UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:1200Z 27 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 114 SFC 928 728 0.0 -2.2 85 2.2 -0.9 190 6 279.1 279.6 276.0 288.8 3.50 2 925 751 0.0 -3.0 80 3.0 -1.2 195 8 279.3 279.9 275.9 288.5 3.31 3 902 952 -0.9 -3.4 83 2.5 -1.9 226 22 280.4 281.0 276.5 289.6 3.29 4 892 1042 0.0 -4.3 73 4.3 -1.7 227 20 282.2 282.8 277.2 291.0 3.11 5 850 1427 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -3.7 240 16 284.6 285.0 277.6 292.0 2.56 6 840 1521 -1.5 -8.5 59 7.0 -4.0 238 14 285.5 286.0 277.9 292.5 2.39 7 782 2087 -5.9 -10.3 71 4.4 -7.4 267 3 286.7 287.1 278.3 293.3 2.23 8 700 2946 -11.3 -12.8 89 1.5 -11.8 305 16 290.0 290.3 279.6 296.1 2.04 9 677 3202 -12.7 -13.9 91 1.2 -13.0 296 18 291.2 291.5 280.0 297.0 1.93 10 662 3373 -11.9 -12.9 92 1.0 -12.2 303 19 294.0 294.3 281.5 300.4 2.14 11 652 3489 -11.5 -13.8 83 2.3 -12.2 308 19 295.7 296.1 282.1 301.9 2.02 12 612 3972 -14.7 -17.1 82 2.4 -15.3 320 21 297.4 297.7 282.4 302.5 1.63 13 569 4518 -19.5 -20.5 92 1.0 -19.7 297 19 298.0 298.3 282.3 302.2 1.31 14 519 5197 -22.5 -27.0 67 4.5 -23.3 309 15 302.4 302.5 283.4 305.0 0.81 15 511 5311 -23.3 -27.4 69 4.1 -24.0 306 14 302.7 302.9 283.5 305.3 0.79 16 500 5470 -24.5 -29.5 63 5.0 -25.3 300 13 303.2 303.3 283.5 305.4 0.66 17 469 5931 -27.9 -32.7 63 4.8 -28.5 284 12 304.5 304.6 283.9 306.3 0.52 18 435 6465 -31.9 -40.9 41 9.0 -32.7 289 14 306.1 306.1 284.2 307.0 0.25 19 400 7050 -36.9 -44.9 43 8.0 -37.4 280 14 307.0 307.1 284.4 307.7 0.17 20 386 7296 -38.7 -47.7 38 9.0 -39.2 280 16 307.8 307.8 284.7 308.3 0.13 21 360 7772 -42.7 -47.7 58 5.0 -42.9 302 19 308.7 308.7 285.0 309.2 0.14 22 333 8295 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 302 20 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.2 0.08 23 318 8599 -49.5 -54.4 56 4.9 -49.7 299 21 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.6 0.07 24 301 8958 -51.7 -58.7 43 7.0 -51.8 295 22 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.4 0.05 25 300 8980 -51.9 -58.9 43 7.0 -52.1 295 22 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.4 0.05 26 280 9424 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 287 22 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.6 0.04 27 252 10090 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 285 17 317.5 317.5 287.9 317.6 0.02 28 250 10140 -58.9 -64.9 46 6.0 -59.0 285 18 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.6 0.02 29 245 10267 -57.9 -65.9 35 8.0 -58.0 291 16 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 30 239 10424 -58.3 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.4 291 15 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.6 0.02 31 233 10584 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -58.6 280 14 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.02 32 228 10720 -57.9 -67.9 27 10.0 -58.0 274 14 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.02 33 225 10804 -58.5 -68.5 27 10.0 -58.6 273 16 328.9 328.9 291.4 328.9 0.02 34 217 11033 -56.9 -69.9 18 13.0 -57.1 274 19 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.8 0.01 35 214 11121 -57.3 -71.3 15 14.0 -57.5 280 19 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.5 0.01 36 200 11550 -56.3 -75.3 7 19.0 -56.5 280 26 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.01 37 198 11614 -55.7 -75.7 7 20.0 -55.9 276 29 345.6 345.6 295.6 345.6 0.01 38 181 12185 -55.7 -80.7 3 25.0 -56.0 285 30 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.00 39 176 12365 -53.7 -81.7 2 28.0 -54.1 284 30 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 40 171 12550 -53.1 -82.1 2 29.0 -53.5 283 31 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 41 161 12938 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -54.5 282 31 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 42 150 13390 -55.5 280 32 374.5 43 144 13650 -55.9 280 38 378.2 44 139 13875 -54.9 278 38 383.8 45 129 14351 -55.5 274 37 391.0 46 124 14603 -54.5 271 36 397.2 47 120 14812 -55.7 269 35 398.8 48 113 15194 -56.3 265 33 404.6 49 110 15365 -55.5 268 33 409.2 