UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2015121300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 13 DEC 15 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 13 DEC 15 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 111 SFC 966 405 4.8 4.8 100 0.0 4.8 10 5 280.7 281.7 279.6 296.1 5.58 2 958 471 3.4 2.9 97 0.5 3.2 333 4 280.0 280.8 278.4 293.5 4.92 3 947 562 3.8 3.2 96 0.6 3.5 282 2 281.3 282.2 279.3 295.4 5.08 4 931 696 3.4 2.9 97 0.5 3.2 208 5 282.3 283.1 279.7 296.3 5.06 5 925 747 3.4 2.8 96 0.6 3.1 180 8 282.8 283.7 280.0 296.9 5.06 6 923 765 3.6 2.9 95 0.7 3.2 181 9 283.2 284.0 280.2 297.4 5.11 7 912 862 5.2 2.5 83 2.7 3.9 187 12 285.8 286.7 281.3 300.0 5.02 8 868 1265 3.0 1.7 91 1.3 2.4 219 24 287.6 288.4 282.1 301.7 4.98 9 850 1435 3.2 2.5 95 0.7 2.8 235 27 289.5 290.4 283.4 304.9 5.39 10 843 1502 3.4 2.7 95 0.7 3.1 239 29 290.4 291.4 283.9 306.2 5.52 11 780 2129 0.2 0.2 100 0.0 0.2 255 55 293.5 294.4 284.5 308.0 4.98 12 712 2859 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.1 273 66 300.0 300.9 287.0 314.7 4.89 13 700 2995 -1.3 -1.8 96 0.5 -1.6 270 66 301.0 301.9 287.2 315.5 4.79 14 664 3414 -3.3 -4.3 93 1.0 -3.7 270 65 303.4 304.2 287.5 316.2 4.19 15 626 3878 -6.5 -6.7 98 0.2 -6.6 273 68 304.9 305.6 287.5 316.3 3.70 16 522 5275 -14.9 -16.7 86 1.8 -15.4 280 70 311.0 311.4 287.9 317.5 1.98 17 500 5600 -17.1 -18.5 89 1.4 -17.5 280 65 312.2 312.5 288.1 318.0 1.78 18 456 6287 -22.1 -23.3 90 1.2 -22.4 281 65 314.3 314.5 288.3 318.6 1.28 19 448 6417 -22.9 -24.8 84 1.9 -23.3 281 65 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.7 1.14 20 433 6667 -24.7 -26.0 89 1.3 -24.9 282 65 315.6 315.9 288.5 319.3 1.06 21 400 7240 -29.5 -32.3 77 2.8 -29.9 285 64 316.6 316.8 288.3 318.9 0.64 22 356 8058 -35.9 -39.3 71 3.4 -36.2 290 68 318.8 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.36 23 330 8578 -40.7 -43.0 78 2.3 -40.9 290 70 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.1 0.26 24 320 8786 -41.5 -42.8 87 1.3 -41.6 294 74 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.27 25 302 9176 -44.3 -46.2 81 1.9 -44.4 300 82 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.20 26 300 9220 -44.7 -47.0 78 2.3 -44.8 300 81 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.18 27 271 9890 -50.7 -53.7 70 3.0 -50.8 304 93 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.09 28 250 10410 -54.3 -57.1 71 2.8 -54.4 300 88 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.07 29 237 10751 -56.7 -60.2 64 3.5 -56.8 300 97 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.05 30 228 10997 -57.7 -62.5 54 4.8 -57.8 300 110 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.04 31 219 11252 -57.5 -61.8 58 4.3 -57.6 295 130 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 32 215 11369 -55.7 -62.7 41 7.0 -55.8 295 131 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.04 33 203 11735 -56.5 -69.5 18 13.0 -56.7 295 126 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 34 201 11798 -55.7 -68.7 18 13.0 -55.9 295 125 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 35 200 11830 -55.7 -69.7 16 14.0 -55.9 295 125 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.02 36 193 12056 -57.3 -72.3 13 15.0 -57.5 295 132 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 37 190 12155 -56.8 -72.7 12 15.9 -57.1 295 136 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 38 183 12393 -55.7 -73.7 9 18.0 -55.9 296 130 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 39 180 12499 -54.5 -73.5 8 19.0 -54.8 297 126 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 40 168 12942 -52.5 -75.5 5 23.0 -52.9 299 112 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 41 160 13256 -53.9 -77.9 4 24.0 -54.3 300 108 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 42 150 13670 -54.1 -79.1 3 25.0 -54.5 305 91 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 43 149 13713 -53.5 -79.5 3 26.0 -53.9 305 89 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 44 144 13932 -54.3 -79.3 3 25.0 -54.7 305 81 380.9 380.9 302.4 381.0 0.01 45 140 14113 -53.9 -78.9 3 25.0 -54.4 305 74 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.01 46 136 14298 -55.1 -81.1 3 26.0 -55.5 305 67 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 47 134 14393 -54.7 -80.7 3 26.0 -55.1 305 64 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 48 119 15141 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.1 301 52 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 49 113 15464 -59.7 -83.7 3 24.0 -60.0 290 43 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 50 104 15978 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.1 285 53 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 51 100 16220 -62.7 -85.7 3 23.0 -62.9 285 60 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 52 91 16803 -61.9 -84.9 3 23.0 -62.1 