UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120818.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 8 DEC 25 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:1800Z 8 DEC 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 125 1 925 773 SFC 885 1131 5.6 -1.4 61 7.0 2.4 230 16 288.7 289.3 281.3 299.9 3.90 3 881 1169 6.0 -3.0 52 9.0 2.1 232 19 289.5 290.1 281.1 299.6 3.47 4 858 1388 4.6 -6.4 45 11.0 0.1 242 33 290.2 290.7 280.6 298.3 2.76 5 850 1465 4.0 -6.0 48 10.0 -0.1 245 37 290.3 290.8 280.8 298.8 2.87 6 819 1766 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.1 249 40 290.7 291.2 280.7 298.5 2.63 7 749 2479 -3.9 -11.9 54 8.0 -6.6 266 44 292.5 292.8 280.7 298.6 2.05 8 741 2564 -4.5 -12.5 54 8.0 -7.1 269 44 292.7 293.0 280.7 298.7 1.97 9 716 2833 -6.3 -14.3 53 8.0 -8.8 275 42 293.6 293.9 280.9 299.0 1.76 10 700 3010 -7.3 -14.3 57 7.0 -9.5 275 39 294.4 294.7 281.3 299.9 1.80 11 623 3907 -13.9 -17.5 74 3.6 -14.9 281 31 296.8 297.1 282.0 301.6 1.55 12 617 3981 -13.7 -17.1 75 3.4 -14.6 280 29 297.9 298.2 282.5 302.9 1.62 13 606 4118 -13.9 -17.5 74 3.6 -14.9 282 27 299.2 299.5 283.1 304.2 1.60 14 578 4476 -15.3 -18.3 78 3.0 -16.1 275 25 301.6 301.9 284.0 306.6 1.56 15 560 4715 -16.9 -20.0 77 3.1 -17.7 272 28 302.5 302.7 284.1 306.9 1.39 16 548 4877 -17.5 -20.3 79 2.8 -18.2 275 30 303.6 303.9 284.6 308.1 1.39 17 500 5560 -20.9 -25.2 68 4.3 -21.8 280 43 307.6 307.7 285.6 310.8 0.99 18 498 5589 -20.9 -25.3 68 4.4 -21.8 281 43 307.9 308.1 285.7 311.2 0.98 19 457 6216 -25.1 -28.0 77 2.9 -25.6 291 47 310.3 310.5 286.4 313.1 0.84 20 422 6789 -28.5 -31.6 75 3.1 -29.0 295 60 313.1 313.2 287.2 315.3 0.64 21 408 7030 -29.7 -33.0 73 3.3 -30.2 295 64 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.6 0.58 22 400 7170 -30.5 -33.7 73 3.2 -30.9 295 67 315.3 315.5 287.9 317.3 0.55 23 365 7815 -35.3 -38.9 70 3.6 -35.7 295 75 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.6 0.36 24 343 8245 -38.9 -42.6 68 3.7 -39.2 290 78 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.1 0.26 25 333 8448 -40.5 -43.9 70 3.4 -40.8 293 81 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.5 0.23 26 305 9040 -45.7 -49.4 66 3.7 -45.9 300 84 319.4 319.5 288.7 320.0 0.14 27 300 9150 -46.5 -50.1 67 3.6 -46.7 295 86 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.3 0.13 28 286 9464 -49.3 -53.0 65 3.7 -49.4 298 91 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.10 29 280 9603 -50.5 -54.0 66 3.5 -50.6 299 93 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.09 30 265 9959 -53.5 -57.0 65 3.5 -53.6 300 99 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.4 0.06 31 260 10081 -54.5 -57.8 67 3.3 -54.6 300 102 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.7 0.06 32 255 10204 -55.5 -59.1 64 3.6 -55.6 300 106 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.9 0.05 33 250 10330 -56.5 -59.7 67 3.2 -56.6 300 111 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.3 0.05 34 243 10509 -57.9 -61.3 65 3.4 -58.0 300 111 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.8 0.04 35 239 10614 -58.5 -61.7 66 3.2 -58.6 300 111 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.04 36 234 10746 -59.1 -62.7 63 3.6 -59.2 301 113 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.04 37 230 10854 -59.9 -63.3 64 3.4 -60.0 303 116 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.03 38 228 10909 -60.1 -63.6 63 3.5 -60.2 304 118 325.2 325.2 290.3 325.3 0.03 39 225 10991 -59.9 -63.6 62 3.7 -60.0 305 120 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.03 40 216 11245 -61.1 -64.2 67 3.1 -61.2 309 128 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 41 212 11361 -61.9 -65.3 64 3.4 -61.9 310 132 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.03 42 208 11479 -62.7 -66.4 61 3.7 -62.7 310 130 329.7 329.8 291.7 329.8 0.02 43 201 11689 -63.1 -67.3 57 4.2 -63.1 310 125 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.02 44 200 11720 -63.1 -67.4 56 4.3 -63.1 310 123 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.02 45 198 11782 -63.1 -67.6 54 4.5 -63.1 311 120 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 46 191 12004 -62.3 -67.3 51 5.0 -62.4 314 111 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 47 188 12101 -62.3 -67.3 51 5.0 -62.4 315 106 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 48 173 12612 -64.7 -70.7 43 6.0 -64.8 318 86 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 49 171 12683 -64.7 -70.7 43 6.0 -64.8 317 85 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 50 161 13053 -61.9 -68.9 39 7.0 -62.0 311 76 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 51 157 13208 -62.3 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440.1 309.9 440.2 0.01 65 77 17617 -56.3 -76.3 6 20.0 -56.9 309 59 451.5 451.5 311.0 451.5 0.02 66 70 18220 -58.1 -79.1 5 21.0 -58.6 295 60 460.1 460.1 311.8 460.1 0.01 67 69 18310 -58.3 -79.3 5 21.0 -58.8 295 59 461.6 461.6 311.9 461.6 0.01 68 65 18685 -58.3 -79.3 5 21.0 -58.8 300 58 469.5 469.5 312.6 469.6 0.01 69 60 19188 -57.1 -79.1 5 22.0 -57.8 301 49 483.1 483.1 313.7 483.1 0.01 70 54 19849 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.4 324 32 491.4 491.4 314.3 491.4 0.01 71 50 20330 -58.3 -83.3 3 25.0 -59.0 305 47 506.1 506.1 315.4 506.1 0.01 72 47 20723 -54.3 -81.3 2 27.0 -55.5 305 47 524.7 524.7 316.6 524.8 0.01 73 45 21003 -51.5 -78.5 3 27.0 -53.1 314 61 538.1 538.1 317.4 538.2 0.02 74 38 22090 -55.9 -79.9 3 24.0 -57.1 332 48 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.6 0.02 75 35 22612 -57.1 322 34 563.6 76 32 23180 -56.1 306 29 580.9 77 30 23590 -56.5 335 52 590.6 78 29 23805 -56.9 335 52 595.3 79 26 24507 -50.1 339 50 633.5 80 25 24763 -50.9 337 48 638.3 TRP 208 11479 -62.7 -66.4 61 3.7 -62.7 310 130 329.7 329.8 291.7 329.8 0.02 WND 212 11361 -61.9 -65.3 64 3.4 -61.9 310 132 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5435.00 m Freezing level: 800.51 mb = 1954.20 m = 6411.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 852.66 mb = 1439.24 m = 4721.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.65 % Est. max temperature: 9.71 C = 49.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.54 mb = 2007.81 m = 6587.22 ft T: -0.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 1.60 C Layer 881.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.28 mb = 3298.21 m = 10820.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.91 C = 53.44 F Cap Strength: 6.80 C Lifted Index: 8.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 8.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: 11.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 213.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38239.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.22 mb = 2776.30 m = 9108.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 307 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 885 1131 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 158 31 -11.5 28.5 1 876 1219 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 173 32 -4.1 32.0 2 850 1465 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 196 35 9.8 33.8 3 844 1524 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 197 36 10.7 34.3 4 812 1829 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 205 35 14.8 32.2 5 782 2134 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 210 29 14.7 25.0 6 752 2438 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 222 30 20.1 22.0 7 724 2743 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 234 25 20.1 14.4 8 700 3010 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 226 21 15.1 14.8 9 696 3048 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 216 23 13.2 18.2 10 669 3353 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 234 15 12.0 8.6 11 643 3658 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 231 14 11.0 8.9 12 617 3962 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 200 14 4.8 13.2 13 593 4267 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 177 12 -0.6 12.0 14 570 4572 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 187 18 2.2 18.2 15 547 4877 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 201 17 6.1 15.6 16 526 5182 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 228 22 16.1 14.7 17 505 5486 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 228 22 16.1 14.7 18 500 5560 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 240 21 18.6 10.7 19 464 6096 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 261 19 18.5 2.8 20 427 6706 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 282 29 28.8 -6.3 21 409 7010 295 64 58.0 -27.0 | 284 35 34.3 -8.9 22 400 7170 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 