UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for FAIR... Searching the city database file for: FAIR ... Date:1200Z 20 MAR 20 Station: FAIR WMO ident: 68263 Latitude: -25.92 Longitude: 28.22 Elevation: 1500.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 925 793 SFC 851 1500 26.8 13.8 45 13.0 17.9 320 12 314.1 316.4 296.7 350.5 11.74 3 850 1535 26.4 12.4 42 14.0 17.0 280 10 313.8 315.8 296.0 347.0 10.70 4 846 1576 23.6 11.6 47 12.0 15.7 311.3 313.2 295.0 342.6 10.19 5 839 1649 22.4 10.4 47 12.0 14.7 310.8 312.6 294.3 339.9 9.48 6 731 2826 11.2 8.0 81 3.2 9.2 311.0 312.8 294.2 339.4 9.25 7 726 2883 10.8 7.7 81 3.1 8.9 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.3 9.13 8 700 3187 8.8 2.8 66 6.0 5.4 215 6 312.2 313.5 292.6 333.1 6.70 9 645 3814 5.6 -14.4 22 20.0 -2.3 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.4 1.94 10 599 4375 1.2 -13.8 32 15.0 -4.7 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.0 2.20 11 300 9230 -43.7 -55.7 25 12.0 -44.2 180 42 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.07 12 250 10440 -46.1 -56.1 31 10.0 -46.5 180 42 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 13 217 11382 -49.5 -60.5 26 11.0 -49.8 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 14 200 11920 -49.3 -60.3 27 11.0 -49.7 210 32 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.9 0.06 15 198 11985 -49.5 -60.5 26 11.0 -49.9 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.6 0.06 16 173 12842 -57.7 -68.4 24 10.7 -57.9 295 91 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 17 170 12950 -58.1 -69.1 23 11.0 -58.3 233 44 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 18 155 13520 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.4 245 51 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 150 13720 -62.5 -72.5 25 10.0 -62.6 250 53 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 20 138 14232 -65.1 -75.1 24 10.0 -65.2 252 48 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 21 110 15608 -67.1 -79.1 17 12.0 -67.2 258 35 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.01 22 100 16180 -69.9 -79.9 22 10.0 -69.9 260 29 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.01 23 78 17643 -72.9 -82.9 21 10.0 -72.9 239 16 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.01 24 70 18280 -70.3 -81.3 18 11.0 -70.4 230 11 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.01 25 50 20301 -65.9 -77.9 17 12.0 -66.1 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.3 0.02 TRP 420 -39.1 -53.1 21 14.0 -39.7 180 42 300.0 300.0 281.4 300.2 0.07 WND 173 295 91 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.33 m Freezing level: 591.01 mb = 4504.66 m = 14778.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.53 mb = 3619.84 m = 11875.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.56 mb = 3144.70 m = 10317.14 ft T: 9.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 28.07 C Layer 850.0- 599.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.49 mb = 3528.19 m = 11575.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 43.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1433.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.45 mb = 3181.65 m = 10438.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.45 mb = 4416.65 m = 14490.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.45 mb = 10838.86 m = 35560.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1417.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.45 mb = 14345.03 m = 47063.18 ft Wind level data ------------------------------------ TRUE/GROUND REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s ------------------------------------ 0 173 14246 295 91 82.5 -38.5 1 851 1500 320 12 7.7 -9.2 2 850 1535 280 10 9.8 -1.7 3 792 2134 290 10 9.4 -3.4 4 764 2438 285 10 9.7 -2.6 5 700 3187 215 6 3.4 4.9 6 632 3962 285 2 1.9 -0.5 7 583 4572 180 85 0.0 85.0 8 538 5182 180 42 0.0 42.0 9 500 5740 180 42 0.0 42.0 10 454 6401 180 42 0.0 42.0 11 416 7010 180 42 0.0 42.0 12 400 7280 180 42 0.0 42.0 13 348 8230 180 42 0.0 42.0 14 318 8839 180 42 0.0 42.0 15 300 9230 180 42 0.0 42.0 16 250 10440 180 42 0.0 42.0 17 200 11920 210 32 16.0 27.7 18 150 13720 250 53 49.8 18.1 19 100 16180 260 29 28.6 5.0 20 70 18280 230 11 8.4 7.1 Wind Parameters Energy-Hel index: -89.56 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 NO DATA | | | 1000 NO DATA | | | 1500 NO DATA | | | 2000 NO DATA | | | 2500 NO DATA | | | 3000 NO DATA | | | 4000 NO DATA | | | 5000 NO DATA | | | 6000 NO DATA | | | Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//FAIR/skewt/FAIR.skewt.20200320.12.gif