UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for FAPE... Searching the city database file for: FAPE ... Date:0000Z 26 MAR 20 Station: FAPE WMO ident: 68842 Latitude: -33.98 Longitude: 25.60 Elevation: 60.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 60 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.8 240 30 289.8 291.5 287.8 317.2 9.74 1 1000 79 16.8 11.8 72 5.0 13.8 255 30 290.0 291.5 286.9 314.6 8.72 2 925 738 11.2 8.8 85 2.4 9.8 240 55 290.8 292.1 286.2 312.6 7.70 3 918 801 10.6 8.5 87 2.1 9.4 240 56 290.8 292.1 286.2 312.4 7.60 4 850 1440 7.4 6.1 91 1.3 6.7 245 51 293.9 295.1 286.7 314.0 6.96 5 780 2145 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 260 45 297.6 298.7 287.6 316.4 6.41 6 741 2563 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 277 43 302.6 303.9 289.8 323.5 6.99 7 700 3027 3.4 -4.6 56 8.0 -0.3 285 36 306.2 307.0 288.2 318.3 3.88 8 678 3285 3.4 -8.6 41 12.0 -1.7 282 37 309.1 309.6 288.2 318.4 2.94 9 676 3309 4.0 -21.0 14 25.0 -4.1 282 37 310.0 310.2 286.6 313.5 1.06 10 666 3430 3.8 -21.2 14 25.0 -4.3 281 37 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.6 1.06 11 625 3940 -0.7 -32.7 7 32.0 -8.3 275 39 311.6 311.7 286.4 313.0 0.39 12 583 4492 -3.1 -37.1 5 34.0 -10.3 271 47 315.1 315.2 287.5 316.1 0.27 13 560 4808 -5.9 -45.9 3 40.0 -12.5 272 48 315.5 315.5 287.4 315.9 0.11 14 500 5680 -13.9 -46.9 4 33.0 -18.4 260 49 316.1 316.1 287.6 316.5 0.11 15 489 5849 -15.3 -46.3 5 31.0 -19.4 263 55 316.4 316.4 287.7 316.9 0.12 16 476 6052 -16.5 -41.5 10 25.0 -20.2 268 61 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.1 0.21 17 445 6556 -18.7 -26.7 49 8.0 -20.5 279 75 320.8 320.9 290.0 324.1 0.97 18 439 6658 -17.5 -22.1 67 4.6 -18.8 281 76 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.6 1.48 19 422 6952 -19.9 -22.0 83 2.1 -20.5 288 79 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.5 1.56 20 420 6988 -19.7 -21.7 84 2.0 -20.3 289 80 324.8 325.1 291.8 330.4 1.60 21 415 7077 -18.9 -21.7 79 2.8 -19.7 291 81 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.6 1.62 22 400 7350 -20.9 -23.4 80 2.5 -21.5 295 86 327.8 328.1 292.5 332.9 1.45 23 320 8958 -33.7 -36.5 76 2.8 -34.1 285 97 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.7 0.53 24 307 9249 -33.9 -38.3 64 4.4 -34.4 285 107 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.46 25 300 9410 -35.1 -39.4 65 4.3 -35.6 285 112 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.5 0.42 26 265 10265 -42.3 -46.5 63 4.2 -42.6 285 120 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.22 27 253 10579 -42.9 -47.1 63 4.2 -43.2 285 123 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 28 250 10660 -43.5 -48.0 61 4.5 -43.8 285 124 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.20 29 229 11244 -48.3 -54.3 50 6.0 -48.6 285 125 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.10 30 215 11656 -52.2 -56.9 57 4.7 -52.4 285 125 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.08 31 206 11932 -54.9 -58.7 63 3.8 -55.0 285 123 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 32 202 12057 -56.1 -60.6 57 4.5 -56.2 285 122 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 33 200 12120 -56.5 -61.5 53 5.0 -56.6 285 121 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 34 193 12345 -57.3 -65.3 36 8.0 -57.5 284 116 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.03 35 192 12378 -57.5 -65.5 35 8.0 -57.6 284 115 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 36 181 12749 -57.3 -65.3 36 8.0 -57.5 283 107 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.1 0.03 37 155 13717 -61.7 -70.7 29 9.0 -61.8 281 86 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 38 150 13920 -61.3 -70.3 29 9.0 -61.4 280 82 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.02 39 143 14216 -62.9 -70.9 33 8.0 -63.0 281 82 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.02 40 136 14525 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -62.6 282 81 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.02 41 118 15391 -67.3 -75.3 31 8.0 -67.4 285 80 379.3 379.3 302.2 379.4 0.01 42 113 15654 -64.7 -73.7 28 9.0 -64.8 286 70 388.9 388.9 303.6 389.0 0.02 43 107 15986 -65.9 -73.9 32 8.0 -66.0 288 58 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.02 44 104 16160 -64.1 -73.1 28 9.0 -64.2 289 51 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.02 45 100 16400 -64.3 -73.3 28 9.0 -64.4 290 42 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.6 0.02 46 91 16980 -61.7 -70.7 29 9.0 -61.9 286 39 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.8 0.03 47 82 17620 -64.9 -71.9 37 7.0 -65.0 282 36 425.8 425.8 308.4 426.0 0.03 48 78 17927 -61.9 -69.9 34 8.0 -62.1 280 34 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.4 0.04 