UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 25 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 1013 15 19.4 17.5 89 1.9 18.1 90 4 291.5 293.7 290.8 326.8 12.51 1 1000 125 18.4 16.8 90 1.6 17.4 135 9 291.5 293.7 290.5 325.8 12.12 2 981 290 17.2 16.1 93 1.1 16.5 158 12 291.9 294.0 290.4 325.4 11.81 3 967 413 18.0 14.8 82 3.2 16.0 176 16 294.0 295.9 290.4 325.4 11.01 4 943 629 18.6 14.4 77 4.2 15.9 207 23 296.7 298.7 291.3 328.5 11.00 5 925 794 18.0 14.4 79 3.6 15.7 225 22 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.3 11.22 6 914 897 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.3 225 22 298.1 300.1 291.9 330.5 11.13 7 850 1513 12.6 10.7 88 1.9 11.4 245 28 299.3 301.1 290.9 327.3 9.55 8 832 1692 11.0 9.4 90 1.6 10.0 248 29 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.7 8.93 9 816 1854 10.4 7.3 81 3.1 8.6 251 30 300.5 302.0 289.9 323.8 7.88 10 788 2144 8.2 5.9 85 2.3 6.9 265 30 301.2 302.5 289.8 323.2 7.41 11 778 2250 7.8 3.7 75 4.1 5.6 267 30 301.9 303.0 289.0 321.1 6.42 12 757 2476 7.2 4.4 82 2.8 5.6 271 30 303.6 304.9 290.1 324.4 6.94 13 749 2563 6.4 5.4 93 1.0 5.8 274 30 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.2 7.53 14 724 2841 4.8 4.0 95 0.8 4.4 277 29 304.8 306.2 290.6 326.2 7.06 15 700 3116 3.0 2.3 95 0.7 2.6 260 32 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.5 6.47 16 698 3139 2.8 1.9 94 0.9 2.3 260 33 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.0 6.30 17 697 3151 2.6 -0.9 78 3.5 0.8 260 33 305.7 306.7 289.2 321.5 5.14 18 694 3186 2.2 -15.8 25 18.0 -4.1 260 34 305.7 306.0 285.6 310.8 1.61 19 685 3291 0.8 -19.2 21 20.0 -5.6 260 37 305.3 305.5 285.0 309.2 1.22 20 680 3350 3.6 -20.4 15 24.0 -4.2 260 38 309.0 309.2 286.3 312.7 1.11 21 676 3398 5.4 -20.6 13 26.0 -3.3 260 40 311.6 311.8 287.2 315.2 1.10 22 669 3483 5.6 -15.4 20 21.0 -2.4 260 42 312.7 313.0 288.2 318.4 1.72 23 658 3618 4.2 -4.8 52 9.0 -0.1 260 46 312.6 313.4 290.4 325.5 4.07 24 655 3656 3.8 -4.2 56 8.0 -0.1 260 47 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.1 4.28 25 634 3920 2.6 -9.4 41 12.0 -2.6 260 50 314.1 314.7 289.9 323.7 2.96 26 619 4113 1.0 -3.9 70 4.9 -1.4 260 53 314.5 315.3 291.5 329.2 4.63 27 603 4323 -0.5 -5.5 69 5.0 -2.9 260 55 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.21 28 600 4363 -0.7 -6.7 64 6.0 -3.4 261 55 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.7 3.86 29 596 4416 -0.5 -11.5 43 11.0 -5.0 261 54 316.1 316.7 290.2 324.8 2.66 30 592 4470 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.4 261 54 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.8 2.59 31 553 5010 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -8.1 266 52 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.82 32 521 5474 -9.7 -15.7 62 6.0 -11.8 271 55 317.5 317.9 290.2 324.6 2.16 33 500 5790 -12.7 -16.3 74 3.6 -13.9 275 57 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.7 2.14 34 468 6289 -17.3 -18.5 90 1.2 -17.7 276 60 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.90 35 464 6353 -17.5 -18.8 90 1.3 -17.9 276 61 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.7 1.87 36 460 6418 -18.1 -21.7 73 3.6 -19.1 276 61 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.4 1.46 37 454 6515 -18.5 -21.7 76 3.2 -19.4 277 62 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.2 1.48 38 448 6614 -19.5 -25.5 59 6.0 -20.9 277 63 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.8 1.07 39 439 6765 -19.7 -27.7 49 8.0 -21.4 277 64 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.9 0.89 40 431 6901 -19.9 -36.9 21 17.0 -22.7 278 65 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.5 0.37 41 417 7145 -21.1 -53.1 4 32.0 -24.3 279 67 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.07 42 404 7377 -22.7 -40.7 18 18.0 -25.2 280 68 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.27 43 400 7450 -23.3 -36.3 29 13.0 -25.4 280 69 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.3 0.43 44 398 7487 -23.5 -35.5 32 12.0 -25.4 281 70 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.6 0.47 45 390 7635 -24.1 -42.1 17 18.0 -26.4 285 75 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.24 46 380 7825 -25.5 -47.5 11 22.0 -27.8 285 75 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.14 47 357 8275 -29.7 -44.7 22 15.0 -31.2 285 76 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.20 48 338 8663 -32.9 -51.9 13 19.0 -34.3 285 76 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.09 49 312 9221 -38.3 -52.3 22 14.0 -39.1 286 79 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.10 50 300 9490 -40.1 -52.1 27 12.0 -40.8 290 87 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.10 51 284 9862 -43.1 -52.1 37 9.0 -43.6 288 93 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.11 52 259 10477 -47.9 -54.9 44 7.0 -48.1 286 104 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.09 53 255 10580 -48.7 -56.7 39 8.0 -49.0 286 106 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.07 54 250 10710 -48.5 -56.5 39 8.0 -48.8 285 108 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 55 247 10789 -48.5 -57.5 34 9.0 -48.8 286 109 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 56 240 