UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for KBNA... Searching the city database file for: KBNA ... Date:0000Z 21 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 176 210 5 SFC 999 180 17.2 17.2 100 0.0 17.2 210 5 290.4 292.6 290.4 325.4 12.45 2 994 223 17.2 15.8 91 1.4 16.3 217 6 290.9 292.9 289.7 323.1 11.43 3 973 407 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.5 247 11 292.0 294.0 289.7 323.1 10.94 4 963 495 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 261 13 291.9 293.8 289.5 322.6 10.84 5 948 630 16.2 10.2 68 6.0 12.6 281 16 293.8 295.3 287.9 317.5 8.26 6 931 785 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.2 291 18 294.3 295.6 287.2 315.5 7.34 7 925 840 14.6 8.6 67 6.0 11.1 295 18 294.2 295.6 287.5 316.2 7.60 8 908 997 13.2 9.4 78 3.8 11.0 280 18 294.4 295.8 288.1 317.9 8.18 9 889 1175 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 268 20 294.9 296.5 289.1 321.2 9.12 10 864 1414 10.8 8.7 87 2.1 9.6 265 24 296.1 297.6 288.7 319.8 8.20 11 858 1472 10.6 7.2 79 3.4 8.6 265 25 296.5 297.8 288.1 318.1 7.44 12 850 1550 10.6 -0.4 46 11.0 5.2 265 26 297.3 298.0 285.4 310.2 4.37 13 826 1789 10.6 0.6 50 10.0 5.5 278 28 299.7 300.6 286.8 314.2 4.84 14 765 2422 5.2 -0.8 65 6.0 2.2 285 33 300.5 301.4 287.0 314.7 4.72 15 711 3013 -0.7 -2.5 88 1.8 -1.6 277 38 300.4 301.2 286.7 313.8 4.48 16 700 3138 -0.7 -1.8 92 1.1 -1.2 275 39 301.7 302.6 287.5 316.2 4.79 17 690 3253 -0.5 -1.5 93 1.0 -1.0 267 41 303.2 304.1 288.2 318.2 4.97 18 631 3966 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.4 238 53 308.5 309.3 289.4 322.2 4.41 19 500 5780 -12.9 -15.0 84 2.1 -13.6 240 58 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.2 2.39 20 453 6523 -17.3 -20.0 79 2.7 -18.1 240 58 320.9 321.2 290.8 326.7 1.73 21 400 7440 -23.7 -27.2 73 3.5 -24.4 240 58 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.8 1.03 22 337 8671 -32.7 -37.1 65 4.4 -33.3 234 69 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.47 23 300 9480 -39.3 -42.7 70 3.4 -39.6 225 70 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 24 294 9618 -40.5 -43.8 70 3.3 -40.8 224 69 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.27 25 274 10093 -44.5 -48.6 64 4.1 -44.7 220 66 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.17 26 258 10493 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 227 75 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.11 27 250 10700 -48.9 -57.9 34 9.0 -49.2 230 80 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 28 243 10887 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.8 231 81 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.04 29 223 11443 -55.5 -61.5 47 6.0 -55.6 233 86 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 30 200 12130 -61.5 -68.5 39 7.0 -61.6 235 91 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.4 0.02 31 192 12380 -63.9 -70.9 38 7.0 -64.0 239 96 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.5 0.01 32 183 12672 -65.9 -71.9 43 6.0 -66.0 243 101 336.8 336.9 293.6 336.9 0.01 33 178 12839 -66.3 -73.3 37 7.0 -66.4 245 104 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.01 34 176 12907 -64.7 -71.7 38 7.0 -64.8 248 106 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.01 35 174 12977 -64.7 -71.7 38 7.0 -64.8 250 108 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.01 36 172 13047 -63.5 -71.5 33 8.0 -63.6 253 109 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.01 37 169 13155 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 255 111 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 38 168 13191 -62.5 -71.5 29 9.0 -62.6 255 111 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 39 166 13265 -59.7 -70.7 23 11.0 -59.9 255 108 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 40 163 13379 -58.3 -70.3 20 12.0 -58.5 255 102 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.02 41 157 13614 -58.7 -73.7 13 15.0 -58.9 255 92 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 42 150 13900 -57.7 -75.7 8 18.0 -57.9 250 98 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 43 149 13942 -57.5 -75.5 8 18.0 -57.8 251 99 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.01 44 144 14158 -58.7 -78.7 6 20.0 -58.9 253 101 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 45 142 14246 -59.1 -78.1 7 19.0 -59.3 255 103 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.01 46 138 14425 -60.3 -82.3 4 22.0 -60.5 257 105 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 