UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 20 MAR 20 Station: KCHS WMO ident: 72208 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -80.03 Elevation: 15.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1024 15 20.4 18.9 91 1.5 19.4 205 5 291.6 294.0 291.6 329.8 13.54 1 1019 58 20.6 18.4 87 2.2 19.1 207 10 292.2 294.5 291.6 329.5 13.18 2 1000 222 19.8 17.8 88 2.0 18.5 215 27 293.0 295.3 291.6 329.7 12.93 3 997 248 19.6 17.6 88 2.0 18.3 215 28 293.0 295.3 291.5 329.4 12.80 4 986 344 20.0 17.2 84 2.8 18.1 214 31 294.3 296.6 291.8 330.4 12.62 5 946 700 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.3 216 28 295.2 297.3 291.5 329.3 11.86 6 932 828 18.0 11.0 64 7.0 13.7 225 25 297.1 298.7 289.6 322.9 8.87 7 925 893 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 14.1 230 23 297.5 299.2 290.3 325.0 9.44 8 923 912 17.6 11.6 68 6.0 13.8 230 24 297.5 299.2 290.2 324.6 9.33 9 916 977 17.8 8.8 56 9.0 12.4 224 22 298.3 299.8 289.1 321.2 7.78 10 885 1270 15.6 8.6 63 7.0 11.4 201 12 299.0 300.5 289.5 322.4 7.94 11 879 1328 15.4 10.9 75 4.5 12.6 202 11 299.4 301.1 290.8 326.8 9.35 12 850 1612 13.6 10.2 80 3.4 11.5 200 9 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.6 9.23 13 846 1652 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.3 201 11 300.6 302.3 291.0 327.6 9.15 14 838 1732 13.8 6.8 63 7.0 9.7 203 14 301.8 303.2 289.9 323.9 7.41 15 833 1782 15.0 1.0 39 14.0 7.6 204 17 303.6 304.5 288.3 318.6 4.94 16 826 1854 15.8 -2.2 29 18.0 6.7 207 19 305.2 305.9 287.9 317.3 3.94 17 814 1978 15.6 -0.4 33 16.0 7.2 219 17 306.3 307.1 288.8 320.3 4.56 18 787 2263 13.8 -3.2 31 17.0 5.4 235 16 307.3 308.0 288.5 319.2 3.83 19 749 2677 10.0 -5.0 34 15.0 2.9 239 19 307.5 308.2 288.3 318.5 3.52 20 700 3236 7.2 -9.8 29 17.0 -0.1 265 16 310.5 310.9 288.3 318.8 2.59 21 695 3295 6.8 -12.2 24 19.0 -0.9 265 16 310.7 311.1 287.9 317.6 2.16 22 668 3618 4.2 -12.8 28 17.0 -2.6 265 18 311.3 311.7 288.2 318.2 2.14 23 658 3740 3.0 -11.0 35 14.0 -2.7 266 18 311.3 311.7 288.5 319.3 2.51 24 652 3815 3.2 -13.8 27 17.0 -3.4 267 17 312.3 312.7 288.4 318.9 2.02 25 637 4003 3.4 -12.6 30 16.0 -3.1 268 16 314.6 315.1 289.4 322.1 2.28 26 634 4041 3.6 -16.4 22 20.0 -3.8 265 15 315.3 315.6 289.0 320.9 1.67 27 623 4183 2.8 -10.2 38 13.0 -2.8 253 14 315.9 316.5 290.3 325.1 2.82 28 590 4620 -0.7 -11.7 43 11.0 -5.2 259 14 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.5 2.64 29 581 4742 -1.5 -10.5 50 9.0 -5.3 277 15 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.0 2.96 30 558 5063 -2.9 -12.9 46 10.0 -6.9 294 21 319.3 319.8 291.1 327.7 2.54 31 500 5920 -10.1 -22.1 37 12.0 -13.6 295 24 320.7 321.0 290.3 325.2 1.30 32 489 6091 -11.3 -23.3 36 12.0 -14.7 295 24 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.4 1.20 33 455 6640 -16.3 -20.9 68 4.6 -17.6 267 23 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.2 1.59 34 447 6774 -17.1 -25.1 50 8.0 -19.1 268 25 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.2 1.11 35 436 6960 -18.9 -25.9 54 7.0 -20.5 270 28 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.1 1.06 36 428 7099 -18.9 -31.9 31 13.0 -21.5 267 28 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.62 37 421 7222 -19.7 -35.7 23 16.0 -22.5 263 27 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.43 38 413 7364 -20.7 -34.7 27 14.0 -23.1 258 25 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.49 39 401 7582 -22.7 -30.7 48 8.0 -24.2 251 23 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.74 40 400 7600 -22.7 -29.7 53 7.0 -24.1 250 23 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.81 41 396 7674 -23.1 -27.5 67 4.4 -24.1 251 24 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.5 1.01 42 388 7823 -23.9 -28.9 63 5.0 -24.9 254 22 326.8 326.9 291.7 330.0 0.90 43 376 8052 -26.1 -30.4 67 4.3 -26.9 259 20 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.81 44 360 8365 -27.7 -32.4 64 4.7 -28.5 266 18 328.7 328.9 292.0 331.3 0.70 45 345 8670 -29.5 -36.5 51 7.0 -30.5 269 18 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.49 46 319 9224 -34.7 -41.7 49 7.0 -35.4 264 24 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 47 304 9559 -37.5 -47.5 35 10.0 -38.2 257 24 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.17 48 300 9650 -38.3 -47.3 38 9.0 -38.9 255 24 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.18 49 295 9765 -39.3 -47.3 42 8.0 -39.9 254 25 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.18 50 285 9999 -41.1 -47.1 52 6.0 -41.5 251 27 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 51 250 10870 -48.5 -54.5 50 6.0 -48.7 270 32 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 52 238 11194 -51.1 -58.1 43 7.0 -51.3 276 33 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.06 53 215 11850 -56.7 -62.7 47 6.0 -56.8 288 36 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 54 204 12184 -57.3 -64.3 41 7.0 -57.4 295 38 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 55 200 12310 -58.3 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.4 