UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KBNA... Searching the city database file for: KBNA ... Date:1200Z 28 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 86 SFC 989 180 20.4 18.0 86 2.4 18.8 200 7 294.5 296.9 292.3 332.4 13.24 2 986 206 21.2 16.4 74 4.8 18.0 202 9 295.5 297.7 291.7 330.0 11.98 3 980 260 21.4 16.4 73 5.0 18.1 206 12 296.3 298.4 292.0 331.0 12.05 4 925 762 19.4 15.4 78 4.0 16.7 235 38 299.1 301.3 292.8 334.1 11.98 5 924 771 19.4 15.4 78 4.0 16.7 235 38 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.2 11.99 6 874 1247 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 238 30 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.2 11.12 7 863 1355 16.6 7.6 55 9.0 11.3 232 28 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.9 7.61 8 850 1485 17.0 1.0 34 16.0 8.5 225 25 304.0 304.9 288.3 318.7 4.84 9 846 1525 17.6 -1.4 27 19.0 7.8 225 25 305.0 305.8 287.9 317.5 4.08 10 819 1801 16.4 -13.6 12 30.0 4.2 212 32 306.6 306.9 286.0 311.8 1.63 11 796 2042 14.4 -8.6 19 23.0 4.1 207 34 306.9 307.4 287.1 314.9 2.50 12 757 2464 12.4 -20.6 8 33.0 0.8 216 30 309.2 309.4 286.2 312.5 0.98 13 740 2654 13.0 -25.0 5 38.0 0.5 229 35 311.9 312.0 286.8 314.2 0.68 14 709 3012 11.2 -23.8 7 35.0 -0.5 253 35 313.7 313.9 287.6 316.4 0.79 15 700 3118 10.4 -23.6 7 34.0 -1.0 255 35 314.0 314.2 287.7 316.8 0.81 16 581 4633 -1.7 -22.7 18 21.0 -8.2 254 47 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.7 1.06 17 519 5521 -7.9 -30.9 14 23.0 -13.3 243 60 320.0 320.1 289.3 322.0 0.56 18 513 5611 -8.3 -40.3 6 32.0 -14.3 242 61 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.22 19 508 5687 -8.7 -29.7 17 21.0 -13.8 241 62 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.3 0.64 20 500 5810 -9.5 -30.5 16 21.0 -14.5 240 63 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.6 0.60 21 473 6236 -13.3 -26.3 33 13.0 -16.6 246 63 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.2 0.94 22 458 6482 -14.7 -33.7 18 19.0 -18.5 248 67 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.9 0.48 23 430 6956 -19.1 -33.1 28 14.0 -21.7 250 71 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.55 24 400 7490 -23.9 -37.9 26 14.0 -25.9 250 68 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.36 25 391 7655 -24.9 -40.9 21 16.0 -27.0 250 65 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.27 26 364 8168 -29.5 -42.5 27 13.0 -30.9 254 64 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.25 27 356 8326 -29.9 -45.9 20 16.0 -31.4 256 63 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.18 28 349 8467 -30.9 -47.9 17 17.0 -32.4 257 63 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 29 338 8692 -32.9 -41.9 40 9.0 -33.8 259 62 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.29 30 333 8796 -33.1 -37.9 62 4.8 -33.7 260 62 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.44 31 312 9250 -36.1 -43.1 48 7.0 -36.7 265 70 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 32 306 9384 -37.1 -43.1 54 6.0 -37.7 265 72 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.28 33 300 9520 -37.7 -44.7 48 7.0 -38.3 265 74 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 34 284 9898 -39.3 -48.3 38 9.0 -39.9 264 84 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.17 35 271 10218 -41.9 -53.9 26 12.0 -42.5 263 85 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 36 255 10628 -45.5 -56.5 28 11.0 -45.9 261 87 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 37 250 10760 -46.7 -54.7 40 8.0 -47.0 260 87 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.09 38 246 10867 -47.5 -54.5 44 7.0 -47.8 260 87 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 39 239 11057 -49.1 -58.1 34 9.0 -49.4 261 88 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 40 231 11280 -51.1 -58.1 43 7.0 -51.3 262 88 337.6 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.06 41 214 11772 -55.7 -63.7 36 8.0 -55.9 263 90 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 42 200 12200 -58.9 -67.9 30 9.0 -59.0 265 91 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 43 197 12294 -59.5 -67.5 35 8.0 -59.6 265 91 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 44 193 12423 -59.3 -69.3 26 10.0 -59.5 265 91 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 45 185 12686 -60.9 -77.9 9 17.0 -61.0 265 90 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.01 46 178 12924 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 265 90 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.00 47 171 13172 -61.7 -82.7 4 21.0 -61.9 265 92 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.00 48 159 13619 -63.7 -86.4 3 22.7 -63.8 265 106 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.00 49 157 13697 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.2 265 105 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 50 155 13775 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.4 267 104 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 51 152 13897 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -58.5 272 100 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 52 150 13980 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.8 275 97 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 53 148 14065 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.2 276 94 