UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.47-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/08082112_upa.wxp Date: 1200Z 21 AUG 08 Searching for KILX... Searching the city database file for: KILX ... Date:1200Z 21 AUG 08 Station: KILX WMO ident: 74560 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -89.33 Elevation: 178.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 100 3 SFC 995 178 19.4 17.2 87 2.2 17.9 100 3 293.0 295.2 291.3 328.5 12.50 2 978 328 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 16.9 147 22 295.8 297.8 290.9 327.2 10.88 3 961 481 23.6 16.6 65 7.0 18.9 157 20 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.6 12.46 4 945 629 23.2 14.2 57 9.0 17.3 165 18 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.1 10.83 5 925 816 22.0 13.0 57 9.0 16.2 160 16 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.0 10.22 6 912 939 21.0 12.0 56 9.0 15.3 160 17 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.7 9.70 7 862 1423 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.3 162 20 302.1 303.9 292.1 331.3 9.87 8 850 1542 15.4 11.8 79 3.6 13.1 160 20 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.7 10.28 9 842 1622 14.6 11.9 84 2.7 12.9 156 20 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.2 10.45 10 803 2022 11.6 9.7 88 1.9 10.4 151 22 303.2 304.9 292.1 331.3 9.45 11 757 2515 9.0 8.5 97 0.5 8.7 161 25 305.5 307.3 292.6 333.3 9.24 12 745 2647 9.0 8.0 93 1.0 8.4 163 26 306.9 308.6 292.9 334.4 9.08 13 720 2930 7.0 6.1 94 0.9 6.5 163 26 307.7 309.3 292.4 332.8 8.23 14 705 3103 6.8 6.2 96 0.6 6.5 161 26 309.4 311.0 293.2 335.3 8.47 15 700 3162 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 6.0 160 26 309.6 311.1 293.0 334.8 8.24 16 620 4147 0.4 0.2 99 0.2 0.3 164 30 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.3 6.28 17 598 4436 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.6 165 28 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.3 6.14 18 500 5850 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 165 21 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.2 4.26 19 498 5881 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.7 165 21 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.2 4.21 20 439 6856 -13.3 -14.9 88 1.6 -13.9 168 27 328.8 329.4 293.9 338.2 2.74 21 400 7560 -18.1 -20.4 82 2.3 -18.8 170 32 331.5 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.89 22 392 7711 -19.1 -21.5 81 2.4 -19.8 170 32 332.1 332.4 293.9 338.3 1.75 23 351 8522 -25.5 -28.9 73 3.4 -26.2 170 31 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.8 1.00 24 303 9570 -33.9 -40.9 49 7.0 -34.7 190 23 336.6 336.7 293.8 338.0 0.35 25 300 9640 -34.5 -41.5 49 7.0 -35.3 190 24 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.1 0.34 26 250 10890 -45.5 -54.5 36 9.0 -45.9 195 31 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.09 27 226 11550 -51.1 -60.1 33 9.0 -51.4 195 44 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 28 201 12299 -56.3 -65.3 31 9.0 -56.5 200 47 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 29 200 12330 -56.3 -65.3 31 9.0 -56.5 200 46 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 30 188 12725 -55.7 -66.7 24 11.0 -55.9 192 29 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.03 31 171 13326 -58.7 -70.7 20 12.0 -58.9 185 26 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.02 32 161 13705 -58.3 -71.3 17 13.0 -58.5 166 25 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.02 33 156 13904 -59.3 -72.3 17 13.0 -59.5 176 22 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 34 150 14150 -59.1 -73.1 15 14.0 -59.3 190 18 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 35 145 14362 -58.9 -72.9 15 14.0 -59.1 201 11 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.01 36 136 14763 -60.3 -74.3 14 14.0 -60.5 167 12 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.7 0.01 37 134 14855 -59.9 -74.9 12 15.0 -60.1 165 11 378.9 378.9 302.1 379.0 0.01 38 123 15388 -61.1 -76.1 12 15.0 -61.3 157 6 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.01 39 115 15803 -63.5 -78.5 11 15.0 -63.7 141 4 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.01 40 108 16189 -63.5 -78.5 11 15.0 -63.7 111 6 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.01 41 104 16420 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 94 7 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.01 42 100 16660 -63.3 -78.3 11 15.0 -63.5 75 9 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.5 0.01 43 77 18257 -65.7 -81.7 9 16.0 -65.9 61 13 431.9 431.9 309.0 431.9 0.01 44 75 18418 -63.7 -80.7 8 17.0 -63.9 54 14 439.4 439.4 309.8 439.4 0.01 45 72 18668 -64.7 -81.7 8 17.0 -64.9 51 18 442.4 442.4 310.1 442.4 0.01 46 70 18840 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.8 65 24 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.6 0.01 47 61 19687 -61.5 -84.5 3 23.0 -61.9 91 15 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.0 0.01 48 53 20557 -61.7 55 24 489.9 49 50 20920 -57.9 80 22 507.0 50 48 21178 -56.9 97 22 515.4 51 43 21872 -58.3 87 20 528.4 52 41 22173 -56.1 97 29 541.1 53 38 22656 -55.9 94 24 553.5 54 36 23002 -53.9 79 23 567.3 55 32 23762 -51.3 99 16 593.7 56 31 23968 -52.7 104 14 595.4 57 30 24180 -51.9 110 12 603.2 58 20 26820 -50.3 75 20 682.2 59 14 29158 -48.5 97 23 761.6 TRP 171 13326 -58.7 -70.7 20 12.0 -58.9 185 26 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 610.22 mb = 4275.48 m = 14026.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.17 mb = 4248.63 m = 13938.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.47 mb = 458.76 m = 1505.11 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 945.0- 862.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.74 mb = 1993.40 m = 6539.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 2.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46354.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.34 mb = 1588.71 m = 5212.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.2 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 191.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.9 neg: -19.3 tot: 105.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.26 Bulk Shear: 5.74 m/s