UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 31 MAR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:1200Z 31 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 103 SFC 927 728 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.5 220 7 280.4 281.0 277.4 291.5 4.00 2 925 744 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.5 215 8 280.5 281.2 277.5 291.7 4.01 3 850 1420 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.4 230 22 283.3 283.9 277.9 292.5 3.22 4 748 2422 -8.5 -10.2 87 1.7 -9.1 215 28 287.6 288.0 278.9 294.5 2.35 5 714 2781 -12.1 -13.9 86 1.8 -12.6 206 24 287.5 287.8 278.1 292.9 1.83 6 700 2932 -13.3 -15.5 83 2.2 -13.9 210 24 287.8 288.0 278.0 292.6 1.63 7 612 3937 -21.3 -23.1 85 1.8 -21.7 244 19 289.8 290.0 278.0 292.8 0.97 8 583 4293 -24.1 -28.2 69 4.1 -24.7 245 24 290.6 290.7 278.0 292.6 0.64 9 565 4521 -25.9 -28.7 77 2.8 -26.3 245 27 291.1 291.2 278.2 293.1 0.63 10 504 5334 -33.5 -36.0 78 2.5 -33.7 241 33 291.5 291.6 278.0 292.7 0.35 11 500 5390 -33.9 -36.9 74 3.0 -34.1 240 33 291.7 291.8 278.0 292.8 0.32 12 492 5503 -34.9 -39.0 66 4.1 -35.2 241 35 291.8 291.9 278.0 292.7 0.26 13 475 5748 -37.1 -41.9 61 4.8 -37.4 242 40 292.1 292.1 278.0 292.7 0.20 14 471 5806 -37.7 -43.7 53 6.0 -38.1 243 42 292.0 292.1 277.9 292.6 0.17 15 466 5880 -38.1 -50.1 27 12.0 -38.7 243 43 292.4 292.4 278.0 292.7 0.08 16 453 6075 -38.7 -61.7 7 23.0 -39.4 245 47 294.0 294.0 278.7 294.1 0.02 17 443 6228 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -40.6 246 48 294.4 294.4 278.8 294.4 0.00 18 400 6920 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.2 250 45 296.9 296.9 280.0 296.9 0.00 19 383 7209 -46.5 -70.5 5 24.0 -46.9 250 49 298.2 298.2 280.6 298.3 0.01 20 369 7457 -46.3 -73.3 3 27.0 -46.7 250 53 301.7 301.7 282.1 301.7 0.01 21 334 8115 -49.1 -79.1 2 30.0 -49.4 255 57 306.6 306.6 284.0 306.6 0.00 22 303 8755 -48.7 -75.7 3 27.0 -49.1 260 69 315.8 315.8 287.3 315.8 0.00 23 300 8820 -48.9 -75.9 3 27.0 -49.3 260 70 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.4 0.00 24 292 8997 -49.5 -75.5 3 26.0 -49.8 257 72 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.0 0.00 25 283 9201 -48.9 -74.9 3 26.0 -49.3 256 74 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.8 0.01 26 265 9631 -50.1 -76.1 3 26.0 -50.5 264 78 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.1 0.00 27 263 9680 -50.1 -76.4 3 26.3 -50.5 265 78 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.8 0.00 28 250 10010 -50.3 -78.3 2 28.0 -50.7 265 76 331.3 331.3 292.0 331.3 0.00 29 230 10555 -50.9 -81.9 1 31.0 -51.3 263 74 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.00 30 221 10815 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -51.1 262 73 342.6 342.6 294.9 342.6 0.00 31 211 11119 -49.1 -78.1 2 29.0 -49.6 261 72 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.00 32 200 11470 -49.9 -79.9 2 30.0 -50.4 260 71 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.00 33 190 11804 -50.5 -79.5 2 29.0 -51.0 259 68 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 34 186 11943 -49.3 -78.3 2 29.0 -49.8 259 67 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.00 35 180 12157 -49.3 -79.3 2 30.0 -49.9 258 65 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 36 170 12530 -51.3 -82.3 1 31.0 -51.8 257 62 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 37 164 12763 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -51.2 256 60 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 38 154 13170 -52.9 -82.9 1 30.0 -53.4 256 59 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 39 150 13340 -51.9 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.4 260 63 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 40 146 13515 -53.1 -81.1 2 28.0 -53.6 262 67 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 41 142 13695 -52.1 -80.1 2 28.0 -52.7 265 71 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 42 136 13974 -53.1 -82.1 2 29.0 -53.6 267 71 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.00 43 127 14416 -52.3 -81.3 2 29.0 -52.9 270 69 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 44 116 15002 -52.9 -79.9 2 27.0 -53.5 273 66 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.01 45 113 15171 -52.1 -81.1 2 29.0 -52.8 275 65 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 46 106 15584 -53.7 -81.7 2 28.0 -54.3 270 68 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 47 102 15832 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 267 70 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 48 100 15960 -53.5 -80.5 2 27.0 -54.1 265 71 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.01 49 85 17007 -53.1 -82.1 2 29.0 -53.9 274 60 445.4 445.4 310.4 445.4 