UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:1200Z 23 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 36 1 925 688 200 9 SFC 920 728 5.0 -2.0 60 7.0 2.0 200 9 284.9 285.5 279.1 295.1 3.58 3 915 773 7.0 -4.0 45 11.0 2.3 204 13 287.4 287.9 279.7 296.3 3.10 4 893 975 6.6 -8.4 33 15.0 0.8 217 26 289.0 289.4 279.4 295.7 2.27 5 873 1162 7.4 -14.6 19 22.0 -0.2 223 30 291.7 291.9 279.6 296.0 1.41 6 850 1383 5.8 -13.2 24 19.0 -0.9 215 35 292.2 292.5 280.1 297.2 1.62 7 820 1675 3.4 -8.6 41 12.0 -1.3 217 37 292.7 293.1 281.3 300.0 2.43 8 796 1915 1.8 -15.2 27 17.0 -3.8 221 35 293.5 293.8 280.4 298.0 1.47 9 787 2007 1.4 -24.6 12 26.0 -5.4 223 34 294.0 294.1 279.6 296.1 0.66 10 750 2392 -1.3 -19.3 24 18.0 -6.5 225 37 295.2 295.4 280.7 298.6 1.11 11 740 2499 -2.1 -20.1 24 18.0 -7.2 224 38 295.4 295.6 280.8 298.7 1.05 12 728 2629 -3.3 -15.3 39 12.0 -7.1 222 39 295.5 295.8 281.5 300.4 1.60 13 711 2815 -5.1 -16.1 42 11.0 -8.4 222 39 295.5 295.8 281.4 300.3 1.53 14 700 2937 -6.1 -20.1 32 14.0 -9.9 225 40 295.7 295.9 281.0 299.2 1.11 15 681 3152 -8.1 -27.1 20 19.0 -12.2 230 38 295.8 295.9 280.4 297.8 0.61 16 669 3290 -8.7 -29.7 17 21.0 -12.9 236 36 296.7 296.8 280.6 298.3 0.49 17 657 3430 -9.5 -22.5 34 13.0 -12.7 239 35 297.3 297.5 281.5 300.4 0.96 18 646 3560 -10.7 -18.7 52 8.0 -12.9 237 36 297.4 297.6 282.0 301.6 1.35 19 637 3668 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.3 235 36 297.4 297.7 282.2 302.1 1.49 20 614 3948 -13.9 -24.9 39 11.0 -16.3 231 39 298.1 298.2 281.6 300.7 0.83 21 604 4073 -14.9 -22.9 50 8.0 -16.7 229 40 298.3 298.5 282.0 301.5 1.00 22 558 4666 -20.1 -27.1 54 7.0 -21.4 222 44 299.0 299.1 281.9 301.4 0.74 23 526 5101 -24.1 -26.7 79 2.6 -24.5 225 47 299.3 299.4 282.1 301.9 0.82 24 512 5297 -24.7 -26.4 86 1.7 -25.0 230 48 300.9 301.0 282.9 303.7 0.86 25 500 5470 -24.9 -27.6 78 2.7 -25.4 235 50 302.7 302.8 283.5 305.3 0.79 26 414 6811 -36.3 -39.3 74 3.0 -36.5 240 51 304.8 304.9 283.7 305.9 0.31 27 409 6895 -36.3 -40.1 68 3.8 -36.6 240 53 305.9 305.9 284.1 306.9 0.28 28 406 6946 -34.9 -41.9 49 7.0 -35.5 240 54 308.3 308.4 285.0 309.2 0.24 29 403 6998 -34.9 -46.9 28 12.0 -35.7 240 56 309.0 309.0 285.1 309.5 0.14 30 400 7050 -35.3 -49.3 23 14.0 -36.1 240 57 309.1 309.1 285.1 309.5 0.11 31 392 7191 -36.3 -53.3 16 17.0 -37.2 241 58 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.9 0.07 32 355 7872 -41.3 -55.3 21 14.0 -41.9 244 66 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.0 0.06 33 339 8184 -43.7 -48.3 60 4.6 -43.9 243 71 312.6 312.7 286.5 313.2 0.14 34 333 8304 -44.3 -49.3 57 5.0 -44.5 243 72 313.4 313.4 286.7 313.9 0.13 35 328 8406 -44.1 -53.1 36 9.0 -44.5 242 74 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.4 0.08 36 320 8571 -45.5 -58.5 22 13.0 -45.9 242 76 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.5 0.04 37 300 9000 -48.1 -61.1 21 13.0 -48.4 240 82 317.6 317.6 288.0 317.7 0.03 38 292 9176 -49.1 -60.1 27 11.0 -49.4 240 82 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.8 0.04 39 250 10170 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 245 84 321.2 321.2 289.1 321.3 0.02 40 243 10350 -58.5 -67.0 33 8.5 -58.6 245 86 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.02 41 237 10508 -59.7 -67.7 35 8.0 -59.8 245 83 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.02 42 223 10890 -59.7 -69.7 26 10.0 -59.8 250 78 327.9 327.9 291.1 327.9 0.01 43 216 11091 -57.3 -70.3 18 13.0 -57.5 253 75 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.6 0.01 44 213 11180 -56.9 -70.9 15 14.0 -57.1 254 74 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.01 45 200 11580 -57.9 -75.9 8 18.0 -58.1 260 68 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.1 0.01 46 193 11804 -58.3 -78.3 6 20.0 -58.5 263 65 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.00 47 190 11903 -56.5 -78.5 5 22.0 -56.8 264 64 