UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020040100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 APR 20 Searching for KBUF... Searching the city database file for: KBUF ... Date:0000Z 1 APR 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 125 SFC 989 215 5.4 3.4 87 2.0 4.5 50 10 279.4 280.3 278.2 293.0 4.94 2 983 265 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 3.0 52 11 279.3 280.0 277.0 290.7 4.12 3 953 516 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 2.0 61 15 279.6 280.3 277.4 291.6 4.34 4 925 757 1.4 0.2 92 1.2 0.9 80 16 280.7 281.5 277.9 292.4 4.19 5 853 1406 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.7 107 10 283.5 284.1 278.3 293.3 3.48 6 850 1434 -2.3 -3.6 91 1.3 -2.8 110 10 283.7 284.3 278.4 293.5 3.44 7 838 1547 -2.9 -5.3 83 2.4 -3.8 113 10 284.3 284.8 278.2 293.0 3.07 8 763 2284 -8.1 -9.1 92 1.0 -8.4 115 11 286.4 286.8 278.4 293.7 2.51 9 749 2428 -7.7 -10.5 80 2.8 -8.6 115 7 288.3 288.7 279.1 295.1 2.29 10 700 2952 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.2 130 11 290.6 291.0 280.0 296.9 2.11 11 683 3141 -10.3 -15.3 67 5.0 -11.8 123 12 293.1 293.4 280.6 298.3 1.70 12 645 3581 -11.3 -21.3 43 10.0 -13.7 108 14 296.8 297.0 281.4 300.3 1.08 13 630 3760 -12.5 -22.5 43 10.0 -14.9 102 14 297.5 297.7 281.6 300.6 1.00 14 563 4611 -17.1 -37.1 16 20.0 -20.0 72 13 301.8 301.8 282.5 302.7 0.28 15 530 5061 -20.3 -38.3 18 18.0 -22.7 53 16 303.2 303.2 283.0 304.1 0.26 16 507 5388 -21.9 -49.9 6 28.0 -24.4 39 18 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.08 17 500 5490 -22.9 -43.9 13 21.0 -25.1 35 19 305.1 305.1 283.7 305.7 0.16 18 499 5505 -22.9 -43.9 13 21.0 -25.1 35 19 305.3 305.3 283.7 305.9 0.16 19 468 5970 -26.5 -45.5 15 19.0 -28.2 23 17 306.5 306.5 284.2 307.0 0.14 20 441 6397 -27.7 -59.7 3 32.0 -29.6 4 19 310.2 310.2 285.4 310.3 0.03 21 400 7090 -32.5 -54.5 9 22.0 -33.8 325 27 312.7 312.8 286.4 313.0 0.06 22 382 7414 -35.3 -56.3 10 21.0 -36.4 308 30 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.4 0.05 23 355 7924 -37.9 -51.9 22 14.0 -38.7 291 49 316.3 316.4 287.6 316.7 0.09 24 346 8101 -37.9 -49.9 27 12.0 -38.6 285 50 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.1 0.12 25 315 8742 -43.3 -48.3 58 5.0 -43.6 263 51 319.8 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.15 26 302 9026 -45.7 -50.1 61 4.4 -45.9 260 52 320.3 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.13 27 300 9070 -45.9 -50.2 62 4.3 -46.1 260 52 320.7 320.7 289.1 321.2 0.13 28 284 9432 -49.3 -55.3 49 6.0 -49.5 263 53 320.9 320.9 289.1 321.1 0.07 29 269 9786 -51.9 -57.9 48 6.0 -52.1 267 52 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.3 0.06 30 266 9859 -50.9 -58.9 38 8.0 -51.1 268 52 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.8 0.05 31 259 10032 -52.3 -65.3 19 13.0 -52.5 270 52 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.1 0.02 32 250 10260 -53.7 -70.7 11 17.0 -53.9 265 49 326.2 326.2 290.6 326.3 0.01 33 242 10468 -54.5 -74.5 7 20.0 -54.7 255 47 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.1 0.01 34 239 10547 -53.1 -75.1 5 22.0 -53.4 253 47 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.4 0.01 35 233 10712 -48.7 -77.7 2 29.0 -49.2 253 45 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.00 36 228 10854 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -48.3 262 38 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.00 37 211 11361 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.2 266 27 348.7 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.00 38 200 11710 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.2 270 31 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.00 39 196 11843 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -49.8 270 31 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.00 40 190 12047 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -51.0 262 32 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 41 185 12221 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.3 255 32 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 42 175 12585 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -51.0 258 35 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 43 171 12736 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -50.5 259 36 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 44 165 12970 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -51.8 261 37 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 45 156 13335 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.2 264 39 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 46 150 13590 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -51.7 265 40 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 47 145 13811 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -50.8 261 36 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 48 135 14276 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.3 251 29 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.7 0.00 49 121 14989 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -50.9 256 30 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 50 111 15548 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -53.9 275 46 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 51 109 15665 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.4 