0.01 50 77 17641 -55.7 -82.7 2 27.0 -56.3 272 60 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.01 51 72 18070 -54.3 -81.3 2 27.0 -55.1 275 59 464.5 464.5 312.2 464.5 0.01 52 70 18250 -55.1 -81.1 3 26.0 -55.8 265 58 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.01 53 59 19337 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -58.3 265 61 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.1 0.01 54 58 19446 -55.5 -82.5 2 27.0 -56.3 265 64 491.4 491.4 314.3 491.4 0.01 55 54 19900 -57.1 -83.1 2 26.0 -57.8 267 70 497.8 497.8 314.8 497.9 0.01 56 50 20390 -55.1 -81.1 3 26.0 -56.1 280 54 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.01 57 41 21659 -52.9 -76.9 4 24.0 -54.4 280 37 549.1 549.1 318.1 549.3 0.03 58 39 21979 -54.3 -78.3 4 24.0 -55.6 273 31 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.6 0.02 59 36 22492 -53.7 -79.7 3 26.0 -55.2 252 42 567.8 567.9 319.0 568.0 0.02 60 34 22856 -55.7 -79.7 3 24.0 -57.0 255 48 571.9 572.0 319.3 572.1 0.02 61 32 23242 -55.1 -80.1 3 25.0 -56.6 267 46 583.6 583.6 319.9 583.7 0.02 62 30 23650 -58.1 -81.1 4 23.0 -59.2 275 44 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.4 0.02 63 28 24084 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.9 275 45 592.9 592.9 320.3 593.0 0.01 64 27 24313 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -59.0 275 46 605.3 605.3 320.9 605.4 0.02 65 24 25058 -58.3 -81.3 4 23.0 -59.6 275 48 624.3 624.3 321.7 624.5 0.02 66 24 25058 -57.5 -81.5 3 24.0 -58.9 275 48 626.6 626.6 321.7 626.8 0.02 67 23 25330 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -56.5 276 49 643.1 643.1 322.4 643.3 0.03 68 22 25615 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -57.2 286 53 649.0 649.0 322.6 649.2 0.03 69 21 25913 -53.9 -78.9 3 25.0 -56.2 295 56 661.9 661.9 323.2 662.2 0.04 70 21 25913 -51.9 -77.9 3 26.0 -54.7 295 56 667.9 667.9 323.3 668.3 0.04 71 20 26230 -52.1 -77.1 3 25.0 -54.9 305 52 676.7 676.7 323.7 677.1 0.05 72 19 26560 -52.9 -76.9 4 24.0 -55.6 301 49 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.7 0.06 73 18 26911 -48.7 -75.7 3 27.0 -52.8 269 42 708.1 708.2 324.7 708.8 0.07 74 17 27286 -48.1 -74.1 3 26.0 -52.5 253 37 721.7 721.8 325.1 722.6 0.10 75 14 28547 -53.5 -78.5 3 25.0 -56.8 264 43 744.6 744.7 325.8 745.2 0.06 76 13 29024 -52.3 -78.3 3 26.0 -56.1 268 46 764.7 764.8 326.4 765.4 0.07 77 12 29547 -47.1 -72.1 4 25.0 -52.9 270 46 800.9 801.0 327.3 802.7 0.19 78 11 30123 -45.9 -69.9 5 24.0 -52.4 270 44 825.4 825.5 327.9 828.3 0.28 79 10 30750 -50.7 -74.7 4 24.0 -55.7 270 42 830.3 830.4 328.0 831.9 0.15 80 9.1 31360 -54.5 -77.5 4 23.0 -58.5 270 39 838.4 838.5 328.2 839.5 0.11 81 8.9 31503 -53.9 -78.9 3 25.0 -58.2 270 39 846.1 846.1 328.3 847.0 0.09 82 8.8 31576 -50.9 -77.9 3 27.0 -56.3 270 38 860.4 860.5 328.7 861.5 0.11 83 8.7 31650 -50.7 -78.7 2 28.0 -56.3 270 38 864.0 864.1 328.7 865.0 0.09 84 8.3 31963 -41.9 -68.9 4 27.0 -51.5 270 37 910.4 910.6 329.7 915.3 0.43 85 7.8 32385 -41.9 -67.9 4 26.0 -51.7 270 36 926.7 927.0 330.0 932.8 0.53 86 7.0 33110 -47.1 -73.1 4 26.0 -54.9 270 33 934.3 934.5 330.1 937.6 0.28 87 6.3 33813 -43.9 -69.9 4 26.0 -53.7 976.6 976.9 330.9 982.6 0.49 88 6.1 34032 -38.7 -65.7 4 27.0 -51.4 1008.0 1008.5 331.5 1019.5 0.91 89 5.9 34262 -36.3 -63.3 4 27.0 -50.4 1028.0 1028.9 331.8 1044.9 1.30 TRP 334 8115 -49.1 -79.1 2 30.0 -49.4 255 57 306.6 306.6 284.0 306.6 0.00 WND 263 9680 -50.1 -76.4 3 26.3 -50.5 265 78 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5287.00 m Freezing level: 901.92 mb = 952.00 m = 3123.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 915.53 mb = 826.31 m = 2710.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.29 % Est. max temperature: 7.02 C = 44.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.11 mb = 926.58 m = 3039.94 ft T: 0.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 1.83 C Layer 714.0- 612.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.87 mb = 1589.06 m = 5213.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.79 C = 40.63 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 29.40 C K Index: 24.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63822.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.07 mb = 1391.21 m = 4564.