UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KBRO... Searching the city database file for: KBRO ... Date:1200Z 23 MAR 20 Station: KBRO WMO ident: 72250 Latitude: 25.90 Longitude: -97.43 Elevation: 6.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 6 22.6 21.4 93 1.2 21.8 185 6 294.5 297.4 294.4 340.3 16.00 1 1000 138 22.6 22.0 96 0.6 22.2 180 18 295.8 298.8 295.3 344.3 16.87 2 994 191 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 180 20 296.1 299.1 295.4 344.7 16.87 3 928 787 18.8 17.0 89 1.8 17.6 179 26 298.3 300.7 293.5 336.8 13.25 4 926 806 19.0 16.6 86 2.4 17.4 180 26 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.3 12.94 5 925 815 19.2 15.6 80 3.6 16.8 180 26 298.9 301.2 292.9 334.3 12.14 6 921 852 20.6 11.6 56 9.0 14.9 182 27 300.7 302.5 291.2 328.3 9.35 7 915 909 20.8 11.8 56 9.0 15.1 185 28 301.5 303.3 291.6 329.7 9.54 8 896 1090 19.8 12.8 64 7.0 15.3 185 33 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.2 10.42 9 850 1543 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.6 190 30 304.0 305.6 292.0 331.2 9.11 10 848 1563 16.8 9.8 63 7.0 12.4 190 30 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.9 9.00 11 842 1623 16.8 4.8 45 12.0 9.9 191 28 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.0 6.41 12 835 1694 16.8 1.8 36 15.0 8.6 193 27 305.3 306.3 289.1 321.2 5.22 13 821 1838 16.4 1.4 36 15.0 8.3 194 24 306.4 307.3 289.4 322.2 5.16 14 818 1869 16.6 0.6 34 16.0 8.0 192 23 306.9 307.8 289.3 321.9 4.89 15 813 1922 17.8 -15.2 9 33.0 4.5 187 22 308.7 309.0 286.5 313.4 1.44 16 787 2199 17.4 -18.6 7 36.0 3.6 170 18 311.2 311.4 287.1 314.9 1.12 17 776 2319 18.4 -22.6 5 41.0 3.5 170 16 313.5 313.6 287.5 316.2 0.80 18 750 2610 17.0 -13.0 12 30.0 4.0 164 11 315.0 315.4 289.1 321.2 1.87 19 736 2770 15.4 1.4 39 14.0 7.5 166 8 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.2 5.76 20 721 2944 15.2 -2.8 29 18.0 5.8 212 4 316.6 317.5 291.9 330.5 4.32 21 700 3193 13.2 -3.8 30 17.0 4.5 305 4 317.1 317.9 291.8 330.4 4.12 22 672 3534 9.8 -5.2 34 15.0 2.4 291 7 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.5 3.86 23 634 4014 5.8 -12.2 26 18.0 -1.8 301 12 317.8 318.2 290.5 325.6 2.36 24 573 4831 -1.5 -13.5 39 12.0 -6.2 315 28 318.5 319.0 290.7 326.4 2.35 25 557 5056 -2.9 -25.9 15 23.0 -9.5 312 28 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.4 0.83 26 551 5142 -2.5 -45.5 2 43.0 -10.5 311 27 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.12 27 540 5302 -1.7 308 25 323.8 28 515 5677 -4.3 -48.3 2 44.0 -12.0 320 25 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.09 29 500 5910 -5.3 -34.3 8 29.0 -12.2 325 25 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.42 30 477 6278 -7.1 -21.1 32 14.0 -11.7 311 24 328.8 329.1 292.8 334.0 1.49 31 445 6814 -11.1 -26.1 28 15.0 -15.2 301 23 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.0 1.02 32 400 7620 -18.3 -30.3 34 12.0 -21.0 310 21 331.2 331.4 292.8 334.0 0.77 33 374 8117 -22.9 -31.9 44 9.0 -24.6 309 23 331.5 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.71 34 362 8356 -24.3 -32.3 48 8.0 -25.8 306 24 332.8 332.9 293.2 335.4 0.70 35 358 8437 -24.5 -36.5 32 12.0 -26.5 304 24 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.3 0.47 36 346 8684 -25.7 -42.7 19 17.0 -27.9 301 26 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.26 37 324 9156 -29.9 -45.9 20 16.0 -31.6 295 28 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.19 38 312 9424 -32.1 -44.1 29 12.0 -33.4 302 32 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.24 39 303 9630 -33.5 -46.5 26 13.0 -34.7 308 35 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.19 40 300 9700 -34.1 -46.1 29 12.0 -35.2 310 36 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.20 41 274 10329 -40.1 -47.1 47 7.0 -40.6 312 41 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.20 42 256 10790 -43.5 -56.5 22 13.0 -44.1 314 45 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 43 250 10950 -44.7 -55.7 28 11.0 -45.2 315 46 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.08 44 239 11248 -47.5 -55.5 39 8.0 -47.8 316 48 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.1 0.09 45 229 11529 -49.5 -58.5 34 9.0 -49.8 317 51 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.06 46 218 11849 -52.3 -59.3 43 7.0 -52.5 318 53 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.06 47 205 12243 -54.9 -63.9 32 9.0 -55.1 319 57 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 48 200 12400 -56.1 -64.1 36 8.0 -56.2 320 58 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 49 193 12625 -58.0 -64.7 42 6.6 -58.2 325 62 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 50 190 12724 -58.9 -64.9 46 6.0 -59.0 323 60 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 51 185 12890 -59.7 -65.7 45 6.0 -59.8 320 56 