272 42 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 52 104 15968 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -54.5 266 33 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 53 100 16220 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -53.9 260 25 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.8 0.00 54 86 17191 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -52.9 252 25 445.9 445.9 310.4 445.9 0.00 55 79 17736 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -55.0 261 38 452.3 452.3 311.1 452.3 0.00 56 70 18510 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -54.9 260 27 468.6 468.6 312.5 468.7 0.00 57 64 19086 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -54.1 266 33 483.0 483.0 313.7 483.0 0.00 58 59 19607 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -56.3 273 31 489.0 489.0 314.1 489.0 0.00 59 55 20058 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -53.2 246 17 507.2 507.2 315.5 507.2 0.01 60 50 20670 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.6 255 16 512.2 512.2 315.8 512.2 0.00 61 48 20929 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.4 255 17 516.3 516.3 316.1 516.3 0.00 62 47 21063 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.3 253 17 522.3 522.3 316.5 522.3 0.00 63 45 21343 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -53.4 269 19 537.1 537.1 317.3 537.1 0.01 64 39 22267 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -54.5 272 19 557.0 557.0 318.5 557.1 0.01 65 37 22609 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -52.1 236 21 573.2 573.2 319.3 573.2 0.01 66 30 23970 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -54.9 235 21 600.4 600.4 320.6 600.5 0.01 67 29 24189 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -53.8 224 16 610.1 610.1 321.0 610.2 0.01 68 22 25967 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.8 212 27 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.8 0.01 69 20 26580 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.8 220 29 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.01 70 19 26913 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.5 229 32 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.02 71 17 27639 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -53.8 227 28 716.0 716.0 325.0 716.1 0.02 72 16 28038 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -52.2 232 24 737.6 737.6 325.6 737.9 0.03 73 14 28929 -43.9 -79.9 1 36.0 -50.8 275 15 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.6 0.05 74 13 29426 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -51.5 257 12 791.0 791.1 327.0 791.5 0.05 75 13 29426 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -50.6 257 12 796.6 796.6 327.2 797.1 0.06 76 10 31200 -41.9 -77.9 1 36.0 -51.1 260 25 863.1 863.2 328.7 864.1 0.09 77 10 31200 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -51.0 260 25 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.9 0.10 78 7.6 33053 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -53.1 927.2 927.2 329.9 928.2 0.09 TRP 242 10468 -54.5 -74.5 7 20.0 -54.7 255 47 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.1 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.00 m Freezing level: 897.76 mb = 1002.56 m = 3289.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 907.63 mb = 908.83 m = 2981.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.65 % Est. max temperature: 10.17 C = 50.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.00 mb = 465.38 m = 1526.82 ft T: 3.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 2.28 C Layer 983.0- 953.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.00 mb = 1074.92 m = 3526.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.03 C = 46.46 F Cap Strength: 12.01 C Lifted Index: 11.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Showalter Index: 10.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 39.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69864.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.07 mb = 869.72 m = 2853.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 109 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 215 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 349 10 1.9 -9.8 1 942 610 65 16 -14.5 -6.8 | 26 11 -4.9 -10.1 2 925 757 80 16 -15.8 -2.8 | 45 9 -6.2 -6.1 3 907 914 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 53 8 -6.4 -4.8 4 873 1219 90 13 -13.0 0.0 | 46 5 -3.4 -3.4 5 850 1434 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 248 0 0.2 0.1 6 808 1829 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 181 2 0.0 2.1 7 777 2134 115 15 -13.6 6.3 | 126 5 -4.0 3.0 8 748 2438 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 277 3 3.2 -0.4 9 719 2743 135 11 -7.8 7.8 | 202 5 1.8 4.4 10 700 2952 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 197 4 1.1 3.7 11 637 3658 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 94 4 -4.0 0.3 12 588 4267 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 18 5 -1.4 -4.3 13 542 4877 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 18 11 -3.4 -10.9 14 500 5490 35 19 -10.9 -15.6 | 4 19 -1.3 -18.9 15 459 6096 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 347 19 4.1 -18.4 16 400 7090 325 27 15.5 -22.1 | 315 