UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020040112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 APR 20 Searching for KOTX... Searching the city database file for: KOTX ... Date:1200Z 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 131 SFC 928 728 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.8 170 3 276.5 277.0 274.3 285.5 3.25 2 925 758 -1.5 -2.9 90 1.4 -2.0 185 5 277.8 278.3 275.1 287.0 3.33 3 923 775 -1.1 -2.6 90 1.5 -1.7 187 5 278.4 278.9 275.5 287.8 3.42 4 901 967 -2.3 -4.0 88 1.7 -3.0 215 8 279.0 279.6 275.5 287.8 3.15 5 892 1048 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.3 231 8 282.2 282.7 276.7 290.0 2.73 6 884 1120 -0.5 -6.5 64 6.0 -2.7 245 7 282.4 282.9 276.7 290.0 2.65 7 850 1432 -2.9 -7.9 68 5.0 -4.7 295 6 283.1 283.5 276.7 290.2 2.48 8 845 1479 -3.3 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.0 298 6 283.2 283.6 276.7 290.1 2.42 9 824 1677 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -6.7 310 7 283.7 284.1 276.5 289.7 2.05 10 812 1792 -5.7 -10.6 68 4.9 -7.3 317 7 283.9 284.2 276.6 290.0 2.10 11 779 2116 -8.1 -15.1 57 7.0 -10.1 288 4 284.7 284.9 276.2 289.2 1.52 12 705 2882 -14.3 -16.2 85 1.9 -14.8 252 12 286.1 286.3 277.0 290.6 1.53 13 700 2936 -14.9 -17.2 83 2.3 -15.4 255 13 286.0 286.2 276.7 290.2 1.42 14 671 3255 -17.3 -20.9 73 3.6 -18.1 251 10 286.8 287.0 276.7 290.0 1.08 15 631 3712 -21.3 -24.1 78 2.8 -21.8 246 5 287.3 287.4 276.6 290.0 0.86 16 519 5119 -33.3 -36.9 70 3.6 -33.6 268 9 289.3 289.4 276.8 290.4 0.31 17 500 5380 -35.5 -41.5 54 6.0 -35.9 265 8 289.8 289.8 276.9 290.4 0.20 18 491 5506 -36.7 -42.7 54 6.0 -37.1 268 9 289.8 289.8 276.9 290.4 0.18 19 432 6379 -44.9 -49.9 57 5.0 -45.1 275 11 290.2 290.2 276.9 290.5 0.09 20 400 6890 -48.9 -53.9 56 5.0 -49.0 255 8 291.4 291.4 277.5 291.7 0.06 21 399 6906 -48.9 -53.9 56 5.0 -49.0 253 9 291.6 291.7 277.6 291.9 0.06 22 380 7224 -51.3 -55.4 61 4.1 -51.4 250 14 292.6 292.6 278.0 292.8 0.05 23 346 7828 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.0 260 21 298.4 298.4 280.7 298.5 0.03 24 336 8017 -51.7 -61.7 29 10.0 -51.9 260 23 302.5 302.5 282.4 302.6 0.03 25 315 8434 -51.9 -66.9 15 15.0 -52.1 260 28 307.9 307.9 284.5 307.9 0.01 26 311 8516 -50.7 -66.7 13 16.0 -51.0 260 29 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.7 0.02 27 300 8750 -51.1 -70.1 9 19.0 -51.4 260 32 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.01 28 296 8837 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.0 -52.0 260 32 313.7 313.7 286.6 313.7 0.01 29 285 9083 -50.3 -73.3 5 23.0 -50.6 260 33 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.1 0.01 30 274 9340 -50.3 -77.3 3 27.0 -50.7 260 35 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.7 0.00 31 252 9888 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.0 260 41 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.2 0.00 32 250 9940 -48.5 260 42 334.0 33 211 11057 -48.1 264 46 351.2 34 203 11312 -48.7 265 45 354.1 35 200 11410 -47.7 265 45 357.2 36 183 11997 -48.7 267 47 364.8 37 180 12106 -49.5 267 47 365.2 38 166 12637 -50.5 268 48 372.1 39 164 12716 -49.9 268 48 374.4 40 160 12878 -49.9 269 49 377.1 41 152 13213 -51.1 270 50 380.6 42 150 13300 -50.1 270 50 383.7 43 147 13432 -49.5 270 50 387.0 44 139 13797 -49.5 271 49 393.2 45 136 13940 -50.7 272 49 393.6 46 132 14134 -50.1 272 48 398.0 47 121 14698 -52.5 274 47 403.7 48 116 14971 -52.1 274 47 409.3 49 113 15139 -53.1 275 46 410.5 50 108 15431 -52.7 268 45 416.6 51 105 15613 -50.9 261 44 423.4 52 100 15930 -51.1 250 42 429.0 53 90 16615 -51.9 260 47 440.5 54 84 17065 -49.5 266 50 454.2 55 75 17807 -50.3 274 41 467.5 56 73 17984 -48.1 275 37 475.7 57 70 18260 -50.3 260 52 476.8 58 69 18354 -50.3 268 50 478.7 59 66 18645 -49.9 280 43 485.7 60 58 19486 -52.1 288 35 499.1 61 50 20450 -50.7 295 31 524.0 62 48 20716 -49.9 295 30 532.1 63 41 21742 -51.5 252 21 552.6 64 33 23130 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.6 278 29 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.1 0.00 65 30 23730 -58.5 295 36 585.2 66 29 23943 -58.7 301 41 590.3 67 28 24165 -54.7 308 42 607.4 68 27 24398 -53.9 316 38 616.0 69 24 25152 -54.7 334 22 634.8 70 23 25429 -48.1 341 16 661.9 71 21 26027 -48.9 270 9 677.0 72 19 26676 -54.3 256 5 679.9 73 18 27021 -55.7 280 12 686.0 74 17 27388 -52.7 289 24 707.0 75 14 28643 -51.9 285 14 750.1 76 14 28643 -50.5 285 14 754.8 77 12 29639 -54.3 298 32 775.4 78 12 29639 -52.3 298 32 782.4 79 12 29639 -49.3 298 32 793.1 80 11 30212 -47.1 328 18 821.0 81 10 30840 -49.5 240 11 834.8 82 9.6 31106 -51.3 837.8 83 8.7 31748 -50.1 866.4 84 8.4 31978 -47.3 886.1 85 8.2 32138 -47.3 892.2 TRP 346 7828 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.0 260 21 298.4 298.4 280.7 298.5 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5249.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 892.00 mb = 1047.52 m = 3436.70 ft Freezing level: 892.00 mb = 1047.52 m = 3436.70 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.18 % Est. max temperature: 5.52 C = 41.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.79 mb = 820.31 m = 2691.27 ft T: -1.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 0.79 C Layer 779.0- 705.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.93 mb = 2056.84 m = 6748.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.36 C = 41.65 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.60 C Cross Totals Index: 27.60 C K Index: 22.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72751.