UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1013 89 8.6 4.0 73 4.6 6.3 165 4 280.7 281.6 278.9 294.6 5.03 1 1000 200 7.4 2.7 72 4.7 5.2 160 11 280.5 281.3 278.3 293.4 4.64 2 955 577 4.2 1.9 85 2.3 3.1 156 10 281.0 281.8 278.5 293.8 4.59 3 925 836 2.8 2.0 94 0.8 2.4 140 11 282.2 283.0 279.3 295.5 4.78 4 892 1130 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.5 167 10 283.9 284.7 280.0 297.1 4.71 5 872 1313 3.8 3.8 100 0.0 3.8 202 10 288.0 289.0 283.1 304.4 5.77 6 850 1521 3.0 3.0 100 0.0 3.0 250 13 289.3 290.3 283.5 305.2 5.59 7 849 1531 3.0 3.0 100 0.0 3.0 250 13 289.4 290.4 283.5 305.4 5.60 8 834 1676 4.8 4.8 100 0.0 4.8 253 14 292.8 293.9 285.8 311.4 6.47 9 787 2148 3.4 0.8 83 2.6 2.1 250 20 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Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5540.00 m Freezing level: 652.00 mb = 3674.53 m = 12055.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.20 mb = 2579.82 m = 8463.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.07 % Est. max temperature: 16.45 C = 61.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.33 mb = 668.10 m = 2191.91 ft T: 3.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 741.0- 730.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.04 mb = 4195.13 m = 13763.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.05 C = 100.50 F Cap Strength: 17.05 C Lifted Index: 18.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.87 C Showalter Index: 11.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: -4.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63399.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.62 mb = 856.86 m = 2811.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 at 16 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 1013 89 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 106 18 -17.0 4.9 1 1000 200 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 120 23 -19.7 11.4 2 987 305 165 14 -3.6 13.5 | 127 24 -19.6 14.6 3 951 610 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 117 23 -20.2 10.1 4 925 836 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 112 25 -23.0 9.5 5 916 914 135 11 -7.8 7.8 | 110 25 -23.8 8.8 6 882 1219 180 9 0.0 9.0 | 122 19 -16.0 10.1 7 850 1521 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 146 7 -3.8 5.5 8 818 1829 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 152 5 -2.5 4.7 9 788 2134 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 200 8 2.8 7.9 10 759 2438 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 197 13 3.9 12.6 11 731 2743 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 197 10 3.1 9.9 12 700 3100 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 188 9 1.2 9.1 13 652 3658 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 174 5 -0.5 5.2 14 603 4267 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 214 8 4.3 6.5 15 558 4877 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 207 21 9.4 18.8 16 537 5182 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 235 25 20.7 14.4 17 500 5740 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 250 22 20.5 7.5 18 476 6096 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 250 23 21.4 7.7 19 439 6706 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 268 27 27.0 1.1 20 400 7390 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 254 35 33.3 9.7 21 387 7620 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 254 38 36.2 10.3 22 355 8230 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 254 36 34.3 9.9 23 312 9144 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 269 54 54.0 1.1 24 300 9410 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 269 60 60.0 1.1 25 298 9449 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 269 64 64.0 1.1 26 250 10620 275 84 83.7 -7.3 | 275 68 67.7 -6.3 27 200 12030 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 275 71 70.7 -6.5 28 185 12497 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 287 72 69.0 -21.7 29 176 12802 295 102 92.4 -43.1 | 299 87 76.5 -42.0 30 171 12966 295 102 92.4 -43.1 | 299 87 76.5 -42.0 31 159 13411 300 86 74.5 -43.0 | 306 72 58.5 -41.9 32 151 13716 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 295 49 44.2 -20.8 33 150 13760 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 295 49 44.2 -20.8 34 118 15240 270 96 96.0 -0.0 | 269 80 80.0 1.1 35 106 15850 275 104 103.6 -9.1 | 275 88 87.6 -8.0 36 105 15936 275 104 103.6 -9.1 | 275 88 87.6 -8.0 37 100 16230 275 101 100.6 -8.8 | 275 85 84.6 -7.7 38 79 17678 285 100 96.6 -25.9 | 287 84 80.6 -24.8 39 75 17983 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 269 54 54.0 1.1 40 71 18288 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 263 56 55.8 7.3 41 70 18390 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 263 59 58.7 7.6 42 68 18593 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 263 63 62.7 7.9 43 61 19202 285 81 78.2 -21.0 | 288 65 62.3 -19.9 44 55 19812 270 79 79.0 -0.0 | 269 63 63.0 1.1 45 50 20430 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 269 66 66.0 1.1 46 45 21031 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 263 62 61.7 7.9 47 43 21336 270 91 91.0 -0.0 | 269 75 75.0 1.1 48 39 21946 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 256 59 56.9 13.9 49 34 22860 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 250 58 54.5 20.0 50 30 23550 260 85 83.7 14.8 | 257 70 67.7 15.8 51 29 23774 260 90 88.6 15.6 | 257 75 72.7 16.7 52 26 24384 270 87 87.0 -0.0 | 269 71 71.0 1.1 53 24 24994 270 88 88.0 -0.0 | 269 72 72.0 1.1 54 22 25603 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 239 72 62.0 37.4 55 20 26150 255 90 86.9 23.3 | 251 75 71.0 24.4 56 17 27432 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 245 69 62.0 29.4 57 15 28346 255 109 105.3 28.2 | 252 94 89.3 29.3 58 12 29566 260 117 115.2 20.3 | 258 102 99.2 21.4 59 10 30930 240 97 84.0 48.5 | 234 84 68.0 49.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.4 neg: -43.4 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 68.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 162 11 121 23| 0.0 6.5 6.5| 39.6 -21.4 18.2 36.4 0.28| 13.8 3.8 1000 154 11 118 23| 0.5 3.3 3.8| 58.3 -38.0 20.4 20.4 0.19| 11.1 2.1 1500 170 11 124 21| 6.0 2.2 8.2| 89.0 -38.0 51.1 34.1 0.30| 13.4 4.0 2000 198 12 135 17| 4.5 2.0 6.5| 97.1 -38.0 59.2 29.6 0.37| 11.7 4.3 2500 216 14 148 14| 3.6 2.5 6.1| 98.4 -39.2 59.2 23.7 0.33| 10.6 3.5 3000 225 15 155 13| 2.8 2.1 4.8| 98.4 -43.4 55.0 18.3 0.28| 9.4 2.6 4000 234 16 162 11| 2.4 1.5 4.0|102.9 -45.9 56.9 14.2 0.27| 8.0 2.2 5000 238 18 175 11| 2.7 2.0 4.7|148.9 -53.4 95.5 19.1 0.28| 8.8 2.4 6000 244 21 197 11| 2.9 1.7 4.5|210.3 -53.4 157.0 26.2 0.34| 8.3 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200320.00.gif