UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020081800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 AUG 20 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 18 AUG 20 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 121 SFC 970 405 35.0 13.0 27 22.0 20.2 0 0 310.8 312.7 294.5 340.7 9.74 2 965 451 34.2 12.2 26 22.0 19.6 342 1 310.5 312.3 294.1 339.0 9.28 3 940 681 31.8 11.8 29 20.0 18.6 288 6 310.4 312.1 294.0 338.9 9.28 4 925 822 31.0 11.0 29 20.0 17.9 305 9 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.5 8.94 5 850 1571 24.8 8.8 36 16.0 14.7 145 3 312.1 313.7 293.9 338.1 8.39 6 814 1949 22.2 7.2 38 15.0 12.9 160 6 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.7 7.85 7 700 3233 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.2 180 12 313.8 315.3 294.0 338.6 7.95 8 693 3316 9.4 4.7 72 4.7 6.6 177 13 313.8 315.3 293.8 338.0 7.75 9 686 3401 8.8 4.6 75 4.2 6.3 178 14 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.3 7.78 10 658 3744 7.0 -2.0 53 9.0 2.3 197 21 315.8 316.7 292.2 331.8 5.02 11 642 3946 5.8 -1.2 61 7.0 2.1 204 21 316.6 317.7 292.8 334.1 5.46 12 615 4296 2.8 -1.2 75 4.0 0.7 215 20 317.1 318.2 293.2 335.3 5.71 13 609 4375 2.0 -4.0 64 6.0 -1.0 218 21 317.1 318.0 292.3 332.1 4.67 14 589 4644 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.9 224 24 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.2 4.15 15 578 4794 -1.7 -4.9 79 3.2 -3.3 219 23 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.3 4.60 16 557 5087 -4.3 -5.9 89 1.6 -5.0 218 23 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.1 4.42 17 526 5537 -7.1 -10.0 80 2.9 -8.3 231 29 319.7 320.4 291.9 330.9 3.40 18 500 5930 -10.1 -12.4 83 2.3 -11.0 240 34 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.95 19 477 6292 -12.7 -14.3 88 1.6 -13.3 231 36 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.7 2.65 20 400 7620 -19.7 -23.0 75 3.3 -20.6 205 36 329.4 329.7 293.0 334.7 1.50 21 380 8000 -21.7 -25.4 72 3.7 -22.6 196 42 331.6 331.9 293.4 336.2 1.28 22 334 8938 -28.5 -32.9 66 4.4 -29.3 199 53 334.8 334.9 293.7 337.5 0.72 23 321 9221 -29.9 -34.5 64 4.6 -30.6 193 56 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.1 0.64 24 300 9700 -33.7 -38.4 63 4.7 -34.3 180 55 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.7 0.46 25 286 10033 -36.7 -40.8 66 4.1 -37.1 180 57 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.7 0.38 26 256 10790 -42.5 -48.5 52 6.0 -42.9 192 60 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.18 27 250 10950 -44.1 -50.1 51 6.0 -44.5 195 61 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 28 249 10977 -44.3 -49.3 57 5.0 -44.6 195 61 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.17 29 219 11821 -51.9 -58.9 43 7.0 -52.1 202 69 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 30 204 12275 -56.0 -63.0 41 7.0 -56.2 205 72 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 31 201 12369 -56.9 -63.9 41 7.0 -57.1 201 71 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.04 32 200 12400 -57.1 -64.1 41 7.0 -57.2 200 71 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 33 192 12658 -59.3 -64.3 52 5.0 -59.4 200 70 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 34 188 12790 -59.1 -64.0 53 4.9 -59.2 203 69 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 35 186 12858 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 205 68 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.03 36 185 12892 -55.1 -66.1 24 11.0 -55.4 206 68 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.03 37 182 12997 -54.9 -70.9 12 16.0 -55.2 208 67 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 38 178 13139 -55.3 -76.3 6 21.0 -55.6 211 66 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 39 173 13322 -54.5 -78.5 4 24.0 -54.8 216 65 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.00 40 157 13941 -56.7 -83.7 2 27.0 -57.0 223 56 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 41 150 14230 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.7 220 48 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 42 136 14839 -63.1 -86.1 3 23.0 -63.3 202 44 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 43 130 15117 -62.5 -85.5 3 23.0 -62.7 201 45 377.5 377.5 301.9 377.6 0.00 44 116 15815 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.6 219 44 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 45 107 16308 -64.3 -84.3 5 20.0 -64.4 218 25 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 46 104 16481 -65.3 -85.3 5 20.0 -65.4 211 24 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 47 100 16720 -65.7 -86.7 4 21.0 -65.8 200 24 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 48 93 17160 -66.5 -88.5 3 22.0 -66.7 193 19 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 49 90 17359 -64.5 -87.5 3 23.0 -64.7 190 