UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017020912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 9 FEB 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:1200Z 9 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 28 SFC 957 405 9.6 9.4 99 0.2 9.5 300 3 286.3 287.7 284.5 307.9 7.75 2 954 430 10.4 9.3 93 1.1 9.8 280 4 287.4 288.7 284.9 309.0 7.72 3 950 464 14.2 9.7 74 4.5 11.6 253 5 291.6 293.0 286.8 314.3 7.97 4 948 482 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.3 240 6 292.4 293.7 286.7 313.9 7.51 5 938 569 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.7 172 9 292.7 294.0 286.6 313.6 7.29 6 932 621 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.8 141 11 293.8 295.1 286.9 314.4 7.13 7 925 683 14.2 7.2 63 7.0 10.2 145 15 293.8 295.1 286.6 313.7 6.90 8 918 747 13.6 7.6 67 6.0 10.2 146 17 293.9 295.1 286.9 314.5 7.15 9 905 867 13.8 5.8 58 8.0 9.3 149 21 295.3 296.4 286.7 313.9 6.40 10 850 1393 10.0 4.0 66 6.0 6.8 185 20 296.6 297.7 286.8 314.2 6.00 11 798 1914 5.8 1.3 73 4.5 3.5 195 37 297.5 298.5 286.4 313.1 5.27 12 769 2216 4.0 -1.0 70 5.0 1.6 197 55 298.8 299.6 286.2 312.6 4.62 13 700 2972 -2.3 -4.0 88 1.7 -3.1 210 72 299.9 300.7 286.1 312.2 4.06 14 682 3178 -4.1 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.4 211 77 300.2 300.9 286.1 312.0 3.92 15 668 3342 -3.7 -5.6 87 1.9 -4.5 213 82 302.4 303.1 286.7 313.9 3.77 16 637 3716 -5.9 -8.5 82 2.6 -7.0 216 89 304.0 304.6 286.7 313.8 3.16 17 630 3803 -4.9 -8.3 77 3.4 -6.3 217 88 306.1 306.8 287.5 316.3 3.24 18 621 3916 -5.3 -8.4 79 3.1 -6.5 219 86 306.9 307.6 287.8 317.2 3.27 19 596 4237 -7.7 -9.1 90 1.4 -8.2 224 80 307.8 308.4 288.1 317.9 3.22 20 581 4435 -8.5 -8.9 97 0.4 -8.7 226 78 309.1 309.7 288.6 319.7 3.36 21 550 4860 -9.9 -11.0 92 1.1 -10.3 230 75 312.3 312.9 289.3 322.0 3.00 22 500 5590 -13.9 -16.0 84 2.1 -14.6 235 74 316.1 316.5 289.8 323.3 2.19 23 449 6399 -18.7 -22.6 71 3.9 -19.7 230 74 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.7 1.39 24 400 7250 -25.1 -28.7 72 3.6 -25.8 230 73 322.4 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.89 25 345 8306 -33.3 -36.9 70 3.6 -33.7 230 79 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.9 0.47 26 313 8981 -39.3 -43.8 62 4.5 -39.6 230 85 326.0 326.0 290.9 326.9 0.25 27 300 9270 -42.1 -46.0 66 3.9 -42.3 235 87 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.21 28 295 9383 -43.1 -46.8 67 3.7 -43.3 235 87 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 29 290 9498 -44.1 -48.6 61 4.5 -44.3 235 88 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.16 30 263 10142 -50.3 -54.0 65 3.7 -50.4 235 105 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.09 31 250 10470 -52.7 -56.5 63 3.8 -52.8 235 114 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.07 32 241 10707 -54.9 -58.8 62 3.9 -55.0 236 117 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.06 33 232 10951 -56.9 -59.8 70 2.9 -56.9 237 120 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.05 34 216 11403 -60.9 -64.6 61 3.7 -60.9 238 126 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.1 0.03 35 200 11880 -64.5 -68.5 58 4.0 -64.6 240 132 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.02 36 192 12129 -64.5 -68.3 60 3.8 -64.6 240 141 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.02 37 189 12225 -64.5 -68.2 60 3.7 -64.6 240 139 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 38 180 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235 76 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 52 107 15695 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.5 235 70 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 53 104 15873 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -58.5 235 61 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 54 102 15995 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -57.7 235 55 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 55 100 16120 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.5 235 49 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 56 90 16777 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -61.8 230 43 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 57 84 