UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:1200Z 25 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 101 SFC 926 728 0.2 -0.8 93 1.0 -0.2 180 4 279.4 280.1 276.7 290.2 3.89 2 925 736 0.2 -1.1 91 1.3 -0.3 180 5 279.5 280.2 276.7 290.1 3.81 3 913 841 0.2 -2.2 84 2.4 -0.8 186 7 280.6 281.2 276.9 290.5 3.56 4 873 1199 -1.9 -2.8 94 0.9 -2.3 204 6 282.0 282.6 277.7 292.0 3.56 5 850 1411 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.3 245 10 283.3 283.9 277.9 292.6 3.27 6 845 1458 -2.7 -4.8 85 2.1 -3.5 249 10 283.8 284.3 278.0 292.8 3.16 7 726 2643 -10.9 -12.2 90 1.3 -11.3 233 19 287.4 287.8 278.4 293.5 2.06 8 700 2922 -13.5 -15.7 83 2.2 -14.1 230 19 287.5 287.8 277.8 292.3 1.61 9 685 3086 -14.9 -17.2 83 2.3 -15.4 233 18 287.8 288.0 277.7 292.1 1.45 10 582 4295 -23.7 -25.4 86 1.7 -24.0 245 15 291.2 291.4 278.5 293.8 0.83 11 564 4524 -25.9 -27.8 84 1.9 -26.2 237 14 291.3 291.4 278.3 293.4 0.69 12 553 4665 -27.7 -31.4 71 3.7 -28.2 233 13 290.8 290.9 277.9 292.4 0.50 13 537 4875 -29.5 -33.7 67 4.2 -30.0 226 12 291.1 291.1 277.9 292.4 0.41 14 514 5186 -31.9 -35.3 72 3.4 -32.2 250 14 291.8 291.9 278.2 293.0 0.37 15 504 5324 -33.1 -38.1 61 5.0 -33.5 250 16 292.0 292.1 278.1 293.0 0.28 16 500 5380 -33.5 -38.5 61 5.0 -33.9 250 17 292.2 292.2 278.2 293.1 0.27 17 480 5665 -36.1 -42.1 54 6.0 -36.5 249 20 292.4 292.5 278.2 293.1 0.20 18 453 6064 -39.9 -44.7 60 4.8 -40.2 236 25 292.5 292.6 278.2 293.1 0.16 19 400 6900 -47.7 -52.4 58 4.7 -47.9 225 34 293.0 293.0 278.3 293.3 0.07 20 369 7428 -52.1 -57.1 55 5.0 -52.2 225 40 294.0 294.0 278.7 294.1 0.05 21 361 7570 -52.1 -58.1 48 6.0 -52.2 225 40 295.8 295.8 279.6 296.0 0.04 22 350 7771 -50.7 -62.7 23 12.0 -50.9 240 35 300.4 300.4 281.5 300.4 0.02 23 339 7980 -50.3 -66.3 13 16.0 -50.5 255 30 303.7 303.7 282.9 303.7 0.02 24 330 8155 -51.1 -68.1 11 17.0 -51.3 255 30 304.9 304.9 283.4 304.9 0.01 25 323 8295 -50.5 -68.5 10 18.0 -50.8 255 30 307.6 307.6 284.4 307.6 0.01 26 318 8397 -49.3 -67.3 10 18.0 -49.6 255 29 310.6 310.6 285.6 310.7 0.01 27 303 8715 -48.7 -67.7 9 19.0 -49.0 255 29 315.8 315.8 287.3 315.9 0.01 28 300 8780 -48.9 -66.9 11 18.0 -49.3 255 29 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.02 29 292 8957 -49.1 -68.1 9 19.0 -49.4 257 32 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.7 0.01 30 284 9140 -48.1 -65.1 12 17.0 -48.5 260 35 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.7 0.02 31 275 9351 -48.7 -66.7 11 18.0 -49.1 260 35 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.02 32 269 9496 -47.7 -65.7 11 18.0 -48.1 260 35 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.02 33 261 9696 -47.3 -67.3 8 20.0 -47.8 260 36 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 34 257 9798 -47.7 -66.7 9 19.0 -48.1 260 36 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.02 35 250 9980 -47.1 -67.1 8 20.0 -47.6 260 36 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 36 249 10007 -46.9 -67.9 7 21.0 -47.4 261 36 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 37 235 10390 -48.1 -72.1 5 24.0 -48.6 269 38 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.01 38 204 11328 -46.9 -74.9 3 28.0 -47.6 261 39 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 39 200 11460 -47.1 -75.1 3 28.0 -47.7 260 42 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 40 193 11696 -47.1 -76.1 2 29.0 -47.8 260 46 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 41 177 12265 -48.9 -78.9 2 30.0 -49.5 264 48 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 42 172 12454 -48.1 -80.1 1 32.0 -48.8 266 47 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 43 161 12887 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -50.3 270 45 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 44 157 13052 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.3 272 44 