UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 31 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:0000Z 31 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 122 SFC 988 215 4.2 3.6 96 0.6 3.9 225 18 278.3 279.2 277.7 292.0 5.01 2 982 265 3.6 1.2 84 2.4 2.5 228 20 278.2 278.9 276.6 289.9 4.24 3 966 400 2.6 0.8 88 1.8 1.8 237 24 278.5 279.2 276.7 290.0 4.19 4 932 693 1.8 0.1 88 1.7 1.1 259 25 280.5 281.2 277.7 292.0 4.13 5 925 754 1.4 -0.2 89 1.6 0.7 265 22 280.7 281.4 277.7 292.1 4.07 6 850 1430 -2.1 -3.5 90 1.4 -2.7 290 23 283.9 284.5 278.5 293.8 3.47 7 848 1449 -2.3 -3.7 90 1.4 -2.9 290 23 283.9 284.5 278.4 293.7 3.43 8 789 2020 -3.7 -5.2 89 1.5 -4.3 288 21 288.3 288.9 280.4 297.9 3.29 9 738 2546 -6.1 -7.7 88 1.6 -6.7 285 21 291.3 291.8 281.3 299.9 2.90 10 700 2958 -8.9 -11.1 84 2.2 -9.6 300 29 292.6 293.0 281.2 299.6 2.34 11 655 3469 -12.1 -14.4 83 2.3 -12.8 287 33 294.6 295.0 281.5 300.5 1.91 12 639 3657 -13.9 -17.4 75 3.5 -14.8 281 35 294.7 295.0 281.1 299.4 1.53 13 588 4283 -18.3 -20.7 81 2.4 -18.8 280 28 296.6 296.9 281.5 300.6 1.25 14 567 4554 -18.7 -22.2 74 3.5 -19.5 315 22 299.3 299.5 282.5 302.9 1.14 15 536 4970 -21.5 -26.5 64 5.0 -22.4 287 27 300.8 300.9 282.8 303.5 0.82 16 530 5053 -22.1 -29.1 53 7.0 -23.2 285 29 301.0 301.2 282.7 303.2 0.65 17 525 5123 -22.7 -34.7 33 12.0 -24.4 282 31 301.1 301.2 282.4 302.4 0.38 18 520 5193 -23.3 -36.3 29 13.0 -24.9 280 33 301.2 301.3 282.3 302.4 0.33 19 517 5235 -23.1 -34.1 36 11.0 -24.6 281 33 302.0 302.0 282.7 303.4 0.41 20 514 5278 -22.3 -28.3 58 6.0 -23.4 282 33 303.4 303.6 283.7 305.8 0.72 21 511 5321 -22.5 -26.3 71 3.8 -23.2 282 33 303.7 303.9 284.0 306.6 0.87 22 505 5407 -22.9 -26.7 71 3.8 -23.6 284 34 304.3 304.4 284.2 307.1 0.85 23 500 5480 -23.7 -28.6 64 4.9 -24.5 285 34 304.1 304.3 284.0 306.5 0.72 24 495 5553 -24.3 -30.3 58 6.0 -25.2 285 34 304.3 304.4 284.0 306.4 0.62 25 482 5747 -25.5 -29.5 69 4.0 -26.1 285 35 305.1 305.3 284.4 307.4 0.69 26 472 5898 -26.7 -31.7 63 5.0 -27.4 285 36 305.5 305.6 284.4 307.4 0.57 27 442 6369 -30.5 -33.6 74 3.1 -30.9 284 42 306.5 306.6 284.7 308.2 0.51 28 431 6547 -31.9 -36.7 62 4.8 -32.4 283 45 306.9 307.0 284.7 308.2 0.38 29 424 6663 -32.9 -37.2 65 4.3 -33.3 282 47 307.1 307.1 284.7 308.4 0.37 30 418 6763 -33.7 -40.7 49 7.0 -34.3 282 49 307.3 307.3 284.7 308.2 0.26 31 400 7070 -35.9 -42.9 49 7.0 -36.4 280 55 308.3 308.4 285.0 309.1 0.22 32 386 7317 -37.9 -43.9 53 6.0 -38.3 280 58 308.9 308.9 285.2 309.6 0.20 33 379 7444 -39.1 -48.1 38 9.0 -39.6 282 55 308.9 308.9 285.1 309.4 0.13 34 361 7777 -40.1 -60.1 10 20.0 -40.8 286 51 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.0 0.03 35 341 8166 -42.3 -62.3 9 20.0 -42.9 287 54 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.1 0.03 36 314 8724 -43.5 -64.5 8 21.0 -44.1 289 58 319.8 319.9 288.7 319.9 0.02 37 305 8919 -44.9 -65.9 8 21.0 -45.4 290 59 320.6 320.6 288.9 320.6 0.02 38 300 9030 -45.1 -66.1 8 21.0 -45.6 290 57 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 39 289 9280 -45.3 -68.3 6 23.0 -45.9 290 53 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.0 0.01 40 281 9467 -44.5 -67.5 6 23.0 -45.1 290 49 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 41 274 9636 -45.3 -68.3 6 23.0 -45.9 289 51 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.0 0.01 42 265 9860 -44.1 -68.1 5 24.0 -44.7 287 54 334.9 334.9 293.0 334.9 0.02 43 250 10250 -45.3 -71.3 4 26.0 -45.9 285 59 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.01 44 243 10439 -46.1 -72.1 4 26.0 -46.7 286 60 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.01 45 235 10662 -45.3 -71.3 4 26.0 -46.0 288 61 344.8 344.8 295.4 344.8 0.01 46 231 10777 -43.9 -70.9 3 27.0 -44.7 289 61 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 47 221 11073 -45.4 -72.4 3 27.0 -46.1 290 62 