Station: KDRA Date: 12Z 23 NOV 2009 WMO ident: 72387 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -116.02 Elevation: 1009.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 1000 159 - - - - - - - - - - - - M 925 821 - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC 905 1009 7.8 -6.2 36 14.0 2.1 40 18 289.1 289.6 280.0 296.9 2.65 W 882 1219 6.6 -7.4 36 14.0 1.0 35 23 290.0 290.5 280.2 297.4 2.49 S 881 1225 6.6 -7.4 36 14.0 1.0 35 23 290.1 290.5 280.2 297.4 2.48 S 871 1319 7.8 -8.2 31 16.0 1.4 39 21 292.3 292.7 281.0 299.3 2.36 M 850 1521 6.4 -9.6 31 16.0 0.3 50 18 292.9 293.2 281.1 299.4 2.17 W 818 1829 4.3 -10.5 33 14.7 -1.3 65 14 293.8 294.2 281.4 300.1 2.10 W 788 2134 2.1 -11.3 36 13.4 -2.7 40 16 294.7 295.0 281.7 300.9 2.04 S 778 2239 1.4 -11.6 37 13.0 -3.3 25 17 295.0 295.3 281.8 301.1 2.02 W 759 2438 1.1 -16.7 25 17.8 -4.6 360 19 296.8 297.0 281.8 301.1 1.37 S 735 2696 0.8 -23.2 15 24.0 -5.8 331 17 299.2 299.3 282.1 301.8 0.80 W 731 2743 1.2 -26.6 11 27.8 -6.0 325 17 300.1 300.2 282.2 302.0 0.59 S 718 2884 2.2 -36.8 4 39.0 -6.1 325 16 302.7 302.8 282.8 303.5 0.23 M 700 3089 1.8 -35.2 4 37.0 -6.4 325 14 304.5 304.5 283.5 305.4 0.27 W 677 3353 0.0 -31.3 7 31.3 -7.4 335 18 305.4 305.5 284.1 306.8 0.41 W 652 3658 -2.0 -26.7 13 24.7 -8.4 325 25 306.4 306.6 284.8 308.7 0.66 S 627 3967 -4.1 -22.1 23 18.0 -9.2 322 28 307.5 307.7 285.7 310.9 1.04 W 603 4267 -5.5 -24.7 20 19.2 -10.6 320 30 309.3 309.4 286.1 312.1 0.86 W 558 4877 -8.4 -29.9 16 21.6 -13.3 305 30 312.9 313.0 287.0 314.8 0.57 S 550 4990 -8.9 -30.9 15 22.0 -13.8 303 30 313.5 313.6 287.2 315.4 0.53 W 536 5182 -10.4 -32.4 15 22.0 -15.0 300 29 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.7 0.47 M 500 5720 -14.5 -36.5 14 22.0 -18.3 310 27 315.4 315.4 287.6 316.6 0.34 W 495 5791 -15.1 -36.8 14 21.7 -18.8 310 26 315.5 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.33 W 475 6096 -17.8 -38.2 15 20.4 -21.0 310 26 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.0 0.30 W 402 7315 -28.5 -43.7 22 15.2 -30.0 300 28 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.1 0.20 M 400 7360 -28.9 -43.9 22 15.0 -30.4 300 30 317.4 317.5 288.1 318.2 0.19 W 385 7620 -30.8 -45.0 24 14.2 -32.1 300 34 318.3 318.4 288.4 319.0 0.18 W 309 9144 -41.9 -51.6 34 9.6 -42.4 305 56 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.11 M 300 9360 -43.5 -52.5 36 9.0 -43.9 305 62 324.0 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.10 M 250 10560 -53.9 -61.9 37 8.0 -54.1 305 63 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.04 W 246 10668 -54.6 -62.6 37 7.9 -54.8 305 68 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6 0.03 MWD 241 10792 -55.5 -63.3 37 7.8 -55.6 305 68 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 S 205 11799 -62.5 -69.5 38 7.0 -62.6 309 61 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.02 M 200 11950 -61.9 -68.9 39 7.0 -62.0 310 60 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.02 W 174 12802 -64.1 -71.1 38 7.0 -64.1 315 53 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.02 TRP 153 13599 -66.1 -73.1 37 7.0 -66.1 310 43 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 M 150 13720 -65.3 -72.3 37 7.0 -65.4 305 42 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 S 133 14455 -61.5 -68.5 39 7.0 -61.6 294 37 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.03 W 123 14935 -62.5 -69.5 38 7.0 -62.7 285 33 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.6 0.03 W 117 15240 -63.2 -70.2 38 7.0 -63.3 290 40 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.03 W 106 15850 -64.5 -71.5 38 7.0 -64.6 300 36 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.02 W 101 16154 -65.2 -72.2 37 7.0 -65.3 300 36 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.02 M 100 16200 -65.3 -72.3 37 7.0 -65.4 300 36 401.6 401.6 305.5 401.7 0.02 S 98 16323 -65.9 -72.9 37 7.0 -66.0 299 35 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.8 0.02 S 91 16774 -67.5 -74.5 36 7.0 -67.6 296 34 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.02 S 