UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for KBMX... Searching the city database file for: KBMX ... Date:0000Z 25 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 83 SFC 990 178 25.6 14.6 51 11.0 18.4 210 8 299.6 301.5 291.9 330.7 10.61 2 978 284 25.0 13.0 47 12.0 17.2 212 13 300.1 301.8 291.3 328.4 9.66 3 969 364 24.4 12.4 47 12.0 16.7 214 17 300.2 302.0 291.1 327.8 9.37 4 925 763 20.8 11.8 56 9.0 15.1 220 29 300.6 302.3 291.3 328.4 9.44 5 850 1487 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.2 225 32 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.5 8.62 6 846 1527 13.8 8.8 72 5.0 10.8 227 32 301.0 302.6 290.6 325.9 8.43 7 817 1820 12.0 6.0 67 6.0 8.6 239 36 302.1 303.4 289.9 323.6 7.19 8 779 2218 9.0 6.2 83 2.8 7.4 248 37 303.0 304.5 290.5 325.9 7.65 9 744 2598 7.0 2.0 70 5.0 4.3 255 36 304.9 306.0 289.6 322.9 5.95 10 702 3075 5.0 2.9 86 2.1 3.8 264 45 307.8 309.0 291.2 328.4 6.73 11 700 3098 4.8 2.8 87 2.0 3.7 265 45 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.3 6.70 12 684 3286 3.4 2.3 92 1.1 2.8 267 49 308.3 309.5 291.3 328.6 6.62 13 678 3357 2.8 1.0 88 1.8 1.8 267 51 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.1 6.08 14 671 3441 2.4 -0.7 80 3.1 0.8 268 53 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.6 5.42 15 664 3526 3.2 -1.4 72 4.6 0.8 269 55 310.7 311.7 290.8 326.9 5.20 16 653 3661 2.6 -3.4 65 6.0 -0.3 270 58 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.8 4.56 17 587 4512 -4.7 -7.8 79 3.1 -6.0 265 59 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.2 3.62 18 577 4647 -4.5 -11.5 58 7.0 -7.2 265 59 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.75 19 558 4910 -6.5 -15.5 49 9.0 -9.6 265 59 315.1 315.5 289.3 321.8 2.05 20 550 5023 -6.7 -31.7 12 25.0 -12.4 266 61 316.1 316.2 288.1 317.9 0.49 21 546 5080 -6.9 -33.9 10 27.0 -12.8 266 61 316.6 316.6 288.1 318.0 0.40 22 516 5518 -10.9 -29.9 19 19.0 -15.2 269 67 316.9 317.0 288.4 319.1 0.62 23 505 5683 -10.7 -53.7 2 43.0 -16.3 270 69 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.3 0.05 24 500 5760 -11.1 -58.1 1 47.0 -16.6 270 70 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.6 0.03 25 494 5853 -11.1 -58.1 1 47.0 -16.6 270 70 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.7 0.03 26 440 6732 -17.3 -42.3 9 25.0 -21.0 270 82 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.21 27 414 7186 -20.5 -51.5 4 31.0 -23.8 270 90 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.08 28 407 7312 -20.9 -55.9 3 35.0 -24.3 270 93 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.05 29 400 7440 -21.9 -54.9 3 33.0 -25.1 270 95 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.7 0.06 30 343 8546 -31.9 -59.9 5 28.0 -33.6 278 103 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.03 31 333 8755 -32.5 -61.5 4 29.0 -34.1 279 105 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.03 32 305 9366 -37.5 -60.5 7 23.0 -38.6 277 108 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.04 33 300 9480 -37.3 -64.3 4 27.0 -38.5 275 108 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.02 34 296 9573 -37.5 -74.5 1 37.0 -38.7 276 109 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 35 276 10053 -40.3 -75.3 1 35.0 -41.3 280 115 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.5 0.01 36 250 10720 -45.7 -74.7 2 29.0 -46.3 285 124 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 37 243 10909 -47.3 -74.3 3 27.0 -47.9 285 126 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.5 0.01 38 242 10936 -47.4 -74.7 3 27.3 -48.0 285 126 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 39 222 11504 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -50.4 287 125 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.00 40 200 12180 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -55.0 290 124 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.00 41 189 12540 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -57.7 294 123 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.00 42 187 12607 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -57.3 293 120 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.00 43 173 13097 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.3 285 102 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.00 44 153 13866 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -59.9 288 97 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 45 150 13990 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -60.7 290 91 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 46 146 14158 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -61.7 288 83 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 47 138 14506 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.7 285 72 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 48 131 14824 -65.1 -95.1 1 30.0 -65.2 285 69 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 49 127 15013 -64.9 -94.9 1 30.0 -65.0 285 