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 48 220 11103 -45.5 -72.5 3 27.0 -46.2 290 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 49 215 11257 -44.3 -72.3 3 28.0 -45.1 290 58 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 50 204 11608 -45.7 -72.7 3 27.0 -46.4 290 51 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 51 200 11740 -45.1 -72.1 3 27.0 -45.9 290 48 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 52 187 12188 -44.9 -72.9 3 28.0 -45.8 285 41 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 53 178 12515 -47.3 -73.3 4 26.0 -48.0 284 41 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 54 174 12665 -47.3 -73.3 4 26.0 -48.0 283 41 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 55 167 12935 -49.3 -75.3 3 26.0 -49.9 282 40 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 56 158 13298 -48.1 -74.1 3 26.0 -48.8 281 40 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.01 57 151 13596 -48.3 -74.3 3 26.0 -49.0 280 40 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.01 58 150 13640 -48.7 -74.7 3 26.0 -49.4 280 40 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 59 144 13906 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.5 280 40 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.01 60 139 14136 -49.7 -76.7 3 27.0 -50.4 280 39 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.01 61 100 16270 -52.1 -76.1 4 24.0 -52.8 260 23 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.01 62 77 17939 -58.5 -81.5 4 23.0 -58.9 250 45 446.9 446.9 310.6 446.9 0.01 63 70 18540 -57.1 -80.1 4 23.0 -57.7 285 38 462.2 462.2 312.0 462.3 0.01 64 68 18723 -55.5 -79.5 3 24.0 -56.2 286 33 469.5 469.5 312.6 469.6 0.01 65 61 19409 -58.1 -81.1 4 23.0 -58.7 278 27 478.6 478.6 313.4 478.6 0.01 66 56 19949 -54.7 -78.7 4 24.0 -55.6 263 18 498.2 498.2 314.8 498.2 0.01 67 50 20670 -55.9 -77.9 5 22.0 -56.8 250 17 511.7 511.8 315.8 511.9 0.02 68 43 21639 -52.5 -75.5 5 23.0 -53.9 255 34 542.7 542.7 317.7 542.9 0.03 69 41 21946 -54.3 -77.3 4 23.0 -55.6 246 40 545.6 545.6 317.9 545.8 0.02 70 40 22105 -53.5 -77.5 4 24.0 -54.9 259 32 551.5 551.5 318.2 551.7 0.02 71 39 22269 -50.9 -75.9 4 25.0 -52.8 268 25 562.1 562.1 318.8 562.3 0.03 72 38 22439 -49.1 -73.1 4 24.0 -51.3 257 18 570.9 570.9 319.2 571.2 0.05 73 35 22979 -49.3 -74.3 4 25.0 -51.7 253 25 583.9 583.9 319.9 584.3 0.05 74 31 23768 -53.5 -77.5 4 24.0 -55.2 259 28 593.2 593.2 320.3 593.4 0.03 75 30 23980 -52.7 -77.7 3 25.0 -54.6 260 27 601.0 601.0 320.7 601.2 0.03 76 28 24425 -52.5 -76.5 4 24.0 -54.6 266 25 613.5 613.5 321.2 613.8 0.04 77 27 24660 -50.3 -76.3 3 26.0 -52.9 270 19 626.1 626.1 321.7 626.4 0.04 78 25 25163 -49.1 -73.1 4 24.0 -52.2 222 17 643.5 643.5 322.4 644.1 0.08 79 23 25704 -53.1 -76.1 4 23.0 -55.4 230 20 647.2 647.3 322.6 647.7 0.05 80 20 26610 -49.9 -75.9 3 26.0 -53.3 225 22 683.4 683.5 323.9 684.0 0.06 81 17 27668 -51.5 -75.5 4 24.0 -54.8 227 17 710.8 710.9 324.8 711.5 0.08 82 16 28063 -48.9 -73.9 4 25.0 -53.2 243 17 731.7 731.8 325.4 732.7 0.11 83 13 29435 -46.1 -71.1 4 25.0 -52.0 248 15 786.2 786.3 327.0 788.2 0.20 84 12 29965 -47.7 -72.7 4 25.0 -53.3 240 21 798.7 798.8 327.3 800.4 0.17 85 11 30542 -45.1 -71.1 4 26.0 -52.1 247 29 828.3 828.4 328.0 830.7 0.24 86 10 31180 -44.1 -69.1 5 25.0 -51.8 255 38 854.9 855.1 328.6 858.6 0.35 87 9.8 31316 -43.5 -68.5 5 25.0 -51.5 862.1 862.3 328.7 866.3 0.39 88 7.5 33117 -43.1 -69.1 4 26.0 -52.5 932.3 932.6 330.1 937.7 0.46 TRP 305 8919 -44.9 -65.9 8 21.0 -45.4 290 59 320.6 320.6 288.9 320.6 0.02 WND 221 11073 -45.4 -72.4 3 27.0 -46.1 290 62 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5358.00 m Freezing level: 895.00 mb = 1024.40 m = 3360.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 909.05 mb = 893.09 m = 2930.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.68 % Est. max temperature: 10.52 C = 50.