UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0000Z 22 MAR 20 Station: KOTX WMO ident: 72786 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -117.63 Elevation: 728.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 931 728 14.2 -4.8 26 19.0 5.7 295 6 293.3 293.8 282.1 301.8 2.87 2 927 767 12.6 -8.4 22 21.0 4.0 292 7 292.0 292.4 280.7 298.6 2.18 3 925 787 12.4 -7.6 24 20.0 4.1 290 7 292.0 292.4 280.8 299.0 2.33 4 916 869 11.4 -7.6 26 19.0 3.6 284 9 291.8 292.2 280.8 298.8 2.35 5 850 1486 5.6 -9.4 33 15.0 -0.2 250 13 292.0 292.4 280.7 298.6 2.20 6 732 2681 -6.1 -13.1 58 7.0 -8.3 269 7 292.0 292.3 280.3 297.7 1.90 7 714 2875 -6.9 -17.9 41 11.0 -9.9 302 13 293.2 293.4 280.1 297.2 1.31 8 700 3030 -6.1 -30.1 13 24.0 -11.1 335 20 295.7 295.8 280.1 297.2 0.45 9 696 3075 -5.9 -40.9 4 35.0 -11.5 335 20 296.4 296.5 280.0 297.0 0.15 10 671 3361 -8.3 -41.3 5 33.0 -13.3 330 23 296.9 296.9 280.2 297.4 0.15 11 648 3631 -9.3 -43.3 4 34.0 -14.2 326 26 298.7 298.7 281.0 299.2 0.13 12 514 5378 -23.1 -54.1 4 31.0 -25.5 317 26 302.5 302.5 282.4 302.7 0.05 13 500 5580 -24.3 -53.3 5 29.0 -26.5 310 27 303.4 303.4 282.8 303.6 0.05 14 490 5726 -25.3 -50.3 8 25.0 -27.3 309 29 303.9 304.0 283.1 304.2 0.08 15 479 5890 -25.5 -54.5 5 29.0 -27.6 307 32 305.7 305.7 283.7 305.9 0.05 16 441 6482 -30.3 -64.3 2 34.0 -31.9 307 35 306.9 306.9 284.2 307.0 0.02 17 430 6661 -30.9 -58.9 5 28.0 -32.4 300 36 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.5 0.03 18 424 6760 -30.9 -43.9 27 13.0 -32.0 296 36 309.6 309.7 285.4 310.3 0.18 19 416 6895 -31.5 -47.5 19 16.0 -32.7 291 36 310.5 310.6 285.7 311.0 0.13 20 400 7170 -33.9 -49.9 18 16.0 -34.9 280 37 310.9 310.9 285.8 311.3 0.10 21 377 7582 -37.1 -57.1 11 20.0 -38.0 279 42 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.2 0.04 22 347 8148 -42.1 -59.1 14 17.0 -42.7 271 42 312.7 312.7 286.4 312.9 0.04 23 344 8207 -41.7 -59.7 12 18.0 -42.3 270 41 314.1 314.1 286.8 314.2 0.04 24 321 8672 -45.1 -66.1 8 21.0 -45.6 263 40 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.02 25 300 9120 -49.1 -69.1 8 20.0 -49.4 255 39 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.2 0.01 26 250 10290 -58.5 -80.5 4 22.0 -58.6 245 37 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.1 0.00 27 249 10315 -58.7 -79.7 5 21.0 -58.8 246 37 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.2 0.00 28 240 10545 -59.5 -79.5 6 20.0 -59.6 253 36 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.3 0.00 29 231 10785 -58.9 -80.9 4 22.0 -59.0 261 34 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.8 0.00 30 215 11230 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.6 275 32 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.0 0.00 31 211 11347 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.0 283 33 332.8 332.8 292.4 332.8 0.00 32 205 11526 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.8 295 33 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.00 33 200 11680 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.0 305 34 337.9 337.9 293.8 337.9 0.00 34 194 11872 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.1 304 33 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.00 35 188 12071 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -58.3 304 33 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.00 36 184 12208 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.3 304 33 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.00 37 174 12563 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.8 303 32 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.00 38 164 12940 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -55.4 302 31 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 39 155 13301 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -56.8 301 30 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 40 150 13510 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.4 300 29 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 41 145 13726 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -55.6 298 29 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.00 42 144 13770 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.2 298 29 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 43 141 13904 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -55.7 297 29 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 44 138 14042 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -53.4 295 29 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 45 133 14280 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -53.8 293 29 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 46 129 14475 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.4 292 29 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 47 125 14677 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -55.5 290 29 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 48 121 14884 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.7 288 29 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 49 120 14936 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -55.9 288 29 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 50 118 15043 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.7 287 29 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 51 114 15262 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.5 285 29 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 52 111 15431 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.9 287 29 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 53 108 15604 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -58.3 289 29 