UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 28 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 1004 89 11.8 -2.2 38 14.0 5.6 275 4 284.6 285.2 278.6 293.9 3.23 1 1000 126 11.4 -3.6 35 15.0 4.9 280 6 284.5 285.1 278.1 292.9 2.92 2 952 533 7.2 -6.8 36 14.0 1.7 304 21 284.3 284.7 277.3 291.3 2.41 3 926 760 6.2 -11.8 26 18.0 -0.1 319 20 285.6 285.9 276.9 290.5 1.67 4 925 769 6.0 -12.0 26 18.0 -0.2 320 20 285.4 285.7 276.8 290.3 1.64 5 892 1066 4.6 -12.4 28 17.0 -1.2 350 15 287.0 287.3 277.6 291.9 1.65 6 859 1371 1.8 -13.2 32 15.0 -3.1 1 15 287.2 287.4 277.6 292.0 1.61 7 850 1456 1.2 -14.8 29 16.0 -3.8 5 16 287.4 287.7 277.5 291.7 1.42 8 816 1782 -1.7 -18.7 26 17.0 -6.4 348 19 287.7 287.9 277.2 291.0 1.07 9 801 1930 -1.3 -34.3 6 33.0 -7.7 336 22 289.7 289.7 276.9 290.5 0.26 10 792 2020 -1.1 -39.1 4 38.0 -7.8 327 24 290.8 290.8 277.3 291.4 0.16 11 722 2749 -6.9 -45.9 3 39.0 -12.2 320 32 292.2 292.3 277.9 292.5 0.09 12 702 2968 -8.5 -29.5 17 21.0 -12.6 306 31 292.8 292.9 278.8 294.4 0.47 13 700 2990 -8.7 -29.7 17 21.0 -12.8 305 31 292.9 292.9 278.8 294.4 0.46 14 694 3057 -8.9 -29.9 16 21.0 -13.0 304 33 293.4 293.4 279.0 294.8 0.46 15 686 3146 -8.1 -55.1 1 47.0 -13.3 303 35 295.2 295.2 279.3 295.3 0.03 16 671 3318 -8.9 -55.9 1 47.0 -14.0 301 40 296.2 296.2 279.7 296.3 0.03 17 571 4544 -17.9 -61.9 1 44.0 -21.1 290 36 299.6 299.6 281.2 299.7 0.02 18 543 4919 -18.5 -53.5 3 35.0 -21.7 301 54 303.2 303.3 282.8 303.4 0.05 19 511 5370 -21.1 -44.1 11 23.0 -23.6 310 72 305.4 305.4 283.8 305.9 0.15 20 500 5530 -21.5 -41.5 15 20.0 -23.9 310 78 306.8 306.9 284.4 307.5 0.20 21 490 5679 -21.7 -39.7 18 18.0 -24.0 310 84 308.4 308.4 285.0 309.2 0.25 22 470 5985 -23.9 -39.9 21 16.0 -25.8 310 98 309.3 309.4 285.4 310.2 0.25 23 462 6110 -23.5 -44.5 13 21.0 -25.8 310 103 311.3 311.4 286.0 311.9 0.16 24 458 6174 -23.9 -38.9 24 15.0 -25.8 309 104 311.6 311.7 286.3 312.7 0.29 25 449 6319 -24.5 -41.5 19 17.0 -26.5 308 105 312.6 312.7 286.5 313.5 0.22 26 427 6683 -27.3 -41.3 25 14.0 -28.8 304 109 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.5 0.24 27 406 7044 -30.1 -56.1 6 26.0 -31.7 301 112 314.5 314.5 287.0 314.7 0.05 28 400 7150 -31.1 -58.1 5 27.0 -32.6 300 113 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.7 0.04 29 375 7602 -34.9 -58.9 7 24.0 -36.0 300 115 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.5 0.04 30 366 7771 -35.7 -61.7 5 26.0 -36.8 300 123 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.03 31 359 7905 -34.7 -61.7 5 27.0 -36.0 300 130 319.6 319.6 288.6 319.7 0.03 32 346 8162 -35.1 -57.1 9 22.0 -36.3 300 143 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.7 0.05 33 328 8531 -37.3 -75.3 1 38.0 -38.4 302 146 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.4 0.00 34 300 9140 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -42.5 305 145 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.6 0.00 35 258 10144 -49.3 -74.6 4 25.2 -49.7 305 162 329.8 329.8 291.6 329.8 0.01 36 250 10350 -50.9 -73.9 5 23.0 -51.2 305 160 330.4 330.4 291.8 330.4 0.01 37 234 10777 -54.5 -78.5 4 24.0 -54.8 305 146 331.2 331.2 292.0 331.3 0.00 38 227 10972 -54.5 -78.5 4 24.0 -54.8 304 138 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.00 39 222 11115 -52.3 -77.3 3 25.0 -52.7 303 133 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.00 40 216 11292 -53.3 -81.3 2 28.0 -53.6 302 126 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.00 41 208 11536 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -52.7 301 116 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.00 42 200 11790 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -52.5 300 106 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 43 192 12054 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -52.9 300 97 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.00 44 181 12439 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -49.3 300 85 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 45 169 12889 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -49.9 302 81 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 46 166 13007 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -49.4 302 81 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 47 150 13670 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -51.7 305 78 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 48 142 14026 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.2 300 77 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 49 140 14118 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -53.0 298 77 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 50 135 14353 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -54.5 295 77 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 51 125 14847 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -54.6 301 72 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 52 118 15216 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -56.5 305 68 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.00 53 115 15380 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -55.8 298 69 