295 39 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.03 56 197 12405 -59.1 -66.1 40 7.0 -59.2 294 41 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 57 194 12501 -58.1 -66.1 35 8.0 -58.2 294 44 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 58 177 13073 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 291 57 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 59 174 13179 -61.5 -68.5 39 7.0 -61.6 290 60 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 60 170 13323 -61.3 -68.6 37 7.3 -61.4 295 62 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 61 150 14100 -60.1 -69.1 30 9.0 -60.2 285 52 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.02 62 100 16570 -71.3 -78.3 35 7.0 -71.3 270 47 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.01 63 97 16750 -71.7 -79.7 29 8.0 -71.8 270 49 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.01 64 95 16873 -71.9 -78.9 34 7.0 -71.9 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-69.9 -76.9 35 7.0 -70.0 265 26 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.6 0.02 79 44 21440 -66.9 -75.9 27 9.0 -67.1 263 22 503.9 503.9 315.2 504.1 0.03 80 42 21721 -66.3 -75.3 27 9.0 -66.5 259 17 512.2 512.2 315.8 512.4 0.03 81 40 22018 -63.5 -73.5 24 10.0 -63.8 257 21 526.4 526.4 316.7 526.7 0.05 82 39 22173 -64.1 -74.1 24 10.0 -64.4 256 23 528.7 528.7 316.9 529.0 0.04 83 38 22333 -61.7 -71.7 25 10.0 -62.1 255 25 538.8 538.8 317.5 539.2 0.06 84 31 23604 -58.1 -71.1 17 13.0 -59.0 283 31 580.8 580.8 319.8 581.4 0.08 85 30 23810 -57.9 -71.9 15 14.0 -58.9 280 32 586.8 586.8 320.0 587.4 0.08 86 28 24246 -57.9 -71.9 15 14.0 -59.0 280 34 598.5 598.5 320.6 599.1 0.08 87 25 24971 -53.1 -71.1 9 18.0 -55.1 299 26 632.0 632.0 322.0 632.8 0.10 88 21 26101 -51.7 -73.7 5 22.0 -54.5 262 21 668.5 668.6 323.4 669.2 0.08 89 20 26420 -49.3 -74.3 4 25.0 -52.9 260 22 685.3 685.3 324.0 686.0 0.08 90 19 26757 -49.3 -74.3 4 25.0 -53.0 260 23 695.4 695.4 324.3 696.1 0.09 91 17 27506 -38.9 -75.9 1 37.0 -47.3 306 24 751.2 751.3 326.0 751.9 0.07 92 14 28840 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -48.3 288 9 792.8 792.8 327.1 793.6 0.09 93 11 30475 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -52.1 185 10 829.8 829.8 328.0 830.4 0.06 94 11 30475 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -50.5 185 10 841.4 841.4 328.2 842.3 0.09 95 10 31120 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -52.0 135 15 856.4 856.5 328.5 857.1 0.07 96 8.8 31977 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -53.2 882.9 882.9 329.1 883.7 0.07 TRP 174 13179 -61.5 -68.5 39 7.0 -61.6 290 60 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 WND 170 13323 -61.3 -68.6 37 7.3 -61.4 295 62 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.00 m Freezing level: 596.60 mb = 4532.51 m = 14870.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.60 mb = 3217.15 m = 10554.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.95 mb = 205.01 m = 672.59 ft T: 19.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.25 C Layer 846.0- 814.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1499.96 m = 4921.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 16.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47216.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.52 mb = 814.32 m = 2671.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 281 at 14 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 1024 15 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 122 14 -11.6 7.1 1 1000 222 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 184 25 1.7 24.7 2 990 305 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 188 28 4.0 28.0 3 956 610 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 183 29 1.3 28.6 4 925 893 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 193 18 3.9 17.4 5 923 914 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 194 19 4.6 18.0 6 890 1219 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 148 17 -9.3 14.8 7 859 1524 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 134 14 -10.4 9.8 8 850 1612 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 136 15 -10.7 11.1 9 828 1829 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 164 21 -5.7 19.8 10 799 2134 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 173 11 -1.5 11.2 11 770 2438 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 181 12 0.2 12.3 12 742 2743 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 193 12 2.7 12.1 13 716 3048 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 209 5 2.2 4.0 14 700 3236 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 209 5 2.2 4.0 15 664 3658 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 225 6 4.2 4.2 16 639 3962 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 221 3 2.3 2.6 17 615 4267 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 166 8 -2.0 8.1 18 592 4572 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 178 6 -0.2 6.2 19 570 4877 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 