UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017032200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 MAR 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 22 MAR 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 41 SFC 959 405 18.6 3.6 37 15.0 10.5 85 6 295.3 296.2 285.5 310.4 5.16 2 948 501 16.2 1.2 36 15.0 8.6 166 4 293.8 294.6 284.1 306.7 4.40 3 925 703 14.2 1.2 41 13.0 7.6 240 3 293.8 294.6 284.2 307.0 4.51 4 886 1064 10.8 -2.2 40 13.0 4.7 215 5 294.0 294.6 283.3 304.8 3.67 5 882 1102 10.4 -0.6 46 11.0 5.1 217 6 293.9 294.7 283.8 306.1 4.15 6 850 1408 7.6 -3.4 46 11.0 2.7 220 8 294.1 294.7 283.2 304.5 3.50 7 834 1564 6.4 -4.6 45 11.0 1.6 207 10 294.4 295.0 283.1 304.1 3.25 8 833 1574 6.2 -2.8 52 9.0 2.1 207 10 294.3 295.0 283.5 305.4 3.73 9 827 1633 5.6 -3.4 52 9.0 1.6 202 11 294.3 295.0 283.4 305.0 3.59 10 775 2160 0.8 -6.2 59 7.0 -2.1 189 14 294.7 295.2 283.0 303.9 3.10 11 773 2180 0.6 -5.4 64 6.0 -1.9 187 15 294.7 295.3 283.2 304.5 3.30 12 749 2432 -1.9 -5.5 76 3.6 -3.4 166 19 294.6 295.2 283.2 304.7 3.39 13 746 2464 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.1 166 19 294.7 295.3 282.9 303.7 3.01 14 736 2571 -3.3 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.2 173 19 294.6 295.1 282.5 302.9 2.77 15 721 2734 -4.5 -9.2 70 4.7 -6.2 184 18 295.0 295.5 282.5 302.9 2.64 16 720 2745 -4.7 -7.5 81 2.8 -5.8 185 18 294.9 295.4 283.0 303.9 3.02 17 700 2966 -6.5 -8.8 84 2.3 -7.4 190 26 295.3 295.8 282.9 303.7 2.81 18 694 3033 -7.3 -9.1 87 1.8 -7.9 190 27 295.1 295.6 282.8 303.4 2.76 19 691 3067 -7.5 -10.8 77 3.3 -8.7 191 28 295.3 295.7 282.4 302.6 2.43 20 660 3421 -10.5 -13.7 77 3.2 -11.5 193 36 295.8 296.2 282.1 301.9 2.01 21 655 3480 -10.9 -14.0 78 3.1 -11.9 194 37 296.0 296.3 282.2 302.0 1.98 22 652 3515 -11.1 -11.6 96 0.5 -11.3 194 38 296.1 296.6 282.8 303.5 2.41 23 628 3801 -13.3 -13.8 96 0.5 -13.5 198 43 296.8 297.2 282.7 303.3 2.09 24 625 3838 -13.3 -14.3 92 1.0 -13.6 199 44 297.2 297.6 282.8 303.5 2.02 25 622 3874 -13.7 -19.7 60 6.0 -15.2 200 45 297.2 297.4 281.8 301.2 1.29 26 602 4121 -15.7 -21.7 60 6.0 -17.1 206 49 297.7 297.9 281.8 301.2 1.12 27 600 4146 -15.7 -22.7 55 7.0 -17.3 207 49 297.9 298.1 281.8 301.2 1.03 28 597 4184 -15.7 -20.7 65 5.0 -16.9 207 50 298.4 298.6 282.3 302.3 1.23 29 591 4260 -15.7 -21.7 60 6.0 -17.1 209 52 299.2 299.4 282.5 302.9 1.14 30 587 4311 -15.7 -23.7 50 8.0 -17.4 210 52 299.8 300.0 282.5 302.9 0.96 31 586 4324 -15.7 -25.7 42 10.0 -17.8 210 52 300.0 300.1 282.4 302.6 0.80 32 585 4337 -15.7 -27.7 35 12.0 -18.0 210 52 300.1 300.2 282.3 302.3 0.67 33 568 4558 -17.1 -28.1 38 11.0 -19.2 208 50 301.0 301.1 282.7 303.2 0.67 34 556 4718 -18.1 -30.1 34 12.0 -20.2 206 48 301.7 301.8 282.8 303.6 0.56 35 551 4785 -18.7 -30.7 34 12.0 -20.7 206 48 301.7 301.8 282.8 303.5 0.54 36 548 4826 -18.9 -39.9 14 21.0 -21.6 206 48 302.0 302.0 282.5 302.7 0.22 37 528 5101 -21.3 -43.3 12 22.0 -23.7 205 48 302.3 302.4 282.5 302.9 0.16 38 525 5143 -21.5 -35.5 27 14.0 -23.4 205 48 302.6 302.6 282.9 303.8 0.35 39 508 5384 -23.9 -36.9 29 13.0 -25.5 205 49 302.5 302.6 282.8 303.6 0.32 40 506 5413 -24.1 -41.1 19 17.0 -25.9 205 49 302.6 302.7 282.7 303.3 0.21 41 500 5500 -24.9 -43.9 15 19.0 -26.8 205 49 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.2 0.16 42 487 5691 -26.3 -56.3 4 30.0 -28.2 205 49 303.2 303.3 282.7 303.4 0.04 43 483 5751 -26.7 -42.7 21 16.0 -28.2 205 49 303.5 303.5 283.0 304.1 0.18 44 467 5993 -28.9 -46.9 16 18.0 -30.3 205 50 303.7 303.7 283.0 304.1 0.12 45 465 6024 -29.1 -55.1 6 26.0 -30.7 205 50 303.8 303.8 283.0 304.0 0.05 46 447 6305 -31.9 -59.9 5 28.0 -33.2 205 48 303.7 303.7 282.9 303.8 0.03 47 444 6352 -32.3 -48.3 19 16.0 -33.4 205 48 303.8 303.8 283.1 304.2 0.11 48 416 6809 -35.9 -53.9 14 18.0 -36.8 205 44 304.9 304.9 283.4 305.1 0.06 49 408 6943 -36.9 -46.9 35 10.0 -37.5 205 43 305.3 305.3 283.7 305.8 0.14 50 400 7080 -38.3 -47.3 38 9.0 -38.8 205 42 305.2 305.2 283.7 305.7 0.13 51 396 7149 -38.9 -47.9 38 9.0 -39.4 206 43 305.3 305.3 283.7 305.8 0.13 52 389 7271 -40.3 -50.3 33 10.0 -40.8 207 44 305.0 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.10 53 382 7396 -40.7 -55.7 18 15.0 -41.3 208 45 306.1 306.1 283.9 306.3 0.05 54 366 7686 -42.9 -52.9 33 10.0 -43.3 209 49 306.9 306.9 284.2 307.2 0.08 55 362 7760 -43.3 -61.3 12 18.0 -43.8 208 49 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.5 0.03 56 328 8419 -47.7 -65.7 11 18.0 -48.0 200 55 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.2 0.02 57 300 9010 -47.5 -71.5 5 24.0 -47.9 200 54 318.4 318.4 288.2 318.4 0.01 58 250 10220 -45.3 -80.3 1 35.0 -46.0 195 59 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.00 59 200 11710 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -43.9 205 50 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.00 60 173 12686 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -47.3 215 73 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 61 150 13630 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -50.7 215 64 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.8 0.00 62 100 16210 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.3 210 43 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 63 92 16726 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.6 216 30 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 64 83 17361 -63.9 -93.9 1 30.0 -64.1 215 30 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.00 65 80 17586 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.7 211 36 431.7 431.7 309.0 431.7 0.00 66 74 18071 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -58.4 214 37 453.3 453.3 311.1 453.3 0.00 67 71 18331 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.2 198 29 456.9 456.9 311.5 457.0 0.00 68 70 18420 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -58.8 195 29 459.7 459.7 311.7 459.7 0.00 69 68 18603 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.1 195 29 465.2 465.2 312.3 465.2 0.00 70 57 19715 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.9 214 19 485.2 485.2 313.8 485.2 0.00 71 53 20169 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.3 232 16 489.4 489.4 314.2 489.4 0.00 72 50 20530 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -62.0 285 13 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 73 48 20782 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.1 278 11 501.5 501.6 315.1 501.6 0.00 74 46 21045 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -61.9 248 9 511.1 511.1 315.7 511.1 0.00 75 41 21757 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.2 201 7 524.7 524.7 316.6 524.7 0.00 76 35 22740 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.2 167 7 557.8 557.8 318.5 557.9 0.00 77 30 23700 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -62.3 135 7 577.0 577.0 319.5 577.0 0.00 78 29 23910 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.7 150 8 581.5 581.5 319.8 581.5 0.00 79 28 24128 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.5 166 9 594.0 594.0 320.3 594.1 0.00 80 24 25093 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.9 233 11 620.2 620.2 321.5 620.3 0.00 TRP 328 8419 -47.7 -65.7 11 18.0 -48.0 200 55 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.2 0.02 WND 173 12686 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -47.3 215 73 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5459.00 m Freezing level: 767.24 mb = 2240.85 m = 7351.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.44 mb = 1857.41 m = 6093.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.94 % Est. max temperature: 17.79 C = 64.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.05 mb = 2252.53 m = 7390.09 ft T: -0.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 3.71 C Layer 948.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.67 mb = 2531.93 m = 8306.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.98 C = 64.36 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 26.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.71 mb = 2456.80 m = 8060.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.71 mb = 2726.24 m = 8944.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 571.71 mb = 4509.57 m = 14795.00 ft B at Equ Level: 69.