UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122506.upa.cvt Date: 0600Z 25 DEC 25 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:0600Z 25 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 88 1 925 710 SFC 877 1131 -5.9 -6.6 95 0.7 -6.1 60 5 277.5 277.9 273.9 284.9 2.66 3 871 1184 -6.7 -8.5 87 1.8 -7.3 69 6 277.2 277.6 273.3 283.7 2.31 4 864 1247 -7.1 -8.9 87 1.8 -7.7 85 6 277.4 277.8 273.3 283.8 2.25 5 850 1375 -1.3 -2.6 91 1.3 -1.9 130 7 284.8 285.4 279.3 295.3 3.71 6 841 1461 6.0 5.5 97 0.5 5.7 144 10 293.3 294.5 286.3 312.8 6.74 7 826 1610 8.2 5.3 82 2.9 6.6 169 16 297.2 298.4 287.8 317.0 6.77 8 806 1812 7.2 1.2 66 6.0 4.2 202 23 298.2 299.1 286.6 313.6 5.18 9 798 1894 6.8 0.8 66 6.0 3.8 205 25 298.6 299.5 286.6 313.7 5.08 10 700 2959 -0.3 -3.3 80 3.0 -1.7 230 29 302.2 302.9 287.1 315.2 4.28 11 650 3547 -4.1 -5.8 88 1.7 -4.8 225 31 304.3 305.0 287.5 316.1 3.82 12 644 3620 -4.7 -6.5 87 1.8 -5.5 225 31 304.5 305.1 287.3 315.7 3.65 13 612 4020 -6.7 -8.1 90 1.4 -7.2 219 35 306.6 307.3 287.8 317.2 3.39 14 574 4517 -9.9 -12.0 85 2.1 -10.6 211 33 308.5 309.0 287.8 317.0 2.65 15 561 4694 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.3 208 35 309.6 310.1 288.1 318.0 2.63 16 551 4832 -11.5 -13.3 86 1.8 -12.1 206 38 310.3 310.7 288.2 318.3 2.49 17 507 5465 -15.5 -18.0 81 2.5 -16.2 207 50 312.9 313.2 288.4 318.9 1.83 18 500 5570 -16.1 -18.4 82 2.3 -16.8 210 52 313.4 313.8 288.5 319.3 1.79 19 487 5767 -17.7 -19.7 84 2.0 -18.3 206 54 313.8 314.1 288.5 319.3 1.65 20 469 6048 -19.5 -22.0 80 2.5 -20.1 209 58 315.0 315.2 288.6 319.7 1.40 21 449 6370 -21.5 -23.7 82 2.2 -22.0 214 66 316.4 316.7 288.9 320.7 1.26 22 433 6636 -23.3 -26.0 78 2.7 -23.9 215 68 317.4 317.6 289.0 321.1 1.06 23 411 7015 -26.1 -29.2 75 3.1 -26.6 218 74 318.6 318.7 289.2 321.5 0.83 24 400 7210 -27.7 -30.8 75 3.1 -28.2 220 78 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.73 25 385 7484 -29.9 -33.3 72 3.4 -30.4 218 80 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.7 0.60 26 373 7709 -31.7 -34.9 73 3.2 -32.1 220 80 320.1 320.2 289.3 322.0 0.53 27 332 8522 -38.9 -43.4 62 4.5 -39.2 223 87 321.1 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.25 28 324 8690 -40.5 -44.6 65 4.1 -40.8 224 89 321.1 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.22 29 313 8924 -42.5 -46.9 62 4.4 -42.8 225 93 321.5 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.18 30 300 9210 -44.9 -48.9 64 4.0 -45.1 225 100 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.15 31 279 9690 -48.9 -52.5 66 3.6 -49.0 225 110 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.11 32 265 10025 -51.5 -56.2 57 4.7 -51.7 223 115 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.07 33 250 10400 -54.5 -58.3 63 3.8 -54.6 220 115 325.0 325.1 290.3 325.3 0.06 34 238 10713 -57.1 -60.6 64 3.5 -57.2 215 117 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 35 231 10902 -59.1 -62.7 63 3.6 -59.2 215 116 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.6 0.04 36 223 11122 -60.5 -64.3 61 3.8 -60.6 215 119 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.7 0.03 37 217 11292 -60.3 -64.5 58 4.2 -60.3 222 126 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.03 38 214 11379 -60.5 -65.0 56 4.4 -60.6 225 130 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.03 39 207 11586 -61.1 -66.1 51 5.0 -61.2 225 130 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.8 0.03 40 201 11769 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 225 122 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.02 41 200 11800 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 225 121 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 42 194 11989 -61.3 -68.3 39 7.0 -61.4 227 120 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 43 181 12422 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 236 113 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 44 150 13590 -63.3 -74.3 21 11.0 -63.4 230 69 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 45 140 14012 -64.5 -77.5 15 13.0 -64.6 220 71 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 46 122 14861 -59.3 -76.3 9 17.0 -59.6 228 95 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.01 47 120 14964 -58.9 -75.9 9 17.0 -59.2 231 96 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.01 48 110 15507 -60.5 -78.5 8 18.0 -60.7 244 81 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.01 49 105 15796 -59.7 -78.7 7 19.0 -60.0 233 66 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.01 50 100 16100 -60.9 -80.9 5 20.0 -61.2 240 74 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.01 51 96 16353 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.3 241 79 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.6 0.00 52 83 17245 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 257 49 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 53 82 17318 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 256 48 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 54 72 18116 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.2 239 62 448.3 448.3 310.7 448.3 0.00 55 70 18290 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.6 250 60 451.1 451.1 311.0 451.1 0.00 56 58 19443 -66.1 -93.1 1 27.0 -66.3 265 51 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.5 0.00 57 54 19879 -64.7 -93.7 1 29.0 -65.0 260 56 480.3 480.3 313.5 480.3 0.00 58 54 19879 -64.7 -93.7 1 29.0 -65.0 260 56 480.3 480.3 313.5 480.3 0.00 59 52 20110 -64.7 -92.7 1 28.0 -65.0 260 56 485.5 485.5 313.9 485.5 0.00 60 51 20229 -64.9 -93.9 1 29.0 -65.2 262 54 487.8 487.8 314.1 487.8 0.00 61 50 20350 -64.1 -93.1 1 29.0 -64.4 265 52 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 62 48 20600 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -63.7 271 54 500.1 500.1 314.9 500.1 0.00 63 44 21129 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -66.6 282 44 505.4 505.4 315.3 505.4 0.00 64 42 21410 -66.9 -94.9 1 28.0 -67.2 286 37 510.7 510.7 315.7 510.7 0.00 65 37 22179 -63.9 -92.9 1 29.0 -64.4 292 36 537.2 537.2 317.3 537.2 0.00 66 36 22347 -63.1 -92.1 1 29.0 -63.6 295 33 543.5 543.5 317.7 543.5 0.00 67 30 23460 -65.5 -93.5 1 28.0 -66.0 280 46 566.1 566.1 318.9 566.1 0.00 68 29 23666 -65.7 -93.7 1 28.0 -66.2 268 37 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.1 0.00 69 29 23666 -65.9 -93.9 1 28.0 -66.4 268 37 570.5 570.5 319.2 570.5 0.00 70 28 23880 -64.7 -93.7 1 29.0 -65.3 276 38 579.6 579.6 319.6 579.6 0.00 71 26 24334 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -64.0 295 39 596.0 596.0 320.4 596.0 0.00 72 25 24574 -64.1 -93.1 1 29.0 -64.8 305 39 600.4 600.4 320.6 600.4 0.00 73 24 24824 -64.5 -93.5 1 29.0 -65.1 303 40 606.3 606.3 320.9 606.3 0.00 74 22 25357 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -64.1 304 39 625.1 625.1 321.7 625.2 0.00 75 22 25357 -63.1 -92.1 1 29.0 -64.0 304 39 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.8 0.00 76 21 25643 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -64.1 309 36 633.5 633.5 322.0 633.5 0.00 77 20 25943 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -64.2 314 33 642.4 642.4 322.4 642.4 0.00 78 20 25943 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -64.2 314 33 642.4 642.4 322.4 642.5 0.01 TRP 223 11122 -60.5 -64.3 61 3.8 -60.6 215 119 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.7 0.03 WND 214 11379 -60.5 -65.0 56 4.4 -60.6 225 130 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5482.