UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:1200Z 29 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 39 SFC 979 215 12.0 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 85 6 286.9 288.4 285.8 311.2 8.73 2 970 293 12.8 11.4 91 1.4 12.0 109 9 288.5 290.0 286.4 313.0 8.75 3 960 381 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.6 136 12 291.5 293.2 288.4 318.9 9.65 4 952 452 18.4 11.4 64 7.0 14.1 158 15 295.7 297.3 289.2 321.5 8.92 5 940 562 18.6 9.6 56 9.0 13.2 191 19 297.0 298.4 288.8 320.3 8.00 6 925 700 17.6 9.6 59 8.0 12.8 210 22 297.3 298.8 289.0 321.0 8.13 7 862 1299 13.4 7.4 67 6.0 9.9 230 35 299.0 300.3 289.0 321.1 7.51 8 851 1407 13.4 6.4 63 7.0 9.4 230 34 300.1 301.4 289.1 321.1 7.10 9 850 1417 13.4 6.4 63 7.0 9.4 230 34 300.2 301.5 289.1 321.2 7.11 10 830 1617 12.2 5.2 62 7.0 8.3 230 34 301.0 302.2 289.0 320.9 6.69 11 785 2082 8.0 4.9 81 3.1 6.3 234 35 301.3 302.6 289.3 321.9 6.93 12 733 2644 4.0 2.8 92 1.2 3.4 238 44 302.9 304.1 289.4 322.1 6.40 13 700 3018 2.0 0.9 92 1.1 1.4 240 49 304.7 305.8 289.5 322.4 5.84 14 600 4252 -3.7 -4.9 91 1.2 -4.3 245 48 311.8 312.7 290.5 325.8 4.43 15 529 5238 -9.7 -11.2 89 1.5 -10.3 249 50 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.1 3.07 16 517 5415 -11.7 -15.1 76 3.4 -12.9 252 53 315.7 316.2 289.8 323.3 2.29 17 512 5489 -12.5 -19.5 56 7.0 -14.6 253 55 315.7 316.0 289.0 321.0 1.59 18 504 5609 -13.9 -22.9 47 9.0 -16.3 254 57 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.4 1.20 19 500 5670 -14.3 -23.3 46 9.0 -16.6 255 58 315.6 315.8 288.6 319.6 1.17 20 473 6088 -16.9 -23.9 55 7.0 -18.6 255 61 317.4 317.7 289.2 321.4 1.17 21 457 6344 -19.1 -27.1 49 8.0 -20.8 255 62 317.8 318.0 289.0 321.0 0.91 22 420 6965 -24.1 -29.1 63 5.0 -25.1 255 73 319.2 319.3 289.4 322.1 0.82 23 411 7123 -24.1 -27.0 77 2.9 -24.7 255 79 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.7 1.02 24 400 7320 -25.1 -27.8 78 2.7 -25.6 255 87 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.97 25 392 7466 -25.5 -28.4 77 2.9 -26.1 255 94 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.0 0.94 26 385 7597 -24.9 -27.6 78 2.7 -25.5 255 100 326.2 326.4 291.7 329.8 1.03 27 378 7730 -25.3 -28.3 76 3.0 -25.9 254 99 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.9 0.98 28 352 8243 -29.5 -34.5 62 5.0 -30.3 249 86 328.4 328.6 291.9 330.6 0.58 29 300 9360 -38.9 -43.7 60 4.8 -39.3 240 67 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.27 30 273 10003 -44.7 -49.1 61 4.4 -44.9 243 79 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 31 257 10407 -47.3 -51.6 61 4.3 -47.5 244 87 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.13 32 250 10590 -48.7 -52.7 63 4.0 -48.8 245 90 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.12 33 241 10829 -51.1 -55.2 62 4.1 -51.2 245 99 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.09 34 222 11357 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.0 -56.3 247 104 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 35 201 11979 -62.1 -68.1 44 6.0 -62.1 250 105 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.02 36 200 12010 -62.3 -68.3 44 6.0 -62.4 250 105 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.02 37 184 12519 -66.9 -71.9 49 5.0 -67.0 250 112 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.01 38 182 12585 -66.5 -72.5 43 6.0 -66.5 252 115 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.4 0.01 39 180 12652 -63.8 -70.5 40 6.7 -63.9 255 118 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 40 179 12686 -62.5 -69.5 38 7.0 -62.6 255 118 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 41 178 12721 -61.3 -69.3 34 8.0 -61.4 255 118 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 42 176 12791 -61.3 -69.3 34 8.0 -61.4 255 118 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 43 172 12934 -59.9 -69.9 26 10.0 -60.0 257 105 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 44 167 13118 -59.9 -72.9 17 13.0 -60.0 260 90 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 45 162 13309 -58.1 -76.1 8 18.0 -58.3 262 85 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 46 158 13467 -54.7 -78.7 4 24.0 -55.1 263 82 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 47 155 13590 -54.1 -82.1 2 28.0 -54.5 264 79 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.4 0.00 48 153 13673 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -54.7 265 77 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 49 150 13800 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -54.3 260 81 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 50 147 13930 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -53.9 260 83 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 51 140 14243 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -54.7 260 81 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 52 131 14670 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -54.2 260 76 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 53 122 15125 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -56.1 