UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0000Z 26 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 110 SFC 927 728 4.8 0.6 74 4.2 2.9 165 7 284.0 284.8 279.6 296.2 4.31 2 925 747 4.4 -0.6 70 5.0 2.2 165 7 283.8 284.5 279.1 295.0 3.95 3 924 756 4.2 -0.8 70 5.0 2.0 166 7 283.7 284.4 279.0 294.7 3.90 4 904 933 2.0 -2.8 70 4.8 0.0 182 8 283.2 283.8 278.1 292.9 3.44 5 883 1122 0.0 -2.6 83 2.6 -1.1 204 6 283.0 283.7 278.2 293.1 3.57 6 868 1259 -1.3 -3.2 87 1.9 -2.1 224 5 283.1 283.7 278.1 292.9 3.47 7 850 1426 -2.5 -6.0 77 3.5 -3.8 265 5 283.5 284.0 277.5 291.7 2.87 8 844 1482 -2.9 -6.6 76 3.7 -4.3 278 5 283.7 284.2 277.4 291.6 2.76 9 804 1865 -6.1 -8.8 81 2.7 -7.0 357 5 284.2 284.7 277.3 291.3 2.44 10 792 1982 -7.1 -8.8 88 1.7 -7.7 346 6 284.4 284.8 277.4 291.6 2.48 11 786 2042 -6.9 -10.4 76 3.5 -8.0 340 6 285.2 285.6 277.5 291.7 2.20 12 777 2131 -7.7 -11.1 77 3.4 -8.8 331 7 285.3 285.7 277.4 291.5 2.11 13 751 2395 -9.9 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.2 297 9 285.7 286.1 277.8 292.3 2.25 14 719 2730 -12.1 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.3 299 11 286.9 287.2 278.0 292.6 1.95 15 711 2815 -12.3 -13.2 93 0.9 -12.6 302 12 287.6 287.9 278.3 293.3 1.94 16 700 2935 -10.9 -14.3 76 3.4 -11.9 305 13 290.4 290.7 279.5 295.8 1.80 17 698 2957 -10.9 -14.5 75 3.6 -11.9 305 13 290.7 291.0 279.6 296.0 1.78 18 690 3045 -12.5 -16.8 70 4.3 -13.6 305 12 289.8 290.1 278.8 294.3 1.49 19 686 3089 -14.1 -18.6 69 4.5 -15.2 305 12 288.5 288.8 277.9 292.4 1.28 20 683 3123 -15.1 -22.1 55 7.0 -16.6 305 12 287.8 287.9 277.0 290.7 0.95 21 672 3245 -16.1 -21.0 66 4.9 -17.1 305 11 288.0 288.2 277.3 291.3 1.07 22 663 3346 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -18.6 305 10 287.8 287.9 276.8 290.3 0.81 23 641 3598 -19.3 -26.3 54 7.0 -20.5 305 8 288.3 288.4 276.9 290.5 0.70 24 632 3703 -20.5 -29.5 44 9.0 -21.8 305 7 288.1 288.2 276.5 289.7 0.52 25 584 4282 -24.9 -32.9 47 8.0 -25.9 300 10 289.5 289.6 277.1 290.9 0.41 26 568 4483 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -26.8 302 13 290.4 290.5 277.6 291.9 0.46 27 544 4794 -29.1 -41.1 30 12.0 -30.1 304 17 290.5 290.5 277.2 291.1 0.19 28 527 5019 -31.1 -44.1 27 13.0 -32.0 306 16 290.7 290.7 277.3 291.2 0.14 29 517 5155 -32.1 -45.1 26 13.0 -33.0 308 15 291.1 291.1 277.4 291.6 0.13 30 500 5390 -33.9 -41.9 44 8.0 -34.5 310 12 291.7 291.7 277.8 292.4 0.19 31 496 5446 -34.5 -41.5 49 7.0 -35.0 309 12 291.6 291.7 277.8 292.3 0.20 32 474 5761 -37.3 -46.3 39 9.0 -37.8 305 13 292.0 292.0 277.9 292.4 0.13 33 440 6270 -41.7 -50.7 37 9.0 -42.1 312 15 292.7 292.7 278.2 293.0 0.08 34 412 6712 -44.9 -55.9 28 11.0 -45.2 345 18 294.1 294.1 278.7 294.3 0.05 35 400 6910 -44.5 -57.5 22 13.0 -44.9 360 19 297.2 297.2 280.1 297.3 0.04 36 388 7115 -43.7 -64.7 8 21.0 -44.2 5 21 300.8 300.8 281.7 300.9 0.02 37 357 7672 -47.3 -67.3 8 20.0 -47.6 4 18 303.2 303.2 282.7 303.3 0.01 38 328 8232 -48.7 -68.7 8 20.0 -49.0 335 19 308.7 308.7 284.8 308.8 0.01 39 320 8395 -47.9 -68.9 7 21.0 -48.3 341 19 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.1 0.01 40 307 8669 -49.7 -69.7 8 20.0 -50.0 350 19 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.01 41 300 8820 -49.3 -71.3 6 22.0 -49.6 340 12 315.9 315.9 287.4 315.9 0.01 42 293 8974 -48.5 -71.5 5 23.0 -48.9 328 17 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.2 0.01 43 270 9507 -48.9 -72.9 4 24.0 -49.3 307 22 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.1 0.01 44 264 9653 -47.9 -72.9 4 25.0 -48.4 299 22 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.7 0.01 45 250 10010 -48.1 -77.1 2 29.0 -48.6 280 23 334.6 334.6 292.9 334.6 0.00 46 236 10392 -47.7 -77.7 2 30.0 -48.2 287 24 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.00 47 224 10737 -48.9 -77.9 2 29.0 -49.4 295 26 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.00 48 221 10826 -47.9 -77.9 2 30.0 -48.4 297 26 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.00 49 200 11490 -46.1 -75.1 2 29.0 -46.9 270 27 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 50 198 11557 -45.9 -74.9 2 29.0 -46.7 266 28 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 51 184 12043 -47.9 -76.9 2 29.0 -48.6 273 35 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 52 158 13048 -47.9 -76.9 2 29.0 -48.7 279 33 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.01 53 150 13390 -49.7 -77.7 2 28.0 -50.4 280 32 