UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121918.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 19 DEC 25 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:1800Z 19 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 40 1 925 671 230 8 SFC 918 728 0.6 -3.8 72 4.4 -1.2 230 8 280.5 281.1 276.3 289.4 3.14 3 913 772 0.2 -6.8 59 7.0 -2.3 235 11 280.6 281.0 275.5 287.7 2.51 4 884 1032 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.0 -4.0 260 25 281.0 281.4 275.5 287.8 2.38 5 876 1104 -2.3 -9.3 59 7.0 -4.7 266 26 281.3 281.7 275.3 287.5 2.15 6 868 1178 -1.1 -10.1 50 9.0 -4.1 272 28 283.3 283.6 276.2 289.2 2.04 7 850 1346 -1.7 -13.7 39 12.0 -5.4 270 25 284.4 284.6 276.1 289.0 1.56 8 840 1440 -2.3 -16.3 33 14.0 -6.3 267 23 284.7 284.9 275.9 288.5 1.27 9 819 1640 -3.9 -16.9 36 13.0 -7.5 267 21 285.1 285.3 276.0 288.8 1.24 10 812 1708 -4.5 -17.5 35 13.0 -8.0 268 20 285.1 285.3 276.0 288.7 1.19 11 746 2367 -10.7 -19.7 48 9.0 -12.8 285 21 285.4 285.6 276.0 288.6 1.07 12 716 2680 -13.1 -23.1 43 10.0 -15.2 285 26 286.1 286.3 276.0 288.7 0.83 13 700 2852 -14.3 -23.3 46 9.0 -16.1 285 27 286.6 286.8 276.3 289.2 0.84 14 699 2863 -14.3 -23.3 46 9.0 -16.1 285 27 286.8 286.9 276.3 289.3 0.84 15 695 2906 -14.7 -23.7 46 9.0 -16.5 284 28 286.8 286.9 276.3 289.3 0.81 16 618 3785 -19.7 -46.7 7 27.0 -22.2 283 31 290.9 290.9 277.2 291.2 0.09 17 553 4598 -26.5 -49.5 10 23.0 -28.1 265 32 292.2 292.2 277.9 292.5 0.08 18 536 4823 -27.7 -51.7 8 24.0 -29.2 261 41 293.4 293.4 278.4 293.6 0.06 19 500 5320 -29.9 -57.9 5 28.0 -31.3 260 69 296.6 296.6 279.8 296.7 0.03 20 499 5334 -29.9 -57.9 5 28.0 -31.3 260 70 296.8 296.8 280.0 296.9 0.03 21 489 5480 -28.9 -62.9 2 34.0 -30.5 260 79 299.7 299.7 281.2 299.8 0.02 22 487 5509 -28.9 -64.9 2 36.0 -30.5 260 81 300.1 300.1 281.4 300.1 0.01 23 447 6121 -32.3 -61.3 4 29.0 -33.6 260 106 303.2 303.2 282.7 303.3 0.02 24 425 6477 -34.3 -69.3 2 35.0 -35.4 258 113 305.1 305.1 283.4 305.1 0.01 25 400 6900 -36.9 -65.9 3 29.0 -37.8 255 120 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.01 26 387 7128 -37.7 -62.7 6 25.0 -38.6 255 122 308.9 308.9 284.9 309.0 0.02 27 384 7181 -37.9 -62.9 6 25.0 -38.8 255 124 309.3 309.3 285.1 309.4 0.02 28 352 7777 -40.1 -71.1 2 31.0 -40.9 255 134 314.2 314.2 286.8 314.2 0.01 29 346 7894 -40.9 -70.1 3 29.2 -41.6 255 134 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.7 0.01 30 329 8234 -43.1 -67.1 5 24.0 -43.7 255 123 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.2 0.01 31 321 8399 -43.9 -70.9 3 27.0 -44.5 258 127 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.3 0.01 32 300 8850 -46.9 -68.9 6 22.0 -47.3 260 130 319.3 319.3 288.5 319.3 0.01 33 293 9005 -48.1 -68.1 8 20.0 -48.5 260 129 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.8 0.01 34 285 9187 -49.1 -71.1 6 22.0 -49.5 260 128 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.9 0.01 35 267 9612 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.3 260 126 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.7 0.00 36 265 9661 -49.9 -75.9 3 26.0 -50.3 260 126 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.4 0.00 37 250 10040 -50.9 -77.9 3 27.0 -51.2 260 125 330.4 330.4 291.8 330.4 0.00 38 245 10172 -51.7 -77.7 3 26.0 -52.0 265 123 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.00 39 232 10528 -50.3 -80.3 2 30.0 -50.7 265 118 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.00 40 226 10700 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -51.1 265 117 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.00 41 215 11026 -51.3 -81.3 2 30.0 -51.7 262 109 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.00 42 206 11306 -49.3 -79.3 2 30.0 -49.8 261 103 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 43 201 11467 -49.9 -79.9 2 30.0 -50.4 264 101 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.00 44 200 11500 -50.1 -80.1 2 30.0 -50.6 265 101 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 45 190 11833 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -51.2 265 101 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 46 188 11902 -49.9 -80.9 1 31.0 -50.4 265 101 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 47 178 12261 -46.5 -77.5 2 31.0 -47.3 266 102 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 48 173 12449 -46.7 -77.7 2 31.0 -47.5 267 98 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.01 49 162 12883 -47.5 -77.5 2 30.0 -48.3 269 89 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.01 50 157 13089 -47.7 -78.7 2 31.0 -48.5 265 89 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.01 51 155 13174 -47.7 -78.7 2 31.0 -48.5 267 87 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.01 52 152 13303 -47.3 -78.3 2 31.0 -48.1 272 83 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 53 150 13390 -47.3 -78.3 2 31.0 -48.1 275 81 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.01 54 141 13797 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 271 77 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.01 55 139 13890 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 273 76 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.01 56 136 14034 -48.1 -78.1 2 30.0 -49.0 275 76 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.01 57 135 14082 -48.1 -78.1 2 30.0 -49.0 275 76 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.01 58 100 16030 -53.7 -81.7 2 28.0 -54.3 260 56 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.01 59 97 16225 -53.3 -81.3 2 28.0 -53.9 264 55 428.5 428.5 308.7 428.5 0.01 60 84 17140 -56.9 -83.9 2 27.0 -57.4 269 53 439.1 439.2 309.8 439.2 0.00 61 83 17215 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.6 268 55 440.2 440.2 309.9 440.3 0.00 62 83 17215 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.6 268 55 440.2 440.2 309.9 440.3 0.00 63 80 17447 -57.3 -83.3 2 26.0 -57.8 263 57 444.5 444.5 310.3 444.5 0.00 64 76 17769 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -59.0 252 53 448.6 448.6 310.7 448.6 0.00 65 72 18110 -55.1 -83.1 2 28.0 -55.8 245 54 462.8 462.8 312.0 462.8 0.01 66 70 18290 -54.1 -82.1 2 28.0 -54.9 275 42 468.6 468.6 312.5 468.7 0.01 67 61 19167 -58.7 -83.7 3 25.0 -59.3 320 14 477.2 477.2 313.2 477.3 0.01 68 58 19483 -60.3 -85.3 2 25.0 -60.8 283 12 480.5 480.5 313.5 480.6 0.00 69 55 19819 -55.5 -82.5 2 27.0 -56.4 225 8 498.9 498.9 314.9 498.9 0.01 70 50 20430 -54.5 -81.5 2 27.0 -55.6 295 18 515.0 515.0 316.0 515.1 0.01 71 49 20559 -54.5 -81.5 2 27.0 -55.6 293 18 518.0 518.0 316.2 518.1 0.01 72 42 21534 -58.9 -82.9 3 24.0 -59.6 301 18 530.5 530.5 316.9 530.5 0.01 73 41 21684 -59.1 -83.1 3 24.0 -59.9 305 20 533.7 533.7 317.2 533.7 0.01 74 37 22325 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.7 306 32 547.5 547.5 317.9 547.6 0.01 75 35 22674 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.0 -57.7 317 24 565.1 565.1 318.9 565.2 0.01 76 34 22858 -54.7 -80.7 3 26.0 -56.2 305 17 574.6 574.6 319.4 574.7 0.02 77 32 23243 -57.7 -81.7 3 24.0 -58.8 346 13 576.6 576.6 319.5 576.7 0.02 78 31 23443 -57.7 -81.7 3 24.0 -58.8 7 11 581.9 581.9 319.8 582.0 0.02 79 30 23650 -56.5 -81.5 3 25.0 -57.8 330 18 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.7 0.02 80 29 23865 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -57.7 354 10 596.9 596.9 320.5 597.0 0.02 81 28 24088 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -57.8 340 13 602.9 602.9 320.7 603.1 0.02 82 22 25605 -60.5 -82.5 4 22.0 -61.6 316 18 633.5 633.5 322.0 633.6 0.02 83 21 25895 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -61.9 303 17 641.4 641.4 322.3 641.5 0.02 TRP 245 10172 -51.7 -77.7 3 26.0 -52.0 265 123 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.00 WND 346 7894 -40.9 -70.1 3 29.2 -41.6 255 134 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5280.00 m Freezing level: 910.24 mb = 796.84 m = 2614.26 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.73 % Est. max temperature: 5.28 C = 41.