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 KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:1200Z 24 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 189 295 5 SFC 996 215 2.2 0.1 86 2.1 1.3 295 5 275.7 276.3 274.7 286.2 3.86 2 993 240 2.2 -2.8 69 5.0 0.3 295 5 275.9 276.4 273.8 284.5 3.13 3 925 814 -2.9 -5.0 85 2.1 -3.7 305 9 276.3 276.8 273.6 284.2 2.84 4 916 891 -3.5 -5.2 88 1.7 -4.1 309 8 276.5 277.0 273.6 284.4 2.83 5 878 1225 -5.9 -7.3 90 1.4 -6.4 306 8 277.4 277.8 273.7 284.4 2.51 6 870 1297 -4.3 -8.6 72 4.3 -5.7 320 8 279.8 280.2 274.7 286.3 2.29 7 864 1351 -4.5 -10.5 63 6.0 -6.4 330 9 280.1 280.5 274.5 285.8 1.99 8 853 1452 -5.3 -20.3 30 15.0 -8.9 350 9 280.3 280.5 272.9 283.0 0.89 9 851 1471 -4.9 -17.9 35 13.0 -8.2 353 9 280.9 281.1 273.5 284.2 1.10 10 850 1480 -4.3 -14.3 46 10.0 -7.2 355 9 281.6 281.9 274.5 286.0 1.48 11 847 1508 -3.5 -8.3 69 4.8 -5.1 352 9 282.8 283.2 276.5 289.7 2.41 12 841 1564 -3.1 -7.1 74 4.0 -4.6 347 10 283.8 284.2 277.4 291.4 2.66 13 796 1999 -3.7 -8.2 71 4.5 -5.3 312 18 287.6 288.1 279.1 295.2 2.58 14 775 2210 -4.5 -11.5 58 7.0 -6.8 304 24 289.0 289.3 279.1 295.0 2.04 15 755 2415 -5.9 -11.9 63 6.0 -7.8 300 26 289.6 290.0 279.4 295.7 2.03 16 740 2572 -7.3 -13.3 62 6.0 -9.2 300 26 289.8 290.1 279.2 295.3 1.85 17 700 3001 -11.5 -14.7 77 3.2 -12.4 295 27 289.7 290.1 279.1 295.0 1.74 18 684 3178 -13.3 -15.3 85 2.0 -13.9 292 28 289.7 290.0 279.0 294.8 1.70 19 680 3222 -12.9 -16.0 78 3.1 -13.7 292 29 290.6 290.9 279.3 295.5 1.61 20 673 3302 -10.3 -24.3 31 14.0 -13.5 290 29 294.4 294.5 280.0 296.9 0.79 21 667 3371 -10.7 -25.7 28 15.0 -13.9 289 30 294.7 294.8 280.0 296.9 0.71 22 635 3747 -13.9 -23.9 43 10.0 -16.0 282 33 295.2 295.4 280.4 298.0 0.87 23 601 4162 -16.7 -28.7 35 12.0 -18.8 269 34 296.7 296.8 280.7 298.6 0.59 24 583 4391 -16.1 -44.1 7 28.0 -19.4 259 32 299.9 300.0 281.5 300.4 0.13 25 568 4587 -16.9 -42.9 9 26.0 -20.1 250 29 301.2 301.3 282.1 301.8 0.15 26 559 4707 -16.3 -46.3 6 30.0 -19.8 258 29 303.3 303.4 282.9 303.7 0.11 27 536 5022 -18.1 -47.1 6 29.0 -21.2 275 28 304.8 304.9 283.5 305.2 0.10 28 523 5206 -18.3 -50.3 4 32.0 -21.5 279 27 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.0 0.07 29 500 5540 -20.9 -50.9 5 30.0 -23.7 265 31 307.6 307.6 284.5 307.8 0.07 30 414 6907 -30.9 -57.9 5 27.0 -32.4 254 31 311.7 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.04 31 400 7150 -33.1 -57.1 7 24.0 -34.4 255 30 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.1 0.04 32 327 8530 -44.7 -59.7 17 15.0 -45.2 266 25 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.7 0.04 33 300 9100 -48.9 -61.9 21 13.0 -49.2 260 22 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.03 34 281 9529 -52.3 -62.3 29 10.0 -52.5 256 24 317.5 317.5 288.0 317.6 0.03 35 266 9883 -54.9 -64.9 28 10.0 -55.1 262 24 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.02 36 253 10204 -56.7 -68.7 21 12.0 -56.8 268 26 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.7 0.01 37 250 10280 -56.9 -68.9 21 12.0 -57.1 270 27 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.5 0.01 38 243 10460 -56.5 -71.5 13 15.0 -56.7 270 32 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.7 0.01 39 228 10862 -57.7 -78.7 5 21.0 -57.9 270 42 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.8 0.00 40 225 10945 -56.7 -80.7 3 24.0 -56.9 270 44 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.00 41 212 11321 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -57.3 270 54 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.7 0.00 42 205 11533 -56.9 270 59 340.2 43 201 11658 -55.7 270 62 344.1 44 200 11690 -55.7 270 63 344.6 45 195 11851 -55.3 274 66 347.7 46 183 12253 -56.5 276 67 352.1 47 171 12684 -54.3 277 67 362.7 48 160 13109 -53.9 279 68 370.3 49 150 13520 -55.5 280 68 374.5 50 136 14144 -57.3 278 73 381.9 51 123 14782 -56.5 275 