UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt
Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20
Searching for KOTX...
Searching the city database file for: KOTX ...
Date:1200Z 24 MAR 20
Station: KOTX
WMO ident: 72786
Latitude: 47.68
Longitude: -117.63
Elevation: 728.00
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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
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0 1000 108
SFC 927 728 -0.9 -2.9 86 2.0 -1.7 200 8 278.2 278.8 275.3 287.5 3.33
2 925 748 -0.9 -3.8 81 2.9 -2.0 200 11 278.4 278.9 275.1 287.1 3.12
3 907 905 -1.3 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.5 224 26 279.5 280.1 275.6 288.0 3.01
4 887 1083 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.3 225 24 282.7 283.2 276.9 290.5 2.75
5 863 1303 -0.3 -9.3 51 9.0 -3.4 227 20 284.6 285.0 277.2 291.0 2.19
6 850 1424 -1.3 -9.3 54 8.0 -4.1 230 17 284.8 285.2 277.3 291.2 2.22
7 783 2071 -6.9 -11.6 69 4.7 -8.4 228 13 285.5 285.9 277.4 291.4 2.01
8 757 2334 -8.7 -14.7 62 6.0 -10.4 236 12 286.4 286.6 277.2 291.2 1.61
9 707 2858 -13.7 -15.8 84 2.1 -14.2 227 14 286.5 286.8 277.3 291.2 1.58
10 700 2934 -14.3 -16.0 87 1.7 -14.7 225 15 286.6 286.9 277.3 291.3 1.57
11 693 3010 -14.7 -16.6 85 1.9 -15.2 235 17 287.0 287.3 277.4 291.5 1.50
12 666 3310 -16.9 -21.4 68 4.5 -17.9 232 19 287.8 288.0 277.2 291.0 1.04
13 652 3470 -18.1 -21.4 75 3.3 -18.8 235 19 288.2 288.4 277.4 291.5 1.06
14 624 3797 -20.9 -24.7 71 3.8 -21.6 244 19 288.7 288.8 277.3 291.2 0.83
15 597 4122 -23.9 -25.5 87 1.6 -24.2 241 23 288.9 289.0 277.3 291.4 0.80
16 589 4220 -24.7 -27.1 80 2.4 -25.1 241 24 289.1 289.2 277.3 291.3 0.70
17 576 4383 -25.3 -31.3 57 6.0 -26.1 239 26 290.2 290.3 277.5 291.8 0.49
18 566 4510 -25.9 -32.9 52 7.0 -26.8 238 27 291.0 291.0 277.8 292.3 0.42
19 557 4626 -25.9 -39.9 26 14.0 -27.2 237 28 292.3 292.3 278.2 293.0 0.21
20 548 4744 -26.7 -41.7 23 15.0 -28.0 236 30 292.7 292.7 278.3 293.3 0.18
21 544 4797 -26.7 -38.7 31 12.0 -27.9 236 30 293.3 293.4 278.7 294.2 0.25
22 536 4904 -27.9 -35.9 46 8.0 -28.7 235 31 293.1 293.2 278.7 294.2 0.33
23 510 5260 -31.1 -36.0 62 4.9 -31.6 239 35 293.5 293.5 278.9 294.6 0.35
24 500 5400 -32.1 -38.1 55 6.0 -32.6 240 37 293.9 294.0 279.0 294.9 0.29
25 493 5499 -32.3 -43.3 33 11.0 -33.1 241 39 294.8 294.9 279.3 295.4 0.17
26 485 5615 -33.1 -45.1 29 12.0 -33.9 243 42 295.2 295.3 279.4 295.7 0.14
27 480 5687 -33.7 -45.7 29 12.0 -34.5 244 44 295.4 295.4 279.5 295.8 0.13
28 464 5924 -35.3 -41.3 54 6.0 -35.7 243 48 296.3 296.3 280.0 297.0 0.22
29 445 6214 -37.5 -45.5 43 8.0 -37.9 240 49 297.1 297.1 280.3 297.6 0.15
30 412 6741 -41.9 -50.9 37 9.0 -42.3 240 49 298.0 298.0 280.6 298.3 0.09
31 400 6940 -43.7 -51.7 41 8.0 -44.0 240 49 298.2 298.2 280.7 298.5 0.08
32 390 7109 -45.1 -53.1 40 8.0 -45.3 240 49 298.5 298.5 280.8 298.8 0.07
33 381 7264 -45.9 -54.9 35 9.0 -46.2 240 48 299.5 299.5 281.2 299.7 0.06
34 360 7638 -48.7 -56.7 39 8.0 -48.9 240 47 300.6 300.6 281.7 300.8 0.05
35 332 8164 -52.3 -62.3 29 10.0 -52.5 240 52 302.7 302.7 282.5 302.8 0.03
36 318 8442 -52.7 -62.7 29 10.0 -52.9 238 55 305.9 305.9 283.8 306.0 0.03
37 307 8670 -50.5 -65.5 15 15.0 -50.8 236 58 312.1 312.1 286.1 312.2 0.02
38 300 8820 -49.9 -70.9 7 21.0 -50.2 235 60 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.01
39 299 8842 -49.9 -72.2 6 22.3 -50.3 235 61 315.3 315.3 287.2 315.3 0.01
40 293 8975 -50.1 -80.1 2 30.0 -50.4 239 59 316.9 316.9 287.7 316.9 0.00
41 290 9043 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -49.5 242 58 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.2 0.00
42 287 9111 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.1 244 57 319.3 319.3 288.5 319.3 0.00
43 286 9134 -49.7 245 57 319.6
44 273 9440 -48.5 247 54 325.7
45 267 9587 -49.3 248 52 326.6
46 260 9762 -48.7 249 51 329.9
47 253 9942 -49.3 250 49 331.6
48 250 10020 -49.1 250 48 333.1
49 248 10073 -48.7 250 48 334.4
50 243 10207 -46.9 251 47 339.1
51 233 10485 -48.7 252 46 340.5
52 222 10803 -49.1 254 44 344.6
53 218 10922 -49.3 255 43 346.1
54 215 11013 -48.1 255 43 349.3
55 200 11490 -48.5 250 47 356.0
56 196 11622 -48.7 252 47 357.7
57 188 11895 -47.5 255 48 363.9
58 166 12709 -50.5 264 49 372.1
59 150 13370 -48.3 265 39 386.8
60 100 16010 -51.7 270 36 427.8
61 88 16836 -53.1 268 40 441.0
62 85 17059 -54.9 268 41 441.7
