UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017021700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 FEB 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 17 FEB 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 55 SFC 960 405 13.4 5.4 58 8.0 9.1 240 11 289.9 290.9 284.1 306.7 5.86 2 955 448 12.0 3.0 54 9.0 7.5 237 11 288.9 289.8 282.7 303.1 4.97 3 938 595 10.6 2.6 58 8.0 6.6 226 9 289.0 289.9 282.6 303.1 4.92 4 925 709 9.4 3.4 66 6.0 6.3 230 12 288.9 289.8 283.0 304.0 5.28 5 859 1317 3.8 0.8 81 3.0 2.4 225 18 289.3 290.1 282.5 302.8 4.72 6 850 1403 3.2 0.4 82 2.8 1.9 225 18 289.5 290.3 282.5 302.8 4.63 7 827 1625 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.5 230 21 289.7 290.5 282.4 302.6 4.49 8 736 2552 -5.1 -8.6 76 3.5 -6.4 237 37 292.6 293.1 281.6 300.7 2.71 9 725 2670 -6.3 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.2 239 39 292.6 293.0 281.6 300.7 2.73 10 719 2735 -6.9 -9.5 82 2.6 -7.8 240 41 292.6 293.1 281.4 300.3 2.58 11 706 2877 -7.1 -14.1 57 7.0 -9.3 243 44 293.9 294.2 281.1 299.4 1.82 12 700 2944 -7.5 -14.5 57 7.0 -9.6 245 46 294.2 294.5 281.1 299.6 1.77 13 675 3226 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -11.6 248 45 294.6 294.9 281.1 299.6 1.64 14 638 3658 -13.5 -14.9 89 1.4 -13.9 255 40 295.3 295.6 281.8 301.0 1.88 15 625 3814 -14.9 -16.1 91 1.2 -15.2 257 40 295.4 295.7 281.7 300.8 1.74 16 610 3998 -15.5 -17.9 82 2.4 -16.1 260 41 296.8 297.1 282.0 301.5 1.53 17 568 4532 -19.3 -22.8 74 3.5 -20.0 258 45 298.4 298.6 282.1 301.9 1.08 18 560 4638 -20.3 -26.3 59 6.0 -21.4 257 45 298.5 298.6 281.8 301.0 0.80 19 554 4718 -20.7 -29.7 44 9.0 -22.2 256 46 298.9 299.0 281.7 300.8 0.59 20 552 4744 -20.9 -33.9 30 13.0 -22.8 256 46 299.0 299.0 281.4 300.3 0.39 21 533 5003 -22.1 -47.1 8 25.0 -24.4 256 51 300.5 300.6 281.7 300.9 0.10 22 500 5470 -25.1 -48.1 10 23.0 -27.1 260 68 302.4 302.5 282.5 302.8 0.10 23 439 6406 -30.5 -50.5 12 20.0 -31.9 275 87 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.4 0.08 24 414 6820 -34.3 -49.3 20 15.0 -35.3 269 86 307.4 307.4 284.5 307.8 0.10 25 400 7060 -36.1 -46.1 35 10.0 -36.8 265 85 308.1 308.1 284.8 308.6 0.15 26 384 7342 -38.3 -44.3 53 6.0 -38.7 265 88 308.8 308.8 285.1 309.5 0.19 27 366 7670 -40.7 -45.7 59 5.0 -41.0 266 91 309.9 309.9 285.5 310.5 0.17 28 361 7763 -41.3 -48.3 47 7.0 -41.6 268 91 310.3 310.3 285.6 310.8 0.13 29 354 7896 -42.6 -48.9 50 6.4 -42.9 270 91 310.3 310.3 285.6 310.8 0.13 30 331 8344 -46.9 -51.1 62 4.2 -47.0 275 87 310.4 310.4 285.6 310.8 0.11 31 320 8568 -46.9 -57.9 27 11.0 -47.2 270 82 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.6 0.05 32 316 8652 -45.1 -68.1 6 23.0 -45.6 269 81 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.1 0.01 33 306 8867 -43.5 -75.5 2 32.0 -44.2 262 79 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.2 0.00 34 300 9000 -43.3 -76.3 1 33.0 -44.0 250 86 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.3 0.00 35 289 9253 -40.3 -74.3 1 34.0 -41.2 249 85 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.1 0.01 36 282 9420 -39.7 -75.7 1 36.0 -40.7 247 80 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.3 0.00 37 276 9567 -37.3 -75.3 1 38.0 -38.6 246 75 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.01 38 266 9822 -36.9 -74.9 1 38.0 -38.3 244 66 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.01 39 250 10250 -37.3 -75.3 1 38.0 -38.7 240 52 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 40 236 10647 -37.5 -75.5 1 38.0 -38.9 231 46 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 41 214 11317 -39.7 -76.7 1 37.0 -41.0 226 63 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 42 208 11511 -39.5 -76.5 1 37.0 -40.9 230 69 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 43 202 11712 -37.9 -75.9 1 38.0 -39.5 234 76 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 44 200 11780 -38.1 -76.1 1 38.0 -39.7 235 78 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 45 193 12026 -38.1 -76.1 1 38.0 -39.8 242 80 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.01 46 174 12737 -41.1 -78.1 1 37.0 -42.5 244 57 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.01 47 152 13643 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.3 226 60 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 48 150 13730 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -49.8 225 60 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 49 144 13997 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -50.6 226 59 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 50 136 14367 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -54.0 227 59 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 51 131 14607 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -54.9 228 58 