UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 22 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 1028 89 -4.9 -13.9 49 9.0 -7.2 0 0 266.1 266.3 264.4 269.6 1.27 1 1022 137 -5.7 -15.7 45 10.0 -8.1 4 5 265.8 266.0 263.8 268.8 1.10 2 1006 265 -6.9 -16.9 45 10.0 -9.2 16 18 265.8 266.0 263.6 268.6 1.01 3 1000 313 -7.3 -17.3 45 10.0 -9.5 10 18 265.9 266.0 263.6 268.6 0.98 4 981 462 -8.7 -17.7 48 9.0 -10.6 22 18 265.9 266.1 263.6 268.6 0.97 5 950 710 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -11.5 38 18 267.7 267.9 264.6 270.0 0.80 6 925 915 -11.3 -21.3 43 10.0 -13.2 45 21 267.8 267.9 264.6 269.9 0.75 7 917 982 -11.9 -21.9 43 10.0 -13.7 42 20 267.8 267.9 264.6 269.9 0.72 8 884 1262 -12.9 -23.9 39 11.0 -14.8 17 15 269.6 269.7 265.6 271.4 0.63 9 870 1384 -12.9 -24.9 36 12.0 -14.9 341 16 270.8 270.9 266.4 272.5 0.58 10 866 1419 -12.5 -24.5 36 12.0 -14.6 331 16 271.6 271.7 267.0 273.4 0.61 11 857 1499 -10.9 -32.9 14 22.0 -14.1 307 16 274.1 274.1 268.0 274.9 0.28 12 850 1562 -9.7 -42.7 5 33.0 -13.6 305 16 276.0 276.0 268.8 276.3 0.10 13 848 1580 -9.7 -44.7 4 35.0 -13.6 306 16 276.2 276.2 269.0 276.4 0.08 14 831 1736 -9.7 -44.7 4 35.0 -13.7 311 15 277.8 277.8 269.9 278.1 0.09 15 778 2244 -11.1 -51.1 2 40.0 -15.0 303 11 281.6 281.6 272.1 281.7 0.04 16 713 2907 -15.7 -48.7 4 33.0 -18.7 295 19 283.6 283.6 273.3 283.8 0.06 17 700 3046 -15.3 -49.3 4 34.0 -18.5 300 21 285.5 285.6 274.4 285.8 0.06 18 690 3154 -15.1 -53.1 2 38.0 -18.4 301 25 286.9 286.9 275.1 287.1 0.04 19 645 3662 -15.5 -60.5 1 45.0 -19.0 280 31 292.1 292.1 277.7 292.1 0.02 20 578 4484 -17.9 -61.9 1 44.0 -21.1 285 47 298.6 298.6 280.7 298.6 0.02 21 554 4799 -19.9 -57.9 2 38.0 -22.8 281 51 299.9 299.9 281.3 300.0 0.03 22 522 5236 -23.5 -36.5 29 13.0 -25.1 277 56 300.7 300.7 282.1 301.8 0.32 23 505 5478 -24.1 -45.1 13 21.0 -26.1 276 58 302.8 302.8 282.7 303.3 0.14 24 500 5550 -24.9 -41.9 19 17.0 -26.6 275 59 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.4 0.19 25 495 5623 -25.3 -38.3 29 13.0 -26.8 276 59 303.1 303.1 283.0 304.0 0.28 26 476 5908 -27.5 -47.5 13 20.0 -29.1 278 58 303.8 303.8 283.1 304.2 0.11 27 438 6504 -32.1 -46.1 24 14.0 -33.1 280 61 305.2 305.3 283.7 305.7 0.14 28 429 6650 -33.3 -42.3 40 9.0 -34.0 280 62 305.5 305.6 283.9 306.3 0.22 29 419 6816 -34.7 -44.7 36 10.0 -35.4 280 64 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.4 0.17 30 403 7088 -37.1 -44.1 48 7.0 -37.6 280 66 306.1 306.2 284.1 306.8 0.19 31 400 7140 -37.3 -45.3 43 8.0 -37.8 280 67 306.5 306.5 284.2 307.1 0.17 32 397 7192 -37.7 -46.7 38 9.0 -38.2 280 68 306.7 306.7 284.2 307.2 0.14 33 391 7296 -38.1 -52.1 22 14.0 -38.8 280 70 307.5 307.5 284.5 307.8 0.08 34 379 7509 -39.7 -62.7 7 23.0 -40.4 280 74 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.2 0.02 35 344 8161 -45.1 -65.1 9 20.0 -45.6 277 77 309.4 309.4 285.1 309.5 0.02 36 319 8659 -48.5 -75.5 3 27.0 -48.8 276 80 311.5 311.5 285.8 311.5 0.00 37 306 8931 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -49.5 279 88 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.4 0.00 38 300 9060 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -50.3 280 92 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.0 0.00 39 293 9214 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -51.0 280 93 316.0 316.0 287.4 316.0 0.00 40 288 9327 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -50.4 280 95 318.4 318.4 288.2 318.4 0.00 41 278 9558 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -51.2 280 100 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.5 0.00 42 272 9701 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -50.8 280 103 323.1 323.1 289.7 323.1 0.00 43 260 9995 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.0 280 109 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.5 0.00 44 250 10250 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -51.2 280 114 330.4 330.4 291.8 330.4 0.00 45 248 10302 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -51.1 280 114 331.5 331.5 292.1 331.5 0.00 46 246 10355 -51.0 -84.7 1 33.8 -51.3 280 115 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.8 0.00 47 232 10734 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -53.2 280 107 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.5 0.00 48 217 11164 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -53.6 280 99 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.00 49 207 11468 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -53.4 280 92 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.00 50 200 11690 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -51.9 275 91 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.00 51 199 11723 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -51.9 275 91 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 52 191 11988 