UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101018.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 10 OCT 25 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:1800Z 10 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 120 1 925 786 SFC 888 1131 13.0 5.0 58 8.0 8.6 170 4 296.0 297.1 286.8 314.1 6.16 3 882 1188 12.2 2.2 50 10.0 7.0 160 5 295.8 296.7 285.6 310.7 5.08 4 876 1245 11.8 1.8 50 10.0 6.6 156 6 295.9 296.8 285.5 310.6 4.97 5 874 1264 12.0 2.0 50 10.0 6.8 157 7 296.3 297.3 285.8 311.3 5.06 6 851 1488 14.8 1.8 41 13.0 7.9 169 19 301.5 302.5 287.8 317.0 5.12 7 850 1498 15.0 2.0 41 13.0 8.0 170 19 301.9 302.8 287.9 317.5 5.20 8 844 1558 14.8 1.8 41 13.0 7.9 172 21 302.3 303.2 288.1 317.8 5.16 9 829 1710 14.4 3.4 48 11.0 8.3 176 27 303.4 304.5 289.1 321.2 5.90 10 823 1771 14.6 3.6 48 11.0 8.5 178 29 304.2 305.4 289.5 322.5 6.03 11 796 2052 13.6 1.6 44 12.0 7.1 194 27 306.1 307.1 289.5 322.6 5.40 12 763 2408 11.8 0.8 47 11.0 5.9 213 24 307.9 308.9 290.0 324.3 5.32 13 708 3029 7.8 -4.2 42 12.0 2.0 180 18 310.1 310.9 289.5 322.5 3.96 14 700 3123 7.0 -5.0 42 12.0 1.3 175 16 310.2 310.9 289.4 322.1 3.76 15 632 3952 -0.5 -6.5 64 6.0 -3.2 194 11 310.9 311.6 289.6 322.6 3.72 16 597 4405 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -6.9 205 16 313.0 313.4 288.9 320.6 2.33 17 546 5105 -9.3 -13.3 73 4.0 -10.8 223 19 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.9 2.51 18 518 5510 -11.9 -16.9 66 5.0 -13.5 220 23 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.8 1.96 19 500 5780 -14.3 -19.3 66 5.0 -15.7 220 23 315.6 315.9 289.1 321.1 1.66 20 493 5887 -14.9 -21.9 55 7.0 -16.8 222 24 316.1 316.4 288.9 320.7 1.34 21 482 6057 -14.9 -28.9 29 14.0 -18.0 224 25 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.7 0.73 22 472 6215 -15.9 -37.9 13 22.0 -19.6 226 25 318.9 318.9 288.8 320.0 0.31 23 457 6457 -17.7 -42.7 9 25.0 -21.2 228 24 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.3 0.19 24 430 6909 -20.7 -36.7 22 16.0 -23.2 227 28 321.4 321.4 289.6 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383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 52 126 15019 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.6 229 48 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 53 118 15432 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.6 228 45 394.0 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 54 117 15485 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.6 229 43 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 55 112 15759 -59.9 -85.9 2 26.0 -60.2 223 41 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 56 110 15871 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.4 220 42 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 57 104 16224 -58.1 -84.1 2 26.0 -58.5 225 55 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.00 58 102 16346 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.2 233 53 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 59 100 16470 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -60.0 240 50 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 60 83 17612 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 265 45 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 61 83 17612 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 265 45 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 62 82 17685 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 270 44 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 63 79 17911 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.7 262 46 429.2 429.2 308.7 429.2 0.00 64 77 18066 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 257 45 431.9 431.9 309.0 431.9 0.00 65 74 18308 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 253 41 443.1 443.1 310.2 443.2 0.00 66 72 18476 -61.1 -86.1 2 25.0 -61.4 276 28 450.0 450.0 310.8 450.0 0.00 67 70 18650 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.4 300 15 451.5 451.5 311.0 451.5 0.00 68 66 19013 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.8 294 14 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.2 0.00 69 64 19203 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 285 13 459.7 459.7 311.7 459.8 0.00 70 62 19398 -63.1 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.4 272 9 465.3 465.3 312.3 465.3 0.00 71 61 19499 -63.1 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.4 266 6 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.4 0.00 72 57 19915 -64.9 -87.9 3 23.0 -65.2 200 19 472.5 472.5 312.8 472.5 0.00 73 57 19915 -64.9 -87.9 3 23.0 -65.2 200 19 472.5 472.5 312.8 472.5 0.00 74 54 20247 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.8 233 22 483.1 483.1 313.7 483.1 0.00 75 52 20479 -63.3 -86.3 3 23.0 -63.7 253 23 488.8 488.8 314.1 488.8 0.00 76 50 20720 -63.9 -86.9 3 23.0 -64.3 265 19 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 77 44 21502 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -65.1 302 19 509.3 509.3 315.6 509.3 0.00 78 42 21786 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.5 278 19 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 79 39 22242 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.7 285 9 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.8 0.01 80 38 22403 -61.7 -84.7 3 23.0 -62.3 264 11 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.01 