UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122506.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 25 DEC 25 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0600Z 25 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 45 1 925 687 210 10 SFC 920 728 4.8 3.9 94 0.9 4.4 210 10 284.7 285.6 281.4 300.1 5.50 3 915 773 4.0 1.8 86 2.2 2.9 212 10 284.3 285.1 280.3 297.7 4.76 4 908 835 3.6 1.6 87 2.0 2.7 216 11 284.5 285.3 280.4 297.8 4.73 5 879 1099 1.8 0.3 90 1.5 1.1 226 12 285.3 286.1 280.4 297.9 4.45 6 850 1371 2.4 -0.6 81 3.0 1.0 270 9 288.7 289.4 281.8 301.0 4.30 7 839 1476 3.6 -2.4 65 6.0 1.0 270 9 291.0 291.7 282.3 302.1 3.82 8 820 1662 2.8 -5.2 56 8.0 -0.5 259 13 292.1 292.6 281.9 301.4 3.16 9 814 1722 3.4 -7.6 44 11.0 -1.0 254 14 293.3 293.8 281.8 301.2 2.65 10 802 1842 2.8 -10.2 38 13.0 -2.1 245 17 293.9 294.3 281.5 300.6 2.19 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0.00 79 46 20896 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.6 266 30 509.1 509.1 315.6 509.1 0.00 80 45 21032 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.9 270 27 514.3 514.3 315.9 514.3 0.00 81 41 21607 -63.3 -91.3 1 28.0 -63.8 275 28 523.2 523.2 316.5 523.2 0.00 82 39 21914 -64.1 -92.1 1 28.0 -64.6 280 22 528.7 528.7 316.8 528.7 0.00 83 35 22584 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.5 259 19 556.8 556.8 318.5 556.8 0.00 84 34 22765 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.2 256 21 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.5 0.00 85 31 23345 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.9 286 34 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.7 0.01 86 30 23550 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.6 305 28 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.00 87 28 23981 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.3 308 28 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.8 0.00 88 27 24207 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.6 300 30 596.9 596.9 320.5 596.9 0.01 89 26 24442 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.6 291 31 600.5 600.5 320.6 600.5 0.00 90 25 24684 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.6 294 28 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.3 0.00 91 25 24684 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.6 294 28 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.3 0.00 TRP 218 11078 -59.3 -73.3 15 14.0 -59.5 210 112 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.6 0.01 WND 219 11049 -59.1 -73.2 15 14.1 -59.3 210 113 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5435.00 m Freezing level: 764.43 mb = 2229.89 m = 7315.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.83 mb = 1594.86 m = 5232.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.25 % Est. max temperature: 14.59 C = 58.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.37 mb = 840.85 m = 2758.66 ft T: 3.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.72 C Layer 820.0- 732.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.44 mb = 2677.67 m = 8784.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.46 C = 61.63 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.98 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42177.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.45 mb = 1598.55 m = 5244.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 256 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 920 728 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 105 15 -14.3 3.8 1 899 914 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 106 13 -12.2 3.6 2 866 1219 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 106 10 -10.1 2.8 3 850 1371 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 65 11 -10.3 -4.9 4 834 1524 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 65 11 -10.3 -4.9 5 803 1829 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 121 5 -3.9 2.3 6 773 2134 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 78 6 -5.8 -1.2 7 744 2438 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 133 4 -3.0 2.7 8 716 2743 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 140 10 -6.6 7.9 9 700 2927 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 147 9 -4.7 7.3 10 689 3048 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 132 7 -5.4 4.9 11 662 3353 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 121 9 -7.8 4.8 12 636 3658 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 169 12 -2.3 12.1 13 611 3962 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 136 15 -10.3 10.7 14 587 4267 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 161 14 -4.5 12.8 15 564 4572 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 192 14 2.9 13.8 16 541 4877 225 34 24.0 24.0 | 194 20 4.8 19.2 17 520 5182 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 190 23 3.8 22.7 18 500 5480 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 197 21 6.2 20.6 19 500 5486 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 197 21 6.2 20.6 20 479 5791 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 