UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 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 1023 15 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.5 45 5 287.7 289.5 287.7 316.8 10.46 1 1017 64 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.9 48 7 287.6 289.3 287.3 315.8 10.12 2 1001 195 14.6 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 55 14 287.7 289.3 286.9 314.4 9.56 3 1000 203 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.6 55 14 287.5 289.2 286.7 313.9 9.45 4 971 452 13.4 12.2 92 1.2 12.7 62 17 289.0 290.6 287.1 314.9 9.23 5 958 565 13.8 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 68 18 290.5 292.2 288.0 317.8 9.67 6 946 672 13.6 12.1 91 1.5 12.7 47 15 291.3 293.0 288.1 318.0 9.41 7 934 779 13.0 8.5 74 4.5 10.4 6 9 291.8 293.1 286.4 313.1 7.47 8 925 861 13.4 9.3 76 4.1 11.0 335 5 293.0 294.4 287.3 315.9 7.97 9 907 1027 14.6 9.6 72 5.0 11.6 319 5 295.9 297.4 288.7 319.9 8.30 10 894 1149 14.4 9.6 73 4.8 11.5 291 6 296.9 298.4 289.2 321.4 8.42 11 850 1575 12.0 9.5 85 2.5 10.5 245 11 298.7 300.3 290.1 324.5 8.80 12 839 1684 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.1 243 13 299.0 300.6 290.3 324.9 8.86 13 830 1774 11.0 8.1 82 2.9 9.3 241 15 299.7 301.2 289.9 323.8 8.19 14 805 2028 8.8 7.0 88 1.8 7.8 246 17 300.0 301.4 289.7 323.1 7.83 15 782 2268 7.8 5.5 85 2.3 6.5 254 18 301.4 302.8 289.7 323.0 7.26 16 768 2417 7.2 3.0 75 4.2 4.9 259 20 302.3 303.5 289.0 320.9 6.19 17 763 2471 8.2 -2.8 46 11.0 2.9 260 20 304.0 304.7 287.6 316.5 4.08 18 759 2514 8.2 -4.8 39 13.0 2.2 261 20 304.4 305.1 287.2 315.3 3.52 19 736 2767 6.0 -7.0 39 13.0 0.3 266 22 304.7 305.3 286.8 314.3 3.07 20 718 2971 7.0 -29.0 6 36.0 -3.0 273 20 308.0 308.1 285.2 309.7 0.48 21 712 3040 6.8 -35.2 3 42.0 -3.6 275 19 308.5 308.6 285.1 309.5 0.27 22 700 3179 5.8 -27.2 7 33.0 -3.7 280 18 308.9 309.0 285.7 310.9 0.59 23 647 3817 1.0 -39.0 3 40.0 -7.5 275 22 310.5 310.5 285.8 311.2 0.20 24 607 4326 -1.5 -48.5 1 47.0 -9.5 251 24 313.3 313.4 286.6 313.6 0.08 25 571 4809 -5.5 -35.5 7 30.0 -11.8 267 20 314.2 314.2 287.2 315.3 0.33 26 539 5260 -7.3 -32.3 12 25.0 -12.9 261 25 317.3 317.3 288.4 318.9 0.47 27 523 5493 -8.9 -34.9 10 26.0 -14.3 255 29 318.1 318.1 288.6 319.4 0.38 28 513 5643 -9.9 -27.9 21 18.0 -14.3 259 32 318.6 318.8 289.1 321.3 0.75 29 500 5840 -11.1 -39.1 8 28.0 -16.2 265 36 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.5 0.26 30 494 5933 -11.5 -42.5 6 31.0 -16.6 261 36 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.18 31 431 6961 -19.5 -41.5 12 22.0 -22.7 258 37 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.6 0.23 32 420 7153 -21.3 -34.3 30 13.0 -23.5 257 35 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.50 33 400 7510 -24.7 -37.7 29 13.0 -26.6 255 31 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.37 34 389 7712 -26.7 -33.7 52 7.0 -27.8 255 33 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.9 0.57 35 384 7805 -26.7 -29.4 78 2.7 -27.2 254 34 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.87 36 380 7880 -27.1 -28.8 85 1.7 -27.4 254 36 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.8 0.93 37 373 8014 -28.1 -30.3 81 2.2 -28.5 253 38 324.9 325.1 291.1 327.8 0.83 38 365 8169 -29.3 -38.3 41 9.0 -30.4 253 41 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.7 0.38 39 363 8208 -29.7 -39.7 37 10.0 -30.9 253 42 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.5 0.33 40 355 8366 -30.7 -35.3 64 4.6 -31.3 252 45 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.53 41 349 8487 -31.7 -34.7 75 3.0 -32.1 252 47 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.58 42 333 8817 -33.3 -35.7 79 2.4 -33.6 250 53 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.55 43 303 9472 -38.5 -41.0 77 2.5 -38.7 254 52 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.35 44 300 9540 -39.1 -41.9 75 2.8 -39.4 255 52 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.32 45 264 10402 -46.9 -51.8 57 4.9 -47.1 259 55 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 46 250 10760 -50.1 -55.1 55 5.0 -50.3 260 56 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 47 233 11216 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 260 59 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 48 212 11816 -58.9 -63.2 57 4.3 -59.0 260 63 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.04 49 209 11906 -59.5 -65.5 46 6.0 -59.6 260 63 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 50 206 11996 -60.1 -64.5 56 4.4 -60.2 260 64 334.7 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 51 200 12180 -61.9 -66.0 58 4.1 -62.0 260 66 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 52 190 12497 -62.7 -68.7 44 6.0 -62.8 275 75 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.02 53 184 12695 -62.3 -68.3 44 6.0 -62.4 273 69 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 54 183 12729 -61.7 -67.7 45 6.0 -61.8 273 68 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 55 181 12798 -58.9 -66.9 35 8.0 -59.0 273 67 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 56 169 13229 -58.5 -68.5 27 10.0 -58.7 266 65 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 57 150 13980 -58.3 -71.3 17 13.0 -58.5 255 65 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.02 58 129 14911 -61.8 -75.5 14 13.7 -62.0 270 