UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 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 1007 15 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 200 9 292.0 294.3 291.5 329.2 13.17 1 1000 71 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.8 215 17 292.5 294.7 291.0 327.4 12.28 2 964 387 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.9 234 33 294.8 297.0 291.5 329.1 11.94 3 925 741 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.2 255 41 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.7 11.14 4 895 1022 15.6 12.1 80 3.5 13.4 262 43 298.1 299.9 290.9 327.1 9.96 5 872 1243 15.8 8.8 63 7.0 11.6 275 43 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.6 8.17 6 850 1460 15.4 6.4 55 9.0 10.2 270 44 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.5 7.11 7 826 1702 14.4 3.4 48 11.0 8.3 270 45 303.7 304.8 289.2 321.6 5.92 8 779 2194 10.4 1.4 54 9.0 5.6 270 47 304.5 305.6 289.0 321.1 5.44 9 700 3073 2.8 0.1 82 2.7 1.4 275 36 305.6 306.6 289.5 322.4 5.51 10 683 3272 1.2 -0.5 88 1.7 0.3 280 35 306.0 307.0 289.5 322.5 5.41 11 573 4668 -6.1 -7.4 90 1.3 -6.7 285 44 313.2 313.9 290.4 325.3 3.83 12 544 5072 -9.1 -10.1 92 1.0 -9.5 284 50 314.3 314.9 290.2 324.8 3.26 13 538 5158 -9.5 -11.6 85 2.1 -10.3 283 51 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.3 2.93 14 525 5347 -10.9 -13.1 84 2.2 -11.7 282 53 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.0 2.66 15 507 5614 -13.5 -18.5 66 5.0 -15.0 281 55 315.3 315.7 289.1 321.2 1.75 16 500 5720 -15.1 -30.1 27 15.0 -18.2 280 56 314.6 314.7 287.7 316.8 0.63 17 465 6267 -16.3 -47.3 5 31.0 -20.3 285 65 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.12 18 453 6462 -17.7 -47.7 5 30.0 -21.4 285 67 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.11 19 430 6849 -21.1 -36.1 25 15.0 -23.5 283 70 320.9 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.41 20 425 6935 -21.9 -32.9 36 11.0 -23.8 282 69 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.9 0.56 21 421 7005 -22.3 -26.6 68 4.3 -23.2 281 69 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.9 1.03 22 414 7128 -22.1 -22.7 95 0.6 -22.2 279 68 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.2 1.49 23 400 7380 -23.5 -24.9 88 1.4 -23.8 275 67 324.4 324.7 291.4 328.9 1.27 24 398 7417 -23.7 -25.2 87 1.5 -24.1 274 67 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.0 1.24 25 383 7696 -27.1 -35.1 47 8.0 -28.3 270 66 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.50 26 357 8199 -31.3 -50.3 14 19.0 -32.8 274 69 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.11 27 346 8420 -32.7 -67.7 2 35.0 -34.3 275 70 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.8 0.01 28 300 9410 -40.1 -68.1 3 28.0 -41.0 280 77 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.01 29 259 10397 -47.3 -69.3 6 22.0 -47.8 285 82 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.4 0.01 30 250 10630 -48.5 -68.5 8 20.0 -48.9 285 89 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.0 0.02 31 233 11090 -50.9 -68.9 10 18.0 -51.2 292 86 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.02 32 216 11582 -51.9 -71.9 7 20.0 -52.2 295 90 342.9 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 33 207 11858 -51.7 -77.7 3 26.0 -52.1 295 96 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.00 34 200 12080 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 295 100 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 35 194 12276 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -54.2 295 101 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.00 36 184 12616 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -54.1 295 102 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.00 37 179 12793 -54.5 -85.0 1 30.5 -54.9 295 103 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 38 171 13085 -55.9 -83.9 2 28.0 -56.2 295 101 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 39 151 13878 -55.1 -82.1 2 27.0 -55.5 290 76 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 40 150 13920 -55.5 -82.5 2 27.0 -55.8 290 76 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 41 145 14135 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.6 288 77 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 42 138 14446 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.4 285 79 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 43 128 14915 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.1 280 81 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 44 122 15211 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.1 288 65 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 45 116 15521 -64.1 -91.1 1 27.0 -64.3 286 53 