67 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 50 116 15560 -68.5 -97.5 1 29.0 -68.6 280 64 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 51 109 15933 -68.7 -97.7 1 29.0 -68.8 274 63 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 52 105 16157 -67.1 -96.1 1 29.0 -67.2 270 63 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 53 100 16450 -68.7 -96.7 1 28.0 -68.8 265 63 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 54 94 16818 -70.9 -98.9 1 28.0 -71.0 270 67 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 55 89 17143 -69.7 -97.7 1 28.0 -69.8 271 61 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 56 84 17486 -71.1 -99.1 1 28.0 -71.2 272 54 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 57 81 17703 -67.5 -96.5 1 29.0 -67.7 273 50 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 58 72 18411 -68.7 -97.7 1 29.0 -68.8 283 37 433.9 433.9 309.3 433.9 0.00 59 70 18580 -67.1 -96.1 1 29.0 -67.2 295 34 440.8 440.8 310.0 440.8 0.00 60 66 18938 -65.7 -94.7 1 29.0 -65.9 289 26 451.4 451.4 311.0 451.4 0.00 61 65 19031 -64.1 -94.1 1 30.0 -64.4 288 24 456.8 456.8 311.5 456.8 0.00 62 55 20049 -67.7 -96.7 1 29.0 -67.9 268 23 470.9 470.9 312.7 470.9 0.00 63 54 20161 -64.9 -94.9 1 30.0 -65.2 265 23 479.9 479.9 313.4 479.9 0.00 64 52 20391 -66.1 -95.1 1 29.0 -66.4 265 30 482.3 482.3 313.6 482.3 0.00 65 50 20630 -65.3 -94.3 1 29.0 -65.6 270 29 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 66 45 21274 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.6 268 23 509.9 509.9 315.7 509.9 0.00 67 41 21845 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.8 279 25 523.2 523.2 316.5 523.2 0.00 68 37 22479 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.8 298 21 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.00 69 36 22650 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.1 294 19 556.5 556.5 318.5 556.5 0.00 70 30 23800 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 235 26 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 71 27 24465 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -60.2 244 28 601.4 601.4 320.7 601.4 0.00 72 25 24951 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.9 240 44 622.8 622.8 321.6 622.8 0.01 73 23 25482 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.7 262 54 639.0 639.0 322.3 639.1 0.01 74 22 25767 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -56.2 265 51 653.1 653.1 322.8 653.2 0.01 75 20 26380 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.1 270 48 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.5 0.01 76 16 27821 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -56.1 258 47 718.7 718.7 325.0 718.8 0.02 77 15 28240 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.8 256 47 738.7 738.7 325.6 738.9 0.02 78 14 28691 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.6 257 52 755.5 755.5 326.1 755.7 0.02 79 13 29177 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -53.8 258 58 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.5 0.03 80 12 29704 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -54.2 259 63 794.5 794.5 327.1 794.8 0.03 81 12 29704 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -53.0 259 63 801.6 801.6 327.3 801.9 0.04 82 11 30283 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -52.8 262 67 825.4 825.4 327.8 825.9 0.05 83 10 30920 -44.7 -80.7 1 36.0 -52.5 270 59 852.7 852.7 328.5 853.3 0.06 84 9.9 30987 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -52.5 855.9 855.9 328.5 856.5 0.06 85 9.3 31411 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -50.0 893.4 893.5 329.3 895.0 0.14 86 8.8 31790 -39.7 -76.7 1 37.0 -50.7 903.8 903.9 329.5 905.2 0.13 87 8.0 32445 -37.7 -75.7 1 38.0 -50.3 936.7 936.8 330.1 938.6 0.16 TRP 94 16818 -70.9 -98.9 1 28.0 -71.0 270 67 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 WND 242 10936 -47.4 -74.7 3 27.3 -48.0 285 126 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.00 m Freezing level: 629.49 mb = 3964.34 m = 13006.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.11 mb = 3622.97 m = 11886.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.60 mb = 1560.70 m = 5120.35 ft T: 13.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 4.80 C Layer 850.0- 779.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.71 mb = 2178.03 m = 7145.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.53 mb = 1876.42 m = 6156.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.53 mb = 4383.32 m = 14380.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 576.53 mb = 4653.56 m = 15267.