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.00 48 182 12177 -54.1 -81.1 2 27.0 -54.4 268 60 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 49 176 12391 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.2 271 57 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 50 174 12464 -55.1 272 56 359.5 51 170 12614 -52.3 274 54 366.6 52 163 12888 -48.5 278 50 377.4 53 150 13430 -51.7 285 43 381.0 54 149 13473 -51.9 285 42 381.4 55 145 13650 -51.7 285 37 384.7 56 134 14157 -55.9 276 28 386.0 57 132 14253 -55.3 270 29 388.8 58 125 14600 -56.3 247 34 393.0 59 123 14703 -55.1 248 35 397.0 60 100 16030 -53.9 270 34 423.6 61 79 17532 -57.3 270 42 446.1 62 73 18033 -55.9 295 39 459.3 63 70 18300 -56.7 295 32 463.1 64 68 18484 -57.1 292 30 466.1 65 63 18970 -54.7 284 27 481.7 66 58 19494 -58.9 275 29 483.7 67 55 19828 -58.9 285 33 491.1 68 52 20182 -56.9 297 37 503.7 69 50 20430 -57.1 305 35 508.9 70 48 20688 -57.3 301 36 514.4 71 46 20958 -55.1 306 38 526.0 72 40 21843 -58.5 309 24 538.9 73 34 22862 -59.1 300 29 563.0 74 30 23640 -62.5 305 29 574.3 75 28 24066 -60.7 320 44 590.7 76 26 24528 -59.1 320 38 607.9 77 20 26170 -59.1 315 41 655.3 78 17 27196 -57.9 335 36 690.3 79 16 27580 -58.1 340 35 701.7 80 13 28878 -62.9 338 36 728.0 81 10 30530 -54.5 5 44 816.1 82 9.6 30792 -53.5 829.5 83 9.4 30928 -51.1 843.6 84 7.9 32044 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -60.7 862.6 862.7 328.7 862.8 0.02 TRP 237 10508 -59.7 -67.7 35 8.0 -59.8 245 83 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.02 WND 243 10350 -58.5 -67.0 33 8.5 -58.6 245 86 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.00 m Freezing level: 767.81 mb = 2206.75 m = 7239.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 876.33 mb = 1130.65 m = 3709.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.39 % Est. max temperature: 14.45 C = 58.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.82 mb = 1617.82 m = 5307.73 ft T: 3.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 3.84 C Layer 796.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.02 mb = 3997.51 m = 13115.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.98 C = 64.37 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 6.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 11.70 C K Index: 3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 187.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71716.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.12 mb = 3184.47 m = 10447.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 260 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 920 728 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 96 27 -26.8 3.0 1 900 914 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 134 22 -15.5 15.0 2 867 1219 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 154 18 -7.9 16.4 3 850 1383 215 35 20.1 28.7 | 157 25 -9.8 23.2 4 835 1524 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 163 27 -8.0 25.6 5 804 1829 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 161 23 -7.3 21.3 6 774 2134 225 34 24.0 24.0 | 163 19 -5.8 18.6 7 745 2438 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 172 22 -3.0 21.4 8 717 2743 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 169 25 -4.8 24.4 9 700 2937 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 176 23 -1.6 22.8 10 690 3048 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 174 22 -2.3 22.1 11 662 3353 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 182 12 0.5 12.0 12 636 3658 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 179 15 -0.3 15.2 13 587 4267 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 180 24 -0.1 24.2 14 541 4877 220 45 28.9 34.5 | 178 29 -0.9 29.0 15 500 5470 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 206 26 11.1 23.2 16 458 6096 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 