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 46 109 15900 -65.1 -89.1 2 24.0 -65.3 287 54 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 47 104 16184 -67.5 -91.5 2 24.0 -67.6 289 56 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 48 100 16420 -67.9 -91.9 2 24.0 -68.0 290 58 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 49 96 16666 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 288 49 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 50 93 16860 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.5 287 42 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 51 79 17849 -69.9 -91.9 3 22.0 -70.0 269 42 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 52 75 18162 -67.1 -91.1 2 24.0 -67.2 259 37 432.2 432.2 309.1 432.2 0.00 53 71 18494 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 259 34 441.2 441.2 310.0 441.2 0.00 54 70 18580 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 260 34 441.3 441.3 310.0 441.3 0.00 55 67 18845 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 267 33 446.4 446.4 310.5 446.4 0.00 56 64 19123 -64.5 -86.5 3 22.0 -64.8 275 31 458.0 458.0 311.6 458.0 0.00 57 59 19619 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.1 282 29 465.6 465.6 312.3 465.6 0.00 58 53 20271 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.8 275 26 481.0 481.0 313.5 481.1 0.00 59 50 20630 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.7 270 18 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.01 60 45 21283 -63.1 -85.1 4 22.0 -63.5 268 15 509.9 509.9 315.7 510.0 0.01 61 35 22838 -60.9 -82.9 4 22.0 -61.6 280 28 553.7 553.7 318.3 553.7 0.01 62 34 23019 -59.3 -82.3 4 23.0 -60.2 284 27 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.6 0.01 63 33 23205 -59.9 -81.9 4 22.0 -60.7 289 26 565.7 565.7 318.9 565.8 0.01 64 31 23600 -55.1 -77.1 5 22.0 -56.6 291 21 588.9 588.9 320.1 589.1 0.03 65 30 23810 -54.9 -76.9 5 22.0 -56.5 280 17 595.0 595.0 320.4 595.2 0.04 66 28 24252 -53.7 -76.7 4 23.0 -55.5 280 19 610.2 610.2 321.1 610.5 0.04 67 21 26097 -55.1 -78.1 4 23.0 -57.1 233 34 658.3 658.3 323.0 658.6 0.04 68 20 26410 -52.7 -78.7 3 26.0 -55.4 230 37 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.2 0.04 69 19 26743 -50.9 -77.9 3 27.0 -54.2 233 36 690.4 690.4 324.1 690.8 0.05 70 17 27469 -49.7 -75.7 3 26.0 -53.6 241 35 716.6 716.6 325.0 717.3 0.08 71 15 28296 -45.7 -72.7 3 27.0 -51.4 249 33 756.0 756.1 326.1 757.3 0.14 72 14 28759 -42.7 -72.7 2 30.0 -50.0 781.2 781.3 326.8 782.7 0.15 73 12 29794 -45.1 -76.1 2 31.0 -52.0 807.9 808.0 327.4 809.0 0.10 74 11 30378 -43.5 -75.5 2 32.0 -51.4 834.1 834.2 328.1 835.4 0.12 75 10 31020 -42.9 -77.9 1 35.0 -51.6 859.4 859.5 328.6 860.4 0.09 76 9.4 31439 -41.3 -77.3 1 36.0 -51.1 880.8 880.9 329.1 882.0 0.11 77 9.2 31585 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -50.2 894.7 894.7 329.4 896.1 0.13 TRP 100 16420 -67.9 -91.9 2 24.0 -68.0 290 58 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 WND 179 12793 -54.5 -85.0 1 30.5 -54.9 295 103 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.00 m Freezing level: 664.92 mb = 3501.14 m = 11486.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.07 mb = 3329.31 m = 10922.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.62 mb = 160.92 m = 527.94 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 925.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.65 mb = 1880.61 m = 6169.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.02 mb = 777.68 m = 2551.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.02 mb = 2886.96 m = 9471.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.02 mb = 7270.51 m = 23853.09 ft B at Equ Level: 220.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.02 mb = 11006.08 m = 36108.75 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 304 at 32 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 1007 15 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 139 35 -23.1 26.3 1 1000 71 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 153 36 -16.4 31.8 2 973 305 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 176 38 -2.4 37.8 3 939 610 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 194 35 8.3 33.9 4 925 741 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 205 31 13.4 28.5 5 906 914 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 208 33 15.4 29.0 6 874 1219 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 230 22 16.7 14.1 7 850 1460 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 225 25 17.8 17.9 8 813 1829 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 228 27 19.8 17.9 9 784 2134 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 229 27 20.8 17.9 10 756 2438 