UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:0000Z 23 MAR 20 Station: KBUF WMO ident: 72528 Latitude: 42.93 Longitude: -78.73 Elevation: 215.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 215 2.0 -8.0 47 10.0 -1.4 70 10 274.8 275.1 271.5 280.6 2.08 1 1000 261 1.4 -9.6 44 11.0 -2.2 75 14 274.5 274.9 270.9 279.7 1.84 2 968 522 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -4.2 97 16 274.8 275.1 270.7 279.3 1.58 3 925 884 -1.3 -16.3 31 15.0 -5.4 135 20 278.0 278.2 271.9 281.4 1.16 4 909 1023 -2.1 -17.1 31 15.0 -6.1 147 21 278.5 278.7 272.2 281.8 1.10 5 850 1551 -6.3 -20.3 32 14.0 -9.6 175 25 279.5 279.7 272.4 282.2 0.89 6 841 1634 -6.9 -20.9 32 14.0 -10.1 178 22 279.8 279.9 272.5 282.3 0.86 7 823 1803 -4.7 -51.7 1 47.0 -10.3 184 15 283.8 283.8 273.4 284.0 0.04 8 811 1919 -4.3 186 13 285.5 9 781 2214 -6.1 -54.1 1 48.0 -11.5 197 10 286.6 286.6 274.9 286.7 0.03 10 767 2356 -5.1 208 9 289.2 11 746 2574 -6.1 -53.1 1 47.0 -11.6 219 7 290.4 290.4 276.9 290.5 0.04 12 723 2818 -6.7 -28.7 16 22.0 -11.2 234 7 292.3 292.4 278.6 293.9 0.49 13 720 2851 -6.7 -25.7 20 19.0 -10.9 238 8 292.7 292.8 279.0 294.8 0.65 14 716 2894 -6.7 -17.7 41 11.0 -9.8 243 9 293.2 293.4 280.1 297.3 1.33 15 700 3070 -7.5 -18.5 41 11.0 -10.5 265 13 294.2 294.4 280.5 298.1 1.27 16 645 3702 -12.3 -22.3 43 10.0 -14.6 253 23 295.7 295.9 280.8 298.8 0.99 17 641 3750 -12.5 -23.5 39 11.0 -15.0 257 24 296.0 296.2 280.8 298.9 0.90 18 637 3798 -12.5 -21.5 47 9.0 -14.7 260 25 296.5 296.7 281.3 299.9 1.08 19 631 3870 -12.7 -23.7 39 11.0 -15.2 266 26 297.1 297.3 281.3 300.0 0.89 20 618 4029 -13.7 -23.7 43 10.0 -15.9 273 28 297.7 297.9 281.6 300.7 0.91 21 611 4115 -13.9 -27.9 30 14.0 -16.7 270 29 298.5 298.6 281.5 300.5 0.63 22 600 4253 -14.5 -31.5 22 17.0 -17.5 266 31 299.3 299.4 281.7 300.9 0.46 23 577 4549 -16.5 -32.5 24 16.0 -19.1 267 38 300.4 300.4 282.1 301.8 0.43 24 554 4854 -18.7 -25.7 54 7.0 -20.1 270 46 301.3 301.4 283.0 304.0 0.85 25 548 4935 -17.3 -20.5 76 3.2 -18.1 269 47 303.9 304.1 284.7 308.3 1.36 26 541 5032 -16.7 -19.4 80 2.7 -17.4 268 48 305.7 306.0 285.5 310.6 1.52 27 509 5488 -19.9 -22.7 78 2.8 -20.5 262 52 307.2 307.4 285.7 311.2 1.21 28 500 5620 -20.1 -22.6 80 2.5 -20.7 260 53 308.5 308.8 286.2 312.6 1.24 29 497 5664 -20.3 -22.7 81 2.4 -20.8 260 53 308.8 309.1 286.4 312.9 1.24 30 452 6357 -25.3 -28.6 74 3.3 -25.9 254 51 311.0 311.2 286.6 313.8 0.80 31 437 6600 -26.3 -29.9 72 3.6 -26.9 252 54 312.8 312.9 287.2 315.3 0.73 32 413 7004 -29.7 -32.7 75 3.0 -30.1 250 59 313.5 313.6 287.3 315.6 0.59 33 400 7230 -31.7 -35.3 70 3.6 -32.1 250 63 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.5 0.47 34 377 7646 -34.5 -39.5 60 5.0 -35.0 250 69 315.4 315.5 287.6 316.6 0.33 35 321 8749 -43.7 -48.6 58 4.9 -43.9 257 71 317.6 317.6 288.1 318.1 0.14 36 300 9200 -47.5 -53.5 50 6.0 -47.7 260 77 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.7 0.09 37 250 10380 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.8 255 98 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.02 38 245 10507 -58.5 -66.5 35 8.0 -58.6 255 103 320.9 320.9 289.0 321.0 0.02 39 243 10558 -58.6 -66.6 35 8.0 -58.7 255 105 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.02 40 242 10584 -58.7 -66.7 35 8.0 -58.8 255 105 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 41 239 10662 -57.9 -66.9 31 9.0 -58.0 255 105 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 42 231 10876 -57.9 -71.9 15 14.0 -58.0 258 94 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.3 0.01 43 210 11470 -62.3 -76.3 14 14.0 -62.4 265 62 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.5 0.01 44 200 11770 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.6 255 67 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 45 193 11991 -61.5 -76.5 12 15.0 -61.6 252 70 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.8 0.01 46 187 12187 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -61.8 250 72 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.01 47 183 12322 -58.3 -75.3 10 17.0 -58.5 252 74 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.01 48 180 12426 -57.9 -75.9 8 18.0 -58.1 254 75 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 49 167 12900 -57.7 -77.7 6 20.0 -57.9 262 74 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 50 165 12976 -56.5 -77.5 5 21.0 -56.8 263 70 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 51 159 13212 -56.7 -78.7 5 22.0 -57.0 265 64 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 52 156 13332 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -57.9 265 65 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.00 53 150 13580 -58.1 -81.1 4 23.0 -58.3 265 67 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 