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 KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 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 1002 89 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.6 145 5 280.4 281.4 279.7 296.3 5.81 1 1000 111 7.2 5.7 90 1.5 6.5 155 7 280.4 281.3 279.6 296.1 5.74 2 977 302 5.4 4.3 93 1.1 4.9 175 24 280.4 281.3 279.1 295.1 5.33 3 945 574 4.8 4.2 96 0.6 4.5 197 28 282.5 283.4 280.3 297.7 5.47 4 942 600 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 199 28 283.4 284.4 281.1 299.5 5.81 5 933 679 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 215 30 287.6 288.9 284.7 308.4 7.43 6 927 733 9.8 9.5 98 0.3 9.6 226 31 289.2 290.6 286.0 311.9 8.06 7 925 751 9.8 9.5 98 0.3 9.6 230 32 289.3 290.8 286.1 312.1 8.08 8 891 1063 10.6 10.2 97 0.4 10.4 250 45 293.3 294.8 288.2 318.5 8.80 9 879 1177 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 254 49 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8.4 32140 -35.9 -73.9 1 38.0 -49.3 930.8 930.9 330.1 933.2 0.21 TRP 177 12740 -68.3 -74.3 42 6.0 -68.4 285 116 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.01 WND 182 12572 -67.9 -73.5 45 5.6 -67.9 280 122 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.00 m Freezing level: 661.00 mb = 3518.88 m = 11544.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.83 mb = 3387.98 m = 11115.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.17 C = 75.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.26 mb = 283.16 m = 929.00 ft T: 5.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 848.0- 743.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 111.00 m = 364.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.53 C = 45.56 F Cap Strength: 14.66 C Lifted Index: 14.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.92 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59121.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.10 mb = 590.89 m = 1938.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 287 at 36 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 89 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 111 40 -37.2 14.3 1 1000 111 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 114 41 -37.3 16.6 2 977 305 175 24 -2.1 23.9 | 133 50 -36.4 34.1 3 941 610 200 28 9.6 26.3 | 146 44 -24.7 36.5 4 925 751 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 162 32 -9.8 30.8 5 907 914 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 184 27 1.9 27.1 6 875 1219 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 213 28 15.0 23.4 7 850 1458 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 211 16 8.5 14.0 8 813 1829 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 208 16 7.5 13.9 9 783 2134 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 229 16 11.7 10.2 10 755 2438 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 213 12 6.7 10.2 11 727 2743 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 217 18 10.5 14.1 12 700 3057 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 228 22 16.5 14.7 13 649 3658 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 215 29 16.9 23.9 14 624 3962 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 230 32 24.8 20.6 15 600 4267 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 225 28 19.9 19.8 16 556 4877 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 221 26 16.9 19.3 17 500 5710 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 222 34 22.7 25.5 18 475 6096 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 212 43 22.8 36.8 19 456 6401 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 208 50 23.7 43.7 20 420 7010 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 234 37 29.7 21.5 21 400 7370 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 231 46 35.2 28.9 22 386 7620 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 233 49 39.1 29.9 23 311 9144 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 235 56 45.9 31.7 24 300 9400 255 84 81.1 21.7 | 236 57 46.8 32.0 25 250 10610 270 94 94.0 -0.0 | 260 61 59.7 10.2 26 225 11278 270 96 96.0 -0.0 | 261 63 61.7 10.2 27 200 12000 275 106 105.6 -9.2 | 269 71 71.3 1.0 28 184 12497 280 122 120.1 -21.2 | 277 87 85.8 -11.0 29 182 12572 280 122 120.1 -21.2 | 277 87 85.8 -11.0 30 177 12740 285 116 112.0 -30.0 | 284 80 77.7 -19.8 31 150 13760 280 73 71.9 -12.7 | 274 38 37.6 -2.5 32 144 14021 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 254 36 34.7 10.2 33 118 15240 265 95 94.6 8.3 | 253 63 60.3 18.5 34 112 15545 270 105 105.0 -0.0 | 262 71 70.7 10.2 35 100 16230 270 99 99.0 -0.0 | 261 65 64.7 10.2 36 92 16764 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 265 40 39.4 3.8 37 79 17678 285 96 92.7 -24.8 | 284 60 58.4 -14.6 38 71 18288 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 262 32 31.4 4.5 39 70 18380 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 262 32 31.4 4.5 40 58 19507 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 259 56 54.7 10.2 41 50 20410 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 238 43 36.6 22.7 42 50 20422 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 238 42 35.6 22.6 43 43 21336 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 241 49 42.5 23.8 44 30 23470 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 266 45 44.4 3.3 45 30 23530 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 266 48 48.4 3.0 46 26 24384 260 85 83.7 14.8 | 243 55 49.4 25.0 47 21 25908 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 230 61 46.5 39.6 48 20 26120 250 88 82.7 30.1 | 230 63 48.4 40.3 49 18 26822 260 98 96.5 17.0 | 246 68 62.2 27.2 50 17 27432 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 236 58 47.8 32.2 51 12 29566 250 117 109.9 40.0 | 236 91 75.6 50.2 52 10 30920 240 99 85.7 49.5 | 221 79 51.4 59.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 677.4 neg: -16.3 tot: 661.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 220.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.0 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 288.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 182 21 133 46| 25.8 0.0 25.8|328.6 0.0 328.6 657.3 0.88| 31.8 27.9 1000 217 29 153 37| 24.6 0.0 24.6|593.0 0.0 593.0 593.0 0.85| 34.9 29.8 1500 237 35 170 30| 15.6 0.0 15.6|636.1 -3.9 632.1 421.4 0.75| 28.9 21.7 2000 246 37 179 25| 12.5 0.0 12.5|655.1 -5.8 649.2 324.6 0.75| 23.0 17.3 2500 252 38 185 22| 10.0 0.6 10.5|657.1 -16.3 640.8 256.3 0.68| 19.7 13.4 3000 255 40 191 21| 8.3 1.2 9.5|677.4 -16.3 661.1 220.4 0.66| 18.0 11.8 4000 256 43 201 22| 7.0 1.7 8.7|735.3 -56.0 679.3 169.8 0.57| 15.8 9.1 5000 257 46 207 23| 5.6 1.3 6.9|736.4 -81.0 655.4 131.1 0.52| 13.4 6.9 6000 257 48 210 24| 4.7 2.5 7.2|737.1-148.7 588.3 98.1 0.41| 12.7 5.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200320.12.gif