UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017100300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 OCT 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 3 OCT 17 Station: KMFR WMO ident: 72597 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -122.87 Elevation: 405.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 969 405 15.0 1.0 39 14.0 8.0 305 3 290.8 291.5 282.6 303.1 4.24 2 966 431 14.8 -1.2 33 16.0 7.2 311 3 290.8 291.5 281.9 301.4 3.62 3 948 586 12.0 -1.0 41 13.0 5.9 345 4 289.5 290.2 281.5 300.4 3.75 4 925 788 10.2 -0.8 46 11.0 5.1 345 6 289.7 290.4 281.8 301.0 3.90 5 868 1312 5.2 -2.8 56 8.0 1.7 350 7 289.9 290.5 281.4 300.3 3.58 6 850 1483 3.6 -3.4 60 7.0 0.6 340 8 289.9 290.5 281.4 300.1 3.50 7 812 1852 0.6 -7.4 55 8.0 -2.5 22 7 290.6 291.0 280.7 298.5 2.70 8 732 2674 -6.7 -9.8 79 3.1 -7.8 56 10 291.3 291.8 280.8 298.7 2.48 9 700 3021 -9.3 -13.0 74 3.7 -10.5 50 8 292.2 292.5 280.6 298.2 2.01 10 686 3176 -10.7 -13.8 78 3.1 -11.6 33 9 292.3 292.7 280.5 298.1 1.92 11 682 3221 -10.7 -15.3 69 4.6 -12.0 28 10 292.8 293.1 280.4 298.0 1.70 12 672 3335 -8.9 -29.9 16 21.0 -13.0 13 12 296.1 296.2 280.3 297.6 0.48 13 667 3393 -8.9 -34.9 10 26.0 -13.5 11 12 296.7 296.8 280.3 297.7 0.30 14 647 3628 -10.1 -40.1 7 30.0 -14.6 14 16 297.9 298.0 280.7 298.6 0.18 15 622 3930 -10.7 -44.7 4 34.0 -15.3 358 26 300.6 300.6 281.8 301.0 0.11 16 611 4068 -10.1 -53.1 2 43.0 -15.1 349 32 302.9 302.9 282.6 303.0 0.05 17 587 4375 -11.3 -41.3 6 30.0 -15.9 335 40 304.9 305.0 283.6 305.6 0.17 18 564 4680 -13.9 -34.9 15 21.0 -17.5 335 41 305.4 305.5 284.0 306.6 0.35 19 504 5521 -20.9 -38.9 18 18.0 -23.2 326 41 306.9 306.9 284.5 307.8 0.26 20 500 5580 -21.3 -39.3 18 18.0 -23.6 325 41 307.1 307.1 284.5 308.0 0.25 21 441 6499 -26.9 -55.9 5 29.0 -28.9 328 47 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.4 0.04 22 414 6954 -29.7 -53.7 8 24.0 -31.3 326 55 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.5 0.06 23 400 7200 -30.3 -58.3 5 28.0 -31.9 325 60 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.8 0.04 24 370 7752 -32.1 -66.1 2 34.0 -33.7 320 71 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.01 25 339 8366 -35.7 -68.7 2 33.0 -37.0 320 86 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.6 0.01 26 324 8680 -36.5 -67.5 3 31.0 -37.7 320 93 326.7 326.7 290.7 326.7 0.01 27 304 9119 -38.8 -69.0 3 30.2 -39.8 320 104 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.01 28 300 9210 -39.3 -69.3 3 30.0 -40.3 320 103 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.0 0.01 29 250 10440 -45.3 -73.3 3 28.0 -45.9 320 96 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 30 243 10628 -46.1 -76.1 2 30.0 -46.7 319 93 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.01 31 232 10935 -46.1 -79.1 1 33.0 -46.7 317 88 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.00 32 209 11622 -48.9 -77.9 2 29.0 -49.4 312 76 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 33 200 11910 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -49.1 310 72 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 34 195 12077 -47.7 -79.7 1 32.0 -48.3 311 73 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 35 178 12673 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 315 76 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 36 175 12783 -51.9 -81.9 2 30.0 -52.4 315 77 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 37 164 13203 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -53.3 313 68 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 38 155 13568 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -52.6 311 61 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 39 150 13780 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.1 310 56 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.6 0.00 40 146 13953 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -54.9 310 55 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 41 141 14176 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -54.4 310 53 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 42 133 14551 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -54.5 317 49 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 43 123 15049 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -56.3 326 41 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 44 119 15259 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -57.6 320 34 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 45 116 15420 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -57.6 322 34 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 46 114 15530 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -56.7 323 34 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 47 109 15814 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -57.7 325 35 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 48 102 16234 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.4 329 35 417.3 