UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for KBNA... Searching the city database file for: KBNA ... Date:1200Z 19 MAR 20 Station: KBNA WMO ident: 72327 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -86.68 Elevation: 180.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 167 135 3 SFC 999 180 17.2 17.2 100 0.0 17.2 135 3 290.4 292.6 290.4 325.4 12.45 2 997 197 17.4 15.8 90 1.6 16.4 138 4 290.8 292.8 289.6 322.9 11.39 3 971 423 19.2 15.6 80 3.6 16.8 180 13 294.8 296.9 291.1 327.9 11.55 4 944 664 19.0 14.1 73 4.9 15.8 217 21 297.0 299.0 291.2 328.2 10.77 5 925 838 17.6 14.2 80 3.4 15.4 225 21 297.3 299.3 291.5 329.4 11.07 6 880 1262 14.2 11.4 83 2.8 12.4 223 18 298.1 299.8 290.6 326.2 9.66 7 850 1555 12.6 10.0 84 2.6 11.0 240 25 299.3 301.0 290.6 326.1 9.11 8 700 3159 3.2 1.8 91 1.4 2.5 230 31 306.0 307.2 290.3 325.0 6.24 9 668 3538 1.2 0.2 93 1.0 0.7 226 30 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.8 5.82 10 627 4045 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.5 231 31 309.1 309.9 289.6 322.8 4.40 11 623 4095 -2.1 -4.4 84 2.3 -3.2 232 31 310.3 311.2 290.0 324.2 4.43 12 615 4198 -3.9 -6.0 85 2.1 -4.8 234 31 309.4 310.2 289.3 321.9 3.97 13 563 4893 -6.9 -8.6 88 1.7 -7.6 225 35 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.2 3.55 14 528 5391 -10.7 -13.3 81 2.6 -11.6 221 32 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.5 2.60 15 509 5673 -11.5 -13.7 84 2.2 -12.3 217 37 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.0 2.61 16 500 5810 -12.3 -14.6 83 2.3 -13.1 215 42 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.2 2.47 17 443 6725 -17.5 -20.2 79 2.7 -18.3 233 46 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.6 1.73 18 417 7174 -21.1 -24.7 73 3.6 -22.0 242 45 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.0 1.24 19 408 7335 -21.9 -24.6 79 2.7 -22.5 245 45 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.1 1.28 20 400 7480 -23.1 -26.2 76 3.1 -23.8 245 45 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.9 1.13 21 393 7609 -24.3 -28.3 69 4.0 -25.1 241 44 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.94 22 344 8567 -31.9 -36.9 61 5.0 -32.6 249 49 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.47 23 319 9097 -36.5 -40.8 64 4.3 -36.9 254 52 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.4 0.34 24 300 9520 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.5 255 47 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.20 25 281 9961 -43.7 -51.7 41 8.0 -44.1 259 48 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.12 26 250 10730 -50.9 -56.9 49 6.0 -51.1 265 49 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.07 27 243 10914 -52.5 -57.5 55 5.0 -52.7 265 49 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 28 213 11750 -59.7 -64.2 56 4.5 -59.7 265 69 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 29 204 12018 -61.7 -66.7 51 5.0 -61.7 265 76 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.02 30 200 12140 -62.3 -67.3 51 5.0 -62.4 265 79 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.02 31 179 12822 -64.7 -70.7 43 6.0 -64.8 265 94 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 32 174 12995 -63.9 -69.9 44 6.0 -64.0 265 97 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 33 173 13030 -62.5 -69.5 38 7.0 -62.6 265 97 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 34 171 13102 -61.7 -68.7 39 7.0 -61.8 265 98 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 35 167 13250 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 265 100 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.03 36 164 13364 -58.2 -67.9 28 9.7 -58.3 265 102 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.03 37 163 13403 -58.1 -68.1 27 10.0 -58.3 265 102 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.02 38 159 13560 -55.9 -67.9 21 12.0 -56.2 265 98 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.03 39 153 13805 -57.1 -71.1 15 14.0 -57.3 265 91 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.02 40 150 13930 -56.9 -71.9 13 15.0 -57.2 265 88 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.02 41 145 14146 -56.3 -72.3 12 16.0 -56.6 265 80 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.8 0.02 42 134 14645 -58.3 -75.3 10 17.0 -58.6 265 60 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.01 43 110 15861 -68.3 -83.3 10 15.0 -68.4 257 61 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 44 100 16430 -71.1 -85.1 11 14.0 -71.2 260 76 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 45 92 16925 -69.3 -83.3 11 14.0 -69.4 261 70 