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.88 mb = 291.21 m = 955.39 ft T: 3.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 982.0- 966.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1191.12 m = 3907.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.69 C = 47.64 F Cap Strength: 11.59 C Lifted Index: 11.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.73 C Showalter Index: 9.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 15.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69952.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.14 mb = 865.97 m = 2841.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 313 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 215 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 175 27 -2.3 26.9 1 941 610 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 208 28 13.2 24.4 2 925 754 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 203 17 6.9 16.1 3 907 914 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 209 19 8.9 16.3 4 873 1219 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 228 14 10.6 9.7 5 850 1430 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 226 9 6.6 6.3 6 840 1524 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 220 9 5.6 6.6 7 808 1829 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 216 11 6.2 8.5 8 777 2134 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 214 8 4.7 7.0 9 748 2438 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 204 12 4.7 10.7 10 719 2743 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 239 8 6.7 4.0 11 700 2958 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 272 10 10.1 -0.3 12 692 3048 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 269 9 9.2 0.2 13 638 3658 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 247 21 19.4 8.1 14 588 4267 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 233 16 12.5 9.3 15 564 4572 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 39 2 -1.5 -1.9 16 542 4877 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 236 10 8.5 5.6 17 520 5182 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 244 19 17.5 8.4 18 500 5480 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 253 19 17.8 5.4 19 459 6096 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 257 21 20.7 4.6 20 400 7070 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 263 39 39.1 4.6 21 386 7315 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 264 42 42.1 4.1 22 369 7620 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 268 33 33.3 1.2 23 305 8919 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 278 41 40.4 -6.0 24 300 9030 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 278 39 38.5 -5.3 25 295 9144 290 56 52.6 -19.2 | 278 38 37.6 -5.0 26 282 9449 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 275 31 31.0 -2.6 27 250 10250 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 272 42 42.0 -1.1 28 224 10973 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 279 44 43.2 -7.0 29 221 11073 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 279 44 43.2 -7.0 30 200 11740 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 274 30 30.1 -2.2 31 187 12192 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 262 25 24.6 3.6 32 150 13640 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 253 25 24.4 7.2 33 117 15240 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 250 23 21.4 7.7 34 112 15545 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 243 31 28.0 14.2 35 100 16270 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 203 20 7.6 18.2 36 76 17983 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 223 41 28.2 29.9 37 73 18288 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 243 