UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 31 MAR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:1200Z 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 138 SFC 990 215 4.2 3.6 96 0.6 3.9 280 4 278.1 279.0 277.6 291.8 5.00 2 979 307 3.2 2.4 94 0.8 2.8 293 5 278.0 278.8 277.0 290.7 4.64 3 925 769 0.6 -0.2 94 0.8 0.3 355 8 279.9 280.6 277.3 291.2 4.07 4 850 1444 -3.5 -4.3 94 0.8 -3.8 15 12 282.5 283.0 277.5 291.7 3.27 5 840 1538 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.4 21 13 282.8 283.4 277.5 291.8 3.16 6 838 1556 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.4 22 13 283.0 283.5 277.6 292.0 3.17 7 822 1709 -3.7 -4.9 91 1.2 -4.2 32 14 285.0 285.5 278.7 294.2 3.23 8 700 2965 -9.5 -13.2 74 3.7 -10.6 30 13 292.0 292.3 280.4 297.9 1.97 9 687 3109 -10.3 -14.1 74 3.8 -11.4 36 10 292.6 293.0 280.6 298.3 1.87 10 633 3737 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321.4 289.2 321.5 0.02 24 300 9090 -44.7 -63.7 10 19.0 -45.2 280 104 322.4 322.4 289.5 322.5 0.02 25 289 9340 -46.0 -61.0 17 15.0 -46.4 275 114 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.2 0.04 26 281 9526 -46.9 -58.9 24 12.0 -47.3 276 111 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.05 27 275 9670 -46.3 -60.3 19 14.0 -46.7 279 105 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.04 28 263 9965 -47.9 -66.9 9 19.0 -48.3 283 94 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.02 29 260 10041 -47.3 -67.3 8 20.0 -47.8 285 91 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.02 30 250 10300 -48.7 -70.7 6 22.0 -49.1 285 92 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.01 31 235 10705 -51.1 -74.1 5 23.0 -51.5 280 97 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 32 227 10932 -50.1 -74.1 4 24.0 -50.5 281 87 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.01 33 213 11348 -50.7 -78.7 2 28.0 -51.1 284 68 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.00 34 210 11441 -50.1 -79.1 2 29.0 -50.5 284 64 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.00 35 202 11695 -49.9 -81.9 1 32.0 -50.4 288 57 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.00 36 200 11760 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -50.6 290 57 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 37 196 11891 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.4 289 56 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 38 193 11992 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -50.2 288 55 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 39 187 12197 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.2 286 53 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 40 181 12410 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -50.4 284 51 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 41 174 12666 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.4 281 48 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 42 167 12933 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -50.7 286 43 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 43 158 13293 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -52.6 286 45 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 44 155 13417 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.2 280 49 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 45 152 13544 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -50.7 283 49 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 46 150 13630 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -50.9 285 49 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 47 143 13942 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -50.6 285 46 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 48 134 14365 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -52.5 285 42 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 49 130 14561 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -52.5 285 40 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 50 128 14662 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -51.6 285 39 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 51 124 14868 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -53.1 285 38 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 52 121 15026 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -52.5 285 36 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 53 114 15411 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -53.5 281 34 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 54 104 16000 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -56.0 266 35 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 55 100 16250 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -55.2 260 36 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.0 0.00 56 85 17291 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -54.4 263 33 444.1 444.1 310.3 444.2 0.00 57 76 18006 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -56.9 264 31 453.2 453.2 311.1 453.2 0.00 58 70 18530 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -55.5 280 25 