210 26 12.9 22.1 21 459 6096 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 206 32 13.9 28.4 22 440 6401 215 53 30.4 43.4 | 196 40 11.1 38.5 23 400 7080 210 85 42.5 73.6 | 199 73 23.2 68.7 24 386 7315 210 87 43.5 75.3 | 199 75 24.2 70.5 25 369 7620 205 87 36.8 78.8 | 193 76 17.5 74.0 26 353 7925 205 83 35.1 75.2 | 193 72 15.8 70.4 27 323 8534 195 90 23.3 86.9 | 183 82 4.0 82.1 28 309 8839 195 89 23.0 86.0 | 183 81 3.7 81.1 29 300 9030 200 90 30.8 84.6 | 188 81 11.5 79.7 30 295 9144 195 90 23.3 86.9 | 183 82 4.0 82.1 31 281 9449 210 99 49.5 85.7 | 200 86 30.2 80.9 32 268 9754 210 99 49.5 85.7 | 200 86 30.2 80.9 33 256 10058 205 109 46.1 98.8 | 196 98 26.8 93.9 34 250 10210 205 106 44.8 96.1 | 196 95 25.5 91.2 35 233 10668 205 104 44.0 94.3 | 195 93 24.7 89.4 36 222 10973 205 111 46.9 100.6 | 196 100 27.6 95.7 37 219 11049 210 113 56.5 97.9 | 202 100 37.2 93.0 38 218 11078 210 112 56.0 97.0 | 202 99 36.7 92.1 39 211 11278 210 113 56.5 97.9 | 202 100 37.2 93.0 40 201 11582 215 93 53.3 76.2 | 206 79 34.1 71.3 41 200 11620 215 95 54.5 77.8 | 206 81 35.2 73.0 42 183 12192 215 111 63.7 90.9 | 207 97 44.4 86.1 43 174 12497 225 90 63.6 63.6 | 217 74 44.3 58.8 44 166 12802 225 80 56.6 56.6 | 216 64 37.3 51.7 45 158 13106 220 67 43.1 51.3 | 207 52 23.8 46.5 46 151 13411 220 67 43.1 51.3 | 207 52 23.8 46.5 47 150 13450 210 65 32.5 56.3 | 194 53 13.2 51.4 48 144 13716 210 70 35.0 60.6 | 196 58 15.7 55.8 49 137 14021 215 72 41.3 59.0 | 202 58 22.0 54.1 50 131 14326 215 78 44.7 63.9 | 203 64 25.4 59.0 51 125 14630 225 59 41.7 41.7 | 211 43 22.4 36.9 52 119 14935 220 67 43.1 51.3 | 207 52 23.8 46.5 53 113 15240 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 217 38 22.8 30.5 54 108 15545 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 199 32 10.3 30.4 55 103 15850 210 46 23.0 39.8 | 186 35 3.7 35.0 56 100 16040 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 211 42 21.7 36.1 57 94 16459 230 57 43.7 36.6 | 217 40 24.4 31.8 58 89 16764 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 221 30 20.0 22.7 59 85 17069 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 204 20 8.3 18.3 60 81 17374 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 205 30 12.5 27.0 61 77 17678 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 199 32 10.3 30.4 62 73 17983 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 209 37 18.2 32.6 63 70 18280 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 241 12 10.8 6.1 64 70 18288 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 245 23 21.1 9.8 65 67 18593 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 66 63 18898 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 221 30 20.0 22.7 67 60 19202 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 231 36 28.3 22.6 68 58 19507 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 246 26 23.9 10.9 69 55 19812 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 243 17 15.5 7.8 70 50 20380 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 300 16 13.6 -7.7 71 50 20422 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 244 20 18.3 8.8 72 45 21031 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 302 9 7.7 -4.9 73 43 21336 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 310 11 8.6 -7.3 74 41 21641 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 310 11 8.6 -7.3 75 39 21946 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 345 9 2.4 -8.7 76 35 22555 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 42 2 -1.6 -1.7 77 34 22860 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 247 2 2.0 0.8 78 32 23165 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 312 15 11.2 -10.2 79 30 23470 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 320 23 14.5 -17.2 80 30 23550 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 350 21 3.6 -20.9 81 28 23774 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 355 23 2.2 -22.9 82 26 24079 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 328 18 9.8 -15.5 83 24 24384 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 352 18 2.4 -17.4 84 22 24689 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 25 17 -7.0 -15.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.7 neg: -35.7 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 31.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 222 11 106 12| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 1.3 -1.6 -0.3 -0.6 -0.04| 4.9 -0.2 1000 240 11 93 10| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 5.8 -19.7 -14.0 -14.0 -0.26| 9.5 -2.5 1500 244 12 94 8| 3.4 0.3 3.7| 11.2 -24.3 -13.1 -8.7 -0.15| 9.4 -1.4 2000 243 14 101 7| 2.5 2.2 4.7| 15.8 -24.4 -8.5 -4.3 -0.00| 9.4 -0.0 2500 240 14 109 7| 2.3 1.7 4.0| 18.6 -30.6 -12.0 -4.8 -0.05| 8.7 -0.4 3000 237 15 118 7| 1.9 2.7 4.6| 37.7 -35.7 2.0 0.7 0.07| 9.0 0.6 4000 232 17 136 8| 2.3 2.1 4.4| 85.8 -53.6 32.2 8.0 0.16| 9.4 1.5 5000 229 21 160 10| 2.6 2.3 4.8|127.6 -60.8 66.8 13.4 0.20| 9.0 1.8 6000 226 27 179 14| 2.1 4.6 6.7|154.6-132.5 22.1 3.7 0.10| 10.4 1.1 Wrote GIF file: 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