UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020040100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 APR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:0000Z 1 APR 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 111 SFC 927 728 1.4 -0.4 88 1.8 0.6 250 10 280.6 281.3 277.5 291.7 4.00 2 925 744 0.8 -1.6 84 2.4 -0.2 255 10 280.1 280.8 276.9 290.4 3.67 3 924 753 0.8 -1.7 83 2.5 -0.2 256 10 280.2 280.8 276.9 290.4 3.65 4 850 1419 -3.3 -6.5 78 3.2 -4.5 275 19 282.7 283.2 276.9 290.6 2.76 5 794 1954 -6.7 -11.5 69 4.8 -8.2 285 22 284.6 285.0 276.9 290.4 2.00 6 736 2541 -11.7 -15.1 76 3.4 -12.6 287 21 285.4 285.7 276.7 290.2 1.61 7 700 2923 -14.3 -17.4 77 3.1 -15.0 275 15 286.6 286.9 277.1 290.8 1.39 8 597 4109 -22.9 -27.1 68 4.2 -23.6 257 18 290.0 290.2 277.7 292.2 0.69 9 568 4472 -25.9 -29.9 69 4.0 -26.5 259 18 290.7 290.8 277.9 292.5 0.56 10 519 5117 -31.5 -37.5 55 6.0 -32.0 255 17 291.5 291.6 277.9 292.5 0.29 11 503 5338 -33.5 -38.5 61 5.0 -33.9 255 15 291.7 291.7 277.9 292.6 0.27 12 500 5380 -33.9 -38.9 61 5.0 -34.3 255 15 291.7 291.8 277.9 292.6 0.26 13 467 5854 -37.9 -44.9 48 7.0 -38.3 271 10 292.5 292.5 278.2 293.0 0.15 14 443 6214 -41.1 -47.1 52 6.0 -41.3 278 8 292.9 292.9 278.3 293.3 0.12 15 430 6415 -43.1 -50.1 46 7.0 -43.3 274 8 292.9 292.9 278.2 293.2 0.09 16 420 6573 -44.1 -54.1 32 10.0 -44.4 256 13 293.5 293.6 278.5 293.8 0.06 17 413 6686 -44.1 -61.1 13 17.0 -44.5 243 16 295.0 295.0 279.1 295.1 0.02 18 405 6817 -44.5 -69.5 5 25.0 -44.9 246 20 296.1 296.1 279.6 296.1 0.01 19 400 6900 -44.9 -70.9 4 26.0 -45.3 250 23 296.6 296.6 279.8 296.7 0.01 20 382 7209 -45.1 -72.1 3 27.0 -45.5 254 24 300.3 300.3 281.5 300.3 0.01 21 335 8082 -48.3 -78.3 2 30.0 -48.7 270 32 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.4 0.00 22 309 8615 -48.9 -76.9 2 28.0 -49.3 266 46 313.8 313.8 286.6 313.8 0.00 23 300 8810 -48.3 -75.3 3 27.0 -48.7 265 51 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.3 0.00 24 289 9055 -48.9 -76.9 2 28.0 -49.3 265 52 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.8 0.00 25 281 9239 -48.9 -76.9 2 28.0 -49.3 265 54 322.4 322.4 289.5 322.4 0.00 26 277 9334 -47.9 -76.9 2 29.0 -48.3 265 56 325.2 325.2 290.3 325.2 0.00 27 270 9502 -48.3 -77.3 2 29.0 -48.7 265 58 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.0 0.00 28 257 9827 -46.9 -75.9 2 29.0 -47.4 265 62 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.00 29 250 10010 -47.3 -78.3 2 31.0 -47.9 265 65 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.00 30 243 10197 -47.9 -80.9 1 33.0 -48.4 260 66 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.6 0.00 31 235 10418 -47.5 -80.5 1 33.0 -48.0 261 65 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.00 32 227 10646 -48.7 -81.7 1 33.0 -49.2 262 65 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.00 33 216 10973 -46.9 -76.9 2 30.0 -47.5 263 65 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 34 200 11480 -48.5 -81.5 1 33.0 -49.1 265 64 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 35 199 11513 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -49.3 265 64 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.00 36 181 12139 -47.5 -78.5 2 31.0 -48.2 265 63 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 37 177 12287 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.3 265 63 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 38 157 13072 -50.9 -81.9 1 31.0 -51.5 265 61 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 39 150 13370 -50.3 -81.3 1 31.0 -50.9 265 61 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 40 147 13502 -50.1 -80.1 2 30.0 -50.7 267 60 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 41 131 14248 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -54.4 270 61 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 42 128 14397 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -53.7 270 62 396.1 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 43 119 14866 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -54.8 270 65 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 44 113 15198 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.3 270 67 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 45 108 15491 -52.2 -81.2 2 29.0 -52.8 265 72 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.01 46 104 15736 -51.7 -80.7 2 29.0 -52.4 267 69 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.01 47 100 15990 -51.5 -81.5 2 30.0 -52.3 270 66 428.2 428.2 308.6 428.2 0.01 48 90 16671 -51.9 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.7 272 68 440.5 440.5 309.9 440.6 0.01 49 87 16891 -49.3 -78.3 2 29.0 -50.4 273 69 450.0 450.0 310.8 450.1 0.01 50 72 18118 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -54.2 268 47 466.6 466.6 312.4 466.6 0.00 51 70 18300 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -51.5 260 48 476.8 476.8 313.2 476.8 0.01 52 57 