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 KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 21 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 1021 15 23.2 17.2 69 6.0 19.2 205 6 294.6 296.8 291.6 329.5 12.17 1 1017 49 22.6 14.6 61 8.0 17.4 204 8 294.3 296.2 289.9 323.9 10.32 2 1000 196 21.4 14.4 64 7.0 16.9 200 14 294.5 296.4 290.0 324.3 10.36 3 967 487 19.4 14.4 73 5.0 16.2 203 20 295.4 297.3 290.6 326.2 10.72 4 958 567 20.0 15.1 73 4.9 16.8 204 21 296.8 298.8 291.6 329.5 11.33 5 925 870 19.2 14.2 73 5.0 16.0 230 17 298.9 301.0 292.0 331.3 11.07 6 923 889 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.1 232 17 298.9 300.8 291.4 328.9 10.25 7 851 1581 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.6 245 20 300.9 302.4 290.2 324.7 8.04 8 850 1591 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.6 245 20 301.0 302.5 290.2 324.9 8.05 9 843 1661 14.4 7.4 63 7.0 10.3 244 21 301.9 303.4 290.2 324.8 7.68 10 836 1731 15.2 2.2 41 13.0 8.2 242 22 303.5 304.5 288.6 319.8 5.37 11 823 1864 15.2 -2.8 29 18.0 6.3 239 24 304.9 305.6 287.6 316.5 3.78 12 789 2220 14.2 -4.8 26 19.0 5.1 237 23 307.5 308.1 288.1 318.1 3.39 13 708 3123 7.4 -12.6 23 20.0 -0.6 251 23 309.7 310.1 287.5 316.3 2.05 14 700 3216 6.8 -12.2 24 19.0 -0.9 250 23 310.0 310.4 287.7 316.9 2.14 15 647 3855 1.6 -13.4 32 15.0 -4.1 250 21 311.2 311.6 288.1 318.0 2.10 16 629 4081 1.0 -21.0 18 22.0 -6.1 248 22 313.0 313.2 287.7 316.9 1.14 17 580 4728 -2.1 -29.1 11 27.0 -9.2 238 32 316.7 316.9 288.3 318.8 0.59 18 574 4810 -2.5 -21.5 22 19.0 -8.5 236 33 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.3 1.19 19 570 4866 -2.7 -22.7 20 20.0 -8.8 235 34 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.3 1.08 20 566 4921 -2.7 -14.7 39 12.0 -7.2 234 35 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.4 2.16 21 563 4963 -2.9 -12.9 46 10.0 -6.8 233 35 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.52 22 527 5482 -6.9 -14.9 53 8.0 -9.8 215 36 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.4 2.28 23 518 5616 -7.5 -18.5 41 11.0 -11.2 220 36 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.72 24 500 5890 -9.1 -19.1 44 10.0 -12.3 230 36 321.9 322.3 291.0 327.7 1.69 25 499 5906 -9.3 -19.3 44 10.0 -12.5 230 36 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.6 1.66 26 493 5999 -9.7 -21.7 37 12.0 -13.3 233 37 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.37 27 453 6648 -15.3 -26.3 38 11.0 -18.0 244 41 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.99 28 435 6955 -17.5 -32.5 26 15.0 -20.5 249 34 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.4 0.57 29 421 7200 -19.1 -29.1 41 10.0 -21.2 258 34 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.82 30 400 7580 -22.3 -31.3 44 9.0 -24.0 275 38 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.70 31 382 7915 -24.9 -31.9 52 7.0 -26.2 277 39 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.4 0.69 32 369 8166 -26.5 -32.5 57 6.0 -27.5 275 38 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.68 33 354 8463 -28.5 -36.5 46 8.0 -29.6 272 37 329.3 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.47 34 324 9088 -34.5 -39.3 62 4.8 -35.0 266 34 329.4 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.39 35 300 9620 -38.5 -43.4 60 4.9 -38.9 255 40 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.27 36 278 10139 -42.9 -48.9 52 6.0 -43.3 253 42 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 37 250 10850 -46.5 -56.5 31 10.0 -46.9 250 44 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.07 38 243 11037 -47.5 -58.5 27 11.0 -47.9 248 44 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 39 236 11229 -49.3 -61.3 23 12.0 -49.7 246 43 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 40 212 11921 -55.3 -65.3 28 10.0 -55.5 241 42 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 41 200 12290 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 255 41 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 42 196 12418 -56.3 -66.3 27 10.0 -56.5 257 44 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 43 188 12682 -58.1 -69.1 23 11.0 -58.3 263 50 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 44 171 13277 -59.3 -70.3 23 11.0 -59.5 276 47 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 45 150 14090 -63.1 -75.1 18 12.0 -63.2 250 42 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 46 143 14385 -62.9 -74.9 18 12.0 -63.0 261 56 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 47 139 14559 -63.7 -76.7 15 13.0 -63.8 267 64 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 48 135 14739 -63.4 -76.4 16 13.0 -63.5 270 67 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.01 49 134 14785 -63.3 -76.3 16 13.0 -63.4 269 66 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 50 124 15260 -65.1 -78.1 15 13.0 -65.2 255 60 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.01 51 115 15716 -68.7 -80.7 16 12.0 -68.8 266 59 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.01 52 110 15983 -69.1 -81.1 16 12.0 -69.2 272 59 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.01 53 108 16092 -70.1 -82.1 16 12.0 -70.2 275 59 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.8 0.00 54 101 16491 -70.5 -82.5 15 12.0 -70.6 275 59 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 55 100 16550 -69.9 -81.9 16 12.0 -70.0 275 59 