Station: KALB Date: 00Z 22 NOV 2009 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 1009 89 8.8 4.8 76 4.0 6.8 300 5 281.2 282.1 279.6 296.0 5.34 M 1000 170 8.2 4.4 77 3.8 6.3 310 9 281.4 282.2 279.5 295.8 5.24 W 984 305 7.1 3.9 80 3.2 5.5 315 19 281.6 282.5 279.5 295.8 5.16 W 948 610 4.6 2.9 88 1.7 3.8 315 18 282.1 282.9 279.5 295.9 4.97 M 925 809 3.0 2.2 94 0.8 2.6 325 15 282.4 283.2 279.5 295.9 4.85 W 913 914 2.6 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 355 11 283.0 283.8 279.7 296.4 4.80 S 896 1067 2.0 1.4 96 0.6 1.7 355 15 283.9 284.7 280.1 297.2 4.72 W 879 1219 3.8 -2.0 66 5.8 1.3 355 18 287.3 287.9 280.5 298.0 3.75 S 866 1344 5.2 -4.8 48 10.0 1.0 353 18 290.0 290.6 280.9 299.1 3.09 S 853 1467 5.2 -4.8 48 10.0 1.0 351 18 291.3 291.9 281.5 300.5 3.13 M 850 1496 5.0 -4.0 52 9.0 1.1 350 18 291.4 292.0 281.8 301.2 3.34 W 815 1829 3.0 -6.2 51 9.2 -0.8 340 18 292.7 293.2 282.0 301.4 2.94 W 785 2134 1.1 -8.3 49 9.4 -2.6 335 17 293.9 294.4 282.1 301.7 2.60 W 756 2438 -0.7 -10.4 48 9.6 -4.3 335 13 295.1 295.5 282.2 302.1 2.30 W 728 2743 -2.6 -12.4 47 9.8 -6.0 330 12 296.3 296.7 282.4 302.5 2.02 M 700 3054 -4.5 -14.5 46 10.0 -7.7 325 14 297.5 297.8 282.6 303.0 1.77 W 648 3658 -7.7 -19.2 39 11.5 -11.0 325 15 300.5 300.8 283.2 304.6 1.29 W 623 3962 -9.4 -21.6 36 12.3 -12.6 320 12 302.1 302.3 283.6 305.6 1.09 S 600 4250 -10.9 -23.9 33 13.0 -14.0 315 13 303.5 303.7 284.0 306.5 0.92 W 599 4267 -11.0 -24.0 33 13.0 -14.2 315 13 303.5 303.7 284.0 306.6 0.92 W 552 4877 -15.8 -27.2 37 11.4 -18.1 300 15 305.0 305.2 284.4 307.5 0.74 S 513 5431 -20.1 -30.1 41 10.0 -21.8 291 15 306.3 306.4 284.7 308.3 0.61 W 509 5486 -20.6 -30.9 39 10.3 -22.3 290 15 306.4 306.5 284.7 308.3 0.57 M 500 5620 -21.7 -32.7 36 11.0 -23.4 280 14 306.6 306.7 284.7 308.3 0.49 W 488 5791 -23.0 -34.8 33 11.9 -24.6 270 13 307.1 307.2 284.8 308.5 0.41 W 469 6096 -25.2 -38.6 28 13.4 -26.8 270 21 308.0 308.0 284.9 309.0 0.29 S 449 6408 -27.5 -42.5 23 15.0 -29.0 267 28 308.9 308.9 285.2 309.6 0.20 W 431 6706 -30.3 -43.5 26 13.2 -31.5 265 34 309.0 309.0 285.2 309.7 0.19 M 400 7230 -35.3 -45.3 35 10.0 -36.0 265 32 309.1 309.1 285.2 309.7 0.17 W 395 7315 -35.9 -45.9 35 10.0 -36.6 260 32 309.4 309.5 285.3 310.0 0.16 W 378 7620 -38.0 -48.0 34 10.0 -38.6 270 31 310.5 310.6 285.7 311.0 0.13 S 376 7658 -38.3 -48.3 34 10.0 -38.9 269 32 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.1 0.13 W 302 9144 -46.9 -58.8 24 12.0 -47.3 250 60 318.8 318.8 288.4 319.0 0.05 M 300 9180 -47.1 -59.1 24 12.0 -47.4 250 61 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.1 0.04 S 299 9202 -47.3 -59.3 24 12.0 -47.6 250 61 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.2 0.04 M 250 10380 -51.3 -63.3 23 12.0 -51.5 245 72 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.03 W 239 10668 -52.5 -64.0 24 11.5 -52.8 245 77 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 MWD 232 10863 -53.3 -64.5 25 11.1 -53.6 245 80 333.8 333.8 292.8 333.9 0.03 S 229 10947 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.0 -53.9 250 77 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 W 228 10973 -53.6 -64.7 25 11.1 -53.9 245 80 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 M 200 11820 -51.9 -64.9 20 13.0 -52.2 260 55 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.03 W 198 11887 -52.1 -65.1 19 13.0 -52.4 260 52 351.3 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.03 W 180 12497 -53.7 -67.1 18 13.4 -54.0 245 64 358.3 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.03 W 172 12802 -54.6 -68.1 17 13.5 -54.8 255 70 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 M 150 13660 -56.9 -70.9 15 14.0 -57.2 265 51 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.02 W 142 14021 -58.1 -72.3 14 14.3 -58.3 260 44 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.02 W 122 14935 -61.0 -76.0 12 15.0 -61.2 255 55 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.8 0.01 S 122 14959 -61.1 -76.1 12 15.0 -61.3 256 55 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.1 0.01 W 117 15240 -59.4 -75.2 11 15.8 -59.7 270 49 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.01 W 111 15545 -57.6 -74.3 10 16.7 -57.9 275 47 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.01 S 109 15667 -56.9 -73.9 10 17.0 -57.3 273 46 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.02 M 100 16210 -60.3 -78.3 8 18.0 -60.6 265 44 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.01 W 96 16459 -60.6 -79.2 7 18.5 -60.9 260 39 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.01 W 91 16764 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 265 37 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.4 0.01 S 74 18077 -62.9 -84.9 4 22.0 -63.1 274 35 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 W 72 18288 -62.7 - - - - 275 35 447.6 - - - - M 70 18420 -62.5 - - - - 275 32 450.7 - - - - W 68 18593 -62.1 - - - - 275 30 455.2 - - - - W 65 18898 -61.4 - - - - 275 32 463.2 - - - - S 62 19173 -60.7 - - - - 275 30 470.6 - - - - S 56 19806 -61.3 - - - - 275 25 483.1 - - - - W 53 20117 -61.1 - - - - 275 23 490.5 - - - - M 50 20510 -60.9 - - - - 285 21 500.0 - - - - W 48 20726 -60.8 - - - - 290 21 505.1 - - - - W 46 21031 -60.8 - - - - 305 21 512.4 - - - - S 44 21307 -60.7 - - - - 335 13 519.1 - - - - W 44 21336 -60.9 - - - - 340 12 519.3 - - - - W 42 21641 -62.7 - - - - 295 3 522.2 - - - - S 41 21744 -63.3 - - - - 281 7 523.2 - - - - W 40 21946 -62.5 - - - - 275 15 529.9 - - - - W 38 22250 -61.4 - - - - 285 11 540.3 - - - - W 36 22555 -60.3 - - - - 350 5 550.8 - - - - W 34 22860 -59.1 - - - - 305 3 561.6 - - - - S 32 23291 -57.5 - - - - 305 5 577.1 - - - - M 30 23700 -57.1 - - - - 305 6 589.0 - - - - W 24 24994 -56.6 - - - - 310 10 626.0 - - - - S 24 25114 -56.5 - - - - 327 9 629.5 - - - - W 23 25298 -55.9 - - - - 5 7 636.6 - - - - W 21 25908 -53.7 - - - - 351 6 660.7 - - - - S 21 25968 -53.5 - - - - 350 6 663.1 - - - - W 20 26213 -55.1 - - - - 342 6 665.6 - - - - S 20 26280 -55.5 - - - - 340 6 666.3 - - - - W 18 27127 -54.8 - - - - 310 5 694.1 - - - - W 17 27432 -54.6 - - - - 325 8 704.4 - - - - W 16 27737 -54.3 - - - - 345 12 714.9 - - - - S 13 29038 -53.3 - - - - 31 18 761.3 - - - - W 11 29870 -52.8 - - - - 45 22 791.7 - - - - M 10 30730 -52.3 - - - - 20 19 824.3 - - - - S 7.4 32678 -52.3 - - - - - - 898.5 - - - - Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.00 m Freezing level: 767.56 mb = 2314.61 m = 7593.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 829.77 mb = 1689.34 m = 5542.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.22 % Est. max temperature: 18.31 C = 64.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.30 mb = 596.42 m = 1956.73 ft T: 4.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.14 C Layer 1000.0- 983.7 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.78 mb = 952.25 m = 3124.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.82 C = 51.47 F Cap Strength: 10.17 C Lifted Index: 10.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.32 C Showalter Index: 6.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 12.