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 848.40 mb = 1390.36 m = 4561.50 ft Freezing level: 704.14 mb = 2914.01 m = 9560.28 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.16 % Est. max temperature: 16.90 C = 62.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.14 mb = 1218.85 m = 3998.81 ft T: -6.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.44 C Layer 806.0- 798.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.00 mb = 1131.00 m = 3710.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.58 C = 34.84 F Cap Strength: 8.33 C Lifted Index: 8.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.66 C Showalter Index: 16.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.80 C Cross Totals Index: 13.50 C K Index: 9.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41904.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.05 mb = 1955.00 m = 6413.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 242 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 877 1131 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 62 35 -31.1 -16.6 1 867 1219 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 64 36 -32.5 -15.6 2 850 1375 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 73 33 -32.1 -9.6 3 804 1829 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 115 18 -16.6 7.7 4 775 2134 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 130 19 -14.5 12.2 5 746 2438 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 148 18 -9.7 15.4 6 719 2743 215 40 22.9 32.8 | 169 19 -3.8 18.7 7 700 2959 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 135 6 -4.5 4.6 8 692 3048 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 148 9 -4.8 7.9 9 665 3353 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 154 10 -4.1 8.6 10 640 3658 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 148 9 -4.8 7.9 11 615 3962 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 162 13 -4.2 12.8 12 591 4267 215 32 18.4 26.2 | 145 15 -8.4 12.2 13 569 4572 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 145 18 -10.2 14.5 14 547 4877 205 39 16.5 35.3 | 154 24 -10.3 21.3 15 526 5182 200 44 15.0 41.3 | 157 30 -11.7 27.3 16 500 5570 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 179 31 -0.7 31.0 17 485 5791 205 54 22.8 48.9 | 174 35 -3.9 34.9 18 465 6096 210 59 29.5 51.1 | 184 37 2.8 37.0 19 447 6401 215 67 38.4 54.9 | 196 42 11.7 40.8 20 428 6706 215 68 39.0 55.7 | 196 43 12.3 41.6 21 400 7210 220 78 50.1 59.8 | 207 51 23.4 45.7 22 394 7315 215 78 44.7 63.9 | 200 53 18.0 49.8 23 377 7620 220 81 52.1 62.0 | 208 54 25.3 48.0 24 361 7925 220 78 50.1 59.8 | 207 51 23.4 45.7 25 316 8839 225 92 65.1 65.1 | 217 64 38.3 51.0 26 303 9144 225 98 69.3 69.3 | 218 70 42.6 55.2 27 300 9210 225 100 70.7 70.7 | 218 72 44.0 56.6 28 276 9754 225 111 78.5 78.5 | 219 83 51.7 64.4 29 251 10363 220 121 77.8 92.7 | 213 94 51.0 78.6 30 250 10400 220 115 73.9 88.1 | 213 88 47.2 74.0 31 240 10668 215 117 67.1 95.8 | 206 91 40.4 81.8 32 228 10973 215 116 66.5 95.0 | 206 90 39.8 81.0 33 223 11122 215 119 68.3 97.5 | 206 93 41.5 83.4 34 214 11379 225 130 91.9 91.9 | 220 102 65.2 77.9 35 207 11582 225 130 91.9 91.9 | 220 102 65.2 77.9 36 200 11800 225 121 85.6 85.6 | 219 93 58.8 71.5 37 188 12192 230 118 90.4 75.8 | 226 89 63.7 61.8 38 170 12802 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 246 74 67.5 29.9 39 162 13106 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 246 74 67.5 29.9 40 150 13590 230 69 52.9 44.4 | 221 40 26.1 30.3 41 147 13716 230 69 52.9 44.4 | 221 40 26.1 30.3 42 140 14021 220 71 45.6 54.4 | 205 45 18.9 40.3 43 133 14326 215 81 46.5 66.4 | 