UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026010600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 6 JAN 26 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 6 JAN 26 Station: KCHS WMO ident: 72208 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -80.03 Elevation: 15.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 15 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 14.2 95 2 289.5 291.0 286.6 313.6 8.56 1 1004 131 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.4 114 6 289.8 291.3 286.4 313.1 8.23 2 1000 164 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 13.1 120 7 289.8 291.2 286.2 312.5 8.04 3 987 275 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.3 120 9 290.0 291.4 286.0 311.9 7.72 4 978 353 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.9 131 9 290.4 291.7 286.0 311.9 7.58 5 970 423 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.9 147 9 291.1 292.4 286.4 312.8 7.65 6 925 825 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.4 220 14 293.0 294.5 287.8 316.9 8.36 7 916 907 12.6 9.6 82 3.0 10.9 220 16 293.0 294.5 287.6 316.5 8.21 8 882 1223 10.4 5.8 73 4.6 7.9 220 15 293.9 295.1 286.4 312.9 6.56 9 850 1530 8.0 4.4 78 3.6 6.1 230 20 294.5 295.6 286.2 312.5 6.17 10 844 1588 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.7 229 19 294.7 295.8 286.1 312.3 6.04 11 835 1677 7.0 3.0 76 4.0 4.9 228 19 295.0 296.0 285.9 311.6 5.69 12 820 1826 7.8 -3.2 46 11.0 2.7 225 17 297.4 298.0 284.7 308.4 3.68 13 772 2321 5.8 -11.2 28 17.0 -0.8 234 13 300.4 300.8 284.1 306.9 2.10 14 765 2396 5.8 -14.2 22 20.0 -1.5 238 12 301.2 301.5 284.0 306.4 1.66 15 703 3084 3.2 -24.8 11 28.0 -4.8 255 23 305.7 305.8 284.6 308.1 0.73 16 700 3119 3.2 -24.8 11 28.0 -4.8 255 23 306.0 306.2 284.7 308.5 0.73 17 696 3165 3.4 -26.6 9 30.0 -5.0 254 23 306.8 306.9 284.9 308.9 0.62 18 682 3330 4.4 -16.6 20 21.0 -3.1 251 25 309.7 309.9 287.0 314.7 1.53 19 669 3487 3.4 -16.6 21 20.0 -3.8 250 24 310.2 310.5 287.2 315.4 1.56 20 657 3633 2.6 -18.4 20 21.0 -4.6 250 23 311.0 311.2 287.2 315.5 1.36 21 646 3769 1.2 -16.8 25 18.0 -5.1 254 23 310.9 311.2 287.5 316.1 1.59 22 603 4318 -3.5 -19.5 28 16.0 -8.6 276 20 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.1 1.35 23 567 4801 -7.5 -21.5 32 14.0 -11.6 296 26 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.5 1.21 24 550 5037 -9.3 -24.3 28 15.0 -13.2 302 29 313.0 313.2 287.5 316.3 0.97 25 540 5179 -9.1 -38.1 7 29.0 -14.5 305 32 314.9 315.0 287.4 315.9 0.26 26 534 5265 -9.5 -40.5 6 31.0 -14.9 304 30 315.5 315.5 287.5 316.2 0.21 27 517 5514 -11.3 -31.3 17 20.0 -15.6 300 22 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.1 0.54 28 500 5770 -13.1 -33.1 17 20.0 -17.1 300 25 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.47 29 491 5908 -14.1 -33.1 18 19.0 -17.9 298 25 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.2 0.48 30 459 6416 -17.7 -41.7 10 24.0 -21.2 300 32 319.2 319.2 288.7 320.0 0.21 31 449 6581 -19.3 -38.3 17 19.0 -22.2 297 31 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.31 32 418 7109 -23.1 -46.1 10 23.0 -25.7 300 35 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.5 0.15 33 400 7430 -25.9 -46.9 12 21.0 -28.0 300 37 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.14 34 391 7594 -27.5 -46.5 15 19.0 -29.3 300 38 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.15 35 360 8181 -32.1 -54.1 9 22.0 -33.6 303 38 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.1 0.07 36 336 8663 -35.7 -58.7 8 23.0 -36.8 299 43 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.5 0.04 37 325 8893 -37.3 -62.3 6 25.0 -38.4 297 46 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.4 0.03 38 300 9440 -40.9 -60.9 10 20.0 -41.7 300 52 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.04 39 256 10496 -49.9 -58.9 34 9.0 -50.1 305 58 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.05 40 250 10650 -51.1 -61.1 29 10.0 -51.4 305 57 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 41 248 10702 -51.3 -61.3 29 10.0 -51.5 306 56 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.04 