UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020040112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 APR 20 Searching for FABL... Searching the city database file for: FABL ... Date:1200Z 1 APR 20 Station: FABL WMO ident: 68442 Latitude: -29.10 Longitude: 26.30 Elevation: 1348.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 925 825 SFC 869 1348 22.2 9.2 43 13.0 14.1 150 4 307.5 309.0 292.6 333.1 8.43 3 865 1393 21.6 9.6 46 12.0 14.0 145 5 307.2 308.9 292.7 333.6 8.71 4 850 1562 20.4 9.4 49 11.0 13.5 125 10 307.5 309.2 292.8 334.0 8.74 5 765 2458 11.8 6.8 71 5.0 8.8 140 10 307.6 309.2 292.3 332.4 8.13 6 749 2635 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 7.9 147 9 308.0 309.5 292.3 332.3 7.96 7 700 3195 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 2.9 170 7 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.3 5.31 8 678 3457 5.0 -6.0 45 11.0 -0.1 210 7 310.8 311.5 289.5 322.2 3.60 9 623 4140 -0.9 -6.9 64 6.0 -3.6 289 9 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.66 10 618 4204 -1.3 -7.3 64 6.0 -4.0 288 10 312.0 312.6 289.8 323.3 3.58 11 606 4361 -1.7 -18.7 26 17.0 -7.4 287 11 313.3 313.5 288.1 318.1 1.44 12 603 4400 -0.7 -28.7 10 28.0 -8.2 287 12 314.9 315.0 287.8 316.9 0.59 13 602 4414 -0.7 -26.7 12 26.0 -7.9 286 12 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.5 0.71 14 544 5214 -7.3 -30.3 14 23.0 -12.7 290 21 316.4 316.5 288.2 318.4 0.57 15 501 5855 -8.9 -55.9 1 47.0 -15.1 280 21 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.2 0.04 16 500 5870 -8.9 -55.9 1 47.0 -15.1 280 21 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.04 17 400 7560 -20.7 -38.7 18 18.0 -23.5 280 43 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.4 0.34 18 300 9630 -34.3 -64.3 3 30.0 -35.8 280 61 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 19 299 9653 -34.3 -64.3 3 30.0 -35.8 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.4 0.02 20 294 9776 -15.9 -50.9 3 35.0 -21.7 365.1 365.1 299.8 365.6 0.12 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.00 m Freezing level: 631.39 mb = 4035.80 m = 13240.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.70 mb = 3448.05 m = 11312.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.08 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.84 mb = 2998.19 m = 9836.45 ft T: 7.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.80 C Layer 765.0- 623.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.89 mb = 3302.28 m = 10834.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.13 mb = 2994.86 m = 9825.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.13 mb = 3770.90 m = 12371.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.13 mb = 5683.65 m = 18646.91 ft B at Equ Level: 57.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.13 mb = 8079.73 m = 26507.98 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 303 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 869 1348 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 129 16 -12.2 10.1 1 850 1562 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 124 22 -18.4 12.3 2 794 2134 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 124 22 -18.4 12.3 3 766 2438 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 131 22 -16.7 14.2 4 700 3195 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 140 18 -11.4 13.5 5 636 3962 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 139 6 -3.7 4.2 6 589 4572 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 228 4 3.3 3.0 7 545 5182 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 274 10 9.5 -0.6 8 500 5870 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 254 11 10.4 2.9 9 466 6401 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 267 12 12.0 0.6 10 430 7010 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 262 25 24.6 3.5 11 400 7560 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 272 32 32.1 -0.9 12 364 8230 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 286 40 38.6 -11.2 13 335 8839 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 286 40 38.6 -11.2 14 300 9630 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 275 50 49.8 -4.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: -13.9 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 76.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 127 9 125 21| 0.0 6.8 6.8| 0.0 -10.3 -10.3 -20.7 -0.29| 6.9 -2.0 1000 127 9 125 22| 0.9 3.4 4.3| 10.7 -10.3 0.4 0.4 -0.01| 4.4 -0.1 1500 133 9 127 21| 1.8 2.3 4.0| 26.9 -10.3 16.5 11.0 0.22| 4.3 0.9 2000 140 9 130 21| 2.6 1.7 4.3| 42.5 -10.3 32.2 16.1 0.35| 4.5 1.6 2500 148 9 133 20| 3.4 1.4 4.7| 51.5 -11.7 39.8 15.9 0.29| 5.6 1.6 3000 158 9 137 20| 3.6 1.1 4.8| 55.1 -13.9 41.2 13.7 0.30| 5.7 1.7 4000 240 11 175 12| 3.9 0.8 4.8| 65.2 -15.5 49.7 12.4 0.38| 5.6 2.1 5000 267 13 201 8| 3.4 0.8 4.1| 71.7 -22.2 49.5 9.9 0.33| 5.0 1.7 6000 273 16 226 8| 3.5 0.6 4.1| 91.4 -29.5 61.9 10.3 0.26| 5.8 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//FABL/skewt/FABL.skewt.20200401.12.gif