63 72 18120 -54.7 265 46 463.6
64 70 18300 -56.3 265 47 463.9
65 69 18391 -56.5 267 47 465.4
66 68 18484 -55.1 269 47 470.4
67 60 19276 -59.5 285 49 477.7
68 56 19711 -56.7 297 42 493.6
69 50 20430 -56.7 260 28 509.9
70 47 20820 -59.1 280 27 513.2
71 43 21374 -60.7 281 48 522.5
72 40 21827 -57.7 296 39 541.0
73 35 22667 -58.5 289 34 559.9
74 33 23038 -56.5 292 25 574.7
75 32 23233 -57.9 287 21 576.1
76 31 23433 -56.9 277 19 584.0
77 30 23640 -58.5 250 20 585.2
78 29 23853 -59.9 250 20 587.0
79 28 24073 -58.9 253 24 595.7
80 26 24536 -61.3 262 32 601.7
81 24 25038 -56.9 271 41 628.4
82 23 25308 -57.9 274 40 633.1
83 22 25590 -55.9 278 39 647.2
84 20 26190 -60.7 284 37 650.4
85 19 26509 -60.7 280 38 660.0
86 18 26847 -59.3 275 39 674.7
87 17 27204 -60.7 270 39 681.3
88 15 27989 -56.9 259 41 718.8
89 14 28423 -60.3 257 42 721.6
90 14 28423 -59.5 257 42 724.3
91 13 28893 -53.9 269 42 759.2
92 12 29407 -54.1 281 42 776.1
93 10 30566 -58.1 310 42 802.7
94 10 30566 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -60.2 310 42 806.4 806.4 327.4 806.5 0.01
TRP 332 8164 -52.3 -62.3 29 10.0 -52.5 240 52 302.7 302.7 282.5 302.8 0.03
WND 299 8842 -49.9 -72.2 6 22.3 -50.3 235 61 315.3 315.3 287.2 315.3 0.01
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5292.00 m
Freezing level: Surface below freezing
Freezing level: 887.00 mb = 1083.08 m = 3553.36 ft
Freezing level: 887.00 mb = 1083.08 m = 3553.36 ft
Wetbulb zero: Below ground
Precipitable water: 0.26 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.19 %
Est. max temperature: 6.45 C = 43.62 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.34 mb = 981.50 m = 3220.12 ft T: -0.74 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km
ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 925.0- 907.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 753.58 mb = 2368.65 m = 7771.08 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 2.56 g/kg
Conv temperature: 7.09 C = 44.76 F
Cap Strength: 4.22 C
Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.76 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C
Showalter Index: 3.21 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.80 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C
K Index: 19.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 209.71 Risk: None
Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 33.40 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 8.17 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 59185.85 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.98 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.69 mb = 1944.57 m = 6379.73 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind level data
Storm motion: 267 at 20 knt
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TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL
LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V
mb m knt m/s | knt m/s
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0 927 728 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 110 19 -17.4 6.5
1 925 748 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 120 19 -16.4 9.3
2 906 914 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 177 18 -1.0 18.1
3 872 1219 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 163 15 -4.6 14.5
4 850 1424 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 144 12 -7.1 9.9
5 807 1829 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 131 15 -11.1 9.7
6 776 2134 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 126 13 -10.2 7.3
7 746 2438 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 113 12 -10.6 4.5
8 717 2743 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 126 13 -10.2 7.3
9 700 2934 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 135 14 -9.5 9.6
10 689 3048 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 150 9 -4.5 8.0
11 661 3353 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 154 13 -5.6 11.2
12 634 3658 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 150 8 -3.8 6.6
13 584 4267 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 188 12 1.5 11.5
14 537 4877 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 197 18 5.3 16.8
15 500 5400 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 214 21 11.9 17.5
