UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100918.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:1800Z 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 197 1 925 854 SFC 894 1131 9.4 3.4 66 6.0 6.3 275 2 291.8 292.7 284.4 307.5 5.47 3 889 1178 8.2 0.2 57 8.0 4.4 307 3 291.0 291.8 282.8 303.6 4.36 4 882 1244 7.6 0.6 61 7.0 4.2 330 4 291.0 291.8 283.1 304.1 4.53 5 852 1532 4.8 0.1 72 4.7 2.6 271 4 291.0 291.8 283.0 304.1 4.52 6 850 1551 4.6 0.1 73 4.5 2.5 275 3 291.0 291.8 283.0 304.1 4.53 7 798 2071 10.0 -5.0 34 15.0 3.1 143 10 302.0 302.6 286.1 312.1 3.30 8 785 2208 9.6 -6.4 32 16.0 2.4 155 11 303.0 303.6 286.2 312.3 3.01 9 773 2335 9.0 -6.0 34 15.0 2.2 163 10 303.7 304.3 286.5 313.5 3.16 10 735 2752 7.2 -8.8 31 16.0 0.4 155 11 306.2 306.7 286.9 314.6 2.67 11 711 3024 4.8 -9.2 35 14.0 -1.1 164 9 306.4 306.9 287.1 314.9 2.68 12 700 3151 3.8 -10.2 35 14.0 -1.9 190 13 306.7 307.2 286.9 314.6 2.51 13 665 3565 0.2 -9.8 47 10.0 -3.8 198 10 307.2 307.7 287.3 315.8 2.73 14 622 4097 -4.3 -12.3 54 8.0 -7.2 232 13 308.0 308.4 287.3 315.6 2.39 15 595 4445 -6.7 -18.7 38 12.0 -10.4 248 19 309.1 309.4 286.7 313.9 1.47 16 564 4860 -10.1 -16.1 61 6.0 -12.1 264 22 309.9 310.2 287.5 316.1 1.93 17 554 4998 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.0 265 24 310.3 310.6 287.5 316.2 1.81 18 550 5054 -11.5 -17.5 61 6.0 -13.3 265 26 310.4 310.8 287.5 316.2 1.76 19 525 5410 -13.1 -22.1 47 9.0 -15.5 251 35 312.7 312.9 287.7 316.8 1.24 20 500 5780 -15.5 -25.5 42 10.0 -17.9 240 38 314.1 314.3 287.9 317.4 0.96 21 493 5886 -15.9 -29.9 29 14.0 -18.8 238 39 314.9 315.0 287.8 317.2 0.65 22 490 5932 -15.7 -35.7 16 20.0 -19.2 238 39 315.7 315.8 287.8 317.0 0.37 23 475 6165 -16.9 -43.9 8 27.0 -20.6 237 40 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.7 0.16 24 452 6535 -19.7 -40.7 14 21.0 -22.7 249 37 318.1 318.1 288.4 319.0 0.24 25 420 7076 -23.1 -47.1 9 24.0 -25.7 267 30 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.0 0.13 26 400 7430 -26.3 -45.3 15 19.0 -28.3 270 28 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.4 0.17 27 372 7949 -30.7 -45.7 22 15.0 -32.1 262 28 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.17 28 360 8180 -32.5 -48.5 19 16.0 -33.8 257 26 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.13 29 335 8683 -35.5 -54.5 13 19.0 -36.6 255 32 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.07 30 332 8746 -35.9 -54.9 12 19.0 -37.0 255 33 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.07 31 300 9440 -41.9 -55.9 20 14.0 -42.5 255 38 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.07 32 278 9951 -46.1 -58.1 24 12.0 -46.5 250 39 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.05 33 268 10194 -47.7 -59.7 24 12.0 -48.1 252 41 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.05 34 250 10650 -51.1 -62.1 26 11.0 -51.4 260 48 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.2 0.04 35 248 10702 -51.7 -62.7 26 11.0 -52.0 261 46 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.03 36 233 11103 -54.7 -63.7 32 9.0 -54.9 265 47 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 37 225 11325 -55.5 -64.5 32 9.0 -55.6 264 45 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 38 218 11526 -56.3 -66.3 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375.6 301.5 375.6 0.01 52 144 14170 -55.9 -73.9 9 18.0 -56.2 243 41 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.01 53 137 14487 -57.1 -76.1 7 19.0 -57.4 241 42 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.01 54 120 15319 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.9 245 40 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 55 118 15423 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.9 245 37 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 56 117 15476 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.9 245 36 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 57 111 15803 -61.3 -83.3 4 22.0 -61.5 245 31 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 58 105 16148 -62.1 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.3 240 28 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 59 100 16450 -61.5 -85.5 3 24.0 -61.7 245 37 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 60 97 16639 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.6 240 36 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 61 87 17310 -63.9 -87.9 2 24.0 -64.1 253 22 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 62 86 17381 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -63.9 250 21 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 63 85 17453 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -63.9 246 21 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 64 81 17748 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 237 19 427.7 427.7 308.6 427.7 0.00 65 79 17900 -65.1 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0.01 79 41 21923 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -61.3 245 8 529.7 529.7 316.9 529.7 0.01 80 40 22077 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.5 245 10 532.9 532.9 317.1 533.0 0.01 81 39 22234 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.8 