UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2018091212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 SEP 18 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:1200Z 12 SEP 18 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 118 SFC 968 405 12.4 5.4 62 7.0 8.7 340 2 288.2 289.2 283.2 304.7 5.81 2 953 533 12.8 7.8 72 5.0 10.0 327 5 289.9 291.1 285.2 309.7 6.98 3 930 734 11.4 6.9 74 4.5 8.9 316 6 290.5 291.7 285.2 309.7 6.72 4 925 778 11.2 6.9 75 4.3 8.8 315 6 290.8 292.0 285.3 310.0 6.75 5 850 1478 5.6 5.3 98 0.3 5.4 60 1 292.0 293.2 285.7 310.9 6.58 6 815 1821 3.6 2.4 92 1.2 3.0 280 4 293.4 294.4 285.2 309.6 5.59 7 800 1971 2.4 2.2 99 0.2 2.3 273 4 293.7 294.7 285.3 310.0 5.61 8 756 2426 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 289 9 294.9 295.8 284.8 308.6 4.63 9 742 2575 -1.9 -3.5 89 1.6 -2.6 303 9 295.4 296.1 284.2 307.2 3.98 10 738 2618 -2.3 -6.3 74 4.0 -3.9 307 10 295.4 296.0 283.4 305.1 3.23 11 734 2662 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -4.6 312 10 295.9 296.4 283.1 304.3 2.78 12 729 2716 -1.9 -6.9 69 5.0 -3.9 317 10 296.9 297.5 283.9 306.3 3.12 13 722 2793 -1.5 -11.5 46 10.0 -5.1 317 10 298.2 298.6 283.4 304.9 2.19 14 711 2915 -2.1 -10.1 54 8.0 -5.1 308 11 298.8 299.3 284.0 306.5 2.49 15 700 3039 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -6.0 300 11 299.5 299.9 284.0 306.4 2.23 16 698 3062 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -5.8 299 11 299.5 300.0 284.1 306.9 2.38 17 685 3211 -2.7 -14.7 39 12.0 -6.7 292 11 301.4 301.7 284.2 307.0 1.78 18 673 3350 -3.9 -14.9 42 11.0 -7.5 285 11 301.5 301.9 284.2 307.2 1.79 19 662 3480 -3.5 -25.5 16 22.0 -9.1 279 12 303.4 303.5 283.7 305.8 0.72 20 645 3685 -4.5 -28.5 13 24.0 -10.2 270 12 304.5 304.7 284.0 306.4 0.56 21 641 3734 -4.7 -24.7 19 20.0 -9.9 270 12 304.9 305.0 284.4 307.5 0.80 22 579 4524 -11.5 -23.5 36 12.0 -14.5 273 13 305.9 306.1 285.0 309.2 0.99 23 552 4888 -14.5 -27.5 32 13.0 -17.3 270 15 306.6 306.7 284.9 309.0 0.72 24 546 4971 -14.7 -31.7 22 17.0 -17.9 271 15 307.3 307.4 284.9 309.0 0.49 25 511 5468 -18.9 -31.9 31 13.0 -21.1 278 16 308.1 308.2 285.2 309.8 0.52 26 500 5630 -20.3 -34.3 28 14.0 -22.5 280 16 308.3 308.4 285.2 309.7 0.42 27 484 5870 -22.5 -35.5 30 13.0 -24.4 288 18 308.5 308.5 285.2 309.8 0.38 28 444 6498 -27.5 -49.5 10 22.0 -29.3 290 20 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.2 0.09 29 413 7015 -31.9 -46.9 21 15.0 -33.0 283 21 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.2 0.14 30 400 7240 -33.9 -48.9 21 15.0 -34.9 280 21 310.9 311.0 285.8 311.3 0.11 31 387 7470 -35.7 -50.7 20 15.0 -36.6 280 24 311.5 311.5 286.0 311.9 0.09 32 367 7837 -38.1 -56.1 13 18.0 -38.9 283 28 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.3 0.05 33 355 8065 -38.1 -60.1 8 22.0 -39.0 282 30 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.2 0.03 34 311 8967 -41.7 -61.7 10 20.0 -42.4 264 42 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.03 35 300 9210 -43.3 -61.3 12 18.0 -43.9 255 47 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.03 36 287 9508 -45.7 -62.7 13 17.0 -46.2 257 50 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.03 37 274 9817 -46.5 -63.5 13 17.0 -47.0 260 54 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.03 38 262 10116 -45.3 -68.3 6 23.0 -45.9 252 58 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.01 39 255 10297 -45.7 -70.7 4 25.0 -46.3 247 61 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.01 40 250 10430 -45.1 -74.1 2 29.0 -45.7 250 62 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.0 0.01 41 245 10565 -44.3 -76.3 2 32.0 -45.0 249 63 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.00 42 232 10928 -44.5 -78.5 1 34.0 -45.3 247 64 347.2 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.00 43 216 11402 -47.1 -80.1 1 33.0 -47.7 243 66 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.00 44 205 11747 -46.9 -80.9 1 34.0 -47.6 241 67 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 45 201 11877 -47.9 -80.9 1 33.0 -48.5 240 68 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.00 46 200 11910 -47.9 -80.9 1 33.0 -48.5 240 68 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 47 186 12390 -48.0 -81.6 1 33.5 -48.7 250 70 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 48 175 12793 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -48.8 250 68 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 49 167 13103 -47.3 -81.3 1 34.0 -48.1 250 67 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 50 154 13637 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -50.1 250 63 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 51 150 13810 -49.3 -82.3 1 33.0 -50.0 255 59 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 52 147 13942 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -50.2 254 55 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 53 130 14742 