UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for KBMX... Searching the city database file for: KBMX ... Date:1200Z 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 133 0 0 SFC 995 178 18.2 17.7 97 0.5 17.9 0 0 291.8 294.1 291.2 328.3 12.91 2 985 265 18.0 17.1 94 0.9 17.4 336 5 292.4 294.6 291.2 328.0 12.55 3 947 601 17.6 16.9 96 0.7 17.1 242 24 295.3 297.6 292.3 332.3 12.89 4 925 802 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.2 245 25 296.5 298.7 292.3 332.2 12.38 5 880 1227 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 245 24 298.7 300.8 292.3 332.2 11.49 6 850 1520 12.4 11.3 93 1.1 11.7 240 24 299.1 300.9 291.2 328.2 9.94 7 841 1609 11.8 10.6 92 1.2 11.1 239 23 299.4 301.2 291.0 327.5 9.59 8 727 2816 4.8 3.4 91 1.4 4.0 214 16 304.5 305.7 290.2 324.8 6.73 9 722 2872 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 217 17 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.2 6.45 10 700 3123 0.8 -10.2 44 11.0 -3.5 230 22 303.4 303.8 285.8 311.2 2.51 11 693 3203 -0.5 -17.5 26 17.0 -6.0 234 24 302.8 303.1 284.3 307.3 1.39 12 688 3261 0.0 -15.0 31 15.0 -5.2 236 26 304.0 304.3 285.1 309.5 1.73 13 678 3378 -0.3 -19.3 22 19.0 -6.2 242 29 304.9 305.2 284.9 308.9 1.22 14 664 3545 1.6 -21.4 16 23.0 -5.6 249 34 308.9 309.1 286.2 312.3 1.04 15 651 3704 1.2 -22.8 15 24.0 -6.1 255 37 310.2 310.4 286.5 313.3 0.94 16 640 3841 2.2 -23.8 13 26.0 -5.7 256 38 312.8 313.0 287.3 315.8 0.87 17 612 4200 -0.9 -32.9 7 32.0 -8.5 259 40 313.3 313.4 287.0 314.7 0.39 18 542 5153 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -12.6 260 50 314.4 314.6 288.4 319.1 1.40 19 528 5354 -10.7 -26.7 26 16.0 -14.6 260 52 315.0 315.2 288.1 317.9 0.81 20 518 5501 -11.9 -27.9 25 16.0 -15.6 260 53 315.3 315.5 288.1 317.9 0.74 21 506 5679 -13.5 -20.5 56 7.0 -15.5 260 54 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.5 1.48 22 501 5755 -13.9 -18.3 69 4.4 -15.2 260 55 315.9 316.3 289.3 321.9 1.80 23 500 5770 -14.1 -18.4 70 4.3 -15.4 260 55 315.8 316.2 289.3 321.8 1.79 24 482 6048 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.5 260 71 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.3 2.06 25 477 6127 -13.7 -16.2 81 2.5 -14.5 260 75 320.6 321.1 291.2 328.2 2.26 26 460 6402 -15.9 -17.3 89 1.4 -16.3 262 78 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.4 2.14 27 448 6601 -17.5 -21.9 68 4.4 -18.7 264 81 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.7 1.48 28 415 7169 -21.7 -26.7 64 5.0 -22.8 268 87 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.04 29 402 7403 -22.5 -31.5 44 9.0 -24.2 270 90 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.7 0.68 30 400 7440 -22.9 -31.9 44 9.0 -24.5 270 90 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.66 31 395 7532 -23.7 -31.7 48 8.0 -25.2 270 91 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.8 0.68 32 383 7756 -25.7 -37.7 32 12.0 -27.4 270 93 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.39 33 373 7947 -27.5 -38.5 34 11.0 -29.0 271 95 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.37 34 367 8064 -28.1 -39.1 34 11.0 -29.5 271 96 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.35 35 354 8321 -29.7 -51.7 10 22.0 -31.5 272 98 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.09 36 338 8649 -31.9 -55.9 7 24.0 -33.5 273 101 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 37 301 9457 -38.3 -52.3 22 14.0 -39.2 275 112 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 38 300 9480 -38.5 -52.5 22 14.0 -39.4 275 112 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 39 265 10328 -42.7 -64.7 7 22.0 -43.5 282 124 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.02 40 250 10720 -45.9 -64.9 10 19.0 -46.4 285 129 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 41 247 10800 -46.5 -64.5 11 18.0 -47.0 286 130 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 42 237 11074 -48.7 -58.7 30 10.0 -49.0 288 135 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 43 225 11414 -51.5 -59.6 37 8.2 -51.7 290 139 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.05 44 224 11443 -51.7 -59.7 38 8.0 -51.9 290 139 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 45 202 12107 -56.9 -64.9 36 8.0 -57.1 290 134 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 46 200 12170 -56.9 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.1 290 134 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 47 196 12298 -57.3 -66.3 31 9.0 -57.5 290 129 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 48 188 12561 -56.7 -68.7 21 12.0 -56.9 290 113 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 49 165 13383 -59.5 -74.5 13 15.0 -59.7 276 89 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 50 161 13537 -58.3 -74.3 11 16.0 -58.5 279 90 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 51 150 13980 -60.1 -77.1 9 17.0 -60.3 285 84 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 52 141 14363 -62.9 -79.9 8 17.0 -63.0 285 70 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 53 136 14585 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.3 285 62 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 54 132 