UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:1200Z 26 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 106 SFC 986 215 6.6 3.2 79 3.4 5.0 180 8 280.9 281.7 278.8 294.4 4.88 2 983 240 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 4.2 184 10 281.5 282.2 278.2 293.2 4.18 3 949 534 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 4.2 233 29 284.4 285.1 279.8 296.6 4.33 4 929 712 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.5 245 33 287.5 288.4 282.0 301.5 4.89 5 925 748 8.6 1.6 61 7.0 5.2 245 32 288.1 288.9 281.9 301.4 4.64 6 923 766 8.6 1.6 61 7.0 5.2 245 32 288.3 289.1 282.0 301.6 4.65 7 895 1020 7.2 0.2 61 7.0 3.9 243 28 289.4 290.2 282.1 301.9 4.33 8 887 1094 7.2 -2.8 49 10.0 2.8 242 27 290.1 290.8 281.5 300.3 3.50 9 861 1339 6.2 -7.8 36 14.0 0.6 248 26 291.6 292.0 280.8 298.9 2.46 10 850 1444 5.8 -6.2 42 12.0 0.8 255 27 292.2 292.7 281.6 300.6 2.83 11 844 1502 5.8 -7.2 39 13.0 0.5 256 27 292.8 293.3 281.6 300.7 2.63 12 800 1937 2.6 -12.4 32 15.0 -2.7 260 29 293.9 294.3 281.1 299.5 1.84 13 766 2287 -0.3 -11.3 43 11.0 -4.2 260 28 294.5 294.8 281.7 300.8 2.10 14 750 2455 -1.5 -9.5 54 8.0 -4.5 260 27 294.9 295.4 282.4 302.4 2.48 15 700 3000 -5.9 -12.9 58 7.0 -8.2 260 32 296.0 296.3 282.3 302.1 2.02 16 693 3079 -6.5 -13.5 58 7.0 -8.8 261 33 296.1 296.5 282.2 302.1 1.94 17 649 3587 -10.7 -12.6 86 1.9 -11.3 269 39 297.0 297.4 282.9 303.8 2.24 18 645 3635 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.5 269 40 297.3 297.7 283.0 304.0 2.19 19 636 3743 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -12.8 269 39 298.3 298.5 282.7 303.2 1.57 20 630 3815 -11.3 -18.3 56 7.0 -13.2 269 39 298.8 299.1 282.7 303.4 1.43 21 613 4024 -13.1 -19.1 61 6.0 -14.7 267 37 299.1 299.4 282.8 303.5 1.38 22 605 4124 -13.5 -20.5 56 7.0 -15.3 266 36 299.8 300.0 282.9 303.7 1.24 23 601 4175 -13.7 -19.7 60 6.0 -15.2 266 35 300.1 300.4 283.1 304.4 1.33 24 592 4289 -14.3 -20.3 60 6.0 -15.8 265 34 300.7 301.0 283.3 304.8 1.29 25 584 4392 -14.9 -17.8 78 2.9 -15.7 267 32 301.2 301.5 283.9 306.3 1.61 26 565 4642 -16.9 -18.4 88 1.5 -17.3 269 28 301.7 302.0 284.1 306.7 1.59 27 556 4762 -17.1 -19.8 79 2.7 -17.8 267 30 302.9 303.1 284.4 307.4 1.43 28 515 5332 -21.1 -22.9 85 1.8 -21.5 268 39 304.7 304.9 284.8 308.6 1.18 29 504 5491 -22.3 -26.0 72 3.7 -23.0 270 41 305.2 305.3 284.6 308.2 0.91 30 500 5550 -22.7 -26.1 74 3.4 -23.4 270 42 305.4 305.5 284.7 308.4 0.91 31 492 5668 -23.3 -27.2 70 3.9 -24.0 270 42 306.0 306.2 284.9 308.8 0.84 32 479 5864 -24.9 -29.2 67 4.3 -25.6 270 43 306.4 306.6 284.9 308.8 0.71 33 451 6300 -28.7 -31.3 78 2.6 -29.0 270 44 307.0 307.1 284.9 309.1 0.62 34 441 6461 -30.1 -33.4 73 3.3 -30.5 272 44 307.2 307.3 284.9 308.9 0.52 35 429 6657 -31.5 -39.5 45 8.0 -32.3 282 43 307.8 307.9 284.9 308.8 0.29 36 404 7080 -34.3 -46.3 29 12.0 -35.1 280 64 309.5 309.6 285.4 310.1 0.15 37 400 7150 -34.9 -44.9 35 10.0 -35.6 280 63 309.6 309.7 285.4 310.3 0.17 38 388 7361 -36.7 -42.7 54 6.0 -37.1 278 62 310.0 310.0 285.6 310.8 0.23 39 379 7522 -38.3 -43.3 59 5.0 -38.7 276 61 310.0 310.0 285.6 310.7 0.22 40 329 8475 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 281 62 310.9 311.0 285.8 311.3 0.09 41 321 8637 -48.3 -53.3 56 5.0 -48.4 282 63 311.2 311.2 285.9 311.5 0.08 42 310 8866 -48.9 -59.9 27 11.0 -49.1 283 63 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.04 43 300 9080 -49.9 -64.9 16 15.0 -50.2 285 64 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.02 44 293 9234 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.6 290 65 316.6 316.6 287.6 316.6 0.01 45 275 9648 -49.9 -80.9 1 31.0 -50.3 293 82 323.0 323.0 289.6 323.0 0.00 46 253 10192 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.2 295 103 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.3 0.00 47 252 10218 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.2 295 104 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.6 0.00 48 250 10270 -50.5 295 105 331.0 49 244 10429 -50.5 296 106 333.3 50 229 10842 -51.8 