UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 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 1020 15 19.6 18.1 91 1.5 18.6 220 4 291.1 293.4 291.0 327.5 12.91 1 1004 153 19.4 17.3 88 2.1 18.0 244 17 292.2 294.4 291.0 327.6 12.47 2 1000 188 19.6 17.2 86 2.4 18.0 250 20 292.8 295.0 291.2 328.1 12.44 3 991 266 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.6 260 25 293.7 295.9 291.1 327.9 11.99 4 974 416 21.8 15.8 69 6.0 17.8 260 26 297.2 299.3 292.0 331.0 11.66 5 942 706 20.2 14.2 68 6.0 16.3 248 23 298.4 300.4 291.7 330.1 10.87 6 925 863 19.0 14.0 73 5.0 15.8 245 22 298.7 300.7 291.9 330.6 10.92 7 875 1338 14.8 11.4 80 3.4 12.7 257 18 299.2 300.9 291.0 327.6 9.72 8 851 1573 13.6 8.7 72 4.9 10.7 260 12 300.3 301.8 290.2 324.8 8.32 9 850 1583 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.6 260 12 300.4 301.9 290.2 324.8 8.27 10 811 1978 12.8 0.8 44 12.0 6.5 285 15 303.6 304.5 288.3 318.8 5.00 11 803 2061 12.2 2.2 50 10.0 6.8 283 17 303.8 304.9 289.0 320.8 5.59 12 783 2272 11.6 -4.4 32 16.0 3.9 278 21 305.4 306.0 287.5 316.3 3.52 13 752 2609 9.8 -7.2 29 17.0 2.1 267 24 307.0 307.5 287.5 316.3 2.96 14 700 3199 5.2 -7.8 38 13.0 -0.5 240 24 308.2 308.8 288.1 317.8 3.03 15 661 3663 1.6 -10.4 40 12.0 -3.3 235 26 309.3 309.8 288.0 317.6 2.62 16 635 3985 1.2 -21.8 16 23.0 -6.1 250 31 312.4 312.6 287.4 315.9 1.05 17 597 4477 -2.3 -22.3 20 20.0 -8.4 263 38 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.5 1.07 18 569 4857 -3.9 -26.9 15 23.0 -10.1 260 43 316.4 316.5 288.4 319.0 0.74 19 550 5123 -6.3 -24.3 23 18.0 -11.3 259 44 316.6 316.8 288.7 320.0 0.97 20 545 5194 -7.1 -17.1 45 10.0 -10.5 258 45 316.5 316.8 289.5 322.6 1.84 21 540 5266 -7.9 -14.9 57 7.0 -10.4 258 45 316.4 316.8 289.9 323.7 2.23 22 537 5309 -8.5 -12.3 74 3.8 -9.9 258 46 316.2 316.7 290.3 325.2 2.77 23 530 5411 -8.5 -11.1 81 2.6 -9.5 257 46 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.4 3.09 24 522 5528 -8.9 -14.9 62 6.0 -11.1 257 47 318.2 318.7 290.5 325.9 2.30 25 514 5648 -9.7 -13.2 76 3.5 -11.0 256 48 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.6 2.69 26 502 5829 -10.9 -14.5 75 3.6 -12.2 255 49 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.6 2.48 27 500 5860 -11.3 -14.1 80 2.8 -12.3 255 49 319.3 319.8 291.1 327.8 2.57 28 488 6047 -12.9 -14.1 91 1.2 -13.3 255 51 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.3 2.63 29 481 6158 -12.5 -18.5 61 6.0 -14.4 255 52 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.85 30 446 6732 -17.3 -25.3 50 8.0 -19.3 255 53 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.10 31 408 7395 -23.3 -25.5 82 2.2 -23.8 255 55 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.0 1.18 32 400 7540 -24.5 -26.4 84 1.9 -24.9 255 55 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.0 1.11 33 391 7705 -25.9 -27.8 84 1.9 -26.3 256 56 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.99 34 375 8005 -28.1 -31.8 71 3.7 -28.7 258 58 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.71 35 364 8217 -29.9 -32.7 77 2.8 -30.3 260 58 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.2 0.67 36 356 8375 -30.1 -36.1 56 6.0 -30.9 261 59 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.4 0.49 37 348 8536 -31.3 -37.3 55 6.0 -32.1 262 60 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.45 38 341 8679 -31.7 -43.7 30 12.0 -32.9 264 60 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.23 39 336 8783 -32.5 -47.5 21 15.0 -33.8 264 61 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.16 40 322 9081 -34.7 -44.7 36 10.0 -35.6 265 61 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.22 41 300 9570 -38.7 -54.7 17 16.0 -39.6 260 64 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 42 281 10018 -41.7 -58.7 14 17.0 -42.4 254 65 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 43 250 10800 -48.7 -63.7 16 15.0 -49.1 250 60 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.03 44 229 11370 -53.9 -67.9 16 14.0 -54.1 255 59 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.02 45 