Station: KLIX Date: 12Z 9 FEB 2012 WMO ident: 72233 Latitude: 30.33 Longitude: -89.82 Elevation: 8.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1024 8 7.2 3.4 77 3.8 5.4 30 6 278.5 279.3 277.4 291.5 4.77 S 1016 77 6.2 2.7 78 3.5 4.6 33 10 278.1 278.9 277.0 290.6 4.57 M 1000 207 5.2 2.0 80 3.2 3.7 35 19 278.4 279.1 276.9 290.5 4.42 W 988 305 4.7 1.5 80 3.2 3.2 55 25 278.8 279.5 277.0 290.6 4.30 S 978 388 4.2 1.0 80 3.2 2.8 55 23 279.1 279.8 277.0 290.7 4.20 S 969 464 5.4 1.2 74 4.2 3.5 55 20 281.1 281.8 278.2 293.0 4.30 W 952 610 6.0 1.2 71 4.8 3.8 55 16 283.1 283.9 279.3 295.4 4.38 S 947 652 6.2 1.2 70 5.0 3.9 53 14 283.7 284.5 279.6 296.1 4.40 M 925 844 6.0 1.0 70 5.0 3.7 10 4 285.4 286.2 280.4 298.0 4.44 W 917 914 5.7 0.7 70 5.0 3.4 360 4 285.8 286.6 280.6 298.3 4.39 S 898 1086 5.0 0.0 70 5.0 2.7 18 6 286.8 287.6 280.9 299.0 4.26 W 884 1219 5.3 -7.3 40 12.5 0.3 25 8 288.4 288.9 279.4 295.8 2.50 S 875 1298 5.4 -11.6 28 17.0 -0.7 20 7 289.4 289.7 279.0 294.8 1.80 W 851 1524 4.8 -15.0 22 19.9 -1.8 340 3 291.1 291.3 279.3 295.4 1.40 M 850 1535 4.8 -15.2 22 20.0 -1.8 335 4 291.2 291.4 279.3 295.4 1.38 S 843 1602 4.6 -16.4 20 21.0 -2.1 322 6 291.7 291.9 279.3 295.5 1.26 S 828 1749 6.0 -26.0 8 32.0 -2.6 312 11 294.6 294.7 279.7 296.4 0.55 W 820 1829 6.2 -26.5 7 32.7 -2.6 310 14 295.7 295.8 280.2 297.4 0.53 S 795 2082 6.8 -28.2 6 35.0 -2.5 293 14 298.9 299.0 281.5 300.5 0.47 W 790 2134 6.7 -28.7 6 35.4 -2.7 290 14 299.3 299.4 281.7 300.9 0.45 S 770 2344 6.2 -30.8 5 37.0 -3.2 277 13 301.0 301.1 282.3 302.3 0.38 W 761 2438 5.5 -31.0 5 36.5 -3.7 270 13 301.3 301.4 282.4 302.6 0.38 S 734 2733 3.4 -31.6 6 35.0 -5.1 285 22 302.1 302.2 282.7 303.4 0.37 W 733 2743 3.4 -31.6 6 35.0 -5.1 285 22 302.2 302.3 282.8 303.5 0.37 W 706 3048 2.7 -32.3 6 35.0 -5.7 260 25 304.8 304.8 283.8 306.0 0.36 M 700 3117 2.6 -32.4 5 35.0 -5.8 260 24 305.4 305.4 284.0 306.6 0.36 W 680 3353 0.6 -22.0 17 22.6 -6.1 265 24 305.7 305.9 284.9 308.9 0.96 S 674 3421 0.0 -19.0 22 19.0 -6.1 263 24 305.8 306.0 285.2 309.9 1.26 S 657 3625 -0.9 -17.9 26 17.0 -6.5 256 24 307.0 307.3 285.9 311.6 1.42 W 654 3658 -1.0 -20.1 22 19.1 -7.0 255 24 307.2 307.5 285.7 311.1 1.18 S 648 3734 -1.3 -25.3 14 24.0 -7.8 251 24 307.8 307.9 285.4 310.3 0.75 W 630 3962 -2.6 -27.5 13 24.9 -9.0 240 23 308.8 309.0 285.7 311.0 0.63 S 628 3983 -2.7 -27.7 13 25.0 -9.1 240 23 308.9 309.1 285.7 311.1 0.62 S 615 4148 -3.9 -18.9 30 15.0 -8.7 243 23 309.4 309.7 286.8 314.0 1.40 W 606 4267 -5.0 -19.8 30 14.8 -9.5 245 23 309.5 309.7 286.7 313.8 1.32 S 577 4646 -8.5 -22.5 31 14.0 -12.3 257 22 309.7 309.9 286.5 313.3 1.09 S 573 4700 -8.7 -29.7 17 21.0 -13.4 259 22 310.1 310.2 286.1 312.1 0.57 S 566 4795 -9.5 -30.5 16 21.0 -14.0 262 21 310.3 310.4 286.1 312.1 0.53 S 565 4809 -9.7 -29.7 18 20.0 -14.1 263 21 310.2 310.3 286.1 312.2 0.58 W 560 4877 -10.1 -18.2 52 8.1 -12.6 265 21 310.5 310.8 287.3 315.8 1.63 S 560 4877 -10.1 -18.1 52 8.0 -12.5 265 21 310.5 310.8 287.4 315.9 1.64 S 556 4932 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -12.9 263 22 310.4 310.7 287.4 316.0 1.71 S 551 5002 -11.3 -21.3 43 10.0 -14.0 260 22 310.5 310.8 287.0 314.7 1.27 S 542 5127 -12.5 -21.5 47 9.0 -14.9 256 24 310.6 310.8 287.0 314.7 1.26 S 533 5255 -12.7 -14.2 89 1.5 -13.2 252 25 311.8 312.3 288.6 319.5 2.39 S 519 5458 -13.3 -15.5 83 2.2 -14.0 246 28 313.5 313.9 288.9 320.7 2.20 M 500 5740 -15.5 -17.7 83 2.2 -16.2 240 31 314.1 314.5 288.9 320.4 1.90 W 497 5791 -15.8 -18.1 83 2.2 -16.5 240 32 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.5 