UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100906.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:0600Z 9 OCT 25 Station: KTFX WMO ident: 72776 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -111.38 Elevation: 1131.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 925 775 SFC 886 1131 12.0 2.0 50 10.0 6.9 75 7 295.2 296.1 285.2 309.8 4.99 3 859 1398 17.4 -1.6 27 19.0 7.8 97 14 303.5 304.2 287.3 315.6 3.96 4 850 1489 16.8 -3.2 25 20.0 6.9 100 14 303.7 304.4 287.0 314.7 3.55 5 846 1529 16.8 -4.2 23 21.0 6.6 105 17 304.2 304.8 286.9 314.4 3.31 6 789 2117 11.4 -4.6 32 16.0 3.8 100 14 304.5 305.1 287.1 315.1 3.44 7 753 2505 9.0 -7.0 32 16.0 1.8 145 8 306.0 306.6 287.2 315.4 3.00 8 700 3103 3.8 -9.2 38 13.0 -1.6 215 9 306.7 307.2 287.2 315.3 2.72 9 692 3196 3.2 -9.8 38 13.0 -2.1 222 9 307.0 307.5 287.2 315.3 2.62 10 636 3872 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -6.7 218 15 307.4 307.8 286.9 314.4 2.19 11 625 4010 -3.9 -13.9 46 10.0 -7.5 222 17 308.0 308.4 287.0 314.7 2.09 12 600 4331 -6.3 -18.3 38 12.0 -10.1 235 20 308.8 309.1 286.6 313.7 1.51 13 585 4529 -6.1 -29.1 14 23.0 -11.6 212 20 311.3 311.4 286.5 313.3 0.59 14 572 4705 -6.7 -33.7 10 27.0 -12.5 205 20 312.6 312.7 286.7 314.0 0.39 15 544 5094 -9.7 -29.7 18 20.0 -14.2 205 21 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.6 0.60 16 531 5281 -10.7 -33.7 13 23.0 -15.3 204 22 314.5 314.6 287.4 316.0 0.42 17 500 5740 -14.7 -32.7 20 18.0 -18.2 200 23 315.1 315.2 287.7 316.8 0.49 18 490 5893 -16.1 -32.1 24 16.0 -19.1 200 23 315.2 315.3 287.8 317.1 0.53 19 474 6142 -17.9 -38.9 14 21.0 -21.1 201 24 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.0 0.28 20 463 6318 -19.1 -36.1 21 17.0 -21.8 207 25 316.6 316.7 288.1 318.0 0.38 21 446 6595 -20.9 -40.9 15 20.0 -23.6 210 24 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.7 0.24 22 415 7124 -25.5 -35.5 39 10.0 -26.9 219 25 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.45 23 406 7283 -26.7 -37.7 35 11.0 -28.2 216 24 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.3 0.37 24 400 7390 -27.5 -38.5 34 11.0 -28.9 215 24 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.5 0.34 25 391 7553 -29.1 -38.1 42 9.0 -30.2 212 23 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.37 26 367 8002 -32.9 -42.9 36 10.0 -33.8 201 20 320.0 320.1 289.0 320.9 0.24 27 333 8679 -37.7 -49.7 27 12.0 -38.5 221 25 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.12 28 313 9103 -40.9 -51.9 30 11.0 -41.5 215 27 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.10 29 300 9390 -42.3 -55.3 23 13.0 -42.9 225 32 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.07 30 288 9664 -43.9 -56.9 22 13.0 -44.4 225 35 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.06 31 286 9711 -44.3 -57.3 22 13.0 -44.8 225 35 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.06 32 250 10600 -48.9 -61.9 21 13.0 -49.3 225 38 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.04 33 249 10626 -49.1 -62.1 21 13.0 -49.4 225 38 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.04 34 234 11030 -51.5 -64.5 20 13.0 -51.8 230 42 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 35 216 11545 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.0 -53.9 235 40 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 36 214 11605 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.0 -53.9 234 38 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 37 200 12040 -51.7 -65.7 17 14.0 -52.0 220 42 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.03 38 191 12341 -49.9 -64.9 16 15.0 -50.3 225 44 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.6 0.03 39 162 13413 -53.1 -71.1 9 18.0 -53.5 227 48 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.02 40 156 13657 -52.9 -71.9 8 19.0 -53.3 230 54 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.8 0.01 41 150 13910 -54.3 -74.3 7 20.0 -54.6 235 46 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.01 42 118 15419 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.3 235 44 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 43 116 15524 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.3 235 42 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.7 0.00 44 111 15797 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -61.9 235 36 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 45 110 15853 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -61.9 235 35 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 46 108 15966 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -61.9 233 35 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 47 107 16023 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -61.9 232 36 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 48 103 16258 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.7 235 33 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 49 102 16318 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.7 239 31 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 50 100 16440 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.7 245 27 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 216 11545 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.0 -53.9 235 40 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.00 m Freezing level: 663.56 mb = 3539.51 m = 11612.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.85 mb = 2817.05 m = 9242.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.66 C = 72.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.28 mb = 2413.83 m = 7919.29 ft T: 9.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.19 C Layer 850.0- 789.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.56 mb = 4903.12 m = 16086.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: 4.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 11.50 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 51.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10301.