UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017092300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 SEP 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 23 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 124 SFC 968 405 19.4 1.4 30 18.0 10.1 345 6 295.3 296.1 284.7 308.2 4.37 2 951 554 16.6 -0.4 31 17.0 8.2 345 6 293.9 294.6 283.6 305.4 3.90 3 925 785 14.4 -0.6 36 15.0 7.1 340 7 294.0 294.7 283.7 305.7 3.95 4 850 1490 7.8 -2.2 49 10.0 3.2 305 3 294.3 295.0 283.7 305.6 3.82 5 820 1785 4.8 -2.2 60 7.0 1.6 47 4 294.2 294.9 283.7 305.9 3.96 6 792 2067 2.8 -6.2 52 9.0 -0.9 91 6 295.0 295.5 283.0 304.1 3.03 7 700 3051 -5.7 -8.9 78 3.2 -6.9 65 9 296.2 296.7 283.2 304.6 2.78 8 696 3096 -5.9 -8.9 79 3.0 -7.0 61 9 296.4 296.9 283.4 304.9 2.80 9 674 3346 -7.9 -11.7 74 3.8 -9.2 41 9 296.9 297.4 283.0 304.0 2.31 10 656 3556 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -10.8 24 8 298.3 298.6 282.8 303.7 1.71 11 619 4005 -10.5 -19.5 48 9.0 -12.9 12 17 301.3 301.5 283.6 305.5 1.32 12 609 4130 -10.3 -23.3 34 13.0 -13.5 11 21 302.9 303.1 283.8 306.0 0.96 13 603 4206 -10.5 -20.5 44 10.0 -13.2 11 23 303.5 303.8 284.4 307.5 1.24 14 580 4505 -10.5 -19.5 48 9.0 -13.0 10 33 306.9 307.2 285.9 311.5 1.41 15 536 5107 -15.1 -22.1 55 7.0 -16.9 9 45 308.4 308.7 286.2 312.4 1.21 16 517 5379 -16.3 -24.3 50 8.0 -18.1 7 43 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.6 1.03 17 500 5630 -18.3 -25.3 54 7.0 -19.8 5 42 310.7 310.9 286.8 314.0 0.98 18 497 5675 -18.7 -24.7 59 6.0 -20.0 5 43 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.3 1.04 19 472 6060 -19.5 -27.5 49 8.0 -21.1 5 47 314.4 314.6 287.9 317.3 0.85 20 444 6512 -23.5 -29.5 58 6.0 -24.6 8 50 314.9 315.0 287.9 317.5 0.75 21 422 6882 -26.3 -37.3 35 11.0 -27.8 12 58 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.3 0.37 22 417 6968 -26.3 -45.3 15 19.0 -28.2 12 61 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.6 0.16 23 410 7091 -26.3 -54.3 5 28.0 -28.5 13 66 318.5 318.6 288.3 318.8 0.06 24 402 7234 -26.3 -53.3 6 27.0 -28.5 15 72 320.3 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.07 25 400 7270 -26.5 -50.5 9 24.0 -28.6 15 73 320.5 320.6 289.0 320.9 0.09 26 385 7545 -28.7 -42.7 25 14.0 -30.2 15 81 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.0 0.23 27 348 8262 -32.5 -46.5 24 14.0 -33.7 10 97 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.17 28 343 8364 -33.3 -43.3 36 10.0 -34.3 10 97 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.24 29 327 8698 -35.9 -50.9 20 15.0 -36.9 10 100 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 30 318 8891 -37.5 -48.5 31 11.0 -38.2 10 102 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.15 31 300 9290 -41.1 -52.1 30 11.0 -41.7 10 104 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.10 32 285 9636 -43.9 -55.9 25 12.0 -44.4 9 105 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.07 33 269 10020 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.0 7 106 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 34 250 10500 -50.9 -59.9 34 9.0 -51.1 5 108 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.05 35 246 10604 -51.9 -59.9 38 8.0 -52.1 5 109 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.05 36 242 10710 -52.4 -59.6 42 7.2 -52.5 5 109 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 37 241 10737 -52.5 -59.5 43 7.0 -52.7 5 109 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 38 239 10791 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.8 5 107 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 39 234 10928 -51.5 -67.5 13 16.0 -51.8 5 102 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.02 40 230 11040 -50.7 -68.7 10 18.0 -51.1 5 98 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.02 41 209 11657 -53.7 -72.7 8 19.0 -54.0 8 90 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.01 42 204 11813 -52.7 -72.7 7 20.0 -53.0 9 91 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 43 200 11940 -53.9 -73.9 7 20.0 -54.2 10 91 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 44 196 12069 -54.9 -74.9 7 20.0 -55.2 10 90 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 45 189 12302 -55.3 -76.3 6 21.0 -55.6 9 85 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 46 181 12579 -53.1 -79.1 3 26.0 -53.5 7 72 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 47 150 13780 -56.7 -83.7 2 27.0 -57.0 350 53 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 48 147 13908 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.4 350 53 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 