1.86 W 477 6096 -17.9 -20.2 82 2.4 -18.5 245 32 315.5 315.8 289.0 320.9 1.60 S 452 6496 -20.5 -23.1 80 2.6 -21.1 242 33 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.5 1.32 W 439 6706 -22.2 -25.0 78 2.8 -22.8 240 34 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.4 1.14 M 400 7390 -27.9 -31.2 73 3.3 -28.5 250 46 318.7 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.71 W 387 7620 -29.6 -33.0 72 3.4 -30.1 245 51 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.7 0.61 S 352 8295 -34.5 -38.3 68 3.8 -34.9 245 57 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.2 0.40 S 332 8701 -37.7 -45.7 43 8.0 -38.3 245 61 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.19 W 311 9144 -41.5 -48.7 46 7.2 -41.9 245 65 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.15 S 306 9257 -42.5 -49.5 46 7.0 -42.9 247 70 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.14 M 300 9390 -43.5 -51.5 41 8.0 -43.9 250 76 324.0 324.1 290.1 324.5 0.11 W 259 10363 -49.9 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.1 245 107 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.8 0.06 S 252 10548 -51.1 -59.1 38 8.0 -51.3 241 109 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 M 250 10600 -51.5 -59.5 38 8.0 -51.7 240 109 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 W 236 10973 -54.5 -62.5 37 8.0 -54.6 240 111 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.04 MWD 235 10997 -54.7 -62.7 37 8.0 -54.9 240 111 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.04 S 220 11414 -58.1 -66.1 35 8.0 -58.2 243 107 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 TRP 207 11795 -59.3 -67.3 35 8.0 -59.4 245 104 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 S 201 11979 -57.9 -65.9 35 8.0 -58.0 249 103 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 M 200 12010 -57.9 -65.9 35 8.0 -58.0 250 103 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 S 186 12468 -59.1 -68.1 30 9.0 -59.2 250 98 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 S 180 12674 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 250 96 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 S 170 13035 -58.1 -67.1 31 9.0 -58.3 250 92 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.03 M 150 13820 -61.1 -70.1 29 9.0 -61.2 250 84 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.02 S 149 13861 -61.3 -70.3 29 9.0 -61.4 250 84 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.02 S 142 14160 -61.5 -70.5 29 9.0 -61.6 246 80 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.02 S 136 14426 -63.5 -72.5 28 9.0 -63.6 243 77 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.02 W 132 14630 -63.1 -72.1 29 9.0 -63.3 240 75 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.02 S 131 14656 -63.1 -72.1 29 9.0 -63.2 240 76 375.6 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.02 W 125 14935 -64.3 -73.3 28 9.0 -64.4 240 91 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.6 0.02 S 123 15042 -64.7 -73.7 28 9.0 -64.8 243 88 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.01 W 119 15240 -63.9 -72.9 28 9.0 -64.0 250 82 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.6 0.02 S 119 15244 -63.9 -72.9 28 9.0 -64.0 250 82 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.7 0.02 S 114 15506 -64.5 -73.5 28 9.0 -64.6 252 69 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.02 S 110 15724 -66.3 -75.3 27 9.0 -66.4 254 59 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 W 108 15850 -66.1 -75.1 27 9.0 -66.2 255 53 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.01 S 106 15948 -65.9 -74.9 27 9.0 -66.0 253 55 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.01 M 100 16300 -67.9 -76.9 27 9.0 -68.0 245 60 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.00 m Freezing level: 674.00 mb = 3420.85 m = 11223.