17 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 50 84 17780 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 183 12 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 51 81 18002 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.3 179 9 431.0 431.0 308.9 431.0 0.00 52 75 18474 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.1 175 7 438.9 438.9 309.8 438.9 0.00 53 70 18900 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.3 175 10 454.1 454.1 311.3 454.1 0.00 54 69 18989 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.1 185 9 456.4 456.4 311.4 456.4 0.00 55 58 20062 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.4 305 1 474.2 474.2 313.0 474.2 0.00 56 53 20623 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -58.8 26 6 498.2 498.2 314.8 498.2 0.00 57 50 20990 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.5 80 10 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 58 48 21248 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.4 81 20 516.3 516.3 316.1 516.3 0.00 59 43 21945 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.2 115 21 530.9 530.9 317.0 530.9 0.00 60 41 22248 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -56.5 119 17 543.1 543.1 317.7 543.2 0.01 61 34 23444 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.3 97 10 574.1 574.1 319.3 574.1 0.01 62 32 23833 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.6 97 15 590.0 590.0 320.2 590.0 0.01 63 30 24250 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.9 100 20 600.4 600.4 320.6 600.5 0.01 64 27 24930 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.4 77 5 617.7 617.7 321.4 617.7 0.01 65 25 25432 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -51.6 49 22 646.4 646.4 322.6 646.5 0.02 66 22 26273 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -53.0 65 19 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.02 67 21 26579 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -52.0 90 20 679.4 679.4 323.7 679.6 0.02 68 20 26900 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -53.1 115 20 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.02 69 19 27235 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -53.5 89 23 693.5 693.5 324.2 693.7 0.02 70 18 27589 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -52.6 101 25 709.4 709.4 324.7 709.6 0.03 71 17 27964 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.3 113 25 718.5 718.5 325.0 718.7 0.02 72 15 28791 -45.3 -80.3 1 35.0 -51.3 104 28 757.3 757.4 326.1 757.7 0.04 73 14 29249 -46.3 -80.3 1 34.0 -52.1 130 20 769.0 769.1 326.4 769.4 0.05 74 14 29249 -45.5 -80.5 1 35.0 -51.7 130 20 771.7 771.8 326.5 772.1 0.04 75 12 30286 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -49.7 112 15 823.5 823.6 327.8 824.3 0.08 76 10 31530 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -49.9 90 19 872.8 872.9 328.9 874.1 0.12 77 8.1 32989 -34.1 -73.1 1 39.0 -48.8 947.7 947.8 330.4 950.5 0.24 TRP 192 12658 -59.3 -64.3 52 5.0 -59.4 200 70 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 WND 204 12275 -56.0 -63.0 41 7.0 -56.2 205 72 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 589.00 mb = 4643.56 m = 15234.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.57 mb = 4327.76 m = 14198.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.23 % Est. max temperature: 37.20 C = 98.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.04 mb = 3159.85 m = 10366.84 ft T: 10.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 965.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.31 mb = 3967.46 m = 13016.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.39 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.42 mb = 3335.34 m = 10942.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.42 mb = 4678.63 m = 15349.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.42 mb = 8885.11 m = 29150.28 ft B at Equ Level: 261.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.42 mb = 12514.05 m = 41056.11 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 248 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 970 405 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 68 13 -11.6 -4.7 1 948 610 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 55 9 -7.7 -5.4 2 925 822 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 23 11 -4.3 -9.8 3 915 914 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 29 11 -5.1 -9.3 4 884 1219 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 5 850 1571 145 3 -1.7 2.5 | 81 14 -13.3 -2.2 6 825 1829 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 86 13 -13.0 -0.9 7 796 2134 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 104 15 -14.7 3.8 8 768 2438 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 113 14 -12.5 5.3 9 741 2743 