UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 12 JAN 26 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 12 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 1020 15 13.2 -5.8 26 19.0 5.4 330 4 284.7 285.2 277.5 291.8 2.43 1 1012 81 12.4 -7.6 24 20.0 4.5 326 8 284.6 284.9 277.0 290.8 2.13 2 1008 114 12.0 -8.0 24 20.0 4.2 324 11 284.5 284.9 276.9 290.5 2.07 3 1000 181 11.6 -7.4 26 19.0 4.1 320 15 284.8 285.1 277.2 291.1 2.19 4 925 824 5.4 -8.6 36 14.0 0.2 320 25 284.8 285.2 277.2 291.1 2.15 5 850 1506 -1.3 -10.3 50 9.0 -4.4 325 28 284.8 285.1 277.0 290.8 2.05 6 817 1819 -4.1 -12.1 54 8.0 -6.6 330 30 285.1 285.4 276.9 290.5 1.85 7 787 2120 6.4 340 49 299.4 8 768 2322 13.2 327 49 308.8 9 746 2565 11.8 318 49 309.9 10 700 3092 7.8 305 47 311.1 11 687 3246 7.0 299 47 311.9 12 682 3306 7.4 297 47 313.0 13 525 5387 -10.5 -53.5 2 43.0 -16.0 290 62 315.8 315.8 287.4 316.0 0.05 14 520 5460 -11.1 -54.1 1 43.0 -16.4 290 62 315.9 316.0 287.5 316.1 0.05 15 500 5760 -13.5 -49.5 3 36.0 -18.1 290 62 316.6 316.6 287.7 316.9 0.08 16 487 5959 -15.3 -49.3 4 34.0 -19.5 287 62 316.8 316.8 287.8 317.1 0.09 17 463 6338 -17.9 -58.9 1 41.0 -21.7 281 61 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.03 18 458 6418 -18.3 -59.3 1 41.0 -22.0 280 61 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.7 0.03 19 412 7196 -24.7 -63.7 1 39.0 -27.3 272 60 320.2 320.2 288.8 320.2 0.02 20 408 7267 -25.5 -63.5 2 38.0 -27.9 271 60 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.02 21 400 7410 -26.7 -64.7 1 38.0 -29.0 270 62 320.3 320.3 288.8 320.4 0.02 22 391 7574 -27.9 -65.9 1 38.0 -30.0 270 62 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.9 0.01 23 342 8528 -32.3 -50.3 15 18.0 -33.7 265 85 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.11 24 330 8779 -34.1 -47.1 26 13.0 -35.2 265 87 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 25 327 8843 -34.7 -47.7 26 13.0 -35.7 265 87 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.16 26 300 9440 -39.1 -53.1 21 14.0 -39.9 260 93 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.09 27 297 9509 -39.7 -53.7 21 14.0 -40.5 260 93 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.09 28 278 9956 -43.7 -55.7 25 12.0 -44.2 260 94 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 29 250 10660 -48.9 -54.9 50 6.0 -49.1 260 99 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.09 30 230 11204 -53.7 -58.7 54 5.0 -53.8 256 98 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.06 31 217 11576 -56.9 -62.9 47 6.0 -57.0 253 100 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.04 32 208 11844 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 250 102 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 33 203 11997 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 250 104 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.03 34 200 12090 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 250 105 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 35 197 12184 -61.5 -67.5 45 6.0 -61.6 250 105 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.02 36 192 12342 -62.3 -67.3 51 5.0 -62.4 250 110 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.02 37 189 12439 -62.8 -68.2 48 5.4 -62.9 250 114 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 38 184 12604 -63.7 -69.7 44 6.0 -63.8 255 114 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 39 175 12910 -64.3 -71.3 38 7.0 -64.4 255 114 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 40 169 13124 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 255 114 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 41 166 13233 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 257 112 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 42 150 13860 -59.5 -69.5 26 10.0 -59.7 255 101 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.02 43 142 14205 -56.3 -68.3 21 12.0 -56.6 253 100 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.03 44 141 14250 -56.3 -68.3 21 12.0 -56.6 254 99 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.9 0.03 45 106 16016 -67.1 -83.1 9 16.0 -67.2 250 91 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 46 101 16309 -65.1 -83.1 7 18.0 -65.3 250 89 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 47 100 16370 -64.9 -82.9 7 18.0 -65.1 250 88 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 48 97 16555 -64.5 -82.5 7 18.0 -64.7 247 88 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 49 76 18015 -71.7 -91.7 4 20.0 -71.8 245 67 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 50 74 18171 -71.9 -92.9 3 21.0 -72.0 245 68 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 51 70 18500 -69.3 -92.3 2 23.0 -69.4 255 47 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.1 0.00 52 69 18586 -69.1 -92.1 2 23.0 -69.2 250 68 438.4 438.4 309.7 438.4 0.00 53 68 18673 -68.9 -91.9 2 23.0 -69.0 249 62 440.6 440.6 310.0 440.6 0.00 54 66 18852 -69.3 -92.3 2 23.0 -69.4 246 46 443.5 443.5 310.2 443.5 0.00 55 55 19937 -70.9 -95.9 1 25.0 -71.0 264 40 463.6 463.6 312.1 463.6 0.00 56 50 20500 -71.9 -97.9 1 26.0 -72.0 280 29 474.1 474.1 313.0 474.1 0.00 57 45 21127 -68.3 -96.3 1 28.0 -68.5 222 20 497.3 497.3 314.8 497.3 0.00 58 42 21545 -64.9 -92.9 1 28.0 -65.3 216 22 515.6 515.6 316.0 515.6 0.00 59 41 21692 -65.3 -93.3 1 28.0 -65.7 235 24 518.2 518.2 316.2 518.2 0.00 60 40 21842 -65.7 -92.7 1 27.0 -66.1 257 23 520.9 520.9 316.4 520.9 0.00 61 37 22318 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.4 245 23 537.2 537.2 317.3 537.2 0.00 62 33 23022 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -63.1 291 25 558.8 558.8 318.6 558.8 0.00 63 32 23212 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.5 297 22 562.7 562.7 318.8 562.7 0.00 64 31 23408 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.6 288 14 567.8 567.8 319.0 567.8 0.00 65 30 23610 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.4 240 20 573.7 573.7 319.3 573.7 0.00 66 22 25546 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.7 255 37 643.6 643.6 322.4 643.7 0.01 67 20 26150 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.9 265 43 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.2 0.01 68 20 26150 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -58.1 265 43 664.5 664.5 323.2 664.5 0.01 69 19 26477 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.9 270 46 679.2 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.01 70 18 26824 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -56.2 260 41 693.0 693.0 324.2 693.1 0.02 71 16 27575 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -59.6 273 44 703.7 703.7 324.6 703.8 0.01 72 15 27982 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -60.6 280 41 712.8 712.8 324.8 712.9 0.01 73 11 29965 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -55.8 260 47 806.5 806.5 327.4 806.8 0.04 74 10 30587 -49.3 -81.3 1 32.0 -55.1 263 51 835.5 835.5 328.1 836.0 0.05 75 10 30587 -50.1 -81.1 1 31.0 -55.5 263 51 832.5 832.6 328.0 833.1 0.06 TRP 184 12604 -63.7 -69.7 44 6.0 -63.8 255 114 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 WND 189 12439 -62.8 -68.2 48 5.4 -62.9 250 114 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5579.00 m Freezing level: 864.55 mb = 1373.67 m = 4506.74 ft Freezing level: 805.29 mb = 1936.61 m = 6353.64 ft Freezing level: 617.09 mb = 4166.23 m = 13668.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 921.79 mb = 852.03 m = 2795.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.06 % Est. max temperature: 13.28 C = 55.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.66 mb = 2369.37 m = 7773.44 ft T: 12.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 1.22 C Layer 1012.0-1000.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 472.94 mb = 6178.52 m = 20270.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.22 C = 115.20 F Cap Strength: 23.79 C Lifted Index: 21.