16 472 5791 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 230 29 22.5 18.8
17 452 6096 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 224 32 22.3 23.5
18 400 6940 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 224 32 22.3 23.5
19 361 7620 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 222 30 20.6 22.5
20 332 8164 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 225 35 24.9 25.0
21 300 8820 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 221 44 29.0 33.4
22 299 8839 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 221 45 29.8 34.0
23 299 8842 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 221 45 29.8 34.0
24 286 9144 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 234 39 31.5 23.1
25 250 10020 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 238 29 25.0 15.4
26 216 10973 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 245 24 21.4 10.1
27 200 11490 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 238 28 24.0 15.1
28 164 12802 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 264 29 28.7 3.3
29 150 13370 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 263 19 18.7 2.4
30 136 14021 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 282 5 4.9 -1.0
31 124 14630 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 264 34 33.7 3.7
32 113 15240 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 263 19 18.7 2.4
33 100 16010 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 274 16 15.9 -1.0
34 70 18288 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 263 27 26.7 3.1
35 70 18300 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 263 27 26.7 3.1
36 58 19507 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 304 31 25.9 -17.8
37 55 19812 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 326 25 13.6 -20.5
38 50 20422 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 228 9 6.9 6.2
39 50 20430 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 243 8 7.4 3.8
40 48 20726 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 304 6 4.8 -3.2
41 45 21031 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 324 14 8.1 -11.3
42 43 21336 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 289 30 28.1 -9.5
43 39 21946 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 329 23 11.9 -19.5
44 37 22250 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 283 19 18.7 -4.4
45 34 22860 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 329 17 8.9 -14.5
46 32 23165 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 3 8 -0.4 -8.2
47 31 23470 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 24 3 -1.2 -2.7
48 30 23640 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 167 6 -1.3 5.8
49 29 23774 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 167 6 -1.3 5.8
50 24 24384 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 273 21 20.9 -1.0
51 20 24994 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 304 19 15.6 -10.6
52 14 26213 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 244 23 20.4 9.9
53 10 27432 310 42 32.2 -27.0 | 337 30 12.0 -28.0
54 8 28042 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 324 20 11.6 -15.8
55 5 29870 290 73 68.6 -25.0 | 298 55 48.5 -26.0
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 26.9 knts
Storm direction: 267.1 at 20.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.8 neg: -57.1 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.02
Bulk Rich Number: 4.15
Bulk Shear: 8.04 m/s
Storm Parameters
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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
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500 223 22 161 16| 15.4 0.0 15.4| 94.5 -17.7 76.8 153.6 0.65| 26.6 17.2
1000 224 20 154 14| 7.7 3.6 11.3| 94.5 -40.5 54.0 54.0 0.30| 17.4 5.3
1500 225 18 146 14| 4.6 2.4 7.0| 94.5 -50.4 44.0 29.3 0.19| 13.2 2.6
2000 227 16 140 13| 3.4 1.7 5.1|102.2 -56.0 46.2 23.1 0.19| 11.0 2.1
2500 228 16 140 13| 3.9 1.4 5.3|119.9 -56.0 63.9 25.6 0.27| 10.6 2.8
3000 230 17 142 12| 3.5 1.1 4.6|121.8 -57.1 64.8 21.6 0.25| 9.9 2.4
4000 233 19 152 11| 2.6 0.7 3.2|141.2 -57.1 84.1 21.0 0.31| 8.9 2.7
5000 235 22 171 12| 3.8 0.5 4.3|209.0 -57.1 152.0 30.4 0.38| 8.8 3.4
6000 237 27 190 14| 3.2 0.9 4.0|214.1 -82.3 131.8 22.0 0.33| 7.9 2.6
Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200324.12.gif