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 52 127 14804 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.7 228 58 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 53 120 15162 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.4 230 57 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 54 114 15485 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.9 230 57 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 55 102 16178 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.7 230 55 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 56 100 16300 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -62.9 230 55 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 57 93 16747 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.3 236 27 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 58 90 16950 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -61.8 238 14 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 59 88 17090 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.3 239 6 429.3 429.3 308.7 429.3 0.00 60 76 17991 -67.5 -96.5 1 29.0 -67.7 195 17 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.8 0.00 61 73 18234 -67.5 -96.5 1 29.0 -67.7 224 22 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00 62 71 18403 -63.9 -93.9 1 30.0 -64.1 233 19 445.9 445.9 310.4 445.9 0.00 63 70 18490 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.8 235 16 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.5 0.00 64 64 19044 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -61.7 284 4 465.0 465.0 312.2 465.0 0.00 65 57 19760 -63.7 -93.7 1 30.0 -64.0 235 8 475.2 475.2 313.1 475.2 0.00 66 56 19869 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.3 228 8 481.7 481.7 313.6 481.7 0.00 67 53 20209 -63.7 -93.7 1 30.0 -64.0 204 10 485.2 485.2 313.8 485.2 0.00 68 50 20570 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.5 180 8 502.3 502.3 315.1 502.3 0.00 69 48 20824 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -60.7 163 8 507.7 507.7 315.5 507.8 0.00 70 45 21228 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.3 137 7 523.5 523.5 316.5 523.5 0.00 71 38 22294 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.2 153 13 550.5 550.5 318.1 550.5 0.00 72 33 23181 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -60.0 138 17 567.8 567.8 319.0 567.9 0.00 73 31 23574 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.7 120 14 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.4 0.00 74 30 23780 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.6 145 16 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.00 75 29 23993 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.8 147 15 590.3 590.3 320.2 590.3 0.00 76 27 24444 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.5 135 10 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.0 0.01 77 25 24929 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.5 104 5 617.6 617.6 321.4 617.7 0.01 78 22 25741 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.8 98 13 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.8 0.01 79 22 25741 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.0 98 13 650.2 650.2 322.7 650.2 0.01 TRP 331 8344 -46.9 -51.1 62 4.2 -47.0 275 87 310.4 310.4 285.6 310.8 0.11 WND 354 7896 -42.6 -48.9 50 6.4 -42.9 270 91 310.3 310.3 285.6 310.8 0.13 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.00 m Freezing level: 809.67 mb = 1801.21 m = 5909.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 820.52 mb = 1687.20 m = 5535.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.71 % Est. max temperature: 13.68 C = 56.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.80 mb = 1395.36 m = 4577.90 ft T: 3.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 3.58 C Layer 955.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.58 mb = 1638.27 m = 5374.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.20 C = 55.75 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 21.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.42 mb = 1562.15 m = 5125.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.42 mb = 2209.06 m = 7247.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 538.42 mb = 4928.03 m = 16167.87 ft B at Equ Level: 45.