UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.50-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/09070412_upa.wxp Date: 12Z 4 JUL 09 Searching for KSGF... Searching the city database file for: KSGF ... Date:12Z 4 JUL 09 Station: KSGF WMO ident: 72440 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -93.38 Elevation: 387.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 967 387 23.4 19.6 79 3.8 20.8 175 6 299.4 302.1 295.1 343.2 15.01 2 951 536 23.4 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 187 13 300.8 303.7 295.7 346.0 15.37 3 925 785 25.0 20.3 75 4.7 21.6 206 25 304.9 307.9 297.5 353.9 16.42 4 906 968 25.6 18.6 65 7.0 20.6 220 34 307.3 310.1 297.2 352.7 15.05 5 855 1476 22.6 12.6 53 10.0 16.0 244 43 309.3 311.3 294.8 342.1 10.78 6 850 1527 22.2 13.2 57 9.0 16.2 245 42 309.4 311.5 295.2 343.8 11.29 7 839 1640 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.0 247 41 309.7 311.9 295.5 345.1 11.60 8 803 2019 19.6 6.6 43 13.0 11.7 253 36 311.7 313.2 293.2 335.3 7.63 9 790 2160 18.2 9.2 56 9.0 12.5 256 33 311.7 313.4 294.4 340.3 9.29 10 738 2739 13.6 6.6 63 7.0 9.3 270 26 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.6 8.31 11 700 3182 9.4 6.4 82 3.0 7.6 270 22 312.9 314.5 294.3 339.7 8.65 12 678 3446 7.0 6.1 94 0.9 6.5 270 21 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.2 8.75 13 657 3704 4.6 4.1 97 0.5 4.3 269 20 313.2 314.7 293.7 337.6 7.84 14 600 4437 -1.1 -2.8 88 1.7 -2.0 257 20 314.8 315.8 292.1 331.3 5.19 15 591 4558 -1.5 -6.0 71 4.5 -3.6 263 21 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.0 4.14 16 579 4721 -2.1 -6.6 71 4.5 -4.2 259 23 316.9 317.7 291.7 329.9 4.03 17 573 4804 -1.7 -15.7 33 14.0 -6.9 254 24 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.9 1.96 18 568 4874 -1.7 -18.7 26 17.0 -7.5 251 25 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.3 1.54 19 545 5202 -3.7 -22.7 21 19.0 -9.6 247 28 320.5 320.8 290.1 324.4 1.13 20 535 5348 -4.7 -19.7 30 15.0 -9.6 246 30 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.2 1.50 21 523 5527 -5.9 -24.9 21 19.0 -11.3 246 31 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.1 0.97 22 514 5663 -5.9 -22.9 25 17.0 -11.1 249 31 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.4 1.18 23 505 5802 -5.5 -26.5 17 21.0 -11.5 253 32 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.87 24 500 5880 -5.9 -28.9 14 23.0 -12.0 255 32 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.70 25 490 6038 -6.7 -31.7 12 25.0 -12.9 259 36 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.8 0.55 26 486 6103 -6.5 -22.5 27 16.0 -11.6 260 37 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.3 1.29 27 477 6249 -7.9 -23.9 26 16.0 -12.7 270 42 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.9 1.16 28 468 6397 -8.9 -19.9 41 11.0 -12.6 279 48 328.3 328.7 292.9 334.2 1.68 29 467 6413 -9.1 -18.1 48 9.0 -12.2 280 48 328.3 328.7 293.1 335.1 1.97 30 455 6614 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -13.2 284 45 328.7 329.2 293.3 336.0 2.09 31 442 6837 -12.3 -14.1 86 1.8 -13.0 289 41 329.5 330.0 294.1 339.4 2.91 32 440 6872 -12.3 -13.3 92 1.0 -12.7 290 40 329.9 330.5 294.4 340.6 3.12 33 429 7066 -12.9 -14.9 