14767 -64.9 -81.9 8 17.0 -65.0 283 59 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 55 125 15098 -65.5 -82.5 8 17.0 -65.6 278 57 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 56 119 15396 -67.1 -83.1 9 16.0 -67.2 280 62 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 57 112 15760 -68.3 -86.3 6 18.0 -68.4 284 65 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.2 0.00 58 104 16205 -67.7 -84.7 7 17.0 -67.8 281 57 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 59 100 16440 -68.3 -85.3 7 17.0 -68.4 280 52 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 60 88 17203 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 265 54 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 61 83 17551 -68.3 -86.3 6 18.0 -68.4 267 50 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 62 77 18000 -70.5 -88.5 5 18.0 -70.6 269 46 421.9 421.9 307.9 421.9 0.00 63 75 18157 -69.1 -87.1 6 18.0 -69.2 269 44 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 64 71 18485 -69.3 -87.3 6 18.0 -69.4 280 40 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 65 70 18570 -67.7 -86.7 5 19.0 -67.8 285 39 439.5 439.6 309.8 439.6 0.00 66 64 19109 -69.1 -88.1 5 19.0 -69.2 283 40 447.9 447.9 310.7 447.9 0.00 67 62 19300 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.5 282 41 458.2 458.2 311.6 458.2 0.00 68 57 19810 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.9 280 42 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 69 54 20139 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.6 291 33 481.2 481.3 313.5 481.3 0.00 70 50 20610 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.2 285 20 490.5 490.5 314.2 490.6 0.00 71 44 21390 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.7 293 29 510.3 510.3 315.7 510.3 0.00 72 43 21531 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.4 300 21 519.5 519.5 316.3 519.6 0.00 73 35 22797 -64.3 -93.3 1 29.0 -64.8 257 42 544.8 544.8 317.8 544.8 0.00 74 33 23158 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.3 272 42 558.3 558.3 318.5 558.3 0.00 75 32 23348 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.5 280 41 568.6 568.6 319.1 568.6 0.00 76 30 23750 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -61.2 285 39 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.3 0.00 77 28 24180 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -61.3 288 37 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.8 0.00 78 22 25701 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.5 268 39 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.4 0.01 79 20 26310 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.0 265 50 668.7 668.7 323.4 668.8 0.01 80 18 26989 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.0 259 54 694.2 694.3 324.3 694.3 0.01 81 17 27356 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.9 256 56 698.0 698.0 324.4 698.1 0.01 82 16 27745 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.6 258 60 712.2 712.2 324.8 712.3 0.01 83 14 28610 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.5 260 61 756.2 756.2 326.1 756.4 0.02 84 13 29095 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -55.0 260 59 771.0 771.0 326.5 771.2 0.02 85 12 29621 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -53.6 260 57 798.0 798.0 327.2 798.3 0.03 86 10 30830 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.5 250 72 846.0 846.0 328.3 846.5 0.05 87 9.9 30897 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -53.7 847.7 847.7 328.4 848.2 0.05 88 9.3 31313 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -52.7 871.3 871.4 328.8 872.0 0.07 89 9.1 31461 -39.7 -76.7 1 37.0 -50.5 895.2 895.2 329.4 896.5 0.12 90 8.6 31847 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -50.9 909.0 909.1 329.6 910.4 0.13 TRP 88 17203 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 265 54 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 WND 225 11414 -51.5 -59.6 37 8.2 -51.7 290 139 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.00 m Freezing level: 695.69 mb = 3172.46 m = 10408.21 ft Freezing level: 688.00 mb = 3261.20 m = 10699.36 ft Freezing level: 688.00 mb = 3261.20 m = 10699.36 ft Freezing level: 675.79 mb = 3404.57 m = 11169.71 ft Freezing level: 620.13 mb = 4095.68 m = 13437.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.03 mb = 2996.19 m = 9829.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.94 mb = 239.03 m = 784.20 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 25.06 C Layer 925.0- 688.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.93 mb = 1055.02 m = 3461.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.91 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 26.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 359.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.79 mb = 730.38 m = 2396.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.79 mb = 1541.85 m = 5058.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.79 mb = 3743.97 m = 12283.21 ft B at Equ Level: 147.