UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:0000Z 28 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 140 25 9 SFC 991 215 9.4 3.4 66 6.0 6.5 25 9 283.3 284.1 280.0 297.0 4.93 2 980 307 8.0 0.0 57 8.0 4.4 26 9 282.8 283.5 278.5 293.7 3.90 3 939 657 5.0 -1.0 65 6.0 2.4 56 8 283.2 283.9 278.6 293.9 3.78 4 927 762 5.6 -1.4 61 7.0 2.5 115 7 284.9 285.5 279.3 295.4 3.72 5 925 780 5.6 -2.4 56 8.0 2.1 125 7 285.0 285.6 279.0 294.9 3.46 6 895 1049 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 1.1 177 8 286.9 287.5 279.5 295.9 3.12 7 886 1132 5.0 -8.0 38 13.0 0.0 191 9 287.9 288.4 279.0 294.9 2.36 8 875 1233 4.4 -8.6 38 13.0 -0.5 207 9 288.4 288.8 279.1 295.1 2.28 9 869 1289 4.4 -21.6 13 26.0 -2.9 218 8 288.9 289.1 277.3 291.4 0.78 10 866 1318 4.4 -25.6 9 30.0 -3.3 223 7 289.2 289.3 277.2 291.0 0.55 11 850 1469 3.2 -24.8 11 28.0 -4.0 250 5 289.5 289.6 277.3 291.4 0.60 12 786 2097 -1.9 -17.9 28 16.0 -6.5 299 5 290.6 290.8 278.7 294.2 1.19 13 769 2271 -1.5 -26.5 13 25.0 -7.4 295 9 292.8 292.9 278.9 294.7 0.57 14 761 2354 -1.7 -18.7 26 17.0 -6.6 295 11 293.5 293.7 280.0 297.1 1.15 15 749 2480 -2.5 -19.5 26 17.0 -7.3 297 15 294.0 294.2 280.2 297.4 1.09 16 739 2586 -3.1 -15.1 39 12.0 -6.9 302 16 294.5 294.7 281.1 299.4 1.60 17 724 2748 -3.5 -19.5 28 16.0 -8.0 310 19 295.7 295.9 281.0 299.3 1.13 18 700 3014 -4.7 -18.7 33 14.0 -8.7 305 34 297.3 297.5 281.8 301.2 1.25 19 692 3104 -5.1 -18.1 35 13.0 -8.9 294 42 297.8 298.1 282.2 302.0 1.33 20 682 3218 -4.7 -22.7 23 18.0 -9.4 292 43 299.5 299.7 282.4 302.4 0.90 21 670 3358 -4.9 -23.9 21 19.0 -9.8 290 43 300.8 301.0 282.8 303.5 0.83 22 629 3850 -8.5 -31.5 14 23.0 -13.1 282 45 302.2 302.3 282.8 303.7 0.44 23 588 4368 -12.1 -32.1 17 20.0 -15.9 293 47 303.9 303.9 283.5 305.4 0.44 24 566 4659 -13.5 -28.5 27 15.0 -16.6 299 55 305.6 305.7 284.5 307.7 0.64 25 535 5083 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -18.8 295 58 306.0 306.2 285.0 309.3 1.00 26 523 5253 -16.9 -25.9 46 9.0 -18.8 294 62 308.4 308.6 285.8 311.4 0.89 27 500 5590 -17.7 -31.7 28 14.0 -20.3 290 81 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.3 0.54 28 479 5911 -18.9 -33.9 25 15.0 -21.4 290 89 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.4 0.45 29 453 6325 -21.9 -31.9 40 10.0 -23.6 291 95 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.2 0.58 30 434 6639 -24.3 -34.3 39 10.0 -25.8 292 97 315.9 316.0 288.0 317.7 0.48 31 419 6895 -25.9 -40.9 23 15.0 -27.7 293 98 317.1 317.1 288.1 318.0 0.26 32 415 6964 -26.5 -39.5 28 13.0 -28.1 294 99 317.2 317.2 288.2 318.3 0.30 33 400 7230 -27.5 -44.5 18 17.0 -29.2 295 100 319.2 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.18 34 395 7320 -27.7 -46.7 15 19.0 -29.5 295 103 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.7 0.15 35 379 7616 -28.9 -43.9 22 15.0 -30.4 295 114 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 36 365 7884 -31.3 -39.3 45 8.0 -32.2 295 116 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.9 0.35 37 349 8199 -33.9 -39.9 55 6.0 -34.6 295 119 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.34 38 327 8652 -37.5 -46.5 39 9.0 -38.2 295 123 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.18 39 300 9240 -41.9 -53.9 26 12.0 -42.5 295 131 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.08 40 292 9423 -42.9 -54.9 26 12.0 -43.5 295 134 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.08 41 250 10450 -51.3 -62.3 26 11.0 -51.5 295 151 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.04 42 238 10767 -53.5 -65.5 22 12.0 -53.7 295 151 331.2 331.2 292.0 331.3 0.02 43 226 11098 -56.3 -66.4 27 10.2 -56.4 295 151 331.9 331.9 292.2 332.0 0.02 44 225 11126 -56.5 -66.5 27 10.0 -56.6 295 149 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.02 45 208 11623 -56.9 -69.9 18 13.0 -57.1 299 121 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.01 46 200 11870 -58.3 -71.3 17 13.0 -58.5 295 122 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.01 47 196 11997 -59.1 -72.1 17 13.0 -59.2 295 125 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.01 48 193 12095 -57.1 -71.1 15 14.0 -57.3 295 121 345.8 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 49 186 12329 -56.9 -72.9 12 16.0 -57.1 295 112 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 50 178 12608 -57.9 -74.9 10 17.0 -58.1 294 102 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 51 174 12752 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.6 293 96 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 52 170 12900 -55.5 -75.5 7 20.0 -55.8 292 91 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 53 156 13449 -55.9 -78.9 4 23.0 -56.2 287 86 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 54 152 13615 -54.7 -78.7 4 24.0 -55.1 286 87 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.01 55 150 13700 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -55.5 285 88 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.01 56 149 13743 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -55.5 290 91 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 57 146 13873 -53.9 -79.9 3 26.0 -54.3 291 89 