31 28.0 14.2 38 70 18540 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 259 22 21.7 4.3 39 69 18593 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 249 30 27.8 10.4 40 66 18898 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 197 5 1.4 4.7 41 63 19202 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 222 16 10.9 11.9 42 60 19507 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 233 16 12.5 9.3 43 57 19812 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 208 6 3.1 5.7 44 55 20117 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 172 26 -3.7 25.5 45 52 20422 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 176 32 -2.4 32.2 46 50 20670 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 183 20 0.9 20.0 47 50 20726 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 178 18 -0.6 18.1 48 47 21031 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 194 25 5.8 23.9 49 45 21336 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 216 20 11.9 16.5 50 41 21946 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 214 38 21.2 31.1 51 39 22250 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 218 18 11.0 14.2 52 37 22555 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 174 19 -1.9 19.0 53 34 23165 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 212 26 13.9 21.9 54 30 23980 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 211 22 11.6 18.9 55 30 24079 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 225 17 11.9 11.8 56 28 24384 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 213 20 10.9 16.4 57 27 24689 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 192 14 3.0 14.2 58 26 24994 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 177 19 -0.9 19.3 59 24 25298 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 165 33 -8.5 32.0 60 22 25908 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 188 23 3.1 22.6 61 20 26518 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 182 30 1.2 30.4 62 20 26610 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 181 30 0.5 29.7 63 18 27127 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 177 22 -1.2 22.2 64 18 27432 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 169 29 -5.3 28.1 65 16 28042 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 181 21 0.4 21.4 66 15 28346 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 175 25 -2.0 25.1 67 15 28651 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 186 17 1.7 17.1 68 14 28956 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 185 20 1.9 20.3 69 13 29261 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 184 14 1.0 14.2 70 13 29566 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 173 23 -2.8 22.8 71 10 31180 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 222 32 21.7 24.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.3 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 313.3 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -21.3 tot: 147.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 41.76 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 244 25 196 26| 14.7 0.0 14.7|115.2 -5.5 109.7 219.4 0.64| 24.0 15.5 1000 257 24 204 22| 11.0 0.0 11.0|143.3 -6.9 136.4 136.4 0.63| 17.2 10.9 1500 267 24 210 18| 7.1 0.0 7.1|143.7 -11.0 132.8 88.5 0.48| 14.0 6.7 2000 272 23 212 16| 5.2 0.0 5.2|143.7 -13.8 130.0 65.0 0.42| 11.4 4.7 2500 275 23 212 15| 4.9 0.0 4.9|156.7 -17.0 139.7 55.9 0.42| 10.9 4.6 3000 279 24 219 13| 5.0 0.0 5.0|168.8 -21.3 147.5 49.2 0.43| 10.6 4.5 4000 280 26 228 14| 3.7 1.0 4.7|168.8 -58.7 110.1 27.5 0.24| 9.9 2.3 5000 283 26 231 13| 3.5 2.2 5.7|186.3 -63.2 123.2 24.6 0.19| 11.9 2.2 6000 283 28 236 14| 3.2 2.0 5.2|211.1 -63.2 147.9 24.6 0.21| 10.6 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200331.00.gif