UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for KBMX... Searching the city database file for: KBMX ... Date:0000Z 24 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 158 0 0 SFC 998 178 20.6 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 0 0 293.9 296.5 293.0 334.9 14.35 2 995 204 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 356 1 293.6 295.9 292.1 331.3 13.25 3 973 396 19.0 16.3 84 2.7 17.2 322 11 294.4 296.6 291.4 329.0 12.06 4 941 682 16.8 15.0 89 1.8 15.7 288 22 295.0 297.1 291.2 328.0 11.47 5 925 828 16.6 12.3 76 4.3 13.9 295 21 296.3 298.0 290.1 324.5 9.76 6 902 1042 15.6 10.6 72 5.0 12.6 289 24 297.4 299.0 289.8 323.4 8.93 7 853 1514 12.4 10.7 89 1.7 11.3 265 34 298.8 300.6 290.7 326.7 9.51 8 850 1544 12.2 10.5 89 1.7 11.2 265 34 298.9 300.6 290.7 326.5 9.42 9 773 2335 7.8 5.2 84 2.6 6.3 259 33 302.4 303.7 289.9 323.9 7.19 10 732 2783 5.4 4.1 91 1.3 4.6 265 32 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.7 7.03 11 721 2907 4.4 1.6 82 2.8 2.9 263 30 304.8 305.9 289.6 322.9 5.97 12 700 3148 3.6 1.5 86 2.1 2.5 260 28 306.5 307.6 290.3 325.1 6.10 13 687 3300 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 2.0 260 27 307.5 308.6 290.5 325.8 6.00 14 657 3661 0.4 -1.8 85 2.2 -0.7 265 30 308.5 309.4 290.0 324.3 5.11 15 650 3747 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.7 266 32 309.0 309.7 289.0 320.7 3.76 16 635 3934 -0.7 -6.7 64 6.0 -3.4 267 36 310.2 310.9 289.3 321.7 3.64 17 630 3997 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.2 268 38 310.7 311.2 288.3 318.6 2.44 18 623 4086 -1.1 -18.1 26 17.0 -6.8 268 40 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.4 1.47 19 612 4228 -1.7 -27.7 12 26.0 -8.6 270 44 312.4 312.5 286.9 314.6 0.64 20 580 4654 -4.9 -26.9 16 22.0 -10.6 270 47 313.5 313.6 287.4 316.0 0.73 21 570 4791 -5.1 -52.1 1 47.0 -12.1 270 46 314.8 314.8 287.1 315.0 0.05 22 548 5100 -6.7 -54.7 1 48.0 -13.3 263 49 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.04 23 508 5688 -10.9 -39.9 7 29.0 -16.0 268 56 318.3 318.3 288.5 319.2 0.23 24 505 5733 -10.9 -32.9 14 22.0 -15.6 269 56 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.5 0.47 25 500 5810 -11.3 -20.3 47 9.0 -14.0 270 57 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.4 1.52 26 499 5825 -11.3 -19.3 52 8.0 -13.8 270 57 319.4 319.8 290.3 325.1 1.66 27 483 6073 -12.9 -15.6 80 2.7 -13.8 275 58 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.35 28 458 6475 -15.1 -16.7 88 1.6 -15.6 277 62 322.6 323.1 291.8 330.3 2.26 29 446 6674 -15.9 -19.3 75 3.4 -16.9 278 64 324.1 324.4 291.8 330.5 1.86 30 430 6947 -18.1 -22.0 71 3.9 -19.2 280 66 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.0 1.53 31 407 7353 -21.9 -23.5 87 1.6 -22.3 284 67 324.9 325.2 291.7 329.8 1.41 32 400 7480 -22.1 -24.0 85 1.9 -22.6 285 67 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.1 1.37 33 394 7591 -23.1 -25.3 82 2.2 -23.6 281 69 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.7 1.24 34 389 7685 -23.1 -28.0 64 4.9 -24.1 280 69 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.1 0.98 35 377 7915 -24.7 -29.1 67 4.4 -25.6 281 70 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.7 0.91 36 362 8210 -26.9 -32.9 57 6.0 -27.9 282 72 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.7 0.66 37 341 8639 -30.3 -36.3 56 6.0 -31.2 283 74 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.50 38 329 8894 -32.3 -41.3 40 9.0 -33.3 284 75 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.31 39 312 9267 -35.3 -43.3 44 8.0 -36.1 286 75 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.27 40 300 9540 -37.5 -42.5 60 5.0 -37.9 290 73 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.30 41 277 10081 -42.7 -45.5 74 2.8 -42.9 293 74 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.24 42 271 10227 -43.9 -47.3 69 3.4 -44.1 294 75 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.20 43 263 10426 -45.7 -52.7 45 7.0 -46.0 295 76 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 44 250 10760 -48.5 -54.5 50 6.0 -48.7 295 82 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 45 235 11168 -50.5 -55.4 56 4.9 -50.7 298 92 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.09 46 229 11337 -51.5 -58.5 43 7.0 -51.7 299 97 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 47 216 11717 -53.9 -60.9 42 7.0 -54.1 302 106 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 48 205 12053 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 305 115 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 49 200 12210 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 305 114 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 50 186 12664 -59.5 -74.5 13 15.0 -59.6 297 101 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 51 175 13042 -61.7 -80.7 6 19.0 -61.9 291 90 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.00 52 168 13294 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.2 291 87 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.00 53 163 13480 -61.3 -82.3 5 21.0 -61.4 292 87 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 54 152 13909 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.4 295 85 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 55 150 13990 