UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 22 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 1019 15 25.2 18.2 65 7.0 20.4 190 5 296.7 299.1 292.9 334.3 13.01 1 1000 182 24.0 17.0 65 7.0 19.3 215 11 297.1 299.4 292.4 332.7 12.28 2 995 226 23.6 16.6 65 7.0 18.9 226 11 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.0 12.02 3 974 412 23.8 14.8 57 9.0 17.9 252 11 299.2 301.2 292.0 331.1 10.93 4 925 861 19.8 12.8 64 7.0 15.3 265 13 299.6 301.4 291.5 329.1 10.09 5 852 1562 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.2 289 16 300.0 301.6 290.6 326.2 8.90 6 850 1582 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.2 290 16 300.2 301.8 290.7 326.5 8.92 7 793 2163 9.4 5.3 76 4.1 7.1 280 20 301.9 303.2 289.6 323.0 7.06 8 780 2300 8.4 5.6 83 2.8 6.8 277 21 302.3 303.6 290.0 324.2 7.33 9 747 2656 6.4 2.7 77 3.7 4.4 275 24 303.9 305.0 289.6 322.7 6.23 10 740 2734 6.8 -1.2 57 8.0 2.8 275 25 305.1 306.0 288.6 319.6 4.74 11 738 2756 7.2 -0.8 57 8.0 3.1 275 25 305.8 306.7 289.0 320.8 4.89 12 727 2880 7.0 2.1 71 4.9 4.4 273 27 306.9 308.0 290.5 325.6 6.13 13 718 2982 7.4 -2.6 49 10.0 2.4 271 29 308.4 309.3 289.4 322.1 4.40 14 700 3191 5.8 -1.2 61 7.0 2.2 265 28 308.9 309.8 290.1 324.4 5.01 15 686 3356 4.6 -0.4 70 5.0 2.0 255 26 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.2 5.42 16 659 3681 1.8 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.6 255 23 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.2 4.62 17 636 3966 0.4 -7.6 55 8.0 -3.1 265 23 311.3 312.0 289.4 322.1 3.39 18 630 4042 0.2 -11.8 40 12.0 -4.6 267 22 312.0 312.4 288.7 319.9 2.46 19 617 4209 -1.3 -11.3 46 10.0 -5.3 272 22 312.1 312.6 288.9 320.5 2.61 20 611 4287 -2.1 -10.1 54 8.0 -5.4 275 22 312.1 312.6 289.2 321.4 2.90 21 599 4444 -3.3 -12.3 50 9.0 -6.8 278 25 312.4 312.9 288.9 320.5 2.48 22 582 4671 -5.1 -9.6 71 4.5 -7.0 279 28 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.1 3.17 23 559 4986 -7.3 -12.3 67 5.0 -9.2 274 30 314.0 314.5 289.5 322.6 2.66 24 552 5084 -7.9 -14.9 57 7.0 -10.4 273 29 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.5 2.18 25 547 5155 -7.7 -21.7 32 14.0 -11.8 273 28 315.4 315.7 288.6 319.6 1.23 26 542 5226 -7.5 -29.5 15 22.0 -12.8 272 28 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.7 0.61 27 509 5713 -10.1 -37.1 9 27.0 -15.3 279 32 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.31 28 500 5850 -11.3 -37.3 10 26.0 -16.2 285 36 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.4 0.31 29 467 6372 -14.7 -31.7 22 17.0 -18.3 285 45 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.58 30 449 6669 -16.7 -27.7 38 11.0 -19.2 285 51 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.5 0.87 31 440 6821 -17.7 -30.7 31 13.0 -20.4 282 52 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.5 0.67 32 430 6993 -19.1 -28.1 45 9.0 -21.1 278 52 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.5 0.88 33 419 7186 -19.9 -37.9 19 18.0 -22.8 273 51 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.35 34 414 7276 -20.3 -36.3 23 16.0 -23.0 271 51 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.41 35 400 7530 -22.3 -37.3 24 15.0 -24.6 270 52 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.39 36 398 7567 -22.7 -36.7 27 14.0 -24.9 270 52 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.41 37 378 7942 -26.3 -32.3 57 6.0 -27.3 269 54 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.67 38 361 8272 -29.3 -34.3 62 5.0 -30.0 268 55 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.58 39 356 8372 -29.3 -35.3 56 6.0 -30.2 268 55 327.6 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.53 40 346 8574 -30.7 -35.4 63 4.7 -31.4 267 55 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.54 41 340 8698 -31.5 -37.5 55 6.0 -32.3 267 56 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.45 42 327 8973 -33.7 -43.7 36 10.0 -34.7 266 57 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 43 317 9189 -35.5 -43.5 44 8.0 -36.2 266 58 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.26 44 303 9502 -38.1 -47.1 38 9.0 -38.8 270 63 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.18 45 300 9570 -38.7 -46.7 43 8.0 -39.3 270 62 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.19 46 288 9848 -41.1 -48.1 47 7.0 -41.6 272 62 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.17 47 256 10634 -47.9 -58.9 27 11.0 -48.3 280 63 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 48 250 10790 -48.3 -59.3 27 11.0 -48.7 280 61 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 49 246 10896 -48.7 -59.7 27 11.0 -49.0 279 59 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 50 219 11647 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.2 272 48 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 51 215 11764 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.2 271 46 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.03 52 200 12220 -59.5 -67.5 35 8.0 -59.6 270 48 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 53 196 12346 -60.5 -68.5 34 8.0 -60.6 265 