300 110 337.4 51 224 10985 -52.3 300 109 338.8 52 210 11404 -51.7 300 92 346.0 53 200 11720 -52.3 300 85 349.9 54 197 11818 -52.5 300 84 351.1 55 190 12052 -50.9 299 82 357.4 56 174 12620 -54.1 298 78 361.2 57 167 12884 -53.7 297 76 366.1 58 154 13402 -55.5 295 71 371.6 59 150 13570 -55.3 295 70 374.8 60 144 13831 -55.5 293 68 378.8 61 100 16150 -57.5 290 61 416.6 62 95 16474 -55.9 286 56 425.9 63 87 17031 -57.1 279 48 434.4 64 81 17483 -55.7 273 41 446.2 65 70 18400 -60.5 270 45 455.0 66 62 19149 -64.9 279 53 461.3 67 61 19249 -64.5 277 52 464.3 68 59 19454 -60.7 263 43 477.3 69 57 19670 -58.7 265 39 486.6 70 50 20490 -60.9 285 28 500.0 71 46 21004 -63.1 273 36 506.7 72 42 21562 -62.9 273 50 520.6 73 39 22022 -58.3 282 47 543.4 74 33 23063 -61.5 252 45 561.5 75 30 23660 -55.9 260 47 592.2 76 29 23876 -55.5 270 48 599.1 77 27 24331 -57.1 268 41 607.0 78 26 24571 -55.9 265 43 617.0 79 23 25350 -57.5 268 45 634.3 80 21 25929 -55.7 250 43 656.5 81 20 26240 -55.5 245 47 666.3 82 19 26567 -55.7 241 55 675.5 83 18 26914 -53.7 247 55 692.4 84 16 27673 -53.5 253 57 716.7 85 14 28540 -49.9 237 53 756.8 86 13 29024 -50.9 241 62 769.6 87 12 29548 -49.1 245 73 793.8 88 11 30122 -46.7 259 63 822.5 89 11 30122 -46.3 259 63 823.9 90 10 30760 -43.7 255 64 856.4 91 9.6 31034 -43.9 865.7 TRP 293 9234 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.6 290 65 316.6 316.6 287.6 316.6 0.01 WND 229 10842 -51.8 300 110 337.4 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5444.00 m Freezing level: 769.52 mb = 2250.41 m = 7383.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 836.66 mb = 1572.93 m = 5160.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.67 % Est. max temperature: 18.68 C = 65.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.89 mb = 650.10 m = 2132.85 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.97 C Layer 887.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.99 mb = 2539.81 m = 8332.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.77 C = 69.38 F Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lifted Index: 7.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Showalter Index: 5.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56153.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.61 mb = 1486.39 m = 4876.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 292 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 215 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 127 28 -22.6 17.3 1 940 610 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 199 25 8.2 23.7 2 925 748 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 196 24 6.4 22.8 3 906 914 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 192 22 4.6 22.0 4 874 1219 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 178 22 -0.9 21.8 5 850 1444 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 192 17 3.5 16.3 6 810 1829 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 203 16 6.0 14.3 7 780 2134 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 199 15 5.0 14.2 8 751 2438 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 196 15 4.0 14.0 9 723 2743 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 204 13 5.3 11.7 10 700 3000 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 211 17 8.9 14.8 11 642 3658 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 242 20 17.4 9.3 12 592 4267 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 223 17 11.3 12.3 13 569 4572 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 205 10 4.4 9.3 14 546 4877 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 218 15 9.3 12.1 15 500 5550 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 244 22 19.4 9.3 16 463 6096 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 246 22 20.4 9.3 17 444 6401 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 247 23 21.4 9.3 18 426 6706 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 276 19 19.0 -1.8 19 408 7010 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 