Station: KALB Date: 00Z 21 NOV 2009 WMO ident: 72518 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -73.80 Elevation: 89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 89 10.8 2.8 58 8.0 6.9 210 2 283.6 284.4 279.8 296.7 4.66 M 1000 130 10.4 1.4 54 9.0 6.1 235 3 283.5 284.3 279.3 295.5 4.23 W 979 305 8.8 0.9 58 7.9 5.1 260 20 283.7 284.4 279.3 295.4 4.17 W 943 610 6.1 0.1 65 6.0 3.4 270 23 283.9 284.6 279.3 295.4 4.07 M 925 772 4.6 -0.4 70 5.0 2.4 275 26 284.0 284.7 279.3 295.3 4.01 W 909 914 3.3 -1.0 73 4.3 1.4 280 28 284.1 284.8 279.2 295.2 3.92 W 875 1219 0.6 -2.2 82 2.8 -0.6 285 33 284.4 285.0 279.1 295.0 3.72 M 850 1454 -1.5 -3.1 89 1.6 -2.1 290 37 284.6 285.2 279.0 294.7 3.58 S 829 1653 -2.9 -4.5 89 1.6 -3.6 293 39 285.1 285.7 278.9 294.6 3.30 W 811 1829 -1.0 -4.9 75 3.8 -2.6 295 41 288.9 289.5 280.7 298.5 3.28 S 804 1897 -0.3 -5.0 71 4.7 -2.2 296 41 290.4 291.0 281.3 300.0 3.28 W 780 2134 -1.9 -5.5 77 3.5 -3.3 300 41 291.2 291.7 281.6 300.7 3.26 W 751 2438 -4.0 -6.0 86 2.0 -4.8 305 42 292.1 292.7 282.0 301.6 3.24 S 739 2567 -4.9 -6.3 90 1.4 -5.4 307 42 292.5 293.1 282.2 302.0 3.23 W 723 2743 -3.7 -8.2 71 4.5 -5.4 310 41 295.7 296.2 283.1 304.3 2.85 M 700 2997 -1.9 -10.9 50 9.0 -5.3 305 40 300.4 300.8 284.5 307.7 2.38 S 698 3020 -1.9 -11.9 46 10.0 -5.5 305 40 300.6 301.0 284.4 307.5 2.20 W 642 3658 -6.8 -17.3 43 10.5 -10.0 295 43 302.3 302.6 284.2 307.2 1.53 W 593 4267 -11.4 -22.4 40 11.0 -14.2 290 48 303.8 304.0 284.3 307.3 1.07 W 548 4877 -16.1 -27.6 37 11.5 -18.4 285 47 305.3 305.4 284.4 307.7 0.72 W 527 5182 -18.5 -30.1 35 11.7 -20.5 275 49 306.0 306.1 284.5 308.0 0.59 W 506 5486 -20.8 -32.7 34 11.9 -22.7 270 52 306.6 306.7 284.7 308.3 0.48 M 500 5580 -21.5 -33.5 33 12.0 -23.4 270 51 306.8 306.9 284.7 308.4 0.45 S 489 5743 -22.9 -34.9 33 12.0 -24.6 270 54 307.1 307.1 284.7 308.5 0.40 W 466 6096 -22.9 -35.5 31 12.6 -24.7 270 61 311.3 311.4 286.3 312.7 0.40 S 452 6319 -22.9 -35.9 29 13.0 -24.8 270 70 314.1 314.1 287.2 315.5 0.39 W 428 6706 -26.1 -38.3 31 12.1 -27.7 270 85 314.8 314.8 287.4 316.0 0.33 M 400 7200 -30.3 -41.3 33 11.0 -31.4 265 89 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.5 0.26 W 377 7620 -33.0 -44.0 32 11.0 -34.0 265 91 317.5 317.5 288.2 318.2 0.20 S 352 8099 -36.1 -47.1 31 11.0 -36.9 263 95 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.1 0.16 MWD 320 8755 -41.2 -51.0 34 9.8 -41.8 260 101 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.7 0.11 W 316 8839 -41.9 -51.6 34 9.7 -42.4 260 101 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.9 0.10 W 302 9144 -44.3 -53.4 36 9.1 -44.7 260 94 322.2 322.3 289.5 322.6 0.09 M 300 9190 -44.7 -53.7 36 9.0 -45.1 260 94 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.09 S 270 9887 -49.3 -58.3 34 9.0 -49.6 260 89 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.05 M 250 10390 -50.5 -59.5 34 9.0 -50.7 260 86 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.05 W 240 10668 -51.2 -60.2 33 9.0 -51.4 260 81 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 W 208 11582 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.7 265 64 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 M 200 11840 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.3 265 64 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 S 189 12204 -53.1 -62.1 33 9.0 -53.4 261 65 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.6 0.05 W 172 12802 -56.0 -65.0 32 9.0 -56.2 255 67 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.04 W 164 13106 -57.5 -66.5 31 9.0 -57.7 260 67 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.03 TRP 159 13304 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -58.7 260 66 363.2 363.2 299.4 363.3 0.03 M 150 13670 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -58.7 275 61 369.3 369.3 