Station: KCAR Date: 12Z 9 FEB 2012 WMO ident: 72712 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -68.02 Elevation: 190.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC 991 190 -12.9 -16.2 76 3.3 -13.6 190 3 260.9 261.1 260.1 263.9 1.09 S 983 249 -9.3 -16.3 57 7.0 -10.8 210 4 265.1 265.3 263.3 268.2 1.09 S 970 352 -8.1 -14.1 62 6.0 -9.6 227 7 267.4 267.6 265.3 271.0 1.32 M 925 721 -9.1 -10.8 87 1.7 -9.6 243 15 270.0 270.3 268.0 275.0 1.81 S 915 805 -8.5 -9.8 90 1.3 -8.9 245 16 271.5 271.8 269.2 276.9 1.98 S 886 1055 -7.7 -12.7 67 5.0 -9.1 248 22 274.8 275.1 270.8 279.4 1.62 M 850 1377 -9.3 -18.3 48 9.0 -11.4 249 29 276.4 276.6 270.8 279.5 1.06 S 842 1450 -9.7 -18.7 48 9.0 -11.8 250 30 276.7 276.9 271.0 279.8 1.04 W 834 1524 -9.1 -19.6 42 10.4 -11.5 250 32 278.1 278.3 271.7 281.0 0.97 S 809 1760 -7.3 -22.3 29 15.0 -10.6 250 31 282.5 282.6 273.9 284.9 0.79 W 802 1829 -7.7 -22.4 30 14.7 -11.0 250 31 282.8 282.9 274.1 285.2 0.79 W 771 2134 -9.5 -22.8 33 13.3 -12.4 255 32 284.0 284.2 274.8 286.4 0.79 W 741 2438 -11.3 -23.3 37 12.0 -13.8 260 34 285.3 285.4 275.5 287.7 0.79 W 712 2743 -13.1 -23.7 41 10.6 -15.3 255 34 286.6 286.7 276.2 289.0 0.79 M 700 2873 -13.9 -23.9 43 10.0 -15.9 255 34 287.1 287.2 276.4 289.5 0.79 S 665 3261 -16.3 -26.3 42 10.0 -18.1 255 34 288.6 288.8 277.0 290.7 0.67 W 631 3658 -16.8 -30.7 29 14.0 -19.0 255 34 292.5 292.6 278.6 294.0 0.47 S 622 3763 -16.9 -31.9 26 15.0 -19.3 256 34 293.5 293.6 279.0 294.9 0.42 W 581 4267 -19.7 -34.7 25 15.0 -21.8 260 34 295.9 296.0 280.0 297.1 0.34 S 579 4298 -19.9 -34.9 25 15.0 -22.0 260 34 296.1 296.2 280.1 297.2 0.34 W 535 4877 -23.9 -37.8 27 13.9 -25.5 255 32 298.1 298.1 280.9 299.0 0.28 M 500 5370 -27.3 -40.3 28 13.0 -28.6 255 32 299.8 299.8 281.5 300.5 0.23 W 492 5486 -28.2 -41.0 28 12.8 -29.4 255 32 300.1 300.1 281.7 300.8 0.22 W 451 6096 -33.0 -44.6 30 11.6 -33.8 240 29 301.7 301.7 282.3 302.2 0.16 M 400 6930 -39.5 -49.5 34 10.0 -40.0 240 36 303.7 303.7 283.0 304.0 0.10 W 378 7315 -42.6 -52.3 34 9.7 -43.0 235 36 304.6 304.6 283.4 304.9 0.08 W 361 7620 -45.0 -54.5 34 9.5 -45.3 235 35 305.3 305.3 283.6 305.5 0.06 S 331 8201 -49.7 -58.7 34 9.0 -49.9 252 29 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.7 0.04 W 314 8534 -51.7 -60.2 36 8.5 -51.8 265 26 308.3 308.3 284.7 308.5 0.04 M 300 8840 -53.5 -61.5 37 8.0 -53.7 265 26 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.03 W 286 9144 -55.7 -63.7 36 8.0 -55.8 260 25 311.1 311.1 285.7 311.2 0.03 W 272 9449 -57.9 -65.9 35 8.0 -58.0 255 24 312.2 312.2 286.1 312.2 0.02 TRP 261 9722 -59.9 -67.9 34 8.0 -60.0 245 27 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.2 0.02 M 250 9990 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.2 230 32 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.02 S 247 10065 -60.5 -68.5 34 8.0 -60.6 230 33 317.2 317.2 287.8 317.3 0.02 W 235 10363 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.2 230 39 322.2 322.2 289.4 322.2 0.02 W 224 10668 -59.7 -67.7 35 8.0 -59.8 235 48 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.4 0.02 S 218 10844 -59.5 -67.5 35 8.0 -59.6 236 50 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.02 M 200 11390 -54.3 -62.3 37 8.0 -54.5 240 57 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 S 197 11487 -53.5 -61.5 37 8.0 -53.7 245 56 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 W 194 11582 -53.4 -61.5 37 8.1 -53.6 250 55 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.05 S 170 12440 -52.1 -61.1 33 9.0 -52.4 248 51 366.9 366.9 300.1 367.2 0.06 M 150 13250 -53.3 -62.3 33 9.0 -53.6 245 48 378.2 378.3 302.0 378.5 0.06 W 110 15240 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.4 250 51 411.9 411.9 306.8 412.3 0.07 W 100 15850 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.7 255 50 422.8 422.8 308.1 423.2 0.08 M 100 15850 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.7 260 50 422.8 422.8 308.1 