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -54.1 275 90 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.00 53 184 12228 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -54.1 275 90 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.00 54 176 12513 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -55.4 275 89 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.00 55 161 13085 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -53.7 275 88 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 56 150 13540 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -54.9 275 87 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 57 140 13981 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.5 275 81 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 58 136 14165 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.1 275 79 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 59 129 14501 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -57.6 275 75 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 60 123 14803 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -57.6 272 75 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 61 100 16100 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -61.7 265 83 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 62 96 16353 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.6 266 82 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.1 0.00 63 85 17105 -63.9 -93.9 1 30.0 -64.1 270 79 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 64 83 17251 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.0 270 79 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.00 65 74 17956 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.8 273 76 441.5 441.5 310.0 441.5 0.00 66 70 18300 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.7 275 75 455.4 455.4 311.4 455.4 0.00 67 69 18389 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.7 275 75 457.3 457.3 311.5 457.3 0.00 68 50 20380 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.5 265 76 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 69 42 21447 -65.5 -94.5 1 29.0 -65.8 270 82 514.1 514.1 315.9 514.1 0.00 70 39 21901 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.2 267 81 532.2 532.2 317.1 532.2 0.00 71 35 22568 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.5 260 74 548.4 548.4 318.0 548.5 0.00 72 34 22747 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -62.0 259 76 557.2 557.2 318.5 557.2 0.00 73 30 23520 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.9 255 84 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.1 0.00 74 27 24170 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -64.2 259 99 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.00 75 26 24403 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.7 260 104 599.9 600.0 320.6 600.0 0.00 76 25 24646 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.5 260 103 604.4 604.4 320.8 604.4 0.00 77 23 25167 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -60.0 260 101 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.8 0.01 78 21 25743 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.2 254 109 654.6 654.6 322.9 654.7 0.01 79 20 26060 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -51.9 250 114 690.2 690.2 324.1 690.3 0.02 80 19 26400 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -51.1 250 114 704.7 704.7 324.6 704.9 0.03 81 16 27538 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -52.7 250 116 735.0 735.0 325.5 735.2 0.03 82 16 27538 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -50.8 250 116 744.8 744.8 325.8 745.2 0.04 83 14 28428 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -51.9 250 117 770.4 770.4 326.5 770.8 0.04 84 14 28428 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -50.2 250 117 780.6 780.6 326.8 781.1 0.06 85 13 28930 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -49.8 250 118 801.4 801.5 327.3 802.1 0.07 86 12 29470 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -51.2 250 119 812.9 812.9 327.5 813.5 0.06 TRP 293 9214 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -51.0 280 93 316.0 316.0 287.4 316.0 0.00 WND 246 10355 -51.0 -84.7 1 33.8 -51.3 280 115 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5237.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.45 % Est. max temperature: -0.89 C = 30.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.06 mb = 1200.92 m = 3939.97 ft T: -12.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.04 C Layer 1022.0- 981.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 487.43 mb = 5735.33 m = 18816.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Cap Strength: 27.79 C Lifted Index: 27.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 32.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.85 C Showalter Index: 21.