81 34 23089 -63.3 -85.3 4 22.0 -63.8 263 24 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.01 82 33 23272 -63.3 -85.3 4 22.0 -63.8 267 24 556.7 556.7 318.5 556.7 0.01 83 31 23657 -62.5 -84.5 4 22.0 -63.1 292 19 568.9 568.9 319.1 569.0 0.01 84 30 23860 -61.7 -84.7 3 23.0 -62.4 275 15 576.4 576.4 319.5 576.5 0.01 85 22 25805 -56.9 -79.9 4 23.0 -58.5 245 27 644.2 644.2 322.4 644.4 0.03 86 20 26410 -56.7 -79.7 4 23.0 -58.5 255 27 662.6 662.6 323.2 662.9 0.03 87 18 27076 -57.3 -79.3 5 22.0 -59.2 259 24 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.3 0.04 88 14 28671 -55.3 -77.3 5 22.0 -58.0 258 36 738.5 738.6 325.6 739.2 0.07 89 13 29145 -54.1 -77.1 4 23.0 -57.3 252 37 758.5 758.5 326.2 759.2 0.08 90 12 29659 -53.7 -76.7 4 23.0 -57.2 260 39 777.5 777.5 326.7 778.4 0.09 91 12 29659 -54.3 -76.3 5 22.0 -57.6 260 39 775.4 775.4 326.7 776.3 0.10 92 11 30217 -53.9 -75.9 5 22.0 -57.5 260 39 796.3 796.4 327.2 797.5 0.12 93 10 30830 -52.9 -75.9 5 23.0 -57.1 260 40 822.1 822.1 327.8 823.4 0.13 94 10 30830 -53.3 -75.3 5 22.0 -57.3 260 40 820.6 820.7 327.8 822.0 0.14 TRP 172 13068 -62.5 -74.5 18 12.0 -62.6 245 74 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 WND 171 13104 -62.2 -74.4 18 12.2 -62.3 245 75 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.00 m Freezing level: 636.53 mb = 3896.57 m = 12783.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.27 mb = 3354.84 m = 11006.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.89 mb = 2148.97 m = 7050.34 ft T: 13.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 882.0- 874.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.86 mb = 4196.67 m = 13768.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lifted Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.27 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 19.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50715.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.78 mb = 3078.61 m = 10100.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 237 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 888 1131 170 4 -0.7 3.9 | 73 14 -13.5 -4.2 1 879 1219 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 76 15 -14.9 -3.6 2 850 1498 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 123 19 -16.1 10.5 3 817 1829 180 31 0.0 31.0 | 151 26 -12.8 22.8 4 788 2134 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 164 16 -4.3 15.3 5 760 2438 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 185 12 0.9 11.5 6 732 2743 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 156 16 -6.6 15.0 7 700 3123 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 119 16 -14.2 7.8 8 680 3353 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 109 15 -14.0 4.8 9 654 3658 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 108 12 -11.8 3.8 10 629 3962 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 104 10 -10.0 2.5 11 606 4267 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 133 10 -7.3 6.9 12 561 4877 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 168 4 -0.8 3.8 13 519 5486 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 192 10 2.0 9.4 14 500 5780 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 192 10 2.0 9.4 15 499 5791 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 194 11 2.6 10.2 16 479 6096 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 207 11 4.9 9.5 17 442 6706 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 216 8 4.8 6.6 18 407 7315 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 210 26 12.9 22.5 19 400 7440 215 37 21.2 30.3 | 201 24 8.4 22.1 20 390 7620 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 200 23 7.8 21.3 21 358 8230 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 204 16 6.5 14.8 22 314 9144 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 234 29 23.2 17.1 23 301 9449 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 248 40 37.0 15.1 24 300 9470 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 248 41 37.9 15.5 25 275 10058 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 248 42 38.8 15.9 26 263 10363 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 247 48 44.3 18.5 27 251 10668 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 247 46 42.5 17.6 28 250 10690 245 62 56.2 26.2 | 247 47 43.4 18.0 29 239 10973 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 247 48 44.3 18.5 30 218 11582 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 241 49 42.6 23.8 31 208 11887 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 247 49 45.2 18.9 32 200 12130 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 247 54 49.7 21.0 33 198 12192 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 247 54 49.7 21.0 34 189 12497 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 247 58 53.3 22.7 35 180 12802 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 253 55 53.0 15.8 36 172 13068 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 247 59 54.2 23.1 37 171 13104 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 247 60 55.2 23.5 38 171 13106 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 247 58 53.3 22.7 39 163 13411 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 247 60 55.2 23.5 40 155 13716 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 255 36 35.1 9.3 41 150 13920 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 