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 50.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56070.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.19 mb = 798.46 m = 2619.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 349 at 11 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1009 89 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 195 9 2.2 8.5 1000 170 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 223 7 4.8 5.2 984 305 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 282 12 11.3 -2.4 948 610 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 279 11 10.6 -1.7 925 809 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 281 7 6.5 -1.3 913 914 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 92 1 -1.1 0.0 896 1067 355 15 1.3 -14.5 | 14 4 -0.8 -3.5 879 1219 355 18 1.6 -17.9 | 4 7 -0.5 -6.9 866 1344 353 18 2.3 -17.9 | 359 7 0.2 -6.9 853 1467 351 18 3.0 -17.8 | 353 7 0.9 -6.8 850 1496 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 351 7 1.0 -6.7 815 1829 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 326 7 4.1 -5.9 785 2134 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 311 7 5.1 -4.4 756 2438 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 283 3 3.4 -0.8 728 2743 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 261 4 3.9 0.6 700 3054 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 275 6 5.9 -0.5 648 3658 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 281 7 6.5 -1.3 623 3962 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 252 6 5.6 1.8 600 4250 315 13 9.1 -9.2 | 256 7 7.0 1.8 599 4267 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 256 7 7.1 1.8 552 4877 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 252 11 10.9 3.5 513 5431 291 15 14.0 -5.4 | 245 13 11.9 5.6 509 5486 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 244 13 12.0 5.9 500 5620 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 234 14 11.7 8.6 488 5791 270 13 13.0 0.0 | 225 15 10.9 11.0 469 6096 270 21 21.0 0.0 | 240 22 18.9 11.0 449 6408 267 28 27.5 1.5 | 244 28 25.4 12.5 431 6706 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 246 35 31.8 14.0 400 7230 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 245 33 29.8 13.8 395 7315 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 241 34 29.4 16.5 378 7620 270 31 31.0 0.0 | 249 31 28.9 11.0 376 7658 269 32 31.7 0.5 | 249 32 29.6 11.5 302 9144 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 240 63 54.3 31.5 300 9180 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 240 64 55.2 31.9 299 9202 250 61 57.5 21.0 | 240 64 55.4 32.0 250 10380 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 237 76 63.2 41.4 239 10668 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 237 80 67.7 43.5 232 10863 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 238 83 70.4 44.8 229 10947 250 77 72.4 26.3 | 242 80 70.3 37.3 228 10973 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 238 83 70.4 44.8 200 11820 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 248 56 52.1 20.5 198 11887 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 248 53 49.1 20.0 180 12497 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 236 68 55.9 38.0 172 12802 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 246 72 65.5 29.1 150 13660 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 252 51 48.7 15.4 142 14021 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 246 45 41.2 18.6 122 14935 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 