UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for CYQD... Searching the city database file for: CYQD ... Date:1200Z 24 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 88 SFC 977 274 -5.9 -7.3 90 1.4 -6.3 40 6 269.0 269.4 268.1 275.2 2.26 2 925 698 -7.7 -9.3 88 1.6 -8.2 60 32 271.4 271.8 269.3 277.1 2.04 3 897 938 -6.3 -7.6 90 1.3 -6.7 48 25 275.3 275.7 272.3 282.0 2.40 4 850 1357 -7.7 -8.8 92 1.1 -8.1 70 20 278.1 278.5 273.8 284.6 2.31 5 819 1646 -8.7 -10.1 90 1.4 -9.1 87 13 280.0 280.4 274.6 286.2 2.16 6 788 1945 -8.5 -9.8 90 1.3 -8.9 126 10 283.3 283.7 276.6 290.0 2.30 7 700 2855 -13.3 -14.7 89 1.4 -13.7 210 12 287.8 288.1 278.1 293.0 1.74 8 649 3428 -15.9 -18.0 84 2.1 -16.4 240 15 291.1 291.4 279.3 295.5 1.43 9 612 3868 -19.1 -20.4 89 1.3 -19.4 240 20 292.4 292.6 279.6 296.2 1.23 10 561 4510 -23.7 -26.6 77 2.9 -24.2 242 27 294.3 294.4 279.9 296.8 0.77 11 543 4748 -25.7 -29.4 71 3.7 -26.2 244 29 294.7 294.8 279.8 296.7 0.62 12 500 5340 -30.7 -33.4 77 2.7 -31.0 240 35 295.6 295.7 280.0 297.1 0.46 13 486 5541 -32.5 -35.0 78 2.5 -32.7 231 30 295.8 295.9 280.1 297.1 0.40 14 402 6846 -43.1 -47.8 60 4.7 -43.3 250 53 298.5 298.6 280.9 299.0 0.13 15 400 6880 -43.5 -47.8 62 4.3 -43.7 250 54 298.5 298.5 280.8 298.9 0.13 16 347 7818 -51.7 -54.0 76 2.3 -51.8 247 59 299.7 299.8 281.3 300.0 0.07 17 327 8201 -53.9 -56.9 69 3.0 -53.9 248 63 301.8 301.9 282.2 302.0 0.05 18 300 8750 -56.9 -61.4 57 4.5 -57.0 255 68 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.3 0.03 19 287 9030 -58.3 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.4 255 69 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.02 20 278 9230 -58.8 -65.8 40 7.0 -58.9 255 70 309.1 309.1 285.0 309.1 0.02 21 252 9844 -60.5 -70.5 26 10.0 -60.6 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.4 0.01 22 251 9869 -60.5 -70.5 26 10.0 -60.6 315.8 315.8 287.3 315.8 0.01 TRP WND 278 9230 -58.8 -65.8 40 7.0 -58.9 255 70 309.1 309.1 285.0 309.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5252.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.66 % Est. max temperature: 4.49 C = 40.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.40 mb = 447.35 m = 1467.67 ft T: -6.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 739.19 mb = 2436.29 m = 7992.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.67 C = 51.21 F Cap Strength: 14.24 C Lifted Index: 14.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.56 C Showalter Index: 9.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 12.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 75.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5134.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.71 mb = 870.87 m = 2857.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 274 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 71 21 -20.2 -6.9 1 973 305 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 70 30 -27.8 -10.4 2 936 610 60 32 -27.7 -16.0 | 67 48 -44.1 -18.4 3 925 698 60 32 -27.7 -16.0 | 67 48 -44.1 -18.4 4 900 914 45 25 -17.7 -17.7 | 60 39 -34.0 -20.0 5 865 1219 85 19 -18.9 -1.7 | 84 36 -35.3 -4.0 6 850 1357 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 75 36 -35.2 -9.2 7 832 1524 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 74 31 -30.0 -8.7 8 800 1829 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 96 25 -25.0 2.6 9 769 2134 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 101 24 -23.4 4.7 10 739 2438 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 99 22 -22.0 3.3 11 710 2743 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 128 13 -10.4 8.0 12 700 2855 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 128 13 -10.4 8.0 13 654 3353 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 129 7 -5.1 4.1 14 628 3658 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 193 8 1.8 8.1 15 603 3962 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 187 8 1.0 7.6 16 578 4267 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 205 11 4.4 9.6 17 532 4877 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 227 16 11.7 10.7 18 511 5182 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 239 18 15.6 9.3 19 500 5340 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 223 21 13.9 15.1 20 490 5486 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 201 18 6.6 16.9 21 448 6096 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 232 21 16.3 12.9 22 429 6401 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 251 30 28.1 9.6 23 400 6880 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 245 38 34.4 16.1 24 357 7620 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 245 41 37.2 17.1 25 341 7925 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 239 44 38.0 23.0 26 300 8750 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 253 52 49.3 15.2 27 282 9144 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 253 54 51.2 15.8 28 278 9230 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 253 54 51.2 15.8 29 255 9754 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 259 50 49.6 9.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.5 neg: -116.5 tot: 163.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 291.34 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 58 25 68 41| 24.5 0.0 24.5| 0.4 -45.4 -45.0 -90.1 -0.14| 31.1 -4.5 1000 59 24 68 40| 7.8 0.0 7.8|132.5 -75.8 56.7 56.7 0.12| 25.4 3.1 1500 63 21 71 37| 3.6 0.0 3.6|208.1-111.8 96.3 64.2 0.18| 23.1 4.1 2000 71 18 76 35| 2.9 0.0 2.9|231.5-114.1 117.4 58.7 0.21| 18.7 3.9 2500 77 17 80 33| 3.7 0.0 3.7|277.5-116.4 161.2 64.5 0.28| 17.9 4.9 3000 85 16 83 32| 3.2 0.0 3.2|279.5-116.5 163.0 54.3 0.27| 15.9 4.2 4000 127 17 105 31| 3.8 0.0 3.8|298.7-117.8 180.9 45.2 0.32| 13.6 4.4 5000 220 19 163 13| 4.1 0.0 4.1|331.5-133.5 197.9 39.6 0.32| 12.4 4.0 6000 232 22 185 11| 4.2 0.4 4.6|410.9-178.3 232.6 38.8 0.31| 12.6 3.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//CYQD/skewt/CYQD.skewt.20200324.12.gif