UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 26 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 1009 15 22.4 14.4 61 8.0 17.2 5 5 294.8 296.6 290.0 324.3 10.27 1 1006 42 22.0 11.0 50 11.0 15.3 7 7 294.6 296.1 288.2 318.3 8.21 2 1000 95 21.4 11.4 53 10.0 15.3 10 11 294.5 296.1 288.4 319.0 8.49 3 925 763 15.2 10.4 73 4.8 12.3 340 15 294.9 296.4 288.6 319.6 8.59 4 922 791 15.0 10.4 74 4.6 12.2 329 15 294.9 296.5 288.6 319.8 8.62 5 883 1157 14.6 8.6 67 6.0 11.0 264 18 298.2 299.6 289.2 321.5 7.96 6 850 1478 12.2 7.4 72 4.8 9.4 265 24 298.9 300.3 289.2 321.3 7.62 7 840 1577 11.4 6.7 73 4.7 8.7 268 24 299.1 300.4 289.0 320.7 7.34 8 823 1747 10.6 1.6 54 9.0 5.9 273 24 300.0 301.0 287.3 315.6 5.22 9 803 1952 11.0 -17.0 12 28.0 1.0 281 23 302.6 302.8 284.0 306.6 1.26 10 749 2527 6.2 -21.8 11 28.0 -2.6 294 22 303.4 303.6 284.0 306.3 0.89 11 721 2837 4.4 -25.6 9 30.0 -4.1 290 29 304.8 304.9 284.2 307.0 0.66 12 711 2951 5.0 -42.0 2 47.0 -4.8 290 31 306.7 306.7 284.2 307.1 0.13 13 700 3078 4.0 -33.0 5 37.0 -5.1 290 33 306.9 307.0 284.6 308.1 0.34 14 692 3171 3.2 -29.8 7 33.0 -5.4 291 33 307.0 307.1 284.8 308.6 0.47 15 678 3337 3.8 292 34 309.5 16 635 3865 1.2 297 39 312.4 17 628 3954 1.4 297 40 313.6 18 559 4876 -6.5 -44.5 3 38.0 -12.9 295 51 314.9 314.9 287.2 315.4 0.13 19 500 5740 -10.3 -47.3 3 37.0 -15.9 300 70 320.5 320.5 289.0 320.9 0.11 20 482 6023 -11.7 -56.7 1 45.0 -17.1 304 79 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.3 0.04 21 462 6348 -13.1 -31.1 21 18.0 -17.1 305 89 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.5 0.62 22 400 7430 -22.5 -36.5 27 14.0 -24.7 310 91 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.3 0.42 23 396 7504 -23.3 -36.3 29 13.0 -25.4 310 90 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.43 24 387 7672 -23.9 -44.9 13 21.0 -26.4 310 88 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.18 25 366 8077 -25.9 -57.9 3 32.0 -28.5 309 89 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.04 26 307 9321 -37.3 -57.3 11 20.0 -38.4 308 94 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 27 300 9480 -38.5 -57.5 12 19.0 -39.5 310 96 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.05 28 250 10700 -48.7 -63.7 16 15.0 -49.1 310 108 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.03 29 239 10993 -51.1 -63.1 23 12.0 -51.4 307 114 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 30 231 11214 -51.5 -66.1 16 14.7 -51.8 305 119 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.02 31 230 11242 -51.5 -66.5 15 15.0 -51.8 305 119 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.5 0.02 32 208 11889 -54.3 -74.3 7 20.0 -54.6 315 118 342.9 342.9 295.0 342.9 0.01 33 200 12140 -52.9 -77.9 3 25.0 -53.2 315 109 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.00 34 198 12205 -52.7 -79.7 2 27.0 -53.1 314 107 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 35 177 12923 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -58.5 309 89 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.00 36 167 13289 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.5 306 79 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.00 37 158 13636 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.4 301 76 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 38 155 13755 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -60.5 299 75 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 39 150 13960 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -61.1 295 75 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 40 142 14300 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.3 293 78 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 41 131 14796 -64.3 -94.3 1 30.0 -64.4 289 77 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 42 122 15228 -66.5 -95.5 1 29.0 -66.6 285 66 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 43 118 15429 -66.5 -95.5 1 29.0 -66.6 279 70 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 44 113 15690 -68.1 -96.1 1 28.0 -68.2 280 74 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 45 104 16191 -64.7 -94.7 1 30.0 -64.8 307 63 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 46 100 16430 -65.5 -94.5 1 29.0 -65.7 315 54 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 47 93 16868 -68.3 -97.3 1 29.0 -68.4 295 37 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 48 81 17691 -71.1 -98.1 1 27.0 -71.2 266 50 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 49 72 18399 -64.7 -94.7 1 30.0 -64.9 288 30 442.4 442.4 310.1 442.4 0.00 50 70 18570 -65.9 -94.9 1 29.0 -66.1 285 33 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 51 69 18658 -65.9 -94.9 1 29.0 -66.1 289 31 445.2 445.2 310.4 445.2 0.00 52 67 18837 -64.1 -94.1 1 30.0 -64.4 297 26 452.9 452.9 311.1 452.9 0.00 53 58 19718 -66.1 -95.1 1 29.0 -66.3 