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 22.69 C Showalter Index: 22.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.20 C Cross Totals Index: 3.20 C K Index: -32.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56652.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 23.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.40 mb = 2560.46 m = 8400.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 334 at 33 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 1020 15 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 155 29 -12.5 26.5 1 1000 181 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 165 19 -4.9 18.5 2 985 305 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 166 15 -3.6 14.4 3 949 610 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 176 14 -1.0 13.9 4 925 824 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 188 11 1.5 10.8 5 915 914 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 182 9 0.4 8.7 6 881 1219 325 28 16.1 -22.9 | 192 7 1.5 7.1 7 850 1506 325 28 16.1 -22.9 | 192 7 1.5 7.1 8 817 1829 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 187 4 0.5 4.0 9 787 2134 340 49 16.8 -46.0 | 352 16 2.2 -16.1 10 758 2438 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 294 19 17.0 -7.5 11 731 2743 315 49 34.6 -34.6 | 283 21 20.1 -4.7 12 700 3092 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 263 24 24.0 3.0 13 677 3353 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 250 30 28.1 10.1 14 652 3658 300 53 45.9 -26.5 | 264 32 31.4 3.5 15 604 4267 295 55 49.8 -23.2 | 259 36 35.3 6.7 16 581 4572 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 252 38 36.2 11.5 17 559 4877 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 255 40 39.0 10.5 18 538 5182 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 259 45 43.7 8.8 19 500 5760 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 259 45 43.7 8.8 20 498 5791 290 63 59.2 -21.5 | 259 45 44.7 8.4 21 478 6096 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 252 47 44.4 14.2 22 458 6401 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 247 49 45.5 19.4 23 440 6706 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 248 50 46.5 19.2 24 422 7010 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 241 51 44.2 24.8 25 405 7315 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 237 54 45.5 30.0 26 400 7410 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 238 56 47.5 30.0 27 388 7620 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 238 56 47.5 30.0 28 372 7925 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 232 68 53.4 42.0 29 341 8534 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 242 79 70.1 37.4 30 313 9144 265 89 88.7 7.8 | 243 83 74.1 37.7 31 300 9440 260 93 91.6 16.1 | 239 90 77.1 46.1 32 286 9754 260 93 91.6 16.1 | 239 90 77.1 46.1 33 274 10058 260 95 93.6 16.5 | 240 92 79.0 46.5 34 261 10363 260 93 91.6 16.1 | 239 90 77.1 46.1 35 250 10660 260 99 97.5 17.2 | 240 95 83.0 47.2 36 250 10668 260 97 95.5 16.8 | 240 94 81.0 46.8 37 227 11278 255 98 94.7 25.4 | 235 97 80.1 55.4 38 206 11887 250 102 95.8 34.9 | 231 104 81.3 64.9 39 200 12090 250 105 98.7 35.9 | 232 107 84.1 65.9 40 197 12192 250 105 98.7 35.9 | 232 107 84.1 65.9 41 189 12439 250 114 107.1 39.0 | 233 115 92.6 69.0 42 187 12497 250 114 107.1 39.0 | 233 115 92.6 69.0 43 184 12604 255 114 110.1 29.5 | 238 113 95.6 59.5 44 170 13106 255 114 110.1 29.5 | 238 113 95.6 59.5 45 161 13411 260 110 108.3 19.1 | 242 106 93.8 49.1 46 154 13716 250 103 96.8 35.2 | 232 105 82.3 65.2 47 150 13860 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 236 100 83.0 56.1 48 146 14021 250 104 97.7 35.6 | 232 106 83.2 65.6 49 139 14326 255 97 93.7 25.1 | 235 96 79.2 55.1 50 126 14935 265 103 102.6 9.0 | 246 96 88.1 39.0 51 120 15240 255 102 98.5 26.4 | 236 101 84.0 56.4 52 114 15545 255 100 96.6 25.9 | 236 99 82.1 55.9 53 109 15850 250 93 87.4 31.8 | 230 96 72.9 61.8 54 100 16370 250 88 82.7 30.1 | 229 91 68.2 60.1 55 99 