UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KTFX... Searching the city database file for: KTFX ... Date:0000Z 28 MAR 20 Station: KTFX WMO ident: 72776 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -111.38 Elevation: 1131.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 925 714 SFC 878 1131 7.2 -5.8 39 13.0 1.8 230 19 291.0 291.5 281.0 299.3 2.82 3 875 1160 6.0 -8.0 36 14.0 0.5 231 19 290.0 290.4 280.0 297.1 2.39 4 850 1403 3.8 -8.2 41 12.0 -0.8 240 20 290.1 290.6 280.1 297.3 2.42 5 754 2359 -5.7 -10.4 69 4.7 -7.3 246 19 289.9 290.3 279.9 296.8 2.29 6 700 2936 -10.5 -12.6 85 2.1 -11.2 270 13 290.9 291.2 280.0 297.1 2.07 7 668 3295 -13.7 -14.2 96 0.5 -13.9 253 12 291.2 291.5 280.0 296.9 1.91 8 665 3329 -13.3 -14.2 93 0.9 -13.6 251 12 292.0 292.3 280.4 297.8 1.91 9 661 3375 -11.3 -15.9 69 4.6 -12.6 250 12 294.8 295.1 281.3 299.9 1.67 10 652 3481 -10.3 -18.3 52 8.0 -12.5 252 11 297.1 297.3 281.9 301.4 1.39 11 605 4053 -14.5 -22.5 51 8.0 -16.3 289 15 298.6 298.8 282.1 301.9 1.04 12 548 4796 -20.3 -26.3 59 6.0 -21.4 285 17 300.3 300.5 282.5 303.0 0.81 13 515 5254 -23.1 -33.1 40 10.0 -24.5 286 14 302.3 302.4 283.0 303.8 0.46 14 500 5470 -24.9 -32.9 47 8.0 -26.0 290 12 302.7 302.8 283.1 304.3 0.48 15 476 5824 -27.9 -32.9 62 5.0 -28.6 301 13 303.3 303.4 283.4 305.0 0.50 16 446 6285 -31.7 -36.7 61 5.0 -32.2 306 12 304.2 304.2 283.6 305.4 0.37 17 411 6854 -37.1 -38.6 86 1.5 -37.2 299 11 304.4 304.5 283.6 305.5 0.33 18 400 7040 -38.5 -40.3 83 1.8 -38.7 305 12 305.0 305.0 283.8 305.9 0.28 19 366 7646 -43.3 -47.1 66 3.8 -43.5 310 15 306.4 306.4 284.2 306.9 0.15 20 357 7813 -44.1 -48.7 60 4.6 -44.3 310 16 307.5 307.5 284.5 308.0 0.13 21 318 8581 -50.1 -53.3 69 3.2 -50.2 286 14 309.5 309.5 285.2 309.8 0.08 22 301 8938 -52.9 -56.8 62 3.9 -53.0 294 17 310.5 310.5 285.6 310.7 0.06 23 300 8960 -53.1 -56.9 63 3.8 -53.2 295 17 310.5 310.5 285.6 310.7 0.06 24 285 9289 -54.7 -60.7 47 6.0 -54.8 285 23 312.8 312.8 286.4 312.9 0.04 25 282 9357 -55.1 -60.0 54 4.9 -55.2 285 23 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.04 26 270 9634 -56.3 -63.3 41 7.0 -56.4 285 24 315.3 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.03 27 260 9873 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 285 25 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.02 28 250 10120 -58.1 -68.1 27 10.0 -58.2 285 24 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.8 0.02 29 247 10196 -57.9 -68.9 23 11.0 -58.0 287 23 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.2 0.01 30 242 10324 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -58.6 289 21 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.1 0.02 31 240 10376 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -57.8 290 21 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.02 32 234 10535 -57.3 -73.3 11 16.0 -57.5 284 23 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.0 0.01 33 224 10811 -56.7 -75.7 7 19.0 -56.9 275 25 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.01 34 218 10983 -55.3 -73.3 9 18.0 -55.5 270 26 336.8 336.8 293.5 336.8 0.01 35 212 11160 -55.9 -74.9 8 19.0 -56.1 264 28 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.01 36 210 11220 -55.3 -75.3 7 20.0 -55.5 262 29 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.01 37 205 11373 -56.3 -77.3 5 21.0 -56.5 260 28 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.00 38 202 11467 -54.7 -78.7 4 24.0 -55.0 260 27 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.00 39 200 11530 -54.7 -79.7 3 25.0 -55.0 260 27 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.00 40 198 11594 -54.9 -81.9 2 27.0 -55.2 261 28 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.00 41 189 11893 -53.5 -83.5 1 30.0 -53.8 264 30 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.00 42 174 12425 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -54.5 271 34 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 43 172 12499 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -53.9 271 35 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 44 169 12612 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -54.3 273 36 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 45 160 12964 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -53.9 271 37 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 46 158 13045 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.2 269 37 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 47 150 13380 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -54.5 260 37 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 48 142 13730 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.2 255 36 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 49 139 13866 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.3 255 37 383.8 383.8 302.8 383.8 0.00 50 132 14196 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.3 