UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017090400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 4 SEP 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 4 SEP 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 118 SFC 969 405 32.8 8.8 23 24.0 17.7 315 3 308.7 310.1 292.0 331.2 7.35 2 962 469 31.6 8.6 24 23.0 17.2 278 2 308.1 309.5 291.8 330.4 7.30 3 942 653 31.4 6.4 21 25.0 16.1 215 2 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.6 6.41 4 935 719 30.8 8.8 25 22.0 16.9 246 5 309.8 311.3 292.6 333.3 7.62 5 925 813 32.0 3.0 16 29.0 15.0 290 8 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.1 5.13 6 924 823 32.2 3.2 16 29.0 15.1 291 8 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.7 5.21 7 911 950 31.8 2.8 16 29.0 14.8 304 9 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.14 8 850 1565 26.8 1.8 20 25.0 12.4 345 11 314.2 315.2 291.8 330.4 5.13 9 726 2926 15.0 -3.0 29 18.0 5.6 274 7 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.3 4.22 10 707 3150 14.8 -2.2 31 17.0 5.7 202 8 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.8 4.60 11 700 3234 14.0 -2.0 33 16.0 5.4 175 8 318.0 318.9 292.6 333.2 4.72 12 601 4492 2.4 -4.6 60 7.0 -1.0 182 12 318.7 319.6 292.6 333.4 4.53 13 597 4546 2.0 -6.0 55 8.0 -1.9 182 12 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.2 4.09 14 591 4628 2.0 -22.0 15 24.0 -6.0 183 13 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.6 1.11 15 580 4779 1.0 -23.0 15 24.0 -6.7 184 15 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.0 1.04 16 577 4821 0.8 -18.2 23 19.0 -6.0 184 15 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.58 17 547 5247 -3.1 -10.1 58 7.0 -6.1 187 18 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.6 3.24 18 541 5334 -3.7 -11.7 54 8.0 -7.0 181 17 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.8 2.89 19 534 5437 -4.7 -11.7 58 7.0 -7.5 174 16 321.2 321.8 292.0 330.9 2.92 20 514 5735 -7.5 -13.5 62 6.0 -9.8 178 16 321.3 321.9 291.7 330.1 2.62 21 509 5812 -8.1 -16.1 53 8.0 -10.9 178 16 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.7 2.14 22 503 5904 -8.5 -27.5 20 19.0 -13.5 166 13 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.79 23 500 5950 -8.9 -32.9 12 24.0 -14.3 160 12 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.48 24 490 6106 -9.5 -38.5 7 29.0 -15.1 155 8 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.28 25 472 6394 -12.1 -37.1 11 25.0 -16.9 165 4 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.34 26 449 6774 -14.9 -28.9 29 14.0 -18.1 175 9 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.78 27 421 7258 -17.3 -40.3 12 23.0 -21.0 189 16 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.27 28 407 7511 -18.7 -38.7 15 20.0 -22.0 197 19 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.33 29 400 7640 -19.9 -40.9 14 21.0 -23.1 200 21 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.27 30 388 7865 -21.9 -45.9 9 24.0 -24.9 204 22 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 31 383 7961 -22.7 -42.7 14 20.0 -25.4 205 23 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.23 32 366 8292 -25.3 -48.3 10 23.0 -27.8 206 23 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.13 33 341 8803 -28.9 -42.9 25 14.0 -30.5 164 16 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.25 34 338 8866 -28.7 -38.7 38 10.0 -30.1 161 15 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.40 35 330 9037 -29.5 -38.5 41 9.0 -30.7 169 13 334.6 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.42 36 311 9458 -33.3 -37.8 64 4.5 -33.9 205 7 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.47 37 300 9710 -35.1 -39.5 64 4.4 -35.6 235 11 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.5 0.41 38 286 10040 -37.9 -42.9 59 5.0 -38.4 221 20 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.7 0.30 39 276 10284 -38.7 -51.7 24 13.0 -39.5 205 28 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.12 40 273 10359 -38.7 -59.7 9 21.0 -39.8 200 31 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 41 262 10640 -38.5 -63.5 5 25.0 -39.6 202 34 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 42 250 10960 -40.5 -65.5 5 25.0 -41.5 205 37 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 43 226 11642 -44.5 -68.5 5 24.0 -45.2 205 39 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 44 200 12450 -50.9 -70.9 8 20.0 -51.3 205 29 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 45 190 12782 -53.3 -72.3 8 19.0 -53.7 208 30 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 46 176 13273 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -55.4 212 30 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.00 47 151 14239 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.3 220 32 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 48 150 14280 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.4 220 32 