288 37 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 53 86 17151 -63.5 -86.5 3 23.0 -63.7 273 46 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 54 70 18420 -62.1 -87.1 2 25.0 -62.4 290 33 451.5 451.5 311.0 451.5 0.00 55 69 18509 -62.1 -87.1 2 25.0 -62.4 293 29 453.4 453.4 311.2 453.4 0.00 56 62 19169 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.2 284 29 463.5 463.5 312.1 463.5 0.00 57 58 19583 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.4 301 29 481.4 481.4 313.5 481.5 0.00 58 56 19803 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -60.0 315 18 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.2 0.00 59 54 20033 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.9 296 14 500.1 500.1 314.9 500.2 0.01 60 50 20520 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.4 275 18 505.2 505.2 315.3 505.2 0.00 61 48 20775 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.9 298 14 509.7 509.7 315.6 509.7 0.00 62 46 21044 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.2 318 11 526.0 526.0 316.7 526.1 0.01 63 43 21472 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.1 287 10 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.8 0.01 64 41 21775 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.8 290 13 545.1 545.1 317.8 545.2 0.01 65 38 22258 -56.5 -85.5 1 29.0 -57.6 298 18 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.01 66 37 22428 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -55.7 323 15 561.9 561.9 318.8 561.9 0.01 67 34 22968 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.5 319 12 573.5 573.5 319.3 573.6 0.01 68 33 23159 -52.1 -83.1 1 31.0 -54.1 310 12 586.4 586.4 320.0 586.5 0.01 69 31 23566 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -51.8 300 10 605.1 605.1 320.9 605.2 0.02 70 30 23780 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -52.8 260 9 607.5 607.5 320.9 607.6 0.02 71 28 24228 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -54.8 279 10 612.9 613.0 321.2 613.0 0.01 72 26 24708 -51.5 -82.5 1 31.0 -54.0 292 12 629.5 629.5 321.9 629.6 0.02 73 21 26093 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -54.7 323 17 667.9 667.9 323.3 668.1 0.02 74 20 26410 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -53.7 330 18 682.2 682.2 323.9 682.4 0.02 75 18 27099 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -53.5 327 16 705.0 705.0 324.6 705.2 0.03 76 18 27099 -47.7 -80.7 1 33.0 -52.2 327 16 711.3 711.3 324.8 711.6 0.03 77 16 27873 -49.9 -81.9 1 32.0 -54.0 324 14 728.5 728.5 325.3 728.7 0.03 78 16 27873 -48.1 -81.1 1 33.0 -52.8 324 14 734.3 734.4 325.5 734.6 0.03 79 15 28297 -49.3 -81.3 1 32.0 -53.8 322 13 744.0 744.1 325.8 744.3 0.04 TRP 228 10997 -57.7 -62.5 54 4.8 -57.8 300 110 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.04 WND 190 12155 -56.8 -72.7 12 15.9 -57.1 295 136 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.00 m Freezing level: 767.64 mb = 2261.77 m = 7420.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.68 mb = 2235.58 m = 7334.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.96 % Est. max temperature: 15.67 C = 60.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.00 mb = 405.00 m = 1328.72 ft T: 4.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 2.56 C Layer 958.0- 947.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.92 mb = 2078.22 m = 6818.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.19 C = 62.95 F Cap Strength: 12.56 C Lifted Index: 13.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.05 C Showalter Index: 8.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57934.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.80 mb = 1008.24 m = 3307.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 301 at 42 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 966 405 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 115 40 -36.6 16.8 1 941 610 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 122 41 -34.7 22.0 2 925 747 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 130 46 -35.7 29.7 3 906 914 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 137 49 -33.3 35.5 4 873 1219 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 151 46 -22.5 40.5 5 850 1435 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 160 40 -13.6 37.2 6 841 1524 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 165 38 -9.7 36.7 7 809 1829 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 197 41 12.2 39.1 8 779 2134 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 206 40 17.4 35.9 9 750 2438 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 223 37 25.1 27.0 10 722 2743 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 242 34 30.1 15.9 11 700 2995 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 234 37 30.3 21.7 12 643 3658 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 