85 2.0 -13.6 294 37 331.5 332.1 294.6 341.2 2.80 34 424 7155 -11.9 -15.1 77 3.2 -13.1 296 35 333.9 334.5 295.2 343.6 2.79 35 420 7228 -12.1 -16.2 71 4.1 -13.6 297 34 334.6 335.1 295.2 343.6 2.57 36 409 7431 -13.5 -18.5 66 5.0 -15.2 301 31 335.3 335.7 295.0 343.0 2.17 37 400 7600 -15.1 -19.9 67 4.8 -16.7 305 28 335.4 335.8 294.9 342.4 1.97 38 375 8083 -19.1 -22.3 76 3.2 -20.0 296 28 336.3 336.7 294.9 342.4 1.71 39 325 9129 -27.1 -31.0 69 3.9 -27.9 305 25 339.3 339.5 295.0 342.7 0.89 40 310 9467 -29.3 -35.3 56 6.0 -30.3 295 28 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.2 0.61 41 300 9700 -31.3 295 31 341.3 42 283 10109 -34.5 309 36 342.4 43 250 10960 -42.3 300 43 343.2 44 208 12178 -53.5 300 39 344.2 45 200 12430 -55.5 300 38 344.9 46 171 13409 -64.1 310 33 346.4 47 165 13627 -65.1 303 42 348.3 48 162 13740 -63.5 301 46 352.8 49 158 13893 -64.7 311 49 353.3 50 151 14169 -64.9 320 49 357.6 51 150 14210 -65.3 320 48 357.6 52 148 14292 -65.7 322 45 358.3 53 142 14542 -66.3 327 35 361.5 54 138 14716 -65.7 330 28 365.5 55 129 15123 -68.1 329 15 368.3 56 126 15264 -68.1 324 12 370.8 57 122 15457 -69.7 315 9 371.3 58 117 15706 -69.9 300 14 375.4 59 114 15860 -70.7 290 20 376.7 60 111 16018 -70.7 294 23 379.6 61 103 16464 -68.9 305 32 391.3 62 100 16640 -69.5 310 35 393.4 63 83 17759 -66.5 316 8 421.1 64 78 18134 -67.5 323 3 426.6 65 70 18790 -64.5 50 8 446.4 66 67 19057 -65.5 34 13 449.9 67 63 19434 -62.9 25 17 463.6 68 58 19944 -62.5 69 23 475.6 69 56 20162 -60.1 87 24 485.8 70 50 20870 -59.5 80 18 503.3 71 48 21127 -56.7 90 18 515.8 72 46 21398 -54.1 86 19 528.4 73 40 22291 -55.7 107 14 546.0 74 39 22453 -53.7 96 15 555.0 75 34 23338 -51.9 67 17 581.9 76 30 24150 -51.3 105 23 604.8 77 27 24834 -51.7 98 16 622.2 78 23 25879 -49.9 99 20 656.7 79 20 26790 -51.7 75 25 677.9 80 18 27475 -52.5 75 29 696.1 81 16 28251 -45.9 71 25 741.5 82 13 29635 -46.7 88 39 784.1 83 11 30759 -41.3 103 39 842.1 84 10 31410 -39.7 100 41 871.4 85 9.1 32055 -39.7 895.2 86 8.7 32365 -36.1 920.7 87 8.3 32692 -34.9 -73.9 1 39.0 -49.0 937.9 938.1 330.2 940.3 0.21 TRP 114 15860 -70.7 290 20 376.7 WND P: 967.0 H: 387 T: 29.1 Td: 19.3 Dir: 175 Spd: 6 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.00 m Freezing level: 611.00 mb = 4295.37 m = 14092.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.93 mb = 4198.98 m = 13776.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.81 mb = 882.57 m = 2895.52 ft T: 25.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 11.78 C Layer 906.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.02 mb = 2500.10 m = 8202.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.20 C = 97.16 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1186.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.46 mb = 1635.36 m = 5365.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.46 mb = 3010.67 m = 9877.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.46 mb = 13647.46 m = 44774.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 104.46 mb = 16379.61 m = 53738.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.5 neg: -10.2 tot: 428.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 62.31 Bulk Shear: 19.04 m/s