Station: KVBG Date: 12Z 9 FEB 2010 WMO ident: 72393 Latitude: 34.73 Longitude: -120.58 Elevation: 112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 112 9.0 6.3 83 2.7 7.6 110 4 281.9 282.9 280.6 298.4 5.97 M 1000 126 9.0 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 145 5 282.1 283.3 281.5 300.4 6.64 S 998 143 9.8 9.3 97 0.5 9.5 147 5 283.1 284.4 282.8 303.4 7.38 S 994 176 10.4 9.1 92 1.3 9.7 152 5 284.0 285.3 283.1 304.3 7.31 W 979 305 9.4 8.3 93 1.1 8.8 175 4 284.3 285.5 282.9 303.8 7.02 W 943 610 7.0 6.3 95 0.7 6.7 240 10 284.9 286.0 282.4 302.7 6.37 M 925 771 5.8 5.3 97 0.5 5.5 250 10 285.2 286.3 282.3 302.1 6.04 W 909 914 4.8 3.8 93 1.0 4.4 255 10 285.7 286.6 281.8 301.3 5.54 S 902 977 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 250 10 285.9 286.8 281.7 300.9 5.34 S 901 986 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 249 10 285.9 286.9 281.8 301.0 5.35 S 897 1022 4.4 1.7 83 2.7 3.1 246 10 286.3 287.2 281.3 300.0 4.82 S 891 1077 5.6 -8.4 36 14.0 0.3 241 11 288.1 288.5 279.0 294.8 2.27 S 888 1104 5.6 -7.4 39 13.0 0.5 239 11 288.4 288.8 279.4 295.6 2.46 S 884 1141 5.2 -4.8 48 10.0 1.0 236 11 288.3 288.9 280.1 297.1 3.02 S 876 1215 4.6 -12.4 28 17.0 -1.3 230 11 288.5 288.8 278.4 293.5 1.68 W 876 1219 4.6 -12.3 28 16.8 -1.3 230 11 288.5 288.8 278.4 293.6 1.70 S 858 1384 3.4 -6.6 48 10.0 -0.6 241 13 288.9 289.4 280.0 296.9 2.71 S 856 1403 3.0 -1.0 75 4.0 1.2 242 13 288.7 289.4 281.6 300.7 4.15 S 853 1431 2.8 0.1 82 2.7 1.5 244 14 288.8 289.6 282.1 301.7 4.52 M 850 1460 2.6 0.1 84 2.5 1.4 245 14 288.9 289.7 282.1 301.9 4.53 W 843 1524 2.0 -0.2 85 2.3 1.0 260 12 288.9 289.7 282.1 301.8 4.46 S 819 1759 0.0 -1.4 90 1.4 -0.6 256 14 289.2 289.9 281.9 301.3 4.21 W 812 1829 -0.6 -1.7 93 1.0 -1.1 255 14 289.2 290.0 281.8 301.2 4.16 S 794 2006 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.3 247 13 289.3 290.0 281.7 301.0 4.03 W 781 2134 -2.9 -3.1 98 0.2 -3.0 240 13 290.0 290.7 281.9 301.3 3.89 S 755 2405 -4.1 -4.6 96 0.5 -4.3 240 13 291.6 292.2 282.2 302.1 3.60 W 752 2438 -4.3 -5.4 92 1.1 -4.8 240 13 291.7 292.3 282.0 301.7 3.39 S 736 2606 -5.3 -9.7 71 4.4 -6.8 262 21 292.4 292.8 281.3 299.8 2.49 S 735 2616 -5.3 -9.8 71 4.5 -6.9 262 21 292.5 292.9 281.3 299.9 2.47 S 730 2670 -4.1 -23.1 21 19.0 -8.9 266 24 294.4 294.5 280.0 297.0 0.82 S 729 2681 -4.1 -26.1 16 22.0 -9.2 267 24 294.5 294.6 279.8 296.5 0.62 S 724 2735 -4.5 -29.5 12 25.0 -9.8 270 27 294.6 294.7 279.6 296.1 0.46 W 723 2743 -4.5 -29.4 12 24.9 -9.9 270 27 294.7 294.8 279.6 296.2 0.46 S 703 2967 -5.9 -27.9 16 22.0 -10.7 266 23 295.6 295.7 280.2 297.4 0.55 M 700 3000 -6.3 -28.3 16 22.0 -11.1 265 22 295.5 295.6 280.1 297.2 0.53 W 643 3658 -11.9 -29.5 22 17.6 -15.3 260 21 296.4 296.5 280.5 298.1 0.51 S 635 3753 -12.7 -29.7 23 17.0 -15.9 259 22 296.6 296.7 280.6 298.3 0.51 S 595 4245 -16.3 -23.3 55 7.0 -17.8 255 27 298.0 298.1 281.8 301.1 0.98 W 593 4267 -16.4 -23.7 53 7.3 -18.0 255 27 298.1 298.2 281.8 301.1 0.95 S 572 4541 -18.1 -29.1 38 11.0 -20.0 273 31 299.2 299.3 281.8 301.2 0.60 W 570 4572 -18.4 -29.2 38 10.9 -20.3 275 31 299.3 299.4 281.8 301.3 0.60 W 546 4877 -20.9 -30.4 42 9.5 -22.4 265 33 299.9 300.0 282.1 301.7 0.56 S 506 5444 -25.5 -32.5 52 7.0 -26.5 251 32 300.9 301.0 282.4 302.6 0.49 W 503 5486 -25.9 -31.9 57 6.0 -26.7 250 32 300.9 301.0 282.5 302.7 0.52 M 500 5530 -26.3 -31.3 63 5.0 -27.0 250 31 301.0 301.1 282.5 302.8 0.56 S 489 5690 -27.7 -28.0 97 0.3 -27.8 253 31 301.2 301.3 282.9 303.7 0.78 S 476 5884 -29.1 -29.2 99 0.1 -29.1 256 32 301.8 301.9 283.1 304.1 0.72 W 462 6096 -31.0 -31.4 96 0.4 -31.0 260 32 302.0 302.1 283.0 304.0 0.60 W 442 6401 -33.7 -34.6 92 0.8 -33.8 265 35 302.3 302.4 283.0 303.9 0.46 S 414 6864 -37.9 -39.4 86 1.5 -38.0 257 41 302.7 302.8 282.9 303.8 0.30 W 405 7010 -39.1 -41.2 81 2.1 -39.3 255 43 303.0 303.0 283.0 303.9 0.26 M 400 7100 -39.9 -42.3 78 2.4 -40.1 250 43 303.1 303.2 283.0 303.9 0.23 S 375 7536 -43.9 -48.9 58 5.0 -44.1 246 37 303.5 303.5 283.0 303.9 0.12 W 370 7620 -44.7 -49.4 59 4.7 -44.9 245 36 303.5 303.6 283.0 303.9 0.11 S 344 8107 -49.3 -52.3 71 3.0 -49.4 241 36 303.7 303.8 283.0 304.1 0.09 S 343 8126 -49.5 -52.6 70 3.1 -49.6 241 36 303.7 303.7 283.0 304.0 0.09 W 338 8230 -49.7 -53.8 62 4.1 -49.8 240 36 304.8 304.8 283.4 305.1 0.07 TRP 333 8319 -49.9 -54.9 56 5.0 -50.0 255 33 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.0 0.07 S 323 8518 -49.9 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.1 269 39 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.6 0.05 W 322 8534 -49.9 -58.1 37 8.2 -50.1 270 39 308.6 308.6 284.9 308.8 0.05 S 301 8978 -50.1 -64.1 18 14.0 -50.4 260 43 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.5 0.02 M 300 9000 -50.1 -65.1 15 15.0 -50.4 260 43 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.8 0.02 S 295 9110 -49.5 -65.5 14 16.0 -49.8 256 38 317.1 317.1 287.8 317.2 0.02 W 294 9144 -49.5 -65.7 13 16.2 -49.8 255 37 317.6 317.6 288.0 317.7 0.02 W 280 9449 -49.2 -67.6 10 18.4 -49.6 260 41 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.02 W 268 9754 -49.0 -69.5 7 20.6 -49.3 265 45 326.9 326.9 290.8 326.9 0.01 S 265 9817 -48.9 -69.9 7 21.0 -49.3 263 44 327.9 327.9 291.1 327.9 0.01 W 255 10058 -50.0 -72.9 5 22.9 -50.4 255 41 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.01 M 250 10200 -50.7 -74.7 4 24.0 -51.1 255 45 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.7 0.01 W 244 10363 -50.7 -75.5 4 24.8 -51.1 245 51 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.1 0.01 S 242 10411 -50.7 -75.7 4 25.0 -51.1 246 52 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 W 233 10668 -49.7 -75.7 3 26.0 -50.1 250 57 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.1 0.01 W 222 10973 -48.5 -75.7 3 27.2 -49.0 275 46 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 S 207 11433 -46.7 -75.7 2 29.0 -47.4 251 35 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 W 202 11582 -47.6 -76.6 2 29.0 -48.3 240 31 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 M 200 11660 -48.1 -77.1 2 29.0 -48.7 235 32 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 S 191 11962 -49.7 -77.7 2 28.0 -50.2 242 40 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 W 176 12497 -49.9 -77.9 2 28.0 -50.4 250 54 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 S 176 12498 -49.9 -77.9 2 28.0 -50.4 - - 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.00 m Freezing level: 819.00 mb = 1759.05 m = 5771.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.44 mb = 1174.01 m = 3851.