19622 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -56.9 267 51 492.5 492.5 314.4 492.5 0.00 53 55 19850 -53.7 -82.7 2 29.0 -54.8 276 51 503.0 503.0 315.2 503.1 0.01 54 50 20460 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.1 285 37 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.01 55 47 20857 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.0 -53.9 287 41 529.0 529.0 316.9 529.1 0.01 56 44 21281 -54.3 -80.3 3 26.0 -55.5 290 45 534.7 534.7 317.2 534.8 0.01 57 43 21429 -52.3 -81.3 2 29.0 -53.8 290 44 543.2 543.2 317.7 543.2 0.01 58 35 22761 -51.5 -77.5 3 26.0 -53.4 270 30 578.2 578.2 319.6 578.4 0.03 59 32 23338 -54.9 -81.9 2 27.0 -56.4 287 33 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.2 0.02 60 30 23750 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.6 270 28 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 61 26 24656 -58.5 -85.5 2 27.0 -59.7 279 47 609.6 609.6 321.0 609.7 0.01 62 26 24656 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -57.7 279 47 616.4 616.4 321.3 616.5 0.01 63 24 25163 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -58.8 303 43 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.3 0.01 64 24 25163 -55.7 -84.7 1 29.0 -57.5 303 43 631.9 631.9 322.0 631.9 0.01 65 23 25434 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -56.9 293 40 641.9 642.0 322.4 642.0 0.01 66 22 25720 -51.3 -81.3 2 30.0 -54.2 283 38 660.9 660.9 323.1 661.1 0.02 67 21 26023 -50.5 -78.5 2 28.0 -53.7 272 36 672.2 672.2 323.5 672.5 0.04 68 20 26340 -51.7 -79.7 2 28.0 -54.6 265 35 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.2 0.03 69 18 27022 -53.9 -80.9 2 27.0 -56.5 285 34 691.7 691.7 324.1 692.0 0.03 70 17 27392 -52.1 -82.1 2 30.0 -55.4 271 36 708.9 708.9 324.7 709.1 0.03 71 15 28198 -55.5 -84.5 2 29.0 -58.1 307 44 723.4 723.4 325.1 723.6 0.02 72 15 28198 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -56.6 307 44 730.1 730.1 325.4 730.2 0.02 73 14 28643 -53.3 -83.3 1 30.0 -56.6 310 49 745.3 745.3 325.8 745.5 0.03 74 13 29126 -49.5 -81.5 1 32.0 -54.3 284 29 774.4 774.4 326.6 774.8 0.04 75 13 29126 -44.3 -78.3 1 34.0 -51.2 284 29 792.4 792.5 327.1 793.1 0.07 76 13 29126 -41.9 -76.9 1 35.0 -50.0 284 29 800.7 800.8 327.3 801.6 0.08 77 11 30251 -45.3 -77.3 2 32.0 -52.4 240 40 827.6 827.6 327.9 828.5 0.09 78 11 30251 -44.3 -78.3 1 34.0 -51.9 240 40 831.2 831.3 328.0 832.0 0.08 79 10 30890 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -52.6 240 38 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.6 0.07 80 9.0 31589 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -55.0 864.2 864.2 328.7 864.6 0.05 81 8.4 32042 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -55.9 876.7 876.7 329.0 877.1 0.04 TRP 335 8082 -48.3 -78.3 2 30.0 -48.7 270 32 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.4 0.00 WND 108 15491 -52.2 -81.2 2 29.0 -52.8 265 72 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5269.00 m Freezing level: 909.56 mb = 882.71 m = 2895.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 925.52 mb = 739.81 m = 2427.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.56 % Est. max temperature: 5.60 C = 42.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.33 mb = 951.00 m = 3120.03 ft T: -0.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 925.0- 924.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.09 mb = 1806.42 m = 5926.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.85 C = 40.72 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 58.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 27.40 C K Index: 21.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58998.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.00 mb = 1540.09 m = 5052.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 297 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 927 728 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 170 9 -1.6 8.9 1 925 744 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 171 8 -1.4 8.1 2 905 914 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 222 4 2.8 3.1 3 872 1219 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 232 9 7.0 5.5 4 850 1419 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 244 9 7.9 3.9 5 806 1829 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 269 9 9.3 0.1 6 775 2134 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 272 11 11.2 -0.4 7 745 2438 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 283 12 11.5 -2.7 8 716 2743 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 240 5 4.7 2.8 9 700 2923 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 223 6 3.9 4.2 10 660 3353 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 202 14 5.3 13.1 11 633 3658 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 207 13 5.9 11.7 12 582 4267 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 218 11 6.7 8.7 13 536 4877 