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.3 250 43 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 54 118 15365 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -55.6 249 41 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 55 113 15642 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.0 247 40 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 56 103 16232 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -56.8 242 37 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 57 100 16420 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -56.4 240 36 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 58 89 17161 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -55.1 242 33 436.7 436.7 309.6 436.8 0.00 59 83 17604 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.2 244 31 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.00 60 78 17997 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -56.3 245 29 451.0 451.0 311.0 451.1 0.00 61 70 18680 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.0 250 41 459.2 459.2 311.7 459.2 0.00 62 52 20569 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.2 202 10 510.2 510.2 315.7 510.3 0.00 63 50 20820 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -56.8 190 10 511.7 511.7 315.8 511.8 0.00 64 48 21080 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.4 203 11 516.3 516.3 316.1 516.3 0.00 65 42 21929 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.2 264 18 537.4 537.4 317.3 537.4 0.00 66 40 22241 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.3 312 9 550.5 550.5 318.1 550.5 0.01 67 34 23281 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.1 39 5 571.9 571.9 319.3 572.0 0.01 68 31 23876 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.1 70 9 600.8 600.8 320.6 600.8 0.01 69 30 24090 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.9 5 6 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.0 0.01 70 27 24777 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.2 160 6 621.6 621.6 321.6 621.7 0.01 71 20 26740 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -52.4 170 8 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.9 0.02 72 18 27434 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -52.2 215 7 711.3 711.3 324.8 711.5 0.02 73 17 27811 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.3 215 10 718.5 718.5 325.0 718.7 0.02 74 14 29096 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -51.3 270 7 773.8 773.8 326.6 774.2 0.05 75 11 30705 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -52.8 240 4 825.4 825.4 327.8 825.9 0.05 76 11 30705 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.0 240 4 837.8 837.8 328.1 838.5 0.08 77 10 31350 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -51.0 180 6 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.9 0.10 78 7.9 32953 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -51.0 249 8 933.7 933.8 330.1 935.4 0.15 79 7.0 33780 -39.7 -76.7 1 37.0 -51.8 285 9 964.9 965.0 330.7 966.8 0.16 80 6.2 34610 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -52.5 998.2 998.3 331.2 1000.3 0.18 TRP 274 9817 -46.5 -63.5 13 17.0 -47.0 260 54 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.03 WND 186 12390 -48.0 -81.6 1 33.5 -48.7 250 70 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.00 m Freezing level: 768.00 mb = 2302.24 m = 7553.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.63 mb = 2282.57 m = 7488.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.77 % Est. max temperature: 17.44 C = 63.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.76 mb = 1278.28 m = 4193.79 ft T: 7.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 5.72 C Layer 756.0- 729.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.95 mb = 1497.70 m = 4913.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.24 C = 61.23 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 2.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 22.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.86 mb = 1324.95 m = 4346.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.86 mb = 2166.14 m = 7106.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.86 mb = 2695.67 m = 8843.97 ft B at Equ Level: 15.