241 54 46.9 26.3 42 148 14021 235 69 56.5 39.6 | 234 54 43.7 31.4 43 141 14326 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 234 43 34.7 25.1 44 134 14630 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 234 44 35.5 25.7 45 128 14935 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 227 33 24.0 22.7 46 122 15240 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 220 34 21.8 26.5 47 116 15545 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 226 27 19.4 18.8 48 110 15850 220 41 26.4 31.4 | 210 27 13.5 23.2 49 105 16154 220 56 36.0 42.9 | 214 42 23.2 34.7 50 100 16459 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 241 37 32.2 17.8 51 100 16470 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 241 35 30.5 16.8 52 95 16764 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 234 33 26.5 19.4 53 91 17069 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 256 30 29.5 7.2 54 86 17374 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 256 32 31.3 7.9 55 82 17678 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 285 32 31.2 -8.2 56 78 17983 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 270 32 32.5 -0.2 57 74 18288 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 257 28 27.6 6.5 58 70 18650 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 359 16 0.2 -15.7 59 67 18898 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 359 16 0.2 -15.7 60 64 19202 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 1 12 -0.3 -11.5 61 61 19507 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 42 10 -6.8 -7.7 62 58 19812 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 135 14 -9.7 9.6 63 52 20422 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 270 10 9.7 0.0 64 50 20720 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 317 9 6.1 -6.5 65 48 21031 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 323 10 6.2 -8.2 66 45 21336 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 346 21 5.2 -20.8 67 43 21641 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 356 16 1.0 -16.2 68 41 21946 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 286 9 8.4 -2.5 69 39 22250 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 21 11 -4.1 -10.5 70 37 22555 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 21 3 -1.0 -2.7 71 34 23165 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 294 14 13.1 -5.9 72 32 23470 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 315 12 8.2 -8.2 73 30 23774 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 354 19 1.9 -18.5 74 30 23860 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 347 10 2.1 -9.5 75 29 24079 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 4 14 -1.0 -13.7 76 28 24384 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 328 10 5.2 -8.2 77 26 24689 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 1 14 -0.1 -14.1 78 25 24994 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 0 10 -0.0 -10.4 79 24 25298 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 222 3 1.9 2.1 80 23 25603 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 258 9 8.9 2.0 81 22 25908 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 253 14 13.5 4.1 82 21 26213 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 273 15 15.2 -0.7 83 20 26410 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 275 13 13.3 -1.2 84 20 26518 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 279 11 11.3 -1.7 85 19 26822 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 265 13 12.6 1.1 86 18 27127 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 293 11 9.8 -4.2 87 17 27432 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 264 6 6.2 0.7 88 16 27737 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 242 16 14.0 7.3 89 15 28042 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 251 20 18.9 6.6 90 15 28346 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 285 21 20.1 -5.3 91 14 28651 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 275 23 22.6 -1.9 92 13 28956 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 251 19 18.0 6.2 93 13 29261 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 266 25 24.9 1.9 94 12 29566 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 273 26 25.6 -1.4 95 12 29870 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 273 26 25.6 -1.4 96 10 30830 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 273 27 26.6 -1.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.1 neg: -83.2 tot: 97.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 22.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 169 13 107 16| 20.4 0.0 20.4| 88.4 0.0 88.4 176.8 0.92| 21.5 19.7 1000 180 20 134 18| 11.1 0.0 11.1|156.8 0.0 156.8 156.8 0.77| 20.5 15.7 1500 190 22 146 16| 7.1 0.0 7.1|173.8 -14.6 159.3 106.2 0.60| 17.6 10.6 2000 190 22 145 16| 5.3 3.2 8.5|173.8 -70.0 103.8 51.9 0.27| 16.8 4.6 2500 188 20 139 15| 3.9 2.5 6.4|173.8 -81.0 92.8 37.1 0.22| 14.4 3.1 3000 189 18 135 14| 3.8 2.1 5.9|181.1 -83.2 97.9 32.6 0.23| 12.9 2.9 4000 195 18 138 12| 3.8 1.6 5.4|195.9 -83.2 112.7 28.2 0.28| 11.2 3.2 5000 202 19 149 11| 3.3 1.0 4.3|205.8 -83.2 122.6 24.5 0.30| 9.6 2.9 6000 207 20 161 10| 2.6 0.7 3.3|209.2 -87.5 121.7 20.3 0.27| 9.3 2.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTFX/skewt/KTFX.skewt.20251010.18.gif