UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032005.upa.cvt Date: 0500Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for ETHA... Searching the city database file for: ETHA ... Date:0500Z 20 MAR 20 Station: ETHA WMO ident: 10954 Latitude: 47.83 Longitude: 10.87 Elevation: 757.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 933 757 2.8 2.2 96 0.6 2.5 260 3 281.5 282.3 279.0 294.8 4.80 2 925 832 9.0 3.0 66 6.0 6.0 250 3 288.5 289.4 282.7 303.2 5.13 3 850 1534 7.6 2.6 71 5.0 5.1 235 3 294.1 295.1 285.3 309.9 5.43 4 700 3096 -5.7 -9.5 75 3.8 -7.1 245 7 296.2 296.7 283.1 304.2 2.66 5 500 5670 -20.5 -40.5 15 20.0 -23.1 215 17 308.0 308.1 284.9 308.8 0.22 6 400 7270 -34.3 -55.3 10 21.0 -35.4 220 21 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.6 0.05 7 300 9220 -49.5 -61.5 23 12.0 -49.8 215 36 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.03 8 250 10390 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.4 205 40 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.5 0.02 9 237 10724 -59.3 -68.3 30 9.0 -59.4 210 42 322.8 322.8 289.6 322.9 0.02 10 200 11790 -56.7 -80.7 3 24.0 -56.9 230 23 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.00 11 150 13630 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -55.6 225 9 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 12 100 16210 -54.9 -87.9 1 33.0 -55.5 290 9 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 237 10724 -59.3 -68.3 30 9.0 -59.4 210 42 322.8 322.8 289.6 322.9 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5494.00 m Freezing level: 764.29 mb = 2426.57 m = 7961.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.44 mb = 2149.08 m = 7050.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.08 % Est. max temperature: 16.12 C = 61.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.33 mb = 837.98 m = 2749.24 ft T: 8.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.00 mb = 757.00 m = 2483.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.43 C = 38.18 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 26.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10158.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.59 mb = 1886.19 m = 6188.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 254 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 933 757 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 71 5 -4.5 -1.6 1 925 832 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 77 5 -4.7 -1.1 2 850 1534 235 3 2.5 1.7 | 86 5 -5.0 -0.4 3 700 3096 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 127 1 -1.1 0.8 4 500 5670 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 191 12 2.3 11.8 5 400 7270 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 203 15 6.0 14.0 6 300 9220 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 206 30 13.2 27.4 7 250 10390 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 195 35 9.4 34.1 8 237 10724 210 42 21.0 36.4 | 202 37 13.5 34.3 9 200 11790 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 219 16 10.1 12.7 10 150 13630 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 165 4 -1.1 4.3 11 100 16210 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 349 5 1.0 -5.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 7.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 247 3 79 5| 0.0 1.0 1.0| 1.2 0.0 1.2 2.5 0.98| 1.0 1.0 1000 242 3 82 5| 0.0 0.7 0.7| 1.9 0.0 1.9 1.9 0.81| 0.9 0.8 1500 240 3 85 4| 0.4 0.5 0.9| 2.4 0.0 2.4 1.6 0.64| 1.1 0.7 2000 241 4 87 4| 0.7 0.4 1.0| 2.9 0.0 2.9 1.4 0.58| 1.1 0.7 2500 243 5 90 3| 0.8 0.3 1.1| 3.4 0.0 3.4 1.3 0.63| 1.2 0.8 3000 242 5 97 3| 0.7 0.6 1.3| 4.1 0.0 4.1 1.4 0.63| 1.4 0.9 4000 236 7 132 2| 0.5 1.0 1.5| 4.5 -0.2 4.4 1.1 0.43| 1.6 0.7 5000 228 9 163 4| 0.4 1.3 1.7| 5.0 -2.7 2.3 0.5 0.27| 1.8 0.5 6000 224 10 177 5| 0.6 1.1 1.6| 11.4 -2.7 8.7 1.5 0.32| 1.7 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//ETHA/skewt/ETHA.skewt.20200320.05.gif