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.4 0.00 59 68 18716 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.6 260 21 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.4 0.00 60 65 19004 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.2 248 24 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.5 0.00 61 57 19837 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.6 273 19 490.7 490.7 314.2 490.7 0.01 62 55 20064 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -56.6 258 13 498.4 498.4 314.8 498.5 0.00 63 51 20544 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -57.5 260 15 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.00 64 50 20670 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.1 255 19 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.01 65 48 20931 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.6 269 28 521.1 521.1 316.4 521.1 0.01 66 42 21802 -46.9 -79.9 1 33.0 -49.5 274 13 560.2 560.2 318.6 560.3 0.02 67 40 22125 -48.1 -81.1 1 33.0 -50.5 248 12 565.1 565.1 318.9 565.1 0.01 68 36 22813 -52.5 -83.5 1 31.0 -54.2 230 16 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.0 0.01 69 32 23575 -52.5 -82.5 1 30.0 -54.4 222 16 590.5 590.5 320.2 590.6 0.01 70 30 23990 -54.5 -83.5 2 29.0 -56.2 265 19 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 71 29 24207 -54.9 -83.9 2 29.0 -56.5 252 22 600.8 600.8 320.6 600.9 0.01 72 23 25709 -49.9 -80.9 1 31.0 -53.1 212 18 656.7 656.7 322.9 656.8 0.02 73 20 26620 -52.3 -82.3 2 30.0 -55.1 200 25 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.3 0.02 74 19 26951 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -55.7 201 24 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.4 0.03 75 16 28072 -48.3 -81.3 1 33.0 -52.9 228 18 733.7 733.7 325.5 734.0 0.03 76 16 28072 -46.5 -80.5 1 34.0 -51.8 228 18 739.6 739.6 325.7 739.9 0.04 77 15 28501 -45.5 -80.5 1 35.0 -51.4 249 15 756.7 756.7 326.1 757.0 0.04 78 14 28963 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -50.3 246 14 779.9 779.9 326.7 780.4 0.05 79 13 29462 -43.9 -79.9 1 36.0 -51.1 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.3 0.05 80 13 29462 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -49.8 802.1 802.2 327.3 802.9 0.08 81 12 30003 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -51.0 815.0 815.1 327.6 815.7 0.06 82 11 30586 -46.1 -80.1 1 34.0 -52.9 824.7 824.7 327.8 825.3 0.06 83 10 31224 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -51.6 859.4 859.5 328.6 860.2 0.08 TRP 235 10705 -51.1 -74.1 5 23.0 -51.5 280 97 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 WND 289 9340 -46.0 -61.0 17 15.0 -46.4 275 114 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.2 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5362.00 m Freezing level: 914.02 mb = 867.78 m = 2847.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 920.29 mb = 809.79 m = 2656.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.61 % Est. max temperature: 8.84 C = 47.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.86 mb = 291.10 m = 955.05 ft T: 3.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.06 C Layer 979.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.53 mb = 833.74 m = 2735.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.22 C = 43.19 F Cap Strength: 11.40 C Lifted Index: 12.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.36 C Showalter Index: 11.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 11.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60121.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 745.64 m = 2446.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 22 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 215 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 221 12 8.0 9.4 1 943 610 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 242 8 7.0 3.7 2 925 769 355 8 0.7 -8.0 | 246 5 4.8 2.1 3 908 914 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 208 3 1.3 2.5 4 874 1219 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 290 2 2.2 -0.8 5 850 1444 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 328 2 1.0 -1.5 6 809 1829 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 75 6 -5.6 -1.4 7 778 2134 45 13 -9.2 -9.2 | 99 5 -5.1 0.9 8 749 2438 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 192 5 1.1 4.9 9 720 2743 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 313 0 0.3 -0.3 10 700 2965 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 64 3 -2.4 -1.2 11 692 3048 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 135 3 -2.4 2.4 12 639 3658 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 314 6 4.1 -4.0 13 589 4267 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 310 9 6.8 -5.7 14 566 4572 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 312 7 5.4 -4.9 15 543 4877 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 297 16 14.1 -7.3 16 501 5486 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 308 18 13.8 -10.8 17 500 5500 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 301 18 15.1 -9.0 18 480 5791 