UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2018010800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 8 JAN 18 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 8 JAN 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 157 SFC 971 405 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 50 2 278.5 279.3 277.3 291.3 4.68 2 967 438 2.4 1.5 94 0.9 2.0 64 2 278.2 279.0 276.8 290.3 4.41 3 948 594 1.2 1.2 100 0.0 1.2 133 1 278.6 279.3 277.0 290.7 4.40 4 940 661 3.8 2.3 90 1.5 3.1 112 2 281.9 282.7 279.2 295.2 4.80 5 935 703 5.2 1.1 75 4.1 3.3 90 2 283.8 284.5 279.6 296.2 4.43 6 925 789 5.8 -0.2 65 6.0 3.1 45 3 285.2 285.9 279.9 296.8 4.07 7 915 878 6.8 -1.2 57 8.0 3.2 56 4 287.2 287.8 280.5 298.1 3.82 8 886 1143 7.4 -1.6 53 9.0 3.3 113 13 290.4 291.1 282.0 301.6 3.83 9 879 1208 9.0 -5.0 37 14.0 2.9 128 16 292.8 293.3 282.0 301.6 2.99 10 850 1485 7.2 -9.8 29 17.0 0.6 195 7 293.7 294.1 281.4 300.1 2.13 11 808 1900 5.4 -16.6 19 22.0 -1.9 217 6 296.1 296.3 281.4 300.1 1.29 12 789 2094 5.2 -26.8 8 32.0 -3.4 207 5 297.9 298.0 281.2 299.6 0.54 13 779 2198 6.2 -32.8 4 39.0 -3.3 200 5 300.0 300.1 281.8 301.1 0.31 14 729 2738 3.2 -35.8 4 39.0 -5.4 214 8 302.5 302.5 282.7 303.4 0.25 15 700 3066 2.4 -29.6 7 32.0 -5.8 210 17 305.1 305.2 284.1 306.7 0.47 16 693 3147 2.0 -31.0 7 33.0 -6.1 213 17 305.6 305.7 284.2 307.0 0.42 17 688 3206 1.8 -20.2 18 22.0 -5.1 216 16 306.0 306.2 285.2 309.6 1.12 18 685 3241 1.6 -20.4 18 22.0 -5.3 217 16 306.1 306.4 285.2 309.8 1.10 19 661 3527 -0.5 -19.5 22 19.0 -6.5 229 15 306.9 307.2 285.7 311.0 1.23 20 653 3624 -1.5 -11.5 46 10.0 -5.3 233 14 306.9 307.3 286.9 314.6 2.43 21 646 3710 -2.3 -10.3 54 8.0 -5.4 235 14 306.9 307.4 287.2 315.4 2.70 22 639 3797 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -6.1 236 15 307.4 307.9 287.1 315.2 2.44 23 631 3897 -3.3 -21.3 23 18.0 -8.6 237 16 307.8 308.0 285.8 311.5 1.11 24 624 3985 -3.9 -16.9 36 13.0 -8.2 238 17 308.1 308.4 286.5 313.4 1.63 25 609 4176 -5.5 -17.5 38 12.0 -9.4 239 18 308.4 308.7 286.6 313.6 1.59 26 542 5083 -10.1 -27.1 23 17.0 -14.2 206 33 313.4 313.6 287.4 316.0 0.77 27 500 5700 -14.9 -32.9 20 18.0 -18.3 205 33 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.6 0.48 28 438 6684 -23.7 -38.7 24 15.0 -25.7 205 31 315.9 315.9 287.8 317.0 0.31 29 409 7181 -27.7 -39.7 31 12.0 -29.1 201 29 317.0 317.0 288.1 318.0 0.30 30 404 7269 -28.5 -36.5 46 8.0 -29.5 201 29 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.5 0.42 31 400 7340 -29.1 -36.1 51 7.0 -30.0 200 29 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.7 0.44 32 392 7484 -30.7 -36.7 56 6.0 -31.4 200 29 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.42 33 388 7557 -30.7 -34.7 68 4.0 -31.2 200 29 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.52 34 375 7799 -31.1 -34.7 71 3.6 -31.6 201 31 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.4 0.54 35 363 8029 -32.7 -36.5 69 3.8 -33.1 201 33 321.3 321.4 289.6 323.0 0.46 36 330 8693 -38.7 -41.8 72 3.1 -38.9 203 39 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.0 0.30 37 300 9340 -44.3 -48.9 60 4.6 -44.5 205 45 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.15 38 263 10204 -52.3 -58.3 48 6.0 -52.5 209 53 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.8 0.06 39 256 10378 -53.3 -60.3 42 7.0 -53.5 210 54 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.8 0.04 40 250 10530 -53.3 -61.3 37 8.0 -53.5 215 48 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.04 41 239 10818 -55.1 -65.1 28 10.0 -55.3 219 43 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.03 42 232 11006 -56.9 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.1 221 40 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.02 43 228 11116 -57.3 -67.3 27 10.0 -57.5 223 39 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.02 44 226 11172 -56.5 -66.5 27 10.0 -56.6 224 38 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.02 45 207 11724 -58.9 -72.9 15 14.0 -59.0 220 38 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.01 46 200 11940 -58.3 -75.3 10 17.0 -58.5 220 36 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.01 47 197 12035 -58.9 -76.9 8 18.0 -59.0 220 37 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.01 48 185 12431 -58.7 -79.7 5 21.0 -58.9 220 41 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.00 49 180 12604 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -57.9 220 42 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 50 169 13002 -58.5 -82.5 3 24.0 -58.7 220 46 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 