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.10 mb = 1279.26 m = 4197.00 ft T: -1.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 1.67 C Layer 913.0- 884.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.50 mb = 2706.94 m = 8880.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.14 C = 43.05 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.20 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 5.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45808.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.07 mb = 2324.26 m = 7625.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 295 at 35 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 918 728 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 128 33 -25.8 20.1 1 897 914 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 153 25 -11.3 22.5 2 864 1219 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 166 13 -3.1 12.4 3 850 1346 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 155 16 -7.0 15.0 4 831 1524 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 149 20 -10.1 16.9 5 799 1829 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 137 20 -14.0 15.0 6 768 2134 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 129 15 -11.7 9.5 7 738 2438 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 129 15 -11.7 9.5 8 710 2743 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 144 10 -5.9 8.0 9 700 2852 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 144 10 -5.9 8.0 10 682 3048 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 171 10 -1.4 9.6 11 654 3353 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 152 12 -5.4 10.3 12 627 3658 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 157 8 -3.0 7.2 13 602 3962 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 183 9 0.5 9.2 14 577 4267 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 191 15 3.0 15.0 15 554 4572 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 180 18 -0.1 17.7 16 531 4877 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 207 25 11.4 22.6 17 510 5182 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 222 33 22.2 24.5 18 500 5320 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 233 45 36.0 26.9 19 468 5791 260 99 97.5 17.2 | 244 73 65.5 32.1 20 448 6096 260 106 104.4 18.4 | 245 80 72.4 33.4 21 400 6900 255 120 115.9 31.1 | 241 96 83.9 46.0 22 394 7010 255 120 115.9 31.1 | 241 96 83.9 46.0 23 360 7620 255 133 128.5 34.4 | 243 108 96.5 49.4 24 346 7894 255 134 129.4 34.7 | 243 109 97.5 49.6 25 344 7925 255 134 129.4 34.7 | 243 109 97.5 49.6 26 329 8230 255 123 118.8 31.8 | 242 99 86.8 46.8 27 314 8534 260 130 128.0 22.6 | 249 103 96.1 37.5 28 300 8839 260 130 128.0 22.6 | 249 103 96.1 37.5 29 300 8850 260 130 128.0 22.6 | 249 103 96.1 37.5 30 287 9144 260 128 126.1 22.2 | 248 101 94.1 37.2 31 250 10040 260 125 123.1 21.7 | 248 98 91.1 36.7 32 249 10058 260 121 119.2 21.0 | 248 94 87.2 36.0 33 245 10172 265 123 122.5 10.7 | 254 94 90.6 25.7 34 238 10363 265 119 118.5 10.4 | 254 90 86.6 25.3 35 227 10668 265 118 117.6 10.3 | 254 89 85.6 25.2 36 207 11278 260 103 101.4 17.9 | 245 77 69.5 32.8 37 200 11500 265 101 100.6 8.8 | 251 73 68.6 23.8 38 189 11887 265 101 100.6 8.8 | 251 73 68.6 23.8 39 180 12192 265 104 103.6 9.1 | 251 76 71.6 24.0 40 164 12802 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 255 59 57.0 15.0 41 157 13106 265 89 88.7 7.8 | 248 61 56.7 22.7 42 150 13390 275 81 80.7 -7.1 | 261 49 48.7 7.9 43 150 13411 265 89 88.7 7.8 | 248 61 56.7 22.7 44 143 13716 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 252 47 45.0 15.0 45 136 14021 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 259 45 43.7 8.3 46 124 