Station: KTFX Date: 12Z 18 MAR 2010 WMO ident: 72776 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -111.38 Elevation: 1131.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 - - - - - - - - - - - - M 925 832 - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC 892 1131 0.0 -7.0 59 7.0 -2.6 235 8 282.2 282.7 276.4 289.5 2.53 S 884 1200 1.6 -11.4 37 13.0 -2.8 252 10 284.6 284.9 276.6 289.9 1.81 W 882 1219 1.6 -11.4 37 13.0 -2.8 255 11 284.8 285.1 276.7 290.2 1.81 S 868 1349 1.8 -11.2 37 13.0 -2.7 293 15 286.3 286.6 277.6 291.8 1.87 M 850 1520 0.4 -12.6 37 13.0 -3.8 320 20 286.6 286.9 277.4 291.6 1.71 W 850 1524 0.4 -12.6 37 13.0 -3.9 315 19 286.6 286.9 277.4 291.6 1.70 W 818 1829 -1.8 -13.6 40 11.7 -5.5 335 22 287.4 287.7 277.8 292.3 1.64 S 800 2003 -3.1 -14.1 42 11.0 -6.5 338 23 287.8 288.1 278.0 292.6 1.60 W 787 2134 -4.3 -14.1 46 9.8 -7.3 340 23 287.9 288.2 278.0 292.8 1.63 W 756 2438 -7.2 -14.2 57 7.0 -9.3 345 22 288.0 288.3 278.2 293.1 1.68 W 727 2743 -10.1 -14.2 72 4.2 -11.3 345 20 288.1 288.4 278.3 293.3 1.74 M 700 3041 -12.9 -14.3 89 1.4 -13.3 345 15 288.2 288.5 278.4 293.6 1.80 W 672 3353 -15.3 -16.4 91 1.1 -15.6 340 11 289.0 289.2 278.5 293.7 1.58 W 645 3658 -17.6 -18.4 93 0.8 -17.8 295 8 289.7 289.9 278.6 293.9 1.39 S 644 3670 -17.7 -18.5 93 0.8 -17.9 294 8 289.7 290.0 278.6 293.9 1.38 W 594 4267 -22.6 -24.2 87 1.6 -22.9 270 12 290.8 290.9 278.4 293.6 0.91 S 580 4442 -24.1 -25.9 85 1.8 -24.4 273 15 291.0 291.2 278.4 293.5 0.80 S 570 4569 -24.5 -32.5 47 8.0 -25.5 275 18 292.0 292.1 278.3 293.4 0.44 W 570 4572 -24.5 -32.5 47 8.0 -25.5 275 18 292.1 292.1 278.4 293.5 0.44 W 546 4877 -24.2 -35.6 34 11.5 -25.5 265 39 296.0 296.0 280.0 297.1 0.34 S 543 4922 -24.1 -36.1 32 12.0 -25.5 264 40 296.6 296.6 280.3 297.7 0.32 S 525 5167 -25.5 -37.5 32 12.0 -26.8 257 44 297.8 297.8 280.8 298.7 0.29 W 502 5486 -26.8 -37.9 34 11.1 -28.0 250 49 300.0 300.1 281.8 301.0 0.29 M 500 5520 -26.9 -37.9 35 11.0 -28.1 250 49 300.2 300.3 281.8 301.2 0.29 W 461 6096 -31.0 -40.8 37 9.8 -31.9 250 49 302.2 302.2 282.6 303.0 0.23 S 435 6509 -33.9 -42.9 40 9.0 -34.6 252 52 303.6 303.6 283.1 304.3 0.20 M 400 7090 -38.9 -47.9 38 9.0 -39.4 255 56 304.4 304.5 283.4 304.9 0.13 W 387 7315 -40.7 -49.3 39 8.6 -41.1 255 57 305.0 305.0 283.5 305.4 0.11 W 370 7620 -43.1 -51.2 40 8.1 -43.5 255 60 305.7 305.7 283.8 306.0 0.09 S 366 7694 -43.7 -51.7 41 8.0 -44.0 255 62 305.9 305.9 283.9 306.2 0.09 W 308 8839 -50.0 -58.8 34 8.9 -50.2 250 86 312.6 312.6 286.3 312.8 0.04 MWD 301 8988 -50.8 -59.8 34 9.0 -51.0 250 86 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.04 M 300 9010 -50.9 -59.9 34 9.0 -51.1 250 86 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.8 0.04 W 294 9144 -51.5 -60.3 34 8.8 -51.7 250 83 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.8 0.04 W 268 9754 -54.1 -62.2 37 8.0 -54.3 255 85 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.5 0.03 S 266 9791 -54.3 -62.3 37 8.0 -54.4 255 84 319.6 319.6 288.6 319.7 0.03 TRP 253 10113 -55.1 -63.1 36 8.0 -55.2 255 74 323.0 323.1 289.7 323.2 0.03 M 250 10190 -54.7 -62.7 37 8.0 -54.8 255 71 324.7 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.03 W 232 10668 -54.3 -62.3 37 8.0 -54.5 265 59 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.04 W 201 11582 -53.5 -61.5 37 8.0 -53.7 275 35 