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 KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:12Z 4 JUL 09 Station: KALB 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 81 290 4 SFC 999 89 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.8 290 4 291.8 293.6 288.9 320.7 10.17 2 984 219 16.8 12.5 76 4.3 14.1 293 10 291.3 292.9 287.9 317.6 9.29 3 925 743 12.4 11.7 95 0.7 12.0 290 29 292.0 293.7 288.3 318.6 9.37 4 890 1066 10.2 9.7 97 0.5 9.9 297 29 293.0 294.5 287.9 317.3 8.51 5 850 1449 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 310 23 295.2 296.6 288.2 318.3 8.00 6 807 1877 6.4 5.0 91 1.4 5.6 311 18 297.2 298.5 287.8 317.1 6.79 7 786 2094 6.6 3.2 79 3.4 4.8 319 16 299.7 300.8 288.1 317.9 6.14 8 735 2642 3.4 -2.6 65 6.0 0.5 285 17 302.0 302.8 287.1 315.0 4.30 9 712 2899 1.2 -1.1 85 2.3 0.1 275 22 302.3 303.3 287.9 317.3 4.96 10 700 3036 0.6 -3.3 75 3.9 -1.2 270 25 303.1 303.9 287.5 316.2 4.28 11 683 3233 0.6 -10.4 43 11.0 -3.7 267 26 305.3 305.8 286.5 313.3 2.53 12 655 3568 -2.3 -14.3 39 12.0 -6.5 275 28 305.7 306.1 286.0 311.8 1.93 13 642 3727 -2.3 -45.3 2 43.0 -9.6 281 30 307.4 307.5 284.5 307.8 0.10 14 590 4395 -5.1 -47.1 2 42.0 -11.8 292 36 311.7 311.7 286.1 312.1 0.09 15 504 5610 -15.3 -53.3 2 38.0 -19.5 281 45 313.7 313.7 286.7 313.9 0.05 16 500 5670 -15.5 -54.5 2 39.0 -19.7 280 45 314.1 314.1 286.8 314.3 0.05 17 400 7320 -26.9 290 53 320.0 18 388 7539 -28.5 290 56 320.7 19 367 7935 -32.1 -65.1 2 33.0 -33.7 293 62 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.1 0.02 20 349 8289 -34.6 -65.1 3 30.5 -35.9 295 66 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.4 0.02 21 308 9151 -40.9 290 46 325.3 22 300 9330 -42.1 285 49 326.0 23 273 9964 -45.9 302 50 329.4 24 250 10550 -47.1 290 44 336.0 25 245 10683 -47.5 290 46 337.4 26 237 10901 -46.1 294 54 342.7 27 207 11793 -47.7 290 57 353.7 28 200 12020 -45.9 290 50 360.1 29 198 12087 -45.9 290 50 361.1 30 193 12257 -46.7 289 49 362.5 31 185 12540 -44.7 288 47 370.2 32 150 13930 -49.9 295 37 384.1 33 139 14427 -51.3 298 33 390.1 34 131 14810 -54.3 290 27 391.4 35 115 15642 -56.7 285 20 401.8 36 111 15867 -55.5 287 20 408.1 37 108 16041 -56.9 289 20 408.7 38 100 16530 -56.1 295 20 419.3 39 96 16790 -55.5 314 11 425.4 40 84 17630 -60.7 275 17 431.4 41 81 17856 -59.5 271 17 438.4 42 80 17934 -56.7 273 16 445.7 43 77 18177 -55.5 301 11 453.1 44 70 18780 -58.5 330 7 459.2 45 69 18871 -58.7 337 7 460.7 46 64 19348 -56.1 13 8 476.4 47 62 19549 -58.1 28 9 476.3 48 55 20310 -55.5 72 11 498.9 49 50 20920 -55.1 95 15 513.6 50 47 21315 -54.9 114 8 523.3 51 45 21595 -52.3 98 11 536.1 52 32 23794 -53.3 104 6 588.4 53 30 24210 -52.5 85 9 601.5 54 28 24658 -51.5 62 11 616.3 55 25 25394 -52.5 37 16 633.7 56 22 26226 -50.3 41 22 663.9 57 22 26226 -51.1 41 22 661.5 58 20 26850 -48.7 70 33 687.1 59 19 27188 -48.9 74 32 696.6 60 15 28762 -43.5 97 29 763.3 61 12 30286 -37.1 95 26 836.3 62 10 31550 -36.5 82 24 883.3 63 9.7 31761 -36.3 -68.3 2 32.0 -48.4 80 24 891.8 892.0 329.4 896.2 0.40 TRP 84 17630 -60.7 275 17 431.4 WND 349 8289 -34.6 -65.1 3 30.5 -35.9 295 66 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.4 0.02 P: 999.0 H: 89 T: 18.6 Td: 12.8 Dir: 290 Spd: 4 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.00 m Freezing level: 677.21 mb = 3302.64 m = 10835.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.27 mb = 2907.43 m = 9538.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.68 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.51 mb = 656.22 m = 2152.94 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 9.50 C Layer 700.0- 590.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.64 mb = 901.81 m = 2958.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.23 C = 66.62 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.43 mb = 820.97 m = 2693.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.43 mb = 1146.75 m = 3762.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 871.43 mb = 1241.72 m = 4073.83 ft B at Equ Level: 4.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 821.43 mb = 1730.91 m = 5678.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: -9.7 tot: 101.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 25.08 m/s