42 232 11133 -54.9 -62.9 36 8.0 -55.1 313 60 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.03 43 220 11471 -57.3 -64.3 41 7.0 -57.4 318 67 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.03 44 212 11705 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.4 320 70 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.02 45 205 11916 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.2 320 70 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.02 46 201 12039 -61.1 -69.1 34 8.0 -61.2 320 67 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 47 200 12070 -61.1 -69.1 34 8.0 -61.2 320 66 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 48 175 12884 -67.7 -73.7 42 6.0 -67.7 302 71 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.01 49 173 12953 -67.9 -73.9 42 6.0 -67.9 300 74 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.0 0.01 50 171 13023 -68.1 -74.1 42 6.0 -68.1 300 74 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.01 51 163 13312 -65.8 -73.0 36 7.2 -65.9 310 101 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 52 152 13738 -62.5 -71.5 29 9.0 -62.6 318 73 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.02 53 150 13820 -62.5 -72.5 25 10.0 -62.6 320 66 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 54 139 14289 -63.7 -74.7 21 11.0 -63.8 303 60 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 55 133 14562 -61.5 -74.5 16 13.0 -61.7 296 63 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 56 127 14848 -62.3 -76.3 14 14.0 -62.4 295 74 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.01 57 118 15301 -63.7 -78.7 11 15.0 -63.8 296 82 385.9 385.9 303.2 386.0 0.01 58 113 15567 -63.7 -78.7 11 15.0 -63.8 300 86 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.01 59 109 15787 -65.3 -80.3 11 15.0 -65.4 300 78 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.01 60 100 16310 -67.5 -84.5 7 17.0 -67.6 310 75 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 61 87 17245 -71.1 -89.1 5 18.0 -71.2 307 53 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 62 86 17321 -71.3 -90.3 4 19.0 -71.4 306 48 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 63 70 18674 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 286 37 438.7 438.7 309.7 438.7 0.00 64 68 18864 -69.1 -92.1 2 23.0 -69.2 288 35 440.2 440.2 309.9 440.2 0.00 65 50 20869 -63.5 -91.5 1 28.0 -63.8 283 26 493.8 493.8 314.5 493.9 0.00 66 37 22832 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.8 276 20 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.00 67 30 24200 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.0 270 15 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.01 68 29 24413 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.6 270 16 590.9 590.9 320.2 590.9 0.01 69 28 24634 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.8 270 17 596.3 596.3 320.5 596.3 0.01 70 24 25607 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.3 278 24 629.0 629.0 321.9 629.0 0.01 71 23 25878 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -57.2 242 22 640.8 640.8 322.3 640.9 0.01 72 21 26462 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -54.9 251 33 667.3 667.3 323.3 667.4 0.02 73 20 26780 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -53.2 245 42 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.03 74 16 28247 -46.9 -78.9 1 32.0 -52.0 262 41 738.3 738.3 325.6 738.7 0.05 75 14 29130 -47.5 -79.5 1 32.0 -52.8 253 40 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.4 0.05 76 13 29623 -43.5 -77.5 1 34.0 -50.8 253 48 795.2 795.2 327.1 795.9 0.08 77 12 30163 -41.5 -75.5 1 34.0 -50.1 256 51 820.7 820.8 327.8 821.8 0.11 78 11 30753 -42.1 -76.1 1 34.0 -50.7 258 48 839.2 839.3 328.2 840.3 0.11 79 10 31400 -39.9 -74.9 1 35.0 -50.1 260 45 870.6 870.7 328.8 872.2 0.15 80 9.7 31609 -38.7 -74.7 1 36.0 -49.7 882.7 882.8 329.1 884.4 0.16 81 8.5 32520 -36.3 -72.3 1 36.0 -49.3 926.1 926.2 329.9 929.0 0.26 82 7.6 33299 -34.7 -70.7 1 36.0 -49.3 962.7 962.9 330.7 967.0 0.36 83 7.5 33392 -34.9 -70.9 1 36.0 -49.4 965.5 965.7 330.7 969.8 0.36 TRP 173 12953 -67.9 -73.9 42 6.0 -67.9 300 74 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.0 0.01 WND 163 13312 -65.8 -73.0 36 7.2 -65.9 310 101 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.00 m Freezing level: 635.02 mb = 3909.31 m = 12825.