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 228 27 19.8 17.9 11 728 2743 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 227 26 18.8 17.9 12 700 3073 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 213 18 9.7 14.7 13 650 3658 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 209 8 3.9 6.9 14 625 3962 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 209 8 3.9 6.9 15 601 4267 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 225 12 8.6 8.5 16 557 4877 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 256 22 21.2 5.2 17 500 5720 280 56 55.1 -9.7 | 254 30 29.0 8.1 18 475 6096 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 268 36 35.6 1.3 19 436 6706 285 70 67.6 -18.1 | 270 41 41.4 -0.3 20 384 7620 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 246 44 39.8 17.9 21 311 9144 280 74 72.9 -12.8 | 264 47 46.7 5.0 22 300 9410 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 265 50 49.7 4.5 23 272 10058 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 271 44 44.3 -1.0 24 250 10630 285 89 86.0 -23.0 | 275 60 59.8 -5.2 25 249 10668 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 275 63 62.7 -6.0 26 226 11278 295 84 76.1 -35.5 | 289 53 50.0 -17.6 27 200 12080 295 100 90.6 -42.3 | 291 69 64.5 -24.4 28 179 12793 295 103 93.3 -43.5 | 291 72 67.2 -25.7 29 179 12802 295 103 93.3 -43.5 | 291 72 67.2 -25.7 30 162 13411 295 99 89.7 -41.8 | 291 68 63.6 -24.0 31 155 13716 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 280 44 43.4 -7.5 32 150 13920 290 76 71.4 -26.0 | 280 46 45.2 -8.1 33 127 14935 280 81 79.8 -14.1 | 266 54 53.6 3.8 34 121 15240 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 276 32 32.1 -3.3 35 115 15545 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 260 24 24.1 4.4 36 100 16420 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 274 28 28.3 -2.0 37 90 17069 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 221 12 7.6 8.8 38 81 17678 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 232 23 17.7 14.0 39 73 18288 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 196 28 7.6 26.9 40 70 18580 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 197 25 7.3 23.8 41 60 19507 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 190 11 1.8 10.4 42 54 20117 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 192 18 3.8 17.9 43 52 20422 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 162 15 -4.5 14.0 44 50 20630 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 155 20 -8.2 17.9 45 47 21031 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 158 30 -11.4 28.2 46 45 21336 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 144 21 -12.2 16.6 47 43 21641 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 165 28 -7.1 26.7 48 40 21946 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 189 30 4.8 29.1 49 37 22555 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 190 11 1.8 10.4 50 35 22860 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 186 13 1.4 13.0 51 32 23470 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 154 8 -3.5 7.3 52 30 23774 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 142 17 -10.7 13.7 53 30 23810 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 148 18 -9.4 14.9 54 27 24384 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 153 16 -7.5 14.6 55 26 24689 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 155 14 -5.9 12.4 56 25 24994 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 159 27 -9.9 25.5 57 22 25908 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 180 30 0.1 30.1 58 21 26213 225 37 26.2 26.2 | 180 44 -0.0 44.0 59 20 26410 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 183 42 2.2 41.6 60 15 27432 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 189 30 4.8 29.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 490.1 neg: -40.9 tot: 449.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 2.02 Bulk Shear: 118.66 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 230 27 170 36| 30.4 0.0 30.4|300.1 0.0 300.1 600.2 0.99| 32.7 32.2 1000 243 34 187 33| 20.3 0.0 20.3|432.3 0.0 432.3 432.3 0.94| 25.5 23.9 1500 254 37 198 29| 14.4 0.0 14.4|477.6 -10.0 467.6 311.7 0.82| 21.7 17.7 2000 259 39 206 28| 10.8 0.6 11.4|488.5 -10.0 478.5 239.2 0.81| 16.9 13.7 2500 262 41 211 28| 8.7 0.3 9.0|490.1 -15.6 474.4 189.8 0.78| 13.8 10.8 3000 263 41 213 27| 6.0 0.2 6.2|490.1 -40.9 449.2 149.7 0.64| 13.0 8.3 4000 268 39 214 23| 4.2 0.2 4.4|491.7 -47.5 444.2 111.0 0.54| 11.3 6.1 5000 272 40 219 21| 3.4 2.0 5.3|533.1 -47.9 485.2 97.0 0.54| 10.9 5.9 6000 274 42 227 22| 3.5 2.0 5.6|585.0 -53.7 531.3 88.5 0.52| 10.4 5.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200325.12.gif