UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.50-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/noaaport/nwstg/convert/09070412_upa.wxp Date: 12Z 4 JUL 09 Searching for KXMR... Searching the city database file for: KXMR ... Date:12Z 4 JUL 09 Station: KXMR WMO ident: 74794 Latitude: 28.47 Longitude: -80.55 Elevation: 3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 3 22.8 21.6 93 1.2 22.0 190 1 294.6 297.5 294.6 340.9 16.19 1 1010 57 25.0 24.7 98 0.3 24.8 220 4 297.3 300.9 297.6 354.6 19.75 2 1000 148 25.0 23.8 93 1.2 24.2 270 10 298.1 301.6 297.3 353.1 18.88 3 989 246 25.2 23.1 88 2.1 23.7 279 10 299.3 302.6 297.2 352.7 18.28 4 986 272 25.2 22.5 85 2.7 23.3 282 10 299.6 302.8 296.9 351.2 17.67 5 956 544 24.2 19.5 75 4.7 20.9 293 10 301.2 304.0 295.6 345.6 15.09 6 925 833 22.4 17.6 74 4.8 19.1 280 9 302.2 304.8 295.0 343.0 13.82 7 888 1188 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.0 267 5 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.1 11.39 8 857 1494 17.6 14.6 83 3.0 15.6 229 7 303.9 306.1 294.4 340.4 12.28 9 850 1564 17.4 13.1 76 4.3 14.6 220 8 304.4 306.5 293.8 337.8 11.22 10 833 1737 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 12.8 223 8 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.4 9.68 11 798 2101 13.8 9.9 77 3.9 11.3 238 11 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.64 12 781 2283 12.6 8.0 74 4.6 9.8 242 11 306.7 308.3 292.5 332.9 8.65 13 737 2769 10.8 1.8 54 9.0 5.8 262 10 309.8 311.0 291.2 328.2 5.92 14 729 2860 10.6 2.6 58 8.0 6.1 271 10 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.2 6.34 15 700 3198 8.4 1.4 61 7.0 4.5 290 13 311.8 312.9 291.9 330.7 6.06 16 695 3257 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 5.0 289 13 311.8 313.0 292.4 332.7 6.75 17 646 3855 4.8 -5.2 48 10.0 -0.0 274 12 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.8 4.02 18 620 4188 2.6 -6.4 51 9.0 -1.6 270 14 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.5 3.82 19 608 4346 1.6 -8.4 47 10.0 -2.9 277 15 316.8 317.4 291.0 327.6 3.34 20 606 4372 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.7 279 15 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.4 3.56 21 599 4466 1.2 -12.8 34 14.0 -4.4 289 15 317.7 318.1 290.5 325.5 2.38 22 568 4892 0.0 -33.0 6 33.0 -8.4 335 15 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.42 23 566 4920 0.0 -34.0 6 34.0 -8.5 335 15 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.38 24 564 4948 -0.3 -34.3 6 34.0 -8.7 336 16 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.37 25 506 5807 -5.9 -32.9 10 27.0 -12.3 325 22 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.5 0.47 26 500 5900 -5.9 -33.9 9 28.0 -12.5 325 22 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.43 27 493 6010 -5.9 -36.9 7 31.0 -12.8 342 20 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.33 28 400 7610 -18.1 -36.1 19 18.0 -21.4 360 41 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.1 0.44 29 385 7895 -20.7 -38.7 18 18.0 -23.7 7 36 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.35 30 369 8209 -21.9 -44.9 11 23.0 -25.0 16 31 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 31 300 9700 -34.3 -50.3 18 16.0 -35.5 25 34 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.13 32 284 10082 -37.5 -51.5 22 14.0 -38.5 22 39 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.12 33 274 10329 -39.9 -52.9 24 13.0 -40.7 20 42 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.10 34 250 10950 -45.1 -57.1 25 12.0 -45.6 20 38 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.07 35 244 11112 -46.7 -57.7 27 11.0 -47.1 16 31 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.06 36 226 11615 -50.5 -60.5 30 10.0 -50.8 342 21 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 37 220 11790 -51.7 -61.7 29 10.0 -52.0 325 20 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 38 208 12155 -50.3 -62.3 23 12.0 -50.7 324 15 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 39 200 12410 -51.5 -64.5 20 13.0 -51.8 330 13 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.4 0.03 40 150 14220 -64.5 350 18 359.0 41 146 14385 -65.7 1 16 359.7 42 129 15132 -69.3 340 16 366.2 43 100 16650 -70.5 65 11 391.5 44 97 16829 -72.1 62 12 391.8 45 75 18357 -66.9 37 19 432.6 46 70 18770 -68.9 30 21 437.0 47 66 19123 -69.5 39 22 443.1 48 58 19906 -64.1 58 23 472.0 49 50 20820 -62.9 80 24 495.3 50 49 20945 -62.9 80 25 498.1 51 46 21338 -59.1 81 26 516.4 52 40 22218 -58.5 82 30 538.9 53 36 22889 -53.5 83 33 568.4 54 30 24070 -51.3 85 38 604.8 55 22 26099 -46.5 66 23 675.2 56 20 26730 -46.7 60 18 693.2 57 17 27803 -48.7 64 29 719.8 58 10 31340 -42.2 75 64 862.1 59 9.0 32055 -40.9 893.4 TRP 129 15132 -69.3 340 16 366.2 WND 10 31340 -42.2 75 64 862.1 P:1016.0 H: 3 T: 28.5 Td: 21.6 Dir: 190 Spd: 1 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.00 m Freezing level: 566.00 mb = 4920.10 m = 16141.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.38 mb = 3850.59 m = 12633.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.70 mb = 159.47 m = 523.19 ft T: 25.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 1000.0- 857.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.71 mb = 1288.03 m = 4225.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1227.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.34 mb = 886.36 m = 2907.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.34 mb = 1825.45 m = 5988.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.34 mb = 12270.47 m = 40256.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1202.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.34 mb = 15851.32 m = 52005.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -14.4 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 481.10 Bulk Shear: 2.55 m/s