UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:0000Z 27 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 74 SFC 983 215 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.6 250 8 283.9 285.0 281.5 300.4 5.92 2 966 360 8.0 3.8 75 4.2 5.9 274 10 283.9 284.8 280.7 298.5 5.20 3 925 718 7.0 4.4 83 2.6 5.7 315 14 286.5 287.5 282.4 302.4 5.67 4 910 852 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.4 301 13 287.2 288.2 282.8 303.5 5.76 5 882 1109 6.0 3.6 85 2.4 4.8 270 20 289.4 290.3 283.5 305.4 5.62 6 853 1382 4.2 3.0 92 1.2 3.6 251 27 290.3 291.2 283.9 306.2 5.57 7 850 1411 4.0 2.8 92 1.2 3.4 250 28 290.3 291.3 283.8 306.1 5.51 8 779 2115 -0.3 -1.4 92 1.1 -0.8 255 27 293.1 293.8 283.8 306.0 4.43 9 763 2281 -1.7 -4.6 81 2.9 -2.9 257 33 293.3 293.9 282.9 303.8 3.56 10 758 2333 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.1 258 35 293.4 293.9 282.3 302.2 2.96 11 703 2930 -3.9 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.4 264 33 297.8 298.2 283.4 305.0 2.37 12 700 2964 -4.1 -11.1 58 7.0 -6.6 265 32 297.9 298.4 283.4 305.1 2.34 13 675 3250 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -8.9 269 30 298.8 299.1 283.1 304.3 1.75 14 647 3581 -8.9 -14.9 62 6.0 -10.8 274 27 299.3 299.6 283.4 305.1 1.86 15 634 3739 -9.9 -16.9 57 7.0 -11.9 276 27 299.9 300.2 283.4 304.9 1.60 16 588 4316 -14.1 -17.1 78 3.0 -14.9 285 35 301.5 301.9 284.1 306.9 1.70 17 500 5530 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -22.9 280 46 305.6 305.8 284.9 309.0 1.04 18 496 5589 -22.9 -25.0 83 2.1 -23.3 281 49 305.8 306.0 285.0 309.2 1.01 19 470 5982 -23.9 -27.3 73 3.4 -24.5 284 70 309.3 309.5 286.1 312.2 0.87 20 449 6314 -25.7 -28.8 75 3.1 -26.2 285 83 311.1 311.3 286.6 313.8 0.79 21 400 7140 -31.5 -35.7 66 4.2 -32.0 280 96 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.7 0.46 22 397 7193 -31.9 -36.1 66 4.2 -32.4 280 97 314.2 314.3 287.3 315.8 0.44 23 374 7612 -34.5 -48.5 23 14.0 -35.5 280 108 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.6 0.13 24 342 8231 -38.9 -61.9 7 23.0 -39.8 284 114 318.4 318.4 288.2 318.5 0.03 25 314 8813 -42.5 -70.5 3 28.0 -43.2 288 121 321.2 321.2 289.1 321.3 0.01 26 300 9120 -43.5 -71.5 3 28.0 -44.2 290 124 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.01 27 293 9278 -43.9 -71.9 3 28.0 -44.5 291 128 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.7 0.01 28 250 10330 -49.5 -69.5 8 20.0 -49.9 295 164 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.01 29 231 10845 -52.7 -71.6 8 18.8 -53.0 295 166 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 30 218 11218 -55.1 -73.1 9 18.0 -55.4 295 147 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 31 201 11738 -54.5 -79.5 3 25.0 -54.8 295 130 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.00 32 200 11770 -54.1 -80.1 3 26.0 -54.4 295 129 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.00 33 195 11932 -53.3 -82.3 2 29.0 -53.7 297 120 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 34 189 12133 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -53.7 300 110 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.00 35 181 12412 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -51.8 304 95 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 36 150 13620 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -55.5 295 69 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 37 141 14014 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.0 284 66 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 38 132 14433 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.1 276 65 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 39 126 14728 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.2 277 69 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 40 122 14933 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.3 278 72 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 41 109 15646 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -58.8 282 79 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 42 107 15762 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -58.6 285 76 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 43 106 15821 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -57.5 286 75 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 44 101 16127 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -57.7 294 67 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 45 100 16190 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.6 295 66 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 46 88 16993 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -59.9 288 59 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.1 0.00 47 82 17433 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.0 289 60 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 48 78 17744 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.2 281 47 444.8 444.8 310.4 444.8 