UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.47-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/08070900_upa.wxp Date: 0000Z 9 JUL 08 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 9 JUL 08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 77 150 6 SFC 998 89 26.2 21.3 74 4.9 22.7 150 6 299.5 302.5 295.9 346.8 16.18 2 925 764 24.0 19.0 74 5.0 20.5 195 14 303.8 306.6 296.4 348.8 15.12 3 902 985 22.8 16.8 69 6.0 18.7 216 12 304.8 307.3 295.5 345.0 13.46 4 850 1500 18.2 14.9 81 3.3 16.0 250 12 305.2 307.6 295.0 343.0 12.64 5 748 2582 9.8 8.8 93 1.0 9.2 249 17 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.4 9.55 6 700 3132 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.3 270 10 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.8 7.15 7 674 3443 6.0 0.0 65 6.0 2.8 287 8 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.3 5.68 8 621 4109 0.8 -4.2 69 5.0 -1.6 278 8 313.9 314.8 291.2 328.3 4.51 9 593 4479 -0.5 -22.5 17 22.0 -7.4 262 9 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.2 1.06 10 581 4642 -1.9 -19.9 24 18.0 -7.8 255 10 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.4 1.36 11 570 4795 -0.3 -27.3 11 27.0 -8.0 249 11 320.4 320.6 289.6 323.0 0.71 12 556 4994 -0.3 -37.3 4 37.0 -8.9 243 12 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.28 13 550 5081 -0.9 -18.9 24 18.0 -7.2 242 14 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.4 1.56 14 546 5139 -0.9 -39.9 3 39.0 -9.4 241 14 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.22 15 525 5453 -1.5 -40.5 3 39.0 -10.0 242 17 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.21 16 500 5840 -3.9 -39.9 4 36.0 -11.6 245 19 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 17 400 7560 -16.3 -40.3 11 24.0 -20.5 240 19 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.28 18 397 7616 -16.9 -39.9 12 23.0 -20.9 240 19 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.30 19 363 8281 -22.1 -44.1 12 22.0 -25.1 241 20 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.21 20 300 9650 -32.9 -59.9 5 27.0 -34.6 255 18 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 21 260 10643 -40.9 -65.9 5 25.0 -41.8 288 10 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 22 250 10910 -42.3 -65.3 6 23.0 -43.1 315 6 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 23 232 11411 -45.1 -67.1 7 22.0 -45.8 358 4 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 24 200 12380 -54.7 -74.7 7 20.0 -55.0 25 8 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 25 156 13924 -67.7 -83.7 8 16.0 -67.8 356 7 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.00 26 150 14160 -67.7 -83.7 8 16.0 -67.8 290 6 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.00 27 128 15125 -63.5 -84.5 4 21.0 -63.7 292 14 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 28 114 15836 -64.5 -86.5 3 22.0 -64.7 252 9 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 29 100 16640 -63.1 280 12 405.8 30 87 17495 -64.3 317 6 419.9 31 77 18250 -60.3 290 7 443.1 32 73 18585 -57.1 359 12 456.7 33 70 18850 -58.5 345 7 459.2 34 64 19412 -59.9 6 13 468.1 35 62 19611 -58.7 32 13 475.0 36 57 20143 -55.1 81 9 494.7 37 50 20980 -55.3 75 8 513.2 38 30 24280 -50.9 80 21 605.9 39 22 26321 -46.3 147 37 675.8 40 20 26960 -42.7 169 50 705.5 41 17 28066 -39.1 63 25 750.6 42 16 28480 -40.3 30 73 759.9 43 15 28919 -41.5 161 62 770.0 44 13 29896 -38.9 108 41 811.1 TRP WND 16 28480 -40.3 30 73 759.9 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.00 m Freezing level: 603.77 mb = 4336.49 m = 14227.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.42 mb = 3858.42 m = 12658.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.45 mb = 721.33 m = 2366.54 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.17 C/km ThetaE index: 28.57 C Layer 902.0- 581.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.03 mb = 1569.69 m = 5149.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 825.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.03 mb = 1208.62 m = 3965.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.03 mb = 1865.91 m = 6121.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.03 mb = 5467.34 m = 17937.25 ft B at Equ Level: 326.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.03 mb = 15318.87 m = 50258.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: -9.9 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 30.10 Bulk Shear: 27.42 m/s