UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017030812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 MAR 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:1200Z 8 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 206 SFC 977 405 6.2 5.6 96 0.6 5.9 360 2 281.2 282.2 280.1 297.3 5.84 2 967 488 5.8 4.7 93 1.1 5.2 4 3 281.6 282.6 280.0 296.9 5.54 3 943 690 4.8 4.3 97 0.5 4.5 39 3 282.7 283.6 280.4 298.0 5.52 4 933 776 6.4 4.2 86 2.2 5.3 70 3 285.1 286.1 281.6 300.7 5.54 5 925 846 6.0 3.8 86 2.2 4.9 95 2 285.4 286.4 281.6 300.7 5.43 6 918 908 5.6 3.5 86 2.1 4.6 145 4 285.7 286.6 281.6 300.7 5.36 7 908 998 6.4 3.3 81 3.1 4.9 168 8 287.4 288.3 282.4 302.5 5.34 8 850 1537 3.4 1.6 88 1.8 2.5 215 14 289.7 290.6 283.1 304.2 5.05 9 846 1575 3.0 1.3 89 1.7 2.2 218 15 289.7 290.6 283.0 303.9 4.97 10 828 1749 2.0 1.9 99 0.1 2.0 229 20 290.4 291.3 283.7 305.6 5.30 11 720 2865 -4.7 -4.7 100 0.0 -4.7 263 35 294.9 295.6 283.8 306.0 3.74 12 702 3064 -5.9 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.2 260 34 295.7 296.3 283.6 305.5 3.27 13 700 3086 -5.9 -7.2 91 1.3 -6.4 260 34 296.0 296.5 283.6 305.5 3.18 14 686 3244 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -8.9 265 38 297.4 297.8 282.5 302.8 1.72 15 677 3348 -5.9 -13.9 53 8.0 -8.5 269 40 298.8 299.1 283.3 304.8 1.93 16 672 3406 -6.1 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.2 271 41 299.2 299.5 283.1 304.3 1.62 17 667 3464 -5.7 -20.7 30 15.0 -9.8 273 42 300.3 300.5 282.9 303.8 1.10 18 660 3547 -6.3 -23.3 25 17.0 -10.6 276 44 300.5 300.7 282.7 303.4 0.89 19 655 3607 -6.1 -31.1 12 25.0 -11.3 278 46 301.4 301.5 282.5 302.9 0.44 20 649 3679 -5.3 -21.3 27 16.0 -9.8 280 47 303.1 303.3 284.0 306.6 1.07 21 641 3776 -5.3 -16.3 42 11.0 -8.8 278 47 304.2 304.5 285.1 309.5 1.67 22 632 3887 -6.1 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.3 277 48 304.5 304.8 285.3 310.0 1.72 23 597 4330 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.2 270 45 304.9 305.2 285.4 310.2 1.68 24 592 4395 -10.5 -18.5 52 8.0 -12.8 269 46 305.1 305.4 285.3 310.0 1.50 25 560 4820 -14.1 -19.0 66 4.9 -15.4 266 49 305.8 306.1 285.5 310.7 1.52 26 554 4902 -14.7 -17.6 79 2.9 -15.5 265 50 306.0 306.3 285.9 311.6 1.73 27 545 5025 -15.7 -17.9 83 2.2 -16.3 265 51 306.3 306.6 285.9 311.8 1.72 28 539 5109 -16.1 -22.1 60 6.0 -17.6 265 51 306.7 307.0 285.6 310.7 1.21 29 515 5450 -19.1 -23.8 66 4.7 -20.1 265 53 307.1 307.3 285.6 310.7 1.09 30 504 5611 -19.9 -22.6 79 2.7 -20.5 265 54 308.1 308.3 286.1 312.1 1.23 31 500 5670 -20.3 -23.0 79 2.7 -20.9 265 54 308.3 308.5 286.1 312.2 1.20 32 471 6108 -23.9 -26.2 81 2.3 -24.4 265 63 309.1 309.3 286.2 312.3 0.96 33 400 7280 -31.7 -35.0 73 3.3 -32.1 270 60 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.5 0.49 34 388 7495 -33.1 -36.7 70 3.6 -33.5 273 62 314.7 314.8 287.5 316.2 0.42 35 364 7941 -37.1 -38.6 86 1.5 -37.2 275 67 315.2 315.2 287.6 316.5 0.37 36 355 8114 -38.1 -43.1 59 5.0 -38.5 275 68 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.0 0.24 37 342 8369 -40.7 -42.1 86 1.4 -40.8 275 70 315.9 316.0 287.8 316.9 0.28 38 337 8469 -41.5 -43.0 85 1.5 -41.6 275 71 316.2 316.2 287.8 317.1 0.25 39 324 8736 -43.3 -45.9 75 2.6 -43.5 275 73 317.3 317.3 288.1 318.0 0.19 40 318 8861 -44.3 -48.9 60 4.6 -44.5 275 75 317.6 317.6 288.1 318.1 0.14 41 315 8925 -44.5 -52.5 41 8.0 -44.8 275 75 318.2 318.2 288.3 318.5 0.09 42 304 9162 -46.5 -57.5 28 11.0 -46.9 274 77 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.8 0.05 43 300 9250 -47.1 -58.1 27 11.0 -47.4 270 77 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.2 0.05 44 280 9703 -51.1 -58.1 43 7.0 -51.3 270 77 319.6 319.6 288.6 319.8 0.05 45 262 10132 -55.1 -64.1 32 9.0 -55.2 270 76 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.03 46 250 10430 -57.9 -64.9 40 7.0 -58.0 270 76 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.02 47 246 10531 -58.7 -65.7 40 7.0 -58.8 270 77 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.02 48 239 10711 -60.3 -68.3 34 8.0 -60.4 269 78 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.6 0.02 49 211 11476 -65.7 -71.7 43 6.0 -65.7 265 83 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.8 0.01 50 209 11534 -65.8 -71.6 45 5.7 -65.9 265 83 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.4 0.01 51 203 11710 -66.3 -71.1 51 4.8 -66.3 265 81 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.4 0.01 52 200 11800 -65.3 -70.3 50 5.0 -65.3 270 77 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.4 0.01 53 199 11830 -65.1 -71.1 43 6.0 -65.1 271 76 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.01 54 191 12080 -65.9 -73.9 32 8.0 -66.0 277 72 332.8 332.8 292.4 332.8 0.01 55 188 12176 -64.9 -73.9 28 9.0 -65.0 280 70 335.9 335.9 293.3 335.9 0.01 56 183 12340 -65.9 -75.9 24 10.0 -66.0 280 67 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.01 57 172 12718 -62.7 -80.7 7 18.0 -62.8 280 61 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.00 58 168 12864 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.1 280 59 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 59 166 12939 