17204 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.4 226 39 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.00 58 75 17899 -65.7 -92.7 1 27.0 -65.9 225 53 435.2 435.2 309.4 435.2 0.00 59 71 18233 -64.5 -91.5 1 27.0 -64.7 241 57 444.6 444.6 310.3 444.6 0.00 60 70 18320 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.7 250 55 453.2 453.2 311.1 453.2 0.00 61 69 18409 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.7 255 49 455.1 455.1 311.3 455.1 0.00 62 61 19168 -63.9 -92.9 1 29.0 -64.2 241 32 465.7 465.7 312.3 465.7 0.00 63 57 19590 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -57.8 264 32 490.2 490.2 314.2 490.2 0.00 64 50 20410 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -61.8 250 16 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 65 48 20664 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.0 243 18 509.7 509.7 315.6 509.7 0.00 66 47 20796 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -60.7 252 17 510.8 510.8 315.7 510.8 0.00 67 46 20930 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.5 265 15 517.3 517.3 316.1 517.4 0.00 68 42 21499 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.3 253 21 526.0 526.0 316.7 526.0 0.00 69 36 22463 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.1 306 12 556.5 556.5 318.5 556.5 0.00 70 33 23009 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.4 305 9 566.8 566.8 319.0 566.8 0.00 71 30 23610 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.3 320 11 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.01 72 27 24284 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.5 342 8 617.1 617.1 321.3 617.2 0.01 73 26 24526 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.1 350 6 618.7 618.7 321.5 618.7 0.01 74 24 25037 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.8 8 4 634.2 634.2 322.1 634.2 0.01 75 23 25311 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -54.9 18 4 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.7 0.01 76 21 25898 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.8 42 4 663.7 663.7 323.2 663.8 0.01 TRP 192 12129 -65.7 -69.5 59 3.8 -65.7 240 141 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.6 0.02 WND 192 12129 -64.5 -68.3 60 3.8 -64.6 240 141 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.00 m Freezing level: 725.19 mb = 2695.99 m = 8844.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.27 mb = 2468.00 m = 8097.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.79 % Est. max temperature: 20.52 C = 68.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.13 mb = 429.21 m = 1408.16 ft T: 10.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.43 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 798.0- 668.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.95 mb = 2184.76 m = 7167.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.18 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 5.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 26.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.05 mb = 1678.87 m = 5508.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.05 mb = 3016.77 m = 9897.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.05 mb = 3247.44 m = 10654.19 ft B at Equ Level: 24.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 626.05 mb = 3852.26 m = 12638.48 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 248 at 45 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 957 405 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 65 44 -39.5 -18.4 1 933 610 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 79 49 -48.5 -9.3 2 925 683 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 85 51 -50.7 -4.7 3 900 914 150 22 -11.0 19.1 | 92 53 -53.1 2.1 4 868 1219 170 18 -3.1 17.7 | 91 45 -45.2 0.8 5 850 1393 185 20 1.7 19.9 | 94 40 -40.3 3.0 6 836 1524 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 107 29 -27.6 8.2 7 806 1829 195 31 8.0 29.9 | 111 36 -34.0 13.0 8 776 2134 195 56 14.5 54.1 | 143 46 -27.6 37.1 9 747 2438 205 53 22.4 48.0 | 148 37 -19.7 31.1 10 720 2743 210 68 34.0 58.9 | 169 43 -8.1 41.9 11 700 2972 210 72 36.0 62.4 | 172 46 -6.1 45.4 12 641 3658 215 90 51.6 73.7 | 