Station: KEPZ Date: 00Z 9 FEB 2010 WMO ident: 72364 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -106.70 Elevation: 1252.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 - - - - - - - - - - - - M 925 747 - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC 870 1252 11.6 -8.4 24 20.0 3.2 305 9 296.3 296.7 282.8 303.4 2.33 S 866 1296 10.2 -9.8 23 20.0 2.2 302 9 295.3 295.6 282.0 301.6 2.09 M 850 1450 8.6 -11.4 23 20.0 1.0 290 10 295.2 295.5 281.7 300.9 1.88 W 811 1829 5.0 -12.3 27 17.3 -1.3 290 9 295.3 295.6 281.7 300.9 1.82 W 781 2134 2.1 -13.1 31 15.2 -3.3 280 7 295.4 295.7 281.7 300.9 1.78 W 752 2438 -0.8 -13.9 37 13.0 -5.2 270 10 295.5 295.8 281.7 300.8 1.74 W 724 2743 -3.8 -14.6 43 10.9 -7.2 275 10 295.5 295.8 281.7 300.7 1.70 M 700 3010 -6.3 -15.3 49 9.0 -9.1 270 11 295.5 295.8 281.6 300.6 1.66 S 697 3044 -6.5 -14.5 53 8.0 -9.0 270 11 295.6 296.0 281.8 301.1 1.78 S 687 3156 -7.1 -18.1 41 11.0 -10.2 271 11 296.2 296.4 281.5 300.4 1.34 S 684 3190 -6.9 -22.9 27 16.0 -10.9 271 11 296.8 297.0 281.2 299.6 0.89 S 679 3248 -6.9 -25.9 20 19.0 -11.3 272 11 297.4 297.5 281.2 299.6 0.68 S 655 3528 -8.7 -26.7 22 18.0 -12.7 274 12 298.5 298.6 281.6 300.6 0.66 W 644 3658 -9.7 -26.3 24 16.6 -13.4 275 12 298.8 298.9 281.8 301.0 0.69 S 616 4000 -12.3 -25.3 33 13.0 -15.2 278 16 299.6 299.8 282.3 302.2 0.79 W 595 4267 -14.1 -27.8 30 13.7 -16.9 280 19 300.5 300.7 282.5 302.7 0.65 S 555 4789 -17.7 -32.7 26 15.0 -20.1 289 24 302.3 302.4 282.9 303.8 0.44 W 548 4877 -18.4 -33.9 24 15.5 -20.8 290 25 302.5 302.5 282.9 303.8 0.40 M 500 5560 -24.1 -43.1 16 19.0 -26.1 280 25 303.7 303.7 283.1 304.3 0.17 W 484 5791 -26.0 -47.0 12 21.0 -27.8 280 28 304.1 304.1 283.2 304.5 0.11 S 477 5901 -26.9 -48.9 11 22.0 -28.6 280 29 304.3 304.3 283.2 304.7 0.09 W 464 6096 -28.2 -55.8 5 27.6 -29.9 280 32 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.2 0.04 S 448 6350 -29.9 -64.9 2 35.0 -31.5 274 44 306.0 306.0 283.8 306.1 0.01 S 437 6527 -30.5 -69.5 1 39.0 -32.1 272 52 307.5 307.5 284.4 307.5 0.01 W 426 6706 -31.2 - - - - 270 61 308.8 - - - - S 424 6741 -31.3 - - - - 270 61 309.1 - - - - M 400 7150 -34.7 - - - - 265 62 309.9 - - - - W 374 7620 -38.4 - - - - 270 64 311.1 - - - - W 357 7925 -40.8 - - - - 265 61 311.9 - - - - TRP 346 8148 -42.5 - - - - 265 64 312.4 - - - - S 342 8227 -41.3 - - - - 264 66 315.1 - - - - S 332 8429 -42.1 - - - - 263 72 316.7 - - - - S 320 8679 -40.7 - - - - 262 79 322.0 - - - - S 303 9052 -40.1 - - - - 260 90 327.9 - - - - M 300 9120 -40.3 - - - - 260 92 328.6 - - - - W 299 9144 -40.5 - - - - 260 91 328.7 - - - - W 286 9449 -42.5 - - - - 275 89 330.0 - - - - S 281 9561 -43.3 - - - - 273 95 330.5 - - - - S 268 9878 -44.1 - - - - 267 112 333.8 - - - - S 263 10004 -42.5 - - - - 266 118 337.9 - - - - W 261 10058 -40.6 - - - - 265 121 341.5 - - - - S 259 10108 -38.9 - - - - 265 121 344.7 - - - - M 250 10350 -38.7 - - - - 265 120 348.5 - - - - S 246 10461 -38.5 - - - - 265 121 350.4 - - - - S 214 11413 -42.9 - - - - 261 127 357.9 - - - - S 209 11573 -42.1 - - - - 261 128 361.5 - - - - S 203 11770 -43.7 - - - - 260 129 362.0 - - - - M 200 11870 -44.1 - - - - 260 