244 57 51.0 25.2 122 14959 256 55 52.9 13.1 | 245 56 50.8 24.1 117 15240 270 49 49.0 0.0 | 257 48 46.9 11.0 111 15545 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 261 45 44.7 6.9 109 15667 273 46 46.4 -2.6 | 259 45 44.3 8.4 100 16210 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 250 44 41.7 14.8 96 16459 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 244 40 36.3 17.8 91 16764 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 248 38 34.8 14.2 74 18077 274 35 35.2 -2.2 | 255 34 33.1 8.8 72 18288 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 256 34 32.8 7.9 70 18420 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 255 31 29.8 8.2 68 18593 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 253 29 27.8 8.4 65 18898 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 255 31 29.8 8.2 62 19173 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 253 29 27.8 8.4 56 19806 275 25 25.2 -2.2 | 249 25 23.1 8.8 53 20117 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 247 23 20.8 9.0 50 20510 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 253 19 18.2 5.6 48 20726 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 258 18 17.6 3.8 46 21031 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 274 15 15.1 -1.1 44 21307 335 13 5.5 -11.6 | 281 3 3.4 -0.6 44 21336 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 278 2 2.0 -0.3 42 21641 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 184 10 0.6 9.7 41 21744 281 7 7.0 -1.3 | 207 11 4.9 9.7 40 21946 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 233 16 12.8 9.7 38 22250 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 226 12 8.5 8.1 36 22555 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 169 6 -1.2 6.1 34 22860 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 182 9 0.4 9.3 32 23291 305 5 3.7 -2.6 | 191 9 1.6 8.4 30 23700 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 200 8 2.8 7.6 24 24994 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 231 7 5.6 4.6 24 25114 327 9 4.8 -7.4 | 217 5 2.7 3.6 23 25298 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 146 5 -2.7 4.0 21 25908 351 6 1.0 -6.3 | 166 5 -1.1 4.7 21 25968 350 6 1.1 -6.2 | 169 5 -1.0 4.8 20 26213 342 6 1.8 -5.7 | 177 5 -0.3 5.3 20 26280 340 6 2.0 -5.6 | 179 5 -0.1 5.4 18 27127 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 193 8 1.7 7.8 17 27432 325 8 4.6 -6.6 | 209 5 2.5 4.4 16 27737 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 301 1 1.0 -0.6 13 29038 31 18 -9.2 -15.6 | 68 12 -11.3 -4.6 11 29870 45 22 -15.6 -15.6 | 76 18 -17.7 -4.6 10 30730 20 19 -6.5 -17.9 | 51 11 -8.6 -6.9 7 32678 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.2 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 349.2 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -18.4 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.62 Bulk Shear: 0.31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 314 16 269 18| 13.7 0.0 13.7| 26.6 -1.1 25.5 51.0 0.84| 15.4 13.0 1000 323 15 279 14| 6.6 0.0 6.6| 28.8 -1.8 27.1 27.1 0.55| 15.4 8.6 1500 334 16 305 11| 4.4 1.3 5.7| 28.8 -7.0 21.8 14.5 0.39| 12.1 4.6 2000 336 16 312 12| 3.3 1.5 4.8| 28.8 -13.9 14.9 7.5 0.25| 10.0 2.5 2500 336 16 309 11| 2.6 1.2 3.9| 28.8 -17.9 10.9 4.4 0.15| 9.0 1.3 3000 335 15 304 11| 2.2 1.3 3.5| 30.1 -18.4 11.7 3.9 0.15| 8.0 1.2 4000 332 15 295 11| 1.6 1.2 2.8| 31.3 -23.3 8.0 2.0 0.09| 6.6 0.6 5000 327 15 284 12| 1.3 1.5 2.8| 31.7 -26.8 4.9 1.0 0.07| 5.9 0.4 6000 319 15 272 15| 1.1 2.1 3.2| 54.3 -49.1 5.2 0.9 0.03| 6.2 0.2