260 71 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 54 119 15284 -55.1 -84.1 2 29.0 -55.5 260 69 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 55 108 15898 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.4 260 60 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 56 105 16075 -58.9 -85.9 2 27.0 -59.2 260 57 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 57 100 16380 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.4 260 53 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 58 90 17035 -61.5 -86.5 2 25.0 -61.8 242 42 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 59 80 17767 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -61.0 250 38 437.5 437.5 309.6 437.5 0.00 60 72 18417 -63.9 -86.9 3 23.0 -64.1 231 27 444.1 444.1 310.3 444.1 0.00 61 70 18590 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -64.0 225 29 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 62 69 18678 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -64.0 228 29 450.0 450.0 310.8 450.0 0.00 63 65 19048 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.5 240 33 465.6 465.6 312.3 465.6 0.01 64 63 19242 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -61.9 246 33 466.7 466.7 312.4 466.7 0.01 65 57 19865 -59.7 -82.7 3 23.0 -60.2 231 28 484.3 484.3 313.8 484.3 0.01 66 53 20318 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -61.9 238 18 490.3 490.3 314.2 490.4 0.01 67 50 20680 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.4 220 23 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.01 68 49 20806 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.4 223 25 502.9 502.9 315.1 502.9 0.01 69 44 21482 -56.5 -80.5 3 24.0 -57.5 255 27 529.3 529.3 316.9 529.4 0.01 70 39 22249 -55.7 -79.7 3 24.0 -56.9 259 33 549.9 549.9 318.1 550.1 0.02 71 37 22583 -57.5 -80.5 4 23.0 -58.5 257 28 553.7 553.7 318.3 553.8 0.02 72 36 22757 -55.5 -80.5 3 25.0 -56.8 257 26 563.2 563.2 318.8 563.3 0.02 73 30 23920 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -56.6 255 29 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.6 0.03 74 29 24136 -55.3 -79.3 4 24.0 -56.8 253 32 599.7 599.7 320.6 599.9 0.03 75 24 25352 -52.3 -77.3 3 25.0 -54.7 248 48 641.7 641.8 322.4 642.1 0.04 76 21 26215 -53.1 -78.1 3 25.0 -55.6 252 54 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.6 0.04 77 20 26530 -51.7 -78.7 3 27.0 -54.6 255 53 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.3 0.04 78 17 27590 -48.7 -75.7 3 27.0 -52.9 231 56 719.8 719.8 325.1 720.5 0.08 79 17 27590 -46.1 -75.1 2 29.0 -51.2 231 56 728.1 728.2 325.3 728.9 0.08 80 13 29364 -48.3 -79.3 2 31.0 -53.5 243 71 778.6 778.6 326.7 779.1 0.06 81 12 29888 -50.1 -81.1 1 31.0 -54.9 247 75 790.2 790.3 327.0 790.7 0.05 82 12 29888 -47.3 -79.3 1 32.0 -53.2 247 75 800.2 800.2 327.3 800.7 0.06 83 11 30461 -49.3 -80.3 1 31.0 -54.7 251 80 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.6 0.06 84 10 31090 -45.9 -79.9 1 34.0 -53.1 255 85 848.2 848.2 328.4 848.9 0.07 85 9.7 31293 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.4 861.7 861.7 328.7 862.3 0.07 86 9.0 31796 -44.1 -80.1 1 36.0 -52.7 881.1 881.1 329.1 881.8 0.07 87 8.6 32102 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -52.0 899.6 899.7 329.4 900.7 0.10 88 7.7 32844 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -54.1 914.8 914.9 329.7 915.7 0.08 TRP 184 12519 -66.9 -71.9 49 5.0 -67.0 250 112 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.01 WND 180 12652 -63.8 -70.5 40 6.7 -63.9 255 118 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.00 m Freezing level: 664.91 mb = 3450.90 m = 11321.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.91 mb = 3310.14 m = 10859.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.76 mb = 277.59 m = 910.71 ft T: 12.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 1.20 C Layer 940.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.55 mb = 2180.89 m = 7155.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.91 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 2.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51390.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.74 mb = 1469.19 m = 4820.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 272 at 31 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 215 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 91 37 -37.4 0.5 1 935 610 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 132 30 -22.5 20.0 2 925 700 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 135 29 -20.4 20.0 3 902 914 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 144 21 -12.2 17.1 4 870 1219 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 169 24 -4.6 23.5 5 850 1417 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 167 23 -5.3 22.8 6 809 1829 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 165 23 -6.1 22.2 7 779 2134 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 173 21 -2.7 21.1 8 751 2438 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 