423.2 0.08 W 95 16154 -55.1 -64.1 32 9.0 -55.5 260 49 427.1 427.1 308.6 427.5 0.07 S 94 16246 -55.3 -64.3 32 9.0 -55.7 259 49 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.8 0.07 S 91 16454 -54.5 -63.5 32 9.0 -54.9 257 48 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.4 0.08 W 79 17374 -56.9 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.3 245 45 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.7 0.07 M 70 18120 -58.9 -67.9 30 9.0 -59.2 260 50 458.4 458.4 311.7 458.7 0.06 W 65 18593 -59.4 -68.2 31 8.8 -59.8 270 46 467.3 467.3 312.4 467.6 0.06 W 51 20117 -61.2 -69.2 34 8.0 -61.5 250 36 497.1 497.2 314.8 497.6 0.07 M 50 20210 -61.3 -69.3 34 8.0 -61.6 250 39 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.4 0.07 W 42 21336 -61.7 -69.7 34 8.0 -62.1 270 44 524.5 524.6 316.6 525.0 0.08 W 40 21641 -61.8 -69.8 34 8.0 -62.2 275 43 531.7 531.7 317.1 532.2 0.08 M 30 23380 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -63.0 280 39 574.3 574.3 319.4 574.9 0.09 W 24 24689 -62.4 -70.4 33 8.0 -63.0 270 40 610.5 610.5 321.1 611.4 0.12 M 20 25880 -62.3 -70.3 33 8.0 -63.0 285 47 645.5 645.5 322.6 646.7 0.15 W 18 26518 -61.9 -70.6 31 8.6 -62.7 285 51 666.0 666.1 323.3 667.3 0.16 S 17 26885 -61.7 -70.7 29 9.0 -62.6 285 49 678.1 678.2 323.7 679.5 0.16 W 16 27432 -59.2 -68.2 30 9.0 -60.4 285 47 703.6 703.7 324.6 705.8 0.25 S 15 27667 -58.1 -67.1 31 9.0 -59.5 287 44 714.8 714.9 325.0 717.5 0.31 W 13 28346 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -59.3 295 36 738.5 738.6 325.7 741.8 0.36 S 12 29075 -57.3 -66.3 31 9.0 -59.1 - - 764.7 764.9 326.4 768.8 0.43 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5253.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.90 % Est. max temperature: 3.04 C = 37.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.39 mb = 601.05 m = 1971.92 ft T: -8.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 991.0- 841.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 991.00 mb = 190.00 m = 623.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.58 g/kg Conv temperature: -11.62 C = 11.08 F Cap Strength: 20.85 C Lifted Index: 21.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.74 C Showalter Index: 17.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.00 C Cross Totals Index: 9.00 C K Index: -10.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 126.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer Lifted index: 21.72 C CAPE (B+): 31.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62017.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1044.19 m = 3425.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 283 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 117 | 991 190 190 3 0.5 3.0 | 111 22 -20.9 8.0 983 249 210 4 2.2 3.8 | 115 21 -19.3 8.8 970 352 227 7 4.8 4.5 | 120 19 -16.6 9.6 925 721 243 15 13.1 6.5 | 144 14 -8.4 11.5 915 805 245 16 14.9 7.0 | 151 14 -6.6 12.0 886 1055 248 22 20.2 8.3 | 175 13 -1.3 13.4 850 1377 249 29 27.0 10.1 | 200 16 5.5 15.2 842 1450 250 30 28.5 10.5 | 204 17 7.1 15.6 834 1524 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 208 18 8.6 16.0 809 1760 250 31 29.3 10.7 | 207 18 7.9 15.7 802 1829 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 206 17 7.7 15.6 771 2134 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 215 16 9.5 13.3 741 2438 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 228 16 12.0 10.9 712 2743 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 219 18 11.4 13.8 700 2873 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 219 18 11.4 13.8 665 3261 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 219 18 11.4 13.8 631 3658 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 219 18 11.4 13.8 622 3763 256 34 33.0 8.3 | 221 18 11.5 13.3 581 4267 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 228 16 12.0 10.9 579 4298 260 34 33.4 6.0 | 227 16 11.9 11.1 