UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/09110800_upa.wxp Date: 00Z 8 NOV 09 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:00Z 8 NOV 09 Station: KALB WMO ident: 72518 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -73.80 Elevation: 89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 89 9.2 -1.8 46 11.0 4.4 160 10 281.9 282.4 277.3 291.2 3.33 1 1000 146 8.4 -3.6 43 12.0 3.4 165 12 281.5 282.1 276.6 289.8 2.92 2 938 671 4.8 -5.2 48 10.0 0.8 190 31 283.1 283.6 277.2 291.0 2.76 3 925 785 6.6 -4.4 45 11.0 2.0 200 28 286.1 286.6 278.9 294.6 2.98 4 901 1003 11.8 -0.2 44 12.0 5.9 230 31 293.6 294.3 283.7 305.8 4.18 5 850 1487 7.8 -3.2 46 11.0 2.8 230 29 294.3 295.0 283.3 304.8 3.55 6 786 2126 2.4 -1.4 76 3.8 0.6 244 30 295.2 296.0 284.6 308.1 4.39 7 725 2775 -1.3 -5.4 74 4.1 -3.0 271 36 298.0 298.7 284.8 308.7 3.53 8 700 3056 0.2 -6.8 59 7.0 -2.8 280 32 302.7 303.3 286.3 312.8 3.28 9 674 3360 0.6 -14.4 31 15.0 -4.8 290 28 306.4 306.8 286.2 312.4 1.86 10 514 5472 -16.1 -20.2 71 4.1 -17.2 289 36 310.9 311.2 287.3 315.9 1.49 11 500 5680 -17.9 -22.8 65 4.9 -19.1 285 37 311.2 311.4 287.2 315.3 1.22 12 453 6415 -21.9 -35.9 27 14.0 -24.0 288 41 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.5 0.39 13 417 7020 -26.7 -31.0 67 4.3 -27.4 293 44 316.5 316.6 288.4 318.9 0.69 14 400 7320 -29.3 -33.4 68 4.1 -29.9 295 45 316.9 317.0 288.4 318.9 0.57 15 347 8317 -37.1 -42.1 60 5.0 -37.5 298 45 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.5 0.27 16 314 9001 -41.5 -51.5 33 10.0 -42.0 308 53 322.6 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.11 17 300 9310 -41.3 -62.3 9 21.0 -42.1 315 70 327.2 327.2 290.9 327.3 0.03 18 279 9800 -43.5 -72.5 3 29.0 -44.2 325 84 330.8 330.8 291.9 330.9 0.01 19 275 9897 -44.1 -72.5 3 28.4 -44.7 325 84 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.01 20 250 10530 -48.1 325 82 334.6 21 218 11423 -52.9 322 63 340.5 22 200 11980 -52.5 320 51 349.6 23 191 12278 -53.3 320 50 353.0 24 150 13810 -61.1 315 41 364.8 25 147 13936 -62.1 315 42 365.2 26 100 16300 -67.1 318 28 398.1 27 70 18460 -66.1 320 23 443.0 28 53 20170 -61.7 322 27 489.9 29 50 20530 -63.1 335 25 494.8 30 30 23660 -63.1 325 22 572.6 31 27 24314 -59.1 329 20 601.4 32 22 25594 -60.5 633.5 TRP 147 13936 -62.1 315 42 365.2 WND 275 9897 -44.1 -72.5 3 28.4 -44.7 325 84 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5534.00 m Freezing level: 746.43 mb = 2547.27 m = 8357.10 ft Freezing level: 703.33 mb = 3018.57 m = 9903.33 ft Freezing level: 668.25 mb = 3436.04 m = 11272.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.83 mb = 2230.97 m = 7319.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.57 % Est. max temperature: 21.58 C = 70.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.08 mb = 1486.17 m = 4875.83 ft T: 7.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 1.41 C Layer 1000.0- 938.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.31 mb = 4813.87 m = 15793.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.05 C = 98.68 F Cap Strength: 16.81 C Lifted Index: 16.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.24 C Showalter Index: 7.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.70 C K Index: 15.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45948.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.90 mb = 1922.13 m = 6306.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 545.5 neg: -20.2 tot: 525.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 246.27 m/s