51 163 13230 -57.5 -83.5 2 26.0 -57.8 225 44 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 52 158 13429 -54.9 -83.9 2 29.0 -55.2 232 40 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.00 53 153 13634 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -56.6 240 35 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 54 150 13760 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -57.0 245 32 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 55 148 13845 -56.5 -85.5 1 29.0 -56.8 245 31 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 56 134 14468 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -59.7 245 30 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 57 126 14852 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.6 245 31 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 58 100 16290 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.8 240 13 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 59 86 17234 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -59.9 253 23 431.0 431.0 308.9 431.0 0.00 60 80 17686 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.4 255 14 436.7 436.7 309.6 436.7 0.00 61 70 18520 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -59.9 310 10 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 62 65 18985 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.5 273 4 470.4 470.4 312.7 470.4 0.00 63 61 19384 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.0 241 4 475.4 475.4 313.1 475.5 0.00 64 52 20391 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.0 160 5 505.6 505.6 315.4 505.6 0.00 65 50 20640 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.7 140 5 509.4 509.4 315.6 509.4 0.00 66 46 21168 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.4 344 5 522.6 522.7 316.5 522.7 0.00 67 43 21598 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.2 4 21 539.2 539.2 317.5 539.3 0.01 68 31 23698 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -55.5 36 19 592.7 592.7 320.3 592.7 0.01 69 30 23910 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -53.9 50 26 603.7 603.7 320.8 603.8 0.01 70 28 24358 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -52.7 64 28 620.7 620.7 321.5 620.8 0.01 71 21 26232 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -53.8 45 42 671.5 671.6 323.5 671.7 0.02 72 20 26550 -49.3 -82.3 1 33.0 -53.0 45 39 685.3 685.3 324.0 685.4 0.02 73 19 26888 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -52.0 49 43 700.4 700.4 324.4 700.6 0.03 74 16 28021 -48.3 -81.3 1 33.0 -52.9 50 59 733.7 733.7 325.5 734.0 0.03 75 15 28449 -44.5 -79.5 1 35.0 -50.8 47 65 760.0 760.0 326.2 760.4 0.05 76 13 29411 -43.0 -78.6 1 35.6 -50.5 40 76 797.1 797.1 327.2 797.7 0.06 77 12 29952 -42.1 -78.1 1 36.0 -50.4 40 76 818.6 818.6 327.7 819.3 0.08 78 11 30543 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -49.9 40 75 845.7 845.8 328.3 846.7 0.09 79 11 30543 -40.5 -77.5 1 37.0 -50.0 40 75 845.0 845.1 328.3 845.9 0.09 TRP 207 11724 -58.9 -72.9 15 14.0 -59.0 220 38 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.01 WND 13 29411 -43.0 -78.6 1 35.6 -50.5 40 76 797.1 797.1 327.2 797.7 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5543.00 m Freezing level: 666.71 mb = 3459.03 m = 11348.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.90 mb = 1582.81 m = 5192.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.79 % Est. max temperature: 19.69 C = 67.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.99 mb = 478.49 m = 1569.84 ft T: 2.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 1.99 C Layer 850.0- 779.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.44 mb = 4338.55 m = 14233.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Cap Strength: 16.19 C Lifted Index: 16.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.75 C Showalter Index: 13.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 5.10 C K Index: -19.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56274.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.13 mb = 1600.14 m = 5249.