220 11627 -54.7 -67.7 19 13.0 -54.9 258 60 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.02 46 200 12230 -59.3 -72.3 17 13.0 -59.5 265 60 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.01 47 196 12356 -60.1 -73.1 17 13.0 -60.2 268 62 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.01 48 180 12886 -60.3 -73.3 17 13.0 -60.4 277 65 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 49 166 13387 -62.9 -74.9 18 12.0 -63.0 255 73 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 50 165 13424 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 255 74 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 51 163 13500 -58.7 -72.7 15 14.0 -58.9 256 75 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 52 161 13578 -58.1 -73.1 13 15.0 -58.3 257 76 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 53 153 13897 -60.3 -74.3 14 14.0 -60.4 259 80 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 54 150 14020 -60.7 -73.7 16 13.0 -60.9 260 82 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 55 148 14103 -61.0 -74.4 15 13.4 -61.2 260 82 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 56 145 14229 -61.5 -75.5 14 14.0 -61.7 259 82 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 57 143 14314 -61.5 -75.5 14 14.0 -61.7 259 81 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 58 141 14401 -59.9 -74.9 12 15.0 -60.1 259 81 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.01 59 137 14580 -60.5 -75.5 12 15.0 -60.7 258 80 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.01 60 100 16490 -68.9 -82.9 12 14.0 -69.0 265 78 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 61 85 17467 -67.1 -81.1 12 14.0 -67.2 262 70 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.1 0.01 62 76 18138 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.0 -70.0 260 65 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.8 0.01 63 71 18545 -68.5 -82.5 12 14.0 -68.6 271 60 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.1 0.01 64 70 18630 -69.1 -82.1 14 13.0 -69.2 275 59 436.6 436.6 309.5 436.6 0.01 65 65 19072 -70.9 -82.9 15 12.0 -71.0 258 43 442.0 442.0 310.1 442.0 0.01 66 58 19750 -69.3 -82.3 13 13.0 -69.4 247 52 460.2 460.2 311.8 460.3 0.01 67 56 19961 -66.9 -81.9 10 15.0 -67.1 258 48 470.3 470.3 312.7 470.4 0.01 68 53 20296 -65.5 -80.5 11 15.0 -65.7 259 36 481.0 481.1 313.5 481.1 0.01 69 50 20650 -66.1 -80.1 12 14.0 -66.3 255 35 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.8 0.01 70 43 21562 -67.5 -81.5 12 14.0 -67.7 274 27 505.8 505.8 315.4 505.8 0.01 71 40 22002 -62.9 -78.9 10 16.0 -63.4 250 19 527.9 527.9 316.8 528.0 0.02 72 37 22480 -64.7 -80.7 9 16.0 -65.1 247 24 535.2 535.2 317.2 535.3 0.02 73 36 22649 -61.5 -79.5 7 18.0 -62.1 248 25 547.7 547.7 318.0 547.8 0.02 74 33 23188 -62.1 -79.1 9 17.0 -62.7 239 30 559.9 559.9 318.6 560.0 0.02 75 31 23575 -61.1 -79.1 8 18.0 -61.9 248 37 572.7 572.7 319.3 572.8 0.02 76 30 23780 -58.7 -78.7 6 20.0 -59.7 270 45 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.8 0.03 77 29 23993 -57.3 -78.3 5 21.0 -58.5 266 41 594.2 594.2 320.3 594.4 0.03 78 28 24215 -58.1 -79.1 5 21.0 -59.3 263 38 597.9 597.9 320.5 598.1 0.03 79 27 24444 -56.1 -78.1 5 22.0 -57.6 262 34 609.8 609.8 321.0 610.0 0.03 80 26 24684 -56.9 -78.9 5 22.0 -58.3 267 30 614.1 614.2 321.2 614.4 0.03 81 21 26066 -47.1 -77.1 2 30.0 -51.3 260 17 682.4 682.4 323.9 682.8 0.05 82 20 26390 -44.7 -77.7 1 33.0 -49.9 260 18 699.4 699.4 324.4 699.8 0.05 83 19 26733 -44.5 -77.5 1 33.0 -50.0 257 16 710.3 710.3 324.8 710.8 0.05 84 17 27474 -46.3 -80.3 1 34.0 -51.5 241 16 727.5 727.5 325.3 727.8 0.04 85 15 28309 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -50.8 250 14 760.0 760.0 326.2 760.4 0.04 86 11 30360 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -55.1 157 26 810.9 810.9 327.5 811.2 0.04 87 11 30360 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -54.3 157 26 816.0 816.0 327.6 816.3 0.04 88 10 30990 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.5 165 31 846.0 846.0 328.3 846.5 0.05 89 9.9 31057 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -53.2 850.7 850.7 328.4 851.2 0.06 90 9.4 31402 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -53.5 862.6 862.6 328.7 863.2 0.06 91 8.9 31768 -42.7 -78.7 1 36.0 -52.0 889.3 889.4 329.2 890.3 0.09 TRP 166 13387 -62.9 -74.9 18 12.0 -63.0 255 73 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 WND 148 14103 -61.0 -74.4 15 13.4 -61.2 260 82 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.00 m Freezing level: 621.97 mb = 4153.82 m = 13627.