79 394.5 52 122 14834 -56.6 275 79 395.3 53 114 15264 -57.3 285 74 401.7 54 110 15490 -58.7 281 73 403.2 55 103 15904 -58.9 273 70 410.4 56 100 16090 -58.1 270 69 415.5 57 81 17413 -59.5 279 56 438.4 58 75 17896 -57.9 276 48 451.5 59 70 18330 -58.7 270 50 458.8 60 63 18988 -60.1 266 52 469.8 61 53 20067 -59.5 270 51 494.9 62 50 20430 -60.7 260 56 500.4 63 46 20947 -62.3 273 52 508.7 64 41 21658 -62.1 270 57 526.2 65 38 22129 -60.5 278 49 541.8 66 34 22820 -62.1 281 44 555.1 67 33 23005 -60.1 278 45 565.2 68 30 23600 -59.9 290 47 581.3 69 28 24031 -60.3 281 43 591.8 70 26 24496 -57.3 268 39 613.0 71 23 25272 -56.9 255 40 636.1 72 20 26150 -60.3 265 39 651.6 73 18 26808 -59.3 264 44 674.7 74 16 27540 -62.7 262 51 686.7 75 16 27540 -60.3 262 51 694.5 76 11 29933 -49.9 273 50 810.9 77 11 29933 -47.1 273 50 821.0 78 10 30563 -48.1 275 47 840.0 TRP 250 10280 -56.9 -68.9 21 12.0 -57.1 270 27 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.5 0.01 WND 122 14834 -56.6 275 79 395.3 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5351.00 m Freezing level: 963.67 mb = 487.41 m = 1599.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 988.60 mb = 275.63 m = 904.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.24 % Est. max temperature: 9.46 C = 49.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.99 mb = 479.69 m = 1573.76 ft T: 0.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.32 C Layer 864.0- 851.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.47 mb = 1113.97 m = 3654.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.62 C = 38.52 F Cap Strength: 19.36 C Lifted Index: 19.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.93 C Showalter Index: 18.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.60 C Cross Totals Index: 6.60 C K Index: -0.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68447.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.62 mb = 1016.02 m = 3333.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 310 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 996 215 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 136 13 -9.1 9.4 1 949 610 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 143 8 -4.9 6.5 2 925 814 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 136 9 -6.2 6.4 3 913 914 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 131 10 -7.5 6.4 4 879 1219 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 135 10 -7.0 6.9 5 850 1480 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 101 13 -12.8 2.6 6 813 1829 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 112 6 -5.9 2.3 7 782 2134 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 288 6 5.3 -1.7 8 752 2438 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 279 9 8.9 -1.5 9 723 2743 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 281 10 9.8 -2.0 10 700 3001 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 269 11 10.9 0.1 11 642 3658 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 259 18 17.3 3.3 12 616 3962 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 249 24 22.3 8.4 13 592 4267 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 233 24 19.3 14.4 14 568 4572 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 212 25 13.7 21.5 15 546 4877 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 231 18 14.4 11.5 16 524 5182 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 242 15 13.0 6.8 17 500 5540 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 231 22 17.3 14.2 18 463 6096 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 218 30 18.4 23.2 19 400 7150 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 219 25 15.4 19.3 20 373 7620 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 219 25 15.4 19.3 21 312 8839 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 219 15 9.4 11.5 