16459 245 91 82.5 38.5 | 225 96 67.9 68.4 56 89 17069 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 229 73 55.0 48.6 57 85 17374 240 59 51.1 29.5 | 212 70 36.6 59.5 58 80 17678 240 59 51.1 29.5 | 212 70 36.6 59.5 59 76 17983 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 218 74 46.2 58.3 60 73 18288 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 219 76 48.0 59.1 61 70 18500 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 216 52 30.9 42.2 62 69 18593 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 224 74 51.2 53.9 63 65 18898 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 206 52 22.6 47.3 64 62 19202 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 203 62 24.0 56.9 65 59 19507 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 211 59 29.9 50.7 66 56 19812 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 216 46 26.8 37.3 67 50 20500 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 209 29 14.0 25.0 68 48 20726 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 221 25 16.5 18.7 69 44 21336 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 165 45 -12.1 43.8 70 41 21641 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 184 48 3.1 47.7 71 39 21946 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 194 31 7.5 30.0 72 38 22250 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 185 41 3.7 40.5 73 36 22555 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 201 37 13.0 34.8 74 32 23165 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 199 19 6.2 18.0 75 31 23470 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 172 27 -3.9 27.1 76 30 23610 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 184 40 2.8 40.0 77 28 24079 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 187 44 5.1 43.8 78 27 24384 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 196 38 10.6 36.7 79 25 24689 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 199 34 11.4 32.3 80 24 24994 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 217 42 25.3 33.5 81 23 25298 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 208 45 21.2 39.6 82 22 25603 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 208 45 21.2 39.6 83 20 26150 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 220 44 28.3 33.7 84 20 26213 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 233 43 34.3 25.7 85 18 26518 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 215 45 25.8 37.1 86 16 26822 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 225 43 30.5 30.0 87 15 27127 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 228 35 25.8 22.9 88 14 27432 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 231 36 27.8 22.5 89 10 28346 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 217 53 31.8 42.4 90 10 28651 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 232 49 38.5 30.0 91 7 29566 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 228 60 44.6 40.4 92 7 29870 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 235 62 50.2 35.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.4 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: -127.2 tot: -72.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 119.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 323 16 164 18| 0.0 16.9 16.9| 32.4 0.0 32.4 64.8 0.35| 17.6 6.2 1000 322 20 170 15| 3.3 8.5 11.8| 44.6 -2.2 42.4 42.4 0.36| 12.8 4.6 1500 323 22 175 12| 2.7 5.6 8.3| 46.4 -2.2 44.2 29.5 0.37| 9.0 3.4 2000 326 25 177 10| 5.8 4.2 10.0| 50.9 -2.8 48.1 24.1 0.44| 11.2 5.0 2500 327 29 195 5| 4.6 5.9 10.5| 55.1 -76.8 -21.7 -8.7 0.05| 14.0 0.7 3000 324 33 232 6| 3.9 5.4 9.3| 55.1-127.2 -72.1 -24.0 -0.07| 13.4 -0.9 4000 315 37 253 12| 2.9 5.4 8.3|104.7-184.4 -79.7 -19.9 -0.08| 12.4 -0.9 5000 309 41 256 18| 2.3 5.1 7.4|134.5-235.3-100.8 -20.2 -0.09| 11.1 -1.0 6000 304 44 257 23| 1.9 4.6 6.5|152.1-280.5-128.4 -21.4 -0.10| 9.9 -1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20260112.00.gif