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.01 mb = 3082.03 m = 10111.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.97 mb = 205.54 m = 674.34 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 11.81 C Layer 875.0- 803.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.88 mb = 1554.45 m = 5099.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 20.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.94 mb = 1040.90 m = 3414.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.94 mb = 5252.50 m = 17232.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.94 mb = 5544.20 m = 18189.41 ft B at Equ Level: 34.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.94 mb = 9779.87 m = 32085.79 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 287 at 22 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 1020 15 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 117 20 -18.2 9.4 1 1000 188 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 171 13 -2.0 13.2 2 987 305 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 215 11 6.1 8.7 3 952 610 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 183 14 0.8 14.2 4 925 863 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 177 16 -0.8 15.7 5 919 914 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 177 16 -0.8 15.7 6 887 1219 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 178 12 -0.5 11.8 7 856 1524 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 137 12 -8.0 8.6 8 850 1583 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 133 12 -9.0 8.5 9 825 1829 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 103 9 -8.6 1.9 10 796 2134 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 137 4 -3.0 3.2 11 767 2438 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 231 7 5.1 4.1 12 739 2743 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 190 11 1.9 10.4 13 700 3199 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 180 18 0.0 18.4 14 661 3658 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 181 21 0.5 21.3 15 612 4267 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 238 18 15.1 9.5 16 566 4877 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 237 26 21.6 13.8 17 500 5860 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 234 33 26.6 19.1 18 485 6096 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 236 36 29.5 19.8 19 400 7540 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 238 38 32.4 20.6 20 395 7620 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 238 39 33.3 20.9 21 333 8839 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 254 42 40.0 11.7 22 319 9144 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 254 42 40.0 11.7 23 300 9570 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 248 46 42.3 17.5 24 292 9754 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 241 49 43.0 23.5 25 250 10800 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 233 45 35.6 26.9 26 243 10973 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 233 44 34.7 26.5 27 200 12230 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 253 41 39.0 11.6 28 182 12802 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 277 46 45.2 -5.3 29 174 13106 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 261 40 39.2 6.4 30 166 13387 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 243 56 49.7 25.3 31 150 14020 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 251 63 60.0 20.6 32 150 14021 