UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 24 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 17.8 15.4 86 2.4 16.3 255 3 289.4 291.3 288.7 319.8 10.85 1 1000 173 16.6 13.7 83 2.9 14.8 225 9 289.8 291.5 287.9 317.6 9.89 2 989 267 16.0 13.4 85 2.6 14.4 247 18 290.1 291.8 288.0 317.7 9.81 3 975 389 17.8 13.4 75 4.4 15.0 256 21 293.1 294.8 289.2 321.5 9.95 4 955 567 18.8 11.8 64 7.0 14.4 259 20 295.8 297.5 289.4 322.2 9.14 5 925 840 17.2 11.2 68 6.0 13.5 255 18 296.9 298.5 289.8 323.2 9.06 6 853 1526 12.6 5.6 62 7.0 8.7 260 24 299.0 300.3 288.3 318.8 6.70 7 850 1556 12.6 4.6 58 8.0 8.2 260 23 299.3 300.5 288.1 317.9 6.26 8 838 1675 12.4 0.4 44 12.0 6.2 271 23 300.4 301.2 286.9 314.5 4.70 9 802 2043 11.2 4.2 62 7.0 7.3 278 25 302.9 304.1 289.5 322.3 6.46 10 780 2275 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 7.0 275 26 303.8 305.1 290.2 324.6 6.93 11 770 2382 9.4 3.4 66 6.0 6.1 275 25 304.5 305.7 289.9 323.7 6.35 12 700 3165 3.2 1.0 85 2.2 2.1 280 27 306.0 307.1 290.0 324.0 5.89 13 697 3200 3.0 0.8 85 2.2 1.8 276 28 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.0 5.83 14 678 3423 2.8 -3.2 65 6.0 -0.1 257 35 308.4 309.2 289.5 322.2 4.46 15 673 3483 2.8 -7.2 48 10.0 -1.6 259 35 309.0 309.7 288.6 319.5 3.31 16 641 3874 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 275 36 309.2 310.1 289.9 324.0 4.75 17 594 4476 -5.5 -6.9 90 1.4 -6.1 278 41 310.6 311.4 289.6 322.7 3.84 18 591 4516 -5.9 -8.4 82 2.5 -7.0 278 42 310.6 311.3 289.2 321.5 3.43 19 582 4636 -5.1 -9.6 71 4.5 -7.0 277 44 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.1 3.17 20 563 4895 -7.1 -11.6 70 4.5 -8.8 275 49 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.6 2.79 21 559 4951 -7.5 -13.5 62 6.0 -9.7 275 49 313.7 314.2 289.2 321.6 2.41 22 553 5035 -7.5 -22.5 29 15.0 -11.8 275 50 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.5 1.14 23 542 5191 -8.5 -21.5 34 13.0 -12.3 275 52 315.3 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29 24036 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.2 264 37 598.6 598.6 320.6 598.6 0.01 79 27 24492 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.0 266 38 612.1 612.1 321.2 612.1 0.01 80 25 24982 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.7 262 33 619.9 619.9 321.5 620.0 0.01 81 20 26410 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.5 270 39 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.0 0.01 82 19 26742 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.4 265 39 685.5 685.5 324.0 685.6 0.01 83 18 27090 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.2 257 39 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 84 13 29175 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -57.7 277 52 757.1 757.1 326.1 757.2 0.01 85 13 29175 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.9 277 52 766.1 766.1 326.4 766.3 0.02 86 12 29695 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.5 287 56 787.4 787.4 327.0 787.6 0.02 87 12 29695 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.8 287 56 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.4 0.04 88 11 30273 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.1 263 47 823.2 823.2 327.8 823.7 0.05 89 11 30273 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.0 263 47 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.8 0.06 90 10 30910 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -53.2 255 49 848.2 848.2 328.4 848.8 0.06 91 9.1 31538 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -53.4 872.2 872.2 328.9 872.8 0.07 TRP 201 12159 -60.5 -66.5 45 6.0 -60.6 305 82 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.02 WND 180 12852 -59.2 -71.8 18 12.5 -59.4 305 88 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.00 m Freezing level: 648.78 mb = 3778.83 m = 12397.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.96 mb = 3411.73 m = 11193.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.46 mb = 315.17 m = 1034.01 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 8.75 C Layer 853.0- 802.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.50 mb = 2398.37 m = 7868.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54778.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.28 mb = 1060.04 m = 3477.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 303 at 24 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 15 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 128 23 -17.7 14.0 1 1000 173 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 144 24 -14.2 19.6 2 985 305 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 179 19 -0.3 18.6 3 950 610 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 177 17 -0.9 16.7 4 925 840 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 170 18 -3.2 17.9 5 917 914 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 173 13 -1.6 13.2 6 884 1219 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 173 13 -1.6 13.2 7 853 1524 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 190 18 3.1 17.4 8 850 1556 