UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101206.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:0600Z 12 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 11 1 925 670 SFC 875 1131 9.8 -2.2 43 12.0 4.2 255 11 294.0 294.6 283.4 304.9 3.71 3 870 1179 10.0 -3.0 40 13.0 4.0 252 15 294.7 295.3 283.4 305.1 3.52 4 863 1247 9.6 -3.4 40 13.0 3.7 251 19 294.9 295.5 283.5 305.2 3.44 5 856 1315 9.2 -3.8 40 13.0 3.3 253 20 295.2 295.8 283.5 305.2 3.37 6 850 1374 8.8 -4.2 40 13.0 3.0 255 20 295.4 296.0 283.5 305.2 3.29 7 819 1679 6.0 -6.0 42 12.0 0.9 267 25 295.6 296.1 283.2 304.5 2.98 8 725 2662 -2.3 -10.3 54 8.0 -5.3 280 22 296.9 297.4 283.1 304.3 2.41 9 712 2805 -3.3 -11.3 54 8.0 -6.1 283 22 297.4 297.8 283.1 304.3 2.26 10 702 2916 -3.9 -12.9 50 9.0 -7.0 289 24 297.9 298.3 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-49.0 204 64 393.7 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.04 52 140 14133 -48.3 -66.3 11 18.0 -49.0 203 64 394.5 394.6 304.5 394.7 0.04 53 112 15583 -53.9 -74.9 6 21.0 -54.4 221 57 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.01 54 108 15817 -53.5 -75.5 5 22.0 -54.1 229 55 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.2 0.01 55 101 16247 -55.1 -78.1 4 23.0 -55.6 243 44 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.01 56 100 16310 -55.5 -78.5 4 23.0 -56.0 245 42 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.01 57 78 17876 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.0 222 44 440.7 440.7 310.0 440.7 0.00 58 77 17957 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.0 224 49 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.3 0.00 59 71 18469 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -55.5 228 34 465.5 465.5 312.3 465.5 0.00 60 70 18560 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.6 230 26 466.9 466.9 312.4 467.0 0.00 61 65 19031 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -57.8 231 26 472.1 472.1 312.8 472.1 0.00 62 60 19534 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.6 233 25 476.4 476.4 313.1 476.4 0.00 63 58 19744 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -61.9 216 27 477.8 477.8 313.2 477.8 0.00 64 56 19962 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.8 217 32 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 65 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322.0 631.4 0.01 79 22 25770 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.4 242 8 641.2 641.2 322.3 641.3 0.01 80 21 26063 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.6 242 13 649.2 649.2 322.7 649.3 0.01 81 20 26370 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.4 285 19 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 82 19 26692 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.4 289 19 661.8 661.9 323.2 661.9 0.01 83 18 27030 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.7 306 12 671.5 671.5 323.4 671.6 0.01 84 17 27387 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.4 270 6 683.9 683.9 323.9 683.9 0.01 85 17 27387 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.4 270 6 683.9 683.9 323.9 683.9 0.01 86 17 27387 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.6 270 6 683.2 683.2 323.9 683.3 0.01 87 15 28172 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -60.8 265 33 712.1 712.1 324.8 712.2 0.01 88 14 28606 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -61.0 272 34 725.6 725.6 325.2 725.7 0.01 89 12 29580 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -59.2 268 39 768.3 768.3 326.4 768.4 0.02 90 11 30136 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -58.1 284 48 794.2 794.2 327.1 794.4 0.02 91 11 30136 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -57.7 284 48 796.3 796.4 327.1 796.6 0.03 92 10 30750 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -57.5 270 41 820.6 820.6 327.7 820.9 0.03 93 9.8 30880 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -57.9 823.8 823.9 327.8 824.1 0.03 94 9.5 31080 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -58.2 829.7 829.7 328.0 830.0 0.03 95 8.9 31499 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -57.9 848.4 848.4 328.4 848.7 0.04 96 8.8 31572 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -58.0 850.4 850.4 328.4 850.7 0.04 TRP 236 10740 -56.1 -60.3 59 4.2 -56.2 195 97 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.05 WND 235 10767 -56.0 -60.3 58 4.3 -56.1 195 98 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5509.00 m Freezing level: 751.05 mb = 2389.34 m = 7838.