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 54 111 15606 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -56.9 291 71 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 55 110 15664 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.7 292 71 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 56 100 16270 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -56.8 300 69 418.9 418.9 307.6 419.0 0.00 57 89 17013 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -55.4 282 50 436.3 436.3 309.5 436.4 0.00 58 78 17848 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.7 276 61 443.6 443.6 310.3 443.6 0.00 59 73 18265 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.5 284 57 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 60 71 18441 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -58.5 291 56 458.7 458.7 311.7 458.7 0.00 61 70 18530 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.0 295 56 461.4 461.4 311.9 461.4 0.00 62 64 19095 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.2 324 30 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.6 0.00 63 55 20038 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.4 286 26 481.5 481.5 313.5 481.5 0.00 64 52 20385 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.1 281 30 497.7 497.7 314.8 497.7 0.00 65 50 20630 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.7 270 31 504.2 504.2 315.2 504.2 0.00 66 45 21288 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.3 249 34 515.7 515.7 316.0 515.8 0.00 67 43 21573 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.0 258 31 531.4 531.4 317.0 531.4 0.00 68 41 21874 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.7 252 18 539.6 539.6 317.5 539.7 0.00 69 34 23050 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.4 250 30 558.8 558.8 318.6 558.8 0.00 70 33 23236 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -60.0 251 33 567.8 567.8 319.0 567.9 0.00 71 33 23236 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.9 251 33 574.2 574.2 319.4 574.2 0.00 72 31 23631 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.9 242 42 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.00 73 31 23631 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.0 242 42 587.8 587.8 320.0 587.8 0.01 74 30 23840 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.7 245 43 591.2 591.2 320.2 591.2 0.01 75 26 24754 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.2 248 45 618.1 618.1 321.4 618.2 0.01 76 20 26450 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.1 260 54 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 77 18 27138 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.2 260 62 706.2 706.2 324.6 706.4 0.02 78 13 29273 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.9 249 60 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.8 0.03 79 12 29796 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.5 252 67 787.4 787.4 327.0 787.6 0.02 80 10 30990 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -54.5 260 83 839.3 839.3 328.2 839.7 0.05 81 9.4 31398 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -54.4 856.5 856.5 328.5 857.0 0.05 82 9.1 31611 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -55.5 857.6 857.6 328.5 858.0 0.04 83 8.3 32217 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -54.5 889.9 889.9 329.2 890.5 0.06 TRP 234 10777 -54.5 -78.5 4 24.0 -54.8 305 146 331.2 331.2 292.0 331.3 0.00 WND 258 10144 -49.3 -74.6 4 25.2 -49.7 305 162 329.8 329.8 291.6 329.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.00 m Freezing level: 835.93 mb = 1591.03 m = 5219.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 927.39 mb = 747.82 m = 2453.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.23 % Est. max temperature: 14.48 C = 58.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.15 mb = 1829.73 m = 6002.97 ft T: -1.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.56 C Layer 1000.0- 892.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.49 mb = 3851.34 m = 12635.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.85 F Cap Strength: 12.60 C Lifted Index: 13.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.87 C Showalter Index: 13.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 6.70 C K Index: -13.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68105.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.15 mb = 2426.97 m = 7962.