UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 19 MAR 20 Station: KALB WMO ident: 72518 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -73.80 Elevation: 89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 89 2.6 1.4 92 1.2 2.1 155 2 274.5 275.2 274.4 285.8 4.16 1 1000 224 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.6 140 9 274.8 275.4 273.8 284.6 3.60 2 987 329 1.2 -1.4 83 2.6 0.1 132 19 275.4 276.0 274.0 284.9 3.49 3 935 764 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.1 -1.0 166 18 277.9 278.6 275.6 288.0 3.63 4 925 850 -0.3 -1.3 93 1.0 -0.7 170 18 279.0 279.6 276.3 289.4 3.75 5 897 1096 -0.9 -1.9 93 1.0 -1.3 176 20 280.8 281.5 277.3 291.2 3.70 6 877 1276 -0.5 -1.3 94 0.8 -0.9 190 20 283.1 283.8 278.7 294.2 3.96 7 859 1443 1.4 0.6 94 0.8 1.0 220 21 286.7 287.6 281.3 300.0 4.65 8 850 1528 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 240 24 287.4 288.2 281.7 300.8 4.70 9 835 1671 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 245 26 288.9 289.7 282.4 302.6 4.78 10 799 2025 -0.7 -1.4 95 0.7 -1.0 253 25 290.5 291.3 282.6 303.0 4.32 11 788 2136 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.1 -1.0 255 23 291.9 292.6 283.2 304.4 4.32 12 774 2279 -1.7 -2.7 93 1.0 -2.1 253 17 292.1 292.8 283.0 303.9 4.05 13 700 3078 -2.9 -3.9 93 1.0 -3.3 255 24 299.3 300.0 285.9 311.6 4.09 14 695 3135 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 255 25 299.7 300.4 286.0 311.9 4.06 15 580 4552 -9.5 -11.1 88 1.6 -10.1 267 30 308.1 308.6 287.8 317.0 2.82 16 571 4672 -11.1 -14.6 75 3.5 -12.2 268 31 307.6 308.0 286.9 314.5 2.16 17 548 4987 -12.7 -15.3 81 2.6 -13.5 269 33 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.2 2.12 18 540 5100 -14.1 -18.1 72 4.0 -15.3 269 34 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.5 1.70 19 500 5680 -18.1 -19.9 86 1.8 -18.6 265 37 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.2 1.58 20 483 5937 -19.9 -23.0 76 3.1 -20.6 262 38 311.8 312.1 287.4 316.0 1.24 21 473 6091 -21.5 -26.3 65 4.8 -22.5 260 39 311.7 311.9 287.1 314.9 0.94 22 461 6280 -22.9 -27.1 68 4.2 -23.7 259 39 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.3 0.90 23 455 6376 -24.5 -31.5 52 7.0 -25.6 258 39 311.5 311.6 286.6 313.5 0.60 24 449 6472 -24.9 -31.9 52 7.0 -26.0 257 39 312.1 312.2 286.8 314.2 0.59 25 442 6586 -25.7 -30.1 67 4.4 -26.4 256 39 312.5 312.7 287.1 315.0 0.71 26 438 6652 -26.3 -35.3 42 9.0 -27.5 256 39 312.6 312.7 286.8 314.1 0.43 27 435 6701 -26.9 -37.9 35 11.0 -28.2 255 39 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.6 0.34 28 419 6970 -28.7 -34.7 56 6.0 -29.5 259 40 313.5 313.6 287.1 315.2 0.48 29 409 7142 -30.1 -41.1 33 11.0 -31.2 262 41 313.9 313.9 287.0 314.8 0.26 30 400 7300 -31.5 -44.5 27 13.0 -32.6 265 42 314.0 314.1 287.0 314.7 0.18 31 399 7318 -31.7 -44.7 27 13.0 -32.8 265 42 314.0 314.0 287.0 314.7 0.18 32 374 7772 -33.9 -53.9 12 20.0 -35.1 267 50 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.2 0.07 33 341 8412 -38.9 -58.9 10 20.0 -39.7 270 54 318.6 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.04 34 332 8595 -40.1 -50.1 34 10.0 -40.6 270 55 319.5 319.5 288.7 319.9 0.12 35 325 8739 -41.1 -51.1 33 10.0 -41.6 270 56 320.0 320.0 288.9 320.4 0.11 36 315 8951 -42.1 -60.1 12 18.0 -42.8 270 57 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.7 0.04 37 309 9081 -42.9 -63.9 8 21.0 -43.5 270 58 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.02 38 304 9191 -42.5 -63.5 8 21.0 -43.2 272 59 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.02 39 300 9280 -42.9 -66.9 5 24.0 -43.6 275 61 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.02 40 296 9370 -43.3 -69.3 4 26.0 -44.0 275 61 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.6 0.01 41 250 10480 -53.1 -72.1 8 19.0 -53.4 275 64 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.01 42 241 10715 -55.3 -74.3 8 19.0 -55.5 274 65 327.3 327.3 290.9 327.3 0.01 43 200 11880 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 270 72 330.9 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.00 44 192 12130 -63.9 -76.9 15 13.0 -64.0 272 73 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.5 0.01 45 188 12259 -64.7 -77.7 15 13.0 -64.8 273 73 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.01 46 179 12561 -63.3 -76.3 16 13.0 -63.4 275 75 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.01 47 174 12735 -63.3 -77.3 13 14.0 -63.4 275 77 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.01 48 171 12843 -61.5 -77.5 10 16.0 -61.6 275 78 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 49 165 13064 -61.5 -79.5 7 18.0 -61.6 275 81 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.00 50 161 13217 -60.3 -80.3 6 20.0 -60.4 275 83 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 51 153 13536 -59.5 -81.5 4 22.0 -59.7 275 87 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 52 150 13660 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.1 275 88 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 53 145 13872 -60.3 -82.3 4 22.0 -60.5 276 90 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 54 135 14315 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 277 95 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 55 129 14596 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.1 278 98 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 56 123 14890 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 279 101 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 57 118 15146 -62.5 -84.5 4 22.0 -62.7 280 104 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 58 109 15634 -64.0 -84.6 4 20.6 -64.2 285 110 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 59 100 16160 -65.7 -84.7 5 19.0 -65.8 285 98 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 60 92 16668 -65.3 -85.3 5 20.0 -65.5 285 96 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 61 86 17082 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.6 285 95 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.01 62 74 18002 -66.3 -84.3 6 18.0 -66.5 285 91 435.6 435.6 309.4 435.6 0.00 63 70 18340 -65.5 -84.5 5 19.0 -65.7 280 72 444.3 444.3 310.3 444.3 0.00 64 66 18698 -64.5 -84.5 5 20.0 -64.7 277 68 454.0 454.0 311.2 454.0 0.00 65 61 19177 -65.1 -83.1 7 18.0 -65.3 266 75 463.0 463.0 312.0 463.0 0.01 66 59 19381 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.8 269 77 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.1 0.01 67 54 19920 -66.1 -84.1 6 18.0 -66.3 277 81 477.1 477.1 313.2 477.1 0.01 68 53 20034 -63.1 -82.1 6 19.0 -63.4 274 78 486.6 486.6 314.0 486.7 0.01 69 50 20390 -64.9 -81.9 8 17.0 -65.2 265 70 490.5 490.5 314.2 490.6 0.01 70 45 21029 -67.1 -84.1 7 17.0 -67.4 270 83 500.2 500.2 314.9 500.3 0.01 71 43 21304 -67.1 -84.1 7 17.0 -67.4 270 74 506.8 506.8 315.4 506.8 0.01 72 40 21746 -61.3 -80.3 6 19.0 -61.9 268 72 531.9 531.9 317.1 532.0 0.02 73 37 22231 -60.9 -76.9 10 16.0 -61.5 265 70 544.9 544.9 317.8 545.1 0.03 74 34 22753 -63.3 -78.3 11 15.0 -63.8 263 76 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.1 0.03 75 31 23325 -60.1 -77.1 9 17.0 -60.9 261 82 575.4 575.4 319.5 575.6 0.03 76 30 23530 -60.1 -77.1 9 17.0 -60.9 255 78 580.8 580.8 319.7 581.0 0.04 77 28 23958 -60.9 -75.9 12 15.0 -61.7 255 75 590.1 590.2 320.2 590.5 0.05 78 24 24927 -55.3 -72.3 10 17.0 -57.0 253 84 633.0 633.1 322.0 633.7 0.09 79 24 24927 -56.3 -72.3 12 16.0 -57.8 253 84 630.1 630.1 321.9 630.8 0.09 80 23 25198 -53.9 -70.9 11 17.0 -55.9 253 84 644.9 644.9 322.5 645.8 0.12 81 20 26100 -50.7 -68.7 10 18.0 -53.7 250 82 681.0 681.1 323.9 682.5 0.18 82 19 26436 -48.9 -67.9 9 19.0 -52.5 250 82 696.6 696.7 324.4 698.5 0.22 83 17 27170 -46.5 -65.5 10 19.0 -51.1 250 82 726.9 727.0 325.4 729.9 0.34 84 16 27575 -43.5 -64.5 8 21.0 -49.4 250 81 749.4 749.5 326.0 753.2 0.41 85 16 27575 -40.3 -62.3 8 22.0 -47.6 250 81 759.8 760.1 326.3 765.0 0.55 86 14 28507 -29.5 -55.5 6 26.0 -42.7 250 81 826.0 826.7 328.2 841.1 1.48 87 11 30222 -31.3 -62.3 3 31.0 -45.4 250 90 878.4 878.9 329.2 887.2 0.80 TRP 200 11880 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 270 72 330.9 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.00 WND 109 15634 -64.0 -84.6 4 20.6 -64.2 285 110 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.00 m Freezing level: 950.29 mb = 636.14 m = 2087.04 ft Freezing level: 872.26 mb = 1320.34 m = 4331.76 ft Freezing level: 812.26 mb = 1894.79 m = 6216.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 980.60 mb = 381.65 m = 1252.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.90 % Est. max temperature: 13.46 C = 56.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.18 mb = 246.79 m = 809.67 ft T: 1.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 1.20 C Layer 1000.0- 987.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.68 mb = 3995.52 m = 13108.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 20.33 C Lifted Index: 20.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.01 C Showalter Index: 10.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 18.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55604.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.48 mb = 734.13 m = 2408.