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.4 295 85 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 56 137 14543 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.6 295 70 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 57 132 14769 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.0 295 67 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 58 112 15754 -70.3 -93.3 2 23.0 -70.4 285 57 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 59 100 16430 -69.1 -92.1 2 23.0 -69.2 280 66 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 60 95 16738 -67.5 -92.5 2 25.0 -67.6 281 59 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 61 88 17196 -69.9 -94.9 1 25.0 -70.0 283 49 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 62 80 17763 -69.7 -94.7 1 25.0 -69.8 281 40 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 63 77 17993 -66.3 -93.3 1 27.0 -66.5 272 43 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.00 64 74 18234 -65.5 -92.5 1 27.0 -65.7 262 45 437.3 437.3 309.6 437.3 0.00 65 70 18570 -67.9 -93.9 1 26.0 -68.1 270 50 439.1 439.1 309.8 439.1 0.00 66 65 19014 -68.7 -95.7 1 27.0 -68.8 289 41 446.8 446.8 310.6 446.8 0.00 67 60 19498 -64.7 -92.7 1 28.0 -65.0 285 35 466.1 466.1 312.3 466.1 0.00 68 56 19916 -66.9 -94.9 1 28.0 -67.1 249 41 470.3 470.3 312.7 470.3 0.00 69 50 20600 -67.1 -96.1 1 29.0 -67.3 275 41 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 70 46 21104 -66.9 -95.9 1 29.0 -67.2 264 27 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 71 37 22445 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.3 267 23 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.5 0.00 72 30 23760 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -60.1 255 40 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.5 0.00 73 29 23974 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.9 258 41 593.1 593.1 320.3 593.1 0.00 74 27 24426 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.7 266 44 603.1 603.1 320.7 603.1 0.00 75 25 24915 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.1 271 48 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.7 0.01 76 24 25175 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.3 274 50 629.0 629.0 321.9 629.0 0.01 77 20 26340 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -57.0 265 44 668.7 668.7 323.4 668.8 0.01 78 18 27011 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -58.3 259 49 684.8 684.8 323.9 684.8 0.01 79 16 27762 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.9 256 54 714.8 714.8 324.9 714.9 0.01 80 15 28174 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -58.0 256 56 724.1 724.1 325.2 724.2 0.01 81 14 28616 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.8 257 58 744.6 744.6 325.8 744.8 0.02 82 13 29094 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -55.5 257 60 768.2 768.2 326.4 768.4 0.02 83 13 29094 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.9 257 60 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.8 0.03 84 11 30190 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -54.5 259 66 814.5 814.5 327.6 814.9 0.04 85 10 30820 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -53.2 260 69 848.2 848.2 328.4 848.8 0.06 86 9.9 30887 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.4 260 69 856.6 856.7 328.5 857.3 0.06 87 9.7 31023 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -52.7 260 69 859.4 859.4 328.6 860.1 0.07 88 9.2 31378 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -51.4 260 69 884.7 884.8 329.1 885.8 0.10 89 8.9 31601 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.9 260 69 890.1 890.1 329.2 891.1 0.10 90 8.4 31992 -40.5 -77.5 1 37.0 -51.2 260 69 912.8 912.8 329.7 914.1 0.12 91 7.9 32408 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -52.1 260 69 924.1 924.2 329.9 925.5 0.12 92 7.0 33230 -38.9 -75.9 1 37.0 -51.5 260 69 968.2 968.3 330.7 970.4 0.18 TRP 112 15754 -70.3 -93.3 2 23.0 -70.4 285 57 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 WND 205 12053 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 305 115 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.00 m Freezing level: 650.00 mb = 3746.66 m = 12292.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.78 mb = 3565.69 m = 11698.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.85 mb = 327.03 m = 1072.92 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 995.0- 853.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1384.56 m = 4542.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.47 mb = 1000.29 m = 3281.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.47 mb = 2901.79 m = 9520.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 711.47 mb = 3015.55 m = 9893.42 ft B at Equ Level: 15.