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.5 0.00 45 150 13350 -49.7 275 42 384.4 46 147 13482 -49.7 275 42 386.7 47 145 13571 -49.1 275 43 389.2 48 127 14434 -51.3 275 45 400.3 49 125 14537 -50.9 275 46 402.8 50 115 15078 -51.1 275 47 412.2 51 106 15604 -53.1 277 49 418.1 52 100 15980 -52.1 280 50 427.1 53 90 16659 -53.3 280 39 437.7 54 73 17987 -59.3 273 46 452.1 55 70 18250 -58.5 285 49 459.2 56 66 18621 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.0 290 55 467.0 467.0 312.4 467.0 0.00 57 65 18717 -58.1 290 53 469.9 58 61 19116 -60.1 290 46 474.1 59 52 20114 -60.1 305 49 496.3 60 50 20360 -59.1 290 53 504.2 61 47 20748 -58.3 284 47 515.1 62 41 21607 -58.1 281 36 536.1 63 37 22248 -60.9 296 35 544.9 64 34 22775 -59.3 308 34 562.5 65 30 23550 -63.9 285 43 570.4 66 27 24193 -64.5 295 50 586.2 67 25 24666 -61.9 290 42 606.7 68 20 26040 -63.1 285 54 643.0 69 18 26692 -61.1 287 54 669.0 70 18 26692 -61.9 287 54 666.5 71 17 27049 -58.9 281 55 687.1 72 16 27430 -59.1 275 56 698.5 73 15 27838 -55.9 284 54 722.1 74 13 28742 -59.7 285 51 739.1 75 13 28742 -57.3 285 51 747.4 76 12 29250 -56.1 285 59 769.0 77 11 29801 -58.7 285 68 778.9 78 10 30400 -58.7 285 74 800.4 79 10 30400 -58.7 285 74 800.4 80 10 30400 -54.7 285 74 815.4 81 9.7 30594 -56.9 814.2 82 8.8 31220 -50.1 863.5 83 8.3 31602 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -56.5 875.7 875.8 329.0 876.1 0.04 TRP 369 7428 -52.1 -57.1 55 5.0 -52.2 225 40 294.0 294.0 278.7 294.1 0.05 WND 10 30400 -58.7 285 74 800.4 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5279.00 m Freezing level: 909.19 mb = 874.86 m = 2870.23 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.08 % Est. max temperature: 6.48 C = 43.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.54 mb = 853.59 m = 2800.45 ft T: 0.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.37 C Layer 700.0- 582.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.27 mb = 1661.22 m = 5450.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.10 C = 41.17 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.80 C Cross Totals Index: 29.20 C K Index: 24.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63253.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.13 mb = 1391.12 m = 4563.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 268 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 926 728 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 106 13 -12.2 3.6 1 925 736 180 5 0.0 5.0 | 111 13 -12.2 4.6 2 905 914 190 9 1.6 8.9 | 129 14 -10.6 8.4 3 871 1219 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 117 11 -9.6 5.0 4 850 1411 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 141 5 -3.1 3.8 5 806 1829 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 67 6 -5.4 -2.2 6 775 2134 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 153 6 -2.6 5.1 7 745 2438 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 193 8 1.7 7.6 8 716 2743 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 194 13 3.2 12.4 9 700 2922 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 192 12 2.4 11.8 10 633 3658 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 194 6 1.4 5.9 11 607 3962 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 215 7 3.8 5.4 12 582 4267 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 194 6 1.4 5.9 13 536 4877 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 156 9 -3.7 8.1 14 514 5182 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 193 4 1.0 4.4 15 500 5380 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 215 7 3.8 5.4 16 492 5486 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 231 7 5.2 4.2 17 450 6096 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 212 17 9.1 14.5 18 400 6900 225 34 24.0 24.0 | 207 26 11.9 23.6 19 369 7428 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 