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 49 100 16360 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.3 330 35 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 50 92 16891 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.8 331 30 429.1 429.1 308.7 429.1 0.00 51 82 17619 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.5 333 22 437.7 437.7 309.6 437.7 0.00 52 77 18017 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.5 334 18 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.2 0.00 53 71 18530 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -58.8 357 12 457.8 457.8 311.5 457.8 0.00 54 70 18620 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.3 5 11 460.9 460.9 311.8 461.0 0.00 55 67 18897 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.3 18 9 468.9 468.9 312.5 468.9 0.00 56 56 20026 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.2 0 11 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 57 52 20492 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.0 31 12 502.8 502.8 315.1 502.8 0.00 58 50 20740 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.8 70 10 506.6 506.6 315.4 506.6 0.00 59 47 21127 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.3 189 4 511.8 511.8 315.8 511.8 0.00 60 43 21684 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.6 280 9 529.9 529.9 316.9 529.9 0.00 61 39 22300 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.1 280 10 546.4 546.4 317.9 546.4 0.00 62 37 22631 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.4 283 10 551.1 551.1 318.2 551.1 0.00 63 36 22804 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.0 285 10 559.6 559.6 318.6 559.6 0.00 64 34 23164 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -58.9 288 9 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.00 65 30 23960 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.2 295 9 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 66 28 24404 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.8 350 9 612.9 613.0 321.2 613.0 0.01 67 26 24880 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.5 337 6 620.4 620.4 321.5 620.5 0.01 68 23 25664 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.4 316 2 643.7 643.7 322.4 643.8 0.01 69 22 25948 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.5 307 2 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.4 0.01 70 20 26560 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.7 260 10 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.0 0.02 71 17 27621 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.4 222 13 717.9 717.9 325.0 718.1 0.02 72 15 28441 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.3 248 17 741.4 741.4 325.7 741.6 0.02 73 12 29916 -45.5 -80.5 1 35.0 -52.2 272 21 806.5 806.6 327.4 807.0 0.05 74 11 30495 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.1 280 16 823.2 823.2 327.8 823.7 0.05 75 10 31130 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -52.7 280 10 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.8 0.07 76 9.7 31333 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -52.8 858.6 858.7 328.6 859.3 0.07 77 8.9 31913 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -51.4 894.7 894.8 329.4 895.8 0.10 78 7.2 33356 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -52.0 954.7 954.8 330.5 956.4 0.14 TRP 178 12673 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 315 76 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 WND 304 9119 -38.8 -69.0 3 30.2 -39.8 320 104 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5446.00 m Freezing level: 805.42 mb = 1919.63 m = 6297.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 842.59 mb = 1553.68 m = 5097.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.03 % Est. max temperature: 14.68 C = 58.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.28 mb = 2127.19 m = 6978.90 ft T: -1.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 966.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.22 mb = 2363.55 m = 7754.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.30 C = 59.53 F Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lifted Index: 7.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 7.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 17.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.51 mb = 2226.43 m = 7304.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.51 mb = 2699.96 m = 8858.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.51 mb = 3249.47 m = 10660.88 ft B at Equ Level: 5.