UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 24 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 1009 89 0.0 -1.3 91 1.3 -0.5 345 3 272.5 273.0 272.2 281.8 3.44 1 1000 167 -0.5 -3.0 83 2.5 -1.4 315 9 272.6 273.2 271.7 281.0 3.06 2 990 247 -0.5 -4.1 77 3.6 -1.8 321 15 273.4 273.9 271.9 281.2 2.84 3 961 485 -1.3 -4.6 78 3.3 -2.5 334 18 275.0 275.4 272.8 282.7 2.82 4 925 788 -3.9 -5.0 92 1.1 -4.3 345 17 275.3 275.8 273.0 283.2 2.84 5 921 822 -4.1 -5.1 93 1.0 -4.4 348 18 275.5 275.9 273.1 283.3 2.84 6 892 1075 -3.5 -4.9 90 1.4 -4.0 5 21 278.6 279.1 275.0 286.9 2.97 7 861 1353 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.7 1 20 279.4 279.8 275.3 287.3 2.83 8 850 1454 -3.3 -5.6 84 2.3 -4.1 350 20 282.7 283.2 277.2 291.1 2.96 9 849 1463 -3.1 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.0 348 20 283.0 283.5 277.4 291.4 2.96 10 811 1827 -2.3 -6.0 76 3.7 -3.7 350 17 287.6 288.1 279.7 296.3 3.01 11 786 2075 -2.5 -9.5 59 7.0 -5.0 330 15 289.9 290.4 280.0 297.0 2.36 12 747 2477 -4.7 -9.7 68 5.0 -6.5 317 21 291.8 292.2 281.0 299.1 2.45 13 738 2573 -4.5 -14.5 46 10.0 -7.7 324 22 293.0 293.3 280.6 298.2 1.68 14 726 2702 -4.7 -18.7 33 14.0 -8.7 332 23 294.2 294.4 280.4 297.9 1.20 15 714 2833 -5.7 -20.7 30 15.0 -9.6 333 23 294.5 294.7 280.3 297.7 1.03 16 708 2899 -5.9 -28.9 14 23.0 -10.8 332 23 295.0 295.1 279.8 296.6 0.50 17 700 2988 -6.5 -22.5 27 16.0 -10.5 330 23 295.3 295.4 280.5 298.1 0.90 18 660 3446 -9.1 -28.1 20 19.0 -13.1 304 22 297.4 297.5 281.0 299.2 0.57 19 652 3540 -9.1 -34.1 11 25.0 -13.6 302 22 298.4 298.5 281.1 299.5 0.33 20 614 4001 -12.7 -37.7 10 25.0 -16.6 295 25 299.4 299.5 281.4 300.3 0.24 21 595 4241 -13.7 -47.7 4 34.0 -17.7 291 27 301.0 301.0 281.9 301.3 0.09 22 573 4528 -13.1 -57.1 1 44.0 -17.5 286 34 304.9 305.0 283.4 305.1 0.03 23 500 5550 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-83.5 1 34.0 -55.5 860.3 860.3 328.6 860.7 0.04 TRP 236 10656 -58.3 -69.3 23 11.0 -58.4 265 47 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.01 WND 140 13980 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -56.2 275 75 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5383.00 m Freezing level: 1009.00 mb = 89.00 m = 291.99 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.50 % Est. max temperature: 7.52 C = 45.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.60 mb = 258.69 m = 848.71 ft T: -0.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 738.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.29 mb = 3583.76 m = 11757.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Cap Strength: 20.22 C Lifted Index: 20.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.31 C Showalter Index: 14.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.50 C K Index: -3.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69708.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.87 mb = 814.71 m = 2672.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 336 at 20 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 1009 89 345 3 0.8 -2.9 | 155 17 -7.1 15.2 1 1000 167 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 172 12 -1.5 11.7 2 983 305 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 230 4 3.0 2.5 3 946 610 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 123 2 -1.7 1.1 4 925 788 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 115 4 -3.5 1.6 5 910 914 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 73 6 -6.2 -1.9 6 876 1219 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 80 14 -13.3 -2.2 7 850 1454 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 70 5 -4.4 -1.6 8 843 1524 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 315 1 1.0 -1.0 9 811 1829 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 105 5 -5.0 1.3 10 780 2134 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 181 7 0.1 6.6 11 750 2438 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 245 8 6.9 3.2 12 722 2743 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 327 3 1.8 -2.8 13 700 2988 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 297 4 3.6 -1.9 14 667 3353 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 242 11 10.1 5.4 15 641 3658 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 238 13 11.1 7.1 16 592 4267 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 243 20 17.5 8.8 17 569 4572 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 252 28 26.9 8.7 18 546 4877 