49 142 14127 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.4 350 54 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 50 139 14262 -55.9 -83.9 2 28.0 -56.2 350 55 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 51 131 14638 -56.5 -84.5 2 28.0 -56.9 350 48 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 52 128 14785 -55.3 -84.3 2 29.0 -55.7 350 45 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 53 117 15356 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.3 350 34 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.00 54 110 15747 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.5 350 29 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 55 107 15922 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -57.5 350 27 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 56 102 16225 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -57.7 350 23 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 57 100 16350 -56.5 -85.5 1 29.0 -56.9 350 22 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 58 97 16545 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -55.6 352 21 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 59 90 17023 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -57.2 357 17 431.0 431.0 308.9 431.0 0.00 60 81 17697 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.8 4 13 449.5 449.5 310.8 449.5 0.00 61 70 18630 -56.9 -85.9 1 29.0 -57.5 100 5 462.7 462.7 312.0 462.7 0.00 62 69 18721 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -57.9 66 3 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.7 0.00 63 63 19296 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.1 1 12 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 64 57 19932 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.5 37 9 496.1 496.1 314.7 496.1 0.01 65 50 20770 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.1 85 4 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.01 66 48 21031 -53.5 -83.5 1 30.0 -54.7 99 6 523.5 523.5 316.5 523.5 0.01 67 43 21734 -55.7 -84.7 1 29.0 -56.8 197 4 534.8 534.8 317.2 534.8 0.01 68 37 22696 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -54.7 208 4 565.0 565.0 318.9 565.0 0.01 69 35 23052 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -56.1 192 5 569.8 569.8 319.2 569.9 0.01 70 33 23430 -53.1 -83.1 1 30.0 -54.9 176 6 583.7 583.8 319.9 583.8 0.01 71 31 23830 -55.5 -84.5 2 29.0 -56.9 159 7 587.8 587.8 320.0 587.9 0.01 72 30 24040 -53.1 -83.1 1 30.0 -55.0 150 8 599.9 599.9 320.6 600.0 0.01 73 27 24719 -52.7 -82.7 1 30.0 -54.9 303 11 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.5 0.02 74 25 25219 -49.9 -81.9 1 32.0 -52.9 46 12 641.2 641.2 322.3 641.3 0.02 75 21 26353 -52.3 -82.3 2 30.0 -55.0 22 4 666.7 666.7 323.3 666.9 0.02 76 20 26670 -50.5 -81.5 1 31.0 -53.8 70 12 681.6 681.6 323.9 681.8 0.03 77 19 27006 -49.5 -81.5 1 32.0 -53.2 89 11 694.8 694.8 324.3 695.0 0.03 78 18 27360 -50.3 -81.3 1 31.0 -53.9 107 9 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.3 0.03 79 14 29022 -44.9 -77.9 1 33.0 -51.3 14 1 773.8 773.8 326.6 774.4 0.07 80 12 30043 -49.7 -80.7 1 31.0 -54.7 100 15 791.7 791.7 327.0 792.1 0.05 81 10 31240 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -54.6 175 9 838.5 838.5 328.1 839.1 0.06 82 9.7 31441 -48.3 -80.3 1 32.0 -54.6 846.6 846.6 328.3 847.2 0.07 83 7.5 33161 -41.3 -76.3 1 35.0 -52.1 939.6 939.7 330.2 941.4 0.16 TRP 241 10737 -52.5 -59.5 43 7.0 -52.7 5 109 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 WND 242 10710 -52.4 -59.6 42 7.2 -52.5 5 109 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.00 m Freezing level: 761.69 mb = 2391.05 m = 7844.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.20 mb = 1962.90 m = 6439.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.29 % Est. max temperature: 18.36 C = 65.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.25 mb = 2616.23 m = 8583.34 ft T: -1.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 2.73 C Layer 951.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.71 mb = 2862.97 m = 9392.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.07 C = 68.13 F Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lifted Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 6.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.10 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 48.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57772.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.12 mb = 2660.83 m = 8729.