130 362.9 - - - - W 199 11887 -44.1 - - - - 260 131 363.1 - - - - MWD 198 11937 -44.3 - - - - 260 131 363.7 - - - - S 188 12283 -45.3 - - - - 259 129 367.5 - - - - M 150 13750 -56.1 - - - - 255 122 373.4 - - - - S 145 13965 -58.1 - - - - 255 123 373.6 - - - - W 144 14021 -58.2 - - - - 255 123 374.3 - - - - S 141 14141 -58.5 - - - - 255 116 375.9 - - - - S 138 14276 -57.3 - - - - 256 109 380.3 - - - - S 130 14653 -58.1 - - - - 257 88 385.4 - - - - W 118 15240 -61.7 - - - - 260 54 389.5 - - - - S 104 16032 -66.5 - - - - 252 62 394.8 - - - - M 100 16270 -65.7 - - - - 250 65 400.8 - - - - W 97 16459 -66.1 - - - - 250 68 403.7 - - - - S 83 17400 -67.9 - - - - 257 50 418.2 - - - - S 79 17698 -67.1 - - - - 260 44 425.8 - - - - S 77 17853 -68.5 - - - - 262 41 426.1 - - - - W 72 18288 -66.1 - - - - 270 32 440.0 - - - - M 70 18430 -65.3 - - - - 245 25 444.7 - - - - S 69 18518 -64.1 - - - - 245 23 449.1 - - - - S 61 19269 -64.7 - - - - 247 9 463.9 - - - - W 59 19507 -66.5 - - - - 250 4 465.0 - - - - S 56 19784 -68.7 - - - - 250 10 466.2 - - - - W 53 20117 -66.6 - - - - 250 18 478.5 - - - - S 52 20230 -65.9 - - - - 250 18 482.7 - - - - M 50 20470 -61.9 - - - - 250 17 497.6 - - - - S 49 20595 -61.7 - - - - 248 16 501.0 - - - - S 48 20722 -59.9 - - - - 245 15 508.2 - - - - W 48 20726 -59.9 - - - - 245 15 508.3 - - - - W 43 21336 -60.9 - - - - 285 10 520.3 - - - - S 39 22009 -62.1 - - - - 285 4 533.8 - - - - S 37 22335 -60.3 - - - - 285 2 546.5 - - - - W 36 22555 -61.7 - - - - 0 0 548.4 - - - - S 35 22679 -62.5 - - - - 110 0 549.5 - - - - S 33 23044 -58.5 - - - - 110 1 569.4 - - - - M 30 23640 -60.1 - - - - 110 2 580.8 - - - - W 27 24384 -59.0 - - - - 285 2 604.0 - - - - S 22 25589 -57.1 - - - - 293 3 643.6 - - - - M 20 26190 -58.7 - - - - 295 3 656.5 - - - - S 17 27220 -55.7 - - - - 49 5 697.4 - - - - W 16 27432 -55.5 - - - - 55 5 704.8 - - - - W 14 28651 -54.0 - - - - 265 4 749.0 - - - - S 13 28940 -53.7 - - - - 258 7 759.9 - - - - S 12 29457 -52.1 - - - - 253 12 783.1 - - - - S 11 30021 -52.9 - - - - 251 17 800.0 - - - - M 10 30640 -50.3 - - - - 250 23 831.8 - - - - S 9.0 31330 -48.9 - - - - - - 862.6 - - - - S 8.2 31940 -49.7 - - - - - - 882.7 - - - - S 7.7 32354 -47.5 - - - - - - 907.6 - - - - Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5470.00 m Freezing level: 760.00 mb = 2349.21 m = 7707.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.60 mb = 1606.51 m = 5270.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.87 % Est. max temperature: 10.82 C = 51.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 640.54 mb = 3699.33 m = 12136.77 ft T: -10.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 866.0- 810.9 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.77 mb = 4603.29 m = 15102.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.75 C = 62.14 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 12.70 C K Index: 12.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61297.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.64 mb = 3929.84 m = 12893.