UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2017090812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 SEP 17 Searching for KMFR... Searching the city database file for: KMFR ... Date:1200Z 8 SEP 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 109 SFC 967 405 19.0 15.0 78 4.0 16.4 290 3 295.0 297.0 290.9 327.0 11.15 2 952 538 18.6 13.7 73 4.9 15.5 300 5 295.9 297.8 290.5 325.9 10.40 3 925 783 16.8 13.8 82 3.0 14.9 295 6 296.5 298.4 291.0 327.6 10.78 4 887 1140 14.2 13.4 95 0.8 13.7 155 2 297.4 299.4 291.5 329.2 10.96 5 850 1499 12.4 12.4 100 0.0 12.4 110 1 299.1 301.1 291.8 330.4 10.70 6 802 1985 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 125 7 301.0 302.6 291.2 328.2 9.21 7 787 2142 9.2 7.1 87 2.1 8.0 135 10 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.4 8.07 8 741 2640 6.6 5.9 95 0.7 6.2 166 13 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.5 7.88 9 731 2752 7.2 3.7 78 3.5 5.2 180 13 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.5 6.84 10 719 2888 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316.5 316.9 289.6 322.8 1.90 25 571 4743 -3.3 -12.3 50 9.0 -6.8 185 26 316.8 317.3 290.3 325.3 2.60 26 561 4883 -4.3 -12.3 54 8.0 -7.5 185 27 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.9 2.65 27 547 5081 -5.5 -14.5 49 9.0 -8.8 186 27 318.1 318.5 290.5 325.6 2.27 28 539 5197 -6.3 -13.3 58 7.0 -8.9 187 27 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.54 29 524 5417 -7.3 -16.3 49 9.0 -10.5 188 28 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.7 2.04 30 500 5780 -10.1 -18.1 52 8.0 -12.8 190 28 320.7 321.1 290.9 327.0 1.84 31 485 6014 -12.3 -19.3 56 7.0 -14.5 186 32 320.8 321.2 290.7 326.6 1.71 32 467 6303 -14.1 -22.1 51 8.0 -16.4 185 32 322.1 322.3 290.8 326.9 1.39 33 456 6484 -15.5 -20.5 65 5.0 -17.0 185 31 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.1 1.64 34 444 6685 -16.9 -21.4 68 4.5 -18.1 185 30 323.2 323.5 291.3 328.6 1.56 35 438 6787 -17.7 -22.7 65 5.0 -19.0 185 30 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.4 1.41 36 435 6838 -18.1 -25.1 54 7.0 -19.8 185 29 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.14 37 429 6942 -18.9 -25.9 54 7.0 -20.5 185 29 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.7 1.08 38 425 7012 -19.5 -24.5 64 5.0 -20.7 185 28 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.3 1.24 39 413 7225 -21.3 -26.0 66 4.7 -22.4 185 27 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.2 1.11 40 400 7460 -23.5 -25.8 81 2.3 -24.0 185 26 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.17 41 399 7478 -23.7 -25.9 82 2.2 -24.2 186 26 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.5 1.16 42 384 7757 -25.7 -28.6 77 2.9 -26.3 190 24 325.4 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.94 43 373 7967 -27.7 -29.2 87 1.5 -28.0 190 23 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.92 44 369 8044 -27.7 -36.7 42 9.0 -29.0 189 23 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.1 0.45 45 367 8083 -27.9 -39.9 31 12.0 -29.4 188 23 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.32 46 336 8710 -33.7 -40.7 49 7.0 -34.4 181 20 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.33 47 326 8921 -35.1 -43.1 44 8.0 -35.8 178 20 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.26 48 322 9007 -34.7 -48.7 23 14.0 -35.8 177 19 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 49 316 9139 -34.7 -50.7 18 16.0 -35.9 175 19 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.12 50 303 9431 -36.5 -54.5 14 18.0 -37.6 167 21 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 51 300 9500 -36.3 -55.3 12 19.0 -37.5 165 21 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 52 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-52.9 286 10 641.2 641.2 322.3 641.3 0.01 80 20 26770 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.0 40 8 685.3 685.3 324.0 685.4 0.02 81 19 27106 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.1 57 7 695.4 695.4 324.3 695.6 0.02 82 15 28668 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -51.7 127 5 755.3 755.4 326.1 755.7 0.04 83 12 30153 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -52.6 181 4 804.4 804.4 327.4 804.8 0.05 TRP 117 15626 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 195 20 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.00 m Freezing level: 614.00 mb = 4166.20 m = 13668.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.60 mb = 3384.96 m = 11105.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.42 mb = 908.72 m = 2981.33 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 4.62 C Layer 700.0- 639.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.76 mb = 1461.79 m = 4795.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.95 C = 73.31 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54567.