UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 DEC 25 Searching for KRIW... Searching the city database file for: KRIW ... Date:0000Z 17 DEC 25 Station: KRIW WMO ident: 72672 Latitude: 43.07 Longitude: -108.48 Elevation: 1703.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 925 733 2 850 1456 SFC 826 1703 14.4 -6.6 23 21.0 4.8 280 18 303.7 304.2 286.2 312.5 2.82 4 821 1754 13.2 -9.8 19 23.0 3.4 284 24 303.0 303.4 285.3 309.9 2.21 5 801 1959 11.2 -9.8 22 21.0 2.4 288 35 303.0 303.4 285.4 310.1 2.26 6 700 3059 1.2 -14.8 29 16.0 -4.4 275 34 303.8 304.1 285.1 309.3 1.73 7 640 3771 -5.1 -17.1 38 12.0 -8.9 277 40 304.5 304.8 285.1 309.6 1.56 8 569 4684 -10.9 -26.9 25 16.0 -14.6 280 53 308.1 308.3 285.5 310.6 0.74 9 523 5324 -16.9 -30.9 29 14.0 -19.5 284 56 308.4 308.5 285.4 310.3 0.56 10 509 5527 -18.3 -32.3 28 14.0 -20.7 286 56 309.1 309.2 285.7 310.9 0.50 11 500 5660 -18.9 -32.9 28 14.0 -21.2 290 56 310.0 310.1 285.9 311.7 0.48 12 496 5720 -19.1 -34.1 25 15.0 -21.5 291 57 310.5 310.5 286.0 312.0 0.43 13 491 5795 -19.5 -34.5 25 15.0 -21.9 293 58 310.9 311.0 286.2 312.3 0.42 14 479 5980 -19.9 -37.9 19 18.0 -22.5 297 62 312.6 312.6 286.6 313.7 0.30 15 400 7290 -31.1 -40.1 41 9.0 -32.0 305 60 314.6 314.6 287.3 315.6 0.29 16 390 7468 -32.7 -40.7 45 8.0 -33.5 305 62 314.8 314.8 287.3 315.8 0.28 17 354 8140 -37.9 -43.9 53 6.0 -38.4 310 62 316.6 316.6 287.9 317.4 0.22 18 340 8416 -38.9 -45.9 48 7.0 -39.4 313 68 318.9 319.0 288.6 319.6 0.18 19 320 8828 -41.9 -46.9 58 5.0 -42.2 310 81 320.3 320.4 289.0 321.0 0.18 20 309 9063 -43.9 -48.9 58 5.0 -44.2 310 82 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.3 0.14 21 300 9260 -45.5 -50.3 58 4.8 -45.7 305 84 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.7 0.13 22 299 9282 -45.7 -50.5 58 4.8 -45.9 305 84 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.7 0.12 23 276 9815 -49.5 -54.5 56 5.0 -49.7 304 93 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.08 24 257 10281 -52.7 -57.7 55 5.0 -52.8 300 96 325.1 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.06 25 255 10332 -53.1 -58.1 54 5.0 -53.2 300 97 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.06 26 250 10460 -54.1 -59.1 54 5.0 -54.2 300 96 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.8 0.05 27 217 11349 -61.1 -66.1 51 5.0 -61.2 300 100 328.3 328.3 291.2 328.4 0.02 28 205 11699 -63.5 -68.4 51 4.9 -63.6 300 106 329.9 329.9 291.7 329.9 0.02 29 200 11850 -64.1 -69.1 50 5.0 -64.1 300 108 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.3 0.02 30 186 12297 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 305 110 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 31 181 12466 -61.1 -68.1 39 7.0 -61.2 305 106 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 32 168 12935 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.5 285 105 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.7 0.05 33 162 13168 -54.5 -64.5 28 10.0 -54.8 288 112 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.2 0.04 34 158 13328 -54.1 -64.1 28 10.0 -54.4 293 113 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.5 0.04 35 157 13369 -54.2 -64.4 28 10.1 -54.5 295 113 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.9 0.04 36 150 13660 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.6 295 104 374.8 374.8 301.4 375.0 0.03 37 149 13703 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.6 295 111 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.7 0.03 38 138 14194 -54.5 -67.5 19 13.0 -54.8 292 107 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.4 0.03 39 129 14625 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.4 285 112 389.9 389.9 303.8 390.0 0.02 40 122 14982 -55.1 -70.1 14 15.0 -55.5 291 103 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.02 41 116 15305 -54.5 -70.5 12 16.0 -54.9 296 83 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.02 42 114 15416 -54.1 -71.1 11 17.0 -54.6 298 77 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.02 43 100 16250 -58.5 -76.5 8 18.0 -58.8 330 29 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.8 