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.05 M 200 11620 -53.5 -61.5 37 8.0 -53.7 275 35 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 S 196 11750 -53.3 -61.3 37 8.0 -53.5 276 36 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.05 S 183 12188 -55.9 -63.9 36 8.0 -56.1 278 40 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.3 0.04 W 174 12497 -54.9 -63.2 35 8.3 -55.1 280 42 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.8 0.04 S 156 13208 -52.7 -61.7 33 9.0 -53.0 255 24 375.0 375.1 301.5 375.3 0.06 W 151 13411 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.8 240 19 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.3 0.06 M 150 13460 -53.7 -62.7 32 9.0 -54.0 240 19 377.5 377.6 301.9 377.8 0.06 S 135 14131 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.5 269 26 380.9 381.0 302.4 381.1 0.04 W 131 14326 -58.1 -66.1 35 8.0 -58.3 275 28 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.9 0.04 W 119 14935 -57.4 -65.4 35 8.0 -57.6 285 37 396.8 396.8 304.8 397.0 0.05 S 118 14981 -57.3 -65.3 36 8.0 -57.5 286 37 397.7 397.7 304.9 398.0 0.05 W 113 15240 -54.8 -63.4 33 8.7 -55.1 295 36 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.4 0.07 S 111 15372 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.9 294 32 411.9 411.9 306.8 412.3 0.08 W 103 15850 -55.5 -63.8 35 8.3 -55.8 290 18 416.9 416.9 307.4 417.3 0.07 M 100 16040 -56.3 -64.3 36 8.0 -56.6 275 15 418.9 419.0 307.6 419.3 0.07 W 98 16154 -56.7 -64.7 36 8.0 -57.0 270 14 420.3 420.4 307.8 420.7 0.06 W 94 16459 -57.8 -65.8 35 8.0 -58.0 260 16 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.4 0.06 S 93 16499 -57.9 -65.9 35 8.0 -58.2 262 16 424.6 424.6 308.3 424.9 0.06 S 90 16707 -54.5 -63.5 32 9.0 -54.9 271 17 435.3 435.4 309.4 435.8 0.08 W 74 17983 -55.8 -64.8 32 9.0 -56.2 315 22 458.3 458.3 311.7 458.8 0.09 M 70 18310 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.6 310 21 464.4 464.4 312.2 464.9 0.09 W 61 19202 -59.2 -67.3 34 8.1 -59.6 320 12 476.6 476.6 313.2 477.0 0.07 S 60 19281 -59.5 -67.5 35 8.0 -59.9 323 12 477.7 477.7 313.3 478.1 0.07 S 54 19944 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.7 357 11 500.1 500.2 315.0 500.8 0.11 M 50 20430 -58.5 -66.5 35 8.0 -58.9 25 10 505.6 505.7 315.4 506.3 0.10 W 43 21336 -58.7 -66.7 35 8.0 -59.2 50 12 526.4 526.5 316.8 527.2 0.11 W 41 21641 -58.8 -66.8 35 8.0 -59.3 65 15 533.6 533.6 317.2 534.4 0.12 W 34 22860 -59.1 -67.1 35 8.0 -59.7 55 18 563.3 563.4 318.9 564.3 0.14 M 30 23630 -59.3 -67.3 35 8.0 -60.0 65 24 583.0 583.0 319.9 584.1 0.15 W 25 24689 -59.7 -67.7 35 8.0 -60.4 80 26 610.7 610.7 321.2 611.9 0.17 M 20 26170 -60.3 -68.3 34 8.0 -61.2 75 26 651.6 651.7 322.8 653.2 0.19 S 17 27178 -61.9 -69.9 34 8.0 -62.7 71 28 677.5 677.5 323.7 679.0 0.18 W 16 27432 -61.2 -69.4 33 8.2 -62.1 70 28 687.7 687.8 324.1 689.5 0.20 S 14 28387 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -59.9 82 28 727.7 727.8 325.4 730.5 0.31 W 13 28651 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -60.0 85 28 736.4 736.5 325.6 739.4 0.32 M 10 30500 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -60.5 70 23 800.4 800.6 327.4 804.7 0.42 S 9.4 30891 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.0 -58.7 - - 823.1 823.4 328.0 829.3 0.61 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5338.00 m Freezing level: 844.22 mb = 1574.40 m = 5165.30 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.17 % Est. max temperature: 5.68 C = 42.