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 284 20 18.9 -4.8 19 460 6096 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 291 25 23.2 -9.0 20 441 6401 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 282 48 46.7 -9.8 21 423 6706 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 289 55 51.7 -17.5 22 400 7110 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 289 57 53.4 -18.5 23 371 7620 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 288 54 50.8 -17.0 24 355 7925 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 285 59 57.5 -14.9 25 300 9090 280 104 102.4 -18.1 | 274 107 106.5 -8.0 26 298 9144 280 108 106.4 -18.8 | 275 111 110.4 -8.7 27 289 9340 275 114 113.6 -9.9 | 270 118 117.6 0.1 28 284 9449 275 114 113.6 -9.9 | 270 118 117.6 0.1 29 259 10058 285 90 86.9 -23.3 | 278 92 91.0 -13.2 30 250 10300 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 278 94 92.9 -13.8 31 236 10668 280 97 95.5 -16.8 | 274 100 99.6 -6.8 32 235 10705 280 97 95.5 -16.8 | 274 100 99.6 -6.8 33 206 11582 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 275 60 60.1 -5.0 34 200 11760 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 279 58 57.6 -9.4 35 170 12802 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 268 50 50.4 1.9 36 163 13106 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 279 39 38.5 -6.0 37 155 13411 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 268 52 52.3 1.5 38 150 13630 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 273 51 51.4 -2.6 39 117 15240 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 268 37 36.9 1.2 40 100 16250 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 248 43 39.5 16.3 41 73 18288 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 250 36 34.0 12.7 42 70 18530 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 259 29 28.7 5.7 43 69 18593 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 244 27 24.0 11.8 44 63 19202 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 229 35 26.6 23.0 45 60 19507 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 235 42 34.0 24.0 46 57 19812 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 251 25 24.0 8.3 47 55 20117 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 230 20 15.7 13.2 48 52 20422 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 234 19 15.0 11.0 49 50 20670 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 236 27 22.4 15.0 50 50 20726 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 236 26 21.5 14.7 51 47 21031 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 259 38 36.9 7.2 52 45 21336 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 261 27 26.3 4.1 53 43 21641 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 253 20 19.5 5.9 54 41 21946 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 232 18 14.0 10.9 55 37 22555 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 204 28 11.3 25.5 56 34 23165 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 239 22 19.0 11.4 57 33 23470 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 212 26 13.7 21.5 58 31 23774 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 216 28 16.8 22.8 59 30 23990 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 243 26 23.0 11.7 60 30 24079 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 243 26 23.0 11.7 61 28 24384 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 225 35 24.5 24.4 62 26 24994 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 221 32 20.9 24.2 63 25 25298 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 234 29 23.8 17.2 64 23 25603 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 207 32 14.6 28.2 65 22 25908 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 209 24 11.5 20.7 66 20 26518 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 194 33 7.9 31.7 67 20 26620 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 201 36 12.6 33.5 68 17 27127 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 204 33 13.4 30.0 69 15 27432 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 230 24 18.2 15.2 70 14 27737 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 226 23 16.8 16.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.1 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 22.1 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 12.56 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 323 6 235 9| 7.4 0.0 7.4| 12.0 0.0 12.0 24.0 0.56| 8.1 4.5 1000 353 7 241 6| 6.0 0.0 6.0| 13.6 -2.3 11.2 11.2 0.31| 8.1 2.5 1500 6 9 252 3| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 16.5 -2.3 14.1 9.4 0.46| 7.5 3.4 2000 19 10 247 1| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 22.5 -2.3 20.2 10.1 0.52| 7.2 3.8 2500 21 10 213 1| 2.8 0.8 3.6| 26.7 -2.3 24.4 9.8 0.54| 7.7 4.2 3000 23 10 192 1| 2.6 0.7 3.2| 28.6 -2.7 25.9 8.6 0.55| 7.7 4.2 4000 16 11 301 1| 1.9 1.7 3.7| 28.6 -5.9 22.7 5.7 0.36| 7.1 2.5 5000 5 13 309 4| 1.5 2.2 3.8| 35.7 -14.8 20.9 4.2 0.28| 6.9 1.9 6000 352 14 305 7| 1.3 3.3 4.6| 54.7 -57.1 -2.3 -0.4 0.16| 7.7 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200331.12.gif