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.93 mb = 2205.84 m = 7236.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.04 % Est. max temperature: 22.54 C = 72.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.00 mb = 770.33 m = 2527.30 ft T: 13.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 10.53 C Layer 916.0- 703.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.00 mb = 1510.51 m = 4955.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.84 C = 73.12 F Cap Strength: 7.91 C Lifted Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.44 C Showalter Index: 7.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: -2.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 260.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51898.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.47 mb = 1106.08 m = 3628.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 292 at 15 knt ---------------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 1018 15 95 2 -2.0 0.2 | 110 17 -15.5 5.7 1 1000 164 120 7 -6.1 3.5 | 115 22 -19.6 9.1 2 984 305 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 115 24 -21.3 10.1 3 949 610 190 9 1.6 8.9 | 140 19 -11.9 14.4 4 925 825 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 165 17 -4.5 16.3 5 915 914 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 170 18 -3.2 17.8 6 882 1219 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 167 17 -3.9 17.1 7 851 1524 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 186 19 1.8 18.4 8 850 1530 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 186 19 1.8 18.4 9 820 1829 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 175 18 -1.5 17.6 10 790 2134 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 170 16 -2.9 16.2 11 761 2438 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 165 12 -3.1 11.6 12 733 2743 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 195 14 3.7 13.6 13 706 3048 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 215 14 7.8 11.3 14 700 3119 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 217 14 8.7 11.5 15 680 3353 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 215 17 10.0 14.1 16 654 3658 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 211 16 8.1 13.4 17 605 4267 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 239 7 6.4 3.8 18 560 4877 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 309 13 9.9 -7.9 19 539 5182 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 315 18 12.7 -12.8 20 518 5486 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 314 8 5.6 -5.4 21 500 5770 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 310 11 8.2 -6.9 22 499 5791 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 311 10 7.3 -6.4 23 479 6096 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 298 11 10.1 -5.4 24 459 6401 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 306 18 14.2 -10.4 25 441 6706 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 297 16 14.6 -7.5 26 423 7010 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 305 21 16.8 -11.9 27 406 7315 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 305 21 16.8 -11.9 28 400 7430 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 305 23 18.5 -12.9 29 389 7620 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 305 24 19.4 -13.4 30 373 7925 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 314 21 15.2 -14.5 31 313 9144 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 296 34 30.9 -15.1 32 300 9440 300 52 45.0 -26.0 | 303 38 31.5 -20.4 33 300 9449 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 296 33 30.0 -14.7 34 286 9754 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 309 42 32.4 -26.5 35 273 10058 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 309 41 31.6 -26.0 36 261 10363 305 58 