85 17190 -63.5 -70.5 38 7.0 -63.6 292 32 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.5 0.03 M 70 18380 -66.1 -73.1 37 7.0 -66.2 280 27 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.1 0.03 W 61 19202 -62.1 -69.6 36 7.5 -62.3 280 27 469.0 469.1 312.6 469.3 0.05 S 53 20103 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -58.2 304 16 499.1 499.2 314.9 499.8 0.11 W 53 20117 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -58.2 305 16 499.4 499.4 314.9 500.0 0.10 M 50 20470 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.7 290 14 506.1 506.1 315.4 506.7 0.10 W 44 21336 -61.0 -69.0 34 8.0 -61.4 260 17 520.0 520.0 316.4 520.5 0.08 S 42 21556 -61.7 -69.7 34 8.0 -62.1 249 18 523.6 523.6 316.5 524.0 0.08 W 41 21641 -61.4 -69.5 33 8.1 -61.9 245 19 526.2 526.3 316.7 526.8 0.08 S 34 22874 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -58.5 257 21 566.7 566.7 319.0 567.7 0.14 W 32 23165 -58.1 -67.1 31 9.0 -58.9 260 22 573.1 573.1 319.3 574.1 0.14 M 30 23660 -58.9 -67.9 30 9.0 -59.6 275 18 584.1 584.1 319.9 585.1 0.14 W 29 23774 -58.9 -67.9 30 9.0 -59.7 285 16 587.0 587.1 320.0 588.1 0.14 S 27 24320 -59.1 -68.1 30 9.0 -59.9 290 14 601.4 601.4 320.7 602.5 0.15 S 26 24558 -55.9 -64.9 32 9.0 -57.0 293 12 617.0 617.1 321.5 618.8 0.24 S 22 25611 -59.5 -68.5 30 9.0 -60.4 319 8 636.5 636.5 322.2 637.8 0.17 M 20 26210 -57.3 -66.3 31 9.0 -58.5 355 5 660.8 660.9 323.2 662.9 0.26 S 17 27244 -54.5 -64.5 28 10.0 -56.3 69 8 701.2 701.4 324.6 704.6 0.39 W 17 27432 -54.3 -64.4 28 10.1 -56.2 75 8 707.7 707.9 324.8 711.3 0.40 S 12 29487 -52.1 -63.1 25 11.0 -55.1 359 5 783.1 783.5 327.0 789.6 0.66 W 11 30175 -47.3 -59.4 24 12.1 -52.0 320 4 824.4 825.0 328.1 836.4 1.17 S 10 30690 -43.7 -56.7 22 13.0 -49.7 - - 856.4 857.4 329.0 875.4 1.79 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.00 m Freezing level: 676.88 mb = 3356.65 m = 11012.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.72 mb = 1571.54 m = 5155.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.14 % Est. max temperature: 15.67 C = 60.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.50 mb = 2756.49 m = 9043.50 ft T: 1.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.06 C Layer 759.0- 735.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.23 mb = 5865.04 m = 19242.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Cap Strength: 14.98 C Lifted Index: 15.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.10 C Showalter Index: 14.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 4.90 C K Index: -25.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 63.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53026.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.70 mb = 3358.68 m = 11019.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 355 at 18 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1000 159 | 925 821 | 905 1009 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 106 14 -13.0 3.8 882 1219 35 23 -13.2 -18.8 | 85 15 -14.6 -1.3 881 1225 35 23 -13.2 -18.7 | 86 15 -14.6 -1.1 871 1319 39 21 -13.5 -16.5 | 94 15 -14.9 1.0 850 1521 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 112 16 -15.2 6.0 818 1829 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 130 18 -14.1 11.7 788 2134 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 114 13 -11.7 5.3 778 2239 25 17 -7.1 -15.5 | 104 9 -8.6 2.1 759 2438 360 19 0.0 -19.0 | 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 735 2696 331 17 8.5 -15.1 | 251 7 7.0 2.5 731 2743 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 246 9 8.3 3.6 718 2884 325 16 9.0 -12.9 | 239 9 7.6 4.6 700 3089 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 227 9 6.6 6.1 677 3353 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 259 6 6.2 1.3 652 3658 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 283 13 12.9 -2.9 627 3967 322 28 16.8 -21.8 | 285 16 15.4 -4.2 603 4267 320 30 19.3 -23.0 | 287 19 17.9 -5.4 558 4877 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 269 23 23.2 0.4 550 4990 303 30 