82 379.6 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.01 59 100 16450 -67.7 -82.7 10 15.0 -67.8 260 69 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 60 96 16697 -66.1 -82.1 9 16.0 -66.2 264 73 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 61 88 17223 -68.3 -83.3 10 15.0 -68.4 265 63 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 62 86 17362 -66.9 -82.9 9 16.0 -67.0 265 59 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.1 0.00 63 77 18027 -69.1 -85.1 8 16.0 -69.2 259 50 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 64 74 18266 -67.7 -84.7 7 17.0 -67.8 255 49 432.6 432.6 309.1 432.6 0.00 65 72 18431 -69.1 -86.1 7 17.0 -69.2 264 49 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.1 0.00 66 70 18600 -67.3 -86.3 5 19.0 -67.5 275 49 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.4 0.00 67 62 19329 -68.9 -86.9 6 18.0 -69.1 264 33 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 68 57 19833 -67.7 -87.7 4 20.0 -67.9 253 36 466.2 466.2 312.3 466.2 0.00 69 52 20390 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.4 271 37 486.9 486.9 314.0 487.0 0.00 70 50 20630 -65.1 -88.1 3 23.0 -65.4 285 33 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.1 0.00 71 46 21136 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.6 275 32 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 72 45 21270 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.8 271 31 506.5 506.5 315.4 506.5 0.00 73 39 22149 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -62.9 259 27 533.2 533.2 317.1 533.3 0.00 74 38 22309 -63.1 -91.1 1 28.0 -63.6 254 29 535.2 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.00 75 37 22473 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.8 264 29 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.00 76 33 23186 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.7 255 29 565.7 565.7 318.9 565.7 0.00 77 30 23780 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.4 260 34 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.7 0.00 78 29 23991 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -61.4 265 37 585.4 585.4 319.9 585.4 0.00 79 28 24212 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -59.0 271 40 599.0 599.0 320.6 599.1 0.00 80 25 24930 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.6 280 43 623.9 624.0 321.6 624.0 0.01 81 21 26059 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -52.3 265 34 678.2 678.2 323.7 678.4 0.02 82 20 26380 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -52.8 260 32 685.9 685.9 324.0 686.0 0.02 83 19 26716 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.1 255 33 695.4 695.4 324.3 695.6 0.02 84 17 27441 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.6 245 36 707.6 707.6 324.7 707.7 0.02 85 14 28700 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -55.2 254 30 752.8 752.8 326.0 752.9 0.02 86 13 29180 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -56.6 258 28 762.7 762.7 326.3 762.8 0.02 87 12 29699 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -55.1 261 25 789.5 789.5 327.0 789.8 0.03 88 11 30265 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.3 266 23 803.6 803.6 327.3 803.8 0.03 89 10 30890 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -53.6 270 20 845.2 845.3 328.3 845.7 0.05 90 9.0 31592 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -52.9 878.8 878.8 329.0 879.6 0.08 91 7.7 32634 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -54.1 914.8 914.9 329.7 915.7 0.08 92 7.5 32811 -41.1 -78.1 1 37.0 -52.1 940.4 940.5 330.2 941.8 0.12 TRP 190 12497 -62.7 -68.7 44 6.0 -62.8 275 75 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.02 WND 129 14911 -61.8 -75.5 14 13.7 -62.0 270 82 379.6 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.00 m Freezing level: 631.00 mb = 4020.49 m = 13190.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.31 mb = 2786.06 m = 9140.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.56 C = 79.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.65 mb = 197.63 m = 648.39 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 15.48 C Layer 830.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.11 mb = 1944.94 m = 6380.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Cap Strength: 7.60 C Lifted Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.30 C Showalter Index: 2.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: -0.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 172.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48552.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.67 mb = 674.75 m = 2213.