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.79 mb = 11333.41 m = 37182.65 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 282 at 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 178 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 102 25 -24.5 5.0 1 946 610 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 168 17 -3.7 17.0 2 925 802 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 173 16 -1.9 15.6 3 913 914 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 173 16 -1.9 15.6 4 881 1219 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 170 15 -2.8 15.2 5 850 1520 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 168 17 -3.7 17.0 6 819 1829 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 157 19 -7.3 17.1 7 789 2134 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 154 18 -8.1 16.5 8 761 2438 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 148 23 -12.3 19.6 9 733 2743 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 137 25 -17.0 18.0 10 700 3123 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 158 21 -7.7 19.2 11 654 3658 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 218 18 11.2 14.6 12 605 4267 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 231 19 14.9 12.0 13 560 4877 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 240 26 22.8 13.4 14 500 5770 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 244 33 29.6 14.6 15 499 5791 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 242 30 26.7 14.1 16 479 6096 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 250 53 49.3 18.1 17 400 7440 270 90 90.0 -0.0 | 266 66 65.5 5.0 18 390 7620 270 92 92.0 -0.0 | 266 68 67.5 5.0 19 315 9144 275 106 105.6 -9.2 | 273 81 81.1 -4.2 20 300 9480 275 112 111.6 -9.8 | 273 87 87.1 -4.7 21 250 10720 285 129 124.6 -33.4 | 286 104 100.1 -28.3 22 230 11278 290 139 130.6 -47.5 | 292 114 106.1 -42.5 23 225 11414 290 139 130.6 -47.5 | 292 114 106.1 -42.5 24 200 12170 290 134 125.9 -45.8 | 292 109 101.4 -40.8 25 199 12192 290 135 126.9 -46.2 | 292 110 102.3 -41.1 26 181 12802 290 98 92.1 -33.5 | 293 73 67.6 -28.5 27 164 13411 275 89 88.7 -7.8 | 272 64 64.1 -2.7 28 156 13716 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 286 67 64.3 -18.8 29 150 13980 285 84 81.1 -21.7 | 286 59 56.6 -16.7 30 135 14630 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 287 35 33.4 -10.5 31 122 15240 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 270 31 31.3 0.2 32 116 15545 285 69 66.6 -17.9 | 287 44 42.1 -12.8 33 100 16440 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 279 27 26.7 -4.0 34 88 17203 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 252 31 29.3 9.7 35 73 18288 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 255 19 18.5 5.0 36 70 18570 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 291 14 13.2 -5.1 37 57 19812 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 278 17 16.8 -2.3 38 52 20422 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 14 8 -2.0 -8.0 39 50 20610 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 88 5 -5.2 -0.1 40 49 20726 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 107 6 -5.8 1.7 41 44 21336 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 317 8 5.6 -5.9 42 42 21641 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 70 12 -11.4 -4.1 43 40 21946 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 134 17 -12.4 12.0 44 38 22250 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 168 22 -4.6 21.8 45 35 22860 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 236 23 18.8 12.7 46 31 23470 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 291 15 14.1 -5.3 47 30 23750 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 291 14 13.2 -5.1 48 27 24384 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 308 12 9.3 -7.3 49 23 25298 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 236 9 7.5 5.0 50 20 26310 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 250 27 25.3 9.4 51 17 27432 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 237 35 29.6 19.5 52 15 28042 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 247 42 38.5 16.2 53 12 29870 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 244 34 30.6 14.8 54 10 30830 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 235 52 43.1 29.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.8 neg: -100.3 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 6.69 Bulk Shear: 53.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 240 14 133 17| 0.0 25.1 25.1| 45.7 -36.2 9.5 19.0 0.30| 37.0 11.2 1000 243 19 152 16| 0.7 12.5 13.2| 50.2 -39.6 10.6 10.6 0.29| 19.7 5.7 1500 242 21 157 16| 0.5 7.8 8.3| 50.2 -50.9 -0.7 -0.5 0.20| 14.5 2.9 2000 241 21 157 17| 0.4 5.2 5.6| 50.2 -65.0 -14.8 -7.4 0.12| 11.7 1.5 2500 237 20 155 18| 0.3 3.5 3.7| 50.2 -98.8 -48.6 -19.5 0.00| 11.1 0.0 3000 235 20 154 18| 1.8 2.9 4.7|106.8-100.3 6.6 2.2 0.15| 11.1 1.6 4000 242 24 168 17| 4.1 2.2 6.2|213.7-100.3 113.4 28.4 0.36| 11.1 4.0 5000 248 28 186 16| 3.8 2.1 5.9|242.3-100.3 142.1 28.4 0.37| 10.0 3.7 6000 252 33 205 17| 5.0 2.0 7.0|316.4-101.3 215.2 35.9 0.34| 10.6 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBMX/skewt/KBMX.skewt.20200324.12.gif