269 15 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.5 0.00 54 50 20630 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -61.8 275 25 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 55 46 21150 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.0 271 21 515.9 515.9 316.0 515.9 0.00 56 41 21868 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.3 274 16 529.7 529.7 316.9 529.7 0.00 57 39 22181 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -59.0 264 12 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.00 58 37 22513 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.2 256 5 551.6 551.6 318.2 551.6 0.00 59 36 22686 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.6 245 7 560.6 560.6 318.7 560.6 0.00 60 32 23431 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -59.0 245 21 576.1 576.1 319.5 576.1 0.00 61 30 23840 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.8 250 26 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 62 27 24519 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.2 230 28 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.6 0.01 63 24 25283 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.5 255 24 642.9 642.9 322.4 643.0 0.01 64 22 25849 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.0 260 25 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.02 65 21 26153 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.2 262 26 670.3 670.3 323.4 670.4 0.01 66 20 26470 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.8 265 27 681.6 681.6 323.8 681.7 0.02 67 18 27156 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.6 269 16 699.9 699.9 324.4 700.0 0.02 68 16 27932 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -51.4 274 12 741.5 741.5 325.7 741.8 0.04 69 14 28817 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -53.2 276 13 762.9 762.9 326.3 763.2 0.03 70 12 29834 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -53.6 246 20 798.0 798.0 327.2 798.4 0.04 71 11 30411 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.7 259 22 826.1 826.2 327.9 826.6 0.05 72 10 31050 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -51.6 275 25 859.4 859.5 328.6 860.2 0.08 73 9.8 31187 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -51.1 868.9 868.9 328.8 869.9 0.10 74 9.5 31397 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.6 873.6 873.7 328.9 874.5 0.09 75 8.5 32153 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -51.0 912.0 912.1 329.7 913.4 0.13 TRP 113 15690 -68.1 -96.1 1 28.0 -68.2 280 74 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 WND 231 11214 -51.5 -66.1 16 14.7 -51.8 305 119 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.00 m Freezing level: 615.77 mb = 4117.39 m = 13508.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.30 mb = 2104.36 m = 6903.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.79 mb = 1025.52 m = 3364.52 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 15.15 C Layer 850.0- 721.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.92 mb = 2374.50 m = 7790.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.80 C Showalter Index: 5.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: -7.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 206.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59038.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.56 mb = 1373.84 m = 4507.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 327 at 26 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 1009 15 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 139 22 -14.8 16.8 1 1000 95 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 124 20 -16.3 11.0 2 976 305 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 105 15 -14.4 3.8 3 942 610 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 128 14 -10.7 8.3 4 925 763 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 130 12 -9.2 7.7 5 909 914 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 181 19 0.4 19.2 6 876 1219 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 190 25 4.3 25.1 7 850 1478 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 202 26 9.5 23.9 8 815 1829 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 206 22 9.5 19.7 9 785 2134 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 200 16 5.4 14.6 10 756 2438 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 196 14 3.8 13.4 11 729 2743 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 221 17 11.0 12.6 12 700 3078 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 238 20 16.6 10.5 13 651 3658 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 250 19 18.3 6.6 14 602 4267 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 272 25 24.6 -0.7 15 558 4877 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 270 32 31.9 