50 105 15661 -55.7 274 34 414.3 51 100 15970 -58.3 280 35 415.1 52 96 16226 -59.3 279 36 418.0 53 92 16494 -57.1 279 37 427.5 54 85 16992 -58.5 278 39 434.4 55 78 17533 -57.7 277 41 446.9 56 74 17867 -55.3 276 42 458.7 57 70 18220 -56.3 275 43 463.9 58 64 18788 -56.9 275 41 474.7 59 50 20330 -62.9 280 48 495.3 60 49 20454 -63.1 283 50 497.7 61 44 21117 -61.9 280 57 516.1 62 42 21407 -59.1 274 59 530.0 63 38 22030 -61.3 275 60 539.8 64 35 22542 -59.7 281 60 556.8 65 32 23100 -61.3 285 57 567.0 66 30 23500 -60.9 285 54 578.6 67 28 23932 -59.7 280 54 593.5 68 26 24395 -62.1 275 54 599.4 69 23 25160 -60.5 288 49 625.5 70 22 25439 -57.9 289 44 641.2 71 21 25733 -59.3 290 45 645.6 72 20 26040 -58.9 290 55 655.9 73 18 26703 -57.5 292 59 680.4 74 16 27445 -59.1 295 63 698.5 75 15 27851 -57.4 300 69 717.2 76 13 28764 -53.5 286 50 760.6 77 11 29833 -55.9 295 48 789.1 78 10 30440 -55.3 310 49 813.1 79 9.9 30504 -55.7 308 48 814.0 80 9.3 30903 -54.5 297 44 833.2 81 8.8 31262 -48.5 287 40 869.7 82 8.5 31490 -48.7 280 37 877.6 83 8.4 31568 -45.7 278 36 892.4 84 8.1 31813 -39.9 272 34 924.7 85 7.5 32337 -41.9 258 28 937.2 86 7.0 32800 -45.9 245 23 939.3 87 6.2 33599 -51.1 950.2 88 6.1 33705 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -56.8 963.3 963.3 330.6 964.0 0.07 TRP 252 10090 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 285 17 317.5 317.5 287.9 317.6 0.02 WND 15 27851 -57.4 300 69 717.2 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5356.00 m Freezing level: 925.00 mb = 751.00 m = 2463.88 ft Freezing level: 892.00 mb = 1041.62 m = 3417.33 ft Freezing level: 892.00 mb = 1041.62 m = 3417.33 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.26 % Est. max temperature: 7.66 C = 45.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.59 mb = 1000.57 m = 3282.66 ft T: -0.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.24 C Layer 925.0- 902.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.46 mb = 2323.79 m = 7623.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.40 C = 47.11 F Cap Strength: 10.81 C Lifted Index: 10.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 14.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58423.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.97 mb = 1760.37 m = 5775.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 928 728 190 6 1.0 5.9 | 157 15 -6.0 14.2 1 925 751 195 8 2.1 7.7 | 163 17 -4.9 16.0 2 906 914 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 201 26 9.3 24.5 3 872 1219 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 197 20 6.0 19.2 4 850 1427 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 203 18 6.9 16.3 5 807 1829 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 173 13 -1.6 12.8 6 777 2134 275 2 2.0 -0.2 | 148 10 -5.0 8.1 7 747 2438 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 140 11 -7.0 8.3 8 718 2743 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 236 4 3.4 2.3 9 700 2946 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 278 6 6.1 -0.9 10 691 3048 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 255 9 9.0 2.5 11 637 3658 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 309 9 7.1 -5.9 12 611 3962 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 320 10 6.5 -7.8 13 587 4267 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 293 14 12.7 -5.5 14 564 4572 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 266 9 9.3 0.7 15 541 4877 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 320 7 4.6 -5.5 16 500 5470 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 247 5 4.3 1.8 17 478 5791 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 216 6 3.3 4.5 18 458 6096 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 220 9 5.9 7.1 19 438 6401 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 240 7 6.2 3.5 20 400 7050 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 229 9 6.8 5.8 21 384 7315 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 238 10 8.8 5.5 22 367 7620 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 277 10 9.5 -1.2 23 351 7925 