190 58 9.6 56.8 13 593 4267 225 79 55.9 55.9 | 200 41 13.8 38.9 14 548 4877 230 75 57.5 48.2 | 206 35 15.4 31.3 15 527 5182 230 70 53.6 45.0 | 202 30 11.6 28.0 16 500 5590 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 216 32 18.6 25.5 17 467 6096 230 75 57.5 48.2 | 206 35 15.4 31.3 18 400 7250 230 73 55.9 46.9 | 205 33 13.9 30.0 19 396 7315 235 69 56.5 39.6 | 213 27 14.5 22.6 20 379 7620 230 73 55.9 46.9 | 205 33 13.9 30.0 21 305 9144 230 86 65.9 55.3 | 212 45 23.8 38.3 22 300 9270 235 87 71.3 49.9 | 222 44 29.2 33.0 23 292 9449 235 87 71.3 49.9 | 222 44 29.2 33.0 24 250 10470 235 114 93.4 65.4 | 227 71 51.3 48.4 25 200 11880 240 132 114.3 66.0 | 236 87 72.2 49.1 26 192 12129 240 141 122.1 70.5 | 236 96 80.0 53.6 27 190 12192 240 141 122.1 70.5 | 236 96 80.0 53.6 28 163 13106 230 87 66.6 55.9 | 212 46 24.6 39.0 29 150 13630 240 95 82.3 47.5 | 233 50 40.2 30.6 30 148 13716 245 94 85.2 39.7 | 242 49 43.1 22.8 31 141 14021 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 253 29 27.5 8.4 32 134 14326 235 63 51.6 36.1 | 206 21 9.5 19.2 33 121 14935 225 84 59.4 59.4 | 202 46 17.3 42.4 34 115 15240 235 94 77.0 53.9 | 223 51 34.9 37.0 35 100 16120 235 49 40.1 28.1 | 170 11 -1.9 11.2 36 82 17374 225 37 26.2 26.2 | 120 18 -15.9 9.2 37 74 17983 225 56 39.6 39.6 | 174 23 -2.5 22.7 38 70 18288 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 233 12 9.6 7.1 39 70 18320 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 259 10 9.6 1.9 40 67 18593 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 21 15 -5.2 -13.7 41 64 18898 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 56 17 -14.1 -9.4 42 61 19202 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 86 14 -14.4 -0.9 43 58 19507 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 41 10 -6.3 -7.4 44 55 19812 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 44 31 -21.8 -22.4 45 52 20117 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 50 33 -25.6 -21.3 46 50 20410 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 67 29 -27.0 -11.5 47 50 20422 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 76 28 -27.3 -6.6 48 48 20726 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 70 27 -25.8 -9.3 49 45 21031 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 58 34 -29.1 -18.1 50 43 21336 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 67 28 -26.1 -11.1 51 41 21641 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 60 21 -17.9 -10.5 52 37 22250 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 56 39 -32.1 -21.6 53 34 22860 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 49 44 -33.5 -29.2 54 32 23165 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 65 42 -38.2 -18.0 55 30 23610 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 54 43 -35.0 -25.4 56 24 24384 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 64 47 -42.4 -20.9 57 17 25603 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 70 49 -46.1 -16.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 60.5 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 45.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: 4.2 tot: 17.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 977.7 neg: -12.4 tot: 965.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 321.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 21.5 stream: 14.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 439.08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 147 13 83 49| 0.0 25.1 25.1|273.2 0.0 273.2 546.4 0.75| 30.0 22.7 1000 159 16 88 48| 7.0 12.5 19.6|312.7 -12.4 300.4 300.4 0.56| 22.4 12.6 1500 180 21 95 42| 9.2 8.4 17.6|452.9 -12.4 440.5 293.7 0.59| 23.2 13.6 2000 188 28 106 40| 11.4 6.3 17.6|662.8 -12.4 650.5 325.2 0.63| 24.0 15.2 2500 196 35 118 37| 12.9 5.0 18.0|841.3 -12.4 828.9 331.6 0.68| 23.1 15.6 3000 201 42 130 35| 13.1 4.2 17.2|977.7 -12.4 965.4 321.8 0.69| 21.5 14.8 4000 208 53 151 34| 9.8 3.1 12.9|1181.0 -12.41168.7 292.2 0.67| 19.5 13.1 5000 214 58 162 32| 7.5 2.5 10.0|1242.0 -25.81216.2 243.2 0.64| 17.1 11.0 6000 218 60 171 31| 6.2 2.4 8.7|1268.2 -76.11192.1 198.7 0.59| 15.1 8.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20170209.12.gif