UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 29 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 5.2 4.0 92 1.2 4.6 0 0 277.6 278.5 277.3 291.4 5.05 1 1000 168 4.6 3.1 90 1.5 3.9 165 6 277.8 278.6 277.0 290.8 4.78 2 987 275 3.6 1.9 89 1.7 2.8 146 12 277.8 278.5 276.6 290.0 4.44 3 948 602 2.6 1.3 91 1.3 2.0 155 19 280.0 280.7 277.7 292.2 4.43 4 931 748 3.4 2.4 93 1.0 2.9 162 22 282.3 283.1 279.5 295.8 4.88 5 925 801 3.4 2.4 93 1.0 2.9 165 23 282.8 283.6 279.8 296.5 4.92 6 857 1420 2.0 1.0 93 1.0 1.5 142 25 287.6 288.4 281.8 301.2 4.80 7 850 1486 2.2 1.1 92 1.1 1.7 140 25 288.5 289.3 282.3 302.4 4.87 8 841 1572 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.5 144 24 289.3 290.2 282.7 303.2 4.82 9 792 2056 0.6 -0.4 93 1.0 0.1 206 24 292.6 293.5 283.9 306.3 4.69 10 728 2733 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.7 249 38 300.0 301.0 287.5 316.3 5.45 11 700 3048 -0.5 -1.0 96 0.5 -0.7 250 32 301.9 302.9 287.8 317.3 5.08 12 693 3128 -0.9 -1.5 96 0.6 -1.2 259 32 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.3 4.95 13 673 3363 -0.3 -1.1 94 0.8 -0.7 285 33 305.6 306.5 289.2 321.6 5.25 14 652 3616 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.7 -1.9 281 35 307.0 307.9 289.5 322.4 4.99 15 603 4235 -5.1 -6.1 93 1.0 -5.5 275 38 309.8 310.5 289.5 322.4 4.02 16 561 4798 -9.1 -11.4 83 2.3 -10.0 283 41 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.7 2.85 17 552 4923 -10.5 -15.0 69 4.5 -12.0 286 42 311.3 311.7 288.2 318.3 2.16 18 538 5121 -11.5 -16.5 66 5.0 -13.1 293 39 312.4 312.8 288.3 318.8 1.96 19 504 5620 -14.1 -17.5 75 3.4 -15.2 295 50 315.1 315.5 289.2 321.5 1.92 20 500 5680 -14.7 -19.1 69 4.4 -16.0 295 52 315.1 315.4 289.0 320.7 1.69 21 495 5756 -15.7 -22.7 55 7.0 -17.5 294 54 314.8 315.0 288.4 319.0 1.25 22 492 5802 -17.1 -32.1 26 15.0 -19.9 294 55 313.6 313.7 287.2 315.5 0.53 23 479 6002 -17.9 -47.9 5 30.0 -21.4 291 60 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.5 0.10 24 463 6255 -18.5 -44.5 8 26.0 -21.8 291 64 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.0 0.16 25 452 6434 -19.1 -35.1 23 16.0 -21.8 291 66 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.4 0.43 26 413 7098 -24.3 -33.3 43 9.0 -25.8 294 73 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.5 0.56 27 400 7330 -26.1 -31.1 63 5.0 -26.9 295 76 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.6 0.71 28 394 7440 -26.9 -31.1 68 4.2 -27.6 295 80 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.0 0.72 29 391 7495 -27.3 -30.9 71 3.6 -27.9 295 82 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.2 0.74 30 387 7569 -26.7 -29.8 75 3.1 -27.3 295 84 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.3 0.83 31 336 8576 -34.7 -36.7 82 2.0 -35.0 280 89 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.49 32 323 8851 -36.9 -40.1 72 3.2 -37.2 280 94 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.36 33 308 9179 -38.9 -41.2 79 2.3 -39.1 280 101 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.34 34 302 9314 -39.1 -41.8 75 2.7 -39.4 280 108 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.32 35 300 9360 -39.5 -42.6 72 3.1 -39.8 280 110 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.30 36 293 9520 -40.9 -45.0 65 4.1 -41.2 281 111 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.24 37 273 9992 -45.3 -49.3 64 4.0 -45.5 283 114 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 38 263 10239 -46.7 -52.7 50 6.0 -47.0 284 115 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 39 255 10441 -48.5 -56.5 39 8.0 -48.8 284 116 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.07 40 250 10570 -49.9 -56.9 44 7.0 -50.1 285 117 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 41 231 11082 -54.1 -59.0 55 4.9 -54.2 287 124 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.06 42 200 11990 -61.9 -67.9 45 6.0 -62.0 290 138 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.02 43 194 12178 -63.3 -69.3 44 6.0 -63.4 290 144 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 44 193 12210 -63.2 -69.3 43 6.1 -63.2 290 145 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.02 45 186 12439 -62.1 -69.1 39 7.0 -62.2 291 130 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 46 183 12540 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 292 124 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 47 173 12895 -57.7 -69.7 20 12.0 -57.9 294 101 355.8 