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -59.9 280 58 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.00 60 150 13570 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.1 280 55 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 61 100 16070 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -61.9 275 57 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 62 91 16656 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -61.8 275 51 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 63 85 17077 -63.9 -92.9 1 29.0 -64.1 275 47 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 64 77 17688 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.6 275 40 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.00 65 70 18280 -61.5 -91.5 1 30.0 -61.9 275 34 452.8 452.8 311.1 452.8 0.00 66 59 19337 -61.3 -91.3 1 30.0 -61.7 278 32 476.0 476.0 313.1 476.0 0.00 67 54 19888 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.0 279 31 495.1 495.1 314.6 495.1 0.00 68 50 20370 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.1 280 31 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 69 45 21026 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.2 275 25 513.3 513.3 315.9 513.3 0.00 70 43 21309 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.2 275 32 525.4 525.5 316.6 525.5 0.00 71 41 21607 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.6 268 23 531.7 531.7 317.0 531.7 0.00 72 39 21922 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.9 260 12 546.9 546.9 317.9 546.9 0.00 73 33 22979 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.5 243 18 572.6 572.6 319.3 572.6 0.00 74 31 23379 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.6 208 5 595.4 595.4 320.4 595.4 0.01 75 30 23590 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.2 150 4 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 76 28 24028 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.6 235 12 600.2 600.2 320.6 600.2 0.00 77 24 25001 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.5 265 17 628.4 628.4 321.8 628.4 0.01 78 22 25548 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.6 262 19 637.1 637.1 322.2 637.1 0.00 79 21 25841 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.2 260 20 654.6 654.6 322.9 654.7 0.01 80 20 26150 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -58.1 255 17 664.5 664.5 323.2 664.5 0.01 81 19 26479 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.3 210 4 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.01 82 15 27991 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -59.0 243 17 719.4 719.4 325.0 719.5 0.01 83 13 28909 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.3 268 10 764.0 764.0 326.3 764.2 0.02 84 11 29990 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.8 263 25 801.4 801.4 327.3 801.6 0.02 85 10 30610 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -55.6 280 19 831.8 831.8 328.0 832.1 0.03 86 8.8 31446 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -55.8 865.1 865.1 328.7 865.5 0.04 87 8.0 32073 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -54.8 898.5 898.6 329.4 899.1 0.06 88 7.8 32240 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -55.2 902.7 902.7 329.5 903.2 0.05 TRP 203 11710 -66.3 -71.1 51 4.8 -66.3 265 81 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.4 0.01 WND 209 11534 -65.8 -71.6 45 5.7 -65.9 265 83 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5464.00 m Freezing level: 795.76 mb = 2082.24 m = 6831.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 796.42 mb = 2059.66 m = 6757.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.98 % Est. max temperature: 15.37 C = 59.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.06 mb = 479.19 m = 1572.13 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 702.0- 677.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.62 mb = 1694.54 m = 5559.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.10 C = 59.18 F Cap Strength: 8.80 C Lifted Index: 8.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 24.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67521.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.10 mb = 1078.47 m = 3538.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 28 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 405 360 2 -0.0 -2.0 | 109 27 -25.8 8.9 1 953 610 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 105 27 -26.5 7.0 2 925 846 95 2 -2.0 0.2 | 112 30 -27.8 11.1 3 917 914 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 117 31 -27.8 14.4 4 884 1219 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 149 30 -15.5 25.6 5 851 1524 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 143 29 -17.2 23.2 6 850 1537 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 142 29 -17.7 22.4 7 819 1829 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 162 25 -7.8 23.5 8 789 2134 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 182 26 1.1 26.4 9 759 2438 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 187 21 2.4 21.2 10 731 2743 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 