UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for KBMX... Searching the city database file for: KBMX ... Date:0000Z 20 MAR 20 Station: KBMX WMO ident: 72230 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -86.77 Elevation: 178.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 178 25.6 18.6 65 7.0 20.8 140 5 298.8 301.2 293.9 338.4 13.61 1 925 856 19.6 14.6 73 5.0 16.3 180 22 299.4 301.4 292.4 332.6 11.37 2 853 1548 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.4 204 28 300.3 302.1 291.6 329.8 10.04 3 850 1578 13.6 11.4 87 2.2 12.2 205 28 300.4 302.2 291.7 329.8 10.01 4 793 2160 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.6 225 27 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.2 8.29 5 785 2244 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.3 227 28 303.7 305.0 290.2 324.9 7.08 6 732 2823 6.6 -1.4 57 8.0 2.6 238 34 305.9 306.7 288.8 320.3 4.72 7 714 3028 7.2 -8.8 31 16.0 0.3 234 36 308.7 309.2 287.9 317.4 2.75 8 700 3191 6.8 -11.2 26 18.0 -0.6 230 38 310.0 310.5 287.9 317.5 2.32 9 689 3321 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Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.00 m Freezing level: 590.86 mb = 4580.68 m = 15028.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.95 mb = 3074.74 m = 10087.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.88 mb = 1062.77 m = 3486.75 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.39 C Layer 793.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.44 mb = 1464.14 m = 4803.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 18.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 264.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.39 mb = 1336.68 m = 4385.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.39 mb = 1584.04 m = 5196.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.39 mb = 3081.28 m = 10109.07 ft B at Equ Level: 30.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 649.39 mb = 3804.90 m = 12483.11 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 24 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 1000 178 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 87 27 -26.6 -1.2 1 1000 177 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 88 26 -26.3 -0.9 2 952 610 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 117 30 -26.7 13.7 3 925 856 180 22 0.0 22.0 | 126 29 -23.4 17.0 4 919 914 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 130 28 -21.4 17.9 5 886 1219 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 137 28 -18.9 20.6 6 850 1578 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 150 23 -11.6 20.4 7 825 1829 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 149 20 -10.4 17.5 8 795 2134 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 163 15 -4.3 14.1 9 766 2438 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 175 14 -1.2 13.6 10 739 2743 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 204 13 5.2 11.5 11 700 3191 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 196 20 5.7 19.4 12 660 3658 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 176 21 -1.6 21.0 13 612 4267 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 187 16 1.9 16.2 14 567 4877 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 211 15 7.8 13.0 15 500 5880 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 241 22 18.9 10.4 16 486 6096 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 242 23 19.8 10.7 17 467 6401 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 262 27 26.8 3.9 18 400 7560 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 281 26 25.6 -5.0 19 397 7620 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 290 28 26.4 -9.4 20 380 7925 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 292 24 22.4 -9.0 21 334 8839 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 263 19 18.9 2.5 22 320 9144 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 262 22 21.9 3.0 23 300 9610 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 275 17 17.4 -1.4 24 250 10840 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 262 20 19.9 2.6 25 212 11887 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 263 18 17.9 2.3 26 200 12260 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 262 30 29.8 4.4 27 191 12545 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 269 39 39.3 0.5 28 166 13411 270 90 90.0 -0.0 | 274 67 66.6 -5.0 29 163 13527 270 90 90.0 -0.0 | 274 67 66.6 -5.0 30 150 14050 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 276 50 49.6 -5.0 31 143 14326 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 270 35 35.4 0.1 32 123 15240 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 245 37 33.9 15.9 33 117 15545 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 261 37 36.7 5.6 34 100 16530 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 241 22 18.9 10.4 35 82 17678 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 235 30 24.6 17.4 36 74 18288 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 250 14 13.3 4.8 37 70 18640 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 213 16 8.6 13.5 38 64 19202 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 212 24 12.6 20.2 39 60 19507 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 264 13 13.0 1.4 40 57 19812 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 233 3 2.7 2.0 41 55 20117 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 197 15 4.4 14.5 42 50 20630 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 246 8 7.5 3.3 43 49 20726 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 244 6 5.6 2.8 44 45 21336 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 281 11 10.5 -2.0 45 37 22555 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 308 19 15.0 -11.8 46 32 23470 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 263 18 17.9 2.3 47 30 23780 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 274 18 18.4 -1.3 48 27 24384 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 300 17 14.4 -8.3 49 26 24689 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 267 7 7.1 0.4 50 24 25298 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 214 17 9.5 14.0 51 22 25908 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 289 15 14.6 -5.0 52 20 26380 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 272 23 23.4 -0.9 53 15 27432 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 278 36 35.6 -5.0 54 7 29870 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 199 22 7.2 20.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.1 neg: -10.7 tot: 267.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.52 Bulk Shear: 105.22 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 166 13 106 28| 16.0 0.0 16.0|118.6 0.0 118.6 237.3 0.97| 16.7 16.1 1000 177 18 118 28| 11.5 0.0 11.5|182.5 0.0 182.5 182.5 0.97| 12.8 12.4 1500 187 21 127 26| 8.7 0.0 8.7|225.6 -0.7 224.9 149.9 0.89| 11.6 10.4 2000 195 22 134 24| 6.9 0.0 6.9|246.1 -1.8 244.3 122.2 0.80| 11.1 8.9 2500 204 24 141 22| 6.7 0.0 6.7|273.4 -1.8 271.6 108.7 0.83| 10.5 8.7 3000 212 26 150 20| 5.6 1.3 6.9|278.1 -10.7 267.4 89.1 0.70| 10.2 7.1 4000 216 28 159 19| 4.4 1.3 5.7|292.6 -50.6 241.9 60.5 0.52| 9.2 4.8 5000 221 30 167 18| 4.4 1.1 5.5|334.4 -50.6 283.8 56.8 0.57| 8.5 4.9 6000 228 32 181 16| 4.6 0.9 5.4|382.4 -50.6 331.8 55.3 0.60| 8.1 4.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBMX/skewt/KBMX.skewt.20200320.00.gif