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 54 106 15722 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.1 291 28 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 55 102 15965 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.5 294 28 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 56 100 16090 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -58.5 295 28 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 57 97 16282 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.3 298 33 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 58 86 17041 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.0 305 34 435.0 435.0 309.4 435.0 0.00 59 84 17189 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.9 301 33 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.4 0.00 60 79 17576 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.3 289 35 442.8 442.8 310.1 442.8 0.00 61 71 18242 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.7 317 31 453.5 453.5 311.2 453.5 0.00 62 70 18330 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.2 320 29 456.7 456.7 311.5 456.7 0.00 63 67 18604 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.0 285 28 462.9 462.9 312.0 462.9 0.00 64 61 19190 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -61.7 295 41 471.4 471.4 312.8 471.4 0.00 65 57 19614 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.7 308 39 485.7 485.7 313.9 485.7 0.00 66 50 20430 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.9 305 36 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 67 46 20943 -64.7 -94.7 1 30.0 -65.0 305 39 502.9 502.9 315.1 502.9 0.00 68 42 21500 -64.1 -94.1 1 30.0 -64.5 311 39 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 69 41 21648 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.2 315 37 524.7 524.7 316.6 524.7 0.00 70 39 21956 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -64.0 315 47 530.2 530.2 316.9 530.2 0.00 71 38 22117 -62.1 -92.1 1 30.0 -62.7 315 52 537.7 537.7 317.4 537.7 0.00 72 34 22804 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.3 329 48 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.5 0.00 73 32 23180 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.9 335 52 567.5 567.5 319.0 567.5 0.00 74 30 23580 -62.1 -92.1 1 30.0 -62.8 325 58 575.3 575.3 319.5 575.4 0.00 75 28 24005 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.4 329 51 585.1 585.1 319.9 585.2 0.00 76 27 24229 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -61.8 323 38 596.3 596.3 320.5 596.3 0.00 77 26 24462 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.7 314 25 597.1 597.1 320.5 597.1 0.00 78 24 24954 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -63.3 318 21 612.1 612.1 321.2 612.1 0.00 79 22 25485 -66.5 -95.5 1 29.0 -67.1 327 32 615.6 615.6 321.3 615.6 0.00 80 21 25765 -66.9 -95.9 1 29.0 -67.5 322 44 622.6 622.6 321.6 622.7 0.00 81 20 26060 -66.3 -95.3 1 29.0 -66.9 315 53 633.2 633.2 322.0 633.2 0.00 82 19 26371 -66.1 -95.1 1 29.0 -66.8 317 55 643.2 643.2 322.4 643.2 0.00 83 17 27052 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -64.0 322 56 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.00 84 15 27823 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -64.3 325 45 698.2 698.2 324.4 698.2 0.00 85 14 28250 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -62.3 324 44 720.2 720.2 325.1 720.3 0.01 86 13 28710 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -63.4 321 49 731.5 731.5 325.4 731.5 0.01 87 11 29752 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -61.3 318 35 778.2 778.2 326.7 778.3 0.01 88 10 30350 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -61.5 325 46 799.7 799.7 327.3 799.8 0.01 89 9.4 30738 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -62.5 315 52 809.4 809.4 327.5 809.5 0.01 90 8.2 31600 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -59.5 294 64 859.8 859.8 328.6 860.0 0.02 91 8.1 31680 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -56.2 292 65 885.0 885.1 329.1 885.5 0.04 92 8.0 31761 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -56.1 290 66 888.8 888.9 329.2 889.3 0.04 93 7.5 32185 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -55.9 283 55 908.8 908.8 329.6 909.4 0.05 94 7.4 32273 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -55.0 281 53 919.6 919.6 329.8 920.3 0.06 95 7.1 32547 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -56.1 277 45 923.2 923.2 329.9 923.8 0.06 96 7.0 32640 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -55.6 275 43 931.0 931.1 330.0 931.8 0.07 97 6.7 32929 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -55.5 945.3 945.3 330.2 946.0 0.07 98 6.4 33231 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -56.5 951.0 951.0 330.4 951.7 0.06 TRP 215 11230 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.6 275 32 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.0 0.00 WND 8.0 31761 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -56.1 290 66 888.8 888.9 329.2 889.3 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5440.00 m Freezing level: 793.52 mb = 2057.88 m = 6751.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 852.77 mb = 1459.17 m = 4787.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.31 % Est. max temperature: 12.99 C = 55.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.56 mb = 3057.41 m = 10030.74 ft T: -5.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.27 C Layer 927.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.39 mb = 4131.62 m = 13555.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.65 C = 69.18 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: -3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67561.