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.4 0.00 46 85 17394 -71.5 -84.5 13 13.0 -71.6 263 64 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 47 83 17535 -67.7 -82.7 10 15.0 -67.8 263 62 418.6 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.01 48 70 18550 -71.1 -83.1 15 12.0 -71.2 260 54 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.01 49 68 18721 -71.9 -83.9 15 12.0 -72.0 255 56 434.1 434.1 309.3 434.2 0.01 50 65 18988 -69.3 -83.3 11 14.0 -69.4 255 58 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.01 51 60 19464 -70.3 -83.3 13 13.0 -70.4 278 55 453.5 453.6 311.2 453.6 0.01 52 58 19666 -68.5 -82.5 12 14.0 -68.7 269 46 462.0 462.0 312.0 462.1 0.01 53 53 20203 -70.9 -83.9 13 13.0 -71.0 263 46 468.5 468.5 312.5 468.6 0.01 54 50 20550 -68.3 -82.3 12 14.0 -68.5 265 49 482.5 482.5 313.7 482.6 0.01 55 49 20672 -66.7 -80.7 12 14.0 -66.9 263 46 489.1 489.1 314.2 489.2 0.01 56 40 21897 -67.1 -80.1 14 13.0 -67.4 255 46 517.3 517.4 316.1 517.5 0.02 57 39 22050 -64.9 -79.9 11 15.0 -65.3 255 50 526.7 526.7 316.7 526.8 0.02 58 37 22373 -63.1 -79.1 10 16.0 -63.6 256 52 539.3 539.3 317.5 539.4 0.02 59 33 23077 -62.9 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.4 249 43 557.8 557.8 318.5 558.0 0.03 60 32 23267 -60.3 -76.3 11 16.0 -61.0 247 44 569.6 569.7 319.2 569.9 0.04 61 30 23670 -59.7 -74.7 12 15.0 -60.6 255 53 581.9 581.9 319.8 582.3 0.05 62 28 24100 -60.9 -75.9 12 15.0 -61.7 265 57 590.1 590.2 320.2 590.5 0.05 63 27 24327 -59.9 -76.9 9 17.0 -60.9 261 62 599.1 599.1 320.6 599.4 0.04 64 25 24805 -62.3 -78.3 10 16.0 -63.0 258 67 605.6 605.6 320.9 605.8 0.03 65 23 25324 -59.5 -77.5 8 18.0 -60.6 258 76 628.4 628.4 321.9 628.7 0.04 66 22 25604 -57.7 -77.7 6 20.0 -59.2 260 77 641.8 641.8 322.4 642.2 0.04 67 22 25604 -57.3 -75.3 8 18.0 -58.8 260 77 643.0 643.0 322.4 643.5 0.06 68 21 25901 -52.5 -72.5 7 20.0 -55.0 262 77 666.1 666.2 323.3 667.0 0.10 69 20 26220 -47.7 -68.7 7 21.0 -51.6 265 77 690.2 690.2 324.1 691.8 0.18 70 18 26921 -45.3 -69.3 5 24.0 -50.4 273 85 718.9 718.9 325.1 720.5 0.19 71 16 27717 -40.9 -68.9 3 28.0 -48.3 270 72 757.8 757.9 326.2 759.9 0.22 72 14 28637 -35.7 -70.7 2 35.0 -46.5 255 74 805.0 805.1 327.4 806.9 0.20 73 13 29153 -35.5 -73.5 1 38.0 -46.9 246 76 822.9 823.0 327.8 824.3 0.14 74 12 29708 -38.5 -75.5 1 37.0 -48.7 242 74 831.3 831.4 328.0 832.5 0.11 75 11 30308 -37.9 -75.9 1 38.0 -48.8 239 71 854.5 854.5 328.5 855.7 0.12 76 11 30308 -36.1 -74.1 1 38.0 -48.0 239 71 861.0 861.1 328.7 862.6 0.15 77 10 30970 -36.3 -74.3 1 38.0 -48.6 235 68 884.0 884.1 329.1 885.8 0.16 78 10 30970 -35.5 -73.5 1 38.0 -48.3 235 68 887.0 887.1 329.2 889.0 0.18 79 9.1 31620 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -50.8 892.9 892.9 329.3 894.1 0.11 80 8.0 32499 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -51.2 928.0 928.1 329.9 929.5 0.14 81 7.7 32761 -38.3 -76.3 1 38.0 -50.8 944.6 944.7 330.3 946.4 0.16 TRP 179 12822 -64.7 -70.7 43 6.0 -64.8 265 94 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 WND 164 13364 -58.2 -67.9 28 9.7 -58.3 265 102 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.00 m Freezing level: 655.38 mb = 3693.58 m = 12117.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.45 mb = 3616.43 m = 11864.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.23 mb = 176.95 m = 580.52 ft T: -9999.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 4.39 C Layer 880.0- 668.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.67 mb = 1469.38 m = 4820.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.30 mb = 1068.34 m = 3504.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.30 mb = 2865.68 m = 9401.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.30 mb = 5881.37 m = 19295.61 ft B at Equ Level: 91.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 365.30 mb = 8135.20 m = 26689.95 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 257 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 180 135 3 -2.1 2.1 | 83 23 -23.1 -2.8 1 950 610 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 144 15 -9.0 12.2 2 925 838 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 148 12 -6.2 9.9 3 917 914 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 156 10 -4.2 9.2 4 884 1219 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 129 13 -10.1 8.1 5 853 1524 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 185 8 0.6 7.5 6 850 1555 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 185 8 0.6 7.5 7 822 1829 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 171 9 -1.4 8.8 8 793 2134 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 