14630 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 249 42 39.0 15.0 47 113 15240 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 254 34 32.8 9.3 48 108 15545 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 244 23 20.8 10.3 49 103 15850 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 229 30 22.8 19.7 50 100 16030 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 223 34 23.2 24.7 51 98 16154 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 229 30 22.8 19.7 52 93 16459 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 222 33 22.2 24.5 53 89 16764 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 220 39 25.0 30.2 54 85 17069 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 233 25 20.0 15.0 55 81 17374 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 232 33 25.8 20.0 56 77 17678 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 213 34 18.3 28.4 57 73 17983 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 204 41 17.0 37.8 58 70 18288 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 205 42 17.9 38.2 59 70 18290 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 221 15 9.9 11.3 60 64 18898 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 137 15 -10.3 11.1 61 61 19202 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 100 25 -24.5 4.3 62 58 19507 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 123 24 -20.2 12.9 63 55 19812 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 126 34 -27.0 19.9 64 53 20117 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 151 31 -14.8 27.0 65 50 20422 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 140 24 -15.2 17.9 66 50 20430 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 115 17 -15.7 7.3 67 48 20726 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 121 16 -14.1 8.5 68 45 21031 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 107 20 -18.9 5.8 69 43 21336 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 115 19 -17.5 8.2 70 41 21641 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 104 17 -16.4 4.1 71 37 22250 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 51 3 -2.5 -2.0 72 36 22555 325 28 16.1 -22.9 | 63 18 -15.9 -8.0 73 34 22860 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 106 19 -18.0 5.2 74 31 23470 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 97 34 -33.9 4.1 75 30 23650 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 88 23 -23.0 -0.6 76 29 23774 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 99 31 -31.1 5.0 77 27 24079 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 98 20 -19.9 2.9 78 24 24384 345 21 5.4 -20.3 | 79 27 -26.5 -5.3 79 20 24994 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 115 19 -17.5 8.2 80 19 25298 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 102 10 -9.5 2.0 81 17 25603 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 107 35 -33.7 10.3 82 16 25908 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 107 33 -32.0 10.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.4 neg: -59.6 tot: 83.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 86.74 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 259 22 151 22| 24.4 0.0 24.4|119.5 0.0 119.5 239.1 0.61| 28.5 17.5 1000 264 22 151 20| 12.2 5.0 17.2|119.5 -34.0 85.5 85.5 0.25| 19.9 4.9 1500 268 21 146 19| 9.3 3.3 12.6|119.5 -51.9 67.7 45.1 0.13| 15.8 2.0 2000 273 22 144 17| 7.0 1.0 8.0|128.8 -51.9 77.0 38.5 0.17| 13.3 2.3 2500 275 23 145 16| 5.6 0.7 6.3|139.9 -56.3 83.6 33.4 0.20| 12.0 2.4 3000 277 24 147 15| 5.1 0.6 5.7|143.4 -59.6 83.8 27.9 0.19| 11.0 2.0 4000 275 27 156 14| 3.8 2.2 6.0|179.7 -71.5 108.2 27.0 0.22| 10.6 2.4 5000 269 34 188 15| 3.1 7.0 10.0|477.9 -71.5 406.4 81.3 0.34| 14.4 4.9 6000 265 47 218 24| 2.5 7.8 10.4|532.7-173.9 358.8 59.8 0.28| 14.1 3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20251219.18.gif