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 306 at 18 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 90 | 925 747 | 870 1252 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 127 9 -7.3 5.6 866 1296 302 9 7.8 -4.8 | 131 9 -6.9 5.9 850 1450 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 144 9 -5.3 7.3 811 1829 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 141 10 -6.2 7.7 781 2134 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 141 12 -7.8 9.5 752 2438 270 10 10.0 0.0 | 156 12 -4.7 10.7 724 2743 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 154 11 -4.7 9.9 700 3010 270 11 11.0 0.0 | 161 11 -3.7 10.7 697 3044 270 11 11.1 -0.1 | 161 11 -3.6 10.7 687 3156 271 11 11.2 -0.2 | 162 11 -3.5 10.5 684 3190 271 11 11.3 -0.3 | 162 11 -3.4 10.4 679 3248 272 11 11.4 -0.4 | 162 11 -3.3 10.4 655 3528 274 12 11.8 -0.8 | 164 10 -2.9 9.9 644 3658 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 164 10 -2.7 9.7 616 4000 278 16 15.7 -2.3 | 187 8 1.1 8.4 595 4267 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 208 8 4.0 7.4 555 4789 289 24 22.8 -7.8 | 250 9 8.1 2.9 548 4877 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 256 9 8.8 2.2 500 5560 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 237 12 9.9 6.4 484 5791 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 246 14 12.9 5.9 477 5901 280 29 29.0 -5.1 | 249 15 14.3 5.6 464 6096 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 253 18 16.8 5.2 448 6350 274 44 43.9 -3.3 | 256 30 29.2 7.5 437 6527 272 52 52.4 -1.6 | 256 39 37.7 9.1 426 6706 270 61 61.0 0.0 | 257 48 46.3 10.7 424 6741 270 61 61.1 0.4 | 256 48 46.4 11.2 400 7150 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 251 50 47.1 16.1 374 7620 270 64 64.0 0.0 | 258 50 49.3 10.7 357 7925 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 251 49 46.1 16.1 346 8148 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 252 52 49.1 16.3 342 8227 264 66 66.0 6.4 | 251 54 51.3 17.2 332 8429 263 72 71.6 8.6 | 251 60 56.9 19.3 320 8679 262 79 78.5 11.3 | 251 68 63.8 22.0 303 9052 260 90 88.7 15.3 | 251 78 74.1 26.0 300 9120 260 92 90.6 16.0 | 251 80 75.9 26.7 299 9144 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 250 79 74.9 26.5 286 9449 275 89 88.7 -7.8 | 268 74 74.0 3.0 281 9561 273 95 94.8 -4.4 | 265 80 80.1 6.3 268 9878 267 112 111.4 5.2 | 261 98 96.8 15.9 263 10004 266 118 117.9 8.9 | 259 105 103.2 19.7 261 10058 265 121 120.5 10.5 | 259 108 105.9 21.3 259 10108 265 121 120.4 10.5 | 259 108 105.7 21.3 250 10350 265 120 119.5 10.5 | 259 107 104.9 21.2 246 10461 265 121 120.2 11.3 | 258 108 105.5 22.1 214 11413 261 127 125.6 18.9 | 255 115 110.9 29.7 209 11573 261 128 126.4 20.2 | 255 116 111.7 30.9 203 11770 260 129 127.5 21.8 | 254 117 112.8 32.5 200 11870 260 130 128.0 22.6 | 254 118 113.3 33.3 199 11887 260 131 129.0 22.7 | 254 119 114.3 33.5 198 11937 260 131 129.0 22.7 | 254 119 114.3 33.5 188 12283 259 129 127.0 24.4 | 253 118 112.3 35.1 150 13750 255 122 117.8 31.6 | 248 112 103.2 42.3 145 13965 255 123 118.6 31.8 | 248 112 103.9 42.5 144 14021 255 123 118.8 31.8 | 248 112 104.1 42.6 141 14141 255 116 112.4 29.6 | 248 106 97.7 40.4 138 14276 256 109 105.2 27.2 | 247 98 90.5 