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 805.27 mb = 1815.56 m = 5956.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.68 % Est. max temperature: 12.67 C = 54.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.28 mb = 2625.15 m = 8612.61 ft T: -1.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.96 C Layer 850.0- 712.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.93 mb = 3901.09 m = 12798.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.26 C = 64.87 F Cap Strength: 7.54 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 7.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 13.30 C K Index: 13.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55368.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.13 mb = 3108.06 m = 10196.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 875 1131 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 81 13 -12.8 -2.0 1 866 1219 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 107 6 -5.6 1.7 2 850 1374 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 95 4 -4.2 0.4 3 834 1524 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 45 1 -0.8 -0.8 4 803 1829 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 334 8 3.4 -7.2 5 774 2134 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 332 5 2.5 -4.8 6 745 2438 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 347 10 2.1 -9.3 7 717 2743 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 25 9 -3.8 -8.3 8 700 2939 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 360 13 0.0 -13.4 9 690 3048 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 359 9 0.2 -9.0 10 637 3658 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 89 6 -6.1 -0.1 11 589 4267 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 269 4 4.1 0.1 12 544 4877 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 231 22 17.3 14.2 13 500 5520 200 32 10.9 30.1 | 154 28 -12.5 25.3 14 482 5791 170 35 -6.1 34.5 | 135 42 -29.5 29.7 15 462 6096 170 37 -6.4 36.4 | 137 44 -29.9 31.6 16 444 6401 185 48 4.2 47.8 | 156 47 -19.3 43.0 17 400 7160 190 56 9.7 55.1 | 165 52 -13.7 50.3 18 391 7315 190 55 9.6 54.2 | 164 51 -13.9 49.4 19 375 7620 180 55 0.0 55.0 | 155 55 -23.5 50.2 20 329 8534 190 74 12.8 72.9 | 171 69 -10.6 68.1 21 315 8839 185 80 7.0 79.7 | 168 77 -16.5 74.9 22 301 9144 185 87 7.6 86.7 | 169 83 -15.9 81.9 23 300 9170 185 89 7.8 88.7 | 169 85 -15.7 83.9 24 275 9754 185 90 7.8 89.7 | 170 86 -15.6 84.9 25 262 10058 185 92 8.0 91.6 | 170 88 -15.5 86.8 26 250 10363 185 95 8.3 94.6 | 170 91 -15.2 89.8 27 250 10370 185 95 8.3 94.6 | 170 91 -15.2 89.8 28 239 10668 185 97 8.5 96.6 | 171 93 -15.0 91.8 29 236 10740 195 97 25.1 93.7 | 181 89 1.6 88.9 30 235 10767 195 98 25.4 94.7 | 181 90 1.9 89.9 31 228 10973 195 98 25.4 94.7 | 181 90 1.9 89.9 32 217 11278 205 86 36.3 77.9 | 190 74 12.9 73.1 33 207 11582 210 87 43.5 75.3 | 196 73 20.0 70.5 34 200 11810 220 76 48.9 58.2 | 205 59 25.4 53.4 35 189 12192 220 75 48.2 57.5 | 205 58 24.7 52.6 36 180 12497 215 65 37.3 53.2 | 196 50 13.8 48.4 37 172 12802 205 64 27.0 58.0 | 184 53 3.6 53.2 38 164 13106 210 64 32.0 55.4 | 190 51 8.5 50.6 39 156 13411 205 68 28.7 61.6 | 185 57 5.3 56.8 40 150 13680 200 66 22.6 62.0 | 179 57 -0.9 57.2 41 149 13716 200 63 21.5 59.2 | 178 54 -1.9 54.4 42 142 14021 205 64 27.0 58.0 | 184 53 3.6 53.2 43 136 14326 200 64 21.9 60.1 | 178 55 -1.6 55.3 44 124 14935 215 55 31.5 45.1 | 191 41 8.1 40.2 45 118 15240 210 48 24.0 41.6 | 181 37 0.5 36.8 46 113 15545 220 57 36.6 43.7 | 199 41 13.2 38.9 47 107 15850 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 211 36 18.7 30.5 48 100 16310 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 228 20 14.6 12.9 49 89 17069 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 233 12 