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.08 mb = 1714.60 m = 5625.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 928 728 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 133 8 -6.2 5.7 1 925 758 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 146 9 -5.2 7.7 2 907 914 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 170 11 -1.8 10.9 3 873 1219 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 186 3 0.3 3.3 4 850 1432 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 135 0 -0.2 0.2 5 808 1829 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 24 3 -1.1 -2.6 6 776 2134 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 134 2 -1.8 1.7 7 746 2438 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 140 4 -2.7 3.3 8 718 2743 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 206 8 3.4 7.0 9 700 2936 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 229 9 6.9 6.1 10 634 3658 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 167 5 -1.1 4.9 11 583 4267 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 223 6 4.2 4.5 12 536 4877 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 238 5 4.4 2.7 13 500 5380 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 214 4 2.3 3.4 14 450 6096 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 274 6 5.9 -0.4 15 400 6890 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 203 5 2.1 4.8 16 393 7010 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 211 11 5.6 9.2 17 357 7620 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 254 10 9.4 2.7 18 346 7828 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 247 16 15.0 6.4 19 300 8750 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 252 27 25.9 8.3 20 282 9144 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 252 28 26.9 8.5 21 250 9940 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 254 37 35.7 10.0 22 246 10058 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 255 42 40.6 10.9 23 200 11410 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 260 40 39.2 6.7 24 150 13300 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 266 44 44.4 2.7 25 111 15240 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 272 40 40.2 -1.3 26 100 15930 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 243 38 33.8 17.1 27 80 17374 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 267 46 46.4 2.7 28 73 17983 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 271 31 31.2 -0.5 29 70 18260 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 256 47 45.6 11.8 30 70 18288 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 261 47 46.2 7.3 31 63 18898 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 289 31 29.1 -9.9 32 53 20117 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 282 26 25.3 -5.5 33 50 20450 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 295 25 22.5 -10.4 34 48 20726 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 295 24 21.5 -9.9 35 44 21336 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 274 16 16.0 -1.1 36 42 21641 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 242 18 15.6 8.4 37 38 22250 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 214 15 8.3 12.5 38 36 22555 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 245 14 13.1 6.0 39 34 22860 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 274 16 16.0 -1.1 40 31 23470 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 271 33 33.2 -0.7 41 30 23730 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 295 30 27.0 -12.5 42 28 24079 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 307 38 30.4 -22.5 43 27 24384 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 319 33 21.9 -24.8 44 22 25603 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 13 10 -2.3 -9.8 45 20 26340 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 164 8 -2.2 7.7 46 19 26822 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 164 2 -0.7 2.3 47 17 27432 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 288 19 17.8 -5.8 48 16 27737 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 339 22 7.9 -20.6 49 15 28042 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 350 16 2.8 -15.4 50 14 28651 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 276 8 7.9 -0.9 51 13 28956 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 268 17 17.3 0.7 52 12 29566 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 283 31 30.1 -6.8 53 12 29870 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 343 16 4.9 -15.4 54 11 30175 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 351 15 2.4 -14.5 55 10 30840 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 205 9 3.9 8.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -11.2 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.20 Bulk Shear: 5.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 217 7 171 9| 7.2 0.0 7.2| 21.6 -0.1 21.5 43.1 0.58| 15.6 9.1 1000 256 7 191 4| 4.8 0.0 4.8| 21.7 -0.3 21.4 21.4 0.35| 10.6 3.7 1500 274 6 195 2| 3.2 1.5 4.7| 23.0 -0.3 22.7 15.1 0.39| 9.1 3.6 2000 269 6 186 3| 2.4 2.4 4.8| 29.7 -0.3 29.4 14.7 0.46| 8.9 4.1 2500 262 7 200 4| 2.1 1.9 4.1| 36.8 -5.1 31.7 12.7 0.41| 8.6 3.5 3000 260 7 198 4| 1.8 1.3 3.1| 37.2 -11.2 26.0 8.7 0.28| 7.9 2.2 4000 260 8 203 4| 1.9 1.0 2.9| 45.3 -11.2 34.1 8.5 0.36| 6.7 2.4 5000 262 8 209 4| 1.7 0.8 2.5| 48.2 -13.1 35.1 7.0 0.35| 5.9 2.0 6000 266 8 219 4| 1.6 1.0 2.6| 51.3 -20.1 31.2 5.2 0.26| 5.5 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOTX/skewt/KOTX.skewt.20200401.12.gif