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 265 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 927 728 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 102 18 -17.2 3.5 1 925 744 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 105 18 -17.2 4.7 2 905 914 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 147 16 -8.9 13.5 3 872 1219 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 176 16 -1.1 15.5 4 850 1420 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 158 13 -4.9 12.3 5 807 1829 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 156 20 -8.0 17.8 6 776 2134 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 161 21 -6.8 19.4 7 746 2438 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 165 22 -5.7 21.1 8 717 2743 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 150 23 -11.6 19.9 9 700 2932 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 153 21 -9.7 18.9 10 634 3658 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 158 9 -3.6 8.6 11 608 3962 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 144 8 -4.5 6.2 12 583 4267 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 180 8 0.0 8.3 13 536 4877 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 209 13 6.4 11.2 14 500 5390 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 205 16 6.8 14.6 15 451 6096 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 230 29 21.8 18.4 16 400 6920 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 237 25 20.5 13.5 17 360 7620 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 240 34 29.9 17.0 18 334 8115 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 249 36 33.3 12.9 19 300 8820 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 258 48 47.2 10.3 20 285 9144 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 251 52 48.8 17.0 21 263 9680 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 265 56 56.0 4.9 22 260 9754 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 265 56 56.0 4.9 23 250 10010 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 265 54 54.0 4.8 24 200 11470 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 258 49 48.2 10.5 25 155 13106 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 249 36 33.3 12.9 26 150 13340 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 257 41 40.3 9.1 27 142 13716 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 265 50 50.0 4.4 28 112 15240 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 280 44 43.0 -7.5 29 100 15960 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 265 49 49.0 4.3 30 88 16764 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 288 39 37.3 -12.3 31 80 17374 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 265 38 38.0 3.4 32 73 17983 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 288 39 37.3 -12.3 33 70 18250 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 265 36 36.0 3.2 34 70 18288 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 265 35 35.0 3.1 35 63 18898 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 265 28 28.1 2.5 36 55 19812 265 73 72.7 6.4 | 265 51 51.0 4.5 37 50 20390 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 290 33 31.4 -11.2 38 43 21336 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 303 25 20.8 -13.2 39 39 21946 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 299 9 8.1 -4.5 40 37 22250 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 231 18 14.0 11.1 41 34 22860 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 247 27 24.6 10.6 42 31 23470 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 284 23 22.1 -5.7 43 30 23650 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 284 23 22.1 -5.7 44 23 25298 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 283 28 27.1 -6.1 45 21 25908 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 311 39 29.0 -25.5 46 20 26230 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 327 38 20.9 -31.7 47 19 26518 305 50 41.0 -28.7 | 328 36 19.2 -30.5 48 17 27127 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 231 18 14.0 11.1 49 17 27432 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 240 15 13.0 7.5 50 13 29261 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 274 25 25.3 -1.9 51 7 33110 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 279 11 11.3 -1.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.7 neg: -53.9 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 14.36 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 20 147 15| 20.5 0.0 20.5| 87.8 0.0 87.8 175.6 0.99| 21.7 21.5 1000 225 22 154 15| 10.2 3.0 13.3| 87.8 -17.7 70.1 70.1 0.53| 15.7 8.3 1500 222 23 156 17| 6.8 2.4 9.2| 99.4 -19.3 80.1 53.4 0.52| 11.9 6.2 2000 219 24 158 18| 5.1 2.9 8.0|105.2 -52.4 52.8 26.4 0.32| 10.7 3.5 2500 218 24 157 18| 4.5 2.3 6.8|117.0 -52.4 64.6 25.8 0.32| 10.0 3.2 3000 220 23 157 17| 4.0 1.9 5.9|118.7 -53.9 64.8 21.6 0.28| 9.7 2.7 4000 226 23 161 15| 3.4 1.1 4.5|138.7 -56.9 81.9 20.5 0.34| 8.8 3.0 5000 231 25 172 14| 3.5 1.1 4.6|164.7 -60.2 104.5 20.9 0.34| 8.3 2.8 6000 235 29 188 15| 3.5 0.9 4.4|211.3 -60.2 151.1 25.2 0.37| 7.9 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200331.12.gif