0.2 16 537 5182 300 50 43.3 -25.0 | 276 29 28.9 -3.2 17 500 5740 300 70 60.6 -35.0 | 286 48 46.3 -13.2 18 477 6096 305 81 66.4 -46.5 | 295 58 52.0 -24.7 19 458 6401 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 297 67 60.2 -30.4 20 400 7430 310 91 69.7 -58.5 | 304 66 55.3 -36.7 21 389 7620 310 88 67.4 -56.6 | 303 63 53.0 -34.8 22 314 9144 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 297 67 60.2 -30.4 23 300 9480 310 96 73.5 -61.7 | 304 71 59.2 -39.9 24 250 10700 310 108 82.7 -69.4 | 305 83 68.4 -47.6 25 231 11214 305 119 97.5 -68.3 | 299 95 83.1 -46.5 26 229 11278 305 119 97.5 -68.3 | 299 95 83.1 -46.5 27 208 11887 315 118 83.4 -83.4 | 312 93 69.1 -61.6 28 200 12140 315 109 77.1 -77.1 | 311 84 62.7 -55.3 29 164 13411 305 76 62.3 -43.6 | 294 53 47.9 -21.8 30 150 13960 295 75 68.0 -31.7 | 280 55 53.6 -9.9 31 134 14630 290 81 76.1 -27.7 | 275 62 61.7 -5.9 32 122 15240 285 66 63.8 -17.1 | 265 50 49.4 4.7 33 116 15545 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 255 60 58.4 15.4 34 113 15690 280 74 72.9 -12.8 | 261 59 58.5 9.0 35 110 15850 295 76 68.9 -32.1 | 281 55 54.5 -10.3 36 100 16430 315 54 38.2 -38.2 | 305 29 23.8 -16.4 37 90 17069 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 224 20 13.6 14.3 38 85 17374 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 212 41 21.3 34.8 39 81 17678 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 234 45 36.4 26.2 40 73 18288 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 224 17 11.9 12.2 41 70 18570 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 233 22 17.5 13.3 42 66 18898 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 218 12 7.3 9.3 43 60 19507 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 186 23 2.6 23.3 44 57 19812 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 179 22 -0.4 21.8 45 54 20117 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 184 26 2.0 26.2 46 52 20422 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 209 31 15.2 27.0 47 50 20630 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 208 22 10.5 19.6 48 45 21336 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 192 22 4.6 21.8 49 43 21641 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 176 17 -1.2 17.0 50 41 21946 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 187 22 2.6 21.8 51 37 22555 255 4 3.9 1.0 | 155 25 -10.5 22.8 52 33 23165 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 169 35 -6.9 34.8 53 32 23470 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 192 30 6.3 29.3 54 30 23840 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 198 32 10.1 30.7 55 28 24384 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 188 39 5.5 38.5 56 26 24689 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 193 43 9.4 41.7 57 24 25298 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 197 29 8.8 28.0 58 20 26470 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 207 27 12.5 24.2 59 19 26822 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 198 21 6.5 20.0 60 18 27127 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 184 23 1.6 23.2 61 17 27432 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 192 14 2.8 13.8 62 16 28042 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 171 22 -3.4 21.8 63 15 28346 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 179 22 -0.4 21.8 64 14 28651 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 176 17 -1.2 17.0 65 14 28956 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 176 23 -1.4 22.9 66 13 29261 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 187 20 2.6 20.3 67 12 29870 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 187 30 3.8 30.3 68 10 31050 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 208 22 10.5 19.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.6 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 326.6 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 6.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.7 neg: -66.4 tot: 106.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 128.48 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 0 14 117 16| 0.0 10.8 10.8| 13.4 -54.3 -40.9 -81.8 -0.42| 17.8 -7.5 1000 341 15 129 13| 0.0 8.8 8.8| 69.8 -54.3 15.5 15.5 0.22| 19.7 4.4 1500 308 16 173 12| 0.0 8.7 8.7|117.9 -54.3 63.7 42.5 0.33| 16.7 5.4 2000 294 18 189 15| 1.9 6.5 8.4|127.0 -58.0 68.9 34.5 0.29| 14.6 4.3 2500 293 19 192 15| 2.3 5.2 7.5|133.3 -66.4 66.9 26.8 0.26| 12.9 3.3 3000 293 20 197 15| 1.9 6.0 7.9|172.7 -66.4 106.3 35.4 0.35| 12.5 4.3 4000 293 24 213 15| 2.4 4.5 6.9|225.9 -66.4 159.5 39.9 0.42| 10.8 4.5 5000 295 29 231 15| 2.4 3.9 6.3|258.1 -72.7 185.4 37.1 0.41| 9.9 4.0 6000 297 35 250 18| 4.4 3.2 7.6|426.9 -72.7 354.2 59.0 0.42| 11.0 4.6 Wrote GIF file: 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