22 300 9100 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 208 17 8.1 15.4 23 298 9144 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 206 20 8.6 17.5 24 284 9449 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 208 20 9.6 17.7 25 259 10058 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 217 17 10.3 13.6 26 250 10280 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 229 18 13.4 11.5 27 200 11690 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 257 51 49.4 11.5 28 194 11887 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 264 53 53.2 5.7 29 150 13520 280 68 67.0 -11.8 | 270 53 53.4 -0.3 30 122 14834 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 266 65 65.1 4.7 31 120 14935 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 266 65 65.1 4.7 32 114 15240 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 277 58 57.9 -7.6 33 100 16090 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 258 57 55.4 11.5 34 90 16764 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 265 60 60.1 5.1 35 78 17678 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 265 34 33.7 3.2 36 70 18288 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 252 37 35.4 11.5 37 70 18330 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 252 38 36.4 11.5 38 61 19202 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 248 42 39.2 16.2 39 55 19812 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 265 34 33.7 3.2 40 50 20422 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 237 46 38.6 25.5 41 50 20430 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 243 47 41.6 21.3 42 48 20726 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 260 40 39.2 6.9 43 43 21336 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 252 37 35.4 11.5 44 41 21641 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 255 45 43.4 11.5 45 36 22555 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 269 27 27.0 0.7 46 32 23165 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 257 33 32.2 7.5 47 30 23600 290 47 44.2 -16.1 | 278 31 30.6 -4.5 48 29 23774 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 278 30 29.6 -4.2 49 26 24384 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 246 28 25.4 11.5 50 22 25603 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 224 36 24.9 25.6 51 20 26150 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 239 29 25.3 14.9 52 20 26213 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 239 29 25.3 14.9 53 15 27127 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 243 47 41.6 21.3 54 13 27432 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 255 44 42.4 11.5 55 10 28346 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 257 33 32.2 7.5 56 9 28651 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 255 45 43.4 11.5 57 6 29870 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 236 34 27.8 18.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -33.6 tot: -24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 35.68 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 299 8 139 10| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 3.5 -1.2 2.3 4.5 0.12| 5.8 0.7 1000 303 8 136 10| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 5.3 -4.4 0.8 0.8 0.00| 4.2 0.0 1500 315 9 126 9| 2.6 0.0 2.6| 6.2 -21.7 -15.6 -10.4 -0.31| 6.6 -2.0 2000 313 11 126 7| 2.0 3.8 5.8| 8.1 -24.1 -16.0 -8.0 -0.34| 9.3 -3.2 2500 308 14 137 4| 1.6 3.8 5.4| 8.7 -25.4 -16.7 -6.7 -0.32| 8.2 -2.7 3000 305 16 171 2| 1.3 3.7 5.0| 8.7 -33.6 -24.9 -8.3 -0.36| 7.6 -2.7 4000 295 20 238 6| 1.0 3.9 4.9| 8.7 -95.5 -86.9 -21.7 -0.43| 7.9 -3.4 5000 286 22 235 9| 1.7 2.8 4.5| 55.9-153.8 -97.9 -19.6 -0.32| 8.6 -2.8 6000 280 24 233 12| 1.5 3.5 4.9| 56.2-209.0-152.8 -25.5 -0.35| 8.7 -3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200324.12.gif