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 54 135 14644 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.5 275 80 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 55 128 14976 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -61.1 270 77 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 56 121 15325 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.7 264 73 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 57 114 15691 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.7 261 69 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 58 105 16194 -66.1 -95.1 1 29.0 -66.2 265 58 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 59 104 16252 -65.7 -94.7 1 29.0 -65.8 266 56 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 60 101 16430 -66.9 -95.9 1 29.0 -67.0 269 52 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 61 100 16490 -66.5 -95.5 1 29.0 -66.6 270 50 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 62 94 16862 -67.9 -96.9 1 29.0 -68.0 266 44 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 63 93 16927 -66.7 -95.7 1 29.0 -66.8 265 43 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 64 83 17612 -67.1 -96.1 1 29.0 -67.2 254 38 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 65 70 18630 -70.5 -98.5 1 28.0 -70.6 245 52 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.6 0.00 66 63 19260 -67.7 -96.7 1 29.0 -67.9 276 16 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.0 0.00 67 61 19455 -65.9 -94.9 1 29.0 -66.1 265 17 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.00 68 60 19556 -64.1 -94.1 1 30.0 -64.4 259 18 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.4 0.00 69 54 20199 -65.9 -94.9 1 29.0 -66.1 251 18 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.6 0.00 70 50 20670 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.3 275 18 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 71 45 21319 -63.7 -93.7 1 30.0 -64.1 300 6 508.5 508.5 315.5 508.5 0.00 72 42 21747 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -60.8 244 14 527.5 527.5 316.8 527.5 0.00 73 38 22371 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.7 245 27 540.3 540.3 317.5 540.3 0.00 74 34 23074 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -55.8 262 28 575.6 575.6 319.5 575.7 0.01 75 33 23266 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -55.9 258 26 580.6 580.6 319.7 580.6 0.01 76 32 23464 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.6 256 27 590.0 590.0 320.2 590.0 0.01 77 30 23880 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.2 250 30 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 78 28 24321 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.4 234 32 607.4 607.4 320.9 607.4 0.01 79 26 24797 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.5 249 34 627.8 627.8 321.8 627.9 0.01 80 24 25315 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.5 266 28 642.9 642.9 322.4 643.0 0.01 81 23 25591 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -52.9 275 25 657.2 657.2 323.0 657.4 0.02 82 20 26500 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.0 265 20 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 83 16 27957 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -53.1 216 23 733.0 733.1 325.4 733.3 0.03 84 15 28379 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -55.1 199 30 737.4 737.4 325.6 737.5 0.02 85 13 29320 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.1 199 37 787.6 787.6 327.0 788.0 0.05 86 11 30430 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.5 207 38 821.0 821.1 327.7 821.4 0.04 TRP 157 13697 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.2 265 105 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 WND 159 13619 -63.7 -86.4 3 22.7 -63.8 265 106 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.00 m Freezing level: 597.72 mb = 4420.51 m = 14502.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.35 mb = 2832.71 m = 9293.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.93 mb = 485.09 m = 1591.48 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.42 C Layer 874.0- 796.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.21 mb = 2997.43 m = 9833.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.53 C = 103.15 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.11 C Showalter Index: 7.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 10.50 C K Index: -6.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 182.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 484.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.65 mb = 1153.52 m = 3784.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 488.65 mb = 5986.44 m = 19640.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.65 mb = 9324.32 m = 30591.21 ft B at Equ Level: 185.