9.4 7.2 50 84 17374 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 159 17 -6.1 15.9 51 80 17678 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 168 23 -4.5 22.2 52 77 17983 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 201 33 11.9 30.6 53 73 18288 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 201 32 11.2 29.8 54 70 18560 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 163 12 -3.6 11.9 55 70 18593 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 184 20 1.3 19.9 56 66 18898 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 163 12 -3.6 11.9 57 60 19507 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 163 10 -3.0 9.5 58 57 19812 210 28 14.0 24.2 | 154 22 -9.5 19.4 59 55 20117 225 37 26.2 26.2 | 187 22 2.7 21.4 60 50 20670 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 26 16 -7.0 -14.3 61 50 20726 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 32 24 -12.6 -20.4 62 45 21336 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 92 9 -9.4 0.3 63 43 21641 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 272 3 3.1 -0.1 64 39 22250 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 33 16 -8.7 -13.3 65 37 22555 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 106 16 -15.8 4.4 66 35 22860 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 112 16 -14.5 5.9 67 33 23165 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 96 15 -14.5 1.5 68 32 23470 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 334 8 3.4 -7.2 69 30 23774 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 353 9 1.1 -9.1 70 30 23830 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 55 6 -4.5 -3.1 71 29 24079 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 60 6 -5.5 -3.2 72 27 24384 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 348 12 2.6 -11.8 73 26 24689 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 39 26 -16.3 -20.2 74 25 24994 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 39 23 -14.3 -17.9 75 24 25298 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 44 24 -16.5 -16.9 76 23 25603 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 75 19 -18.5 -4.8 77 22 25908 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 100 17 -17.0 2.9 78 20 26370 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 28 11 -5.1 -9.7 79 20 26518 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 5 9 -0.8 -8.8 80 18 27127 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 55 19 -15.8 -11.2 81 17 27432 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 77 19 -18.5 -4.4 82 16 27737 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 112 13 -12.0 4.8 83 15 28042 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 264 9 9.0 0.9 84 15 28346 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 299 10 8.5 -4.8 85 13 28956 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 303 15 12.4 -7.9 86 13 29261 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 299 17 14.4 -8.1 87 12 29566 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 276 14 14.4 -1.5 88 11 29870 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 312 33 24.5 -22.2 89 10 30750 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 285 18 17.5 -4.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -176.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -16.9 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 38.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 257 20 88 4| 14.1 0.0 14.1| 8.3 -2.9 5.4 10.9 -0.06| 17.0 -1.0 1000 265 23 6 3| 8.0 0.0 8.0| 8.3 -4.0 4.2 4.2 -0.08| 12.4 -1.0 1500 269 24 354 5| 4.5 0.0 4.5| 20.7 -4.0 16.7 11.1 0.11| 11.1 1.3 2000 273 24 359 6| 3.4 0.4 3.8| 26.8 -16.9 10.0 5.0 0.04| 11.8 0.5 2500 272 23 5 6| 2.7 1.9 4.6| 36.6 -16.9 19.7 7.9 0.17| 11.3 1.9 3000 270 23 8 5| 3.4 1.6 5.0| 37.5 -16.9 20.6 6.9 0.20| 10.9 2.1 4000 262 26 292 3| 2.5 3.9 6.4| 37.6-121.0 -83.4 -20.8 -0.08| 12.6 -1.0 5000 246 28 200 7| 2.0 5.6 7.6| 67.4-346.3-278.9 -55.8 -0.25| 14.2 -3.6 6000 228 32 181 16| 3.0 4.6 7.7|328.2-346.3 -18.1 -3.0 -0.09| 13.8 -1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTFX/skewt/KTFX.skewt.20251012.06.gif