273 40 40.4 -1.8 20 400 7150 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 272 39 39.5 -1.7 21 373 7620 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 264 37 37.2 4.1 22 300 9080 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 281 40 39.2 -7.3 23 297 9144 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 281 41 40.2 -7.5 24 293 9234 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 289 41 38.5 -12.9 25 258 10058 295 99 89.7 -41.8 | 296 75 67.1 -32.5 26 250 10270 295 105 95.2 -44.4 | 296 81 72.6 -35.1 27 229 10842 300 110 95.3 -55.0 | 302 86 72.7 -45.7 28 224 10973 300 110 95.3 -55.0 | 302 86 72.7 -45.7 29 204 11582 300 84 72.7 -42.0 | 303 60 50.2 -32.7 30 200 11720 300 85 73.6 -42.5 | 303 61 51.0 -33.2 31 150 13570 295 70 63.4 -29.6 | 296 46 40.9 -20.3 32 115 15240 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 270 31 30.6 -0.1 33 110 15545 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 274 46 46.4 -2.9 34 100 16150 290 61 57.3 -20.9 | 288 37 34.7 -11.6 35 78 17678 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 239 18 15.4 9.3 36 71 18288 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 232 28 21.7 17.1 37 70 18400 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 247 24 22.4 9.3 38 62 19202 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 270 31 30.6 -0.1 39 59 19507 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 227 24 17.8 16.4 40 51 20422 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 245 5 4.5 2.0 41 50 20490 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 245 5 4.5 2.0 42 44 21336 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 235 22 18.3 12.9 43 42 21641 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 261 30 29.2 4.8 44 40 21946 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 277 23 22.8 -2.9 45 31 23470 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 206 35 15.5 31.3 46 30 23660 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 234 29 23.7 17.5 47 28 24079 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 268 25 24.7 1.0 48 27 24384 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 232 21 16.3 12.7 49 24 24994 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 245 32 29.2 13.8 50 22 25603 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 242 20 17.4 9.3 51 21 25908 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 217 30 17.8 24.0 52 20 26240 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 214 35 20.0 29.2 53 19 26518 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 214 45 25.0 36.8 54 17 27432 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 232 38 29.6 23.3 55 15 28042 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 229 47 35.7 30.5 56 14 28346 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 204 40 16.7 36.8 57 12 29566 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 227 59 43.6 40.1 58 11 30175 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 242 43 38.5 20.1 59 10 30760 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 237 47 39.2 25.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.4 neg: -56.6 tot: 264.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 29.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 238 24 173 22| 30.8 0.0 30.8|256.4 -6.9 249.6 499.2 0.92| 38.2 35.0 1000 241 26 181 22| 15.4 4.0 19.4|256.4 -50.4 206.1 206.1 0.59| 23.2 13.7 1500 245 27 184 20| 12.2 2.7 14.9|289.6 -50.4 239.3 159.5 0.62| 18.6 11.5 2000 249 27 188 19| 9.0 2.0 11.0|292.9 -54.3 238.6 119.3 0.59| 14.5 8.6 2500 252 27 190 18| 7.4 1.6 9.0|299.2 -56.6 242.6 97.1 0.58| 12.2 7.1 3000 254 28 194 18| 6.1 0.2 6.3|321.4 -56.6 264.8 88.3 0.59| 11.5 6.8 4000 258 30 205 17| 5.3 0.9 6.2|351.4 -80.4 271.1 67.8 0.51| 10.2 5.2 5000 260 31 208 16| 3.8 0.3 4.1|377.8 -94.4 283.5 56.7 0.45| 9.9 4.5 6000 262 33 215 17| 3.6 0.3 4.0|401.9 -94.4 307.6 51.3 0.47| 8.8 4.1 Wrote GIF file: 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