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 58 137 14281 -53.9 -81.9 2 28.0 -54.4 294 85 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 59 129 14666 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -55.4 296 81 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 60 100 16280 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -58.3 290 78 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 61 96 16537 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -58.3 290 78 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 62 93 16738 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.2 290 77 428.9 428.9 308.7 428.9 0.00 63 86 17236 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.3 289 72 438.6 438.6 309.7 438.6 0.00 64 70 18530 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -61.3 280 59 454.1 454.1 311.3 454.1 0.00 65 64 19084 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.8 291 60 460.2 460.2 311.8 460.2 0.00 66 60 19481 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.0 281 45 470.5 470.5 312.7 470.5 0.00 67 58 19692 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.7 271 37 485.5 485.5 313.9 485.5 0.00 68 57 19802 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.0 265 33 489.7 489.7 314.2 489.8 0.00 69 50 20620 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.9 260 30 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 70 49 20744 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.1 260 31 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 71 44 21407 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.4 259 37 513.7 513.7 315.9 513.7 0.00 72 43 21548 -62.3 -92.3 1 30.0 -62.8 257 36 518.6 518.6 316.2 518.6 0.00 73 42 21695 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.1 255 35 532.0 532.0 317.1 532.0 0.00 74 42 21695 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.4 255 35 533.9 534.0 317.2 534.0 0.00 75 39 22162 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.3 250 32 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.00 76 36 22663 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -62.0 237 31 548.2 548.2 318.0 548.2 0.00 77 31 23602 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.3 233 30 586.7 586.7 320.0 586.8 0.01 78 30 23810 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 235 27 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 79 27 24476 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.5 264 43 603.6 603.6 320.7 603.7 0.00 80 25 24965 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.9 261 46 626.2 626.2 321.7 626.3 0.01 81 24 25225 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.0 259 48 630.1 630.1 321.9 630.2 0.01 82 22 25780 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.8 255 52 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.8 0.01 83 20 26390 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.3 250 57 667.5 667.5 323.3 667.6 0.01 84 19 26718 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.9 250 61 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.6 0.01 85 18 27063 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.6 250 66 687.3 687.3 324.0 687.4 0.01 86 17 27432 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.2 250 70 709.5 709.5 324.7 709.7 0.02 87 15 28243 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.9 253 79 733.4 733.4 325.4 733.5 0.02 88 14 28692 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -54.4 255 83 756.8 756.8 326.1 757.0 0.02 89 12 29709 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -52.9 258 93 802.3 802.3 327.3 802.7 0.04 90 11 30286 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.5 261 96 821.0 821.1 327.7 821.4 0.04 91 11 30286 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.7 261 96 826.1 826.2 327.9 826.6 0.05 92 10 30920 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.8 265 87 843.7 843.8 328.2 844.2 0.05 93 9.7 31122 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.9 851.1 851.1 328.4 851.6 0.05 94 7.9 32486 -45.3 -80.3 1 35.0 -53.8 909.8 909.8 329.6 910.6 0.08 95 7.2 33109 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -53.1 944.1 944.1 330.2 945.3 0.11 TRP 196 11997 -59.1 -72.1 17 13.0 -59.2 295 125 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.01 WND 226 11098 -56.3 -66.4 27 10.2 -56.4 295 151 331.9 331.9 292.2 332.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.00 m Freezing level: 809.84 mb = 1862.85 m = 6111.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 885.59 mb = 1135.37 m = 3724.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.21 % Est. max temperature: 15.75 C = 60.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.41 mb = 963.74 m = 3161.84 ft T: 5.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 4.12 C Layer 869.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.87 mb = 3535.82 m = 11600.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 13.05 C Lifted Index: 15.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.88 C Showalter Index: 17.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: -7.10 C K Index: -17.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78932.