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 42 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 968 405 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 244 13 12.1 5.8 1 945 610 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 244 13 12.1 5.8 2 925 785 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 249 14 12.9 5.0 3 911 914 350 8 1.4 -7.9 | 253 12 11.9 3.7 4 878 1219 350 3 0.5 -3.0 | 232 14 11.0 8.6 5 850 1490 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 233 16 13.0 9.9 6 815 1829 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 215 12 6.9 9.9 7 785 2134 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 196 13 3.6 12.8 8 755 2438 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 196 14 3.8 13.4 9 727 2743 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 187 12 1.5 12.4 10 700 3051 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 197 8 2.4 7.8 11 647 3658 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 245 9 8.4 3.9 12 597 4267 10 25 -4.3 -24.6 | 335 14 6.2 -13.0 13 552 4877 10 46 -8.0 -45.3 | 356 34 2.5 -33.7 14 500 5630 5 42 -3.7 -41.8 | 347 31 6.9 -30.3 15 469 6096 5 48 -4.2 -47.8 | 350 37 6.3 -36.2 16 432 6706 10 51 -8.9 -50.2 | 358 39 1.7 -38.6 17 400 7270 15 73 -18.9 -70.5 | 8 60 -8.4 -58.9 18 381 7620 15 84 -21.7 -81.1 | 9 70 -11.2 -69.6 19 364 7925 10 94 -16.3 -92.6 | 4 81 -5.8 -81.0 20 306 9144 10 104 -18.1 -102.4 | 5 91 -7.5 -90.8 21 300 9290 10 104 -18.1 -102.4 | 5 91 -7.5 -90.8 22 250 10500 5 108 -9.4 -107.6 | 359 96 1.1 -96.0 23 244 10668 5 109 -9.5 -108.6 | 359 97 1.0 -97.0 24 242 10710 5 109 -9.5 -108.6 | 359 97 1.0 -97.0 25 241 10737 5 109 -9.5 -108.6 | 359 97 1.0 -97.0 26 222 11278 5 89 -7.8 -88.7 | 358 77 2.8 -77.1 27 200 11940 10 91 -15.8 -89.6 | 4 78 -5.3 -78.0 28 192 12192 10 90 -15.6 -88.6 | 4 77 -5.1 -77.1 29 175 12802 5 61 -5.3 -60.8 | 354 49 5.2 -49.2 30 150 13780 350 53 9.2 -52.2 | 334 45 19.7 -40.6 31 138 14326 350 55 9.6 -54.2 | 335 47 20.1 -42.6 32 119 15240 350 35 6.1 -34.5 | 324 28 16.6 -22.9 33 100 16350 350 22 3.8 -21.7 | 305 18 14.3 -10.1 34 74 18288 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 253 9 9.0 2.7 35 70 18630 100 5 -4.9 0.9 | 204 14 5.6 12.5 36 67 18898 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 222 16 10.5 11.6 37 64 19202 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 277 12 11.6 -1.4 38 50 20770 85 4 -4.0 -0.3 | 210 13 6.5 11.2 39 46 21336 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 189 16 2.4 15.4 40 42 21946 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 223 17 11.4 12.1 41 30 24040 150 8 -4.0 6.9 | 199 20 6.5 18.5 42 28 24384 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 211 22 11.1 18.6 43 27 24689 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 251 22 20.5 6.9 44 26 24994 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 272 9 9.5 -0.4 45 24 25603 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 182 16 0.5 16.2 46 21 26213 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 222 16 10.5 11.6 47 20 26670 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 174 8 -0.8 7.5 48 20 26822 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 166 10 -2.3 9.3 49 18 27432 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 192 15 3.0 14.3 50 14 29261 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 222 16 10.5 11.6 51 13 29566 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 191 7 1.5 7.4 52 12 29870 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 155 13 -5.5 11.6 53 10 31240 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 205 23 9.7 20.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.2 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 42.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -48.5 tot: -29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 31.45 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 7 247 13| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 6.7 0.0 6.7 13.3 0.75| 2.6 1.9 1000 345 6 243 13| 1.0 2.9 3.9| 7.1 -15.4 -8.3 -8.3 -0.28| 4.6 -1.3 1500 350 5 239 13| 2.3 1.9 4.2| 7.6 -31.8 -24.2 -16.2 -0.43| 5.9 -2.5 2000 21 5 232 11| 2.3 1.4 3.8| 7.6 -42.0 -34.4 -17.2 -0.49| 5.5 -2.7 2500 50 6 218 10| 1.9 0.5 2.4| 8.7 -48.5 -39.8 -15.9 -0.46| 5.4 -2.5 3000 53 6 215 9| 1.6 0.7 2.2| 19.5 -48.5 -29.0 -9.7 -0.20| 5.6 -1.1 4000 30 9 238 7| 1.2 3.3 4.5| 67.8 -48.5 19.2 4.8 0.21| 7.4 1.5 5000 17 16 299 7| 0.9 4.0 5.0|102.1 -76.2 25.9 5.2 0.18| 7.9 1.4 6000 12 21 325 11| 1.0 3.6 4.6|140.1 -86.7 53.4 8.9 0.19| 7.5 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20170923.00.gif