47 129 14846 -60.5 -82.5 4 22.0 -60.7 255 96 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 48 113 15661 -66.1 -88.1 3 22.0 -66.2 245 74 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 49 105 16106 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 245 77 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 50 103 16222 -67.9 -87.9 4 20.0 -68.0 245 78 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 51 100 16400 -67.3 -88.3 4 21.0 -67.4 245 79 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 52 97 16585 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.4 247 77 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 53 83 17527 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 257 65 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 54 75 18134 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.0 263 58 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.5 0.00 55 73 18297 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 265 56 437.3 437.3 309.6 437.3 0.00 56 70 18550 -68.3 -90.3 3 22.0 -68.4 255 58 438.3 438.3 309.7 438.3 0.00 57 61 19369 -71.3 -91.3 4 20.0 -71.4 251 47 449.2 449.2 310.8 449.2 0.00 58 56 19876 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 248 46 462.6 462.6 312.0 462.6 0.00 59 55 19984 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.5 248 47 467.3 467.3 312.4 467.3 0.00 60 54 20094 -66.7 -88.7 3 22.0 -66.9 247 47 475.7 475.7 313.1 475.7 0.00 61 52 20322 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 246 48 480.4 480.4 313.5 480.4 0.00 62 50 20560 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -65.0 245 49 491.0 491.0 314.3 491.0 0.00 63 44 21341 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.4 241 55 508.3 508.3 315.5 508.4 0.01 64 43 21483 -61.9 -84.9 3 23.0 -62.4 246 57 519.5 519.5 316.3 519.6 0.01 65 40 21929 -63.5 -84.5 4 21.0 -64.0 265 61 526.4 526.4 316.7 526.4 0.01 66 39 22085 -62.1 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.7 269 60 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.8 0.01 67 36 22580 -62.5 -84.5 4 22.0 -63.1 279 55 545.1 545.1 317.8 545.1 0.01 68 33 23120 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -61.3 270 48 564.1 564.1 318.9 564.2 0.01 69 31 23513 -57.5 -81.5 3 24.0 -58.6 263 43 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.5 0.02 70 30 23720 -58.1 -83.1 3 25.0 -59.2 260 41 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.01 71 29 23933 -58.7 -83.7 3 25.0 -59.8 259 45 590.3 590.3 320.2 590.4 0.01 72 27 24386 -53.7 -78.7 3 25.0 -55.6 255 56 616.5 616.6 321.3 616.8 0.03 73 24 25139 -55.3 -77.3 5 22.0 -57.1 260 59 633.0 633.0 322.0 633.3 0.04 74 22 25699 -51.1 -78.1 3 27.0 -54.0 264 58 661.5 661.5 323.1 661.8 0.04 75 20 26320 -49.7 -75.7 3 26.0 -53.2 255 52 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.6 0.07 76 19 26657 -48.5 -74.5 3 26.0 -52.5 251 52 697.9 697.9 324.4 698.6 0.08 77 18 27012 -48.5 -73.5 4 25.0 -52.6 252 57 708.8 708.8 324.7 709.6 0.10 78 18 27012 -46.7 -71.7 4 25.0 -51.4 252 57 714.4 714.5 324.9 715.6 0.13 79 14 28690 -43.7 -70.7 3 27.0 -50.4 259 78 777.8 777.9 326.7 779.8 0.20 80 13 29188 -44.5 -71.5 3 27.0 -51.1 257 79 791.7 791.8 327.1 793.6 0.19 81 12 29728 -40.9 -70.9 3 30.0 -49.6 255 79 822.8 822.9 327.8 825.1 0.22 82 10 30968 -41.1 -72.1 2 31.0 -50.5 866.1 866.2 328.8 868.5 0.23 TRP 178 12839 -66.3 -73.3 37 7.0 -66.4 245 104 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.01 WND 168 13191 -62.5 -71.5 29 9.0 -62.6 255 111 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.00 m Freezing level: 717.41 mb = 2943.11 m = 9655.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.15 mb = 2765.32 m = 9072.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.23 mb = 179.06 m = 587.46 ft T: -9999.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 864.0- 826.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.28 mb = 1896.40 m = 6221.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 9.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 12.50 C K Index: 22.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.34 mb = 1077.36 m = 3534.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.34 mb = 2642.87 m = 8670.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.34 mb = 3318.96 m = 10888.83 ft B at Equ Level: 37.