37.9 130 14653 257 88 85.2 20.3 | 246 77 70.5 31.1 118 15240 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 242 43 38.5 20.1 104 16032 252 62 59.4 19.3 | 236 54 44.7 30.0 100 16270 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 235 57 46.4 33.0 97 16459 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 235 60 49.2 34.0 83 17400 257 50 48.2 11.5 | 236 40 33.5 22.2 79 17698 260 44 43.0 7.6 | 237 34 28.3 18.4 77 17853 262 41 40.2 5.6 | 237 30 25.5 16.4 72 18288 270 32 32.0 0.0 | 238 20 17.3 10.7 70 18430 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 201 23 8.0 21.3 69 18518 245 23 21.1 9.8 | 197 22 6.4 20.6 61 19269 247 9 8.0 3.4 | 155 16 -6.7 14.2 59 19507 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 138 16 -10.9 12.1 56 19784 250 10 9.7 3.5 | 161 15 -4.9 14.3 53 20117 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 188 17 2.2 16.9 52 20230 250 18 16.6 6.0 | 187 17 1.9 16.8 50 20470 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 184 17 1.3 16.6 49 20595 248 16 14.8 6.1 | 181 17 0.1 16.8 48 20722 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 176 17 -1.0 17.1 48 20726 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 176 17 -1.1 17.1 43 21336 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 148 10 -5.0 8.1 39 22009 285 4 4.3 -1.2 | 133 14 -10.3 9.6 37 22335 285 2 1.7 -0.5 | 128 17 -12.9 10.3 36 22555 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 126 18 -14.7 10.7 35 22679 110 0 -0.2 0.1 | 126 18 -14.9 10.8 33 23044 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 125 19 -15.5 11.0 30 23640 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 125 20 -16.6 11.4 27 24384 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 129 16 -12.7 10.2 22 25589 293 3 2.5 -1.0 | 128 16 -12.2 9.7 20 26190 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 128 15 -12.0 9.5 17 27220 49 5 -3.5 -3.1 | 113 20 -18.2 7.7 16 27432 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 113 20 -18.8 7.9 14 28651 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 136 15 -10.7 11.1 13 28940 258 7 6.6 1.5 | 147 15 -8.1 12.2 12 29457 253 12 11.2 3.4 | 166 15 -3.5 14.2 11 30021 251 17 16.2 5.5 | 185 16 1.5 16.3 10 30640 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 200 20 6.9 18.6 9 31330 | 8 31940 | 8 32354 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.2 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 306.2 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 31.07 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 293 10 140 18| 0.0 2.5 2.5| 6.3 -1.1 5.2 10.4 0.64| 3.6 2.3 1000 289 9 141 20| 0.0 2.2 2.2| 9.9 -1.4 8.5 8.5 0.46| 3.6 1.7 1500 283 9 146 20| 0.0 1.7 1.7| 16.3 -2.4 13.9 9.2 0.50| 3.4 1.7 2000 280 10 150 20| 0.0 1.6 1.6| 20.6 -2.4 18.2 9.1 0.55| 3.0 1.7 2500 278 10 153 20| 0.4 1.3 1.7| 24.1 -2.4 21.7 8.7 0.57| 2.8 1.6 3000 278 11 158 19| 1.3 1.1 2.4| 37.0 -2.4 34.6 11.5 0.69| 3.4 2.3 4000 282 14 174 15| 1.7 1.1 2.8| 52.3 -6.7 45.6 11.4 0.65| 3.7 2.4 5000 281 17 197 15| 1.4 2.3 3.6| 72.4 -10.9 61.4 12.3 0.48| 4.7 2.3 6000 276 24 229 24| 1.1 4.0 5.1| 96.4 -73.9 22.5 3.8 0.26| 6.4 1.6