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 254 30 28.8 8.2 19 500 5550 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 264 33 32.5 3.3 20 464 6096 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 255 39 37.4 10.1 21 400 7160 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 243 39 35.1 18.1 22 374 7620 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 243 39 35.1 18.1 23 300 9120 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 245 42 38.1 18.1 24 299 9144 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 245 42 38.1 18.1 25 250 10290 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 240 45 38.9 22.1 26 247 10363 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 239 43 36.9 22.0 27 236 10656 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 240 45 38.9 22.1 28 200 11710 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 252 60 57.1 18.1 29 195 11887 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 254 64 61.1 18.1 30 153 13411 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 252 58 55.1 18.1 31 150 13540 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 252 60 57.1 18.1 32 140 13980 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 260 68 66.8 11.5 33 139 14021 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 260 68 66.8 11.5 34 115 15240 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 260 49 48.2 8.2 35 100 16120 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 246 44 40.1 18.1 36 74 17983 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 243 50 44.9 22.7 37 71 18288 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 240 56 48.2 27.9 38 70 18350 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 241 58 50.2 28.3 39 64 18898 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 254 66 63.1 18.1 40 58 19507 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 265 45 45.2 3.8 41 53 20117 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 263 57 56.1 6.8 42 50 20440 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 264 44 43.3 4.3 43 48 20726 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 261 38 37.5 5.9 44 43 21336 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 226 34 24.6 23.8 45 41 21641 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 208 50 23.5 44.4 46 37 22250 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 229 38 28.5 24.5 47 34 22860 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 255 39 37.4 10.1 48 32 23165 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 239 42 35.9 21.9 49 30 23640 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 244 41 37.1 18.1 50 27 24384 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 248 38 34.9 14.3 51 24 24994 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 255 39 37.4 10.1 52 20 26180 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 236 58 48.1 33.1 53 19 26518 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 241 60 52.2 28.6 54 16 27432 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 265 44 44.3 4.1 55 16 27737 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 248 39 35.9 14.2 56 14 28346 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 227 51 37.2 34.5 57 14 28651 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 243 49 43.9 22.6 58 12 29261 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 232 40 31.5 25.0 59 12 29566 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 226 60 42.8 41.7 60 11 30175 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 239 71 60.7 36.4 61 10 30610 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 233 68 54.1 40.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: -15.3 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 23.61 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 329 15 181 5| 0.0 15.5 15.5| 25.1 -1.2 23.9 47.7 0.36| 21.8 7.9 1000 341 17 128 3| 4.9 7.8 12.6| 26.0 -5.9 20.2 20.2 0.12| 16.4 2.0 1500 348 18 93 4| 3.3 6.8 10.0| 27.8 -11.1 16.6 11.1 0.02| 16.1 0.3 2000 346 18 99 4| 2.4 4.3 6.7| 35.4 -11.1 24.3 12.1 0.16| 14.8 2.3 2500 341 18 116 2| 2.0 4.9 6.8| 50.7 -11.1 39.6 15.8 0.27| 14.1 3.9 3000 339 19 114 1| 1.6 4.2 5.8| 54.1 -15.3 38.7 12.9 0.24| 13.1 3.2 4000 328 20 246 3| 1.2 4.1 5.3| 58.7 -26.9 31.7 7.9 0.16| 11.6 1.9 5000 315 23 257 8| 0.8 4.4 5.2|103.2 -26.9 76.3 15.3 0.20| 10.8 2.2 6000 306 26 259 13| 0.8 4.1 4.8|131.5 -76.8 54.7 9.1 0.16| 10.1 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200324.12.gif