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 49 136 14882 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 214 28 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 50 129 15203 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 210 26 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 51 125 15394 -65.5 -84.5 5 19.0 -65.6 214 27 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 52 117 15795 -67.7 -85.7 6 18.0 -67.8 213 26 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 53 110 16166 -68.5 -85.5 7 17.0 -68.6 212 25 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.00 54 106 16388 -67.3 -85.3 6 18.0 -67.4 211 24 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 55 100 16740 -67.5 -86.5 5 19.0 -67.6 210 23 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 56 83 17860 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.8 191 11 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.7 0.00 57 80 18082 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.9 177 11 427.2 427.2 308.5 427.2 0.00 58 75 18472 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.7 154 8 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 59 72 18719 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 119 10 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.00 60 70 18890 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.3 95 11 445.1 445.1 310.4 445.1 0.00 61 68 19066 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -65.9 134 11 447.5 447.5 310.6 447.5 0.00 62 62 19632 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 141 9 466.6 466.6 312.4 466.6 0.00 63 60 19835 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 133 7 470.1 470.1 312.7 470.1 0.00 64 56 20263 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.0 115 5 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.2 0.00 65 50 20970 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 85 1 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 66 45 21624 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 338 14 512.8 512.8 315.8 512.9 0.00 67 35 23203 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.2 83 11 566.7 566.7 319.0 566.7 0.01 68 34 23389 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.5 143 12 576.7 576.7 319.5 576.7 0.01 69 30 24190 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.2 255 5 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 70 29 24406 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.2 282 9 598.6 598.6 320.6 598.6 0.01 71 26 25107 -52.5 -83.5 1 31.0 -54.8 336 15 626.6 626.7 321.7 626.7 0.01 72 24 25625 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -55.1 15 14 640.6 640.6 322.3 640.7 0.01 73 22 26193 -48.3 -81.3 1 33.0 -52.0 93 11 669.8 669.8 323.4 670.0 0.02 74 20 26820 -48.9 -80.9 1 32.0 -52.7 90 11 686.5 686.5 324.0 686.7 0.03 75 19 27156 -49.7 -80.7 1 31.0 -53.4 107 10 694.2 694.2 324.3 694.4 0.03 76 17 27886 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -52.9 145 8 720.4 720.5 325.1 720.7 0.04 77 14 29173 -45.3 -78.3 1 33.0 -51.5 772.4 772.5 326.5 773.0 0.06 78 11 30777 -46.7 -79.7 1 33.0 -53.2 822.5 822.5 327.8 823.1 0.06 79 11 30777 -43.9 -78.9 1 35.0 -51.7 832.7 832.7 328.0 833.4 0.07 80 10 31419 -42.5 -77.5 1 35.0 -51.4 860.9 861.0 328.7 861.9 0.10 TRP 129 15203 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 210 26 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.00 m Freezing level: 570.85 mb = 4908.06 m = 16102.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.90 mb = 4276.84 m = 14031.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.05 % Est. max temperature: 38.66 C = 101.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.54 mb = 3430.38 m = 11254.40 ft T: 12.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 925.0- 924.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.21 mb = 5156.53 m = 16917.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.82 C = 112.68 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.68 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.70 C Cross Totals Index: 10.70 C K Index: 21.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 55.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46381.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.38 mb = 4164.19 m = 13661.