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 669.51 mb = 3363.75 m = 11035.80 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 11 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 969 405 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 201 16 5.7 14.7 1 945 610 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 197 13 3.9 12.5 2 925 788 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 204 12 4.8 10.7 3 911 914 360 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 197 11 3.2 10.5 4 878 1219 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 202 10 3.9 9.5 5 850 1483 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 214 11 6.0 8.9 6 814 1829 20 7 -2.4 -6.6 | 185 10 0.9 9.9 7 783 2134 60 7 -6.1 -3.5 | 168 13 -2.8 13.0 8 753 2438 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 159 13 -4.5 12.0 9 725 2743 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 155 12 -4.9 10.7 10 700 3021 50 8 -6.1 -5.1 | 166 12 -2.9 11.3 11 698 3048 50 7 -5.4 -4.5 | 170 12 -2.1 12.0 12 670 3353 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 194 5 1.2 4.6 13 644 3658 15 16 -4.1 -15.5 | 138 1 -0.9 1.0 14 594 4267 335 40 16.9 -36.3 | 314 28 20.1 -19.8 15 548 4877 335 42 17.7 -38.1 | 316 30 21.0 -21.6 16 500 5580 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 303 32 26.8 -17.1 17 466 6096 330 40 20.0 -34.6 | 308 30 23.2 -18.2 18 400 7200 325 60 34.4 -49.1 | 311 50 37.7 -32.7 19 377 7620 320 68 43.7 -52.1 | 307 59 47.0 -35.6 20 304 9119 320 104 66.8 -79.7 | 312 94 70.1 -63.2 21 303 9144 320 104 66.8 -79.7 | 312 94 70.1 -63.2 22 300 9210 320 103 66.2 -78.9 | 312 93 69.5 -62.4 23 250 10440 320 96 61.7 -73.5 | 311 86 65.0 -57.1 24 201 11887 310 72 55.2 -46.3 | 297 66 58.4 -29.8 25 200 11910 310 72 55.2 -46.3 | 297 66 58.4 -29.8 26 178 12673 315 76 53.7 -53.7 | 303 68 57.0 -37.3 27 175 12802 315 77 54.4 -54.4 | 303 69 57.7 -38.0 28 150 13780 310 56 42.9 -36.0 | 293 50 46.1 -19.5 29 138 14326 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 291 46 43.1 -17.0 30 125 14935 330 45 22.5 -39.0 | 311 34 25.7 -22.5 31 119 15240 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 291 27 25.1 -9.6 32 100 16360 330 35 17.5 -30.3 | 304 25 20.7 -13.8 33 74 18288 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 253 10 9.6 2.9 34 70 18620 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 203 6 2.3 5.5 35 58 19812 60 1 -0.9 -0.5 | 188 16 2.4 16.0 36 55 20117 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 253 10 9.6 2.9 37 50 20726 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 155 14 -5.8 12.2 38 50 20740 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 155 14 -6.2 13.0 39 48 21031 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 187 18 2.1 18.1 40 45 21336 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 216 19 11.1 15.1 41 39 22250 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 222 20 13.1 14.7 42 30 23960 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 222 17 11.4 12.7 43 29 24079 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 240 14 12.4 7.3 44 28 24384 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 212 9 4.8 7.6 45 22 25908 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 194 16 4.0 15.8 46 20 26518 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 216 22 13.1 18.2 47 20 26560 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 216 22 13.1 18.2 48 19 26822 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 225 22 15.2 15.4 49 18 27127 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 206 26 11.7 23.5 50 18 27432 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 208 31 14.6 27.8 51 17 27737 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 203 27 10.3 24.9 52 16 28042 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 221 38 24.9 29.0 53 15 28346 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 224 30 20.6 21.1 54 15 28651 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 212 29 15.5 25.1 55 13 29261 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 229 30 22.9 19.9 56 13 29566 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 232 33 25.9 20.5 57 12 30175 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 239 26 22.0 13.2 58 10 31130 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 222 20 13.1 14.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.1 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 11.1 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -9.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.4 neg: -37.1 tot: -13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 41.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 344 5 201 13| 5.0 0.0 5.0| 4.0 -6.4 -2.3 -4.7 -0.12| 6.3 -0.7 1000 350 6 201 12| 2.5 1.2 3.8| 10.3 -6.4 4.0 4.0 0.18| 4.5 0.8 1500 354 6 201 11| 2.9 0.8 3.7| 11.3 -21.4 -10.1 -6.8 -0.25| 5.2 -1.3 2000 10 7 192 10| 3.1 0.6 3.7| 11.3 -34.0 -22.7 -11.3 -0.38| 5.3 -2.0 2500 24 7 182 10| 2.5 0.7 3.2| 14.9 -37.1 -22.3 -8.9 -0.33| 4.7 -1.6 3000 25 8 180 10| 2.1 2.0 4.1| 23.4 -37.1 -13.7 -4.6 -0.11| 5.5 -0.6 4000 3 12 211 5| 1.6 5.5 7.1| 24.2 -80.7 -56.5 -14.1 -0.28| 8.8 -2.4 5000 348 18 282 7| 1.2 4.6 5.9| 27.7-123.8 -96.1 -19.2 -0.32| 7.7 -2.5 6000 341 22 294 11| 1.0 3.9 4.9| 58.2-137.2 -79.0 -13.2 -0.25| 7.3 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20171003.00.gif