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 56 81 17801 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.0 -70.0 258 45 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.01 57 78 18026 -68.3 -82.3 12 14.0 -68.4 254 44 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.01 58 70 18670 -71.1 -84.1 13 13.0 -71.2 260 56 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 59 67 18930 -72.3 -84.3 15 12.0 -72.4 261 57 435.1 435.1 309.4 435.1 0.00 60 54 20207 -71.9 -84.9 13 13.0 -72.0 255 40 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.8 0.01 61 53 20319 -69.1 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.2 260 36 472.7 472.7 312.8 472.8 0.01 62 51 20551 -67.9 -82.9 10 15.0 -68.1 260 30 480.7 480.8 313.5 480.8 0.01 63 50 20670 -68.3 -83.3 10 15.0 -68.5 255 28 482.5 482.5 313.7 482.6 0.01 64 49 20791 -68.9 -82.9 12 14.0 -69.1 255 28 483.9 483.9 313.8 484.0 0.01 65 47 21043 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.8 255 29 500.3 500.3 314.9 500.3 0.01 66 47 21043 -63.9 -80.9 8 17.0 -64.3 255 29 501.7 501.7 315.1 501.8 0.01 67 44 21447 -64.3 -80.3 9 16.0 -64.7 263 30 510.3 510.3 315.7 510.4 0.01 68 40 22035 -60.9 -79.9 6 19.0 -61.5 272 23 532.9 532.9 317.1 533.0 0.02 69 36 22688 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.7 275 22 546.1 546.1 317.9 546.2 0.02 70 33 23229 -60.1 -80.1 6 20.0 -60.9 269 26 565.2 565.2 318.9 565.3 0.02 71 30 23830 -55.5 -80.5 3 25.0 -57.0 260 27 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.5 0.02 72 25 25000 -53.9 -81.9 2 28.0 -55.9 258 27 629.7 629.7 321.9 629.8 0.02 73 24 25263 -55.3 -83.3 2 28.0 -57.1 260 34 633.0 633.0 322.0 633.1 0.02 74 22 25822 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -55.4 251 27 656.1 656.1 322.9 656.2 0.02 75 22 25822 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.0 251 27 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.02 76 20 26450 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -52.2 245 16 688.9 689.0 324.1 689.1 0.02 77 19 26787 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.0 262 22 696.0 696.0 324.3 696.2 0.02 78 18 27144 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -50.3 277 17 720.7 720.8 325.1 721.1 0.04 79 17 27528 -42.1 -78.1 1 36.0 -49.0 252 14 741.0 741.0 325.7 741.4 0.05 80 15 28374 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -49.1 212 13 770.0 770.0 326.5 770.6 0.07 81 14 28839 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -51.0 258 13 775.8 775.8 326.7 776.2 0.05 82 13 29335 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -50.8 270 6 795.2 795.2 327.1 795.7 0.06 83 11 30450 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -53.2 198 14 822.5 822.5 327.8 822.9 0.05 84 10 31080 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.9 145 22 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.4 0.05 85 9.6 31349 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -54.6 849.1 849.1 328.4 849.6 0.05 86 8.1 32481 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -52.7 912.0 912.1 329.7 913.0 0.10 TRP 108 16092 -70.1 -82.1 16 12.0 -70.2 275 59 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.8 0.00 WND 135 14739 -63.4 -76.4 16 13.0 -63.5 270 67 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.00 m Freezing level: 613.19 mb = 4289.79 m = 14073.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.90 mb = 3018.46 m = 9902.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.97 mb = 777.44 m = 2550.63 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 8.34 C Layer 843.0- 789.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.07 mb = 2708.60 m = 8886.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.39 C = 99.30 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 12.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55976.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.07 mb = 1198.35 m = 3931.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 18 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 1021 15 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 105 16 -15.8 4.2 1 1000 196 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 131 18 -13.5 11.9 2 987 305 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 140 19 -12.5 14.7 3 953 610 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 154 21 -9.0 18.7 4 925 870 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 151 11 -5.3 9.7 5 920 914 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 153 10 -4.4 8.5 6 888 1219 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 149 4 -1.9 3.1 7 850 1591 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 179 7 -0.2 7.2 8 826 1829 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 193 11 2.5 10.7 9 797 2134 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 177 14 -0.7 13.5 10 768 2438 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 214 5 3.0 4.4 11 741 2743 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 205 5 2.0 4.2 12 700 3216 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 207 7 3.3 6.6 13 662 3658 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 201 7 2.4 6.3 14 637 3962 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 194 6 1.4 5.9 15 613 4267 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 201 10 3.5 8.9 16 568 4877 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 