0.00 49 73 18159 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.7 264 46 452.1 452.1 311.0 452.1 0.00 50 70 18420 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -60.9 255 53 455.0 455.0 311.3 455.0 0.00 51 66 18785 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.0 267 58 457.9 457.9 311.6 457.9 0.00 52 62 19170 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.4 279 63 465.3 465.3 312.3 465.3 0.00 53 58 19581 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.1 290 50 475.1 475.1 313.1 475.1 0.00 54 55 19912 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.7 288 40 490.6 490.7 314.2 490.7 0.00 55 50 20510 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.6 275 32 504.7 504.7 315.3 504.7 0.00 56 49 20638 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.8 270 34 514.7 514.7 315.9 514.7 0.00 57 43 21461 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -61.2 250 45 523.0 523.0 316.5 523.0 0.00 58 39 22070 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.6 264 36 539.3 539.3 317.5 539.3 0.00 59 35 22742 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.5 271 35 548.4 548.4 318.0 548.5 0.00 60 33 23109 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -59.2 272 38 570.5 570.5 319.2 570.5 0.00 61 31 23502 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.3 267 41 577.5 577.5 319.5 577.6 0.00 62 31 23502 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 267 41 584.0 584.0 319.9 584.0 0.00 63 30 23710 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.7 265 42 591.2 591.2 320.2 591.2 0.01 64 28 24150 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -56.5 231 40 607.4 607.4 320.9 607.4 0.01 65 26 24621 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.7 239 48 613.0 613.0 321.2 613.0 0.01 66 24 25127 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.6 247 57 627.8 627.8 321.8 627.8 0.01 67 23 25397 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.2 252 62 640.8 640.8 322.3 640.8 0.01 68 22 25680 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.5 256 64 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.4 0.01 69 21 25978 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.4 260 56 661.3 661.3 323.1 661.4 0.01 70 20 26290 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 265 47 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 71 19 26619 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.4 264 46 677.4 677.4 323.7 677.5 0.01 72 18 26967 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.5 262 51 696.1 696.1 324.3 696.2 0.01 73 16 27727 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.4 265 69 712.8 712.8 324.8 712.9 0.01 74 11 30175 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -53.0 247 63 823.9 824.0 327.8 824.4 0.05 75 10 30810 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -53.2 250 71 848.2 848.2 328.4 848.8 0.06 76 10 30810 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -53.4 250 71 846.7 846.7 328.3 847.2 0.05 77 9.3 31295 -44.1 -80.1 1 36.0 -52.5 872.9 872.9 328.9 873.6 0.07 78 8.5 31897 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -53.2 893.3 893.3 329.3 894.1 0.08 79 8.1 32221 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -52.2 915.2 915.2 329.7 916.3 0.11 80 7.8 32476 -43.3 -79.3 1 36.0 -52.9 921.1 921.2 329.8 922.1 0.10 81 7.3 32924 -40.9 -77.9 1 37.0 -52.1 948.5 948.6 330.4 950.0 0.13 TRP 218 11218 -55.1 -73.1 9 18.0 -55.4 295 147 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 WND 231 10845 -52.7 -71.6 8 18.8 -53.0 295 166 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.00 m Freezing level: 783.95 mb = 2065.89 m = 6777.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.47 mb = 1976.61 m = 6484.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.53 % Est. max temperature: 16.40 C = 61.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.02 mb = 655.54 m = 2150.68 ft T: 7.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 3.99 C Layer 850.0- 703.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.90 mb = 1652.92 m = 5422.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.70 C = 62.06 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 5.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66303.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.34 mb = 1031.70 m = 3384.