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 251 63 60.0 20.6 33 148 14103 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 251 63 60.0 20.6 34 123 15240 255 78 75.3 20.2 | 244 61 54.6 26.6 35 106 16154 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 249 51 47.2 18.4 36 101 16459 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 264 58 57.2 6.4 37 100 16490 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 257 58 56.9 13.2 38 74 18288 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 248 46 42.3 17.5 39 70 18630 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 268 38 38.0 1.2 40 67 18898 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 267 31 31.0 1.8 41 64 19202 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 209 25 11.9 21.6 42 60 19507 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 200 36 12.2 34.0 43 57 19812 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 230 39 30.0 24.8 44 55 20117 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 245 24 22.1 10.1 45 52 20422 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 213 17 9.2 14.4 46 50 20650 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 220 20 13.0 15.4 47 49 20726 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 222 21 14.0 15.7 48 47 21031 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 271 18 17.6 -0.4 49 45 21336 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 297 9 8.4 -4.2 50 43 21641 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 219 8 5.2 6.4 51 40 21946 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 158 12 -4.3 10.8 52 39 22250 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 181 21 0.5 21.3 53 37 22555 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 187 15 1.8 14.6 54 32 23470 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 192 25 5.4 24.7 55 30 23774 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 255 25 24.2 6.4 56 30 23780 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 255 25 24.2 6.4 57 27 24384 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 228 19 13.7 12.4 58 24 25298 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 178 3 -0.1 2.7 59 22 25908 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 157 10 -4.0 9.3 60 20 26390 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 162 10 -3.0 9.5 61 20 26518 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 158 15 -5.4 13.6 62 18 27127 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 122 7 -6.0 3.8 63 17 27432 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 154 16 -6.9 14.4 64 16 27737 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 170 15 -2.6 14.8 65 15 28346 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 142 14 -8.6 10.8 66 14 28651 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 141 23 -14.3 17.6 67 13 29261 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 123 21 -17.8 11.6 68 12 29566 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 127 27 -21.6 16.3 69 12 29870 165 22 -5.7 21.3 | 136 38 -26.5 27.6 70 11 30175 155 25 -10.6 22.7 | 133 43 -31.3 29.0 71 10 30990 165 31 -8.0 29.9 | 142 46 -28.8 36.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: -83.0 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.76 Bulk Shear: 9.65 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 257 20 175 11| 21.7 0.0 21.7| 92.7 -14.2 78.5 156.9 0.63| 32.6 20.6 1000 252 21 179 13| 10.8 1.9 12.7| 93.2 -27.8 65.4 65.4 0.44| 19.3 8.5 1500 253 21 175 12| 4.8 1.2 6.0| 93.4 -50.6 42.9 28.6 0.19| 16.4 3.1 2000 257 19 167 11| 4.7 0.9 5.6| 95.7 -66.4 29.3 14.6 0.07| 15.0 1.1 2500 262 19 169 9| 3.8 1.7 5.4|104.7 -68.6 36.1 14.4 0.16| 14.4 2.3 3000 261 20 174 9| 3.1 2.5 5.6|104.7 -83.0 21.7 7.2 0.07| 13.7 1.0 4000 255 22 181 12| 3.7 2.5 6.2|160.8 -88.4 72.5 18.1 0.16| 12.4 2.0 5000 257 25 197 13| 3.9 2.5 6.4|201.4 -91.2 110.2 22.0 0.21| 11.7 2.4 6000 257 29 210 15| 3.3 2.6 5.9|206.7-101.2 105.5 17.6 0.19| 10.4 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200321.12.gif