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.84 mb = 1243.94 m = 4081.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.43 % Est. max temperature: 18.28 C = 64.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.11 mb = 488.09 m = 1601.34 ft T: 5.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 4.21 C Layer 883.5- 851.1 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.79 mb = 4253.16 m = 13953.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.44 C = 101.20 F Cap Strength: 18.20 C Lifted Index: 18.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.12 C Showalter Index: 16.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 0.30 C K Index: -29.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer Lifted index: 18.35 C CAPE (B+): 35.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16453.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.79 mb = 943.76 m = 3096.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 295 at 14 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1024 8 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 93 16 -16.0 1.0 1016 77 33 10 -5.6 -8.6 | 82 19 -18.6 -2.5 1000 207 35 19 -10.9 -15.6 | 68 26 -23.9 -9.4 988 305 55 25 -20.5 -14.3 | 76 34 -33.5 -8.2 978 388 55 23 -18.5 -12.9 | 78 32 -31.4 -6.8 969 464 55 20 -16.6 -11.6 | 79 30 -29.6 -5.5 952 610 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 83 26 -26.1 -3.0 947 652 53 14 -11.0 -8.4 | 85 24 -24.0 -2.2 925 844 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 99 14 -13.7 2.2 917 914 360 4 0.0 -4.0 | 99 13 -13.0 2.1 898 1086 18 6 -1.9 -5.9 | 91 15 -14.9 0.2 884 1219 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 86 16 -16.4 -1.1 875 1298 20 7 -2.3 -6.3 | 89 15 -15.3 -0.1 851 1524 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 106 12 -11.9 3.3 850 1535 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 103 12 -11.3 2.5 843 1602 322 6 3.9 -5.0 | 97 9 -9.1 1.2 828 1749 312 11 8.3 -7.6 | 73 5 -4.6 -1.5 820 1829 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 38 4 -2.2 -2.9 795 2082 293 14 12.9 -5.6 | 169 1 -0.1 0.6 790 2134 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 188 1 0.2 1.4 770 2344 277 13 13.2 -1.5 | 183 5 0.3 4.6 761 2438 270 13 13.0 0.0 | 180 6 0.0 6.1 734 2733 285 22 21.0 -5.5 | 265 8 8.0 0.6 733 2743 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 267 8 8.3 0.5 706 3048 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 228 16 11.6 10.5 700 3117 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 226 15 10.7 10.3 680 3353 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 233 14 10.9 8.2 674 3421 263 24 23.8 3.0 | 230 14 10.8 9.2 657 3625 256 24 23.3 5.8 | 221 16 10.3 11.9 654 3658 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 220 16 10.2 12.4 648 3734 251 24 22.5 7.6 | 215 17 9.5 13.7 630 3962 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 201 19 6.9 17.6 628 3983 240 23 20.0 11.4 | 202 19 7.0 17.5 615 4148 243 23 20.5 10.4 | 204 18 7.5 16.6 606 4267 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 206 18 7.9 15.9 577 4646 257 22 21.2 4.9 | 217 14 8.2 11.1 573 4700 259 22 21.2 4.2 | 218 13 8.2 10.3 566 4795 262 21 21.1 2.9 | 222 12 8.1 9.1 