UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 25 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 1010 89 -0.7 -1.8 92 1.1 -1.2 0 0 271.7 272.2 271.5 280.6 3.31 1 1002 159 -1.5 -3.4 87 1.9 -2.2 124 1 271.5 272.0 270.8 279.5 2.96 2 1000 176 -1.3 -3.4 86 2.1 -2.1 155 1 271.9 272.3 271.1 279.9 2.97 3 993 232 -0.5 -3.1 83 2.6 -1.5 153 3 273.2 273.7 272.1 281.5 3.06 4 986 289 0.2 -4.5 71 4.7 -1.5 151 4 274.5 274.9 272.3 282.1 2.77 5 965 461 -0.9 -5.9 69 5.0 -2.7 137 11 275.0 275.5 272.3 282.1 2.55 6 925 798 -3.1 -6.0 80 2.9 -4.1 130 21 276.1 276.6 273.2 283.5 2.64 7 921 832 -3.3 -6.0 82 2.7 -4.3 133 22 276.3 276.7 273.2 283.6 2.65 8 904 979 -3.5 -5.6 85 2.1 -4.3 144 22 277.5 278.0 274.2 285.3 2.78 9 888 1120 -3.5 -6.9 77 3.4 -4.7 153 17 279.0 279.4 274.6 286.2 2.56 10 863 1345 -5.1 -8.6 76 3.5 -6.2 175 10 279.6 280.0 274.6 286.1 2.31 11 858 1391 -4.7 -8.8 73 4.1 -6.1 181 9 280.5 280.9 275.1 287.0 2.29 12 852 1446 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.1 188 7 283.1 283.5 276.3 289.3 2.15 13 850 1465 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.1 190 7 283.3 283.7 276.4 289.5 2.15 14 842 1540 -2.5 -8.5 63 6.0 -4.6 203 7 284.3 284.7 277.3 291.2 2.39 15 835 1606 -2.3 -10.3 54 8.0 -5.0 215 7 285.2 285.5 277.3 291.3 2.09 16 828 1673 -1.5 -21.5 20 20.0 -6.6 227 7 286.7 286.9 276.3 289.3 0.83 17 824 1712 -1.3 -18.3 26 17.0 -6.1 234 7 287.3 287.5 277.0 290.7 1.10 18 821 1741 -1.5 -11.5 46 10.0 -4.8 239 7 287.4 287.8 278.2 293.1 1.93 19 818 1770 -1.7 -10.7 50 9.0 -4.8 244 7 287.5 287.9 278.4 293.6 2.06 20 785 2096 -3.9 -11.9 54 8.0 -6.5 281 3 288.6 288.9 278.8 294.4 1.95 21 775 2197 -4.7 -17.7 35 13.0 -8.3 283 3 288.8 289.0 277.9 292.5 1.23 22 764 2310 -5.7 -12.7 58 7.0 -7.9 279 5 288.9 289.2 278.9 294.5 1.88 23 761 2340 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -7.7 278 6 289.2 289.5 279.2 295.3 2.05 24 746 2496 -6.3 -15.3 49 9.0 -8.9 276 9 290.2 290.5 279.0 294.9 1.56 25 709 2892 -9.1 -18.1 48 9.0 -11.5 256 11 291.3 291.6 279.2 295.3 1.30 26 701 2980 -9.3 -22.3 34 13.0 -12.3 242 10 292.1 292.2 279.0 294.9 0.91 27 700 2991 -9.3 -22.3 34 13.0 -12.4 240 10 292.2 292.3 279.1 295.0 0.91 28 689 3113 -10.3 -20.3 44 10.0 -12.8 240 10 292.4 292.6 279.5 295.8 1.10 29 683 3180 -10.3 -23.3 34 13.0 -13.3 246 11 293.1 293.3 279.5 295.8 0.86 30 675 3271 -9.3 -39.3 7 30.0 -13.9 253 11 295.2 295.3 279.5 295.9 0.19 31 649 3573 -11.1 -32.1 16 21.0 -14.9 250 14 296.5 296.6 280.4 297.9 0.40 32 602 4147 -13.1 -39.1 9 26.0 -17.0 249 15 300.7 300.7 281.9 301.4 0.21 33 594 4249 -12.9 -39.9 8 27.0 -16.9 250 15 302.1 302.1 282.5 302.8 0.20 34 591 4288 -12.7 -31.7 19 19.0 -16.3 250 15 302.7 302.8 283.1 304.3 0.46 35 583 4391 -13.7 -24.7 39 11.0 -16.2 254 15 302.7 302.9 283.7 305.6 0.88 36 557 4736 -16.9 -22.9 60 6.0 -18.3 255 19 302.9 303.1 284.0 306.5 1.09 37 552 4803 -16.5 -19.7 76 3.2 -17.3 253 21 304.2 304.5 284.9 308.9 1.45 38 513 5350 -19.9 -22.0 83 2.1 -20.4 246 38 306.5 306.8 285.6 310.7 1.28 39 500 5540 -20.3 -23.0 79 2.7 -20.9 245 43 308.3 308.5 286.1 312.2 1.20 40 494 5629 -20.7 -23.4 79 2.7 -21.3 247 42 308.9 309.1 286.3 312.7 1.17 41 409 6993 -32.1 -36.4 66 4.3 -32.6 247 38 311.3 311.4 286.3 312.7 0.42 42 400 7150 -32.9 -37.4 64 4.5 -33.4 245 38 312.2 312.3 286.6 313.6 0.38 43 345 8176 -40.9 -44.7 67 3.8 -41.1 232 36 314.9 314.9 287.3 315.6 0.21 44 340 8276 -40.9 -45.8 59 4.9 -41.2 237 38 316.2 316.2 287.7 316.9 0.19 45 330 8479 -42.5 -52.5 33 10.0 -42.9 247 43 316.7 316.7 287.8 317.0 0.09 46 308 8944 -44.7 -61.7 13 17.0 -45.2 247 55 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.1 0.03 47 300 9120 -45.9 -65.9 9 20.0 -46.4 245 60 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.7 0.02 48 278 9622 -49.5 -70.5 7 21.0 -49.8 241 77 322.5 322.5 289.5 322.6 0.01 49 250 10310 -53.5 -70.5 11 17.0 -53.7 240 83 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.01 50 237 10653 -55.1 -71.1 12 16.0 -55.3 240 86 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.01 51 225 10983 -57.6 -72.9 12 15.3 -57.8 240 88 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.01 52 219 11153 -58.9 -73.9 13 15.0 -59.0 242 85 330.8 330.8 291.9 330.8 0.01 53 206 11536 -60.5 -75.5 12 15.0 -60.6 245 79 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 54 201 11689 -60.5 -76.5 10 16.0 -60.6 245 72 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.5 0.01 55 200 11720 -60.3 -76.3 11 16.0 -60.4 245 70 337.3 337.3 293.6 337.3 0.01 56 195 11878 -58.7 -76.7 8 18.0 -58.9 248 68 342.3 342.3 294.8 342.3 0.01 57 182 12312 -57.5 -79.5 4 22.0 -57.7 258 64 351.1 351.1 296.8 351.1 0.00 58 179 12417 -56.5 -79.5 4 23.0 -56.8 260 63 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.00 