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.06 mb = 1186.71 m = 3893.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 217 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 967 405 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 23 12 -4.8 -11.3 1 944 610 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 11 14 -2.7 -13.7 2 925 783 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 10 13 -2.2 -12.8 3 911 914 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 19 12 -3.7 -10.9 4 879 1219 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 41 13 -8.6 -9.9 5 850 1499 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 41 13 -8.6 -9.9 6 817 1829 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 53 14 -11.3 -8.5 7 787 2134 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 78 15 -14.7 -3.2 8 759 2438 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 89 16 -16.0 -0.3 9 732 2743 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 110 8 -7.6 2.8 10 700 3108 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 180 6 -0.0 6.1 11 653 3658 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 167 7 -1.5 6.7 12 605 4267 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 151 12 -5.8 10.7 13 560 4877 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 162 17 -5.3 16.7 14 500 5780 190 28 4.9 27.6 | 171 18 -2.8 17.3 15 479 6096 185 33 2.9 32.9 | 168 23 -4.8 22.6 16 400 7460 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 161 17 -5.4 15.7 17 391 7620 190 24 4.2 23.6 | 165 14 -3.5 13.4 18 375 7925 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 164 13 -3.6 12.4 19 315 9144 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 133 13 -9.3 8.7 20 300 9500 165 21 -5.4 20.3 | 128 16 -13.1 10.1 21 277 10058 155 14 -5.9 12.7 | 100 14 -13.6 2.5 22 265 10363 145 16 -9.2 13.1 | 100 17 -16.8 2.9 23 250 10750 170 36 -6.3 35.5 | 151 29 -13.9 25.2 24 242 10973 170 41 -7.1 40.4 | 154 34 -14.8 30.1 25 221 11582 145 36 -20.6 29.5 | 124 34 -28.3 19.3 26 200 12230 180 34 0.0 34.0 | 162 25 -7.6 23.8 27 192 12497 185 30 2.6 29.9 | 166 20 -5.0 19.7 28 175 13106 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 135 11 -7.6 7.8 29 150 14080 155 24 -10.1 21.8 | 123 21 -17.8 11.5 30 124 15240 180 23 0.0 23.0 | 149 15 -7.6 12.8 31 117 15626 195 20 5.2 19.3 | 165 9 -2.5 9.1 32 100 16590 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 146 6 -3.5 5.2 33 76 18288 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 83 13 -12.6 -1.6 34 70 18790 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 70 10 -9.5 -3.5 35 62 19507 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 46 12 -8.9 -8.7 36 59 19812 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 74 19 -18.5 -5.2 37 57 20117 115 25 -22.7 10.6 | 91 30 -30.3 0.3 38 54 20422 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 99 19 -18.6 2.8 39 50 20880 135 23 -16.3 16.3 | 104 25 -23.9 6.0 40 49 21031 140 23 -14.8 17.6 | 108 24 -22.4 7.4 41 47 21336 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 109 11 -10.1 3.6 42 44 21641 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 84 16 -16.1 -1.7 43 42 21946 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 37 13 -7.6 -10.2 44 30 24079 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 79 18 -17.5 -3.3 45 30 24130 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 87 13 -13.1 -0.7 46 29 24384 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 88 9 -8.5 -0.3 47 24 25603 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 4 18 -1.2 -17.9 48 22 26213 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 37 11 -6.5 -8.6 49 21 26518 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 3 24 -1.3 -23.8 50 20 26770 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 38 21 -12.8 -16.4 51 16 27432 105 6 -5.8 1.6 | 57 16 -13.4 -8.7 52 9 29566 260 2 2.0 0.3 | 30 11 -5.7 -9.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.8 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 216.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: -13.3 tot: 81.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 50.09 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 297 5 14 13| 0.0 1.3 1.3| 5.2 -9.9 -4.7 -9.5 -0.20| 6.5 -1.3 1000 294 4 21 13| 0.0 2.1 2.1| 18.6 -12.1 6.4 6.4 0.20| 7.3 1.5 1500 294 3 22 12| 1.5 1.4 2.9| 34.4 -12.1 22.3 14.9 0.39| 6.4 2.5 2000 144 5 59 12| 3.0 1.0 4.1| 64.6 -12.1 52.5 26.2 0.56| 6.8 3.8 2500 159 7 68 11| 3.1 0.8 3.9| 86.8 -12.1 74.6 29.8 0.58| 8.0 4.7 3000 180 8 77 8| 3.1 0.7 3.8| 94.4 -13.3 81.2 27.1 0.60| 7.7 4.6 4000 187 11 99 6| 2.3 1.4 3.8| 96.2 -20.3 75.9 19.0 0.46| 6.8 3.1 5000 187 14 123 7| 2.4 1.1 3.6|111.4 -20.3 91.1 18.2 0.48| 6.0 2.9 6000 187 17 140 9| 2.2 1.1 3.3|116.3 -28.3 88.0 14.7 0.41| 5.7 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMFR/skewt/KMFR.skewt.20170908.12.gif