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 305 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 215 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 143 22 -13.5 17.6 1 937 610 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 114 12 -11.1 5.0 2 925 718 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 114 12 -11.1 5.0 3 903 914 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 135 13 -9.2 9.4 4 870 1219 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 186 21 2.2 21.1 5 850 1411 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 192 25 5.3 24.4 6 807 1829 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 184 23 1.6 23.1 7 777 2134 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 193 22 5.1 21.8 8 748 2438 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 219 28 17.4 21.6 9 720 2743 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 216 26 15.5 21.3 10 700 2964 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 212 21 10.9 17.6 11 639 3658 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 201 14 4.9 12.6 12 590 4267 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 246 14 12.8 5.8 13 545 4877 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 261 22 21.5 3.5 14 503 5486 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 253 24 23.3 7.0 15 500 5530 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 254 25 24.3 6.9 16 462 6096 285 76 73.4 -19.7 | 275 53 52.4 -4.8 17 443 6401 285 86 83.1 -22.3 | 277 63 62.1 -7.4 18 400 7140 280 96 94.5 -16.7 | 271 74 73.6 -1.8 19 373 7620 280 108 106.4 -18.8 | 273 85 85.4 -3.9 20 300 9120 290 124 116.5 -42.4 | 286 99 95.5 -27.6 21 299 9144 290 123 115.6 -42.1 | 286 98 94.6 -27.2 22 250 10330 295 164 148.6 -69.3 | 293 139 127.7 -54.5 23 249 10363 295 164 148.6 -69.3 | 293 139 127.7 -54.5 24 231 10845 295 166 150.4 -70.2 | 293 141 129.5 -55.3 25 226 10973 295 166 150.4 -70.2 | 293 141 129.5 -55.3 26 218 11218 295 147 133.2 -62.1 | 293 122 112.2 -47.3 27 200 11770 295 129 116.9 -54.5 | 292 104 95.9 -39.7 28 179 12497 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 305 65 53.6 -37.3 29 162 13106 295 77 69.8 -32.5 | 290 52 48.8 -17.7 30 150 13620 295 69 62.5 -29.2 | 289 44 41.6 -14.3 31 134 14326 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 258 44 42.8 9.3 32 116 15240 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 268 54 53.9 1.7 33 111 15545 280 81 79.8 -14.1 | 269 59 58.8 0.8 34 100 16190 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 289 41 38.8 -13.0 35 96 16459 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 268 31 31.2 0.9 36 83 17374 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 280 38 37.3 -6.4 37 75 17983 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 234 20 15.9 11.6 38 71 18288 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 227 42 30.2 28.6 39 70 18420 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 227 42 30.2 28.6 40 62 19202 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 265 41 41.1 3.9 41 59 19507 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 276 28 27.9 -2.9 42 51 20422 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 207 9 4.1 8.1 43 50 20510 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 222 16 10.9 12.1 44 44 21336 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 211 40 20.7 34.3 45 40 21946 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 233 25 20.0 14.9 46 38 22250 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 197 23 7.0 22.4 47 34 22860 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 234 20 15.9 11.6 48 30 23710 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 228 28 20.9 18.5 49 30 23774 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 231 30 22.8 18.7 50 28 24079 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 193 41 8.9 39.9 51 27 24384 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 201 43 15.1 40.1 52 22 25603 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 233 53 42.8 31.9 53 20 26290 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 234 32 25.8 19.0 54 19 26518 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 232 30 23.8 18.8 55 17 27432 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 235 43 35.1 24.8 56 16 27737 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 246 52 47.8 20.9 57 13 28956 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 221 55 36.1 41.5 58 12 29566 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 232 52 40.8 31.4 59 12 29870 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 219 51 32.5 39.8 60 10 30810 250 71 66.7 24.3 | 229 60 45.7 39.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.4 neg: -68.7 tot: 100.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 76.57 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 12 131 14| 13.2 0.0 13.2| 1.6 -25.9 -24.3 -48.6 -0.49| 14.2 -7.0 1000 288 14 144 13| 6.6 10.6 17.2| 62.4 -25.9 36.5 36.5 0.29| 18.2 5.3 1500 269 18 170 15| 4.4 7.9 12.3| 77.8 -41.9 35.9 23.9 0.24| 14.8 3.5 2000 263 20 177 17| 4.2 5.9 10.1|118.0 -47.3 70.7 35.4 0.32| 13.1 4.1 2500 262 23 187 18| 4.4 4.7 9.1|169.4 -53.6 115.8 46.3 0.38| 12.5 4.7 3000 262 25 192 19| 3.8 3.9 7.8|169.4 -68.7 100.8 33.6 0.29| 12.0 3.5 4000 267 26 197 17| 4.1 3.0 7.1|201.9 -76.7 125.2 31.3 0.33| 10.8 3.5 5000 272 29 210 16| 3.8 2.7 6.5|225.4 -85.7 139.7 27.9 0.33| 9.8 3.2 6000 275 34 228 18| 5.0 2.9 7.9|368.8 -92.5 276.3 46.1 0.33| 11.4 3.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200327.00.gif