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -2.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.20 C Cross Totals Index: -17.80 C K Index: -61.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72234.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 27.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.97 mb = 1718.19 m = 5637.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 321 at 23 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 1028 89 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 141 23 -14.6 18.0 1 1001 305 20 22 -7.5 -20.7 | 83 22 -22.1 -2.7 2 1000 313 10 18 -3.1 -17.7 | 91 18 -17.7 0.2 3 962 610 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 97 25 -24.9 3.2 4 925 914 45 19 -13.4 -13.4 | 99 28 -28.0 4.5 5 925 915 45 21 -14.8 -14.8 | 96 30 -29.4 3.1 6 889 1219 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 103 23 -22.1 5.0 7 854 1524 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 176 10 -0.7 10.0 8 850 1562 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 171 9 -1.5 8.8 9 821 1829 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 152 8 -4.0 7.4 10 789 2134 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 145 13 -7.5 10.9 11 758 2438 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 170 16 -2.7 15.9 12 728 2743 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 182 12 0.5 12.5 13 700 3046 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 206 8 3.6 7.5 14 700 3048 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 231 7 5.1 4.2 15 645 3658 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 232 20 16.0 12.6 16 594 4267 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 255 27 26.0 7.1 17 570 4572 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 262 34 33.7 5.0 18 547 4877 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 256 38 36.7 8.9 19 500 5550 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 254 46 44.2 12.8 20 463 6096 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 259 42 41.6 8.1 21 400 7140 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 263 52 51.4 6.3 22 372 7620 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 265 60 60.3 4.8 23 325 8534 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 260 63 62.1 11.2 24 300 9060 280 92 90.6 -16.0 | 269 76 76.0 2.0 25 296 9144 280 92 90.6 -16.0 | 269 76 76.0 2.0 26 293 9214 280 93 91.6 -16.1 | 269 77 77.0 1.8 27 250 10250 280 114 112.3 -19.8 | 271 98 97.7 -1.8 28 246 10355 280 115 113.3 -20.0 | 271 99 98.7 -2.0 29 246 10363 280 115 113.3 -20.0 | 271 99 98.7 -2.0 30 203 11582 280 90 88.6 -15.6 | 268 74 74.1 2.3 31 200 11690 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 262 77 76.1 10.0 32 150 13540 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 262 73 72.1 10.4 33 126 14630 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 259 59 58.2 11.6 34 115 15240 265 82 81.7 7.1 | 249 72 67.1 25.1 35 100 16100 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 250 73 68.1 25.2 36 70 18288 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 259 61 60.2 11.4 37 70 18300 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 259 61 60.2 11.4 38 55 19812 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 251 55 52.4 18.0 39 50 20380 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 248 66 61.2 24.6 40 43 21336 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 255 68 65.4 18.0 41 41 21641 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 256 72 69.4 18.0 42 35 22555 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 242 66 58.3 30.8 43 30 23520 255 84 81.1 21.7 | 239 78 66.6 39.7 44 26 24384 260 104 102.4 18.1 | 248 95 87.9 36.0 45 23 25298 260 101 99.5 17.5 | 247 92 84.9 35.5 46 20 26060 250 114 107.1 39.0 | 238 109 92.6 56.9 47 12 27432 250 119 111.8 40.7 | 239 114 97.3 58.7 48 11 27737 250 125 117.5 42.8 | 239 119 102.9 60.7 49 6 29261 235 121 99.1 69.4 | 224 122 84.6 87.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.1 neg: -116.0 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 155.88 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 21 15 101 20| 18.5 0.0 18.5| 21.9 -96.4 -74.5 -149.0 -0.53| 29.5-15.7 1000 32 17 99 24| 9.0 0.0 9.0| 35.0-104.2 -69.2 -69.2 -0.40| 18.5 -7.4 1500 22 17 97 21| 6.0 8.2 14.2| 69.4-107.6 -38.1 -25.4 -0.04| 21.2 -0.8 2000 7 16 97 17| 5.1 6.1 11.3| 69.4-116.0 -46.6 -23.3 -0.09| 17.6 -1.5 2500 355 15 103 14| 4.1 6.3 10.4| 96.8-116.0 -19.2 -7.7 0.02| 15.9 0.3 3000 341 16 109 10| 4.1 5.2 9.3|121.1-116.0 5.1 1.7 0.12| 15.3 1.9 4000 314 19 173 5| 3.2 5.3 8.5|159.8-119.4 40.5 10.1 0.15| 14.1 2.2 5000 299 25 233 9| 3.1 4.9 8.0|204.9-153.8 51.1 10.2 0.15| 13.2 2.0 6000 291 31 244 16| 2.9 4.6 7.5|248.6-166.8 81.9 13.6 0.16| 11.9 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200322.12.gif