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.5 0.01 54 146 13566 -50.5 -78.5 2 28.0 -51.1 280 33 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.01 55 137 13979 -50.5 -78.5 2 28.0 -51.1 280 35 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.01 56 130 14319 -51.7 -78.7 3 27.0 -52.3 280 37 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.01 57 124 14626 -50.9 -77.9 3 27.0 -51.6 280 39 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.01 58 112 15283 -53.1 -80.1 2 27.0 -53.7 280 43 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.01 59 110 15399 -53.1 -81.1 2 28.0 -53.7 281 43 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.01 60 100 16010 -54.1 -79.1 3 25.0 -54.7 285 43 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.01 61 88 16830 -55.3 -81.3 3 26.0 -55.9 281 45 436.6 436.6 309.5 436.6 0.01 62 78 17596 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.3 278 47 444.4 444.4 310.3 444.4 0.00 63 71 18190 -57.1 -81.1 3 24.0 -57.7 275 49 460.4 460.4 311.8 460.4 0.01 64 70 18280 -57.1 -80.1 4 23.0 -57.7 275 49 462.2 462.2 312.0 462.3 0.01 65 58 19461 -59.5 -82.5 4 23.0 -60.0 285 47 482.4 482.4 313.7 482.4 0.01 66 56 19681 -58.3 -82.3 3 24.0 -58.9 285 45 490.0 490.0 314.2 490.0 0.01 67 50 20390 -60.1 -81.1 5 21.0 -60.6 285 37 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.01 68 46 20910 -59.3 -81.3 4 22.0 -60.0 286 32 515.9 515.9 316.1 516.0 0.01 69 35 22599 -63.9 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.4 285 54 545.8 545.8 317.9 545.9 0.01 70 32 23151 -60.9 -81.9 5 21.0 -61.7 280 43 568.0 568.0 319.0 568.1 0.02 71 30 23550 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.8 280 45 575.3 575.4 319.5 575.5 0.02 72 28 23975 -63.7 -81.7 7 18.0 -64.3 285 47 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.5 0.02 73 26 24430 -64.1 -82.1 7 18.0 -64.7 288 49 593.7 593.7 320.3 593.8 0.02 74 25 24672 -61.9 -79.9 7 18.0 -62.7 276 48 606.7 606.7 320.9 606.9 0.03 75 22 25460 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.8 288 57 622.8 622.8 321.6 622.9 0.03 76 20 26050 -59.7 -78.7 7 19.0 -61.0 285 49 653.4 653.5 322.8 653.8 0.04 77 18 26712 -57.5 -76.5 7 19.0 -59.3 285 49 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.9 0.06 78 15 27848 -63.3 -79.3 10 16.0 -64.4 285 50 697.5 697.5 324.4 697.9 0.05 79 14 28274 -61.5 -78.5 9 17.0 -62.9 285 50 717.5 717.5 325.0 718.0 0.06 TRP 307 8669 -49.7 -69.7 8 20.0 -50.0 350 19 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5280.00 m Freezing level: 883.00 mb = 1122.24 m = 3681.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 903.63 mb = 936.50 m = 3072.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 6.04 C = 42.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.86 mb = 1251.28 m = 4105.22 ft T: -1.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.37 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 925.0- 883.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.59 mb = 1684.56 m = 5526.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.74 C = 40.54 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 59.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 27.90 C K Index: 22.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.80 mb = 1615.86 m = 5301.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.80 mb = 3325.85 m = 10911.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 564.80 mb = 4523.87 m = 14841.91 ft B at Equ Level: 23.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 414.80 mb = 6666.83 m = 21872.53 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 336 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 927 728 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 160 15 -5.1 14.1 1 925 747 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 160 15 -5.1 14.1 2 906 914 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 168 16 -3.3 15.4 3 872 1219 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 178 11 -0.5 11.5 4 850 1426 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 192 8 1.6 7.8 5 807 1829 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 125 4 -3.3 2.4 6 776 2134 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 187 1 0.2 1.3 7 746 2438 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 230 7 5.1 4.3 8 717 2743 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 253 6 6.2 1.9 9 700 2935 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 271 