216 17 10.1 14.0 11 700 3086 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 205 18 7.7 16.8 12 650 3658 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 262 21 20.5 2.7 13 625 3962 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 253 23 22.0 6.7 14 600 4267 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 240 22 19.2 10.9 15 554 4877 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 238 28 24.0 15.3 16 500 5670 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 241 32 28.0 15.6 17 471 6096 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 246 40 37.0 16.4 18 400 7280 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 252 36 34.2 10.9 19 381 7620 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 262 38 38.0 5.3 20 305 9144 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 265 51 50.9 4.2 21 300 9250 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 258 52 51.2 10.9 22 250 10430 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 258 51 50.2 10.9 23 209 11534 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 252 60 56.9 18.1 24 207 11582 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 252 60 56.9 18.1 25 203 11710 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 252 58 54.9 18.0 26 200 11800 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 258 52 51.2 10.9 27 188 12192 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 272 43 43.2 -1.3 28 162 13106 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 267 28 28.4 1.4 29 150 13570 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 267 28 28.4 1.4 30 114 15240 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 266 26 26.4 1.7 31 100 16070 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 259 32 31.0 5.9 32 70 18280 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 226 11 8.1 7.9 33 70 18288 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 222 11 7.1 8.0 34 50 20370 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 221 7 4.8 5.5 35 50 20422 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 214 7 3.8 5.7 36 47 20726 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 57 4 -3.3 -2.1 37 45 21031 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 174 9 -0.9 8.7 38 43 21336 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 217 10 6.1 8.1 39 39 21946 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 133 19 -14.0 13.0 40 37 22250 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 134 14 -9.8 9.5 41 34 22860 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 165 17 -4.5 16.6 42 31 23470 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 117 28 -25.1 12.8 43 30 23590 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 117 31 -27.8 14.4 44 28 24079 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 140 22 -14.0 16.4 45 26 24384 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 156 19 -7.9 17.4 46 25 24689 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 116 13 -11.7 5.8 47 24 24994 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 144 15 -8.8 12.4 48 21 25908 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 157 16 -6.1 14.4 49 20 26150 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 149 18 -9.4 15.3 50 19 26518 205 3 1.3 2.7 | 119 28 -24.5 13.6 51 17 27127 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 133 18 -12.8 12.0 52 16 27432 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 149 30 -15.5 25.6 53 16 27737 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 136 17 -11.8 12.1 54 15 28042 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 150 22 -11.1 19.4 55 14 28346 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 182 20 0.5 20.5 56 14 28651 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 123 24 -20.1 13.0 57 13 28956 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 126 18 -14.8 10.9 58 12 29566 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 140 22 -14.0 16.4 59 11 29870 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 167 13 -2.9 12.9 60 11 30175 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 190 16 2.8 15.9 61 10 30610 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 137 10 -7.1 7.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.1 neg: -39.3 tot: 381.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 202.34 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 28 3 107 28| 5.6 0.0 5.6| 47.2 -14.5 32.7 65.5 0.42| 9.8 4.1 1000 210 8 129 28| 9.2 0.0 9.2|197.0 -21.6 175.3 175.3 0.70| 15.3 10.6 1500 220 11 137 27| 8.7 0.0 8.7|271.0 -28.7 242.2 161.5 0.72| 14.5 10.4 2000 231 16 147 25| 7.9 0.0 7.9|327.2 -28.7 298.4 149.2 0.72| 13.8 10.0 2500 242 19 157 22| 7.3 0.0 7.3|374.5 -33.5 341.0 136.4 0.72| 13.4 9.7 3000 249 22 165 20| 7.1 0.0 7.1|421.1 -39.3 381.8 127.3 0.73| 13.0 9.5 4000 260 28 188 16| 6.1 0.8 6.9|462.4 -87.6 374.7 93.7 0.59| 12.1 7.1 5000 262 33 204 17| 4.9 1.1 6.0|471.1 -94.3 376.8 75.4 0.54| 10.5 5.7 6000 263 37 216 19| 4.4 1.3 5.7|518.5 -94.3 424.2 70.7 0.53| 9.8 5.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20170308.12.gif