177 9 -0.5 9.4 9 764 2438 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 190 11 1.9 11.1 10 736 2743 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 190 15 2.7 15.0 11 700 3159 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 190 15 2.7 15.0 12 657 3658 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 181 16 0.2 16.3 13 608 4267 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 199 14 4.4 12.8 14 563 4877 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 191 20 3.7 19.8 15 521 5486 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 177 19 -1.1 18.8 16 500 5810 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 186 30 3.1 29.4 17 481 6096 220 47 30.2 36.0 | 196 32 9.2 31.0 18 409 7315 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 235 24 19.8 14.1 19 400 7480 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 235 24 19.8 14.1 20 392 7620 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 225 24 17.1 17.0 21 316 9144 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 254 30 29.2 8.5 22 300 9520 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 254 25 24.4 7.2 23 250 10730 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 271 28 27.8 -0.7 24 241 10973 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 271 28 27.8 -0.7 25 200 12140 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 268 58 57.7 1.9 26 189 12497 265 96 95.6 8.4 | 267 75 74.6 3.4 27 179 12822 265 94 93.6 8.2 | 267 73 72.6 3.2 28 164 13364 265 102 101.6 8.9 | 267 81 80.6 3.9 29 163 13411 265 102 101.6 8.9 | 267 81 80.6 3.9 30 150 13930 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 268 67 66.6 2.7 31 134 14630 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 270 39 38.8 0.3 32 121 15240 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 270 37 36.8 0.1 33 115 15545 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 254 32 31.1 9.0 34 100 16430 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 261 54 53.8 8.2 35 73 18288 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 271 31 30.8 -0.4 36 70 18550 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 262 32 32.2 4.4 37 66 18898 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 246 38 34.4 15.2 38 60 19507 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 294 36 33.1 -14.5 39 57 19812 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 264 16 16.4 1.6 40 51 20422 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 271 29 28.8 -0.6 41 50 20550 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 271 28 27.8 -0.7 42 44 21336 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 251 10 9.9 3.3 43 38 22250 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 254 32 31.1 9.0 44 34 22860 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 263 23 23.3 2.9 45 33 23165 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 233 21 17.0 12.8 46 30 23670 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 254 31 30.2 8.8 47 28 24079 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 270 36 35.8 0.0 48 27 24384 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 262 41 41.0 6.0 49 26 24689 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 262 39 39.1 5.6 50 24 24994 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 254 54 52.4 14.7 51 20 26220 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 268 56 55.7 1.7 52 18 27127 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 281 67 65.6 -12.5 53 17 27432 275 81 80.7 -7.1 | 281 61 59.7 -12.0 54 16 27737 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 276 51 51.0 -5.0 55 13 29261 245 76 68.9 32.1 | 240 55 47.9 27.2 56 10 30970 235 68 55.7 39.0 | 226 49 34.7 34.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: -16.3 tot: 145.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 36.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 209 13 114 16| 21.5 0.0 21.5|126.5 0.0 126.5 252.9 0.87| 26.8 23.3 1000 219 17 128 13| 9.1 0.0 9.1|131.1 -12.3 118.9 118.9 0.59| 17.6 10.3 1500 225 19 136 11| 8.7 0.0 8.7|152.7 -13.8 138.9 92.6 0.62| 15.5 9.6 2000 228 20 144 10| 6.5 0.4 6.9|155.4 -15.7 139.7 69.8 0.59| 12.2 7.2 2500 230 22 154 10| 5.2 1.4 6.6|161.3 -15.7 145.5 58.2 0.57| 10.9 6.2 3000 230 23 162 11| 4.4 1.3 5.6|161.3 -16.3 145.0 48.3 0.56| 9.3 5.2 4000 229 25 170 12| 3.5 1.0 4.6|176.4 -26.1 150.3 37.6 0.52| 7.9 4.1 5000 229 27 176 13| 2.8 1.5 4.3|178.8 -49.1 129.7 25.9 0.39| 7.3 2.8 6000 227 29 180 15| 3.2 1.7 4.9|258.1 -60.9 197.2 32.9 0.39| 7.9 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBNA/skewt/KBNA.skewt.20200319.12.gif