245 12 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.9 0.01 82 37 22564 -59.5 -83.5 3 24.0 -60.3 265 20 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.6 0.01 83 32 23468 -61.5 -84.5 3 23.0 -62.2 275 21 566.4 566.4 319.0 566.5 0.01 84 32 23468 -61.7 -84.7 3 23.0 -62.4 275 21 565.9 565.9 318.9 566.0 0.01 85 30 23870 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.8 325 8 581.3 581.3 319.8 581.4 0.01 86 29 24082 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.9 328 9 587.0 587.0 320.0 587.1 0.01 87 28 24301 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -61.0 325 9 592.4 592.4 320.3 592.5 0.01 88 27 24528 -59.7 -82.7 3 23.0 -60.7 309 7 599.7 599.7 320.6 599.8 0.02 89 26 24764 -59.1 -83.1 3 24.0 -60.2 293 6 607.9 607.9 321.0 608.0 0.02 90 26 24764 -58.9 -81.9 4 23.0 -60.0 293 6 608.5 608.5 321.0 608.6 0.02 91 23 25531 -60.3 -82.3 4 22.0 -61.4 264 20 626.1 626.1 321.7 626.2 0.02 92 23 25531 -60.3 -82.3 4 22.0 -61.4 264 20 626.1 626.1 321.7 626.2 0.02 93 23 25531 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -61.0 264 20 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.4 0.02 94 22 25809 -59.5 -82.5 4 23.0 -60.7 278 14 636.5 636.5 322.2 636.6 0.02 TRP 209 11792 -57.5 -67.5 27 10.0 -57.6 250 36 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.00 m Freezing level: 663.09 mb = 3588.62 m = 11773.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.92 mb = 2819.95 m = 9251.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.08 % Est. max temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.89 mb = 1888.46 m = 6195.65 ft T: 8.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 3.89 C Layer 889.0- 882.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.45 mb = 4282.42 m = 14049.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Cap Strength: 10.52 C Lifted Index: 8.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.58 C Showalter Index: 10.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.60 C K Index: 6.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36777.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.71 mb = 2687.84 m = 8818.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 270 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 894 1131 275 2 2.0 -0.2 | 89 13 -13.3 -0.2 1 885 1219 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 75 14 -13.6 -3.7 2 853 1524 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 90 11 -11.3 -0.1 3 850 1551 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 89 12 -12.3 -0.3 4 822 1829 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 96 20 -19.8 2.1 5 792 2134 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 115 23 -20.8 9.5 6 763 2438 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 120 20 -17.0 9.8 7 736 2743 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 116 22 -19.9 9.9 8 709 3048 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 116 20 -17.6 8.6 9 700 3151 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 134 18 -13.0 12.7 10 682 3353 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 122 17 -14.5 8.9 11 656 3658 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 129 14 -11.0 9.0 12 631 3962 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 142 10 -6.1 7.7 13 607 4267 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 167 9 -2.2 9.1 14 584 4572 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 240 7 6.4 3.8 15 561 4877 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 254 7 6.7 1.9 16 540 5182 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 260 14 13.6 2.5 17 519 5486 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 230 25 19.2 16.0 18 500 5780 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 223 26 17.7 18.9 19 479 6096 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 217 29 17.5 22.9 20 460 6401 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 231 26 20.1 16.4 21 423 7010 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 260 16 15.6 2.6 22 406 7315 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 281 13 12.6 -2.5 23 400 7430 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 270 13 12.7 -0.1 24 389 7620 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 270 16 15.7 -0.1 25 357 8230 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 234 11 8.9 6.4 26 342 8534 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 239 14 11.8 7.2 27 327 8839 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 245 22 19.5 9.3 28 313 9144 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 245 23 20.5 9.5 29 300 9440 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 245 24 21.4 9.8 30 300 9449 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 245 24 21.4 9.8 31 286 9754 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 238 24 20.5 12.9 32 273 10058 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 238 25 21.4 13.3 33 250 10650 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 256 33 32.0 8.3 34 249 10668 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 255 31 30.0 7.9 35 238 10973 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 