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 281 at 19 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 1016 89 155 2 -0.8 1.8 | 105 20 -19.7 5.4 1 1000 224 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 113 27 -24.7 10.5 2 990 305 130 19 -14.6 12.2 | 115 37 -33.5 15.8 3 953 610 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 129 32 -25.1 20.5 4 925 850 170 18 -3.1 17.7 | 134 31 -22.0 21.3 5 918 914 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 136 32 -22.4 23.3 6 883 1219 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 141 30 -18.9 23.6 7 850 1524 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 174 16 -1.7 15.6 8 850 1528 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 187 16 1.9 15.6 9 819 1829 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 212 16 8.4 13.5 10 788 2134 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 199 10 3.3 9.5 11 758 2438 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 126 12 -9.5 7.0 12 730 2743 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 147 14 -7.4 11.6 13 703 3048 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 204 11 4.3 9.8 14 700 3078 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 204 11 4.3 9.8 15 649 3658 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 232 15 11.6 9.0 16 600 4267 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 236 11 9.0 6.0 17 555 4877 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 256 15 14.1 3.6 18 500 5680 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 249 19 18.0 6.8 19 472 6096 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 242 22 19.5 10.4 20 434 6706 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 234 23 18.8 13.7 21 400 7300 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 252 24 22.9 7.3 22 382 7620 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 255 31 29.9 7.9 23 365 7925 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 264 32 32.1 3.6 24 306 9144 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 265 39 39.1 3.6 25 300 9280 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 272 42 41.9 -1.7 26 250 10480 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 273 45 44.9 -2.0 27 200 11880 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 266 53 53.1 3.6 28 181 12497 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 273 55 54.8 -2.9 29 150 13660 275 88 87.7 -7.7 | 273 69 68.8 -4.1 30 116 15240 280 105 103.4 -18.2 | 280 86 84.5 -14.6 31 111 15545 285 110 106.3 -28.5 | 286 91 87.4 -24.9 32 109 15634 285 110 106.3 -28.5 | 286 91 87.4 -24.9 33 100 16160 285 98 94.7 -25.4 | 286 79 75.8 -21.8 34 74 17983 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 286 73 70.0 -20.2 35 71 18288 285 75 72.4 -19.4 | 286 56 53.5 -15.8 36 70 18340 280 72 70.9 -12.5 | 280 53 52.0 -8.9 37 67 18593 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 280 48 47.1 -8.0 38 61 19202 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 260 57 55.8 10.1 39 55 19812 280 83 81.7 -14.4 | 280 64 62.8 -10.8 40 50 20390 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 259 52 50.8 9.7 41 50 20422 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 266 51 51.1 3.6 42 45 21031 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 267 64 64.1 3.6 43 43 21336 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 266 54 54.1 3.6 44 37 22250 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 259 52 50.8 9.7 45 30 23470 260 84 82.7 14.6 | 254 66 63.8 18.2 46 30 23530 255 78 75.3 20.2 | 247 61 56.4 23.8 47 29 23774 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 246 54 49.7 22.0 48 26 24384 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 248 68 63.2 25.6 49 20 26100 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 241 66 58.2 31.6 50 14 27127 250 81 76.1 27.7 | 241 65 57.2 31.3 51 13 27432 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 242 70 61.9 33.0 52 5 29870 250 110 103.4 37.6 | 244 94 84.5 41.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.2 neg: -36.9 tot: 297.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 146.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 142 14 118 32| 16.5 0.0 16.5|101.6 0.0 101.6 203.1 0.51| 25.0 12.6 1000 157 17 127 32| 9.3 0.0 9.3|151.2 0.0 151.2 151.2 0.59| 16.0 9.4 1500 174 18 136 30| 8.6 0.0 8.6|265.0 0.0 265.0 176.6 0.67| 19.4 12.9 2000 200 20 152 25| 6.2 0.0 6.2|285.8 -6.0 279.9 139.9 0.61| 17.2 10.5 2500 210 19 156 22| 5.0 2.5 7.5|290.9 -36.9 254.0 101.6 0.37| 16.8 6.2 3000 217 19 158 20| 6.3 2.1 8.5|334.2 -36.9 297.3 99.1 0.46| 16.5 7.6 4000 235 21 175 16| 5.4 1.6 7.0|356.4 -36.9 319.5 79.9 0.48| 13.6 6.5 5000 245 23 190 14| 4.9 1.3 6.1|371.1 -38.7 332.5 66.5 0.48| 11.7 5.6 6000 251 26 204 13| 4.1 0.8 4.9|371.1 -59.1 312.0 52.0 0.42| 10.4 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200319.12.gif