49 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 54 186 12672 -61.1 -70.1 29 9.0 -61.2 276 52 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.02 55 181 12842 -59.9 -69.9 26 10.0 -60.0 278 53 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 56 170 13232 -62.1 -72.1 25 10.0 -62.2 266 54 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 57 164 13455 -62.3 -72.3 25 10.0 -62.4 267 61 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 58 161 13569 -61.1 -72.1 22 11.0 -61.2 268 64 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 59 150 14010 -60.3 -72.3 19 12.0 -60.4 270 78 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 60 120 15390 -63.8 -76.4 17 12.6 -64.0 270 84 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.01 61 100 16500 -66.7 -79.7 14 13.0 -66.8 275 68 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.01 62 86 17405 -69.7 -82.7 13 13.0 -69.8 261 70 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 63 80 17838 -67.1 -81.1 12 14.0 -67.2 268 57 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.4 0.01 64 70 18640 -68.7 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596.2 0.02 78 28 24270 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -57.8 234 27 602.9 602.9 320.7 603.1 0.02 79 26 24744 -54.3 -82.3 2 28.0 -56.2 245 32 621.5 621.5 321.6 621.7 0.02 80 24 25256 -55.5 -83.5 2 28.0 -57.3 251 40 632.4 632.4 322.0 632.5 0.02 81 22 25812 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.5 254 38 651.9 652.0 322.7 652.0 0.01 82 20 26430 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.1 290 37 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.02 83 16 27890 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -53.1 260 19 733.0 733.1 325.4 733.3 0.03 84 14 28759 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.8 277 18 749.4 749.4 325.9 749.5 0.02 85 13 29238 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -56.1 289 18 765.4 765.4 326.4 765.6 0.02 86 12 29758 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -54.4 301 19 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.1 0.03 87 10 30960 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -53.2 330 20 847.5 847.5 328.4 848.0 0.06 88 9.7 31163 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -53.2 856.4 856.4 328.5 857.0 0.06 89 8.4 32120 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -54.2 889.2 889.3 329.2 889.9 0.06 90 7.5 32880 -41.9 -77.9 1 36.0 -52.4 937.2 937.2 330.1 938.6 0.12 TRP 196 12346 -60.5 -68.5 34 8.0 -60.6 265 49 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 WND 120 15390 -63.8 -76.4 17 12.6 -64.0 270 84 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.00 m Freezing level: 628.27 mb = 4064.54 m = 13334.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.93 mb = 3608.39 m = 11838.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.93 mb = 907.85 m = 2978.49 ft T: 19.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 8.15 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.21 mb = 1659.06 m = 5443.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.83 mb = 1434.68 m = 4706.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.83 mb = 1987.00 m = 6518.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.83 mb = 2847.62 m = 9342.48 ft B at Equ Level: 28.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.83 mb = 11060.09 m = 36285.96 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 302 at 17 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 1019 15 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 136 19 -13.2 13.7 1 1000 182 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 156 19 -7.8 17.8 2 986 305 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 159 14 -5.0 13.0 3 952 610 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 168 10 -2.1 9.8 4 925 861 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 173 10 -1.1 9.9 5 919 914 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 173 10 -1.1 9.9 6 887 1219 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 185 10 0.8 10.1 7 850 1582 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 196 3 0.9 3.3 8 825 1829 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 212 4 1.9 3.0 9 795 2134 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 227 8 5.6 5.3 10 767 2438 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 225 10 6.8 6.9 11 739 2743 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 239 13 10.8 6.6 12 712 3048 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 241 18 15.9 8.8 13 700 3191 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 231 18 13.8 11.2 14 686 3353 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 215 19 11.0 15.5 15 660 3658 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 209 17 8.1 14.7 16 611 4267 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 229 10 7.8 6.9 17 588 4572 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 252 13 12.5 4.1 18 566 4877 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 250 18 