263 33 32.6 4.1 36 227 11278 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 263 31 30.6 4.0 37 209 11792 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 237 22 18.6 12.3 38 206 11887 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 237 22 18.6 12.3 39 200 12070 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 236 21 17.6 11.9 40 196 12192 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 228 22 16.5 14.7 41 187 12497 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 231 26 20.1 16.4 42 178 12802 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 227 20 14.7 13.9 43 170 13106 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 219 32 20.0 24.6 44 162 13411 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 218 30 18.3 23.5 45 155 13716 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 222 25 16.8 18.4 46 150 13910 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 226 31 22.0 21.4 47 147 14021 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 230 25 19.2 16.0 48 140 14326 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 226 32 22.8 21.9 49 127 14935 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 229 23 17.4 15.2 50 121 15240 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 232 29 22.8 17.7 51 116 15545 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 227 21 15.6 14.3 52 110 15850 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 223 17 11.9 12.6 53 105 16154 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 213 17 9.0 13.9 54 100 16450 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 230 24 18.3 15.6 55 100 16459 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 190 19 3.1 18.3 56 95 16764 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 240 29 25.2 14.6 57 90 17069 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 257 9 8.7 2.0 58 82 17678 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 182 11 0.3 10.8 59 78 17983 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 181 7 0.2 7.1 60 74 18288 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 240 7 6.4 3.8 61 71 18593 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 240 7 6.4 3.8 62 70 18640 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 165 6 -1.7 6.3 63 67 18898 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 176 8 -0.5 8.4 64 64 19202 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 97 6 -6.3 0.7 65 61 19507 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 32 9 -4.6 -7.5 66 58 19812 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 64 9 -8.3 -4.1 67 55 20117 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 121 9 -7.5 4.4 68 50 20690 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 135 6 -4.0 4.0 69 50 20726 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 159 19 -6.8 18.1 70 47 21031 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 170 8 -1.4 7.9 71 45 21336 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 208 8 3.5 6.8 72 43 21641 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 141 8 -4.9 5.9 73 41 21946 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 113 9 -8.0 3.3 74 39 22250 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 139 7 -4.4 5.0 75 37 22555 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 250 5 4.7 1.7 76 35 22860 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 313 2 1.7 -1.5 77 34 23165 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 11 4 -0.8 -3.9 78 32 23470 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 288 6 5.7 -1.9 79 30 23774 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 49 5 -3.7 -3.2 80 30 23870 325 8 4.6 -6.6 | 58 13 -10.7 -6.6 81 28 24079 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 50 13 -10.3 -8.7 82 26 24384 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 79 11 -10.7 -2.2 83 24 24689 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 217 14 8.3 10.9 84 22 24994 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 31 3 -1.5 -2.5 85 20 25298 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 139 7 -4.4 5.0 86 19 25603 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 222 11 7.3 8.2 87 17 25908 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 192 13 2.8 12.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.1 neg: -42.9 tot: 75.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 45.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 295 4 82 12| 0.0 2.7 2.7| 17.1 -11.8 5.2 10.5 0.20| 10.6 2.1 1000 154 5 105 18| 0.0 6.3 6.3| 61.2 -25.0 36.2 36.2 0.28| 13.5 3.8 1500 160 7 110 19| 0.7 4.2 4.9| 72.9 -28.7 44.1 29.4 0.27| 10.9 3.0 2000 161 8 112 19| 1.8 3.1 5.0| 96.9 -32.3 64.6 32.3 0.32| 10.3 3.3 2500 170 8 116 18| 1.9 2.5 4.5|103.2 -42.9 60.2 24.1 0.26| 9.5 2.5 3000 184 9 121 17| 2.9 2.1 5.0|118.1 -42.9 75.1 25.0 0.32| 9.2 2.9 4000 221 12 140 12| 4.4 1.6 5.9|148.1 -42.9 105.1 26.3 0.43| 9.4 4.1 5000 234 17 171 10| 3.5 3.0 6.5|149.3-127.6 21.7 4.3 0.18| 9.8 1.7 6000 240 20 193 10| 3.6 2.5 6.1|255.8-127.6 128.1 21.4 0.30| 10.2 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTFX/skewt/KTFX.skewt.20251009.18.gif