UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for KBMX... Searching the city database file for: KBMX ... Date:0000Z 21 MAR 20 Station: KBMX WMO ident: 72230 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -86.77 Elevation: 178.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 178 20.6 14.6 68 6.0 16.8 340 11 293.5 295.4 289.8 323.4 10.47 1 1000 199 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 16.0 335 13 293.5 295.3 289.2 321.3 9.70 2 929 829 14.2 11.8 85 2.4 12.7 329 24 293.5 295.1 288.8 320.3 9.40 3 925 866 14.4 11.8 84 2.6 12.8 330 25 294.0 295.7 289.0 321.1 9.44 4 893 1165 15.8 13.3 85 2.5 14.2 252 13 298.5 300.4 291.7 330.0 10.81 5 866 1425 14.0 12.4 90 1.6 13.0 232 15 299.2 301.1 291.7 329.9 10.50 6 850 1583 14.2 10.1 76 4.1 11.7 230 19 301.0 302.7 291.2 328.1 9.17 7 847 1613 14.0 9.7 75 4.3 11.4 230 19 301.1 302.8 291.0 327.6 8.95 8 791 2185 9.0 7.0 87 2.0 7.8 236 25 301.7 303.2 290.4 325.4 7.97 9 785 2249 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616.5 0.01 78 24 25224 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.1 260 32 640.6 640.6 322.3 640.6 0.01 79 20 26410 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.1 255 38 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 80 18 27100 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -52.2 269 51 711.3 711.3 324.8 711.5 0.02 81 18 27100 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -50.3 269 51 720.7 720.8 325.1 721.1 0.04 82 15 28323 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -50.0 255 41 765.3 765.3 326.4 765.8 0.05 83 14 28789 -41.9 -77.9 1 36.0 -49.7 242 40 784.0 784.0 326.8 784.6 0.07 84 12 29825 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -52.0 243 39 807.9 808.0 327.4 808.5 0.05 85 11 30407 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -52.0 229 32 830.5 830.5 328.0 831.0 0.06 86 11 30407 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -50.9 229 32 838.5 838.5 328.1 839.3 0.08 87 10 31050 -42.7 -78.7 1 36.0 -51.5 210 25 860.2 860.2 328.6 861.0 0.08 88 9.9 31118 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.4 863.4 863.4 328.7 864.3 0.09 89 8.6 32060 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -54.3 881.7 881.7 329.1 882.3 0.06 90 7.1 33339 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -53.5 944.6 944.6 330.2 945.6 0.10 TRP 195 12387 -61.3 -68.3 39 7.0 -61.4 245 76 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.02 WND 177 12990 -59.4 -70.6 22 11.2 -59.6 255 98 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.00 m Freezing level: 631.08 mb = 4023.82 m = 13201.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.54 mb = 3334.72 m = 10940.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.91 mb = 931.34 m = 3055.55 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 866.0- 708.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.39 mb = 2076.12 m = 6811.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47996.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.69 mb = 1148.86 m = 3769.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 269 at 29 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 1003 178 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 67 27 -25.0 -10.9 1 1000 199 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 62 26 -23.2 -12.3 2 953 610 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 43 24 -16.7 -17.7 3 925 866 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 36 27 -16.2 -22.2 4 920 914 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 36 27 -16.2 -22.2 5 887 1219 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 104 21 -20.5 5.2 6 850 1583 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 130 18 -14.2 11.7 7 825 1829 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 139 18 -11.9 13.6 8 795 2134 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 149 16 -8.3 13.8 9 767 2438 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 141 14 -8.8 11.0 10 739 2743 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 159 12 -4.3 10.9 11 700 3190 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 186 21 2.4 21.3 12 660 3658 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 187 32 3.8 32.0 13 635 3962 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 181 35 0.8 34.7 14 611 4267 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 197 33 9.6 31.6 15 566 4877 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 226 37 26.5 25.3 16 504 5791 230 59 45.2 37.9 | 204 41 16.5 37.4 17 500 5850 230 59 45.2 37.9 | 204 41 16.5 37.4 18 484 6096 