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.02 48 162 13309 -59.5 -73.5 15 14.0 -59.7 293 85 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 49 159 13427 -57.7 -73.7 11 16.0 -57.9 293 83 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 50 155 13589 -54.3 -72.3 9 18.0 -54.6 291 81 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.01 51 150 13800 -53.9 -72.9 8 19.0 -54.3 290 78 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.01 52 145 14018 -53.5 -73.5 7 20.0 -53.9 290 75 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.01 53 139 14288 -55.3 -76.3 6 21.0 -55.6 290 85 383.0 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.01 54 136 14428 -54.5 -75.5 6 21.0 -54.9 289 81 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.01 55 131 14667 -55.5 -76.5 6 21.0 -55.9 287 68 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.3 0.01 56 125 14967 -54.5 -75.5 6 21.0 -54.9 285 53 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.4 0.01 57 116 15442 -57.5 -77.5 6 20.0 -57.8 293 63 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.4 0.01 58 111 15720 -57.5 -77.5 6 20.0 -57.9 301 60 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.01 59 110 15777 -56.3 -77.3 5 21.0 -56.7 303 58 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.01 60 107 15953 -56.1 -77.1 6 21.0 -56.5 298 52 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.01 61 100 16380 -58.9 -78.9 6 20.0 -59.2 270 51 413.9 413.9 307.0 414.0 0.01 62 90 17039 -59.7 -79.7 6 20.0 -60.0 263 55 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.01 63 88 17180 -57.9 -77.9 6 20.0 -58.3 262 56 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.4 0.01 64 74 18257 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.4 264 40 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.3 0.01 65 70 18600 -61.5 -81.5 5 20.0 -61.9 260 37 452.8 452.8 311.1 452.9 0.01 66 58 19760 -65.1 -83.1 7 18.0 -65.4 469.7 469.7 312.6 469.7 0.01 67 52 20434 -60.7 -80.7 6 20.0 -61.2 494.9 494.9 314.6 494.9 0.01 68 51 20555 -60.3 -75.3 12 15.0 -60.8 498.5 498.6 314.8 498.7 0.03 69 51 20555 -58.9 -77.9 7 19.0 -59.5 501.8 501.8 315.1 501.9 0.02 70 50 20680 -59.1 -79.1 6 20.0 -59.7 504.2 504.2 315.2 504.3 0.02 71 41 21920 -59.1 -78.1 7 19.0 -59.8 533.7 533.7 317.2 533.8 0.02 72 39 22234 -57.5 -76.5 7 19.0 -58.4 545.4 545.4 317.8 545.6 0.03 73 34 23096 -58.7 -77.7 7 19.0 -59.6 564.1 564.1 318.9 564.3 0.03 74 31 23680 -54.7 -74.7 7 20.0 -56.2 590.0 590.0 320.2 590.3 0.05 75 30 23890 -54.3 -74.3 7 20.0 -55.9 596.6 596.6 320.5 597.0 0.05 76 24 25329 -53.5 -72.5 8 19.0 -55.5 638.2 638.3 322.3 639.0 0.09 77 22 25895 -50.5 -70.5 8 20.0 -53.4 663.3 663.3 323.2 664.3 0.13 78 21 26199 -50.5 -70.5 8 20.0 -53.5 672.2 672.2 323.5 673.3 0.14 79 20 26520 -48.7 -68.7 8 20.0 -52.2 687.1 687.2 324.1 688.7 0.18 80 18 27212 -47.7 -66.7 9 19.0 -51.8 711.3 711.4 324.8 713.7 0.27 81 16 27984 -49.7 -69.7 8 20.0 -53.5 729.1 729.2 325.4 730.9 0.20 82 15 28406 -48.1 -68.1 8 20.0 -52.6 748.0 748.1 326.0 750.5 0.27 83 15 28406 -48.9 -68.9 8 20.0 -53.1 745.4 745.5 325.8 747.6 0.24 84 14 28861 -46.5 -66.5 9 20.0 -51.7 768.4 768.5 326.5 771.8 0.36 85 12 29874 -49.7 -69.7 8 20.0 -54.3 791.7 791.8 327.1 794.3 0.27 86 12 29874 -49.3 -69.3 8 20.0 -54.1 793.1 793.2 327.1 795.9 0.28 87 11 30446 -47.5 -67.5 8 20.0 -53.1 819.6 819.8 327.8 823.6 0.40 88 10 31070 -50.7 -70.7 8 20.0 -55.5 830.3 830.4 328.0 833.2 0.28 89 10 31070 -50.3 -70.3 8 20.0 -55.2 831.8 831.9 328.1 834.8 0.29 90 9.8 31201 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.0 -56.2 831.4 831.5 328.0 833.9 0.24 TRP 194 12178 -63.3 -69.3 44 6.0 -63.4 290 144 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 WND 193 12210 -63.2 -69.3 43 6.1 -63.2 290 145 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.00 m Freezing level: 710.77 mb = 2926.99 m = 9602.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.77 mb = 2880.46 m = 9450.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.29 % Est. max temperature: 15.01 C = 59.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.48 mb = 245.92 m = 806.82 ft T: 3.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 1.43 C Layer 1000.0- 948.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.27 mb = 4023.82 m = 13201.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.47 C = 97.65 F Cap Strength: 19.51 C Lifted Index: 19.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.25 C Showalter Index: 12.