UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for CYQD... Searching the city database file for: CYQD ... Date:1200Z 22 MAR 20 Station: CYQD WMO ident: 71867 Latitude: 53.97 Longitude: -101.10 Elevation: 274.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 116 SFC 980 274 -8.3 -11.7 76 3.4 -9.2 180 6 266.4 266.6 265.1 270.7 1.59 2 953 492 -5.9 -9.6 75 3.7 -7.0 240 25 271.0 271.3 268.8 276.3 1.93 3 935 642 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.5 256 27 271.6 272.0 269.4 277.1 2.00 4 933 658 -6.3 -8.5 84 2.2 -7.0 257 26 272.2 272.6 270.0 278.1 2.15 5 925 726 -5.5 -8.9 77 3.4 -6.5 260 23 273.7 274.0 270.8 279.5 2.10 6 905 898 -6.1 -11.0 68 4.9 -7.5 265 22 274.8 275.1 271.1 279.9 1.82 7 850 1387 -8.9 -12.4 76 3.5 -9.9 280 15 276.8 277.1 272.2 281.8 1.73 8 836 1515 -9.9 -12.9 79 3.0 -10.7 271 15 277.1 277.4 272.3 281.9 1.69 9 802 1835 -11.1 -16.0 67 4.9 -12.3 300 19 279.1 279.4 272.9 283.1 1.37 10 762 2225 -13.9 -18.9 66 5.0 -15.0 301 23 280.2 280.4 273.2 283.5 1.13 11 700 2863 -19.5 -21.3 86 1.8 -19.8 290 26 280.9 281.1 273.3 283.9 1.00 12 687 3002 -20.7 -21.9 90 1.2 -20.9 268 30 281.1 281.2 273.4 283.9 0.96 13 673 3155 -19.3 -25.3 59 6.0 -20.3 262 30 284.3 284.4 274.8 286.5 0.73 14 604 3950 -25.1 -33.1 47 8.0 -26.1 262 25 286.5 286.6 275.5 287.8 0.39 15 573 4330 -27.9 -38.9 34 11.0 -28.9 260 30 287.6 287.6 275.8 288.3 0.23 16 544 4703 -28.7 -50.7 10 22.0 -30.0 254 30 290.9 291.0 277.2 291.2 0.07 17 507 5202 -33.1 -48.1 21 15.0 -34.0 249 40 291.5 291.5 277.6 291.9 0.10 18 500 5300 -33.9 -48.9 21 15.0 -34.7 250 42 291.7 291.7 277.7 292.0 0.09 19 480 5585 -35.7 -52.7 16 17.0 -36.5 245 46 292.9 292.9 278.2 293.1 0.06 20 431 6329 -38.3 -61.3 7 23.0 -39.0 245 59 298.8 298.8 280.8 298.9 0.02 21 407 6722 -40.1 -63.1 7 23.0 -40.8 238 71 301.4 301.4 282.0 301.4 0.02 22 400 6840 -41.1 -64.1 7 23.0 -41.7 235 75 301.6 301.6 282.0 301.6 0.02 23 378 7223 -43.7 -64.7 8 21.0 -44.2 235 80 303.1 303.1 282.7 303.1 0.02 24 351 7720 -44.7 -68.7 5 24.0 -45.2 235 87 308.2 308.2 284.7 308.2 0.01 25 300 8760 -49.9 -71.9 6 22.0 -50.2 235 105 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.0 0.01 26 285 9094 -51.7 -72.3 7 20.7 -51.9 235 115 317.2 317.2 287.8 317.2 0.01 27 278 9255 -52.5 -72.5 7 20.0 -52.8 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.2 0.01 TRP WND 285 9094 -51.7 -72.3 7 20.7 -51.9 235 115 317.2 317.2 287.8 317.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5184.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.94 % Est. max temperature: 2.69 C = 36.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.18 mb = 699.05 m = 2293.45 ft T: -5.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 980.0- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.25 mb = 2015.42 m = 6612.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.87 C = 40.76 F Cap Strength: 11.82 C Lifted Index: 11.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.97 C Showalter Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 10.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4503.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.30 mb = 1166.99 m = 3828.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 290 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 980 274 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 123 25 -20.8 13.6 1 976 305 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 157 25 -9.9 23.1 2 939 610 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 203 16 6.2 14.8 3 925 726 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 189 12 1.8 11.6 4 903 914 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 187 10 1.1 9.5 5 868 1219 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 126 9 -7.0 5.1 6 850 1387 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 129 8 -6.0 5.0 7 835 1524 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 142 10 -5.8 7.6 8 802 1829 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 66 5 -4.4 -1.9 9 770 2134 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 19 6 -2.0 -5.6 10 740 2438 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 291 1 0.8 -0.3 11 711 2743 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 290 4 3.6 -1.3 12 700 2863 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 290 4 3.6 -1.3 13 682 3048 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 217 16 9.7 12.9 14 627 3658 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 210 6 3.1 5.5 15 601 3962 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 198 12 3.8 11.9 16 577 4267 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 217 16 9.7 12.9 17 553 4572 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 205 14 5.8 12.2 18 530 4877 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 205 24 10.0 21.9 19 500 5300 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 220 29 18.7 21.9 20 487 5486 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 222 31 20.5 22.6 21 466 5791 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 209 41 20.2 36.2 22 446 6096 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 224 43 29.9 31.2 23 426 6401 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 226 47 33.6 32.9 24 400 6840 235 75 61.4 43.0 | 219 65 40.6 50.6 25 372 7315 235 81 66.4 46.5 | 220 71 45.5 54.0 26 296 8839 235 106 86.8 60.8 | 224 95 66.0 68.4 27 285 9094 235 115 94.2 66.0 | 225 104 73.4 73.5 28 283 9144 235 115 94.2 66.0 | 225 104 73.4 73.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.1 neg: -59.3 tot: 106.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 11.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 245 23 181 17| 23.3 0.0 23.3|161.5 -5.5 155.9 311.9 0.73| 37.9 27.8 1000 256 21 178 13| 8.5 0.0 8.5|161.5 -23.7 137.7 137.7 0.39| 24.4 9.5 1500 263 19 170 10| 7.4 0.0 7.4|165.6 -30.2 135.4 90.3 0.27| 19.5 5.3 2000 274 20 170 6| 6.8 0.0 6.8|165.6 -38.2 127.4 63.7 0.14| 16.8 2.3 2500 278 21 175 5| 5.4 0.9 6.4|165.6 -39.1 126.5 50.6 0.09| 14.6 1.4 3000 277 22 192 5| 4.5 2.6 7.1|166.1 -59.3 106.8 35.6 -0.04| 15.5 -0.6 4000 273 23 200 7| 3.2 2.9 6.1|182.7 -66.0 116.7 29.2 -0.02| 13.9 -0.2 5000 267 25 206 10| 2.6 3.6 6.2|231.1 -81.3 149.8 30.0 0.01| 13.4 0.2 6000 260 30 213 15| 3.1 4.1 7.1|367.0-153.8 213.2 35.5 0.04| 13.6 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//CYQD/skewt/CYQD.skewt.20200322.12.gif