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 700.86 mb = 3029.23 m = 9938.29 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 315 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 968 405 340 2 0.7 -1.9 | 127 6 -4.9 3.7 1 944 610 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 120 2 -1.7 1.0 2 925 778 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 135 2 -1.3 1.3 3 910 914 340 5 1.7 -4.7 | 103 4 -3.9 0.9 4 877 1219 315 1 0.7 -0.7 | 135 7 -4.9 4.9 5 850 1478 60 1 -0.9 -0.5 | 128 8 -6.4 5.1 6 814 1829 275 4 4.0 -0.3 | 163 5 -1.6 5.2 7 783 2134 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 174 6 -0.6 5.6 8 754 2438 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 229 4 2.9 2.5 9 726 2743 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 338 2 0.9 -2.1 10 700 3039 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 269 4 4.0 0.1 11 646 3658 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 229 9 6.4 5.6 12 597 4267 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 229 7 5.4 4.6 13 551 4877 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 239 11 9.4 5.6 14 500 5630 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 255 11 10.2 2.8 15 469 6096 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 282 12 11.7 -2.5 16 400 7240 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 263 15 15.1 1.9 17 396 7315 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 263 15 15.1 1.9 18 378 7620 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 268 21 21.0 0.9 19 362 7925 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 274 22 21.5 -1.7 20 303 9144 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 251 41 38.7 13.4 21 300 9210 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 246 44 39.8 17.7 22 274 9817 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 253 50 47.6 14.9 23 253 10363 245 62 56.2 26.2 | 238 60 50.6 31.8 24 250 10430 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 243 59 52.7 26.8 25 200 11910 240 68 58.9 34.0 | 233 66 53.3 39.6 26 186 12390 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 244 67 60.2 29.5 27 183 12497 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 244 67 60.2 29.5 28 152 13716 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 243 60 53.6 27.1 29 150 13810 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 248 55 51.4 20.8 30 138 14326 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 240 40 34.8 20.3 31 120 15240 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 240 39 33.9 19.9 32 100 16420 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 227 35 25.6 23.6 33 78 17983 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 229 27 20.7 17.8 34 74 18288 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 228 36 26.5 24.1 35 71 18593 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 239 38 33.0 19.6 36 70 18680 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 239 38 33.0 19.6 37 61 19507 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 263 24 24.3 2.9 38 59 19812 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 259 9 8.9 1.7 39 56 20117 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 189 14 2.2 13.3 40 50 20820 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 166 16 -3.8 15.4 41 46 21336 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 183 15 0.7 14.6 42 42 21946 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 240 14 12.4 7.1 43 38 22555 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 135 8 -5.6 5.6 44 30 24079 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 104 16 -15.4 3.8 45 30 24090 5 6 -0.5 -6.0 | 86 6 -6.1 -0.4 46 29 24384 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 115 22 -20.1 9.4 47 26 24994 190 1 0.2 1.0 | 141 8 -5.4 6.5 48 24 25603 145 16 -9.2 13.1 | 142 24 -14.7 18.7 49 23 25908 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 140 12 -7.6 9.0 50 22 26213 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 154 20 -8.9 18.1 51 21 26518 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 144 19 -11.1 15.1 52 20 26740 170 8 -1.4 7.9 | 153 15 -7.0 13.4 53 18 27432 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 172 11 -1.6 11.3 54 16 28346 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 187 16 1.9 16.2 55 15 28651 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 200 12 4.0 11.1 56 12 29870 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 134 7 -4.9 4.8 57 10 31350 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 154 13 -5.6 11.6 58 7 33780 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 224 4 3.1 3.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.0 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 315.0 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -10.3 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.35 Bulk Shear: 6.76 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 322 5 123 3| 0.0 3.2 3.2| 0.2 -1.6 -1.5 -2.9 -0.23| 6.9 -1.6 1000 327 4 125 4| 2.3 1.6 3.9| 3.3 -3.2 0.1 0.1 0.01| 6.3 0.1 1500 319 3 132 5| 1.6 2.2 3.7| 8.7 -5.0 3.7 2.5 0.17| 6.6 1.1 2000 302 4 147 4| 0.6 1.6 2.2| 14.5 -5.0 9.5 4.7 0.33| 6.3 2.0 2500 305 5 153 3| 0.6 1.3 1.9| 17.3 -5.8 11.5 4.6 0.36| 6.4 2.3 3000 301 6 172 2| 0.5 1.6 2.1| 17.3 -10.3 7.0 2.3 0.20| 6.2 1.2 4000 290 8 207 3| 0.4 1.3 1.8| 18.3 -13.6 4.7 1.2 0.15| 5.2 0.8 5000 284 9 222 5| 0.5 1.4 1.9| 26.5 -13.6 12.9 2.6 0.20| 4.7 0.9 6000 285 10 238 5| 0.9 1.1 2.1| 44.5 -17.4 27.2 4.5 0.26| 4.6 1.2 Wrote GIF file: 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