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.41 mb = 1588.64 m = 5212.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 322 at 28 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 215 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 123 25 -20.9 13.7 1 944 610 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 123 26 -21.6 14.0 2 925 780 125 7 -5.7 4.0 | 139 34 -22.8 25.9 3 910 914 155 8 -3.4 7.3 | 145 36 -20.5 29.1 4 876 1219 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 156 33 -13.3 30.0 5 850 1469 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 152 27 -12.4 23.6 6 812 1829 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 141 24 -14.8 18.6 7 782 2134 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 147 23 -12.6 19.7 8 753 2438 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 164 17 -4.4 15.9 9 724 2743 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 165 10 -2.6 9.6 10 700 3014 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 258 11 10.7 2.3 11 697 3048 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 259 21 21.0 4.1 12 644 3658 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 249 28 26.4 10.2 13 618 3962 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 243 31 27.2 14.0 14 594 4267 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 254 25 24.2 6.8 15 571 4572 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 280 30 29.7 -5.2 16 549 4877 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 275 36 36.4 -3.1 17 527 5182 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 274 36 35.5 -2.7 18 500 5590 290 81 76.1 -27.7 | 276 59 59.0 -5.9 19 467 6096 290 94 88.3 -32.1 | 278 72 71.2 -10.3 20 400 7230 295 100 90.6 -42.3 | 286 76 73.5 -20.4 21 378 7620 295 114 103.3 -48.2 | 287 90 86.2 -26.3 22 304 9144 295 128 116.0 -54.1 | 288 104 98.9 -32.3 23 300 9240 295 131 118.7 -55.4 | 288 107 101.6 -33.5 24 250 10450 295 151 136.9 -63.8 | 289 127 119.7 -42.0 25 230 10973 295 151 136.9 -63.8 | 289 127 119.7 -42.0 26 226 11098 295 151 136.9 -63.8 | 289 127 119.7 -42.0 27 209 11582 300 121 104.8 -60.5 | 294 96 87.7 -38.7 28 200 11870 295 122 110.6 -51.6 | 288 98 93.5 -29.7 29 196 11997 295 125 113.3 -52.8 | 288 101 96.2 -31.0 30 181 12497 295 106 96.1 -44.8 | 286 82 79.0 -23.0 31 165 13106 290 83 78.0 -28.4 | 276 61 60.9 -6.5 32 150 13700 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 271 68 67.9 -0.9 33 150 13716 290 91 85.5 -31.1 | 278 69 68.4 -9.3 34 118 15240 300 75 65.0 -37.5 | 288 50 47.8 -15.7 35 112 15545 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 272 48 47.7 -1.8 36 100 16280 290 78 73.3 -26.7 | 275 56 56.2 -4.8 37 88 17069 290 77 72.4 -26.3 | 275 55 55.3 -4.5 38 76 17983 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 253 32 30.2 9.2 39 73 18288 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 246 42 38.7 17.0 40 70 18530 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 254 43 41.0 11.6 41 66 18898 285 66 63.8 -17.1 | 264 47 46.6 4.8 42 63 19202 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 273 34 33.6 -1.8 43 57 19812 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 213 29 15.8 24.7 44 52 20422 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 202 26 9.8 24.2 45 50 20620 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 205 30 12.4 27.1 46 45 21336 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 216 35 20.3 28.4 47 37 22555 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 195 35 9.2 34.1 48 35 22860 225 34 24.0 24.0 | 189 46 6.9 45.9 49 33 23165 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 200 43 14.9 40.3 50 30 23774 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 185 39 3.6 39.2 51 30 23810 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 188 38 5.0 37.3 52 27 24384 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 224 36 24.7 25.5 53 20 26390 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 221 55 36.5 41.3 54 17 27432 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 227 67 48.7 45.8 55 11 30175 260 98 96.5 17.0 | 244 88 79.4 38.9 56 10 30920 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 247 76 69.6 29.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 4.9 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.1 neg: -47.7 tot: 195.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 207.55 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 33 9 123 26| 9.2 0.0 9.2| 31.9 -0.4 31.4 62.9 0.45| 9.4 4.2 1000 83 8 129 33| 9.3 0.0 9.3|168.3 -0.4 167.9 167.9 0.76| 13.0 9.8 1500 131 8 140 35| 3.3 0.0 3.3|169.4 -33.2 136.2 90.8 0.40| 12.4 4.9 2000 299 7 149 22| 2.5 0.8 3.3|191.4 -42.9 148.6 74.3 0.39| 10.9 4.2 2500 300 8 151 20| 3.2 0.6 3.8|215.0 -43.2 171.8 68.7 0.39| 11.3 4.4 3000 300 12 157 17| 2.7 4.9 7.6|243.1 -47.7 195.4 65.1 0.41| 14.3 5.8 4000 291 21 189 15| 1.9 4.1 6.0|274.1 -90.0 184.2 46.0 0.33| 12.6 4.2 5000 293 28 217 14| 2.9 3.8 6.6|368.9-115.0 253.8 50.8 0.35| 12.4 4.4 6000 292 37 245 19| 3.3 5.3 8.5|444.5-115.0 329.4 54.9 0.30| 13.4 4.0 Wrote GIF file: 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