565 4809 263 21 21.0 2.7 | 222 12 8.1 8.9 560 4877 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 225 11 7.9 8.0 560 4877 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 225 11 8.0 8.0 556 4932 263 22 21.5 2.7 | 224 12 8.5 8.9 551 5002 260 22 22.1 3.8 | 222 14 9.1 10.0 542 5127 256 24 23.1 5.9 | 220 16 10.2 12.1 533 5255 252 25 24.1 8.0 | 218 18 11.1 14.1 519 5458 246 28 25.3 11.2 | 215 21 12.4 17.3 500 5740 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 213 26 13.9 21.6 497 5791 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 214 27 14.7 22.1 477 6096 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 219 25 16.0 19.7 452 6496 242 33 29.3 15.8 | 217 27 16.3 21.9 439 6706 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 215 28 16.5 23.1 400 7390 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 234 37 30.3 21.9 387 7620 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 230 43 33.3 27.7 352 8295 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 232 49 38.8 30.3 332 8701 245 61 55.1 25.7 | 233 53 42.2 31.9 311 9144 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 234 57 45.9 33.6 306 9257 247 70 64.7 26.8 | 237 61 51.7 33.0 300 9390 250 76 71.4 26.0 | 241 67 58.4 32.1 259 10363 245 107 97.0 45.2 | 239 98 84.0 51.4 252 10548 241 109 95.0 52.5 | 234 101 82.1 58.6 250 10600 240 109 94.4 54.5 | 233 102 81.4 60.6 236 10973 240 111 96.1 55.5 | 233 104 83.2 61.6 235 10997 240 111 96.1 55.5 | 233 104 83.2 61.6 220 11414 243 107 95.2 49.5 | 236 99 82.3 55.7 207 11795 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 238 95 81.3 50.1 201 11979 249 103 96.5 36.5 | 243 94 83.5 42.7 200 12010 250 103 96.8 35.2 | 244 93 83.8 41.4 186 12468 250 98 92.3 33.6 | 243 89 79.3 39.7 180 12674 250 96 90.2 32.8 | 243 87 77.3 39.0 170 13035 250 92 86.7 31.6 | 243 83 73.7 37.7 150 13820 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 242 75 66.0 34.9 149 13861 250 84 78.3 29.2 | 242 74 65.3 35.3 142 14160 246 80 73.4 32.5 | 237 72 60.4 38.7 136 14426 243 77 68.7 35.4 | 233 70 55.7 41.5 132 14630 240 75 65.0 37.5 | 230 68 52.0 43.6 131 14656 240 76 66.1 38.2 | 230 69 53.1 44.3 125 14935 240 91 78.8 45.5 | 232 84 65.8 51.6 123 15042 243 88 78.5 39.5 | 235 80 65.5 45.7 119 15240 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 242 73 64.1 34.2 119 15244 250 82 76.9 28.0 | 242 72 63.9 34.1 114 15506 252 69 65.8 21.8 | 242 60 52.9 28.0 110 15724 254 59 56.6 16.7 | 242 49 43.6 22.9 108 15850 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 243 43 38.2 19.9 106 15948 253 55 52.0 16.3 | 240 45 39.1 22.5 100 16300 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 233 52 41.4 31.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 7.3 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.7 neg: -86.9 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 165.58 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 47 18 77 53| 14.2 0.0 14.2| 51.2 -45.6 5.6 11.2 -0.08| 29.4 -2.3 1000 46 14 81 45| 7.1 8.1 15.2| 80.0 -50.0 30.0 30.0 0.05| 24.4 1.2 1500 41 11 83 40| 4.7 6.3 11.0| 95.4 -58.0 37.4 24.9 0.08| 19.4 1.6 2000 23 11 77 35| 3.5 7.3 10.8| 95.5 -69.3 26.2 13.1 -0.03| 18.1 -0.5 2500 0 12 67 27| 2.8 6.6 9.5| 98.6 -69.8 28.9 11.5 0.02| 16.3 0.4 3000 330 13 50 16| 2.4 7.3 9.6|108.7 -86.9 21.7 7.2 0.03| 16.3 0.5 4000 290 16 251 4| 1.8 5.4 7.2|113.8-129.1 -15.3 -3.8 -0.05| 13.9 -0.7 5000 276 17 223 12| 1.7 4.3 6.0|137.6-130.5 7.0 1.4 -0.00| 12.3 -0.0 6000 265 19 218 19| 1.4 4.6 6.0|151.8-146.3 5.4 0.9 -0.01| 11.5 -0.1