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 240 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 971 405 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 59 15 -13.1 -7.8 1 946 610 140 1 -0.6 0.8 | 65 14 -12.2 -5.8 2 925 789 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 58 16 -13.7 -8.7 3 911 914 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 60 18 -15.9 -9.1 4 878 1219 130 16 -12.3 10.3 | 99 24 -23.8 3.7 5 850 1485 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 91 10 -9.8 0.2 6 815 1829 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 76 8 -7.7 -2.0 7 785 2134 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 78 10 -9.5 -2.0 8 756 2438 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 87 12 -11.6 -0.6 9 728 2743 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 90 7 -7.0 -0.0 10 702 3048 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 159 9 -3.1 8.2 11 700 3066 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 159 9 -3.1 8.2 12 649 3658 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 176 1 -0.1 1.5 13 600 4267 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 239 6 4.9 2.9 14 555 4877 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 202 25 9.1 22.9 15 534 5182 200 32 10.9 30.1 | 178 24 -0.6 23.5 16 500 5700 205 33 13.9 29.9 | 186 23 2.4 23.3 17 474 6096 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 192 22 4.4 21.2 18 400 7340 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 175 21 -1.7 20.7 19 384 7620 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 175 21 -1.7 20.7 20 309 9144 205 44 18.6 39.9 | 192 34 7.0 33.3 21 300 9340 205 45 19.0 40.8 | 192 35 7.4 34.2 22 256 10363 210 54 27.0 46.8 | 201 43 15.4 40.2 23 250 10530 215 48 27.5 39.3 | 206 36 16.0 32.8 24 222 11278 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 216 23 13.9 18.9 25 207 11724 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 210 26 12.8 22.6 26 200 11940 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 209 24 11.6 21.0 27 166 13106 220 47 30.2 36.0 | 212 35 18.6 29.4 28 150 13760 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 248 19 17.4 7.0 29 144 14021 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 249 17 15.6 6.1 30 118 15240 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 248 18 16.5 6.5 31 113 15545 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 226 8 5.6 5.5 32 107 15850 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 277 15 15.0 -1.9 33 100 16290 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 79 0 -0.3 -0.1 34 84 17374 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 270 13 12.6 -0.1 35 80 17678 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 326 4 1.9 -2.9 36 73 18288 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 356 7 0.4 -6.6 37 70 18520 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 17 14 -3.9 -13.0 38 66 18898 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 46 11 -7.6 -7.3 39 50 20640 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 80 15 -14.8 -2.7 40 47 21031 5 1 -0.1 -1.0 | 57 14 -11.7 -7.6 41 45 21336 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 20 15 -5.1 -14.2 42 43 21641 10 23 -4.0 -22.7 | 28 33 -15.6 -29.2 43 41 21946 15 22 -5.7 -21.3 | 32 33 -17.3 -27.8 44 37 22555 55 18 -14.7 -10.3 | 57 31 -26.3 -16.9 45 35 22860 50 19 -14.6 -12.2 | 54 32 -26.1 -18.8 46 32 23470 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 50 26 -19.9 -16.5 47 31 23774 35 21 -12.0 -17.2 | 45 34 -23.6 -23.8 48 30 23910 50 26 -19.9 -16.7 | 54 39 -31.5 -23.3 49 28 24384 65 28 -25.4 -11.8 | 64 41 -37.0 -18.4 50 27 24689 50 32 -24.5 -20.6 | 53 45 -36.1 -27.1 51 25 24994 65 23 -20.8 -9.7 | 63 36 -32.4 -16.3 52 23 25603 40 26 -16.7 -19.9 | 47 39 -28.3 -26.5 53 21 26213 45 42 -29.7 -29.7 | 49 55 -41.3 -36.3 54 20 26550 45 39 -27.6 -27.6 | 49 52 -39.2 -34.1 55 18 27432 55 50 -41.0 -28.7 | 56 63 -52.5 -35.2 56 13 29261 40 76 -48.9 -58.2 | 43 89 -60.4 -64.8 57 13 29411 40 76 -48.9 -58.2 | 43 89 -60.4 -64.8 58 9 30175 40 74 -47.6 -56.7 | 43 87 -59.1 -63.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -21.4 tot: 112.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 51.19 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 62 2 61 16| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 8.7 -7.8 0.9 1.8 0.03| 8.3 0.2 1000 119 7 79 18| 5.7 0.0 5.7|110.4 -9.0 101.4 101.4 0.48| 18.7 9.0 1500 146 7 86 15| 2.6 0.0 2.6|110.4 -21.4 89.1 59.4 0.29| 14.9 4.4 2000 162 6 88 14| 2.0 0.9 2.8|115.1 -21.4 93.7 46.9 0.31| 12.1 3.7 2500 175 7 91 12| 3.2 0.7 3.9|125.2 -21.4 103.8 41.5 0.35| 11.5 4.1 3000 192 8 99 10| 3.2 0.6 3.8|133.6 -21.4 112.2 37.4 0.38| 11.0 4.2 4000 213 10 110 6| 2.6 0.8 3.4|135.9 -24.4 111.5 27.9 0.34| 9.8 3.3 5000 212 15 148 7| 2.1 2.4 4.4|143.1-116.8 26.3 5.3 0.10| 10.6 1.1 6000 210 18 164 9| 1.9 1.9 3.8|167.6-125.3 42.3 7.1 0.12| 9.4 1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20180108.00.gif