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 52 178 13131 -61.1 -69.1 34 8.0 -61.2 316 51 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 53 169 13450 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 310 44 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 54 151 14130 -69.7 -74.7 48 5.0 -69.7 301 53 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 55 150 14170 -69.9 -74.9 48 5.0 -69.9 300 53 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 56 145 14371 -70.7 -75.7 48 5.0 -70.7 305 58 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 57 141 14537 -69.5 -75.5 41 6.0 -69.5 298 54 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 58 133 14884 -69.3 -77.3 30 8.0 -69.4 282 44 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 59 124 15301 -70.3 -80.3 22 10.0 -70.4 289 54 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 60 123 15349 -69.5 -79.5 22 10.0 -69.5 288 53 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.01 61 100 16580 -69.9 -86.9 7 17.0 -70.0 265 27 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 62 81 17818 -75.1 -92.1 5 17.0 -75.2 258 20 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 63 78 18038 -72.9 -90.9 5 18.0 -73.0 256 18 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 64 72 18505 -75.1 -92.1 5 17.0 -75.2 264 21 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 65 70 18670 -72.1 -90.1 5 18.0 -72.2 270 24 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.00 66 69 18755 -71.5 -89.5 5 18.0 -71.6 273 23 433.2 433.2 309.1 433.2 0.00 67 61 19480 -73.7 -91.7 5 18.0 -73.7 297 17 443.8 443.8 310.3 443.8 0.00 68 56 19987 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.5 313 13 464.9 464.9 312.2 464.9 0.00 69 51 20550 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 331 8 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 70 50 20670 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.4 335 7 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 71 40 22033 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.8 78 10 526.9 526.9 316.7 526.9 0.00 72 39 22188 -64.3 -94.3 1 30.0 -64.7 69 10 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.2 0.00 73 37 22511 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.8 50 9 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.00 74 36 22681 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -61.2 41 8 550.3 550.3 318.1 550.3 0.00 75 35 22857 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.6 30 8 559.4 559.4 318.6 559.4 0.00 76 31 23621 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.9 347 6 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.00 77 30 23830 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.2 335 5 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 78 26 24743 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.5 308 2 617.0 617.0 321.3 617.0 0.01 79 20 26410 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -58.4 345 5 663.2 663.2 323.2 663.3 0.01 80 18 27081 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -58.3 348 4 684.8 684.8 323.9 684.8 0.01 81 16 27838 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.8 4 9 720.0 720.0 325.1 720.1 0.02 82 15 28256 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -56.5 312 4 730.7 730.7 325.4 730.9 0.02 83 13 29189 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -53.7 214 14 777.9 777.9 326.7 778.2 0.03 84 12 29719 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -52.9 221 22 802.3 802.3 327.3 802.7 0.04 85 10 30930 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -53.7 265 7 844.5 844.5 328.3 844.9 0.05 86 9.4 31343 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -52.0 874.0 874.0 328.9 874.8 0.08 87 9.2 31488 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -52.2 877.9 877.9 329.0 878.7 0.08 TRP 145 14371 -70.7 -75.7 48 5.0 -70.7 305 58 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 WND 193 12625 -58.0 -64.7 42 6.6 -58.2 325 62 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.00 m Freezing level: 585.53 mb = 4662.68 m = 15297.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.41 mb = 3803.01 m = 12476.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.70 mb = 158.10 m = 518.71 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 928.0- 915.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.83 mb = 1474.29 m = 4836.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.56 C Showalter Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.30 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 473.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.32 mb = 663.33 m = 2176.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.32 mb = 4644.97 m = 15239.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 546.32 mb = 5209.32 m = 17090.75 ft B at Equ Level: 23.