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.40 mb = 2008.94 m = 6590.92 ft T: -3.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 850.0- 849.6 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.21 mb = 3346.58 m = 10979.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.50 C = 43.71 F Cap Strength: 7.84 C Lifted Index: 8.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: 8.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 14.30 C K Index: 13.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57120.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.68 mb = 3087.70 m = 10130.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 301 at 22 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 182 | 925 832 | 892 1131 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 142 20 -12.6 16.0 884 1200 252 10 9.9 3.2 | 148 17 -9.3 14.6 882 1219 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 149 17 -8.5 14.2 868 1349 293 15 13.7 -5.9 | 135 8 -5.5 5.5 850 1520 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 58 7 -6.3 -3.9 850 1524 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 70 6 -5.7 -2.1 818 1829 335 22 9.3 -19.9 | 49 13 -9.8 -8.6 800 2003 338 23 8.5 -20.9 | 48 14 -10.6 -9.5 787 2134 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 48 15 -11.3 -10.2 756 2438 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 54 17 -13.4 -9.9 727 2743 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 60 16 -13.9 -7.9 700 3041 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 78 16 -15.2 -3.1 672 3353 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 94 15 -15.4 1.0 645 3658 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 124 14 -11.9 8.0 644 3670 294 8 7.4 -3.3 | 124 14 -11.8 8.1 594 4267 270 12 12.0 0.0 | 148 13 -7.1 11.4 580 4442 273 15 15.4 -0.9 | 160 11 -3.7 10.5 570 4569 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 173 10 -1.2 9.8 570 4572 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 173 10 -1.2 9.8 546 4877 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 233 25 19.7 14.8 543 4922 264 40 39.5 4.4 | 232 26 20.4 15.8 525 5167 257 44 42.6 9.8 | 228 32 23.5 21.2 502 5486 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 224 39 26.9 28.1 500 5520 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 224 39 26.9 28.1 461 6096 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 224 39 26.9 28.1 435 6509 252 52 49.4 15.8 | 228 41 30.3 27.2 400 7090 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 233 44 35.0 25.9 387 7315 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 234 44 35.9 26.1 370 7620 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 235 47 38.8 26.9 366 7694 255 62 59.3 16.4 | 235 49 40.2 27.7 308 8839 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 237 74 61.7 40.8 301 8988 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 237 74 61.7 40.8 300 9010 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 237 74 61.7 40.8 294 9144 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 236 71 58.9 39.8 268 9754 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 242 71 63.0 33.4 266 9791 255 84 81.0 21.7 | 242 70 61.9 33.1 253 10113 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 240 61 52.4 30.5 250 10190 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 239 58 49.5 29.8 232 10668 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 247 43 39.7 16.5 201 11582 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 242 18 15.7 8.3 200 11620 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 242 18 15.7 8.3 196 11750 276 36 35.8 -3.7 | 245 18 16.7 7.7 183 12188 278 40 39.1 -5.8 | 254 21 20.0 5.6 174 12497 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 260 23 22.2 4.1 156 13208 255 24 23.3 6.1 | 193 18 4.2 17.5 151 13411 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 173 21 -2.7 20.9 150 13460 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 173 21 -2.7 20.9 135 14131 269 26 26.0 0.3 | 210 14 6.8 11.6 131 14326 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 224 13 8.8 8.9 119 14935 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 264 17 16.6 1.8 118 14981 286 37 35.3 -10.5 | 267 16 16.2 0.9 113 15240 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 286 14 13.5 -3.8 111 15372 294 32 29.2 -13.3 | 280 10 10.1 -1.9 103 15850 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 157 6 -2.2 5.2 100 16040 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 157 11 -4.2 10.1 98 16154 270 14 14.0 0.0 | 156 12 -5.1 11.4 94 16459 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 167 15 -3.4 14.2 93 16499 262 16 16.0 2.3 | 167 14 -3.1 13.7 90 16707 271 17 17.0 -0.2 | 169 11 -2.1 11.1 74 17983 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 41 5 -3.6 -4.2 70 18310 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 55 4 -3.0 -2.1 61 19202 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 101 12 -11.4 2.2 60 19281 323 12 7.2 -9.5 | 99 12 -12.0 1.9 54 19944 357 11 0.6 -10.8 | 92 19 -18.5 0.6 50 20430 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 96 23 -23.4 2.3 43 21336 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 97 29 -28.3 3.7 41 21641 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 99 33 -32.7 5.0 34 22860 55 18 -14.7 -10.3 | 92 34 -33.9 1.1 30 23630 65 24 -21.8 -10.1 | 92 41 -40.9 1.2 25 24689 80 26 -25.6 -4.5 | 99 45 -44.7 6.9 20 26170 75 26 -25.1 -6.7 | 96 44 -44.2 4.7 17 27178 71 28 -26.1 -9.0 | 93 45 -45.2 2.4 16 27432 70 28 -26.3 -9.6 | 92 45 -45.4 1.8 14 28387 82 28 -27.7 -4.0 | 99 47 -46.8 7.4 13 28651 85 28 -27.9 -2.4 | 101 48 -47.0 8.9 10 30500 70 23 -21.6 -7.9 | 95 41 -40.7 3.5 9 30891 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: -25.1 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 41.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 299 15 126 14| 21.8 0.0 21.8| 11.6 -20.3 -8.7 -17.5 -0.37| 24.9 -9.1 1000 321 19 67 16| 13.5 0.0 13.5| 11.6 -25.1 -13.5 -13.5 -0.33| 16.2 -5.4 1500 330 20 58 21| 8.5 0.0 8.5| 23.8 -25.1 -1.3 -0.9 -0.22| 12.0 -2.6 2000 334 19 61 23| 6.3 1.8 8.1| 52.2 -25.1 27.1 13.5 -0.02| 10.8 -0.2 2500 333 18 69 23| 5.1 3.3 8.4| 88.9 -25.1 63.9 25.6 0.17| 10.7 1.8 3000 329 16 77 21| 4.2 3.4 7.6|105.7 -25.1 80.7 26.9 0.24| 9.8 2.3 4000 306 19 97 8| 3.2 6.0 9.2|172.9 -38.0 134.8 33.7 0.34| 11.9 4.1 5000 281 25 218 16| 2.5 5.6 8.2|175.4 -65.4 110.0 22.0 0.29| 10.4 3.0 6000 271 30 224 30| 2.4 4.7 7.1|249.9 -65.4 184.5 30.7 0.33| 9.4 3.1