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 212 40 21.2 34.5 19 429 7010 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 230 45 34.7 29.1 20 400 7530 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 229 42 32.0 27.8 21 395 7620 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 229 42 32.0 27.8 22 319 9144 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 222 46 31.0 34.0 23 300 9570 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 228 40 29.3 26.5 24 279 10058 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 243 33 29.2 15.0 25 250 10800 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 222 30 20.2 22.3 26 221 11582 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 208 35 16.3 31.0 27 200 12230 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 230 46 35.6 29.5 28 195 12387 245 76 68.9 32.1 | 232 51 40.1 31.6 29 177 12990 255 98 94.7 25.4 | 249 70 65.9 24.8 30 174 13106 255 98 94.7 25.4 | 249 70 65.9 24.8 31 166 13411 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 239 48 40.8 24.8 32 150 14021 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 241 59 51.1 28.6 33 150 14030 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 240 57 49.3 27.9 34 123 15240 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 238 46 38.9 24.1 35 100 16510 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 254 42 40.2 11.6 36 91 17069 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 231 29 22.9 18.3 37 74 18288 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 224 50 34.5 36.0 38 70 18630 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 262 37 37.0 5.2 39 60 19507 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 174 30 -3.0 30.1 40 55 20117 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 182 7 0.2 7.2 41 50 20650 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 180 20 -0.1 19.6 42 49 20726 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 175 18 -1.7 18.4 43 45 21336 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 226 23 16.4 15.9 44 39 22250 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 216 6 3.8 5.2 45 37 22555 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 223 13 8.9 9.6 46 35 22860 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 289 13 12.1 -4.1 47 33 23165 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 255 11 11.1 3.0 48 32 23470 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 218 11 7.0 9.1 49 30 23774 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 135 3 -1.8 1.8 50 30 23800 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 120 7 -6.1 3.5 51 27 24384 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 237 12 9.7 6.3 52 24 25298 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 200 5 1.8 4.9 53 20 26410 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 221 12 8.0 9.3 54 19 26822 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 219 18 11.7 14.2 55 18 27127 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 271 22 22.3 -0.5 56 17 27432 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 257 14 14.1 3.2 57 16 28042 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 207 19 8.4 16.8 58 15 28346 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 227 15 10.9 10.1 59 14 28651 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 186 21 2.4 21.3 60 14 28956 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 218 18 10.7 13.8 61 12 29566 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 187 27 3.4 26.5 62 12 29870 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 200 17 5.7 15.5 63 10 31050 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 142 27 -16.2 21.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 6.6 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.3 neg: -97.5 tot: 85.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 233.03 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 329 17 52 25| 0.0 12.0 12.0| 0.0 -76.5 -76.5 -153.0 -0.96| 12.2-11.6 1000 324 19 47 24| 0.0 8.5 8.5| 71.6 -92.1 -20.5 -20.5 0.11| 23.0 2.5 1500 302 18 54 17| 0.0 8.9 8.9|121.9 -92.1 29.8 19.9 0.26| 19.3 5.1 2000 277 19 74 10| 1.3 6.7 8.0|143.2 -92.1 51.1 25.5 0.31| 15.9 5.0 2500 265 20 99 9| 1.7 5.4 7.0|152.0 -97.5 54.5 21.8 0.31| 13.9 4.3 3000 257 22 121 8| 1.4 6.6 8.0|183.3 -97.5 85.8 28.6 0.36| 13.8 4.9 4000 242 28 162 13| 1.5 6.3 7.8|239.6-123.8 115.8 29.0 0.32| 13.0 4.1 5000 241 34 183 16| 2.7 5.3 8.0|426.9-174.2 252.7 50.5 0.37| 13.1 4.9 6000 239 38 192 20| 2.7 4.7 7.4|497.7-276.9 220.8 36.8 0.31| 12.4 3.8 Wrote GIF file: 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