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 478.42 mb = 5787.48 m = 18987.56 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 at 32 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 960 405 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 121 25 -21.2 12.9 1 936 610 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 119 28 -24.4 13.7 2 925 709 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 125 26 -21.5 15.1 3 902 914 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 132 27 -20.1 18.0 4 869 1219 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 136 27 -18.7 19.4 5 850 1403 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 138 27 -18.0 20.1 6 806 1829 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 150 24 -11.9 20.6 7 775 2134 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 160 27 -9.3 25.4 8 746 2438 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 176 28 -2.0 27.5 9 718 2743 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 190 28 4.8 27.9 10 700 2944 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 202 29 11.0 26.8 11 690 3048 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 204 30 11.9 27.2 12 637 3658 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 204 19 7.9 17.7 13 611 3962 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 214 17 9.7 14.5 14 587 4267 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 218 19 11.6 14.8 15 541 4877 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 217 24 14.7 19.5 16 500 5470 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 242 41 36.2 19.2 17 458 6096 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 252 45 43.0 13.8 18 439 6401 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 270 56 56.0 -0.2 19 400 7060 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 255 56 54.0 14.8 20 369 7620 265 91 90.7 7.9 | 256 62 59.9 15.3 21 354 7896 270 91 91.0 -0.0 | 263 61 60.3 7.4 22 352 7925 270 91 91.0 -0.0 | 263 61 60.3 7.4 23 331 8344 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 270 56 56.0 -0.2 24 307 8839 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 253 48 46.0 14.1 25 300 9000 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 234 62 50.1 36.8 26 294 9144 250 89 83.6 30.4 | 234 65 52.9 37.8 27 250 10250 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 203 36 14.3 33.4 28 235 10668 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 187 37 4.5 36.9 29 215 11278 225 62 43.8 43.8 | 194 53 13.1 51.2 30 200 11780 235 78 63.9 44.7 | 212 62 33.2 52.1 31 197 11887 240 84 72.7 42.0 | 220 65 42.0 49.4 32 180 12497 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 225 41 29.4 29.3 33 164 13106 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 190 34 6.1 33.2 34 150 13716 225 62 43.8 43.8 | 194 53 13.1 51.2 35 150 13730 225 60 42.4 42.4 | 193 51 11.7 49.8 36 118 15240 230 57 43.7 36.6 | 196 46 12.9 44.0 37 100 16300 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 195 44 11.4 42.7 38 88 17069 240 6 5.2 3.0 | 112 28 -25.5 10.4 39 76 17983 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 132 35 -26.3 23.8 40 72 18288 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 149 26 -13.1 22.2 41 70 18490 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 133 24 -17.6 16.6 42 69 18593 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 102 30 -29.3 6.0 43 51 20422 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 122 34 -28.8 18.2 44 50 20570 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 117 34 -30.7 15.4 45 44 21336 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 108 38 -36.1 11.9 46 42 21641 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 106 42 -40.7 12.0 47 38 22250 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 118 40 -34.8 18.7 48 36 22555 110 16 -15.0 5.5 | 106 48 -45.8 12.8 49 35 22860 130 20 -15.3 12.9 | 114 50 -46.0 20.2 50 33 23165 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 116 46 -41.6 20.4 51 32 23470 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 105 45 -42.9 11.8 52 30 23774 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 116 45 -41.0 19.6 53 30 23780 145 16 -9.2 13.1 | 117 45 -39.9 20.5 54 28 24079 150 13 -6.5 11.3 | 117 42 -37.2 18.6 55 26 24384 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 104 36 -34.6 8.4 56 19 25603 90 24 -24.0 0.0 | 98 55 -54.7 7.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.4 neg: -5.8 tot: 280.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 135.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 230 11 124 27| 0.0 5.2 5.2| 39.8 -5.8 34.0 68.0 0.51| 9.6 4.9 1000 227 14 130 27| 0.0 4.1 4.1| 62.4 -5.8 56.5 56.5 0.64| 6.4 4.1 1500 229 16 135 26| 2.4 2.7 5.1|105.0 -5.8 99.2 66.1 0.72| 6.8 4.9 2000 230 20 142 25| 4.3 2.0 6.3|174.4 -5.8 168.5 84.3 0.79| 7.8 6.2 2500 233 24 151 25| 5.9 1.6 7.5|268.3 -5.8 262.4 105.0 0.85| 8.9 7.6 3000 237 27 161 24| 4.8 1.4 6.1|286.4 -5.8 280.6 93.5 0.77| 8.7 6.7 4000 244 31 173 21| 3.6 1.3 4.9|307.8 -6.6 301.2 75.3 0.71| 7.9 5.6 5000 248 35 186 21| 4.7 1.6 6.3|409.3 -8.5 400.8 80.2 0.65| 8.7 5.7 6000 254 42 207 22| 6.2 1.3 7.5|718.8 -8.5 710.3 118.4 0.70| 9.9 6.9 Wrote GIF file: 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