UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2015121800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 DEC 15 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:0000Z 18 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 126 SFC 967 405 6.6 4.9 89 1.7 5.8 5 3 282.4 283.4 280.4 298.0 5.62 2 964 430 6.2 4.8 91 1.4 5.5 11 3 282.3 283.3 280.4 297.8 5.59 3 940 634 4.6 4.4 99 0.2 4.5 68 3 282.7 283.7 280.6 298.2 5.58 4 930 721 6.0 4.3 89 1.7 5.1 133 8 285.0 286.0 281.6 300.7 5.60 5 925 765 7.4 4.2 80 3.2 5.8 165 11 286.9 287.9 282.4 302.7 5.59 6 917 837 9.4 4.4 71 5.0 6.8 177 14 289.6 290.6 283.8 306.0 5.72 7 909 909 9.6 3.6 66 6.0 6.5 189 17 290.6 291.5 283.9 306.2 5.45 8 850 1462 5.4 2.0 79 3.4 3.7 215 26 291.8 292.7 284.1 306.8 5.20 9 798 1975 1.4 0.7 95 0.7 1.1 235 34 292.9 293.8 284.4 307.5 5.05 10 738 2602 -2.1 -2.3 99 0.2 -2.2 238 50 295.7 296.4 284.8 308.6 4.38 11 704 2976 -3.9 -4.0 99 0.1 -4.0 240 52 297.7 298.4 285.2 309.8 4.04 12 700 3021 -3.9 -4.0 99 0.1 -4.0 240 52 298.2 298.9 285.4 310.3 4.06 13 642 3701 -5.1 -6.5 90 1.4 -5.7 265 42 304.3 304.9 287.3 315.6 3.66 14 600 4230 -7.1 -9.3 84 2.2 -7.9 265 37 307.9 308.5 288.0 317.8 3.15 15 592 4335 -7.1 -11.2 72 4.1 -8.7 265 36 309.1 309.6 288.1 317.8 2.74 16 576 4548 -8.1 -13.1 67 5.0 -9.9 267 37 310.3 310.8 288.1 318.1 2.42 17 545 4975 -11.1 -16.1 67 5.0 -12.7 269 39 311.7 312.1 288.2 318.2 2.00 18 524 5275 -13.5 -17.0 75 3.5 -14.6 267 41 312.4 312.7 288.3 318.7 1.93 19 500 5630 -15.9 -20.4 68 4.5 -17.1 265 42 313.7 313.9 288.3 318.7 1.51 20 469 6111 -19.1 -24.1 65 5.0 -20.3 265 41 315.5 315.7 288.5 319.4 1.16 21 400 7280 -27.9 -32.1 67 4.2 -28.6 270 54 318.7 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.65 22 394 7388 -28.9 -32.7 70 3.8 -29.5 270 54 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.62 23 378 7684 -30.9 -35.9 61 5.0 -31.6 270 55 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.7 0.47 24 324 8758 -39.5 -45.5 53 6.0 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292 29 472.8 472.8 312.9 472.8 0.00 52 58 19513 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.3 300 29 476.9 476.9 313.2 476.9 0.00 53 54 19958 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.5 300 31 493.7 493.7 314.5 493.7 0.00 54 51 20316 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.3 306 28 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 55 50 20440 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.0 310 26 506.1 506.1 315.4 506.1 0.00 56 46 20968 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.2 325 15 526.0 526.0 316.7 526.1 0.00 57 41 21696 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.9 332 10 533.7 533.7 317.1 533.7 0.00 58 38 22176 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.4 328 13 555.6 555.6 318.4 555.6 0.01 59 36 22522 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -55.9 325 15 565.8 565.8 318.9 565.8 0.01 60 31 23473 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.7 310 21 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.4 0.00 61 30 23680 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.9 308 20 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.6 0.01 62 28 24119 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.8 305 19 602.9 602.9 320.7 603.0 0.01 63 25 24838 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -59.1 300 17 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.8 0.00 64 24 25097 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.6 298 17 631.3 631.3 322.0 631.3 0.01 65 22 25651 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -58.3 294 15 645.4 645.4 322.5 645.4 0.01 66 21 25948 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.8 292 15 660.1 660.1 323.0 660.1 0.01 67 20 26260 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.2 290 18 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 68 16 27677 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -58.3 286 24 708.9 708.9 324.7 709.0 0.01 69 14 28529 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -57.2 298 26 742.6 742.6 325.7 742.7 0.01 70 13 29002 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -58.6 294 26 753.0 753.0 326.0 753.1 0.01 71 11 30066 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -58.8 264 31 790.5 790.5 327.0 790.7 0.02 72 10 30670 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -60.4 280 43 804.9 804.9 327.4 805.0 0.01 73 9.5 30991 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -62.5 279 44 807.0 807.0 327.4 807.0 0.01 74 7.0 32890 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -63.8 275 53 876.5 876.5 329.0 876.6 0.01 75 6.5 33351 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -63.8 896.1 896.1 329.4 896.2 0.01 TRP 187 12267 -67.7 -74.7 36 7.0 -67.7 331.9 331.9 292.2 331.9 0.01 WND 209 11591 -63.8 -69.8 44 6.0 -63.8 265 72 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5504.00 m Freezing level: 774.00 mb = 2225.68 m = 7302.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.35 mb = 2174.88 m = 7135.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.98 % Est. max temperature: 16.52 C = 61.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.10 mb = 616.43 m = 2022.38 ft T: 4.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.22 C Layer 964.0- 940.