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 506.32 mb = 5811.16 m = 19065.24 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 269 at 15 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 1015 6 185 6 0.5 6.0 | 111 15 -14.3 5.6 1 1000 138 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 140 23 -14.8 17.6 2 981 305 180 23 0.0 23.0 | 147 27 -14.8 22.6 3 947 610 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 146 31 -17.1 25.5 4 925 815 180 26 0.0 26.0 | 150 30 -14.8 25.6 5 914 914 185 28 2.4 27.9 | 156 30 -12.4 27.5 6 883 1219 185 36 3.1 35.9 | 162 37 -11.7 35.5 7 850 1543 190 30 5.2 29.5 | 162 31 -9.6 29.2 8 822 1829 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 159 24 -8.6 22.8 9 793 2134 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 135 26 -18.1 18.4 10 765 2438 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 128 22 -17.3 13.4 11 738 2743 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 114 20 -17.9 8.1 12 712 3048 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 91 14 -14.0 0.1 13 700 3193 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 77 12 -11.6 -2.7 14 661 3658 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 71 8 -7.1 -2.4 15 613 4267 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 17 12 -3.5 -11.7 16 568 4877 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 344 22 6.4 -21.6 17 527 5486 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 344 14 4.0 -13.6 18 507 5791 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 3 24 -1.3 -23.7 19 500 5910 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 1 21 -0.5 -20.8 20 488 6096 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 353 17 2.1 -17.3 21 416 7315 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 324 10 5.8 -7.9 22 400 7620 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 355 14 1.2 -13.9 23 400 7620 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 3 15 -0.7 -14.5 24 324 9144 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 319 16 10.5 -12.2 25 300 9700 310 36 27.6 -23.1 | 332 27 12.7 -23.5 26 250 10950 315 46 32.5 -32.5 | 332 37 17.7 -32.9 27 200 12400 320 58 37.3 -44.4 | 333 50 22.4 -44.8 28 197 12497 325 62 35.6 -50.8 | 338 55 20.7 -51.1 29 193 12625 325 62 35.6 -50.8 | 338 55 20.7 -51.1 30 170 13411 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 327 34 18.9 -28.6 31 150 14170 300 53 45.9 -26.5 | 311 41 31.1 -26.9 32 146 14326 305 58 47.5 -33.3 | 316 47 32.7 -33.6 33 145 14371 305 58 47.5 -33.3 | 316 47 32.7 -33.6 34 132 14935 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 286 29 27.5 -7.8 35 125 15240 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 297 42 36.8 -19.2 36 100 16580 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 261 12 12.1 2.0 37 75 18288 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 201 4 1.6 4.0 38 70 18670 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 272 9 9.2 -0.4 39 50 20670 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 61 14 -11.9 -6.7 40 45 21336 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 103 26 -25.2 5.6 41 30 23830 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 69 14 -12.7 -4.9 42 29 24079 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 89 15 -14.8 -0.4 43 27 24384 300 1 0.9 -0.5 | 86 14 -14.0 -0.9 44 20 26410 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 69 15 -13.5 -5.2 45 17 27432 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 73 15 -14.1 -4.3 46 16 27737 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 62 21 -18.3 -9.8 47 15 28346 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 80 13 -12.4 -2.1 48 13 29261 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 150 15 -7.3 12.6 49 12 29566 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 177 19 -1.1 19.3 50 10 30930 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 92 8 -7.9 0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.9 neg: -145.8 tot: -9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 50.42 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 179 20 142 25| 0.0 19.6 19.6| 63.6 -1.0 62.6 125.2 0.62| 20.1 12.5 1000 180 23 147 27| 3.5 9.8 13.3|112.9 -2.2 110.7 110.7 0.64| 14.6 9.3 1500 182 27 152 30| 2.9 6.5 9.4|135.9 -2.8 133.1 88.7 0.52| 13.5 7.0 2000 184 26 154 29| 2.2 3.1 5.2|135.9 -53.5 82.4 41.2 0.25| 13.5 3.3 2500 183 24 150 28| 1.7 2.0 3.7|135.9-107.6 28.3 11.3 0.07| 12.9 0.9 3000 182 22 146 26| 2.1 1.7 3.8|135.9-145.8 -9.9 -3.3 -0.05| 13.0 -0.7 4000 188 18 144 21| 3.1 1.3 4.4|135.9-171.1 -35.2 -8.8 -0.16| 11.6 -1.8 5000 208 19 159 17| 3.4 0.5 3.9|135.9-218.0 -82.0 -16.4 -0.24| 11.3 -2.7 6000 239 20 192 10| 3.0 0.6 3.6|168.9-230.1 -61.2 -10.2 -0.16| 11.3 -1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBRO/skewt/KBRO.skewt.20200323.12.gif