300.5 369.4 0.03 W 149 13716 -58.5 -67.5 30 9.0 -58.7 275 56 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.03 S 143 13971 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -58.9 271 51 374.0 374.0 301.3 374.2 0.03 W 135 14326 -54.5 -64.8 27 10.3 -54.8 265 44 387.4 387.4 303.5 387.6 0.05 S 131 14531 -52.1 -63.1 25 11.0 -52.5 259 40 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.6 0.06 W 123 14935 -54.6 -65.3 25 10.7 -54.9 240 31 398.1 398.1 305.0 398.3 0.05 W 117 15240 -56.5 -67.0 25 10.6 -56.8 230 33 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.3 0.04 W 106 15850 -60.2 -70.4 25 10.2 -60.4 265 31 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.03 S 102 16117 -61.9 -71.9 25 10.0 -62.1 265 33 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.9 0.02 M 100 16240 -61.3 -71.3 25 10.0 -61.5 265 34 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.03 W 97 16459 -60.0 -70.5 24 10.5 -60.3 265 33 415.9 415.9 307.3 416.0 0.03 S 93 16692 -58.7 -69.7 23 11.0 -59.0 259 33 423.0 423.0 308.1 423.2 0.03 W 88 17069 -60.6 -70.9 24 10.3 -60.8 250 32 426.6 426.6 308.5 426.8 0.03 S 85 17253 -61.5 -71.5 25 10.0 -61.7 254 30 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.5 0.03 W 76 17983 -62.6 -73.4 22 10.8 -62.8 275 23 440.8 440.8 310.0 441.0 0.02 S 73 18191 -62.9 -73.9 21 11.0 -63.1 262 22 444.5 444.5 310.3 444.6 0.02 W 72 18288 -62.6 -73.6 21 11.0 -62.9 255 22 447.1 447.1 310.6 447.2 0.03 M 70 18450 -62.1 -73.1 22 11.0 -62.4 245 24 451.5 451.5 311.0 451.7 0.03 W 68 18593 -61.5 -72.8 21 11.2 -61.8 240 26 455.7 455.7 311.4 455.9 0.03 W 65 18898 -60.3 -72.0 20 11.7 -60.7 265 19 464.8 464.9 312.2 465.0 0.04 S 63 19103 -59.5 -71.5 20 12.0 -59.9 280 12 471.1 471.1 312.7 471.3 0.04 W 62 19202 -59.6 -71.6 20 12.0 -60.0 295 9 473.0 473.0 312.9 473.2 0.04 W 59 19507 -59.9 -71.9 19 12.0 -60.3 265 10 478.9 478.9 313.4 479.1 0.04 M 50 20540 -61.1 -73.1 19 12.0 -61.5 245 12 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.7 0.04 W 49 20726 -61.2 -73.3 18 12.2 -61.6 245 13 503.7 503.7 315.2 503.9 0.04 W 44 21336 -61.3 -74.1 17 12.8 -61.8 315 7 517.6 517.6 316.2 517.8 0.04 W 42 21641 -61.4 -74.5 16 13.1 -61.9 260 6 524.7 524.7 316.6 524.9 0.04 W 36 22555 -61.7 -75.7 14 14.0 -62.3 330 7 546.5 546.5 317.9 546.8 0.04 S 36 22581 -61.7 -75.7 14 14.0 -62.3 329 7 547.1 547.2 317.9 547.4 0.04 W 34 22860 -61.0 -75.7 13 14.7 -61.6 295 3 556.1 556.1 318.5 556.4 0.04 M 30 23720 -58.7 -75.7 9 17.0 -59.7 355 15 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.9 0.04 W 30 23774 -58.6 -75.7 9 17.2 -59.6 355 15 586.4 586.4 320.0 586.7 0.04 W 28 24079 -57.9 -76.0 8 18.1 -59.0 355 13 596.5 596.5 320.5 596.8 0.04 W 27 24384 -57.1 -76.2 7 19.0 -58.5 35 13 606.7 606.7 320.9 607.1 0.05 W 23 25298 -55.0 -76.8 5 21.8 -56.9 15 14 638.5 638.5 322.3 638.8 0.05 W 22 25603 -54.3 -77.0 4 22.7 -56.4 30 16 649.4 649.4 322.7 649.8 0.05 S 22 25689 -54.1 -77.1 4 23.0 -56.2 38 15 652.5 652.6 322.8 652.9 0.05 W 21 25908 -54.3 -77.3 4 23.0 -56.5 70 11 658.3 658.3 323.0 658.7 0.05 M 20 26300 -54.7 -77.7 4 23.0 -56.9 70 10 668.7 668.8 323.4 669.1 0.05 W 18 27127 -56.0 -79.8 4 23.8 -58.2 60 16 689.9 689.9 324.1 690.2 0.04 S 17 27338 -56.3 -80.3 3 24.0 -58.5 70 15 695.4 695.4 324.3 695.7 0.04 W 17 27432 -56.0 -80.2 3 24.2 -58.2 75 14 699.5 699.5 324.4 699.8 0.04 W 15 28346 -52.6 -79.0 3 26.4 -56.0 40 18 739.8 739.8 325.7 740.3 0.05 S 14 28586 -51.7 -78.7 3 27.0 -55.5 44 18 750.7 750.8 326.0 751.3 0.06 W 13 28956 -51.7 - - - - 50 17 763.0 - - - - W 12 29566 -51.8 - - - - 20 15 783.5 - - - - M 10 30770 -51.9 - - - - 20 16 825.8 - - - - S 8.2 32057 -51.5 - - - - - - 875.6 - - - - S 6.8 33267 -53.5 - - - - - - 915.4 - - - - Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.00 m Freezing level: 867.93 mb = 1285.60 m = 4217.