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 614.34 mb = 4174.97 m = 13697.24 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 281 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 180 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 110 29 -27.3 10.0 1 950 610 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 102 14 -14.0 2.9 2 925 840 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 82 14 -13.4 -1.9 3 917 914 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 95 13 -13.3 1.3 4 884 1219 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 127 12 -9.8 7.4 5 850 1550 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 154 9 -3.9 7.9 6 822 1829 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 111 2 -2.2 0.8 7 791 2134 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 21 2 -0.8 -2.1 8 763 2438 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 323 4 2.1 -2.9 9 735 2743 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 276 6 5.7 -0.6 10 700 3138 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 256 9 9.1 2.3 11 655 3658 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 204 34 13.5 30.7 12 606 4267 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 204 42 16.9 38.4 13 561 4877 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 203 41 16.1 37.8 14 500 5780 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 211 40 20.5 34.7 15 479 6096 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 211 40 20.5 34.7 16 400 7440 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 211 40 20.5 34.7 17 390 7620 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 213 44 23.9 36.7 18 374 7925 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 214 46 25.7 37.7 19 315 9144 230 72 55.2 46.3 | 206 58 25.4 52.0 20 300 9480 225 70 49.5 49.5 | 200 59 19.7 55.2 21 275 10058 220 65 41.8 49.8 | 192 57 12.0 55.5 22 250 10700 230 80 61.3 51.4 | 209 65 31.5 57.1 23 200 12130 235 91 74.5 52.2 | 218 73 44.8 57.9 24 178 12839 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 232 81 64.5 49.6 25 170 13106 255 111 107.2 28.7 | 246 85 77.5 34.4 26 168 13191 255 111 107.2 28.7 | 246 85 77.5 34.4 27 154 13716 255 87 84.0 22.5 | 243 61 54.3 28.2 28 150 13900 250 98 92.1 33.5 | 238 74 62.3 39.2 29 133 14630 260 108 106.4 18.8 | 252 80 76.6 24.4 30 121 15240 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 225 51 35.5 36.1 31 100 16400 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 227 57 41.8 39.1 32 73 18288 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 248 28 26.0 10.6 33 70 18550 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 232 33 26.3 20.7 34 60 19507 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 211 25 12.5 21.1 35 50 20560 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 209 30 14.7 26.4 36 44 21336 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 208 38 17.9 33.2 37 40 21946 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 250 33 31.0 11.0 38 36 22555 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 279 25 24.4 -3.9 39 30 23720 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 220 17 10.6 12.8 40 30 23774 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 220 17 10.6 12.8 41 27 24384 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 230 32 24.3 20.2 42 26 24689 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 232 34 27.2 21.0 43 22 25603 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 250 31 29.0 10.8 44 20 26320 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 227 28 20.5 19.1 45 19 26518 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 219 30 19.1 23.5 46 14 27432 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 248 51 47.1 19.2 47 10 28651 250 80 75.2 27.4 | 234 56 45.4 33.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: -50.4 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 117.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 269 11 108 19| 16.5 0.0 16.5| 20.8 -24.1 -3.3 -6.6 -0.15| 19.0 -2.8 1000 277 15 104 16| 8.2 3.2 11.4| 46.1 -31.7 14.5 14.5 0.10| 14.6 1.5 1500 272 18 113 13| 8.0 2.1 10.1| 61.6 -32.6 29.0 19.3 0.21| 13.1 2.7 2000 275 20 112 10| 7.5 1.6 9.0| 61.6 -36.1 25.5 12.7 0.05| 11.8 0.6 2500 278 23 110 7| 6.0 2.2 8.2| 61.6 -40.7 20.8 8.3 -0.05| 10.6 -0.6 3000 278 25 116 5| 5.0 3.1 8.1| 61.6 -50.4 11.2 3.7 -0.12| 10.1 -1.3 4000 265 32 191 9| 3.7 6.3 10.0| 62.7-137.9 -75.3 -18.8 -0.24| 12.0 -2.9 5000 255 37 201 16| 3.2 5.1 8.3| 81.5-144.3 -62.8 -12.6 -0.22| 10.0 -2.2 6000 251 40 204 21| 2.9 4.2 7.2|119.5-144.3 -24.9 -4.1 -0.18| 8.7 -1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBNA/skewt/KBNA.skewt.20200321.00.gif