183 24 1.4 23.9 9 724 2743 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 199 25 8.5 24.0 10 700 3018 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 203 28 11.1 25.5 11 697 3048 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 212 26 13.9 22.1 12 645 3658 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 199 25 8.5 24.0 13 597 4267 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 210 24 12.1 21.3 14 575 4572 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 189 21 3.3 21.0 15 553 4877 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 203 21 8.5 19.6 16 500 5670 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 237 29 24.6 16.0 17 472 6096 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 239 32 27.5 16.8 18 435 6706 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 240 34 29.5 17.3 19 400 7320 255 87 84.0 22.5 | 246 58 52.7 23.5 20 383 7620 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 248 72 66.2 27.1 21 309 9144 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 216 41 24.0 33.0 22 300 9360 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 218 44 26.6 34.5 23 250 10590 245 90 81.6 38.0 | 232 64 50.2 39.0 24 235 10973 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 234 77 62.9 44.9 25 200 12010 250 105 98.7 35.9 | 241 77 67.3 36.9 26 184 12519 250 112 105.2 38.3 | 242 84 73.9 39.3 27 180 12652 255 118 114.0 30.5 | 249 88 82.6 31.5 28 176 12802 255 118 114.0 30.5 | 249 88 82.6 31.5 29 167 13106 260 90 88.6 15.6 | 254 60 57.3 16.6 30 152 13716 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 260 45 44.3 7.6 31 150 13800 260 81 79.8 14.1 | 253 51 48.4 15.1 32 145 14021 260 84 82.7 14.6 | 253 54 51.3 15.6 33 120 15240 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 250 39 36.6 13.0 34 100 16380 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 244 23 20.8 10.2 35 94 16764 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 206 12 5.3 10.8 36 89 17069 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 195 23 5.9 22.5 37 85 17374 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 202 27 10.2 25.0 38 77 17983 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 183 10 0.5 9.5 39 73 18288 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 148 19 -10.1 15.9 40 70 18590 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 153 24 -10.9 21.5 41 70 18593 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 151 24 -11.6 20.8 42 63 19202 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 178 15 -0.6 15.4 43 60 19507 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 164 12 -3.2 11.2 44 57 19812 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 155 22 -9.2 19.6 45 52 20422 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 117 20 -17.5 9.0 46 50 20680 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 138 25 -16.6 18.6 47 50 20726 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 143 25 -15.3 20.1 48 45 21336 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 155 14 -6.0 12.8 49 43 21641 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 127 6 -4.5 3.3 50 41 21946 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 214 9 5.1 7.4 51 34 23165 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 117 14 -12.1 6.2 52 32 23470 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 154 19 -8.4 17.0 53 30 23920 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 158 9 -3.4 8.5 54 29 24079 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 171 9 -1.4 9.0 55 28 24384 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 190 17 3.1 17.0 56 22 25908 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 225 27 19.4 19.5 57 20 26530 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 233 25 19.8 14.7 58 19 26822 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 232 23 17.9 14.2 59 18 27127 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 205 29 11.9 26.0 60 17 27432 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 196 38 10.8 36.3 61 10 31090 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 246 56 50.7 23.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.9 neg: -16.7 tot: 473.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 144.70 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 196 15 120 31| 27.0 0.0 27.0|284.1 0.0 284.1 568.1 0.84| 35.5 29.7 1000 218 21 134 26| 20.5 0.0 20.5|364.4 0.0 364.4 364.4 0.80| 27.0 21.7 1500 224 26 145 24| 13.7 0.5 14.2|364.4 -8.8 355.6 237.1 0.75| 18.6 14.0 2000 227 28 151 23| 11.1 0.4 11.5|389.0 -10.1 378.9 189.5 0.76| 15.2 11.5 2500 229 30 158 22| 10.8 0.3 11.1|447.9 -10.1 437.8 175.1 0.78| 14.2 11.1 3000 232 33 167 22| 9.6 0.3 9.9|489.9 -16.7 473.3 157.8 0.76| 13.3 10.1 4000 236 37 178 22| 7.5 0.6 8.1|514.2 -42.2 472.0 118.0 0.69| 11.0 7.6 5000 238 39 183 22| 6.8 1.1 8.0|578.3 -84.9 493.4 98.7 0.60| 10.8 6.5 6000 242 42 195 21| 6.4 0.7 7.1|644.0 -84.9 559.1 93.2 0.61| 10.1 6.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200329.12.gif