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 287 9 8.6 -2.6 24 300 8980 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 275 13 12.9 -1.0 25 292 9144 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 271 16 16.5 -0.3 26 253 10058 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 238 10 8.8 5.5 27 252 10090 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 248 10 9.4 3.9 28 250 10140 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 251 11 10.4 3.6 29 241 10363 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 254 7 6.6 1.9 30 230 10668 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 220 9 5.9 7.1 31 219 10973 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 235 15 12.0 8.3 32 209 11278 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 263 12 11.8 1.4 33 200 11550 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 259 19 18.6 3.8 34 199 11582 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 255 23 21.9 5.7 35 181 12192 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 269 22 22.0 0.5 36 150 13390 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 264 25 24.5 2.7 37 143 13716 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 267 31 31.4 1.5 38 112 15240 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 247 28 25.9 11.2 39 100 15970 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 265 28 27.5 2.2 40 70 18220 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 263 36 35.8 4.5 41 69 18288 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 269 35 35.3 0.8 42 60 19202 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 256 34 33.0 8.3 43 50 20330 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 270 40 40.3 -0.1 44 47 20726 290 53 49.8 -18.1 | 283 44 42.8 -9.9 45 43 21336 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 267 52 51.8 3.1 46 40 21641 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 261 55 54.0 8.3 47 33 22860 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 278 50 50.0 -7.0 48 30 23500 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 277 46 45.2 -5.7 49 26 24384 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 266 47 46.8 3.6 50 25 24689 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 278 49 49.0 -6.7 51 21 25603 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 280 32 31.5 -5.7 52 20 26040 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 283 46 44.7 -10.5 53 16 27432 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 290 53 50.1 -18.3 54 15 27737 300 69 59.8 -34.5 | 296 59 52.8 -26.2 55 15 27851 300 69 59.8 -34.5 | 296 59 52.8 -26.2 56 14 28346 300 51 44.2 -25.5 | 295 41 37.2 -17.2 57 13 28956 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 270 41 41.3 -0.2 58 11 29566 295 55 49.8 -23.2 | 289 45 42.8 -15.0 59 10 30175 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 286 29 27.4 -7.8 60 10 30440 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 307 38 30.5 -23.2 61 7 32800 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 218 23 13.8 18.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 319.8 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: -61.7 tot: 58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 41.88 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 224 18 194 22| 13.4 0.0 13.4| 84.7 -7.0 77.7 155.5 0.58| 25.8 15.0 1000 229 16 195 19| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 93.2 -31.1 62.0 62.0 0.30| 18.0 5.4 1500 231 12 189 16| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 93.2 -52.4 40.7 27.2 0.07| 15.2 1.1 2000 236 10 185 14| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 96.8 -57.7 39.1 19.6 0.12| 15.3 1.8 2500 253 11 198 12| 3.0 1.4 4.4|105.0 -61.7 43.3 17.3 0.15| 14.2 2.1 3000 269 13 213 10| 3.4 1.1 4.5|120.5 -61.7 58.8 19.6 0.22| 13.0 2.9 4000 285 15 239 8| 2.0 1.5 3.4|130.1 -92.3 37.7 9.4 0.12| 12.0 1.4 5000 291 15 246 7| 1.4 1.1 2.5|136.2-103.8 32.5 6.5 0.06| 10.9 0.6 6000 290 14 243 7| 1.2 1.2 2.4|142.8-105.8 37.0 6.2 0.07| 9.8 0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200327.12.gif