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 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 1023 15 45 5 -3.5 -3.5 | 100 17 -16.5 2.8 1 1000 203 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 86 24 -24.4 -1.7 2 988 305 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 84 26 -26.1 -2.8 3 953 610 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 90 30 -29.9 0.2 4 925 861 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 100 11 -10.8 1.8 5 919 914 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 97 12 -11.7 1.5 6 887 1219 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 130 9 -7.0 5.8 7 850 1575 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 165 11 -3.0 11.0 8 824 1829 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 184 14 0.9 14.3 9 794 2134 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 194 13 3.0 12.2 10 766 2438 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 214 12 6.7 9.8 11 738 2743 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 227 12 9.0 8.3 12 700 3179 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 236 6 4.8 3.2 13 685 3353 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 255 6 5.4 1.4 14 659 3658 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 244 10 9.0 4.4 15 634 3962 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 244 10 9.0 4.4 16 610 4267 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 213 17 9.6 14.6 17 565 4877 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 224 9 6.0 6.3 18 523 5486 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 227 20 15.1 13.9 19 500 5840 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 248 25 22.9 9.5 20 483 6096 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 235 28 22.8 15.9 21 464 6401 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 245 32 29.4 13.8 22 400 7510 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 230 22 17.0 14.4 23 394 7620 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 230 22 17.0 14.4 24 331 8839 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 237 45 37.8 24.8 25 317 9144 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 236 44 36.9 24.5 26 300 9540 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 242 42 37.3 19.8 27 250 10760 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 249 45 42.2 16.1 28 209 11887 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 251 52 49.1 17.3 29 200 12180 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 251 55 52.0 17.8 30 190 12497 280 80 78.8 -13.9 | 277 66 65.8 -7.5 31 190 12497 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 270 62 61.8 -0.2 32 172 13106 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 262 45 45.0 6.3 33 164 13411 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 252 65 61.9 19.5 34 150 13980 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 245 55 49.8 23.2 35 149 14021 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 251 53 50.1 17.5 36 129 14911 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 265 69 69.0 6.3 37 128 14935 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 265 69 69.0 6.3 38 122 15240 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 263 55 55.0 6.3 39 100 16450 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 252 58 55.0 18.3 40 95 16764 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 258 62 60.8 12.8 41 82 17678 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 254 39 37.9 10.8 42 74 18288 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 241 39 34.4 19.0 43 70 18593 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 267 36 35.9 2.1 44 70 18600 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 267 36 35.9 2.1 45 63 19202 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 262 23 22.9 3.2 46 60 19507 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 220 21 13.4 15.9 47 54 20117 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 238 33 27.6 17.2 48 50 20630 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 277 19 18.9 -2.2 49 49 20726 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 277 20 19.9 -2.5 50 45 21336 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 251 19 18.0 6.3 51 40 21946 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 254 9 8.7 2.5 52 38 22250 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 221 22 14.3 16.3 53 35 22860 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 274 15 15.1 -1.2 54 33 23165 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 227 20 15.1 13.9 55 30 23780 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 239 24 20.5 12.2 56 27 24384 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 265 29 28.9 2.7 57 25 24994 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 272 29 29.4 -1.1 58 20 26380 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 237 22 18.6 11.9 59 17 27432 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 222 29 19.7 21.6 60 10 30890 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 228 9 7.0 6.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 5.8 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.5 neg: -64.1 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 133.91 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 57 14 88 24| 13.2 0.0 13.2| 14.7 -30.6 -15.9 -31.8 -0.25| 14.8 -3.7 1000 54 12 88 23| 6.6 9.9 16.5| 39.3 -64.1 -24.7 -24.7 -0.07| 20.1 -1.3 1500 42 10 86 20| 4.4 9.4 13.8| 61.7 -64.1 -2.4 -1.6 0.14| 16.8 2.3 2000 346 11 65 11| 3.3 8.7 12.0| 82.8 -64.1 18.7 9.4 0.23| 14.7 3.4 2500 273 13 179 6| 2.1 7.0 9.1|102.3 -64.1 38.2 15.3 0.30| 13.0 3.9 3000 270 14 191 7| 2.5 5.8 8.3|111.5 -64.1 47.4 15.8 0.32| 11.9 3.8 4000 274 16 208 6| 2.0 4.8 6.8|114.7 -70.2 44.5 11.1 0.27| 10.2 2.8 5000 269 17 212 8| 1.9 4.0 5.9|123.9 -90.6 33.3 6.7 0.20| 10.0 1.9 6000 266 19 219 10| 1.4 4.2 5.6|167.0-114.3 52.6 8.8 0.19| 10.1 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200322.12.gif