535 4877 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 215 16 9.5 13.3 500 5370 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 215 16 9.5 13.3 492 5486 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 215 16 9.5 13.3 451 6096 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 191 20 3.7 19.5 400 6930 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 203 25 9.7 23.0 378 7315 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 197 27 8.0 25.7 361 7620 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 196 26 7.2 25.1 331 8201 252 29 27.9 9.2 | 204 16 6.4 14.2 314 8534 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 211 9 4.4 7.3 300 8840 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 211 9 4.4 7.3 286 9144 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 199 10 3.2 9.4 272 9449 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 189 11 1.7 11.3 261 9722 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 190 17 3.0 16.5 250 9990 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 187 26 3.1 25.6 247 10065 230 33 25.6 21.5 | 189 27 4.1 26.5 235 10363 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 196 31 8.4 30.1 224 10668 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 209 37 17.9 32.6 218 10844 236 50 41.8 27.8 | 212 39 20.4 32.8 200 11390 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 220 44 27.9 33.5 197 11487 245 56 50.7 23.7 | 226 41 29.3 28.7 194 11582 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 232 39 30.2 23.9 170 12440 248 51 47.5 19.6 | 227 36 26.1 24.6 150 13250 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 221 34 22.1 25.3 110 15240 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 230 35 26.5 22.5 100 15850 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 236 32 26.8 18.0 100 15850 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 244 31 27.8 13.7 95 16154 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 243 30 26.8 13.5 94 16246 259 49 47.8 9.3 | 241 30 26.3 14.4 91 16454 257 48 46.7 11.1 | 237 30 25.3 16.2 79 17374 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 219 31 19.3 24.1 70 18120 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 244 31 27.8 13.7 65 18593 270 46 46.0 0.0 | 258 25 24.5 5.0 51 20117 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 215 21 12.4 17.4 50 20210 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 220 24 15.2 18.4 42 21336 270 44 44.0 0.0 | 257 23 22.5 5.0 40 21641 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 267 21 21.4 1.3 30 23380 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 276 17 17.0 -1.7 24 24689 270 40 40.0 0.0 | 255 19 18.5 5.0 20 25880 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 287 25 23.9 -7.1 18 26518 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 286 29 27.8 -8.2 17 26885 285 49 47.7 -12.8 | 286 27 26.2 -7.7 16 27432 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 287 25 23.9 -7.1 15 27667 287 44 42.2 -13.0 | 291 22 20.7 -7.9 13 28346 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 312 15 11.2 -10.2 12 29075 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.9 neg: -11.4 tot: 124.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 61.96 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 233 8 125 35| 12.7 0.0 12.7| 47.2 0.0 47.2 94.4 0.78| 12.8 10.0 1000 243 14 141 28| 12.0 0.0 12.0| 85.8 0.0 85.8 85.8 0.87| 12.1 10.5 1500 246 19 163 26| 10.3 0.0 10.3|110.9 -1.0 109.8 73.2 0.85| 10.6 9.0 2000 248 22 176 26| 8.0 0.0 8.0|125.3 -2.1 123.2 61.6 0.84| 8.9 7.5 2500 251 24 187 25| 6.4 0.3 6.8|135.9 -9.4 126.5 50.6 0.76| 8.1 6.2 3000 252 26 194 26| 5.4 0.3 5.7|135.9 -11.4 124.5 41.5 0.74| 6.8 5.1 4000 253 28 203 28| 4.1 0.2 4.3|145.6 -11.4 134.2 33.6 0.75| 5.5 4.1 5000 254 29 207 28| 3.2 0.3 3.6|146.4 -25.9 120.5 24.1 0.62| 4.7 2.9 6000 253 29 206 29| 2.7 1.0 3.7|149.2 -62.4 86.8 14.5 0.39| 4.7 1.8