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 100 13 -12.8 2.2 10 700 3233 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 122 14 -11.6 7.3 11 690 3353 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 123 15 -12.8 8.3 12 664 3658 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 158 17 -6.2 15.6 13 615 4267 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 179 12 -0.2 11.7 14 592 4572 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 203 13 5.3 12.3 15 570 4877 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 186 14 1.6 14.2 16 549 5182 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 194 13 3.2 13.0 17 509 5791 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 235 21 17.0 11.8 18 500 5930 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 235 22 17.8 12.3 19 489 6096 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 228 24 17.9 16.0 20 400 7620 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 187 28 3.6 28.0 21 400 7620 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 187 28 3.6 28.0 22 383 7925 195 41 10.6 39.6 | 178 35 -1.0 34.9 23 352 8534 205 47 19.9 42.6 | 192 39 8.2 37.9 24 324 9144 195 56 14.5 54.1 | 183 50 2.9 49.4 25 300 9700 180 55 0.0 55.0 | 167 52 -11.6 50.3 26 285 10058 180 57 0.0 57.0 | 167 54 -11.6 52.3 27 250 10950 195 61 15.8 58.9 | 184 54 4.2 54.3 28 207 12192 205 72 30.4 65.3 | 197 63 18.8 60.6 29 204 12275 205 72 30.4 65.3 | 197 63 18.8 60.6 30 200 12400 200 71 24.3 66.7 | 192 63 12.7 62.1 31 192 12658 200 70 23.9 65.8 | 191 62 12.3 61.1 32 163 13716 225 62 43.8 43.8 | 219 51 32.2 39.2 33 150 14230 220 48 30.9 36.8 | 211 37 19.2 32.1 34 148 14326 205 41 17.3 37.2 | 190 33 5.7 32.5 35 127 15240 200 46 15.7 43.2 | 186 39 4.1 38.6 36 115 15850 220 44 28.3 33.7 | 210 33 16.7 29.0 37 110 16154 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 205 14 6.1 13.0 38 100 16720 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 169 18 -3.4 17.9 39 77 18288 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 96 12 -12.1 1.3 40 70 18900 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 113 14 -12.5 5.3 41 58 20117 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 64 12 -10.9 -5.3 42 50 20990 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 73 22 -21.5 -6.4 43 50 21031 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 69 26 -23.8 -9.1 44 47 21336 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 79 35 -34.5 -6.7 45 45 21641 110 26 -24.4 8.9 | 97 36 -36.1 4.2 46 41 22250 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 98 27 -26.3 3.8 47 39 22555 50 13 -10.0 -8.4 | 59 25 -21.6 -13.0 48 37 22860 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 79 35 -34.5 -6.7 49 36 23165 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 97 22 -22.3 2.8 50 34 23470 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 80 22 -21.6 -3.8 51 30 24250 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 88 31 -31.3 -1.2 52 29 24384 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 88 31 -31.3 -1.2 53 27 24994 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 69 16 -14.5 -5.4 54 26 25298 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 49 27 -20.8 -17.8 55 24 25603 65 28 -25.4 -11.8 | 66 41 -37.0 -16.5 56 23 25908 95 22 -21.9 1.9 | 85 34 -33.5 -2.8 57 22 26213 60 19 -16.5 -9.5 | 63 31 -28.1 -14.2 58 20 26822 110 20 -18.8 6.8 | 94 30 -30.4 2.2 59 20 26900 115 20 -18.1 8.5 | 97 30 -29.8 3.8 60 19 27127 85 21 -20.9 -1.8 | 79 33 -32.5 -6.5 61 18 27432 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 86 37 -36.5 -2.5 62 17 28042 115 25 -22.7 10.6 | 100 35 -34.3 5.9 63 15 28651 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 83 37 -36.6 -4.7 64 15 28956 115 31 -28.1 13.1 | 102 41 -39.7 8.4 65 14 29261 130 20 -15.3 12.9 | 107 28 -26.9 8.2 66 13 29870 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 95 23 -22.9 1.8 67 10 31530 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 81 31 -30.6 -4.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.5 neg: -31.7 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 7.33 Bulk Shear: 35.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 297 5 46 10| 0.0 8.3 8.3| 1.5 -20.6 -19.2 -38.3 -0.68| 10.8 -7.3 1000 295 6 42 10| 0.0 2.3 2.3| 20.7 -20.6 0.0 0.0 0.06| 10.4 0.7 1500 287 5 48 9| 0.0 1.8 1.8| 29.8 -23.1 6.7 4.4 0.12| 9.4 1.1 2000 225 6 86 7| 1.3 1.4 2.6| 49.5 -23.1 26.3 13.2 0.25| 8.5 2.2 2500 199 6 98 10| 1.0 0.8 1.9| 54.1 -31.7 22.3 8.9 0.20| 7.6 1.5 3000 189 7 103 11| 1.8 0.7 2.5| 73.5 -31.7 41.8 13.9 0.29| 7.4 2.2 4000 198 11 123 10| 2.6 0.5 3.1|135.3 -31.7 103.6 25.9 0.47| 7.8 3.6 5000 208 13 142 9| 2.6 0.6 3.2|165.9 -44.5 121.3 24.3 0.45| 7.6 3.4 6000 218 17 171 9| 2.9 1.1 4.0|202.6 -85.7 116.9 19.5 0.38| 7.8 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20200818.00.gif