351 6 1.0 -5.9 20 548 5182 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 301 11 9.8 -6.0 21 500 5920 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 313 11 8.0 -7.5 22 488 6096 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 313 11 8.0 -7.5 23 469 6401 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 235 8 6.2 4.3 24 433 7010 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 260 15 15.3 2.6 25 400 7600 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 217 13 7.9 10.5 26 399 7620 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 219 14 8.8 10.8 27 351 8534 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 221 3 2.3 2.6 28 322 9144 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 245 11 10.2 4.7 29 300 9650 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 227 13 9.4 8.8 30 282 10058 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 226 17 12.6 12.2 31 250 10870 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 262 18 18.3 2.6 32 204 12192 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 303 25 20.7 -13.5 33 200 12310 295 39 35.3 -16.5 | 303 26 21.6 -13.9 34 174 13179 290 60 56.4 -20.5 | 293 46 42.6 -17.9 35 170 13323 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 299 49 42.5 -23.6 36 168 13411 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 299 49 42.5 -23.6 37 160 13716 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 306 43 34.8 -25.4 38 150 14100 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 287 38 36.5 -10.9 39 145 14326 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 266 39 39.3 2.6 40 131 14935 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 280 44 43.4 -7.5 41 124 15240 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 273 43 43.0 -2.4 42 100 16570 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 266 33 33.3 2.6 43 83 17678 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 267 44 44.3 2.6 44 79 17983 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 280 37 36.5 -6.3 45 75 18288 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 242 27 23.9 12.7 46 70 18680 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 244 31 27.8 13.7 47 67 18898 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 246 41 37.5 16.3 48 61 19507 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 308 15 11.6 -9.2 49 58 19812 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 212 9 4.6 7.5 50 50 20680 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 307 17 13.5 -10.1 51 50 20726 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 297 18 16.3 -8.3 52 45 21336 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 248 13 12.2 4.9 53 43 21641 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 201 6 2.0 5.4 54 33 23165 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 233 24 19.2 14.6 55 32 23470 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 289 16 15.2 -5.2 56 30 23810 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 279 18 17.8 -3.0 57 27 24384 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 280 21 20.7 -3.5 58 26 24689 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 279 13 12.9 -2.1 59 25 24994 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 320 14 8.8 -10.4 60 23 25603 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 221 3 2.3 2.6 61 22 25908 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 251 3 3.2 1.1 62 21 26213 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 225 12 8.5 8.5 63 20 26420 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 231 10 7.9 6.4 64 19 26822 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 234 11 8.9 6.6 65 18 27127 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 309 14 10.7 -8.8 66 17 27432 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 336 15 6.2 -14.1 67 16 27737 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 323 7 4.4 -5.9 68 15 28346 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 25 7 -3.0 -6.4 69 13 29566 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 105 12 -11.8 3.1 70 10 31120 135 15 -10.6 10.6 | 118 28 -24.3 13.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.3 neg: -104.4 tot: 94.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 28.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 214 24 179 23| 26.1 0.0 26.1| 98.2 -14.0 84.2 168.3 0.68| 29.2 19.7 1000 216 25 183 23| 8.0 0.0 8.0|126.6 -44.8 81.9 81.9 0.39| 23.3 9.2 1500 215 21 175 20| 5.3 4.4 9.7|126.6-104.4 22.3 14.9 0.08| 20.4 1.6 2000 213 19 171 19| 6.3 3.3 9.6|178.0-104.4 73.7 36.8 0.21| 19.6 4.1 2500 217 19 172 18| 5.3 2.6 7.9|186.9-104.4 82.6 33.0 0.23| 16.8 3.8 3000 221 19 175 17| 4.2 2.2 6.4|198.3-104.4 94.0 31.3 0.25| 15.6 3.9 4000 232 18 182 14| 3.0 1.6 4.7|200.5-105.9 94.6 23.7 0.24| 12.5 2.9 5000 238 17 185 12| 3.0 1.3 4.4|208.3-115.9 92.4 18.5 0.22| 12.4 2.8 6000 251 19 204 10| 2.5 0.8 3.3|214.9-124.3 90.6 15.1 0.20| 11.0 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200320.12.gif