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.71 mb = 8344.22 m = 27375.72 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 231 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 959 405 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 58 29 -24.5 -15.4 1 936 610 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 50 23 -17.6 -14.7 2 925 703 240 3 2.6 1.5 | 50 21 -16.0 -13.4 3 902 914 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 58 19 -16.4 -10.3 4 869 1219 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 53 18 -14.3 -10.6 5 850 1408 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 57 16 -13.4 -8.7 6 807 1829 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 87 17 -17.3 -0.9 7 777 2134 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 86 16 -16.1 -1.1 8 748 2438 165 19 -4.9 18.4 | 98 24 -23.5 3.5 9 720 2743 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 100 17 -17.0 3.1 10 700 2966 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 127 18 -14.0 10.7 11 639 3658 195 41 10.6 39.6 | 162 26 -7.9 24.7 12 589 4267 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 194 31 7.4 30.2 13 543 4877 205 47 19.9 42.6 | 183 28 1.3 27.7 14 500 5500 205 49 20.7 44.4 | 184 30 2.1 29.6 15 460 6096 205 50 21.1 45.3 | 185 31 2.6 30.5 16 404 7010 205 42 17.7 38.1 | 178 23 -0.8 23.2 17 400 7080 205 42 17.7 38.1 | 178 23 -0.8 23.2 18 369 7620 210 48 24.0 41.6 | 192 27 5.4 26.7 19 328 8419 200 55 18.8 51.7 | 180 37 0.3 36.8 20 300 9010 200 54 18.5 50.7 | 180 36 -0.1 35.9 21 294 9144 200 51 17.4 47.9 | 178 33 -1.1 33.1 22 256 10058 200 63 21.5 59.2 | 184 44 3.0 44.3 23 250 10220 195 59 15.3 57.0 | 176 42 -3.3 42.1 24 213 11278 215 60 34.4 49.1 | 205 38 15.9 34.3 25 200 11710 205 50 21.1 45.3 | 185 31 2.6 30.5 26 195 11887 205 44 18.6 39.9 | 180 25 0.0 25.0 27 173 12686 215 73 41.9 59.8 | 207 51 23.3 44.9 28 170 12802 215 73 41.9 59.8 | 207 51 23.3 44.9 29 150 13630 215 64 36.7 52.4 | 206 42 18.1 37.6 30 134 14326 220 47 30.2 36.0 | 209 24 11.7 21.1 31 128 14630 200 66 22.6 62.0 | 185 47 4.0 47.2 32 122 14935 215 70 40.2 57.3 | 207 48 21.6 42.5 33 116 15240 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 239 24 20.8 12.7 34 111 15545 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 213 13 6.9 10.6 35 100 16210 210 43 21.5 37.2 | 187 23 2.9 22.4 36 87 17069 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 114 5 -4.4 2.0 37 79 17678 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 181 18 0.4 18.1 38 75 17983 220 41 26.4 31.4 | 205 18 7.8 16.5 39 72 18288 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 145 15 -8.6 12.4 40 70 18420 195 29 7.5 28.0 | 140 17 -11.1 13.2 41 68 18593 195 29 7.5 28.0 | 140 17 -11.1 13.2 42 59 19507 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 61 3 -2.5 -1.4 43 56 19812 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 98 11 -11.0 1.5 44 53 20117 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 64 8 -7.2 -3.5 45 50 20530 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 18 19 -6.0 -18.2 46 48 20726 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 24 19 -7.9 -17.7 47 44 21336 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 58 17 -14.5 -9.1 48 30 23700 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 67 26 -23.5 -9.9 49 25 24384 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 64 14 -12.2 -5.8 50 23 24689 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 40 13 -8.6 -10.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 231.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.9 neg: -28.0 tot: 132.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 106.31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 192 3 57 21| 9.8 0.0 9.8| 17.6 -21.5 -3.9 -7.9 -0.03| 15.8 -0.5 1000 214 5 56 19| 6.7 0.0 6.7| 21.7 -27.3 -5.6 -5.6 -0.04| 10.0 -0.4 1500 202 7 62 18| 4.4 3.0 7.4| 55.5 -27.3 28.2 18.8 0.26| 9.7 2.6 2000 193 9 70 18| 3.3 3.9 7.2| 74.1 -28.0 46.2 23.1 0.30| 9.4 2.9 2500 188 11 77 17| 4.6 3.1 7.7|106.5 -28.0 78.5 31.4 0.38| 9.8 3.7 3000 189 14 88 16| 5.6 2.6 8.2|160.9 -28.0 132.9 44.3 0.48| 10.2 4.9 4000 196 23 119 14| 6.6 1.9 8.6|301.4 -35.6 265.8 66.4 0.57| 10.6 6.1 5000 200 28 141 15| 5.3 1.8 7.1|305.8 -69.3 236.6 47.3 0.49| 9.2 4.5 6000 201 32 154 16| 4.4 1.5 5.9|309.3 -76.6 232.7 38.8 0.46| 8.0 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20170322.00.gif