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 KBOI... Searching the city database file for: KBOI ... Date:1200Z 24 MAR 20 Station: KBOI WMO ident: 72681 Latitude: 43.57 Longitude: -116.22 Elevation: 874.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 925 768 SFC 913 874 6.2 -0.8 61 7.0 3.0 300 4 286.7 287.4 280.4 298.0 3.95 3 850 1457 2.0 -6.0 55 8.0 -1.2 290 13 288.2 288.7 279.8 296.6 2.87 4 838 1571 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.1 294 12 288.4 288.8 279.7 296.3 2.69 5 738 2576 -7.7 -8.9 91 1.2 -8.1 274 6 289.5 290.0 280.1 297.3 2.64 6 700 2986 -8.9 -10.2 90 1.3 -9.4 235 18 292.6 293.1 281.4 300.1 2.51 7 659 3452 -11.1 -12.5 89 1.4 -11.5 232 27 295.2 295.6 282.2 302.0 2.22 8 517 5268 -25.5 -29.1 72 3.6 -26.1 240 38 299.1 299.2 281.8 301.3 0.67 9 500 5510 -27.7 -34.7 51 7.0 -28.5 240 40 299.3 299.3 281.6 300.6 0.40 10 491 5639 -29.1 -38.1 42 9.0 -30.0 240 41 299.1 299.2 281.4 300.1 0.29 11 435 6491 -34.3 -51.3 16 17.0 -35.3 242 52 303.1 303.1 282.7 303.3 0.08 12 400 7070 -38.1 -53.1 19 15.0 -38.8 245 60 305.5 305.5 283.7 305.7 0.07 13 351 7961 -43.9 -55.9 25 12.0 -44.3 245 69 309.3 309.3 285.1 309.5 0.06 14 329 8393 -47.5 -50.2 74 2.7 -47.6 245 74 310.1 310.1 285.5 310.5 0.12 15 318 8618 -48.9 -53.9 56 5.0 -49.1 246 79 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.5 0.08 16 313 8722 -49.5 -59.5 30 10.0 -49.7 247 83 311.8 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.04 17 301 8978 -49.9 -65.9 14 16.0 -50.2 250 93 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.8 0.02 18 300 9000 -49.9 -65.9 14 16.0 -50.2 250 94 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.02 19 298 9044 -50.1 -66.0 14 15.9 -50.4 250 95 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.4 0.02 20 262 9879 -53.7 -67.7 16 14.0 -53.9 250 84 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.02 21 250 10180 -53.9 -67.9 16 14.0 -54.1 250 86 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.02 22 201 11597 -49.1 -75.1 3 26.0 -49.6 255 74 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 23 200 11630 -49.1 -75.1 3 26.0 -49.6 255 73 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 24 150 13510 -53.3 -76.3 4 23.0 -53.7 255 59 378.2 378.2 302.0 378.3 0.01 25 120 14937 -56.3 -77.3 5 21.0 -56.7 259 55 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.01 TRP 262 9879 -53.7 -67.7 16 14.0 -53.9 250 84 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.02 WND 298 9044 -50.1 -66.0 14 15.9 -50.4 250 95 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.4 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5390.00 m Freezing level: 826.51 mb = 1686.86 m = 5534.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 867.45 mb = 1291.33 m = 4236.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.48 % Est. max temperature: 8.68 C = 47.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.82 mb = 1744.76 m = 5724.20 ft T: -0.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 850.0- 738.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.77 mb = 2429.71 m = 7971.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.81 C = 47.85 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 22.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9782.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.73 mb = 2253.37 m = 7392.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 913 874 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 88 18 -17.7 -0.7 1 908 914 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 88 18 -17.7 -0.7 2 875 1219 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 55 7 -6.1 -4.2 3 850 1457 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 70 9 -8.9 -3.2 4 843 1524 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 5 811 1829 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 80 12 -11.7 -2.2 6 780 2134 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 87 13 -13.4 -0.8 7 750 2438 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 91 15 -15.2 0.2 8 722 2743 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 96 16 -16.1 1.7 9 700 2986 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 151 13 -6.4 11.6 10 694 3048 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 134 13 -9.7 9.3 11 640 3658 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 192 24 4.9 23.1 12 590 4267 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 199 18 5.7 16.8 13 544 4877 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 208 22 10.1 19.3 14 500 5510 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 212 25 13.5 21.3 15 460 6096 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 218 31 18.7 24.3 16 400 7070 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 231 43 33.3 26.6 17 369 7620 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 233 47 37.8 28.7 18 322 8534 245 76 68.9 32.1 | 235 58 47.8 33.4 19 300 9000 250 94 88.3 32.1 | 244 75 67.2 33.4 20 298 9044 250 95 89.3 32.5 | 244 76 68.1 33.8 21 293 9144 250 95 89.3 32.5 | 244 76 68.1 33.8 22 262 9879 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 243 65 57.8 30.0 23 250 10180 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 243 67 59.7 30.7 24 232 10668 250 80 75.2 27.4 | 242 61 54.0 28.6 25 211 11278 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 242 63 55.9 29.3 26 200 11630 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 248 53 49.4 20.2 27 175 12497 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 237 39 32.4 20.8 28 150 13510 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 245 39 35.9 16.5 29 115 14935 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 252 34 32.1 10.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.3 neg: -27.8 tot: 104.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 66.22 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 291 11 76 11| 0.0 10.4 10.4| 2.0 -19.3 -17.3 -34.7 -0.39| 13.1 -5.1 1000 292 11 75 11| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 10.1 -19.3 -9.3 -9.3 -0.12| 9.0 -1.1 1500 290 10 79 12| 0.0 1.0 1.0| 17.6 -19.3 -1.7 -1.1 -0.00| 7.2 -0.0 2000 286 9 84 12| 0.0 2.6 2.6| 42.8 -19.3 23.5 11.7 0.23| 7.7 1.8 2500 269 11 98 10| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 96.0 -27.8 68.1 27.2 0.41| 10.0 4.1 3000 254 15 126 9| 1.4 4.0 5.4|132.3 -27.8 104.4 34.8 0.44| 10.3 4.6 4000 247 19 159 10| 1.0 3.5 4.6|155.5 -27.8 127.6 31.9 0.45| 8.9 4.0 5000 244 23 180 11| 0.8 3.6 4.4|179.4 -27.8 151.5 30.3 0.45| 7.9 3.6 6000 243 28 197 14| 1.9 3.0 4.9|251.1 -27.8 223.3 37.2 0.47| 7.8 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBOI/skewt/KBOI.skewt.20200324.12.gif