UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.47-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/08072400_upa.wxp Date: 0000Z 24 JUL 08 Searching for KGYX... Searching the city database file for: KGYX ... Date:0000Z 24 JUL 08 Station: KGYX WMO ident: 74389 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -70.25 Elevation: 125.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 125 16.6 16.4 99 0.2 16.5 90 4 289.3 291.4 289.5 322.2 11.75 1 1000 168 16.4 16.0 97 0.4 16.1 95 10 289.5 291.6 289.3 321.8 11.50 2 987 280 15.6 14.3 92 1.3 14.8 107 21 289.8 291.7 288.5 319.2 10.43 3 935 740 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.2 149 12 294.4 296.2 290.0 324.1 10.38 4 930 786 16.0 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 160 12 295.2 297.4 291.6 329.6 11.99 5 925 832 17.2 16.7 97 0.5 16.9 170 11 296.9 299.3 292.9 334.6 13.04 6 921 869 18.2 17.7 97 0.5 17.9 183 12 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.9 13.97 7 911 963 18.0 14.7 81 3.3 15.8 201 13 299.0 301.1 292.5 332.9 11.62 8 877 1287 15.6 11.5 77 4.1 13.0 203 14 299.8 301.6 291.3 328.4 9.76 9 872 1336 14.4 10.3 76 4.1 11.9 201 14 299.0 300.7 290.5 325.6 9.06 10 850 1552 14.4 12.0 85 2.4 12.9 185 14 301.2 303.1 292.3 332.0 10.42 11 847 1582 14.2 11.8 85 2.4 12.7 183 15 301.3 303.2 292.2 331.8 10.32 12 769 2393 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 168 29 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.7 8.61 13 762 2469 9.2 9.1 99 0.1 9.2 170 31 305.2 307.0 292.7 333.9 9.57 14 730 2825 7.6 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 176 37 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.5 9.01 15 700 3170 5.0 5.0 100 0.0 5.0 180 37 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.9 7.84 16 654 3723 1.4 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 181 36 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.8 6.40 17 576 4740 -3.1 -3.3 99 0.2 -3.2 194 38 316.2 317.2 292.4 332.8 5.21 18 500 5850 -9.3 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 205 35 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.2 3.47 19 462 6456 -12.7 -14.5 86 1.8 -13.3 209 38 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.9 2.69 20 421 7159 -17.1 -18.9 86 1.8 -17.7 218 40 327.9 328.3 293.0 335.0 2.04 21 400 7540 -19.7 -22.1 81 2.4 -20.4 215 40 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.1 1.63 22 345 8620 -27.3 -31.8 66 4.5 -28.1 215 47 333.3 333.5 293.4 336.2 0.77 23 300 9610 -35.1 -42.1 49 7.0 -35.8 220 49 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.31 24 287 9916 -37.7 -45.7 43 8.0 -38.4 218 45 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.3 0.22 25 250 10850 -45.5 205 48 338.4 26 214 11869 -54.5 208 52 339.8 27 200 12300 -57.9 210 56 341.1 28 195 12459 -58.9 212 58 342.0 29 189 12655 -58.9 215 61 345.0 30 175 13133 -62.9 221 68 346.1 31 167 13421 -64.3 225 68 348.4 32 164 13532 -63.9 225 72 351.0 33 163 13569 -63.7 226 70 351.9 34 158 13760 -64.3 233 59 354.0 35 154 13917 -63.9 239 51 357.3 36 153 13957 -61.3 241 49 362.4 37 152 13998 -60.9 242 46 363.8 38 150 14080 -60.9 245 42 365.2 39 147 14205 -61.7 237 34 365.9 40 145 14290 -60.9 232 29 368.7 41 139 14552 -62.5 223 28 370.4 42 135 14733 -59.9 227 28 378.1 43 132 14874 -58.9 236 28 382.3 44 125 15213 -61.1 222 30 384.3 45 124 15263 -60.5 220 30 386.3 46 119 15519 -62.3 225 29 387.6 47 117 15624 -60.3 226 28 393.2 48 104 16356 -61.3 233 16 404.7 49 100 16600 -59.7 235 12 412.4 50 97 16790 -58.7 219 16 417.9 51 91 17189 -60.7 198 21 421.7 52 87 17470 -57.7 205 20 433.2 53 73 18568 -60.3 238 2 449.9 54 70 18830 -58.7 170 7 458.8 55 52 20710 -57.1 91 1 503.2 56 50 20960 -55.5 30 9 512.7 57 48 21220 -55.1 44 10 519.7 58 39 22542 -56.3 114 18 548.4 59 34 23416 -54.9 79 15 574.1 60 30 24220 -52.5 105 15 601.5 61 23 25947 -50.1 81 23 656.1 62 21 26547 -45.7 90 26 686.6 TRP 167 13421 -64.3 225 68 348.4 WND 164 13532 -63.9 225 72 351.0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.00 m Freezing level: 629.73 mb = 4039.01 m = 13251.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.37 mb = 4004.58 m = 13138.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.25 mb = 148.63 m = 487.63 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 13.31 C Layer 911.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.40 mb = 1911.48 m = 6271.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39349.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.82 mb = 760.18 m = 2494.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.1 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 214.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.6 neg: -44.8 tot: 225.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 113.30 m/s