210 32 16.1 27.9 20 358 7620 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 210 32 16.1 27.9 21 342 7925 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 246 18 16.8 7.3 22 300 8780 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 246 17 15.9 7.1 23 284 9144 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 256 23 22.3 5.6 24 250 9980 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 256 24 23.3 5.8 25 225 10668 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 278 28 27.7 -3.9 26 215 10973 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 263 18 17.7 2.2 27 200 11460 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 257 30 29.2 6.9 28 187 11887 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 257 38 37.1 8.2 29 150 13350 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 278 30 29.7 -4.1 30 112 15240 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 277 36 35.7 -4.6 31 100 15980 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 284 38 37.1 -9.1 32 84 17069 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 287 20 19.4 -6.0 33 77 17678 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 257 30 29.2 6.9 34 70 18250 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 290 38 35.2 -13.1 35 70 18288 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 290 39 36.1 -13.4 36 66 18593 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 296 44 39.5 -19.2 37 60 19202 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 298 34 30.1 -15.8 38 55 19812 285 57 55.1 -14.8 | 289 46 42.9 -15.2 39 52 20117 305 49 40.1 -28.1 | 316 40 28.0 -28.5 40 50 20360 290 53 49.8 -18.1 | 296 42 37.7 -18.6 41 43 21336 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 278 25 24.7 -3.7 42 34 22860 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 328 26 13.9 -22.3 43 32 23165 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 317 22 14.7 -15.9 44 30 23470 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 285 27 26.3 -7.2 45 30 23550 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 291 32 29.4 -11.6 46 29 23774 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 302 43 35.9 -22.8 47 26 24384 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 303 38 31.4 -20.7 48 25 24689 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 298 31 27.3 -14.8 49 24 24994 280 56 55.1 -9.7 | 283 44 43.0 -10.2 50 20 26040 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 290 43 40.0 -14.4 51 19 26518 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 296 43 38.6 -18.9 52 16 27432 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 277 44 43.6 -5.3 53 14 28346 295 52 47.1 -22.0 | 303 42 35.0 -22.4 54 13 28651 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 290 38 35.2 -13.1 55 10 30175 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 288 62 59.3 -19.6 56 10 30400 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 288 62 59.3 -19.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -14.2 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 19.85 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 193 7 122 12| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 17.2 -6.3 10.9 21.8 0.35| 8.7 3.1 1000 223 8 128 9| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 23.2 -10.8 12.4 12.4 0.07| 10.4 0.7 1500 236 8 129 7| 3.1 2.6 5.7| 31.8 -11.8 20.0 13.3 0.27| 10.7 2.9 2000 236 10 146 6| 2.3 3.9 6.3| 37.8 -12.1 25.8 12.9 0.29| 10.2 3.0 2500 235 12 161 7| 2.1 3.2 5.3| 39.0 -14.0 25.0 10.0 0.27| 8.8 2.3 3000 236 13 167 7| 2.2 2.6 4.8| 40.1 -14.2 26.0 8.7 0.26| 8.0 2.1 4000 238 13 173 7| 1.7 2.0 3.7| 42.8 -24.7 18.1 4.5 0.14| 7.0 1.0 5000 240 14 178 6| 1.8 2.1 3.9| 55.1 -28.7 26.4 5.3 0.20| 7.1 1.4 6000 238 16 191 8| 1.5 3.0 4.5| 55.1 -47.1 8.0 1.3 0.11| 7.2 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200325.12.gif