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 15.89 C = 60.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.60 mb = 441.51 m = 1448.51 ft T: 8.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 6.21 C Layer 897.0- 888.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.69 mb = 693.69 m = 2275.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.18 C = 53.93 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.40 C K Index: 7.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 186.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.21 mb = 644.95 m = 2115.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.21 mb = 866.82 m = 2843.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 894.21 mb = 1047.31 m = 3436.00 ft B at Equ Level: 5.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 874.21 mb = 1231.94 m = 4041.75 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 287 at 16 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1003 112 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 108 20 -18.9 6.0 1000 126 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 116 20 -18.0 8.8 998 143 147 5 -2.7 4.1 | 116 20 -17.8 8.8 994 176 152 5 -2.2 4.2 | 117 19 -17.3 8.8 979 305 175 4 -0.3 4.0 | 119 18 -15.5 8.6 943 610 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 146 12 -6.5 9.7 925 771 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 145 10 -5.7 8.1 909 914 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 143 9 -5.5 7.2 902 977 250 10 9.6 3.6 | 146 10 -5.6 8.2 901 986 249 10 9.5 3.7 | 146 10 -5.6 8.4 897 1022 246 10 9.4 4.3 | 147 11 -5.7 8.9 891 1077 241 11 9.2 5.1 | 149 11 -5.9 9.8 888 1104 239 11 9.1 5.5 | 149 12 -6.0 10.2 884 1141 236 11 8.9 6.0 | 150 12 -6.2 10.7 876 1215 230 11 8.5 7.0 | 150 13 -6.7 11.7 876 1219 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 150 14 -6.7 11.7 858 1384 241 13 11.4 6.3 | 161 12 -3.7 11.0 856 1403 242 13 11.7 6.2 | 163 11 -3.4 10.9 853 1431 244 14 12.2 6.1 | 165 11 -2.9 10.7 850 1460 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 167 11 -2.4 10.6 843 1524 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 154 8 -3.3 6.7 819 1759 256 14 13.1 3.3 | 166 8 -2.0 7.9 812 1829 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 169 8 -1.6 8.3 794 2006 247 13 12.3 5.3 | 164 10 -2.8 10.0 781 2134 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 161 12 -3.9 11.2 755 2405 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 161 12 -3.9 11.2 752 2438 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 161 12 -3.9 11.2 736 2606 262 21 20.5 3.0 | 215 9 5.3 7.7 735 2616 262 21 21.0 2.8 | 218 9 5.9 7.4 730 2670 266 24 23.6 1.6 | 234 11 8.5 6.2 729 2681 267 24 24.1 1.3 | 236 11 9.0 6.0 724 2735 270 27 26.6 0.2 | 247 12 11.5 4.8 723 2743 270 27 27.0 0.0 | 249 13 11.9 4.7 703 2967 266 23 22.6 1.7 | 230 10 7.5 6.3 700 3000 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 226 9 6.8 6.6 643 3658 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 214 10 5.6 8.3 635 3753 259 22 21.5 4.2 | 216 11 6.4 8.8 595 4245 255 27 25.9 6.9 | 223 16 10.8 11.5 593 4267 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 223 16 11.0 11.6 572 4541 273 31 30.5 -1.7 | 259 16 15.4 3.0 570 4572 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 