10977 -49.7 -60.7 26 11.0 -50.0 287 111 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 57 228 11310 -52.3 -61.6 32 9.3 -52.5 290 114 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 58 226 11367 -52.7 -61.7 33 9.0 -52.9 290 113 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.04 59 200 12150 -55.3 -69.3 16 14.0 -55.5 295 106 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 60 150 13970 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -60.9 295 82 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 61 114 15649 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.4 270 75 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 62 100 16440 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.8 280 60 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 63 95 16750 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.2 278 54 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 64 82 17636 -67.7 -90.7 2 23.0 -67.8 262 39 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 65 72 18427 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 287 32 444.5 444.5 310.3 444.5 0.00 66 70 18600 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 290 29 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 67 56 19951 -68.5 -91.5 2 23.0 -68.7 272 28 466.7 466.7 312.4 466.7 0.00 68 55 20060 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 257 27 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 69 51 20519 -65.7 -91.7 2 26.0 -66.0 281 31 485.9 485.9 313.9 485.9 0.00 70 50 20640 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -64.8 290 32 491.5 491.5 314.3 491.5 0.00 71 48 20891 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.5 290 29 500.6 500.6 315.0 500.6 0.00 72 45 21286 -65.3 -91.3 2 26.0 -65.6 267 26 504.6 504.6 315.2 504.6 0.00 73 44 21424 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.4 272 28 513.7 513.7 315.9 513.7 0.00 74 42 21711 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.2 291 29 521.1 521.1 316.4 521.1 0.00 75 39 22173 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.7 285 15 541.8 541.8 317.6 541.9 0.00 76 33 23219 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -60.9 247 22 565.2 565.2 318.9 565.2 0.00 77 32 23412 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -59.0 244 25 576.1 576.1 319.5 576.1 0.00 78 30 23820 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.7 250 26 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.00 79 29 24033 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.7 254 26 593.6 593.6 320.3 593.6 0.00 80 27 24486 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.0 253 38 612.1 612.1 321.2 612.1 0.01 81 26 24725 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.7 253 39 616.4 616.4 321.3 616.5 0.01 82 23 25512 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.7 272 43 654.3 654.3 322.9 654.4 0.01 83 20 26420 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.1 275 37 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 84 15 28299 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.7 265 30 739.4 739.4 325.6 739.5 0.02 85 14 28748 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.1 262 31 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 86 13 29231 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.7 260 31 772.4 772.4 326.5 772.6 0.03 87 12 29762 -43.9 -79.9 1 36.0 -51.4 257 31 812.2 812.2 327.5 812.7 0.06 88 11 30351 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -50.4 254 32 842.1 842.2 328.2 842.9 0.08 89 10 31000 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -50.5 250 32 867.6 867.7 328.8 868.6 0.10 90 7.7 32761 -45.5 -80.5 1 35.0 -54.0 915.7 915.7 329.7 916.5 0.08 TRP 114 15649 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.4 270 75 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 WND 228 11310 -52.3 -61.6 32 9.3 -52.5 290 114 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.00 m Freezing level: 608.33 mb = 4253.05 m = 13953.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.49 mb = 3156.65 m = 10356.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.26 mb = 252.35 m = 827.90 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 724.0- 680.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.62 mb = 1377.97 m = 4520.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.70 mb = 815.37 m = 2675.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.70 mb = 2147.64 m = 7045.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.70 mb = 2253.26 m = 7392.49 ft B at Equ Level: 33.