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 212 12 6.4 10.2 14 500 5380 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 200 10 3.5 9.4 15 450 6096 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 143 5 -3.1 4.1 16 430 6401 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 148 6 -3.0 4.8 17 412 6706 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 195 15 3.7 14.0 18 400 6900 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 218 17 10.6 13.4 19 359 7620 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 235 18 14.6 10.0 20 343 7925 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 254 20 19.0 5.5 21 335 8082 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 255 22 21.0 5.5 22 300 8810 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 256 41 39.8 10.0 23 285 9144 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 256 43 41.8 10.1 24 250 10010 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 258 55 53.7 11.2 25 248 10058 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 253 57 54.0 17.0 26 200 11480 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 258 54 52.7 11.1 27 150 13370 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 258 51 49.8 10.8 28 142 13716 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 263 47 47.0 5.5 29 112 15240 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 264 56 56.0 5.5 30 108 15491 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 259 62 60.7 11.8 31 107 15545 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 259 62 60.7 11.8 32 100 15990 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 264 55 55.0 5.5 33 81 17374 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 271 59 58.7 -0.6 34 74 17983 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 267 35 34.8 1.5 35 70 18288 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 249 39 36.3 13.9 36 70 18300 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 249 39 36.3 13.9 37 67 18593 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 233 47 37.9 28.4 38 61 19202 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 237 41 34.1 21.9 39 55 19812 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 269 41 40.8 1.0 40 50 20422 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 279 25 24.7 -4.0 41 50 20460 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 279 25 24.7 -4.0 42 44 21336 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 288 33 31.3 -9.9 43 36 22555 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 286 23 21.9 -6.4 44 34 22860 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 238 20 16.6 10.4 45 31 23470 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 294 23 20.7 -9.3 46 30 23750 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 252 18 17.0 5.5 47 30 23774 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 244 18 15.9 7.9 48 28 24079 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 246 20 17.9 8.1 49 27 24384 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 259 30 29.0 5.5 50 26 24689 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 274 36 36.3 -2.8 51 25 24994 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 315 32 22.7 -22.8 52 20 26213 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 250 24 22.9 8.5 53 20 26340 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 250 25 23.9 8.6 54 19 26822 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 294 25 22.5 -10.1 55 18 27127 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 270 21 20.5 -0.0 56 17 27432 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 258 26 25.0 5.5 57 15 28042 305 41 33.6 -23.5 | 309 29 22.6 -18.0 58 14 28651 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 314 38 27.3 -26.6 59 13 28956 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 309 26 20.1 -16.3 60 13 29261 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 256 14 13.9 3.4 61 12 29870 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 223 36 24.5 26.0 62 10 30890 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 222 33 21.9 24.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -23.8 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.04 Bulk Shear: 0.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 272 14 215 6| 9.6 0.0 9.6| 10.3 0.0 10.3 20.6 0.54| 12.5 6.8 1000 275 17 235 7| 6.8 0.0 6.8| 21.6 0.0 21.6 21.6 0.67| 8.7 5.9 1500 279 19 250 8| 5.6 0.0 5.6| 27.3 0.0 27.3 18.2 0.66| 7.1 4.7 2000 281 19 258 8| 4.2 1.9 6.1| 31.7 -12.0 19.7 9.9 0.31| 7.8 2.4 2500 279 19 251 8| 3.4 2.6 6.0| 31.7 -20.4 11.3 4.5 0.13| 8.0 1.1 3000 274 19 240 9| 2.8 2.3 5.1| 35.7 -23.8 12.0 4.0 0.12| 7.3 0.9 4000 270 18 232 9| 2.4 1.9 4.2| 41.8 -26.1 15.7 3.9 0.14| 6.0 0.8 5000 267 18 226 9| 1.9 1.6 3.5| 41.8 -37.3 4.5 0.9 0.04| 5.6 0.2 6000 267 16 220 8| 1.6 2.0 3.6| 55.4 -42.7 12.7 2.1 0.07| 6.1 0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200401.00.gif