 10 696 3048 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 189 27 4.1 26.8 11 670 3353 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 202 24 8.9 22.2 12 644 3658 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 213 26 13.9 21.8 13 619 3962 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 225 30 20.9 21.2 14 596 4267 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 248 36 33.0 13.4 15 573 4572 285 84 81.1 -21.7 | 263 39 38.3 5.0 16 551 4877 285 87 84.0 -22.5 | 264 41 41.2 4.3 17 530 5182 285 85 82.1 -22.0 | 263 40 39.2 4.8 18 509 5486 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 265 42 42.1 4.0 19 500 5630 285 93 89.8 -24.1 | 267 47 47.0 2.7 20 489 5791 280 94 92.6 -16.3 | 258 51 49.7 10.5 21 470 6096 280 93 91.6 -16.1 | 258 50 48.7 10.6 22 451 6401 285 94 90.8 -24.3 | 267 48 47.9 2.4 23 433 6706 285 96 92.7 -24.8 | 268 50 49.9 1.9 24 415 7010 280 100 98.5 -17.4 | 260 56 55.6 9.4 25 400 7290 275 97 96.6 -8.5 | 251 57 53.8 18.3 26 382 7620 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 250 55 51.8 18.5 27 365 7925 270 93 93.0 -0.0 | 242 57 50.1 26.8 28 307 9144 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 248 51 47.8 18.8 29 300 9310 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 248 51 47.8 18.8 30 256 10363 275 101 100.6 -8.8 | 253 60 57.8 18.0 31 250 10520 280 100 98.5 -17.4 | 260 56 55.6 9.4 32 244 10668 280 100 98.5 -17.4 | 260 56 55.6 9.4 33 222 11278 285 105 101.4 -27.2 | 270 59 58.6 -0.4 34 200 11920 275 102 101.6 -8.9 | 253 61 58.8 17.9 35 191 12192 275 101 100.6 -8.8 | 253 60 57.8 18.0 36 182 12497 275 100 99.6 -8.7 | 252 60 56.8 18.1 37 179 12594 280 105 103.4 -18.2 | 262 61 60.5 8.5 38 175 12730 285 108 104.3 -28.0 | 271 61 61.5 -1.2 39 173 12802 285 108 104.3 -28.0 | 271 61 61.5 -1.2 40 165 13106 285 105 101.4 -27.2 | 270 59 58.6 -0.4 41 157 13411 295 102 92.4 -43.1 | 288 52 49.6 -16.3 42 150 13680 290 93 87.4 -31.8 | 276 45 44.5 -5.0 43 149 13716 290 95 89.3 -32.5 | 277 47 46.4 -5.7 44 142 14021 295 89 80.7 -37.6 | 286 39 37.8 -10.8 45 135 14326 290 87 81.8 -29.8 | 274 39 38.9 -3.0 46 129 14630 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 266 46 46.0 3.0 47 117 15240 300 75 65.0 -37.5 | 296 25 22.1 -10.7 48 106 15850 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 116 17 -15.0 7.3 49 100 16200 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 144 40 -23.5 32.0 50 96 16459 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 141 44 -27.5 34.0 51 91 16764 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 158 42 -15.7 39.5 52 87 17069 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 159 51 -18.3 47.3 53 79 17678 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 167 34 -7.4 33.0 54 75 17983 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 148 25 -13.3 21.6 55 71 18288 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 160 22 -7.4 20.5 56 70 18400 310 41 31.4 -26.4 | 92 11 -11.5 0.4 57 68 18593 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 169 12 -2.5 12.1 58 62 19202 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 100 31 -30.4 5.1 59 59 19507 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 111 21 -19.9 7.5 60 56 19812 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 127 37 -29.7 22.0 61 53 20117 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 135 38 -26.9 26.8 62 51 20422 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 127 39 -31.3 23.7 63 50 20500 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 103 39 -37.9 8.4 64 48 20726 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 103 39 -37.9 8.4 65 46 21031 345 21 5.4 -20.3 | 100 38 -37.4 6.5 66 44 21336 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 111 36 -33.1 12.9 67 42 21641 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 124 27 -22.1 14.8 68 40 21946 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 114 25 -22.9 10.1 69 36 22555 315 45 31.8 -31.8 | 65 12 -11.0 -5.0 70 33 23165 340 51 17.4 -47.9 | 50 33 -25.4 -21.1 71 31 23470 335 42 17.7 -38.1 | 66 28 -25.1 -11.3 72 30 23660 345 28 7.2 -27.0 | 90 36 -35.6 -0.3 73 29 23774 335 35 14.8 -31.7 | 80 29 -28.1 -4.9 74 28 24079 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 94 41 -40.8 2.9 75 27 24384 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 94 41 -40.8 2.9 76 25 24689 340 29 9.9 -27.3 | 89 33 -32.9 -0.5 77 23 25298 350 23 4.0 -22.7 | 96 39 -38.9 4.1 78 22 25603 355 38 3.3 -37.9 | 74 41 -39.5 -11.1 79 21 25908 350 27 4.7 -26.6 | 90 38 -38.2 0.2 80 20 26213 355 36 3.1 -35.9 | 77 41 -39.7 -9.1 81 20 26220 345 28 7.2 -27.0 | 90 36 -35.6 -0.3 82 18 26518 355 33 2.9 -32.9 | 81 40 -40.0 -6.1 83 17 26822 350 31 5.4 -30.5 | 84 38 -37.5 -3.8 84 15 27127 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 90 43 -42.9 -0.2 85 14 27432 5 24 -2.1 -23.9 | 94 45 -45.0 2.9 86 13 27737 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 90 43 -42.9 -0.2 87 12 28042 345 24 6.2 -23.2 | 96 37 -36.6 3.6 88 10 28346 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 99 42 -41.1 6.9 89 10 28651 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 100 31 -30.4 5.1 90 9 28956 345 32 8.3 -30.9 | 83 35 -34.6 -4.1 91 8 29261 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 96 32 -31.9 3.2 92 7 29566 335 27 11.4 -24.5 | 94 32 -31.5 2.3 93 7 29870 340 30 10.3 -28.2 | 88 33 -32.6 -1.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 67.4 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 50.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 729.0 neg: -153.8 tot: 575.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.1 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 410.35 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 217 49 169 67| 29.7 0.0 29.7|418.5 0.0 418.5 837.1 0.80| 31.5 25.3 1000 224 51 173 64| 13.3 0.0 13.3|559.8 -47.8 512.0 512.0 0.60| 26.0 15.6 1500 230 50 176 59| 7.8 0.0 7.8|591.7-133.6 458.1 305.4 0.36| 24.0 8.7 2000 237 47 177 53| 9.0 0.0 9.0|624.1-153.8 470.3 235.2 0.32| 22.2 7.1 2500 244 47 180 47| 7.2 1.5 8.7|672.8-153.8 519.0 207.6 0.36| 19.8 7.2 3000 250 49 184 43| 7.3 1.2 8.6|729.0-153.8 575.2 191.7 0.41| 18.1 7.4 4000 261 55 198 37| 9.3 0.9 10.2|971.7-153.8 818.0 204.5 0.52| 17.5 9.1 5000 268 62 213 34| 7.4 1.7 9.1|1005.8-215.3 790.4 158.1 0.46| 15.6 7.1 6000 272 67 225 35| 6.6 1.4 8.0|1114.1-261.4 852.7 142.1 0.45| 14.2 6.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20251211.06.gif