285 38 37.0 -10.1 23 392 7315 290 76 71.4 -26.0 | 279 48 47.7 -7.8 24 375 7620 295 76 68.9 -32.1 | 287 47 45.1 -13.9 25 358 7925 295 75 68.0 -31.7 | 287 46 44.2 -13.5 26 343 8230 290 78 73.3 -26.7 | 280 50 49.5 -8.5 27 328 8534 295 82 74.3 -34.7 | 288 53 50.6 -16.5 28 314 8839 300 83 71.9 -41.5 | 296 53 48.1 -23.3 29 300 9144 300 84 72.7 -42.0 | 296 54 49.0 -23.8 30 300 9150 295 86 77.9 -36.3 | 289 57 54.2 -18.2 31 273 9754 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 297 66 59.4 -29.8 32 261 10058 300 101 87.5 -50.5 | 297 71 63.7 -32.3 33 250 10330 300 111 96.1 -55.5 | 297 81 72.4 -37.3 34 249 10363 300 111 96.1 -55.5 | 297 81 72.4 -37.3 35 237 10668 300 111 96.1 -55.5 | 297 81 72.4 -37.3 36 215 11278 310 129 98.8 -82.9 | 311 99 75.1 -64.7 37 212 11361 310 132 101.1 -84.8 | 311 102 77.4 -66.7 38 208 11479 310 130 99.6 -83.6 | 311 100 75.8 -65.4 39 205 11582 310 132 101.1 -84.8 | 311 102 77.4 -66.7 40 200 11720 310 123 94.2 -79.1 | 311 93 70.5 -60.9 41 176 12497 320 89 57.2 -68.2 | 326 60 33.5 -50.0 42 160 13106 310 75 57.5 -48.2 | 312 45 33.7 -30.0 43 152 13411 305 71 58.2 -40.7 | 303 41 34.4 -22.5 44 150 13490 305 74 60.6 -42.4 | 303 44 36.9 -24.3 45 145 13716 305 74 60.6 -42.4 | 303 44 36.9 -24.3 46 138 14021 295 80 72.5 -33.8 | 288 51 48.8 -15.6 47 131 14326 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 296 51 46.4 -22.3 48 125 14630 305 78 63.9 -44.7 | 303 48 40.1 -26.5 49 119 14935 315 76 53.7 -53.7 | 320 47 30.0 -35.5 50 113 15240 320 68 43.7 -52.1 | 330 39 20.0 -33.9 51 107 15545 320 61 39.2 -46.7 | 332 32 15.5 -28.5 52 102 15850 315 64 45.3 -45.3 | 322 35 21.5 -27.1 53 100 15980 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 273 30 29.8 -1.3 54 97 16154 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 269 25 25.1 0.4 55 93 16459 305 72 59.0 -41.3 | 303 42 35.2 -23.1 56 84 17069 315 60 42.4 -42.4 | 322 31 18.7 -24.2 57 80 17374 305 61 50.0 -35.0 | 303 31 26.2 -16.8 58 76 17678 310 59 45.2 -37.9 | 313 29 21.4 -19.7 59 73 17983 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 278 22 21.6 -2.9 60 70 18220 295 60 54.4 -25.4 | 283 31 30.6 -7.2 61 69 18288 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 283 30 29.7 -6.7 62 66 18593 295 60 54.4 -25.4 | 283 31 30.6 -7.2 63 63 18898 310 55 42.1 -35.4 | 313 25 18.4 -17.2 64 60 19202 300 49 42.4 -24.5 | 289 20 18.7 -6.3 65 57 19507 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 338 21 7.7 -19.3 66 54 19812 325 31 17.8 -25.4 | 40 9 -6.0 -7.2 67 50 20330 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 301 17 14.7 -8.8 68 49 20422 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 313 24 17.6 -16.5 69 47 20726 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 301 17 14.7 -8.8 70 45 21031 315 62 43.8 -43.8 | 322 33 20.1 -25.6 71 43 21336 325 50 28.7 -41.0 | 348 23 4.9 -22.8 72 41 21641 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 337 22 8.4 -20.1 73 39 21946 325 52 29.8 -42.6 | 346 25 6.1 -24.4 74 37 22250 340 42 14.4 -39.5 | 24 23 -9.4 -21.3 75 34 22860 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 95 2 -2.3 0.2 76 32 23165 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 159 2 -0.8 2.1 77 30 23590 335 52 22.0 -47.1 | 4 29 -1.8 -28.9 78 29 23774 335 52 22.0 -47.1 | 4 29 -1.8 -28.9 79 26 24079 340 51 17.4 -47.9 | 12 30 -6.3 -29.7 80 24 24384 335 46 19.4 -41.7 | 10 24 -4.3 -23.5 81 22 24689 350 31 5.4 -30.5 | 56 22 -18.4 -12.3 82 20 24994 5 15 -1.3 -14.9 | 97 25 -25.1 3.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 371.7 neg: -71.0 tot: 300.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 70.89 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 242 31 187 33| 24.9 0.0 24.9|210.0 0.0 210.0 420.1 0.97| 25.5 24.8 1000 248 36 196 33| 13.6 0.0 13.6|265.5 0.0 265.5 265.5 0.87| 18.0 15.6 1500 254 38 204 31| 11.6 0.0 11.6|339.9 0.0 339.9 226.6 0.87| 15.8 13.7 2000 260 39 210 29| 7.2 0.0 7.2|352.8 -32.1 320.7 160.4 0.65| 14.6 9.4 2500 264 38 213 26| 6.2 0.0 6.2|371.7 -34.1 337.6 135.1 0.62| 13.3 8.3 3000 267 37 213 24| 5.1 1.7 6.8|371.7 -71.0 300.7 100.2 0.40| 12.9 5.1 4000 269 35 210 22| 5.2 1.5 6.8|434.6 -76.6 358.0 89.5 0.44| 12.3 5.4 5000 272 36 217 21| 5.4 1.2 6.6|510.4 -76.6 433.8 86.8 0.50| 11.4 5.7 6000 277 40 231 20| 6.3 1.0 7.3|575.5 -76.6 498.9 83.2 0.49| 11.3 5.6 Wrote GIF file: 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