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 657.70 mb = 3622.22 m = 11883.79 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 290 at 28 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 1013 15 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 108 32 -30.6 9.8 1 1000 125 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 116 37 -32.9 16.2 2 979 305 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 125 37 -30.7 21.1 3 945 610 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 151 35 -16.9 30.7 4 925 794 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 157 28 -11.0 25.4 5 912 914 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 157 28 -11.0 25.4 6 880 1219 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 164 25 -6.9 23.6 7 850 1513 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 177 22 -1.2 21.7 8 818 1829 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 185 20 1.6 20.1 9 788 2134 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 195 13 3.3 12.4 10 760 2438 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 199 10 3.4 9.8 11 732 2743 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 202 5 2.0 4.8 12 706 3048 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 199 10 3.4 9.8 13 700 3116 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 198 16 4.9 15.4 14 654 3658 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 228 27 19.7 18.0 15 606 4267 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 235 34 27.6 19.4 16 561 4877 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 239 28 24.2 14.3 17 500 5790 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 261 31 30.2 4.9 18 480 6096 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 262 33 32.2 4.7 19 400 7450 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 273 41 41.4 -2.1 20 391 7620 285 75 72.4 -19.4 | 282 47 45.9 -9.6 21 315 9144 285 77 74.4 -19.9 | 282 49 47.8 -10.1 22 300 9490 290 87 81.8 -29.8 | 290 59 55.2 -19.9 23 250 10710 285 108 104.3 -28.0 | 283 80 77.7 -18.1 24 229 11278 290 114 107.1 -39.0 | 290 86 80.5 -29.2 25 228 11310 290 114 107.1 -39.0 | 290 86 80.5 -29.2 26 200 12150 295 106 96.1 -44.8 | 297 78 69.5 -35.0 27 199 12192 295 110 99.7 -46.5 | 297 82 73.1 -36.7 28 180 12802 290 90 84.6 -30.8 | 290 62 58.0 -21.0 29 164 13411 290 100 94.0 -34.2 | 290 72 67.4 -24.4 30 150 13970 295 82 74.3 -34.7 | 297 54 47.7 -24.8 31 135 14630 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 281 35 34.3 -6.5 32 122 15240 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 258 47 46.4 9.8 33 116 15545 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 259 49 48.4 9.8 34 114 15649 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 259 49 48.4 9.8 35 100 16440 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 271 33 32.5 -0.6 36 100 16459 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 272 34 34.5 -0.9 37 86 17374 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 237 12 10.3 6.6 38 82 17678 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 215 20 11.8 16.6 39 78 17983 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 317 17 11.5 -12.2 40 74 18288 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 261 6 6.3 1.0 41 70 18600 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 277 1 0.7 -0.1 42 67 18898 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 95 7 -6.6 0.5 43 63 19202 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 142 12 -7.6 9.8 44 57 19812 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 277 1 0.7 -0.1 45 55 20117 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 176 19 -1.2 19.1 46 50 20640 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 288 4 3.5 -1.1 47 49 20726 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 7 5 -0.6 -5.2 48 45 21336 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 177 12 -0.7 12.1 49 43 21641 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 256 5 5.3 1.3 50 41 21946 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 84 11 -11.0 -1.1 51 37 22555 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 126 21 -16.9 12.4 52 30 23774 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 181 25 0.3 25.3 53 30 23820 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 173 19 -2.1 18.7 54 29 24079 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 175 17 -1.5 16.6 55 27 24384 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 207 22 10.1 19.7 56 26 24689 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 202 25 9.1 22.8 57 25 24994 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 244 23 20.4 9.8 58 20 26420 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 237 12 10.3 6.6 59 18 27127 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 205 8 3.3 7.2 60 17 27432 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 199 10 3.4 9.8 61 10 31000 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 190 21 3.5 20.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 377.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 222.08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 163 12 125 37| 21.3 0.0 21.3|210.8 0.0 210.8 421.6 0.92| 24.4 22.4 1000 201 17 141 33| 13.3 0.0 13.3|298.5 0.0 298.5 298.5 0.81| 20.2 16.3 1500 218 20 150 29| 10.9 0.0 10.9|345.9 0.0 345.9 230.6 0.81| 16.6 13.4 2000 230 22 158 26| 8.7 0.0 8.7|370.3 0.0 370.3 185.1 0.78| 14.5 11.3 2500 240 24 164 23| 6.9 0.0 6.9|377.5 0.0 377.5 151.0 0.73| 13.0 9.5 3000 248 25 169 20| 5.8 0.1 5.9|378.0 -0.8 377.2 125.7 0.65| 12.2 7.9 4000 253 29 184 18| 4.3 3.0 7.4|452.4 -2.1 450.3 112.6 0.60| 12.5 7.5 5000 256 34 200 19| 3.6 2.4 6.1|497.2 -2.1 495.1 99.0 0.60| 11.0 6.6 6000 260 38 213 19| 3.8 2.0 5.8|572.2 -2.1 570.1 95.0 0.62| 10.1 6.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200325.00.gif