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 338 at 29 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 1004 89 275 4 4.0 -0.3 | 166 28 -6.8 26.7 1 1000 126 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 169 26 -4.9 26.0 2 979 305 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 195 19 4.8 18.0 3 943 610 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 207 16 7.2 14.4 4 925 769 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 190 12 2.0 11.7 5 909 914 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 151 14 -6.9 12.5 6 875 1219 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 144 16 -9.6 13.1 7 850 1456 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 132 17 -12.2 11.1 8 843 1524 5 14 -1.2 -13.9 | 137 18 -12.0 13.1 9 811 1829 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 144 10 -5.7 7.7 10 780 2134 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 226 11 8.3 7.9 11 751 2438 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 226 11 8.3 7.9 12 722 2743 320 32 20.6 -24.5 | 255 10 9.7 2.5 13 700 2990 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 238 17 14.6 9.3 14 667 3353 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 255 26 24.7 6.5 15 641 3658 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 248 27 25.4 10.1 16 591 4267 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 241 29 24.9 14.0 17 568 4572 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 237 27 23.0 14.7 18 545 4877 300 53 45.9 -26.5 | 269 35 35.1 0.5 19 524 5182 310 66 50.6 -42.4 | 291 43 39.7 -15.4 20 500 5530 310 78 59.8 -50.1 | 295 54 48.9 -23.1 21 462 6096 310 103 78.9 -66.2 | 300 79 68.1 -39.2 22 400 7150 300 113 97.9 -56.5 | 289 92 87.0 -29.5 23 374 7620 300 115 99.6 -57.5 | 289 94 88.8 -30.5 24 342 8230 300 147 127.3 -73.5 | 292 125 116.5 -46.5 25 300 9140 305 145 118.8 -83.2 | 297 122 107.9 -56.1 26 300 9144 305 145 118.8 -83.2 | 297 122 107.9 -56.1 27 261 10058 305 162 132.7 -92.9 | 298 139 121.9 -65.9 28 258 10144 305 162 132.7 -92.9 | 298 139 121.9 -65.9 29 250 10350 305 160 131.1 -91.8 | 298 137 120.2 -64.7 30 234 10777 305 146 119.6 -83.7 | 298 123 108.8 -56.7 31 200 11790 300 106 91.8 -53.0 | 288 85 81.0 -26.0 32 179 12497 300 83 71.9 -41.5 | 283 63 61.1 -14.5 33 150 13670 305 78 63.9 -44.7 | 288 56 53.1 -17.7 34 135 14326 295 77 69.8 -32.5 | 275 59 59.0 -5.5 35 117 15240 305 68 55.7 -39.0 | 285 46 44.9 -12.0 36 112 15545 290 71 66.7 -24.3 | 267 56 55.9 2.8 37 100 16270 300 69 59.8 -34.5 | 279 49 48.9 -7.5 38 88 17069 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 243 41 36.4 18.7 39 76 17983 275 63 62.8 -5.5 | 247 56 51.9 21.5 40 73 18288 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 254 45 43.3 12.5 41 70 18530 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 265 40 39.9 3.4 42 69 18593 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 271 37 36.8 -0.5 43 63 19202 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 191 6 1.2 6.3 44 60 19507 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 190 12 2.0 11.7 45 57 19812 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 209 22 10.8 19.2 46 52 20422 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 221 29 18.7 21.8 47 50 20630 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 217 34 20.2 27.0 48 47 21031 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 209 49 23.6 43.1 49 45 21336 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 208 43 20.2 38.3 50 43 21641 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 211 38 19.7 32.4 51 41 21946 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 184 32 2.3 31.8 52 39 22250 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 179 42 -0.5 41.8 53 37 22555 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 193 51 11.8 49.7 54 33 23165 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 208 39 18.2 34.8 55 32 23470 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 208 54 25.5 48.0 56 30 23840 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 212 53 28.1 45.2 57 28 24384 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 221 45 29.5 34.2 58 25 24994 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 211 59 29.9 50.5 59 23 25603 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 226 52 37.4 35.5 60 22 25908 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 218 64 39.0 50.3 61 20 26450 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 229 56 42.4 36.4 62 18 27127 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 233 63 50.2 37.8 63 17 27432 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 233 62 49.2 37.6 64 14 28651 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 217 61 36.3 49.0 65 10 30990 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 240 82 70.9 41.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.2 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 338.2 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 4.9 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.8 neg: -71.5 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 70.38 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 300 16 189 19| 18.9 0.0 18.9| 87.1 0.0 87.1 174.2 0.80| 19.4 15.5 1000 314 17 185 15| 7.2 0.0 7.2| 87.1 -45.2 41.9 41.9 0.05| 18.2 0.9 1500 328 16 170 13| 5.3 0.0 5.3| 89.7 -59.1 30.6 20.4 -0.02| 14.0 -0.3 2000 332 17 167 12| 4.0 4.5 8.5|114.5 -59.1 55.4 27.7 0.18| 15.3 2.8 2500 327 19 179 11| 3.2 4.3 7.5|125.2 -59.1 66.1 26.4 0.23| 13.3 3.0 3000 323 21 192 10| 2.7 4.9 7.5|140.8 -71.5 69.3 23.1 0.20| 13.3 2.6 4000 312 26 222 13| 2.0 4.6 6.6|162.9-110.9 52.0 13.0 0.15| 11.7 1.8 5000 307 30 235 16| 4.2 3.6 7.8|399.2-127.3 271.9 54.4 0.31| 12.7 4.0 6000 308 39 261 20| 5.0 4.5 9.6|582.7-127.3 455.4 75.9 0.31| 14.2 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200328.00.gif