209 21 10.4 18.8 17 526 5486 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 185 28 2.4 28.2 18 500 5890 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 203 24 9.3 21.9 19 487 6096 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 211 23 12.0 20.0 20 449 6706 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 230 26 19.8 16.5 21 431 7010 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 231 15 11.8 9.7 22 400 7580 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 283 20 19.6 -4.6 23 398 7620 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 291 23 21.1 -8.2 24 321 9144 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 264 16 15.6 1.7 25 300 9620 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 246 22 20.3 9.1 26 250 10850 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 239 27 23.1 13.8 27 213 11887 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 222 27 18.1 19.7 28 203 12192 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 237 23 19.3 12.4 29 200 12290 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 246 23 21.3 9.4 30 184 12802 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 264 35 34.5 3.4 31 176 13106 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 288 32 30.0 -9.8 32 152 14021 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 254 20 19.1 5.3 33 150 14090 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 238 25 21.2 13.1 34 137 14630 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 271 49 48.7 -1.3 35 135 14739 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 271 49 48.7 -1.3 36 124 15240 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 250 42 39.7 14.3 37 108 16092 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 279 41 40.5 -6.4 38 100 16550 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 279 41 40.5 -6.4 39 79 17983 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 247 25 23.2 9.9 40 75 18288 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 233 33 26.1 19.5 41 70 18670 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 257 38 36.9 8.5 42 67 18898 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 257 40 38.8 8.8 43 61 19507 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 301 21 18.4 -11.1 44 58 19812 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 208 21 9.6 18.2 45 55 20117 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 239 26 22.1 13.5 46 52 20422 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 264 15 14.6 1.6 47 50 20670 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 236 11 8.8 6.0 48 45 21336 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 237 12 9.7 6.3 49 43 21641 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 287 14 13.6 -4.0 50 39 22250 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 331 1 0.7 -1.3 51 33 23165 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 308 9 7.3 -5.8 52 32 23470 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 197 16 4.6 14.8 53 30 23830 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 248 9 8.3 3.4 54 29 24079 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 263 9 8.6 1.1 55 28 24384 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 258 3 2.6 0.6 56 26 24689 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 165 4 -0.9 3.4 57 24 25298 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 253 17 16.2 4.8 58 22 25908 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 219 10 6.1 7.6 59 21 26213 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 279 8 7.7 -1.3 60 20 26450 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 145 7 -3.8 5.5 61 20 26518 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 146 11 -6.0 9.0 62 19 26822 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 261 5 4.6 0.7 63 18 27127 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 20 4 -1.6 -4.2 64 17 27432 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 133 6 -4.2 3.9 65 16 27737 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 110 6 -5.7 2.1 66 16 28042 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 127 13 -10.6 7.9 67 15 28346 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 130 15 -11.8 10.0 68 14 28651 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 133 8 -6.2 5.7 69 14 28956 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 79 6 -6.3 -1.3 70 13 29566 270 2 2.0 -0.0 | 86 16 -16.3 -1.3 71 10 31080 145 22 -12.6 18.0 | 118 35 -30.9 16.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.2 neg: -13.3 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 29.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 201 15 134 18| 0.0 14.9 14.9| 65.8 0.0 65.8 131.6 0.95| 15.1 14.4 1000 211 17 144 16| 6.5 7.4 13.9| 77.0 -2.3 74.7 74.7 0.53| 15.1 8.0 1500 224 17 151 13| 5.1 5.0 10.0| 79.6 -2.7 76.9 51.2 0.47| 12.6 5.9 2000 230 19 159 12| 3.8 5.3 9.1| 85.0 -9.0 76.0 38.0 0.40| 11.4 4.6 2500 233 19 164 11| 4.7 4.2 8.9| 97.1 -12.7 84.5 33.8 0.39| 11.4 4.5 3000 237 20 169 10| 3.9 3.7 7.6| 97.2 -13.3 83.9 28.0 0.37| 9.9 3.7 4000 241 20 176 9| 2.9 2.9 5.8| 97.4 -15.8 81.6 20.4 0.33| 7.9 2.6 5000 240 22 185 10| 2.3 4.0 6.3|104.4 -29.8 74.6 14.9 0.25| 8.1 2.1 6000 236 24 189 13| 2.8 3.7 6.6|169.3 -79.7 89.6 14.9 0.23| 8.5 1.9 Wrote GIF file: 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