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.62 mb = 1897.85 m = 6226.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.75 C = 62.15 F Cap Strength: 10.56 C Lifted Index: 10.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 8.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 23.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67468.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.72 mb = 1282.67 m = 4208.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 282 at 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 967 405 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 95 27 -27.2 2.5 1 943 610 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 100 28 -27.7 4.9 2 925 765 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 118 34 -29.8 16.1 3 908 914 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 133 33 -24.0 22.3 4 875 1219 205 25 10.6 22.7 | 150 33 -16.3 28.2 5 850 1462 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 156 29 -12.0 26.8 6 812 1829 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 170 22 -4.0 21.6 7 782 2134 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 192 29 5.9 28.5 8 753 2438 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 198 33 10.0 31.3 9 725 2743 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 211 38 19.9 32.5 10 700 3021 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 210 36 18.1 31.5 11 645 3658 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 238 18 14.9 9.2 12 596 4267 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 226 12 9.0 8.6 13 551 4877 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 246 13 12.1 5.5 14 500 5630 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 238 18 14.9 9.2 15 469 6096 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 237 17 13.9 9.1 16 400 7280 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 259 28 27.1 5.5 17 381 7620 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 259 29 28.1 5.5 18 306 9144 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 244 36 32.2 15.9 19 300 9280 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 244 37 33.2 16.1 20 250 10470 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 244 37 33.2 16.1 21 209 11582 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 255 46 44.8 11.8 22 209 11591 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 255 46 44.8 11.8 23 200 11860 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 254 41 39.8 11.3 24 187 12267 25 134 14326 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 264 16 15.9 1.8 26 105 15850 290 56 52.6 -19.2 | 298 29 25.7 -13.6 27 100 16130 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 330 17 8.6 -15.0 28 82 17374 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 324 13 7.5 -10.6 29 74 17983 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 52 15 -12.1 -9.3 30 71 18288 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 90 12 -11.9 0.0 31 70 18350 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 79 13 -13.0 -2.5 32 67 18593 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 132 11 -8.0 7.2 33 64 18898 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 235 5 4.0 2.8 34 61 19202 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 17 9 -2.7 -8.5 35 53 20117 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 356 11 0.8 -10.5 36 50 20440 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 32 13 -7.0 -11.2 37 43 21336 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 86 24 -23.5 -1.7 38 33 23165 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 62 17 -15.3 -8.3 39 31 23470 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 54 13 -10.8 -8.0 40 20 26213 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 93 14 -13.7 0.7 41 20 26260 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 86 10 -10.0 -0.6 42 19 26518 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 133 8 -5.9 5.5 43 14 28651 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 30 9 -4.4 -7.5 44 11 29870 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 127 2 -1.3 1.0 45 11 30175 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 203 15 5.9 14.3 46 10 30670 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 277 16 15.4 -2.0 47 7 32890 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 268 26 25.9 0.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 5.2 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 569.1 neg: -6.9 tot: 562.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 174.13 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 170 7 113 30| 0.0 20.2 20.2|179.4 0.0 179.4 358.9 0.83| 25.8 21.5 1000 197 14 131 30| 6.5 10.1 16.6|289.1 0.0 289.1 289.1 0.87| 19.9 17.3 1500 212 19 142 27| 7.9 6.7 14.6|353.0 0.0 353.0 235.3 0.83| 17.8 14.8 2000 222 24 155 26| 5.9 7.8 13.7|424.0 0.0 424.0 212.0 0.81| 16.8 13.6 2500 228 29 168 26| 6.7 6.3 12.9|504.1 -3.5 500.6 200.3 0.80| 15.7 12.6 3000 233 33 178 25| 5.7 5.2 10.9|569.1 -6.9 562.1 187.4 0.76| 15.7 11.8 4000 242 35 189 22| 4.1 3.9 8.0|596.9 -17.5 579.4 144.9 0.67| 13.7 9.2 5000 248 36 198 20| 3.6 3.4 7.1|608.2 -22.4 585.8 117.2 0.65| 11.6 7.6 6000 252 37 205 19| 3.3 3.0 6.2|618.8 -26.7 592.1 98.7 0.63| 10.1 6.4 Wrote GIF file: 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