49 70 18590 -65.7 -73.7 32 8.0 -65.8 275 31 443.8 443.8 310.3 444.0 0.03 50 66 18946 -66.5 -73.5 37 7.0 -66.6 269 26 449.6 449.6 310.8 449.8 0.03 51 54 20180 -59.5 -67.5 35 8.0 -59.9 248 11 492.3 492.3 314.4 492.8 0.08 52 50 20660 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.5 240 5 501.9 501.9 315.1 502.4 0.08 53 41 21892 -61.9 -69.9 34 8.0 -62.3 180 8 526.7 526.7 316.8 527.2 0.08 54 38 22367 -57.3 -66.3 31 9.0 -58.0 157 9 550.0 550.0 318.1 550.9 0.13 55 32 23459 -54.9 -62.9 36 8.0 -55.9 105 11 584.1 584.2 319.9 585.9 0.25 56 30 23870 -56.7 -64.7 36 8.0 -57.6 85 12 590.1 590.1 320.2 591.6 0.21 57 29 24085 -56.7 -66.7 27 10.0 -57.7 595.8 595.9 320.5 597.1 0.17 TRP 118 15391 -67.3 -75.3 31 8.0 -67.4 285 80 379.3 379.3 302.2 379.4 0.01 WND 215 11656 -52.2 -56.9 57 4.7 -52.4 285 125 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.08 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.00 m Freezing level: 631.38 mb = 3860.53 m = 12665.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.66 mb = 2996.07 m = 9829.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.01 % Est. max temperature: 20.82 C = 69.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.00 mb = 477.07 m = 1565.18 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 5.26 C Layer 700.0- 678.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.09 mb = 1179.66 m = 3870.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.64 C = 67.36 F Cap Strength: 8.70 C Lifted Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.90 C Showalter Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 19.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31726.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.95 mb = 920.28 m = 3019.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 34 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 1002 60 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 169 29 -5.6 28.6 1 1000 79 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 173 22 -2.6 21.3 2 974 305 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 196 29 7.9 27.9 3 939 610 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 199 42 13.4 39.6 4 925 738 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 201 44 16.0 41.1 5 906 914 240 59 51.1 29.5 | 204 47 19.5 43.1 6 850 1440 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 203 38 14.6 35.1 7 781 2134 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 211 25 12.7 21.4 8 752 2438 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 234 16 13.2 9.7 9 700 3027 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 217 5 3.2 4.3 10 622 3962 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 215 12 7.2 10.2 11 575 4572 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 232 22 17.4 13.6 12 533 5182 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 236 17 14.2 9.6 13 500 5680 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 217 28 16.6 22.1 14 454 6401 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 260 42 41.1 7.2 15 419 7010 290 80 75.2 -27.4 | 288 46 43.6 -13.8 16 400 7350 295 86 77.9 -36.3 | 296 52 46.3 -22.8 17 354 8230 290 87 81.8 -29.8 | 288 53 50.1 -16.2 18 325 8839 285 94 90.8 -24.3 | 280 60 59.2 -10.7 19 300 9410 285 112 108.2 -29.0 | 281 78 76.6 -15.4 20 250 10660 285 124 119.8 -32.1 | 282 90 88.2 -18.5 21 215 11656 285 125 120.7 -32.4 | 282 91 89.1 -18.8 22 200 12120 285 121 116.9 -31.3 | 282 87 85.3 -17.7 23 150 13920 280 82 80.8 -14.2 | 271 49 49.1 -0.7 24 118 15391 285 80 77.3 -20.7 | 279 46 45.7 -7.1 25 100 16400 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 276 8 7.9 -0.8 26 70 18590 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 176 11 -0.7 10.9 27 50 20660 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 121 32 -27.3 16.1 28 30 23870 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 106 45 -43.6 12.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.4 neg: -16.9 tot: 212.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 20.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 248 41 193 30| 21.0 0.0 21.0| 99.3 0.0 99.3 198.7 0.51| 28.0 14.4 1000 244 48 198 37| 10.5 3.3 13.8|149.3 -1.7 147.6 147.6 0.48| 19.3 9.3 1500 244 50 200 38| 5.0 2.2 7.2|157.1 -11.7 145.4 97.0 0.39| 16.0 6.2 2000 246 49 202 36| 4.1 1.6 5.8|183.3 -11.7 171.7 85.8 0.37| 14.6 5.5 2500 250 49 205 33| 5.4 1.3 6.7|229.4 -12.0 217.4 87.0 0.41| 14.8 6.1 3000 254 47 207 30| 4.7 1.1 5.8|229.4 -16.9 212.5 70.8 0.34| 13.9 4.7 4000 260 45 210 25| 3.5 1.9 5.4|233.1 -17.8 215.2 53.8 0.31| 11.5 3.6 5000 262 45 213 23| 3.1 2.4 5.5|255.5 -17.8 237.6 47.5 0.32| 10.5 3.4 6000 263 46 216 24| 3.2 2.5 5.7|361.7 -58.4 303.3 50.5 0.30| 11.1 3.4 Wrote GIF file: 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