201 56 19.7 52.3 44 121 14935 230 97 74.3 62.4 | 225 68 47.6 48.3 45 115 15240 240 91 78.8 45.5 | 239 61 52.1 31.4 46 109 15545 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 247 50 45.8 19.7 47 104 15850 230 63 48.3 40.5 | 219 34 21.5 26.4 48 100 16100 240 74 64.1 37.0 | 238 44 37.3 22.9 49 99 16154 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 230 46 35.5 29.5 50 94 16459 245 81 73.4 34.2 | 247 51 46.7 20.2 51 90 16764 250 81 76.1 27.7 | 255 51 49.4 13.6 52 85 17069 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 282 25 24.5 -5.0 53 81 17374 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 276 19 18.7 -1.9 54 77 17678 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 227 26 19.1 18.1 55 74 17983 235 66 54.1 37.9 | 229 36 27.3 23.8 56 70 18288 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 248 27 24.9 10.0 57 70 18290 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 258 30 29.6 6.5 58 67 18593 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 257 33 32.5 7.5 59 63 18898 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 279 29 28.4 -4.3 60 60 19202 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 286 32 31.0 -9.0 61 57 19507 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 294 24 22.1 -9.8 62 55 19812 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 279 29 28.4 -4.3 63 52 20117 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 279 29 28.4 -4.3 64 50 20350 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 291 27 25.1 -9.5 65 49 20422 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 289 29 27.1 -9.4 66 47 20726 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 305 33 27.1 -18.8 67 43 21336 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 336 27 10.9 -24.2 68 40 21641 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 352 25 3.3 -25.0 69 38 21946 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 321 28 17.6 -21.9 70 37 22250 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 352 29 4.1 -28.4 71 35 22555 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 357 27 1.4 -27.2 72 33 22860 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 1 24 -0.4 -23.6 73 30 23460 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 320 29 18.6 -22.0 74 30 23470 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 308 12 9.7 -7.6 75 25 24079 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 352 37 5.2 -36.4 76 23 24384 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 345 36 9.6 -35.1 77 19 24994 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 13 37 -8.1 -36.3 78 16 25603 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 354 40 3.9 -39.8 79 14 25908 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 347 40 9.3 -39.3 80 13 26213 310 45 34.5 -28.9 | 350 44 7.7 -43.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.4 neg: -20.6 tot: 291.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 197.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 139 9 77 33| 19.6 0.0 19.6|166.7 0.0 166.7 333.3 0.92| 21.3 19.5 1000 193 16 95 23| 17.1 0.0 17.1|243.6 0.0 243.6 243.6 0.82| 20.2 16.6 1500 202 22 109 20| 14.5 0.0 14.5|292.1 0.0 292.1 194.8 0.86| 16.9 14.5 2000 209 25 118 17| 9.3 0.0 9.3|304.4 -11.2 293.2 146.6 0.62| 17.0 10.5 2500 213 26 123 15| 7.4 0.0 7.5|306.0 -13.2 292.7 117.1 0.60| 13.9 8.4 3000 215 28 128 14| 6.2 0.8 7.0|312.4 -20.6 291.8 97.3 0.55| 12.7 7.0 4000 213 30 136 15| 4.6 2.5 7.1|337.2 -27.8 309.4 77.3 0.48| 11.7 5.6 5000 211 34 149 18| 5.6 2.0 7.6|489.2 -39.3 449.9 90.0 0.53| 11.7 6.2 6000 212 40 165 21| 6.3 1.7 8.0|660.8 -39.3 621.5 103.6 0.56| 11.4 6.4 Wrote GIF file: 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