0.01 44 83 17395 -67.3 -86.3 5 19.0 -67.4 319 20 419.5 419.5 307.6 419.5 0.00 45 81 17542 -67.5 -86.5 5 19.0 -67.7 315 18 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 46 76 17928 -64.5 -85.5 4 21.0 -64.7 298 20 436.0 436.0 309.5 436.0 0.00 47 74 18091 -64.3 -85.3 4 21.0 -64.6 288 24 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.00 48 72 18258 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -64.9 277 29 442.4 442.4 310.1 442.4 0.00 49 70 18430 -63.5 -86.5 3 23.0 -63.8 290 31 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.6 0.00 50 66 18792 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.7 294 35 460.9 460.9 311.8 461.0 0.00 51 60 19379 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.8 312 30 468.8 468.8 312.5 468.8 0.00 52 54 20027 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.5 274 18 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 53 50 20500 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.7 285 30 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 54 46 21016 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -60.7 280 29 514.0 514.0 315.9 514.0 0.00 55 44 21294 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.5 323 18 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 56 41 21736 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.5 316 23 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.2 0.00 57 35 22712 -63.7 -92.7 1 29.0 -64.2 302 20 546.4 546.4 317.9 546.4 0.00 58 34 22890 -64.1 -93.1 1 29.0 -64.6 309 16 549.9 549.9 318.1 549.9 0.00 59 32 23263 -62.3 -91.3 1 29.0 -63.0 301 16 564.3 564.3 318.9 564.3 0.00 60 31 23458 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -63.9 314 24 566.7 566.7 319.0 566.7 0.00 61 30 23660 -62.7 -91.7 1 29.0 -63.4 335 21 573.7 573.7 319.3 573.7 0.00 62 29 23869 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.9 331 25 581.0 581.0 319.7 581.0 0.00 63 28 24086 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.9 356 22 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.00 64 27 24310 -62.5 -91.5 1 29.0 -63.3 10 15 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.8 0.00 65 27 24310 -62.5 -91.5 1 29.0 -63.3 10 15 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.8 0.00 66 26 24543 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.7 338 13 599.9 600.0 320.6 600.0 0.00 67 25 24785 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.8 312 15 606.7 606.7 320.9 606.7 0.00 68 25 24785 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -63.0 312 15 606.1 606.1 320.9 606.2 0.00 69 24 25037 -62.3 -91.3 1 29.0 -63.1 322 17 612.7 612.7 321.2 612.7 0.00 70 20 26170 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.9 340 9 654.0 654.0 322.9 654.1 0.01 71 19 26491 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.8 336 18 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.01 72 19 26491 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.8 336 18 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.01 73 17 27187 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -61.6 333 7 683.2 683.2 323.9 683.3 0.01 74 17 27187 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -61.6 333 7 683.2 683.2 323.9 683.3 0.01 75 16 27566 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -60.7 350 9 699.1 699.1 324.4 699.2 0.01 76 16 27566 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.3 350 9 700.4 700.4 324.4 700.5 0.01 77 13 28864 -61.1 -91.1 1 30.0 -62.8 352 16 734.3 734.3 325.5 734.3 0.01 78 12 29360 -61.5 -91.5 1 30.0 -63.2 333 22 749.8 749.8 325.9 749.9 0.01 79 10 30505 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -59.5 343 28 810.1 810.2 327.5 810.3 0.02 80 10 30505 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -59.5 343 28 810.1 810.1 327.5 810.3 0.02 TRP 200 11850 -64.1 -69.1 50 5.0 -64.1 300 108 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.3 0.02 WND 157 13369 -54.2 -64.4 28 10.1 -54.5 295 113 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.9 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.00 m Freezing level: 688.57 mb = 3194.57 m = 10480.