59 166 12897 -55.5 -82.5 2 27.0 -55.8 271 59 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 60 150 13540 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.2 270 57 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 61 100 16110 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.9 265 48 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 62 87 16983 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.5 271 51 430.3 430.3 308.9 430.3 0.00 63 85 17129 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.1 272 51 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.5 0.00 64 82 17356 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.7 274 52 443.8 443.8 310.3 443.8 0.00 65 76 17835 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -58.8 277 54 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 66 71 18261 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.0 280 55 457.4 457.4 311.5 457.4 0.00 67 70 18350 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.2 280 55 456.7 456.7 311.5 456.7 0.00 68 68 18531 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.1 278 53 458.3 458.3 311.6 458.3 0.00 69 63 19006 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.2 274 46 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 70 58 19522 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.3 270 40 484.2 484.2 313.8 484.2 0.00 71 50 20450 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -61.0 265 52 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 72 45 21105 -62.3 -92.3 1 30.0 -62.8 280 36 511.9 511.9 315.8 511.9 0.00 73 44 21245 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.3 283 33 519.1 519.1 316.2 519.1 0.00 74 42 21535 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -61.5 280 37 525.5 525.5 316.6 525.5 0.00 75 42 21535 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.3 280 37 531.5 531.5 317.0 531.5 0.00 76 41 21687 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.0 276 40 533.2 533.2 317.1 533.2 0.00 77 39 22002 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.3 267 46 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.00 78 30 23660 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.6 255 37 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.00 79 27 24324 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.9 255 49 602.5 602.5 320.7 602.5 0.00 80 24 25068 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.8 262 38 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.2 0.01 81 22 25617 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -60.4 265 39 637.6 637.7 322.2 637.7 0.01 82 20 26220 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.2 265 47 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 83 18 26888 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -59.2 261 48 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.0 0.01 84 15 28045 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -58.3 255 50 722.8 722.8 325.1 722.9 0.01 TRP 206 11536 -60.5 -75.5 12 15.0 -60.6 245 79 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 WND 225 10983 -57.6 -72.9 12 15.3 -57.8 240 88 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5364.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 988.00 mb = 272.61 m = 894.38 ft Freezing level: 982.18 mb = 320.14 m = 1050.31 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.21 % Est. max temperature: 7.76 C = 45.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.63 mb = 235.13 m = 771.42 ft T: -0.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.32 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 828.0- 824.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.72 mb = 2884.24 m = 9462.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.99 C = 66.19 F Cap Strength: 20.57 C Lifted Index: 21.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.60 C Showalter Index: 16.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.60 C Cross Totals Index: 10.60 C K Index: -5.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61574.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.51 mb = 957.52 m = 3141.