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 187 17 2.1 17.2 9 822 1829 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 200 7 2.6 7.0 10 793 2134 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 206 12 5.3 10.9 11 764 2438 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 201 12 4.3 11.0 12 737 2743 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 197 12 3.3 11.1 13 700 3165 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 215 10 6.0 8.5 14 683 3353 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 211 26 13.2 22.3 15 657 3658 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 219 21 13.3 16.2 16 632 3962 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 247 17 15.9 6.8 17 608 4267 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 249 18 16.8 6.6 18 563 4877 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 252 30 28.2 8.9 19 501 5791 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 257 37 36.2 8.2 20 500 5810 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 255 33 32.2 8.6 21 481 6096 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 252 29 27.2 9.0 22 462 6401 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 253 21 19.8 6.1 23 400 7490 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 248 35 32.4 13.2 24 393 7620 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 248 35 32.4 13.2 25 317 9144 285 57 55.1 -14.8 | 273 35 34.5 -1.6 26 300 9540 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 273 36 36.4 -2.1 27 250 10760 295 72 65.3 -30.4 | 291 48 44.7 -17.2 28 201 12159 305 82 67.2 -47.0 | 306 58 46.6 -33.8 29 200 12190 305 82 67.2 -47.0 | 306 58 46.6 -33.8 30 181 12802 305 88 72.1 -50.5 | 306 64 51.5 -37.3 31 180 12852 305 88 72.1 -50.5 | 306 64 51.5 -37.3 32 150 13980 295 77 69.8 -32.5 | 291 53 49.2 -19.3 33 135 14630 300 75 65.0 -37.5 | 299 51 44.4 -24.3 34 122 15240 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 267 43 43.4 1.9 35 110 15850 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 263 33 32.6 3.8 36 100 16450 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 253 45 43.4 13.2 37 95 16764 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 261 46 45.2 7.4 38 86 17374 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 252 29 27.2 9.0 39 74 18288 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 237 32 27.2 17.4 40 70 18593 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 252 29 27.2 9.0 41 70 18600 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 259 26 25.7 5.0 42 60 19507 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 209 15 7.4 13.2 43 55 20117 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 237 24 20.4 13.2 44 50 20650 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 229 20 15.4 13.2 45 49 20726 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 229 20 15.4 13.2 46 45 21336 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 291 8 7.1 -2.8 47 43 21641 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 186 13 1.4 13.2 48 41 21946 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 190 18 3.1 17.4 49 39 22250 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 232 13 10.0 7.8 50 37 22555 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 188 20 2.6 19.4 51 35 22860 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 202 17 6.3 15.6 52 30 23820 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 214 23 12.9 19.1 53 27 24384 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 238 25 21.4 13.2 54 26 24689 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 210 22 10.9 18.8 55 20 26410 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 234 23 18.4 13.2 56 20 26518 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 234 23 18.4 13.2 57 17 27432 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 211 31 16.1 26.5 58 14 28651 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 214 33 18.9 27.6 59 12 29566 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 290 35 32.9 -11.7 60 11 30175 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 237 31 26.2 17.3 61 10 30910 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 226 37 26.8 25.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.2 neg: -17.5 tot: 125.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 52.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 251 14 159 19| 17.8 0.0 17.8|108.4 -1.9 106.5 212.9 0.87| 22.3 19.4 1000 257 17 166 18| 8.3 0.0 8.3|111.2 -11.8 99.4 99.4 0.59| 15.1 8.9 1500 261 18 170 16| 5.5 2.1 7.6|128.3 -11.8 116.5 77.6 0.61| 12.1 7.4 2000 265 20 176 15| 5.0 1.6 6.6|136.4 -11.8 124.6 62.3 0.52| 12.2 6.3 2500 268 21 181 14| 4.0 1.5 5.5|136.8 -15.5 121.3 48.5 0.47| 10.4 4.8 3000 269 21 183 13| 3.6 1.2 4.9|143.2 -17.5 125.7 41.9 0.47| 9.2 4.3 4000 269 24 196 14| 4.0 2.5 6.5|210.9 -24.2 186.7 46.7 0.45| 10.7 4.8 5000 272 28 212 15| 3.2 3.2 6.4|225.1 -24.2 201.0 40.2 0.41| 10.0 4.1 6000 273 33 226 17| 2.6 2.6 5.3|243.5 -44.9 198.6 33.1 0.36| 9.4 3.4 Wrote GIF file: 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