UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 23 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 11.2 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 350 2 282.5 283.8 282.9 303.8 7.75 1 1020 39 10.8 8.6 86 2.2 9.6 354 3 282.3 283.5 281.8 301.3 6.88 2 1000 203 9.6 8.0 90 1.6 8.8 20 8 282.8 283.9 281.9 301.3 6.74 3 987 312 9.0 7.6 91 1.4 8.2 11 4 283.2 284.4 282.0 301.6 6.64 4 983 346 10.0 9.2 95 0.8 9.6 356 5 284.5 285.8 283.5 305.2 7.44 5 976 405 14.0 13.1 94 0.9 13.4 329 6 289.2 290.9 287.6 316.5 9.75 6 972 440 15.0 14.0 94 1.0 14.4 314 7 290.5 292.3 288.7 319.8 10.39 7 925 860 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 230 19 294.2 296.2 290.4 325.5 10.92 8 919 915 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 230 22 294.6 296.5 290.5 325.7 10.85 9 855 1524 11.4 10.0 91 1.4 10.6 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296.6 349.8 0.01 51 162 13432 -63.3 -72.3 28 9.0 -63.4 289 53 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 52 159 13548 -61.3 -72.3 22 11.0 -61.4 281 56 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 53 152 13828 -61.1 -73.1 19 12.0 -61.2 270 64 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 54 150 13910 -60.7 -72.7 19 12.0 -60.9 270 66 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 55 143 14209 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.7 272 63 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.01 56 127 14948 -62.1 -77.1 12 15.0 -62.3 267 62 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.01 57 124 15096 -62.1 -77.1 12 15.0 -62.3 264 64 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.5 0.01 58 119 15352 -60.3 -76.3 11 16.0 -60.5 258 68 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.01 59 109 15894 -64.7 -79.7 11 15.0 -64.8 259 71 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.01 60 100 16420 -65.5 -81.5 9 16.0 -65.6 265 71 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.01 61 95 16731 -66.5 -82.5 9 16.0 -66.6 270 72 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 62 88 17196 -65.5 -82.5 8 17.0 -65.7 261 59 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.01 63 82 17623 -68.1 -84.1 8 16.0 -68.2 265 67 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 64 77 18001 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548.7 0.00 78 34 22996 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -63.1 276 25 554.1 554.1 318.3 554.1 0.00 79 31 23567 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.1 285 30 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.2 0.00 80 30 23770 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.4 275 29 576.4 576.4 319.5 576.5 0.00 81 28 24196 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.9 268 34 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.00 82 27 24424 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -58.0 264 36 608.7 608.7 321.0 608.7 0.01 83 25 24916 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.2 260 39 632.6 632.6 322.0 632.6 0.01 84 23 25453 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.2 254 42 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.5 0.01 85 20 26350 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 265 51 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 86 19 26681 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.7 261 53 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.3 0.01 87 17 27398 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.6 260 45 699.3 699.3 324.4 699.4 0.01 88 15 28205 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.9 260 41 733.4 733.4 325.4 733.5 0.02 89 14 28657 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -53.5 259 40 761.6 761.6 326.3 761.8 0.03 90 14 28657 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -53.1 259 40 763.6 763.6 326.3 763.9 0.03 91 13 29144 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -55.4 257 40 768.9 768.9 326.4 769.1 0.02 92 12 29665 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -55.7 255 41 786.0 786.0 326.9 786.2 0.03 93 12 29665 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -53.6 255 41 798.0 798.0 327.2 798.3 0.03 94 11 30242 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -53.7 252 41 819.6 819.6 327.7 820.0 0.04 95 10 30880 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.4 250 41 860.9 860.9 328.7 861.8 0.08 96 10 30880 -42.1 -78.1 1 36.0 -51.2 250 41 862.4 862.4 328.7 863.3 0.09 97 9.6 31156 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -51.9 868.7 868.8 328.8 869.6 0.08 98 9.0 31593 -40.9 -77.9 1 37.0 -51.1 893.4 893.4 329.3 894.5 0.10 99 7.8 32562 -43.1 -79.1 1 36.0 -52.8 921.9 922.0 329.8 923.0 0.10 TRP 196 12254 -63.7 -70.7 38 7.0 -63.8 305 102 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.01 WND 194 12317 -63.1 -70.5 36 7.4 -63.2 305 103 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.00 m Freezing level: 720.40 mb = 2930.86 m = 9615.55 ft Freezing level: 683.00 mb = 3357.76 m = 11016.13 ft Freezing level: 672.00 mb = 3487.83 m = 11442.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.40 mb = 2808.90 m = 9215.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1010.83 mb = 113.97 m = 373.92 ft T: 10.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 855.0- 704.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1020.00 mb = 39.34 m = 129.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.84 C = 55.11 F Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lifted Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 17.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62405.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.47 mb = 550.10 m = 1804.