257 39 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 51 126 14493 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -56.7 258 42 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 52 119 14855 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.3 259 44 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 53 115 15072 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.7 259 46 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 54 113 15183 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -57.5 260 47 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 55 112 15239 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.7 260 47 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 56 106 15589 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.2 265 46 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 57 100 15960 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.4 270 44 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 58 80 17373 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.2 265 54 441.6 441.6 310.0 441.6 0.00 59 76 17696 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -58.2 270 55 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.2 0.00 60 74 17866 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -56.2 268 53 458.3 458.3 311.6 458.3 0.00 61 70 18220 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.6 265 49 464.8 464.8 312.2 464.8 0.00 62 68 18404 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.1 258 48 470.0 470.0 312.6 470.0 0.00 63 65 18690 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -58.5 257 47 470.4 470.4 312.7 470.4 0.00 64 53 19967 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.2 272 57 492.2 492.2 314.4 492.2 0.00 65 50 20330 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -60.7 270 58 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.00 66 41 21565 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.6 264 59 526.2 526.2 316.7 526.2 0.00 67 41 21565 -60.7 -90.7 1 30.0 -61.3 264 59 529.7 529.7 316.9 529.7 0.00 68 38 22040 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.1 272 61 544.9 544.9 317.8 544.9 0.00 69 34 22733 -62.5 -91.5 1 29.0 -63.1 275 67 554.1 554.1 318.3 554.1 0.00 70 30 23510 -60.6 -90.2 1 29.6 -61.4 275 74 579.5 579.5 319.6 579.5 0.00 71 28 23941 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.5 275 66 594.0 594.0 320.3 594.1 0.00 72 27 24170 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.5 275 62 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.0 0.01 73 25 24656 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.6 278 56 617.1 617.1 321.3 617.1 0.01 74 22 25462 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -58.9 282 59 643.0 643.0 322.4 643.1 0.01 75 21 25758 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.8 280 63 660.1 660.1 323.0 660.1 0.01 76 20 26070 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.9 280 61 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.1 0.01 77 18 26738 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -59.4 280 62 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.4 0.01 78 14 28339 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -57.1 280 64 743.3 743.3 325.7 743.4 0.02 79 12 29326 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -58.3 281 64 772.5 772.5 326.5 772.7 0.02 80 12 29326 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.9 281 64 779.6 779.6 326.7 779.8 0.02 TRP 260 9873 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 285 25 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.02 WND 30 23510 -60.6 -90.2 1 29.6 -61.4 275 74 579.5 579.5 319.6 579.5 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5398.00 m Freezing level: 811.60 mb = 1785.35 m = 5857.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.53 mb = 1251.19 m = 4104.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.83 % Est. max temperature: 6.63 C = 43.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.59 mb = 2732.46 m = 8964.64 ft T: -8.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 2.21 C Layer 875.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.56 mb = 2984.73 m = 9792.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.13 C = 44.83 F Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lifted Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.70 C K Index: 18.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58241.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.67 mb = 2895.36 m = 9499.