7 7.3 -0.1 10 634 3658 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 215 4 2.4 3.4 11 583 4267 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 246 6 5.3 2.4 12 536 4877 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 284 12 11.4 -2.9 13 500 5390 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 273 6 5.9 -0.3 14 451 6096 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 268 9 8.8 0.4 15 400 6910 360 19 -0.0 -19.0 | 16 12 -3.3 -11.6 16 376 7315 10 24 -4.2 -23.6 | 25 18 -7.5 -16.3 17 359 7620 5 18 -1.6 -17.9 | 25 12 -4.9 -10.6 18 343 7925 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 21 9 -3.3 -8.6 19 328 8230 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 335 11 4.7 -9.8 20 307 8669 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 0 11 -0.0 -11.3 21 300 8820 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 349 4 0.8 -3.9 22 299 8839 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 2 9 -0.4 -9.4 23 285 9144 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 278 12 12.3 -1.6 24 272 9449 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 297 15 13.5 -6.8 25 250 10010 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 260 20 19.3 3.4 26 248 10058 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 259 19 18.3 3.6 27 216 10973 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 287 21 20.0 -6.1 28 200 11490 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 253 25 23.7 7.4 29 197 11582 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 249 27 25.6 9.9 30 180 12192 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 263 34 33.5 4.2 31 150 13390 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 266 28 28.2 1.8 32 113 15240 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 270 39 39.0 -0.1 33 100 16010 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 276 38 38.2 -3.7 34 70 18280 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 266 46 45.5 3.1 35 70 18288 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 266 46 45.5 3.1 36 58 19507 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 276 42 42.1 -4.8 37 50 20390 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 274 32 32.4 -2.2 38 47 20726 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 285 31 30.2 -8.3 39 45 21031 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 265 25 25.2 2.3 40 43 21336 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 273 31 30.5 -1.7 41 41 21641 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 285 31 30.2 -8.3 42 39 21946 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 268 32 32.1 1.1 43 35 22555 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 278 50 49.8 -6.9 44 32 23165 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 270 39 39.0 -0.1 45 30 23550 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 271 41 41.0 -0.4 46 26 24384 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 282 44 42.7 -9.4 47 25 24689 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 266 45 44.5 3.2 48 22 25603 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 284 54 52.1 -12.8 49 20 25908 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 276 42 42.1 -4.8 50 20 26050 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 277 44 44.0 -5.3 51 12 27432 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 277 45 45.0 -5.6 52 10 28042 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 272 49 48.9 -1.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 335.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -10.6 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 31.57 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 185 7 169 14| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 17.9 0.0 17.9 35.9 0.65| 7.4 4.8 1000 215 6 180 12| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 24.4 -2.6 21.8 21.8 0.26| 9.0 2.3 1500 262 6 197 9| 4.1 1.1 5.2| 25.8 -4.2 21.6 14.4 0.24| 8.6 2.1 2000 283 7 209 7| 3.1 1.9 5.0| 30.4 -4.5 25.9 13.0 0.27| 8.1 2.2 2500 293 8 222 6| 2.6 1.5 4.1| 34.3 -7.0 27.3 10.9 0.26| 7.5 1.9 3000 296 8 225 5| 2.1 0.9 3.0| 34.4 -10.6 23.7 7.9 0.16| 6.8 1.1 4000 298 9 233 5| 2.3 0.9 3.2| 45.8 -10.6 35.2 8.8 0.26| 6.3 1.7 5000 301 10 246 6| 1.7 0.7 2.4| 48.7 -14.2 34.5 6.9 0.21| 5.9 1.2 6000 306 11 259 6| 2.2 0.6 2.8| 78.5 -15.0 63.5 10.6 0.35| 6.1 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200326.00.gif