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 at 20 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 15 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 95 19 -19.2 1.5 1 1000 203 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 80 23 -22.3 -4.0 2 988 305 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 89 21 -20.6 -0.4 3 953 610 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 128 14 -10.9 8.5 4 925 860 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 162 17 -5.0 15.7 5 919 914 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 171 18 -2.7 17.7 6 886 1219 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 160 18 -6.2 16.9 7 850 1573 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 164 12 -3.3 11.1 8 824 1829 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 153 10 -4.6 9.0 9 794 2134 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 156 7 -2.9 6.5 10 765 2438 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 190 12 2.0 11.4 11 737 2743 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 174 16 -1.6 16.1 12 700 3161 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 201 20 7.3 19.0 13 657 3658 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 216 18 10.5 14.5 14 632 3962 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 237 18 14.9 9.6 15 608 4267 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 229 19 14.2 12.6 16 563 4877 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 222 21 14.2 15.8 17 500 5810 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 243 23 20.8 10.6 18 481 6096 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 238 29 24.8 15.4 19 462 6401 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 232 32 25.5 19.9 20 400 7470 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 256 32 31.2 8.0 21 392 7620 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 256 34 33.2 8.1 22 316 9144 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 272 40 40.2 -1.7 23 300 9500 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 280 39 38.5 -6.7 24 289 9754 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 280 39 38.5 -6.7 25 250 10720 295 83 75.2 -35.1 | 300 64 55.6 -31.6 26 200 12130 300 97 84.0 -48.5 | 305 79 64.4 -45.0 27 198 12192 305 103 84.4 -59.1 | 311 85 64.8 -55.6 28 196 12254 305 102 83.6 -58.5 | 311 84 64.0 -55.0 29 194 12317 305 103 84.4 -59.1 | 311 85 64.8 -55.6 30 171 13106 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 316 45 31.2 -32.1 31 163 13411 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 296 33 29.3 -14.3 32 155 13716 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 265 42 41.4 3.5 33 150 13910 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 266 47 46.4 3.5 34 134 14630 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 272 38 38.2 -1.5 35 121 15240 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 252 48 45.4 15.0 36 115 15545 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 246 54 49.0 21.9 37 100 16420 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 259 52 51.1 9.7 38 94 16764 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 266 53 52.4 3.5 39 90 17069 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 250 39 36.5 13.4 40 81 17678 265 68 67.7 5.9 | 259 49 48.1 9.4 41 73 18288 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 254 28 27.2 7.6 42 70 18580 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 247 30 27.7 11.8 43 66 18898 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 255 29 28.2 7.7 44 60 19507 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 289 27 25.8 -8.7 45 52 20422 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 192 14 3.1 14.1 46 50 20620 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 210 15 7.7 13.4 47 47 21031 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 237 18 14.9 9.6 48 45 21336 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 267 13 13.3 0.6 49 42 21641 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 320 12 7.6 -9.2 50 40 21946 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 337 8 3.1 -7.1 51 38 22250 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 256 5 5.3 1.3 52 35 22860 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 303 5 4.6 -3.0 53 33 23165 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 218 7 4.3 5.6 54 31 23470 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 308 11 8.6 -6.7 55 30 23770 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 264 9 9.3 1.0 56 27 24384 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 248 18 16.3 6.6 57 21 25908 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 230 30 22.7 18.9 58 20 26350 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 256 32 31.2 8.0 59 19 26822 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 249 36 33.6 12.9 60 17 27432 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 245 27 24.7 11.3 61 15 28346 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 242 22 19.8 10.5 62 10 30880 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 227 26 18.9 17.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 6.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: -65.0 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 105.32 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 352 6 84 19| 0.0 7.8 7.8| 28.5 -32.1 -3.6 -7.2 0.01| 20.1 0.2 1000 244 11 129 13| 0.0 11.4 11.4| 93.9 -37.6 56.2 56.2 0.42| 20.5 8.7 1500 236 13 142 14| 1.8 7.6 9.4| 97.6 -48.4 49.2 32.8 0.33| 16.3 5.3 2000 241 14 146 13| 2.6 5.7 8.3| 98.2 -53.7 44.5 22.2 0.26| 13.6 3.6 2500 244 15 151 12| 2.1 6.0 8.0|109.2 -55.8 53.4 21.4 0.29| 12.8 3.7 3000 243 17 157 12| 1.7 6.0 7.7|132.7 -65.0 67.7 22.6 0.29| 12.3 3.6 4000 245 21 176 12| 2.7 4.5 7.2|200.6 -65.0 135.6 33.9 0.40| 11.1 4.5 5000 248 24 191 13| 2.2 4.1 6.2|205.9 -87.1 118.8 23.8 0.34| 9.6 3.2 6000 250 27 203 14| 2.2 3.7 5.9|246.8 -97.1 149.7 25.0 0.35| 9.0 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200323.12.gif