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.69 mb = 1131.40 m = 3711.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.59 % Est. max temperature: 11.72 C = 53.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.05 mb = 1091.74 m = 3581.79 ft T: 1.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.11 C Layer 1000.0- 810.9 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.04 mb = 1425.20 m = 4675.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.73 C = 53.11 F Cap Strength: 10.72 C Lifted Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.27 C Showalter Index: 11.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64750.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.91 mb = 1341.77 m = 4402.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 318 at 31 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1004 89 210 2 1.0 1.7 | 141 31 -19.8 24.4 1000 130 235 3 2.5 1.7 | 143 31 -18.3 24.4 979 305 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 178 26 -1.1 26.2 943 610 270 23 23.0 0.0 | 186 23 2.2 22.7 925 772 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 194 21 5.1 20.4 909 914 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 201 19 6.8 17.9 875 1219 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 218 18 11.1 14.2 850 1454 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 234 17 14.0 10.1 829 1653 293 39 36.1 -15.2 | 244 17 15.3 7.6 811 1829 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 252 17 16.4 5.4 804 1897 296 41 36.8 -18.1 | 254 17 16.1 4.7 780 2134 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 261 15 14.8 2.2 751 2438 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 276 14 13.6 -1.4 739 2567 307 42 33.2 -25.1 | 281 13 12.4 -2.4 723 2743 310 41 31.4 -26.4 | 289 11 10.7 -3.6 700 2997 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 271 12 12.0 -0.2 698 3020 305 40 33.0 -22.8 | 270 12 12.2 -0.1 642 3658 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 256 19 18.2 4.5 593 4267 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 255 25 24.3 6.3 548 4877 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 247 27 24.6 10.6 527 5182 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 237 34 28.1 18.4 506 5486 270 52 52.0 0.0 | 234 39 31.2 22.7 500 5580 270 51 51.0 0.0 | 233 38 30.2 22.7 489 5743 270 54 54.2 0.0 | 236 40 33.4 22.7 466 6096 270 61 61.0 0.0 | 241 46 40.2 22.7 452 6319 270 70 69.7 0.0 | 245 54 48.9 22.7 428 6706 270 85 85.0 0.0 | 251 68 64.2 22.7 400 7200 265 89 88.7 7.8 | 246 74 67.9 30.5 377 7620 265 91 90.7 7.9 | 246 76 69.9 30.6 352 8099 263 95 94.4 11.9 | 245 81 73.7 34.7 320 8755 260 101 99.5 17.5 | 243 88 78.7 40.3 316 8839 260 101 99.5 17.5 | 243 88 78.7 40.3 302 9144 260 94 92.6 16.3 | 241 82 71.8 39.0 300 9190 260 94 92.6 16.3 | 241 82 71.8 39.0 270 9887 260 89 88.0 15.5 | 240 77 67.3 38.2 250 10390 260 86 84.7 14.9 | 240 74 63.9 37.6 240 10668 260 81 79.8 14.1 | 238 70 59.0 36.8 208 11582 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 237 51 43.0 28.3 200 11840 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 237 51 43.0 28.3 189 12204 261 65 64.3 10.0 | 233 55 43.6 32.8 172 12802 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 228 59 44.0 40.1 164 13106 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 233 57 45.2 34.3 159 13304 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 232 56 44.2 34.2 150 13670 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 246 44 40.0 17.4 149 13716 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 243 39 35.0 17.8 143 13971 271 51 50.9 -1.2 | 235 37 30.2 21.5 135 14326 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 221 35 23.1 26.6 131 14531 259 40 38.9 7.9 | 211 36 18.1 30.6 123 14935 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 