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.28 mb = 3276.28 m = 10748.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 341 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 931 728 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 180 14 -0.0 13.7 1 925 787 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 185 14 1.1 13.8 2 911 914 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 197 15 4.4 14.5 3 878 1219 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 196 19 5.4 18.1 4 850 1486 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 198 22 6.7 20.7 5 814 1829 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 194 21 4.9 20.0 6 784 2134 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 196 17 4.5 16.2 7 754 2438 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 186 19 2.0 18.9 8 726 2743 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 186 16 1.5 15.6 9 700 3030 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 303 4 3.0 -1.9 10 698 3048 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 303 4 3.0 -1.9 11 644 3658 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 298 11 9.4 -5.1 12 595 4267 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 315 13 9.0 -8.9 13 571 4572 325 37 21.2 -30.3 | 312 21 15.8 -14.1 14 549 4877 325 34 19.5 -27.9 | 310 18 14.0 -11.6 15 506 5486 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 274 12 11.5 -0.8 16 500 5580 310 27 20.7 -17.4 | 274 15 15.2 -1.2 17 465 6096 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 279 24 23.2 -3.9 18 446 6401 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 286 22 21.3 -6.3 19 400 7170 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 252 32 31.0 9.8 20 392 7315 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 246 32 29.4 13.2 21 374 7620 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 257 38 36.9 8.7 22 300 9120 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 231 42 32.2 26.3 23 299 9144 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 231 42 32.2 26.3 24 250 10290 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 221 42 28.1 31.8 25 215 11230 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 243 30 26.4 13.4 26 200 11680 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 278 23 22.4 -3.3 27 150 13510 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 265 20 19.6 1.7 28 114 15240 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 249 24 22.5 8.7 29 100 16090 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 258 20 19.9 4.4 30 90 16764 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 287 33 31.4 -9.6 31 86 17069 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 277 22 21.6 -2.7 32 78 17678 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 256 29 28.3 7.1 33 70 18288 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 298 16 14.5 -7.5 34 70 18330 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 295 14 13.2 -6.0 35 67 18593 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 247 23 21.6 9.0 36 61 19202 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 272 32 31.7 -1.1 37 55 19812 315 38 26.9 -26.9 | 296 24 21.4 -10.7 38 50 20430 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 280 24 24.0 -4.4 39 43 21336 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 285 30 28.9 -7.9 40 41 21641 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 296 23 20.7 -10.0 41 37 22250 315 56 39.6 -39.6 | 304 41 34.1 -23.4 42 35 22555 325 45 25.8 -36.9 | 315 29 20.3 -20.7 43 32 23165 335 52 22.0 -47.1 | 332 35 16.5 -30.9 44 30 23580 325 58 33.3 -47.5 | 318 42 27.8 -31.3 45 29 23774 325 59 33.8 -48.3 | 319 43 28.4 -32.1 46 28 24079 330 48 24.0 -41.6 | 324 31 18.5 -25.4 47 26 24384 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 282 14 13.6 -2.9 48 25 24689 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 241 10 8.3 4.6 49 23 25298 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 308 9 7.0 -5.4 50 21 25908 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 310 35 26.7 -22.1 51 20 26060 315 53 37.5 -37.5 | 304 38 32.0 -21.3 52 18 26822 320 58 37.3 -44.4 | 312 43 31.8 -28.2 53 16 27432 325 52 29.8 -42.6 | 317 36 24.4 -26.4 54 15 28042 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 314 25 18.0 -17.4 55 13 28956 320 52 33.4 -39.8 | 310 37 28.0 -23.6 56 11 29566 320 30 19.3 -23.0 | 296 15 13.8 -6.8 57 10 30175 315 46 32.5 -32.5 | 301 32 27.1 -16.3 58 10 30350 325 46 26.4 -37.7 | 316 30 20.9 -21.5 59 8 31761 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 276 57 56.5 -6.4 60 7 32640 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 252 39 37.4 12.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.3 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 341.3 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -25.7 tot: 29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 34.81 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 274 10 195 16| 0.0 7.3 7.3| 16.3 -1.0 15.3 30.6 0.50| 8.6 4.2 1000 262 11 197 19| 0.0 4.4 4.4| 18.8 -7.1 11.8 11.8 0.29| 6.3 1.8 1500 261 11 196 19| 1.1 2.9 4.1| 22.1 -13.8 8.3 5.5 0.16| 6.1 1.0 2000 260 10 194 18| 1.5 2.2 3.7| 22.2 -24.4 -2.3 -1.1 0.02| 6.0 0.1 2500 278 11 201 16| 4.8 1.7 6.5| 54.7 -24.5 30.3 12.1 0.36| 9.3 3.4 3000 295 14 213 13| 4.0 1.9 5.8| 55.6 -25.7 29.9 10.0 0.32| 8.7 2.8 4000 311 18 241 9| 3.4 2.0 5.4| 64.5 -31.2 33.3 8.3 0.28| 8.1 2.3 5000 314 20 257 10| 2.7 2.2 4.9| 67.3 -67.4 -0.1 -0.0 0.12| 8.3 1.0 6000 311 23 264 12| 2.3 2.6 4.8| 85.7-107.5 -21.8 -3.6 0.07| 8.2 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200322.00.gif