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 230 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 969 405 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 28 8 -3.8 -7.1 1 947 610 195 1 0.3 1.0 | 55 7 -5.7 -4.0 2 925 813 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 349 8 1.6 -7.7 3 915 914 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 349 10 1.8 -9.5 4 884 1219 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 10 15 -2.5 -14.4 5 850 1565 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 11 16 -3.1 -15.6 6 824 1829 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 5 17 -1.5 -17.2 7 796 2134 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 8 18 -2.6 -17.5 8 768 2438 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 6 16 -1.8 -16.3 9 741 2743 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 16 11 -2.9 -10.2 10 700 3234 175 8 -0.7 8.0 | 114 7 -6.6 3.0 11 664 3658 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 87 8 -8.1 -0.4 12 616 4267 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 130 8 -5.9 5.0 13 571 4877 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 157 12 -4.6 11.0 14 550 5182 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 168 13 -2.8 12.8 15 530 5486 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 141 14 -8.7 10.8 16 510 5791 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 152 13 -5.9 11.0 17 500 5950 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 122 12 -10.1 6.3 18 490 6096 155 8 -3.4 7.3 | 104 10 -9.3 2.3 19 471 6401 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 81 7 -7.0 -1.1 20 401 7620 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 185 15 1.2 14.8 21 400 7640 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 185 15 1.2 14.8 22 369 8230 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 201 17 6.1 15.8 23 339 8839 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 129 14 -11.1 9.1 24 325 9144 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 131 9 -6.9 6.0 25 311 9449 205 7 3.0 6.3 | 115 3 -3.0 1.4 26 300 9710 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 246 3 3.1 1.3 27 298 9754 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 262 4 3.6 0.5 28 273 10363 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 191 25 4.7 24.2 29 250 10960 205 37 15.6 33.5 | 199 30 9.7 28.6 30 228 11582 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 199 33 11.0 31.3 31 200 12450 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 196 22 6.3 21.3 32 150 14280 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 217 24 14.6 19.5 33 129 15203 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 202 19 7.1 17.5 34 128 15240 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 209 20 9.5 17.1 35 100 16740 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 200 16 5.6 14.9 36 90 17374 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 36 5 -3.1 -4.2 37 81 17983 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 138 11 -7.1 8.0 38 77 18288 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 100 6 -5.9 1.0 39 70 18890 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 77 17 -16.9 -4.0 40 70 18898 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 80 17 -16.8 -3.1 41 67 19202 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 119 11 -9.7 5.4 42 50 20970 85 1 -1.0 -0.1 | 54 9 -6.9 -5.1 43 47 21336 235 1 0.8 0.6 | 49 7 -5.1 -4.4 44 45 21641 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 4 18 -1.2 -18.1 45 43 21946 65 20 -18.1 -8.5 | 61 28 -24.1 -13.4 46 39 22555 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 74 23 -21.9 -6.4 47 37 22860 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 92 15 -15.5 0.5 48 35 23165 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 59 19 -15.9 -9.6 49 34 23470 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 126 11 -9.1 6.6 50 31 24079 205 3 1.3 2.7 | 64 5 -4.7 -2.3 51 30 24190 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 17 4 -1.1 -3.7 52 29 24384 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 336 7 2.9 -6.5 53 25 25298 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 9 21 -3.2 -20.7 54 23 25908 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 41 21 -13.4 -15.6 55 22 26213 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 77 17 -16.9 -4.0 56 21 26518 65 16 -14.5 -6.8 | 60 24 -20.5 -11.7 57 20 26820 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 74 18 -16.9 -5.0 58 17 27432 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 99 11 -10.5 1.6 59 14 28042 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 45 7 -4.9 -5.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 230.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -26.9 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 16.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 290 4 17 7| 0.0 6.3 6.3| 5.6 -7.2 -1.6 -3.2 -0.19| 16.7 -3.2 1000 318 7 7 10| 3.8 3.1 6.9| 20.8 -7.2 13.7 13.7 0.07| 12.2 0.8 1500 330 9 8 13| 2.5 2.8 5.3| 21.7 -14.0 7.7 5.1 0.01| 9.1 0.1 2000 335 10 8 14| 1.9 1.9 3.8| 24.8 -15.9 8.9 4.5 0.02| 7.3 0.1 2500 334 9 8 14| 1.5 2.3 3.9| 30.6 -22.3 8.3 3.3 -0.02| 8.3 -0.2 3000 332 9 7 13| 1.3 2.5 3.8| 31.4 -26.9 4.5 1.5 0.02| 9.6 0.2 4000 319 9 1 11| 0.4 1.9 2.3| 45.5 -30.4 15.1 3.8 0.10| 8.3 0.8 5000 233 10 242 2| 0.4 1.6 2.0| 60.0 -44.9 15.1 3.0 0.10| 7.8 0.7 6000 200 10 153 5| 0.3 0.3 0.6| 66.0 -83.9 -17.9 -3.0 -0.05| 8.0 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20170904.00.gif