233 36 29.3 21.7 13 594 4267 280 73 71.9 -12.7 | 256 37 36.2 9.0 14 549 4877 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 257 39 38.2 8.7 15 500 5600 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 250 30 28.3 10.4 16 467 6096 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 250 30 28.3 10.4 17 400 7240 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 259 27 26.1 5.1 18 379 7620 290 68 63.9 -23.3 | 273 28 28.2 -1.6 19 331 8534 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 274 29 29.1 -1.9 20 303 9144 300 82 71.0 -41.0 | 299 40 35.3 -19.3 21 300 9220 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 299 39 34.5 -18.8 22 276 9754 305 94 77.0 -53.9 | 308 52 41.3 -32.2 23 250 10410 300 88 76.2 -44.0 | 299 46 40.5 -22.3 24 240 10668 300 93 80.5 -46.5 | 299 51 44.8 -24.8 25 228 10997 300 110 95.3 -55.0 | 299 68 59.6 -33.3 26 218 11278 295 132 119.6 -55.8 | 292 91 83.9 -34.1 27 200 11830 295 125 113.3 -52.8 | 292 84 77.6 -31.1 28 198 11887 295 124 112.4 -52.4 | 292 83 76.7 -30.7 29 190 12155 295 136 123.3 -57.5 | 292 95 87.6 -35.8 30 189 12192 295 136 123.3 -57.5 | 292 95 87.6 -35.8 31 164 13106 300 107 92.7 -53.5 | 299 65 57.0 -31.8 32 156 13411 300 110 95.3 -55.0 | 299 68 59.6 -33.3 33 150 13670 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 308 49 38.9 -30.5 34 129 14630 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 317 13 8.5 -9.3 35 117 15240 300 51 44.2 -25.5 | 294 9 8.5 -3.8 36 111 15545 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 195 12 2.9 11.3 37 100 16220 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 255 23 22.3 6.2 38 92 16764 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 169 10 -1.9 9.4 39 87 17069 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 203 24 9.3 21.7 40 83 17374 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 224 18 12.6 13.2 41 79 17678 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 129 6 -4.5 3.7 42 75 17983 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 165 17 -4.2 16.1 43 72 18288 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 180 12 0.0 12.1 44 70 18420 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 156 11 -4.7 10.4 45 68 18593 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 131 16 -12.1 10.7 46 65 18898 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 151 22 -10.8 19.5 47 59 19507 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 143 10 -5.8 7.7 48 56 19812 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 111 25 -23.0 9.0 49 53 20117 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 126 30 -24.4 17.6 50 51 20422 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 138 33 -21.9 24.1 51 50 20520 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 139 27 -17.8 20.1 52 46 21031 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 115 32 -28.6 13.3 53 44 21336 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 126 33 -27.0 19.4 54 38 22250 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 126 24 -19.4 14.1 55 36 22555 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 107 33 -31.2 9.5 56 33 23165 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 118 30 -26.5 14.0 57 31 23470 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 115 32 -28.6 13.3 58 30 23780 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 131 36 -26.8 23.3 59 27 24384 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 127 31 -25.1 18.8 60 20 26410 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 103 27 -26.7 6.1 61 14 27432 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 114 31 -28.0 12.5 62 13 27737 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 99 30 -29.5 4.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 55.7 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 11.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 957.3 neg: -37.6 tot: 919.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 306.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.6 stream: 14.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 404.60 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 188 6 128 44| 19.2 0.0 19.2|184.8 0.0 184.8 369.5 0.78| 21.4 16.7 1000 210 13 139 44| 15.6 0.0 15.6|406.1 0.0 406.1 406.1 0.83| 21.3 17.6 1500 232 22 152 40| 18.7 0.0 18.7|694.3 0.0 694.3 462.9 0.89| 24.1 21.3 2000 244 30 167 36| 15.9 0.0 15.9|845.0 0.0 845.0 422.5 0.90| 21.9 19.7 2500 254 37 180 32| 13.8 0.0 13.8|957.3 -17.7 939.6 375.8 0.87| 20.6 17.9 3000 258 42 190 31| 11.5 0.4 11.8|957.3 -37.6 919.7 306.6 0.83| 17.6 14.5 4000 264 49 206 29| 9.6 0.3 9.8|1098.7 -39.31059.3 264.8 0.84| 15.2 12.8 5000 269 54 218 29| 7.7 0.7 8.4|1103.9 -67.71036.2 207.2 0.77| 13.0 9.9 6000 271 56 224 29| 6.4 0.8 7.2|1113.3 -78.51034.8 172.5 0.74| 11.2 8.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20151213.00.gif