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 302 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 878 1131 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 196 19 5.1 18.1 1 850 1403 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 206 18 7.8 15.9 2 805 1829 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 203 19 7.7 17.9 3 775 2134 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 202 19 6.9 17.3 4 746 2438 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 214 15 8.4 12.3 5 717 2743 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 224 6 4.4 4.6 6 700 2936 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 211 7 3.5 5.9 7 662 3353 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 190 10 1.8 10.0 8 636 3658 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 181 8 0.2 8.4 9 611 3962 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 261 5 4.6 0.7 10 587 4267 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 258 7 6.9 1.5 11 541 4877 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 258 7 6.9 1.5 12 520 5182 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 241 5 4.0 2.2 13 500 5470 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 225 2 1.8 1.7 14 457 6096 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 350 3 0.5 -2.5 15 419 6706 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 201 1 0.5 1.2 16 400 7040 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 342 1 0.3 -1.0 17 384 7315 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 47 1 -0.5 -0.5 18 367 7620 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 332 4 2.0 -3.8 19 350 7925 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 325 6 3.5 -5.1 20 320 8534 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 241 5 4.0 2.2 21 300 8960 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 283 6 5.9 -1.3 22 291 9144 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 269 12 11.7 0.2 23 260 9873 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 272 15 14.6 -0.6 24 250 10120 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 272 14 13.7 -0.4 25 241 10363 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 277 10 10.2 -1.3 26 208 11278 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 240 22 19.1 10.9 27 200 11530 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 238 20 17.1 10.5 28 164 12802 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 265 27 27.4 2.6 29 150 13380 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 245 30 26.9 12.3 30 142 13716 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 239 29 25.3 15.2 31 112 15240 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 249 39 36.8 14.0 32 100 15960 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 260 35 34.5 5.9 33 88 16764 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 244 44 39.8 19.1 34 76 17678 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 263 46 45.5 5.9 35 70 18220 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 256 41 39.3 10.1 36 69 18288 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 250 41 38.8 14.4 37 66 18593 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 243 39 34.9 17.8 38 57 19507 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 269 46 46.3 1.0 39 50 20330 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 263 49 48.5 5.9 40 47 20726 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 256 42 40.3 10.2 41 43 21336 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 252 50 47.6 15.9 42 37 22250 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 270 52 52.3 0.4 43 30 23470 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 271 64 64.2 -0.6 44 30 23510 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 271 64 64.2 -0.6 45 26 24384 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 269 48 48.3 0.8 46 23 25298 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 281 41 40.7 -7.6 47 22 25603 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 276 54 53.5 -5.3 48 20 26070 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 275 51 50.6 -4.7 49 13 27432 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 276 55 54.5 -5.4 50 8 28956 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 287 46 44.1 -13.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: -19.9 tot: 30.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 17.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 237 20 203 18| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 16.0 -2.1 13.9 27.8 0.65| 4.5 3.0 1000 236 20 203 19| 1.5 0.5 2.0| 16.0 -7.2 8.9 8.9 0.30| 3.3 1.0 1500 240 20 205 18| 4.0 0.3 4.3| 37.5 -7.2 30.4 20.2 0.42| 5.9 2.5 2000 245 18 207 15| 3.0 1.2 4.2| 38.1 -12.7 25.4 12.7 0.19| 6.1 1.2 2500 246 17 205 14| 2.4 1.5 3.9| 38.1 -19.7 18.3 7.3 0.06| 5.7 0.3 3000 251 16 208 13| 3.5 1.2 4.7| 50.7 -19.9 30.8 10.3 0.25| 6.5 1.7 4000 260 16 217 11| 2.6 1.1 3.8| 50.7 -22.3 28.4 7.1 0.20| 5.3 1.0 5000 266 16 221 9| 2.4 0.9 3.3| 52.3 -23.3 29.0 5.8 0.22| 5.0 1.1 6000 272 15 225 8| 2.2 0.9 3.0| 52.6 -23.9 28.7 4.8 0.19| 4.7 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTFX/skewt/KTFX.skewt.20200328.00.gif