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 269 at 13 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 1010 89 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 89 13 -12.8 -0.3 1 1000 176 155 1 -0.4 0.9 | 93 13 -13.2 0.7 2 984 305 150 5 -2.5 4.3 | 105 16 -15.3 4.1 3 947 610 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 109 27 -25.9 8.9 4 925 798 130 21 -16.1 13.5 | 115 32 -28.9 13.2 5 911 914 140 25 -16.1 19.2 | 123 35 -28.9 18.9 6 877 1219 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 125 21 -17.3 12.0 7 850 1465 190 7 1.2 6.9 | 120 13 -11.6 6.6 8 812 1829 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 104 6 -6.0 1.6 9 781 2134 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 86 11 -10.9 -0.8 10 751 2438 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 79 5 -4.8 -0.9 11 722 2743 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 23 3 -1.0 -2.3 12 700 2991 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 139 6 -4.1 4.7 13 695 3048 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 140 7 -4.6 5.5 14 667 3353 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 152 2 -1.0 1.8 15 641 3658 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 187 6 0.8 6.1 16 591 4267 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 195 5 1.3 4.9 17 568 4572 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 229 4 2.9 2.5 18 546 4877 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 229 12 8.8 7.6 19 504 5486 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 236 32 26.2 17.9 20 500 5540 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 236 32 26.2 17.9 21 463 6096 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 247 23 21.0 8.8 22 400 7150 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 234 27 21.6 15.8 23 373 7620 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 219 25 15.9 19.8 24 357 7925 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 197 25 7.1 23.5 25 327 8534 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 243 32 28.5 14.8 26 300 9120 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 239 49 41.6 25.1 27 299 9144 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 239 49 41.6 25.1 28 272 9754 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 235 71 58.2 40.7 29 250 10310 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 235 72 59.1 41.2 30 225 10973 240 88 76.2 44.0 | 235 77 63.4 43.7 31 225 10983 240 88 76.2 44.0 | 235 77 63.4 43.7 32 206 11536 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 241 67 58.8 33.1 33 200 11720 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 240 59 50.6 29.3 34 161 13106 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 277 44 44.0 -5.2 35 150 13540 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 270 44 44.2 -0.3 36 133 14326 275 68 67.7 -5.9 | 276 55 54.9 -6.2 37 115 15240 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 277 34 34.0 -4.3 38 100 16110 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 264 35 35.0 3.9 39 71 18288 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 283 43 41.4 -9.8 40 70 18350 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 283 43 41.4 -9.8 41 58 19507 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 271 27 27.2 -0.3 42 50 20422 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 264 41 41.0 4.5 43 50 20450 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 264 39 39.0 4.3 44 43 21336 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 296 19 17.1 -8.3 45 39 21946 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 270 34 34.2 -0.3 46 38 22250 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 249 29 26.8 10.4 47 34 22860 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 271 25 25.2 -0.3 48 32 23165 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 248 24 22.0 9.1 49 30 23660 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 248 25 22.9 9.3 50 27 24384 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 250 38 35.5 12.7 51 23 25298 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 263 21 21.1 2.7 52 20 26220 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 264 34 34.0 3.8 53 13 27432 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 244 40 36.1 17.5 54 12 27737 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 245 49 44.5 20.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.3 neg: -24.4 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 51.93 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 135 7 104 18| 15.7 0.0 15.7| 23.5 -3.4 20.1 40.2 0.33| 16.6 5.4 1000 136 14 113 24| 9.3 0.0 9.3| 99.5 -3.4 96.1 96.1 0.42| 17.7 7.4 1500 144 13 116 23| 2.4 0.0 2.4|100.9 -10.6 90.3 60.2 0.26| 17.3 4.5 2000 152 11 118 20| 0.7 0.0 0.7|100.9 -20.1 80.8 40.4 0.14| 15.5 2.2 2500 161 10 120 18| 0.6 1.5 2.1|100.9 -23.5 77.4 31.0 0.09| 13.9 1.3 3000 180 10 128 16| 0.5 1.4 1.9|103.3 -24.4 78.9 26.3 0.12| 13.3 1.6 4000 212 11 142 11| 1.0 1.1 2.1|106.8 -24.4 82.4 20.6 0.15| 11.2 1.6 5000 230 13 158 8| 1.1 2.3 3.4|115.0 -25.3 89.8 18.0 0.16| 10.8 1.7 6000 239 17 192 9| 1.0 3.0 4.0|157.8 -25.5 132.3 22.1 0.18| 11.0 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200325.12.gif