54 134 14290 -59.1 -82.1 4 23.0 -59.3 265 70 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 55 128 14576 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -60.9 265 72 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 56 119 15030 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.5 265 74 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 57 114 15297 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 266 75 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 58 110 15520 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.5 268 76 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 59 100 16110 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -62.7 275 78 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 60 87 16965 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.1 275 64 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 61 70 18300 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -62.8 270 66 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 62 66 18664 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -61.9 270 68 460.5 460.5 311.8 460.5 0.00 63 63 18952 -63.3 -91.3 1 28.0 -63.6 270 61 462.7 462.7 312.0 462.7 0.00 64 62 19050 -62.3 -91.3 1 29.0 -62.7 270 59 467.0 467.0 312.4 467.0 0.00 65 54 19900 -64.7 -92.7 1 28.0 -65.0 270 69 480.3 480.3 313.5 480.3 0.00 66 50 20370 -64.7 -92.7 1 28.0 -65.0 270 70 491.0 491.0 314.3 491.0 0.00 67 47 20747 -65.1 -93.1 1 28.0 -65.4 268 69 498.8 498.8 314.9 498.8 0.00 68 45 21013 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.3 267 68 510.4 510.4 315.7 510.4 0.00 69 35 22548 -65.7 -93.7 1 28.0 -66.1 275 70 541.1 541.1 317.6 541.1 0.00 70 34 22725 -64.1 -94.1 1 30.0 -64.6 267 68 549.9 549.9 318.1 549.9 0.00 71 30 23490 -64.3 -94.3 1 30.0 -64.8 265 81 569.3 569.3 319.1 569.4 0.00 72 25 24600 -66.5 -95.5 1 29.0 -67.0 279 86 593.5 593.5 320.3 593.5 0.00 73 20 25990 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -57.0 265 77 668.7 668.7 323.4 668.8 0.01 74 16 27417 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.9 265 78 706.3 706.3 324.6 706.4 0.01 75 15 27829 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.8 262 77 724.8 724.8 325.2 724.9 0.01 76 14 28270 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -58.7 258 82 735.8 735.8 325.6 735.9 0.01 77 13 28744 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -58.3 255 94 754.3 754.4 326.1 754.5 0.01 78 12 29264 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -54.1 252 106 795.2 795.2 327.1 795.5 0.04 79 11 29834 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -55.9 253 110 806.5 806.5 327.4 806.7 0.03 80 10 30460 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -54.2 260 103 841.5 841.5 328.2 841.9 0.04 81 9.8 30593 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -54.4 845.6 845.6 328.3 846.0 0.04 82 8.6 31472 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -50.5 912.1 912.2 329.7 913.7 0.14 83 7.8 32142 -38.3 -75.3 1 37.0 -50.7 941.1 941.2 330.2 943.2 0.18 84 7.6 32322 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -50.1 955.4 955.5 330.5 957.8 0.21 TRP 210 11470 -62.3 -76.3 14 14.0 -62.4 265 62 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.5 0.01 WND 243 10558 -58.6 -66.6 35 8.0 -58.7 255 105 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5359.00 m Freezing level: 980.52 mb = 419.66 m = 1376.81 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.03 % Est. max temperature: 6.71 C = 44.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.85 mb = 1460.30 m = 4790.95 ft T: -5.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 1.28 C Layer 1000.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 489.53 mb = 5774.86 m = 18946.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Cap Strength: 22.62 C Lifted Index: 23.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.92 C Showalter Index: 22.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.80 C Cross Totals Index: -0.20 C K Index: -17.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 252.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64061.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 23.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.64 mb = 2188.00 m = 7178.