UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 23 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 1026 89 3.6 -13.4 28 17.0 -1.6 0 0 274.7 274.9 270.2 278.5 1.32 1 1020 138 2.8 -13.2 30 16.0 -2.0 8 1 274.4 274.6 270.1 278.2 1.35 2 1000 304 1.2 -14.8 29 16.0 -3.3 35 6 274.4 274.6 269.8 277.8 1.21 3 951 705 -2.3 -15.3 36 13.0 -5.8 120 5 274.8 275.0 270.1 278.3 1.22 4 925 924 -3.7 -17.7 33 14.0 -7.2 155 10 275.5 275.7 270.2 278.5 1.03 5 867 1433 -7.1 -24.1 24 17.0 -10.6 174 11 277.1 277.2 270.5 279.0 0.63 6 850 1587 -8.1 -20.1 37 12.0 -10.8 185 7 277.7 277.8 271.4 280.3 0.91 7 847 1614 -8.1 -19.1 41 11.0 -10.6 191 7 277.9 278.1 271.6 280.9 1.00 8 839 1688 -8.7 -23.7 29 15.0 -11.8 206 6 278.1 278.2 271.2 280.1 0.67 9 831 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289.4 322.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5326.00 m Freezing level: 983.20 mb = 441.43 m = 1448.23 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.57 % Est. max temperature: 5.77 C = 42.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.92 mb = 2181.13 m = 7155.84 ft T: -11.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.45 C/km ThetaE index: 1.15 C Layer 823.0- 795.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 446.84 mb = 6459.02 m = 21190.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.66 C = 108.78 F Cap Strength: 24.58 C Lifted Index: 25.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 28.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.76 C Showalter Index: 23.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.00 C Cross Totals Index: 0.00 C K Index: -51.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64581.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 25.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.22 mb = 2305.67 m = 7564.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 303 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 1026 89 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 123 19 -16.2 10.6 1 1000 304 35 6 -3.4 -4.9 | 106 20 -19.6 5.7 2 1000 305 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 107 21 -20.0 6.0 3 962 610 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 121 22 -19.1 11.4 4 926 914 155 9 -3.8 8.2 | 133 27 -20.0 18.8 5 925 924 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 134 28 -20.4 19.7 6 891 1219 160 16 -5.5 15.0 | 140 34 -21.6 25.6 7 850 1587 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 139 23 -15.5 17.6 8 824 1829 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 138 18 -12.1 13.5 9 792 2134 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 140 21 -13.2 15.8 10 761 2438 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 147 20 -11.0 16.7 11 731 2743 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 162 14 -4.6 13.7 12 703 3048 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 158 15 -5.5 13.5 13 700 3079 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 154 15 -6.5 13.2 14 649 3658 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 269 22 22.5 0.3 15 598 4267 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 261 15 14.8 2.3 16 552 4877 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 266 31 31.1 2.3 17 530 5182 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 254 37 35.8 10.6 18 510 5486 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 275 34 34.1 -2.9 19 500 5630 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 268 37 37.0 1.2 20 469 6096 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 265 55 54.6 4.4 21 400 7260 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 266 57 56.6 4.2 22 397 7315 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 266 56 55.6 4.3 23 380 7620 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 254 65 62.5 17.5 24 347 8230 265 94 93.6 8.2 | 256 80 77.5 18.8 25 304 9144 275 85 84.7 -7.4 | 267 69 68.5 3.2 26 300 9230 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 268 71 70.5 3.0 27 254 10309 275 109 108.6 -9.5 | 269 92 92.4 1.1 28 252 10363 275 109 108.6 -9.5 | 269 92 92.4 1.1 29 250 10410 275 105 104.6 -9.2 | 269 88 88.4 1.5 30 228 10973 280 90 88.6 -15.6 | 274 73 72.5 -5.0 31 200 11800 265 97 96.6 8.5 | 257 83 80.5 19.1 32 194 11984 260 96 94.5 16.7 | 251 83 78.4 27.3 33 188 12192 255 96 92.7 24.8 | 245 84 76.6 35.5 34 170 12802 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 262 80 78.8 10.6 35 150 13590 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 255 69 66.5 17.8 36 147 13716 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 249 70 65.6 25.0 37 115 15240 280 73 71.9 -12.7 | 272 56 55.7 -2.1 38 100 16110 280 81 79.8 -14.1 | 273 64 63.6 -3.5 39 78 17678 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 263 44 43.6 5.4 40 70 18288 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 257 47 45.8 10.6 41 70 18320 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 250 47 44.6 15.9 42 67 18593 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 241 58 50.5 28.5 43 50 20380 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 259 58 56.8 10.6 44 47 20726 275 69 68.7 -6.0 | 265 53 52.6 4.6 45 43 21336 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 259 56 54.8 10.6 46 41 21641 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 248 66 61.6 24.3 47 30 23470 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 247 60 55.7 23.3 48 30 23520 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 247 60 55.7 23.3 49 27 24079 280 78 76.8 -13.5 | 273 61 60.7 -2.9 50 26 24384 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 259 57 55.8 10.6 51 23 25298 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 247 60 55.7 23.3 52 20 26050 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 249 70 65.6 25.0 53 16 27432 255 95 91.8 24.6 | 245 83 75.6 35.2 54 13 28651 250 101 94.9 34.5 | 240 91 78.8 45.2 55 12 29261 250 126 118.4 43.1 | 242 115 102.2 53.7 56 11 29870 255 111 107.2 28.7 | 247 99 91.1 39.3 57 10 30540 250 119 111.8 40.7 | 242 109 95.7 51.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.6 neg: -42.8 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 109.89 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 51 4 113 21| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 28.9 -27.4 1.5 3.0 -0.04| 12.2 -0.5 1000 124 6 123 25| 6.9 0.0 6.9| 84.9 -27.4 57.5 57.5 0.31| 12.4 3.9 1500 149 8 131 27| 2.4 0.0 2.4|103.7 -35.4 68.3 45.5 0.24| 12.4 2.9 2000 163 7 134 26| 1.5 0.0 1.5|109.5 -37.7 71.9 35.9 0.21| 11.0 2.4 2500 177 7 137 25| 2.1 0.0 2.1|134.2 -37.7 96.5 38.6 0.29| 10.0 2.9 3000 198 8 143 23| 1.8 0.0 1.8|142.6 -42.8 99.8 33.3 0.27| 9.2 2.5 4000 257 14 169 14| 4.4 0.0 4.4|261.5 -51.2 210.3 52.6 0.47| 11.8 5.5 5000 270 19 197 11| 3.5 1.9 5.4|269.2 -98.8 170.4 34.1 0.33| 11.9 3.9 6000 273 26 226 13| 3.3 3.2 6.5|390.1-183.9 206.2 34.4 0.28| 13.2 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200323.00.gif