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.65 mb = 11066.76 m = 36307.84 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 272 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 180 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 106 28 -26.9 7.5 1 941 610 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 167 22 -4.8 21.5 2 925 762 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 185 23 1.8 22.7 3 909 914 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 186 23 2.6 23.3 4 877 1219 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 171 17 -2.5 16.4 5 850 1485 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 148 22 -11.7 18.6 6 846 1524 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 148 22 -11.7 18.6 7 816 1829 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 156 32 -12.8 29.5 8 787 2134 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 155 35 -15.0 31.7 9 759 2438 215 30 17.2 24.6 | 155 28 -12.1 25.5 10 732 2743 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 183 22 1.0 22.1 11 706 3048 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 204 11 4.5 10.0 12 700 3118 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 204 11 4.5 10.0 13 654 3658 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 133 5 -3.4 3.2 14 606 4267 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 234 14 11.0 8.0 15 562 4877 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 226 27 19.5 18.7 16 501 5791 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 218 41 25.2 32.4 17 500 5810 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 218 41 25.2 32.4 18 481 6096 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 224 36 25.0 26.3 19 444 6706 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 236 46 38.3 25.5 20 400 7490 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 235 42 34.6 24.2 21 393 7620 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 234 39 31.7 23.1 22 330 8839 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 250 34 31.7 11.7 23 316 9144 265 68 67.7 5.9 | 260 39 38.4 6.8 24 300 9520 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 261 45 44.4 7.4 25 290 9754 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 261 55 54.4 8.2 26 250 10760 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 254 59 56.3 16.0 27 200 12200 265 91 90.7 7.9 | 262 62 61.3 8.8 28 173 13106 265 90 89.7 7.8 | 262 61 60.3 8.7 29 159 13619 265 106 105.6 9.2 | 262 77 76.3 10.1 30 157 13697 265 105 104.6 9.2 | 262 76 75.3 10.1 31 157 13716 265 106 105.6 9.2 | 262 77 76.3 10.1 32 150 13980 275 97 96.6 -8.5 | 276 68 67.3 -7.5 33 142 14326 280 83 81.7 -14.4 | 284 54 52.4 -13.5 34 122 15240 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 261 45 44.4 7.4 35 111 15850 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 251 39 36.7 12.5 36 100 16490 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 267 21 20.7 0.9 37 86 17374 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 216 9 5.1 7.0 38 78 17983 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 208 22 10.5 19.5 39 74 18288 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 222 23 15.8 17.3 40 70 18593 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 226 27 19.5 18.7 41 70 18630 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 218 29 17.8 22.9 42 64 19202 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 82 14 -13.6 -1.9 43 58 19812 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 126 15 -12.1 8.9 44 52 20422 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 115 13 -11.9 5.6 45 50 20670 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 87 11 -11.4 -0.7 46 45 21336 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 85 24 -24.1 -2.1 47 41 21946 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 127 23 -18.4 13.9 48 35 22860 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 263 8 7.7 0.9 49 34 23165 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 138 7 -4.7 5.2 50 30 23880 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 174 11 -1.1 11.2 51 29 24079 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 160 21 -7.1 19.5 52 28 24384 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 173 20 -2.3 19.8 53 26 24689 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 189 16 2.4 15.7 54 22 25908 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 59 9 -8.1 -4.8 55 20 26500 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 106 10 -9.4 2.6 56 20 26518 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 104 11 -10.4 2.6 57 17 27127 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 128 18 -14.6 11.2 58 15 27432 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 143 33 -20.1 26.3 59 14 27737 195 37 9.6 35.7 | 152 42 -19.8 36.6 60 8 29870 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 176 29 -1.8 28.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.2 neg: -73.4 tot: 271.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 3.79 Bulk Shear: 49.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 226 21 139 21| 29.9 0.0 29.9|190.3 0.0 190.3 380.6 0.98| 31.2 30.5 1000 232 29 161 20| 13.9 0.0 13.9|215.4 -21.5 193.8 193.8 0.71| 21.6 15.3 1500 231 29 160 20| 9.3 4.1 13.4|230.9 -64.6 166.3 110.9 0.41| 19.7 8.1 2000 225 30 159 23| 6.9 4.8 11.7|239.1 -71.5 167.6 83.8 0.36| 17.0 6.2 2500 223 30 159 24| 7.8 3.8 11.6|303.7 -72.3 231.4 92.6 0.41| 16.9 6.9 3000 228 31 164 23| 7.7 3.2 10.9|345.2 -73.4 271.8 90.6 0.42| 16.9 7.1 4000 236 31 170 18| 5.2 2.2 7.5|357.6 -83.0 274.6 68.7 0.37| 15.4 5.6 5000 241 35 183 18| 4.2 3.6 7.8|359.4-109.3 250.1 50.0 0.29| 14.5 4.1 6000 242 39 195 20| 3.8 3.7 7.6|410.8-142.9 267.9 44.6 0.26| 13.5 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBNA/skewt/KBNA.skewt.20200328.12.gif