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 at 20 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 1005 215 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 89 30 -29.6 -0.7 1 1000 261 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 89 34 -33.7 -0.9 2 957 610 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 101 37 -36.6 7.2 3 925 884 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 116 38 -34.3 16.9 4 921 914 140 20 -12.9 15.3 | 119 38 -33.0 18.1 5 887 1219 160 23 -7.9 21.6 | 131 37 -28.0 24.4 6 853 1524 175 25 -2.2 24.9 | 141 36 -22.4 27.7 7 850 1551 175 25 -2.2 24.9 | 141 36 -22.4 27.7 8 820 1829 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 131 25 -19.0 16.7 9 789 2134 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 127 23 -18.3 13.6 10 759 2438 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 121 18 -15.6 9.3 11 730 2743 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 111 18 -16.6 6.3 12 700 3070 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 118 8 -7.2 3.9 13 648 3658 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 188 11 1.4 10.6 14 622 3962 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 267 7 6.7 0.4 15 598 4267 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 243 12 10.7 5.5 16 552 4877 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 264 27 26.8 2.8 17 500 5620 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 250 34 32.0 12.0 18 468 6096 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 240 30 26.2 15.2 19 412 7010 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 237 42 35.3 22.9 20 400 7230 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 238 46 39.0 24.3 21 378 7620 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 239 52 44.7 26.4 22 302 9144 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 253 53 50.7 15.3 23 300 9200 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 254 58 55.7 16.1 24 250 10380 255 98 94.7 25.4 | 249 80 74.5 28.1 25 243 10558 255 105 101.4 27.2 | 250 87 81.2 29.9 26 239 10668 255 105 101.4 27.2 | 250 87 81.2 29.9 27 210 11470 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 259 42 41.6 8.2 28 206 11582 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 252 42 39.9 13.3 29 200 11770 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 246 49 44.5 20.1 30 187 12192 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 240 55 47.5 27.4 31 170 12802 260 80 78.8 13.9 | 254 61 58.6 16.6 32 162 13106 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 259 43 42.6 8.2 33 150 13580 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 260 47 46.6 8.6 34 115 15240 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 260 55 54.5 9.3 35 100 16110 275 78 77.7 -6.8 | 274 58 57.5 -4.0 36 81 17374 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 273 38 37.6 -2.3 37 70 18288 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 267 46 45.8 2.8 38 70 18300 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 267 46 45.8 2.8 39 67 18593 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 267 49 48.8 2.8 40 60 19202 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 266 36 35.8 2.8 41 55 19812 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 267 49 48.8 2.8 42 50 20370 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 267 50 49.8 2.8 43 43 21336 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 260 47 46.6 8.6 44 35 22555 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 274 50 49.6 -3.3 45 33 22860 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 252 47 44.8 14.2 46 30 23490 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 261 61 60.5 9.8 47 26 24384 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 274 63 62.5 -4.5 48 25 24689 280 87 85.7 -15.1 | 281 67 65.5 -12.4 49 21 25603 280 84 82.7 -14.6 | 281 64 62.5 -11.8 50 20 25990 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 260 57 56.5 9.5 51 19 26213 255 78 75.3 20.2 | 247 60 55.2 22.9 52 17 27127 265 73 72.7 6.4 | 260 53 52.5 9.1 53 16 27432 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 261 58 57.5 9.6 54 15 28042 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 254 57 54.7 16.0 55 11 29566 250 113 106.2 38.6 | 244 95 86.0 41.4 56 10 30460 260 103 101.4 17.9 | 256 84 81.3 20.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.9 neg: -73.0 tot: 268.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 229.98 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 95 16 97 36| 13.8 0.0 13.8|108.2 0.0 108.2 216.4 0.71| 16.5 11.6 1000 123 18 109 38| 12.9 0.0 12.9|267.6 0.0 267.6 267.6 0.85| 16.5 14.0 1500 143 20 120 37| 8.2 0.0 8.2|328.5 -17.8 310.7 207.1 0.69| 15.6 10.8 2000 151 18 123 34| 4.6 0.0 4.6|328.5 -50.5 278.0 139.0 0.49| 14.1 6.8 2500 157 16 124 32| 3.1 0.0 3.1|328.5 -73.0 255.5 102.2 0.36| 12.6 4.5 3000 166 15 126 29| 4.3 0.0 4.3|341.9 -73.0 268.9 89.6 0.36| 12.6 4.5 4000 205 17 145 22| 4.1 1.1 5.2|376.6 -78.8 297.8 74.4 0.42| 12.5 5.3 5000 239 22 175 14| 4.6 1.6 6.2|404.8-102.3 302.5 60.5 0.37| 12.2 4.5 6000 248 27 201 14| 3.8 1.8 5.6|404.8-186.1 218.7 36.4 0.25| 11.3 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200323.00.gif