263 16 15.8 2.0 546 4877 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 247 19 17.7 7.5 506 5444 251 32 30.3 10.4 | 225 21 15.2 15.1 503 5486 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 224 22 14.9 15.6 500 5530 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 223 21 14.0 15.3 489 5690 253 31 29.9 9.2 | 227 20 14.8 13.9 476 5884 256 32 30.7 7.5 | 232 20 15.6 12.2 462 6096 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 238 19 16.4 10.2 442 6401 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 249 21 19.7 7.7 414 6864 257 41 40.0 9.2 | 241 28 24.9 13.8 405 7010 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 239 31 26.4 15.8 400 7100 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 233 32 25.3 19.4 375 7536 246 37 33.9 15.1 | 224 27 18.8 19.8 370 7620 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 221 26 17.5 19.9 344 8107 241 36 31.5 17.4 | 217 28 16.4 22.1 343 8126 241 36 31.4 17.5 | 216 28 16.3 22.2 338 8230 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 215 28 16.1 22.7 333 8319 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 232 21 16.8 13.2 323 8518 269 39 38.5 0.6 | 257 24 23.4 5.3 322 8534 270 39 39.0 0.0 | 259 24 23.9 4.7 301 8978 260 43 42.2 7.1 | 246 30 27.1 11.8 300 9000 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 246 30 27.2 12.1 295 9110 256 38 37.3 9.1 | 238 26 22.2 13.8 294 9144 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 235 25 20.6 14.2 280 9449 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 245 28 25.3 11.8 268 9754 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 254 31 29.7 8.6 265 9817 263 44 43.8 5.3 | 251 30 28.7 10.0 255 10058 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 238 29 24.5 15.3 250 10200 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 240 33 28.3 16.3 244 10363 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 230 41 31.1 26.2 242 10411 246 52 47.4 21.2 | 231 41 32.3 25.9 233 10668 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 238 45 38.4 24.2 222 10973 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 269 31 30.7 0.7 207 11433 251 35 32.8 11.2 | 228 24 17.7 15.9 202 11582 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 210 23 11.7 20.2 200 11660 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 206 26 11.1 23.0 191 11962 242 40 35.4 18.6 | 221 31 20.2 23.2 176 12497 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 237 42 35.6 23.1 176 12498 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.5 neg: -17.4 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 44.14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 203 6 129 32| 13.3 0.0 13.3| 49.7 0.0 49.7 99.5 0.76| 15.2 11.5 1000 234 8 138 25| 6.7 0.4 7.0| 52.8 -1.5 51.3 51.3 0.58| 10.5 6.1 1500 238 9 144 23| 5.4 0.3 5.6| 63.0 -3.9 59.1 39.4 0.48| 10.0 4.8 2000 243 10 148 22| 4.0 1.1 5.2| 65.9 -7.2 58.7 29.4 0.41| 8.8 3.6 2500 244 11 152 21| 5.2 0.9 6.1| 92.3 -7.5 84.8 33.9 0.54| 9.2 5.0 3000 251 13 165 18| 4.5 0.8 5.3|105.5 -17.4 88.2 29.4 0.47| 9.4 4.4 4000 254 16 180 17| 3.4 1.1 4.5|110.4 -21.4 89.0 22.3 0.42| 7.8 3.3 5000 258 19 201 18| 3.5 1.7 5.3|153.9 -57.9 96.0 19.2 0.35| 8.3 2.9 6000 257 21 210 21| 3.3 1.7 5.0|182.5 -86.7 95.8 16.0 0.31| 7.9 2.5