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.88 mb = 2325.18 m = 7628.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.69 % Est. max temperature: 14.79 C = 58.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 600.18 mb = 4269.57 m = 14007.59 ft T: -8.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 2.58 C Layer 821.0- 801.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.98 mb = 5194.60 m = 17042.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.83 C = 65.90 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57867.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 570.68 mb = 4660.92 m = 15291.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 38 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 826 1703 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 166 27 -6.3 26.0 1 813 1829 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 201 19 7.0 17.9 2 784 2134 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 213 23 12.7 19.3 3 755 2438 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 211 23 11.7 19.6 4 728 2743 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 211 26 13.4 22.6 5 701 3048 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 203 28 10.8 26.1 6 700 3059 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 201 28 9.8 26.2 7 648 3658 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 206 29 12.8 25.9 8 623 3962 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 225 30 21.3 21.2 9 599 4267 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 228 31 23.2 20.8 10 553 4877 280 56 55.1 -9.7 | 238 37 31.1 19.4 11 511 5486 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 244 33 30.1 14.7 12 500 5660 290 56 52.6 -19.2 | 251 30 28.6 10.0 13 471 6096 300 64 55.4 -32.0 | 275 32 31.4 -2.8 14 433 6706 305 65 53.2 -37.3 | 286 30 29.2 -8.1 15 400 7290 305 60 49.1 -34.4 | 282 26 25.1 -5.3 16 399 7315 305 63 51.6 -36.1 | 284 28 27.6 -7.0 17 381 7620 305 60 49.1 -34.4 | 282 26 25.1 -5.3 18 365 7925 310 64 49.0 -41.1 | 296 28 25.0 -12.0 19 349 8230 310 61 46.7 -39.2 | 294 25 22.7 -10.0 20 334 8534 315 73 51.6 -51.6 | 309 36 27.6 -22.5 21 319 8839 310 82 62.8 -52.7 | 301 45 38.8 -23.5 22 305 9144 310 82 62.8 -52.7 | 301 45 38.8 -23.5 23 300 9260 305 84 68.8 -48.2 | 293 49 44.8 -19.0 24 278 9754 305 93 76.2 -53.3 | 295 57 52.1 -24.2 25 266 10058 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 287 60 57.4 -17.8 26 254 10363 300 97 84.0 -48.5 | 288 63 60.0 -19.3 27 250 10460 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 288 62 59.1 -18.8 28 242 10668 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 288 62 59.1 -18.8 29 230 10973 300 100 86.6 -50.0 | 288 66 62.6 -20.8 30 219 11278 300 99 85.7 -49.5 | 288 65 61.7 -20.3 31 200 11850 300 108 93.5 -54.0 | 290 74 69.5 -24.8 32 199 11887 300 107 92.7 -53.5 | 290 73 68.6 -24.3 33 189 12192 305 112 91.7 -64.2 | 297 76 67.7 -35.1 34 180 12497 305 106 86.8 -60.8 | 297 70 62.8 -31.6 35 172 12802 285 99 95.6 -25.6 | 267 72 71.6 3.5 36 164 13106 285 111 107.2 -28.7 | 270 83 83.2 0.4 37 157 13369 295 113 102.4 -47.8 | 283 81 78.4 -18.6 38 156 13411 290 109 102.4 -37.3 | 276 79 78.4 -8.1 39 150 13660 295 104 94.3 -44.0 | 282 72 70.2 -14.8 40 149 13716 295 113 102.4 -47.8 | 283 81 78.4 -18.6 41 142 14021 295 108 97.9 -45.6 | 283 76 73.8 -16.5 42 135 14326 290 107 100.5 -36.6 | 276 77 76.5 -7.4 43 129 14630 285 112 108.2 -29.0 | 270 84 84.1 0.2 44 123 14935 290 106 99.6 -36.3 | 275 76 75.6 -7.1 45 117 15240 295 87 78.8 -36.8 | 278 55 54.8 -7.6 46 112 15545 300 69 59.8 -34.5 | 278 36 35.7 -5.3 47 102 16154 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 183 12 0.5 12.0 48 100 16250 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 113 10 -9.5 4.0 49 92 16764 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 101 15 -14.5 2.9 50 79 17678 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 148 22 -11.8 18.9 51 75 17983 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 166 21 -5.0 20.3 52 72 18288 