UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.47-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/08051112_upa.wxp Date: 1200Z 11 MAY 08 Searching for KGRB... Searching the city database file for: KGRB ... Date:1200Z 11 MAY 08 Station: KGRB WMO ident: 72645 Latitude: 44.48 Longitude: -88.13 Elevation: 214.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 978 214 8.2 7.1 93 1.1 7.6 10 11 283.1 284.3 281.8 301.1 6.47 2 925 669 6.8 2.1 72 4.7 4.5 45 20 286.3 287.1 281.3 299.9 4.81 3 889 995 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.4 77 15 288.5 289.3 282.0 301.6 4.56 4 850 1361 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 2.1 110 13 289.3 290.1 282.7 303.2 4.84 5 804 1810 0.0 -1.1 92 1.1 -0.5 124 9 290.7 291.5 282.8 303.4 4.39 6 700 2911 -5.1 -6.2 92 1.1 -5.5 80 3 296.8 297.5 284.2 307.1 3.43 7 575 4430 -14.9 -17.7 79 2.8 -15.7 98 6 302.5 302.8 284.5 307.8 1.65 8 500 5480 -18.9 -22.3 74 3.4 -19.7 185 13 310.0 310.2 286.8 314.2 1.28 9 400 7100 -30.3 -35.3 62 5.0 -30.9 200 22 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.3 0.47 10 300 9080 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.3 220 38 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.3 0.09 11 250 10260 -56.1 -63.1 41 7.0 -56.2 230 58 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.8 0.03 12 237 10598 -58.9 -65.9 40 7.0 -59.0 230 55 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.5 0.02 13 214 11246 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.5 254 26 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 14 200 11680 -53.9 245 27 347.4 15 169 12767 -51.9 261 31 367.9 16 150 13540 -52.1 270 30 380.3 17 100 16150 -53.5 275 32 424.4 18 95 16480 -53.5 280 32 430.6 19 70 18430 -56.5 275 26 463.5 20 50 20560 -57.1 285 11 508.9 21 46 21090 -58.1 285 11 518.8 22 31 23591 -57.5 305 11 582.4 23 30 23800 -55.9 305 10 592.2 24 25 24970 -52.3 318 8 634.3 25 20 26410 -53.5 335 5 672.4 26 14 28754 -43.9 279 6 777.2 27 10 31010 -44.5 245 8 853.4 28 8.7 31948 -41.7 899.0 TRP 237 10598 -58.9 -65.9 40 7.0 -59.0 230 55 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.5 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5455.00 m Freezing level: 804.00 mb = 1809.97 m = 5938.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 813.06 mb = 1719.58 m = 5641.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.82 % Est. max temperature: 14.98 C = 58.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.83 mb = 350.11 m = 1148.64 ft T: 7.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 1.17 C Layer 925.0- 889.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.00 mb = 1582.36 m = 5191.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.01 C = 59.03 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 9.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Showalter Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 21.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 51.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58104.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.52 mb = 1119.67 m = 3673.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.6 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 140.6 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 115.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 42.35 m/s