36 25.0 -25.5 17 387 7315 310 27 20.7 -17.4 | 304 37 30.2 -20.7 18 370 7620 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 302 48 40.7 -25.2 19 354 7925 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 290 60 56.5 -20.5 20 310 8839 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 265 60 59.8 5.5 21 300 9070 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 265 61 60.8 5.7 22 297 9144 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 265 62 61.7 5.8 23 258 10058 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 273 62 61.6 -3.4 24 250 10260 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 269 58 58.4 0.9 25 242 10468 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 261 56 55.0 8.8 26 235 10668 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 257 55 53.7 12.7 27 224 10973 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 275 42 41.6 -3.4 28 214 11278 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 272 35 35.5 -1.1 29 200 11710 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 275 41 40.6 -3.4 30 195 11887 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 275 41 40.6 -3.4 31 186 12192 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 263 41 40.5 4.9 32 154 13411 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 270 49 49.4 0.1 33 150 13590 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 270 49 49.4 0.1 34 134 14326 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 260 36 35.9 6.2 35 122 14935 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 264 38 37.6 4.1 36 116 15240 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 266 46 46.0 3.1 37 111 15545 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 278 56 55.4 -7.4 38 100 16220 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 268 34 34.2 1.0 39 88 17069 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 263 30 29.3 3.8 40 80 17678 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 266 48 48.0 3.4 41 72 18288 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 279 36 35.5 -5.6 42 70 18510 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 268 36 36.1 1.3 43 69 18593 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 263 39 38.5 4.4 44 60 19507 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 278 45 44.4 -6.4 45 57 19812 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 276 33 32.6 -3.4 46 54 20117 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 260 23 22.5 4.1 47 52 20422 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 260 23 22.5 4.1 48 50 20670 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 268 25 25.0 0.8 49 50 20726 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 274 26 25.5 -2.0 50 47 21031 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 265 26 25.5 2.5 51 45 21336 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 277 29 28.6 -3.4 52 41 21946 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 251 29 27.6 9.3 53 39 22250 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 280 29 28.5 -5.0 54 36 22860 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 232 27 21.1 16.6 55 32 23470 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 268 26 26.0 1.0 56 30 23970 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 252 28 26.8 8.7 57 29 24079 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 252 28 26.8 8.7 58 28 24384 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 260 12 12.1 2.1 59 27 24689 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 218 25 15.8 19.8 60 20 26580 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 236 34 28.2 18.9 61 19 26822 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 243 38 34.1 17.2 62 18 27432 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 240 36 30.8 17.9 63 16 28042 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 247 30 27.9 12.1 64 15 28346 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 267 28 27.9 1.6 65 15 28651 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 260 28 27.7 5.1 66 14 28956 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 281 25 24.5 -4.7 67 13 29261 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 263 22 22.2 2.6 68 13 29566 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 277 20 19.5 -2.5 69 10 31200 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 268 34 34.2 1.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 109.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -8.7 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.28 Bulk Shear: 2.22 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 62 14 14 10| 8.5 0.0 8.5| 25.1 0.0 25.1 50.2 0.93| 10.1 9.4 1000 74 14 30 8| 4.3 0.0 4.3| 30.0 -1.2 28.7 28.7 0.67| 8.0 5.4 1500 83 13 36 6| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 30.3 -1.3 29.1 19.4 0.52| 7.6 4.0 2000 92 13 50 5| 2.9 0.6 3.5| 30.8 -3.5 27.3 13.6 0.33| 7.4 2.4 2500 96 12 53 3| 2.7 0.5 3.2| 32.2 -6.3 25.8 10.3 0.27| 8.0 2.1 3000 102 12 68 3| 2.3 0.8 3.1| 32.2 -8.7 23.4 7.8 0.18| 7.2 1.3 4000 102 12 72 3| 1.7 1.2 2.9| 32.2 -16.6 15.6 3.9 -0.02| 6.5 -0.1 5000 94 13 50 4| 1.4 2.0 3.4| 32.5 -24.6 7.9 1.6 -0.05| 6.4 -0.3 6000 79 14 32 7| 1.1 2.0 3.2| 32.5 -66.2 -33.7 -5.6 -0.16| 6.3 -1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBUF/skewt/KBUF.skewt.20200401.00.gif