24.8 -16.2 | 267 23 23.4 1.3 536 5182 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 263 24 23.7 3.1 500 5720 310 27 20.7 -17.4 | 269 19 19.3 0.2 495 5791 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 267 19 18.5 0.9 475 6096 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 267 19 18.5 0.9 402 7315 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 261 23 22.8 3.6 400 7360 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 264 25 24.6 2.6 385 7620 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 269 28 28.0 0.6 309 9144 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 288 47 44.5 -14.6 300 9360 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 290 53 49.4 -18.0 250 10560 305 63 51.6 -36.1 | 290 54 50.2 -18.6 246 10668 305 68 55.7 -39.0 | 292 58 54.3 -21.4 241 10792 305 68 55.7 -39.0 | 292 58 54.3 -21.4 205 11799 309 61 47.3 -38.6 | 295 50 45.9 -21.1 200 11950 310 60 46.0 -38.6 | 295 49 44.5 -21.0 174 12802 315 53 37.5 -37.5 | 299 41 36.1 -19.9 153 13599 310 43 32.9 -27.6 | 288 33 31.5 -10.1 150 13720 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 281 34 33.0 -6.5 133 14455 294 37 33.4 -14.9 | 265 32 32.0 2.7 123 14935 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 253 32 30.5 9.0 117 15240 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 264 36 36.2 3.9 106 15850 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 271 30 29.8 -0.4 101 16154 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 271 30 29.8 -0.4 100 16200 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 271 30 29.8 -0.4 98 16323 299 35 31.0 -17.3 | 269 30 29.6 0.3 91 16774 296 34 30.3 -14.6 | 264 29 28.9 2.9 85 17190 292 32 29.5 -12.1 | 259 29 28.1 5.5 70 18380 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 243 28 25.2 12.9 61 19202 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 243 28 25.2 12.9 53 20103 304 16 13.3 -9.1 | 235 15 11.9 8.4 53 20117 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 234 14 11.7 8.4 50 20470 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 223 17 11.7 12.8 44 21336 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 217 26 15.3 20.5 42 21556 249 18 17.2 6.7 | 213 29 15.8 24.2 41 21641 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 212 30 15.8 25.6 34 22874 257 21 20.9 4.6 | 221 30 19.5 22.2 32 23165 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 223 29 20.2 21.4 30 23660 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 226 23 16.5 16.0 29 23774 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 226 19 14.0 13.4 27 24320 290 14 12.7 -4.6 | 221 17 11.3 13.0 26 24558 293 12 11.5 -4.8 | 218 16 10.1 12.8 22 25611 319 8 5.0 -5.8 | 197 12 3.6 11.7 20 26210 355 5 0.4 -5.0 | 176 13 -1.0 12.6 17 27244 69 8 -7.0 -2.7 | 150 17 -8.5 14.8 17 27432 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 149 18 -9.1 15.5 12 29487 359 5 0.1 -5.0 | 174 13 -1.4 12.6 11 30175 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 185 15 1.2 14.5 10 30690 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.4 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 355.4 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 179.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.9 neg: -55.0 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 94.11 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 40 21 97 28| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 26.6 -18.2 8.4 16.8 0.14| 12.2 1.7 1000 47 18 110 30| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 51.1 -27.8 23.3 23.3 0.23| 10.9 2.5 1500 39 18 106 25| 1.4 5.7 7.1| 51.1 -44.7 6.4 4.3 -0.17| 13.8 -2.3 2000 24 18 100 17| 1.0 5.2 6.3| 51.1 -54.1 -2.9 -1.5 -0.25| 13.1 -3.3 2500 13 17 97 10| 0.7 4.2 4.9| 63.7 -55.0 8.7 3.5 -0.12| 12.3 -1.5 3000 0 19 51 4| 0.6 4.6 5.2| 69.9 -55.0 14.8 4.9 -0.08| 11.5 -0.9 4000 341 22 298 12| 0.4 4.4 4.8| 71.4 -97.2 -25.8 -6.4 -0.16| 10.0 -1.6 5000 331 23 284 19| 0.4 3.5 3.9| 84.8-108.9 -24.1 -4.8 -0.14| 8.8 -1.2 6000 325 24 278 23| 0.4 3.2 3.6| 84.8-117.7 -32.9 -5.5 -0.15| 7.6 -1.2