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.38 mb = 3817.07 m = 12523.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 228 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 886 1131 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 57 20 -16.5 -10.5 1 877 1219 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 70 25 -23.7 -8.7 2 850 1489 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 75 24 -23.5 -6.3 3 846 1524 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 81 26 -26.1 -4.3 4 816 1829 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 71 24 -22.6 -7.6 5 787 2134 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 75 24 -23.5 -6.3 6 758 2438 140 8 -5.1 6.1 | 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 7 731 2743 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 85 12 -11.8 -1.0 8 705 3048 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 76 8 -7.9 -2.0 9 700 3103 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 74 5 -4.5 -1.3 10 678 3353 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 27 3 -1.5 -3.0 11 652 3658 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 95 3 -3.4 0.3 12 627 3962 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 196 4 1.2 4.3 13 603 4267 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 260 8 7.6 1.3 14 580 4572 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 172 9 -1.2 9.4 15 558 4877 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 175 10 -0.8 10.3 16 537 5182 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 175 10 -0.8 10.3 17 516 5486 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 176 15 -1.1 14.8 18 500 5740 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 172 13 -1.8 12.9 19 497 5791 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 170 12 -2.2 12.0 20 476 6096 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 174 14 -1.5 13.8 21 457 6401 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 192 13 2.8 12.9 22 439 6706 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 189 11 1.8 11.2 23 421 7010 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 211 12 6.4 10.4 24 400 7390 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 200 12 4.1 10.9 25 387 7620 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 189 11 1.8 11.2 26 370 7925 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 164 10 -2.9 10.1 27 354 8230 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 169 9 -1.7 8.5 28 339 8534 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 221 10 6.6 7.6 29 325 8839 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 203 15 5.8 13.4 30 311 9144 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 203 15 5.8 13.4 31 300 9390 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 223 19 12.9 13.9 32 297 9449 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 223 19 12.9 13.9 33 284 9754 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 223 23 15.8 16.7 34 271 10058 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 231 25 19.4 15.7 35 259 10363 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 231 24 18.6 15.1 36 250 10600 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 223 25 17.2 18.2 37 247 10668 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 223 26 17.9 18.9 38 236 10973 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 231 29 22.5 18.3 39 225 11278 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 231 28 21.7 17.6 40 216 11545 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 238 27 23.1 14.2 41 215 11582 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 239 25 21.4 13.1 42 205 11887 220 42 27.0 32.2 | 216 29 17.3 23.5 43 200 12040 220 42 27.0 32.2 | 216 29 17.3 23.5 44 195 12192 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 224 31 21.4 22.4 45 186 12497 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 224 32 22.1 23.1 46 178 12802 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 231 35 27.1 22.1 47 170 13106 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 224 28 19.3 20.3 48 155 13716 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 231 42 32.4 26.6 49 150 13910 235 46 37.7 26.4 | 238 33 28.0 17.7 50 140 14326 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 231 28 21.7 17.6 51 134 14630 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 238 27 23.1 14.2 52 127 14935 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 231 30 23.2 18.9 53 121 15240 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 238 35 29.6 18.8 54 115 15545 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 238 28 23.9 14.8 55 110 15850 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 239 22 19.0 11.4 56 105 16154 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 231 23 17.9 14.4 57 100 16440 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 260 15 14.8 2.7 58 100 16459 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 281 14 13.5 -2.5 59 94 16764 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 260 15 14.8 2.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 228.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.6 neg: -33.8 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 78.86 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 96 14 73 25| 10.1 0.0 10.1| 59.0 -9.5 49.4 98.9 0.56| 14.8 8.3 1000 97 14 74 24| 5.1 0.8 5.9| 68.3 -26.0 42.2 42.2 0.37| 9.8 3.6 1500 104 13 75 23| 3.4 0.6 4.0| 84.9 -27.1 57.8 38.5 0.32| 10.6 3.4 2000 115 11 79 20| 3.7 0.4 4.2| 85.8 -31.5 54.4 27.2 0.21| 10.3 2.1 2500 131 11 85 18| 3.0 0.5 3.5| 87.9 -33.8 54.1 21.7 0.19| 9.4 1.8 3000 155 12 98 15| 3.9 0.5 4.3| 96.6 -33.8 62.9 21.0 0.32| 9.6 3.1 4000 186 14 122 10| 2.9 1.1 4.0|100.9 -55.1 45.8 11.5 0.13| 9.1 1.2 5000 192 16 137 9| 2.4 1.2 3.6|105.7 -59.8 45.9 9.2 0.12| 8.2 1.0 6000 198 17 151 9| 2.4 1.0 3.4|132.4 -63.2 69.2 11.5 0.18| 7.7 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTFX/skewt/KTFX.skewt.20251009.06.gif