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 556.53 mb = 4930.59 m = 16176.29 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 289 at 36 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 178 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 122 35 -29.7 18.2 1 942 610 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 156 37 -15.1 33.5 2 925 763 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 156 37 -15.1 33.5 3 909 914 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 157 37 -14.4 34.3 4 877 1219 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 159 38 -13.8 35.0 5 850 1487 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 162 36 -11.1 33.9 6 816 1829 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 175 29 -2.5 29.3 7 786 2134 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 183 28 1.6 27.8 8 758 2438 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 175 20 -1.8 19.8 9 731 2743 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 190 22 3.9 21.4 10 700 3098 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 216 19 11.1 15.2 11 652 3658 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 245 27 24.3 11.3 12 604 4267 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 237 30 25.1 16.4 13 559 4877 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 237 30 25.1 16.4 14 500 5760 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 253 38 36.3 11.3 15 478 6096 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 253 38 36.3 11.3 16 400 7440 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 260 62 61.3 11.3 17 390 7620 275 94 93.6 -8.2 | 267 60 59.9 3.1 18 315 9144 280 109 107.3 -18.9 | 276 74 73.6 -7.6 19 300 9480 275 108 107.6 -9.4 | 269 74 73.9 1.9 20 250 10720 285 124 119.8 -32.1 | 284 89 86.1 -20.8 21 242 10936 285 126 121.7 -32.6 | 284 91 88.0 -21.3 22 241 10973 285 126 121.7 -32.6 | 284 91 88.0 -21.3 23 200 12180 290 124 116.5 -42.4 | 291 88 82.8 -31.1 24 190 12497 295 124 112.4 -52.4 | 298 89 78.7 -41.1 25 173 13106 285 101 97.6 -26.1 | 283 66 63.8 -14.8 26 157 13716 285 104 100.5 -26.9 | 283 69 66.7 -15.6 27 150 13990 290 91 85.5 -31.1 | 291 55 51.8 -19.8 28 142 14326 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 282 39 37.8 -7.9 29 122 15240 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 281 29 28.1 -5.3 30 100 16450 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 240 34 29.0 16.8 31 94 16818 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 251 35 33.3 11.3 32 74 18288 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 213 9 5.1 7.9 33 70 18580 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 43 4 -2.9 -3.1 34 63 19202 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 113 16 -14.4 6.1 35 57 19812 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 136 9 -6.1 6.4 36 54 20117 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 138 18 -11.8 13.2 37 52 20422 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 169 14 -2.8 14.0 38 50 20630 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 157 12 -4.7 11.3 39 47 21031 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 123 13 -11.1 7.3 40 45 21336 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 141 17 -10.8 13.3 41 39 22250 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 105 10 -9.3 2.4 42 37 22555 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 95 16 -16.4 1.3 43 35 22860 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 112 18 -16.3 6.6 44 30 23774 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 157 29 -11.6 26.8 45 30 23800 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 155 29 -12.4 26.2 46 27 24384 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 153 25 -11.1 21.9 47 25 24994 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 189 34 5.2 33.8 48 24 25298 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 226 30 21.4 21.0 49 21 26213 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 230 17 13.3 11.3 50 20 26380 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 232 18 14.3 11.3 51 17 27432 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 226 22 16.1 15.7 52 16 28042 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 203 25 9.7 22.9 53 11 30175 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 235 40 33.2 23.1 54 10 30920 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 246 28 25.3 11.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.9 neg: -14.7 tot: 398.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 159.22 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 218 20 142 34| 21.8 0.0 21.8|197.4 0.0 197.4 394.7 0.99| 21.9 21.8 1000 219 25 150 35| 10.9 1.0 11.8|213.7 0.0 213.7 213.7 0.99| 11.9 11.7 1500 222 27 154 35| 8.7 0.6 9.3|273.1 0.0 273.1 182.1 0.93| 10.8 10.0 2000 228 30 160 33| 7.9 0.5 8.3|329.1 0.0 329.1 164.5 0.88| 10.6 9.4 2500 234 31 163 31| 6.4 0.4 6.8|349.5 -14.7 334.9 133.9 0.73| 10.7 7.8 3000 239 33 169 29| 7.2 0.3 7.5|412.9 -14.7 398.2 132.7 0.77| 11.0 8.5 4000 250 39 187 24| 6.9 0.8 7.6|469.0 -39.8 429.2 107.3 0.69| 10.4 7.1 5000 255 43 199 24| 5.9 0.7 6.6|496.1 -44.5 451.6 90.3 0.68| 8.8 6.0 6000 259 47 212 24| 5.7 0.6 6.3|557.6 -44.5 513.1 85.5 0.68| 8.2 5.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBMX/skewt/KBMX.skewt.20200325.00.gif