189 39 6.1 38.2 117 15240 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 186 44 4.5 43.9 106 15850 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 202 27 10.1 25.4 102 16117 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 205 28 12.2 25.6 100 16240 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 207 29 13.1 25.7 97 16459 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 205 28 12.1 25.6 93 16692 259 33 32.1 6.0 | 201 31 11.3 28.7 88 17069 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 195 35 9.3 33.7 85 17253 254 30 29.0 8.5 | 195 32 8.2 31.2 76 17983 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 186 21 2.2 20.7 73 18191 262 22 22.1 3.3 | 183 26 1.3 26.0 72 18288 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 181 28 0.5 28.4 70 18450 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 182 33 1.0 32.9 68 18593 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 183 36 1.8 35.7 65 18898 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 176 24 -1.8 24.4 63 19103 280 12 12.1 -2.1 | 157 22 -8.7 20.6 62 19202 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 146 23 -12.6 18.9 59 19507 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 155 26 -10.8 23.6 50 20540 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 160 29 -9.9 27.8 49 20726 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 162 30 -9.0 28.2 44 21336 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 138 24 -15.8 17.8 42 21641 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 148 28 -14.8 23.8 36 22555 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 134 24 -17.3 16.7 36 22581 329 7 3.5 -5.7 | 135 24 -17.3 17.0 34 22860 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 140 28 -18.0 21.4 30 23720 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 112 21 -19.4 7.8 30 23774 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 112 21 -19.4 7.8 28 24079 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 116 22 -19.6 9.8 27 24384 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 113 31 -28.2 12.1 23 25298 15 14 -3.6 -13.5 | 111 26 -24.4 9.2 22 25603 30 16 -8.0 -13.9 | 107 30 -28.8 8.9 22 25689 38 15 -9.0 -11.4 | 111 32 -29.8 11.3 21 25908 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 121 36 -31.1 19.0 20 26300 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 123 36 -30.2 19.3 18 27127 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 113 38 -34.6 14.7 17 27338 70 15 -13.7 -5.0 | 117 39 -34.5 17.7 17 27432 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 119 39 -34.3 19.1 15 28346 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 105 34 -32.3 8.9 14 28586 44 18 -12.2 -12.7 | 107 34 -32.9 10.0 13 28956 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 109 36 -33.8 11.8 12 29566 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 108 27 -25.9 8.6 10 30770 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 106 27 -26.2 7.7 8 32057 | 7 33267 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.8 neg: -11.3 tot: 287.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 95.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 263 17 170 49| 22.5 0.0 22.5|159.4 0.0 159.4 318.8 0.92| 24.2 22.2 1000 272 22 183 43| 15.6 0.0 15.6|207.9 0.0 207.9 207.9 0.90| 17.4 15.7 1500 279 26 196 37| 13.1 0.0 13.1|251.2 0.0 251.2 167.4 0.92| 14.8 13.7 2000 285 30 208 33| 10.6 0.0 10.6|276.1 0.0 276.1 138.0 0.92| 12.7 11.7 2500 290 32 219 30| 8.6 0.0 8.6|295.7 0.0 295.7 118.3 0.91| 11.4 10.5 3000 293 34 227 27| 7.2 0.5 7.7|298.8 -11.3 287.4 95.8 0.79| 10.5 8.3 4000 294 36 237 28| 5.4 1.7 7.1|298.9 -26.0 272.9 68.2 0.62| 9.3 5.7 5000 292 38 241 33| 4.3 2.4 6.7|298.9 -82.3 216.6 43.3 0.44| 8.7 3.8 6000 288 41 241 41| 3.6 3.2 6.8|357.1-117.7 239.4 39.9 0.37| 8.8 3.3