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 192 27 5.8 26.5 53 70 18430 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 195 19 5.1 18.6 54 65 18898 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 212 16 8.6 13.9 55 62 19202 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 243 16 14.1 7.2 56 59 19507 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 141 19 -11.8 14.6 57 56 19812 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 158 32 -12.0 29.2 58 53 20117 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 173 28 -3.1 27.3 59 51 20422 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 178 29 -1.0 29.2 60 50 20500 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 193 22 4.9 21.4 61 48 20726 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 193 25 5.5 24.0 62 46 21031 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 191 25 4.5 24.1 63 44 21336 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 134 22 -16.0 15.3 64 42 21641 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 151 13 -6.4 11.5 65 40 21946 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 141 19 -11.8 14.6 66 36 22555 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 171 20 -3.2 19.4 67 34 22860 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 148 22 -11.8 18.9 68 33 23165 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 153 27 -12.3 23.7 69 31 23470 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 150 14 -7.1 12.2 70 30 23660 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 124 18 -15.2 10.1 71 29 23774 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 142 11 -6.7 8.5 72 28 24079 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 108 23 -22.1 7.2 73 27 24384 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 121 32 -27.4 16.6 74 25 24689 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 148 26 -13.4 21.7 75 24 24994 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 136 20 -13.7 14.4 76 23 25298 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 147 27 -15.0 22.9 77 20 26170 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 135 29 -21.0 20.7 78 20 26213 340 27 9.2 -25.4 | 104 15 -14.8 3.8 79 18 26518 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 138 31 -20.5 23.1 80 17 26822 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 137 31 -21.1 22.8 81 15 27127 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 123 32 -27.1 17.6 82 14 27432 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 122 31 -26.3 16.4 83 13 27737 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 123 23 -19.6 12.7 84 12 28042 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 132 13 -9.7 8.7 85 11 28346 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 106 21 -19.9 5.5 86 10 28651 340 30 10.3 -28.2 | 94 14 -13.8 1.0 87 9 28956 345 28 7.2 -27.0 | 97 17 -16.8 2.1 88 8 29261 340 27 9.2 -25.4 | 104 15 -14.8 3.8 89 7 29566 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 124 18 -15.2 10.1 90 7 29870 355 31 2.7 -30.9 | 85 21 -21.3 -1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 50.4 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 37.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.0 neg: -38.3 tot: 209.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 39.55 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 287 33 202 21| 20.5 0.0 20.5|103.3 0.0 103.3 206.7 0.85| 21.8 18.6 1000 285 35 207 22| 10.2 1.5 11.7|103.3 -4.8 98.5 98.5 0.70| 12.7 8.9 1500 282 36 206 24| 6.8 2.4 9.2|106.9 -38.3 68.6 45.7 0.43| 10.5 4.5 2000 280 36 206 25| 6.1 1.8 7.9|134.1 -38.3 95.7 47.9 0.49| 8.8 4.3 2500 280 37 210 26| 6.8 1.4 8.3|208.1 -38.3 169.8 67.9 0.59| 9.1 5.4 3000 280 40 214 27| 5.7 1.2 6.9|248.0 -38.3 209.7 69.9 0.61| 8.6 5.3 4000 281 44 222 28| 5.0 0.9 5.9|338.5 -38.3 300.1 75.0 0.65| 8.1 5.3 5000 286 48 234 27| 5.2 0.7 5.9|480.2 -38.3 441.8 88.4 0.72| 8.3 6.0 6000 290 50 244 26| 4.1 0.6 4.7|495.4 -54.8 440.7 73.4 0.65| 7.7 5.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KRIW/skewt/KRIW.skewt.20251217.00.gif