47.5 -33.3 | 309 44 34.0 -27.7 37 250 10650 305 57 46.7 -32.7 | 309 43 33.2 -27.1 38 249 10668 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 309 42 32.4 -26.5 39 238 10973 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 316 43 30.2 -31.1 40 216 11582 320 69 44.4 -52.9 | 327 56 30.9 -47.3 41 206 11887 320 71 45.6 -54.4 | 327 58 32.1 -48.8 42 200 12070 320 66 42.4 -50.6 | 327 53 28.9 -45.0 43 196 12192 320 65 41.8 -49.8 | 327 52 28.3 -44.2 44 186 12497 315 62 43.8 -43.8 | 322 49 30.3 -38.3 45 177 12802 305 67 54.9 -38.4 | 308 53 41.4 -32.9 46 173 12953 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 302 60 50.6 -31.4 47 169 13106 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 302 60 50.6 -31.4 48 163 13312 310 101 77.4 -64.9 | 313 87 63.9 -59.3 49 160 13411 310 101 77.4 -64.9 | 313 87 63.9 -59.3 50 150 13820 320 66 42.4 -50.6 | 327 53 28.9 -45.0 51 145 14021 325 81 46.5 -66.4 | 332 69 33.0 -60.8 52 138 14326 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 303 43 35.9 -22.9 53 131 14630 295 65 58.9 -27.5 | 296 50 45.4 -21.9 54 125 14935 295 78 70.7 -33.0 | 296 63 57.2 -27.4 55 119 15240 295 81 73.4 -34.2 | 296 66 59.9 -28.7 56 113 15545 300 87 75.3 -43.5 | 302 73 61.8 -37.9 57 108 15850 300 76 65.8 -38.0 | 302 62 52.3 -32.4 58 103 16154 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 302 60 50.6 -31.4 59 100 16310 310 75 57.5 -48.2 | 314 61 44.0 -42.6 60 98 16459 310 76 58.2 -48.9 | 314 62 44.7 -43.3 61 93 16764 315 59 41.7 -41.7 | 322 46 28.2 -36.1 62 89 17069 310 62 47.5 -39.9 | 315 48 34.0 -34.3 63 85 17374 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 311 30 22.5 -19.7 64 81 17678 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 274 32 31.8 -2.4 65 64 19202 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 288 17 16.6 -5.4 66 30 24200 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 195 6 1.5 5.6 67 25 25298 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 229 9 6.5 5.6 68 24 25603 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 262 10 10.1 1.4 69 23 25908 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 199 17 5.6 16.6 70 22 26213 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 233 24 19.3 14.4 71 21 26518 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 226 24 17.5 16.9 72 20 26780 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 226 34 24.6 23.3 73 20 26822 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 226 24 17.5 16.9 74 19 27127 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 215 28 15.9 22.6 75 18 27432 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 241 36 31.9 17.7 76 17 28042 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 238 30 25.1 15.9 77 16 28346 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 252 29 27.3 9.1 78 15 28651 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 255 22 21.5 5.6 79 14 28956 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 241 24 21.0 11.7 80 14 29261 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 232 33 26.0 19.9 81 13 29870 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 243 41 36.7 19.0 82 10 31400 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 247 34 30.8 13.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.7 neg: -29.3 tot: 142.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 82.57 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 131 7 119 22| 8.9 0.0 8.9| 51.0 0.0 51.0 101.9 0.60| 14.9 9.0 1000 184 10 140 20| 8.7 0.0 8.7|107.5 -1.2 106.3 106.3 0.72| 14.3 10.4 1500 205 12 153 19| 7.3 0.0 7.3|134.1 -3.6 130.4 87.0 0.74| 11.7 8.7 2000 213 14 160 18| 5.5 1.1 6.6|134.1 -22.9 111.2 55.6 0.55| 9.9 5.5 2500 218 14 162 17| 4.1 0.9 5.0|139.3 -29.3 110.1 44.0 0.47| 9.3 4.4 3000 225 14 168 16| 4.8 0.7 5.5|171.7 -29.3 142.4 47.5 0.55| 9.4 5.2 4000 236 17 181 15| 3.3 0.3 3.6|186.6 -35.7 150.9 37.7 0.50| 8.5 4.3 5000 249 18 196 12| 3.4 0.2 3.7|222.0 -35.7 186.3 37.3 0.56| 8.7 4.9 6000 262 19 216 10| 2.9 0.6 3.4|225.7 -42.4 183.3 30.6 0.45| 8.6 3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20260106.00.gif