224 21 14.6 15.2 17 420 6706 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 212 22 11.7 18.5 18 400 7050 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 220 30 19.5 23.0 19 368 7620 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 232 34 27.3 21.1 20 300 9000 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 229 54 41.2 35.5 21 293 9144 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 229 54 41.2 35.5 22 250 10170 245 84 76.1 35.5 | 237 55 46.3 30.0 23 243 10350 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 237 57 48.1 30.9 24 242 10363 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 237 57 48.1 30.9 25 237 10508 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 237 54 45.4 29.6 26 200 11580 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 260 38 37.1 6.3 27 150 13430 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 325 20 11.7 -16.6 28 137 14021 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 21 13 -4.7 -12.2 29 124 14630 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 186 9 1.0 8.9 30 113 15240 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 293 14 13.2 -5.5 31 100 16030 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 323 7 4.2 -5.5 32 81 17374 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 262 8 7.6 1.1 33 77 17678 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 311 21 15.5 -13.5 34 70 18288 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 5 25 -2.0 -25.0 35 70 18300 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 3 19 -0.8 -19.0 36 64 18898 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 17 13 -3.8 -12.5 37 58 19507 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 7 8 -0.9 -8.0 38 50 20422 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 354 29 2.9 -28.4 39 50 20430 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 3 26 -1.2 -25.6 40 48 20726 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 357 24 1.3 -23.5 41 43 21336 315 42 29.7 -29.7 | 0 35 -0.1 -35.2 42 41 21641 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 34 25 -14.3 -21.0 43 37 22250 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 11 18 -3.6 -17.7 44 31 23470 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 18 23 -6.9 -21.6 45 30 23640 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 15 23 -6.1 -22.1 46 28 24079 320 44 28.3 -33.7 | 2 39 -1.6 -39.2 47 27 24384 320 38 24.4 -29.1 | 9 35 -5.4 -34.6 48 20 26170 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 1 34 -0.8 -34.5 49 19 26518 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 6 28 -3.0 -28.0 50 17 27127 335 37 15.6 -33.5 | 20 42 -14.2 -39.0 51 16 27432 335 34 14.4 -30.8 | 23 39 -15.5 -36.3 52 14 28346 5 38 -3.3 -37.9 | 37 55 -33.1 -43.3 53 13 28651 340 34 11.6 -31.9 | 26 42 -18.2 -37.4 54 12 29566 330 43 21.5 -37.2 | 11 44 -8.3 -42.7 55 11 29870 355 54 4.7 -53.8 | 23 64 -25.1 -59.3 56 10 30530 5 44 -3.8 -43.8 | 34 60 -33.7 -49.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.0 neg: -16.3 tot: 189.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 41.11 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 218 24 132 20| 24.0 0.0 24.0|135.6 0.0 135.6 271.3 0.94| 25.1 23.6 1000 217 30 147 22| 12.0 3.1 15.1|157.2 -2.5 154.7 154.7 0.71| 18.8 13.3 1500 219 32 152 21| 8.2 2.0 10.2|166.2 -4.3 162.0 108.0 0.64| 14.5 9.4 2000 220 33 157 21| 6.1 2.8 8.9|178.2 -11.1 167.1 83.6 0.59| 12.4 7.3 2500 222 34 161 21| 5.3 2.2 7.5|203.3 -14.0 189.4 75.8 0.55| 12.1 6.6 3000 224 35 163 20| 4.4 1.9 6.3|206.0 -16.3 189.8 63.3 0.49| 11.3 5.5 4000 225 36 168 21| 3.3 2.9 6.2|207.3 -20.7 186.6 46.7 0.41| 10.0 4.1 5000 226 39 175 21| 4.1 2.3 6.4|319.1 -21.7 297.4 59.5 0.50| 9.8 4.9 6000 230 40 183 21| 3.6 2.2 5.7|343.6 -43.2 300.5 50.1 0.46| 8.9 4.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200323.12.gif