16.8 6.1 19 524 5486 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 231 14 10.9 8.8 20 500 5850 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 272 21 20.7 -0.5 21 484 6096 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 274 25 24.5 -1.6 22 446 6706 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 277 36 36.1 -4.7 23 412 7315 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 257 38 36.9 8.8 24 400 7530 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 257 39 37.9 8.8 25 395 7620 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 257 40 38.9 8.8 26 319 9144 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 252 45 42.7 13.7 27 305 9449 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 260 50 48.9 8.8 28 300 9570 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 260 49 47.9 8.8 29 255 10668 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 273 48 47.9 -2.2 30 250 10790 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 272 46 46.0 -1.8 31 211 11887 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 254 31 29.9 8.8 32 200 12220 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 255 35 33.9 8.8 33 196 12346 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 249 37 34.7 13.0 34 182 12802 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 271 38 38.1 -0.4 35 173 13106 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 250 38 35.7 13.1 36 150 14010 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 262 65 63.9 8.8 37 143 14326 275 84 83.7 -7.3 | 269 70 69.6 1.5 38 136 14630 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 280 57 56.4 -10.1 39 129 14935 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 260 50 48.9 8.8 40 123 15240 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 263 70 69.9 8.8 41 120 15390 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 263 70 69.9 8.8 42 100 16500 275 68 67.7 -5.9 | 267 54 53.6 2.8 43 91 17069 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 241 51 44.8 24.6 44 86 17374 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 249 60 55.8 21.1 45 74 18288 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 260 29 28.7 5.0 46 71 18593 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 247 23 20.9 8.8 47 70 18640 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 247 23 20.9 8.8 48 67 18898 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 238 30 25.3 15.7 49 61 19507 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 265 23 23.3 2.2 50 58 19812 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 238 16 13.9 8.8 51 55 20117 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 255 22 20.8 5.7 52 50 20660 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 234 19 15.8 11.4 53 47 21031 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 221 27 17.9 20.4 54 45 21336 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 231 23 17.4 14.3 55 41 21946 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 247 23 20.9 8.8 56 35 22860 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 245 29 25.8 12.3 57 33 23165 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 244 20 17.9 8.8 58 30 23830 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 206 22 9.5 19.8 59 29 24079 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 198 22 6.7 20.8 60 28 24384 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 195 28 7.4 26.8 61 25 24994 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 228 27 19.7 17.8 62 24 25298 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 227 33 24.4 22.8 63 22 25908 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 231 29 22.6 18.6 64 20 26430 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 281 21 20.7 -3.9 65 20 26518 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 281 21 20.7 -3.9 66 17 27432 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 214 15 8.6 12.8 67 16 28042 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 193 12 2.6 11.7 68 10 30960 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 26 9 -4.1 -8.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.9 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 301.9 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 66.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.28 Bulk Shear: 32.20 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 234 10 157 16| 11.0 0.0 11.0| 42.2 0.0 42.2 84.5 0.61| 15.0 9.2 1000 252 11 164 13| 6.8 0.0 6.8| 48.0 0.0 48.0 48.0 0.63| 9.1 5.7 1500 260 12 170 11| 5.8 0.0 5.8| 54.0 0.0 54.0 36.0 0.56| 8.4 4.7 2000 269 14 177 9| 4.4 0.8 5.2| 56.2 0.0 56.2 28.1 0.54| 7.5 4.0 2500 272 15 186 8| 3.5 1.5 5.0| 58.5 -0.6 57.9 23.2 0.48| 7.0 3.4 3000 272 17 198 9| 2.9 2.5 5.4| 66.9 -0.6 66.3 22.1 0.45| 7.2 3.3 4000 268 19 207 11| 2.5 1.7 4.2| 76.5 -47.7 28.7 7.2 0.20| 7.4 1.5 5000 270 20 216 11| 2.6 1.8 4.4| 96.9 -54.8 42.1 8.4 0.23| 7.3 1.7 6000 272 22 225 11| 3.5 1.4 4.9|151.1 -69.0 82.1 13.7 0.27| 7.8 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200322.00.gif