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.90 C Cross Totals Index: 15.80 C K Index: 17.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57469.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.21 mb = 685.91 m = 2250.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 25 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 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 113 25 -22.6 9.6 1 1000 168 165 6 -1.6 5.8 | 123 29 -24.2 15.4 2 983 305 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 123 38 -31.6 20.4 3 947 610 155 19 -8.0 17.2 | 131 41 -30.7 26.9 4 925 801 165 23 -6.0 22.2 | 138 43 -28.6 31.9 5 912 914 160 24 -8.2 22.6 | 136 45 -30.8 32.2 6 878 1219 150 25 -12.5 21.7 | 132 47 -35.1 31.3 7 850 1486 140 25 -16.1 19.2 | 127 48 -38.7 28.8 8 846 1524 140 25 -16.1 19.2 | 127 48 -38.7 28.8 9 815 1829 165 17 -4.4 16.4 | 134 38 -27.0 26.1 10 784 2134 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 169 30 -5.9 29.6 11 755 2438 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 181 26 0.3 25.7 12 727 2743 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 210 26 13.1 22.6 13 700 3048 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 200 22 7.4 20.6 14 700 3048 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 200 22 7.4 20.6 15 673 3353 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 263 9 9.3 1.1 16 648 3658 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 253 12 11.8 3.6 17 599 4267 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 247 16 15.2 6.3 18 554 4877 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 274 18 17.9 -1.2 19 533 5182 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 299 13 11.8 -6.4 20 500 5680 295 52 47.1 -22.0 | 297 27 24.5 -12.3 21 473 6096 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 288 37 35.6 -11.6 22 400 7330 295 76 68.9 -32.1 | 296 51 46.3 -22.5 23 384 7620 295 86 77.9 -36.3 | 296 61 55.3 -26.7 24 352 8230 280 83 81.7 -14.4 | 275 59 59.1 -4.8 25 309 9144 280 100 98.5 -17.4 | 276 76 75.9 -7.7 26 300 9360 280 110 108.3 -19.1 | 276 86 85.7 -9.5 27 250 10570 285 117 113.0 -30.3 | 283 93 90.4 -20.6 28 200 11990 290 138 129.7 -47.2 | 289 113 107.1 -37.6 29 194 12178 290 144 135.3 -49.3 | 289 119 112.7 -39.6 30 194 12192 290 145 136.3 -49.6 | 289 120 113.6 -39.9 31 193 12210 290 145 136.3 -49.6 | 289 120 113.6 -39.9 32 167 13106 295 88 79.8 -37.2 | 296 63 57.1 -27.5 33 150 13800 290 78 73.3 -26.7 | 289 53 50.7 -17.0 34 145 14021 290 75 70.5 -25.7 | 288 50 47.9 -16.0 35 138 14326 290 86 80.8 -29.4 | 289 61 58.2 -19.8 36 125 14935 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 278 29 28.6 -4.1 37 120 15240 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 288 34 32.8 -10.5 38 114 15545 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 296 41 37.2 -18.2 39 109 15850 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 314 32 23.2 -22.5 40 104 16154 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 275 20 19.9 -1.7 41 100 16380 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 251 30 28.4 9.6 42 85 17374 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 240 39 33.5 19.5 43 77 17983 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 203 19 7.3 17.7 44 74 18288 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 234 23 18.2 13.2 45 70 18600 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 221 21 13.8 16.1 46 61 19202 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 197 8 2.3 7.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.5 neg: -127.5 tot: 408.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 208.89 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 148 13 125 36| 19.2 0.0 19.2| 86.5 -0.5 86.0 172.0 0.48| 21.2 10.1 1000 156 18 131 39| 12.6 0.0 12.6|143.0 -37.4 105.6 105.6 0.38| 15.8 6.1 1500 152 20 130 42| 8.4 1.4 9.8|164.6-110.0 54.6 36.4 0.20| 13.7 2.7 2000 157 20 133 42| 7.4 1.0 8.4|374.0-110.0 264.0 132.0 0.44| 17.3 7.6 2500 174 22 142 40| 7.5 0.8 8.3|487.3-110.0 377.3 150.9 0.53| 17.4 9.2 3000 194 24 153 37| 6.1 0.7 6.8|535.5-127.5 408.0 136.0 0.51| 16.8 8.5 4000 226 27 173 28| 4.7 0.1 4.8|583.2-136.0 447.2 111.8 0.50| 15.6 7.7 5000 247 29 192 22| 4.0 0.1 4.0|637.4-137.0 500.4 100.1 0.53| 13.9 7.4 6000 263 33 216 17| 4.2 1.2 5.4|645.1-181.2 463.8 77.3 0.42| 13.9 5.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20200329.00.gif