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 601.47 mb = 4365.90 m = 14323.65 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 298 at 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 178 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 118 27 -24.1 12.8 1 949 610 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 158 8 -2.9 7.1 2 925 828 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 128 6 -5.1 3.9 3 916 914 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 130 5 -4.2 3.5 4 883 1219 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 197 8 2.5 8.1 5 852 1524 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 212 19 9.7 15.8 6 850 1544 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 212 19 9.7 15.8 7 821 1829 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 211 22 11.3 19.0 8 791 2134 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 212 19 9.7 15.8 9 763 2438 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 198 22 6.8 21.1 10 735 2743 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 206 17 7.7 15.6 11 700 3148 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 191 18 3.4 17.7 12 682 3353 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 185 17 1.5 17.3 13 656 3658 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 200 16 5.8 15.4 14 608 4267 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 238 24 20.9 12.8 15 585 4572 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 241 26 22.9 12.8 16 563 4877 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 240 25 21.9 12.8 17 541 5182 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 230 34 26.1 21.7 18 500 5810 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 249 35 32.9 12.8 19 481 6096 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 257 35 33.6 7.7 20 426 7010 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 268 42 41.9 1.2 21 400 7480 285 67 64.7 -17.3 | 276 41 40.6 -4.5 22 392 7620 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 269 44 43.8 0.8 23 317 9144 285 76 73.4 -19.7 | 278 50 49.3 -6.9 24 300 9540 290 73 68.6 -25.0 | 285 46 44.5 -12.2 25 265 10363 295 75 68.0 -31.7 | 293 48 43.8 -18.9 26 250 10760 295 82 74.3 -34.7 | 294 55 50.2 -21.9 27 205 12053 305 115 94.2 -66.0 | 307 88 70.1 -53.2 28 201 12192 305 115 94.2 -66.0 | 307 88 70.1 -53.2 29 200 12210 305 114 93.4 -65.4 | 307 87 69.3 -52.6 30 173 13106 290 88 82.7 -30.1 | 286 61 58.6 -17.3 31 150 13990 295 85 77.0 -35.9 | 294 58 52.9 -23.1 32 135 14630 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 293 40 36.6 -15.5 33 122 15240 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 293 39 35.7 -15.1 34 116 15545 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 293 36 33.0 -13.8 35 112 15754 285 57 55.1 -14.8 | 274 31 30.9 -2.0 36 100 16430 280 66 65.0 -11.5 | 268 41 40.9 1.3 37 81 17678 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 259 14 13.5 2.7 38 73 18288 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 226 30 21.2 20.8 39 70 18570 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 244 29 25.9 12.8 40 66 18898 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 276 15 15.3 -1.6 41 60 19507 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 249 10 9.7 3.7 42 57 19812 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 202 32 12.1 29.7 43 52 20422 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 237 24 19.9 12.8 44 50 20600 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 241 19 16.7 9.2 45 49 20726 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 221 10 6.4 7.4 46 47 21031 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 178 17 -0.5 17.0 47 44 21336 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 228 14 10.7 9.7 48 42 21641 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 249 16 15.3 5.9 49 38 22250 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 274 4 4.0 -0.3 50 36 22555 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 165 19 -4.8 18.0 51 35 22860 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 170 25 -4.2 24.3 52 33 23165 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 188 20 2.9 20.0 53 30 23760 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 212 27 14.5 23.1 54 27 24384 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 230 26 19.7 16.6 55 24 25298 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 253 28 26.7 8.4 56 20 26213 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 229 25 18.7 16.5 57 20 26340 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 230 26 19.7 16.6 58 17 27432 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 225 37 26.1 26.3 59 10 30820 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 241 50 43.8 24.8 60 7 33230 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 241 50 43.8 24.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.6 neg: -88.8 tot: -38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 81.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 285 12 128 15| 0.0 22.3 22.3| 18.7 -37.9 -19.2 -38.4 0.07| 26.9 1.8 1000 288 18 134 10| 0.0 13.5 13.5| 28.0 -42.0 -14.0 -14.0 0.16| 18.6 2.9 1500 280 22 167 9| 0.0 12.0 12.0| 38.1 -42.6 -4.4 -3.0 0.18| 17.0 3.1 2000 273 26 187 11| 0.3 9.0 9.3| 39.4 -47.0 -7.6 -3.8 0.16| 13.9 2.2 2500 270 27 192 13| 0.3 6.8 7.1| 49.6 -67.3 -17.7 -7.1 0.11| 12.8 1.4 3000 269 27 194 14| 0.2 5.0 5.2| 50.6 -88.8 -38.3 -12.8 0.03| 11.7 0.4 4000 268 29 198 15| 2.0 3.7 5.7|126.3 -94.7 31.6 7.9 0.19| 11.2 2.1 5000 268 32 211 16| 2.0 3.6 5.6|143.5-135.2 8.3 1.7 0.14| 10.5 1.4 6000 268 36 221 19| 2.8 3.0 5.8|297.0-135.2 161.8 27.0 0.26| 10.2 2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBMX/skewt/KBMX.skewt.20200324.00.gif