UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 27 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 1016 15 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 14.3 140 5 289.0 290.6 286.7 314.0 8.87 1 1012 48 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 13.3 145 6 289.0 290.4 285.9 311.7 8.05 2 1000 148 15.6 9.6 67 6.0 12.1 160 10 288.8 290.1 285.3 309.9 7.52 3 991 225 14.8 9.8 72 5.0 11.9 167 10 288.7 290.0 285.4 310.4 7.69 4 979 328 14.8 10.0 73 4.8 12.0 178 10 289.7 291.1 286.1 312.0 7.89 5 967 432 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.2 190 10 291.1 292.4 285.8 311.3 7.07 6 942 654 13.8 8.8 72 5.0 10.9 213 11 291.9 293.2 286.6 313.5 7.56 7 932 744 13.4 6.4 63 7.0 9.5 220 12 292.4 293.5 285.7 311.0 6.47 8 925 807 12.8 8.0 73 4.8 10.1 225 13 292.4 293.7 286.5 313.3 7.29 9 923 825 12.8 8.1 73 4.7 10.1 227 13 292.6 293.9 286.6 313.7 7.36 10 903 1009 11.8 5.8 67 6.0 8.5 235 16 293.4 294.5 286.0 311.9 6.41 11 895 1083 11.8 4.8 62 7.0 8.0 235 17 294.1 295.2 285.9 311.6 6.03 12 888 1149 11.8 7.8 76 4.0 9.5 235 18 294.8 296.1 287.6 316.5 7.49 13 885 1177 11.8 7.9 77 3.9 9.6 235 18 295.1 296.4 287.8 317.0 7.57 14 878 1244 12.6 4.6 58 8.0 8.2 235 18 296.6 297.7 286.9 314.4 6.06 15 867 1350 12.4 1.4 47 11.0 6.8 235 15 297.4 298.3 286.0 311.9 4.88 16 850 1516 12.8 -14.2 14 27.0 2.5 235 9 299.6 299.8 283.1 304.3 1.50 17 847 1546 12.8 -18.2 10 31.0 2.0 239 9 299.9 300.1 282.7 303.3 1.08 18 827 1745 11.4 -19.6 10 31.0 1.0 268 10 300.4 300.6 282.8 303.6 0.98 19 803 1992 12.6 -21.4 8 34.0 1.2 283 13 304.3 304.4 284.2 307.1 0.86 20 785 2181 12.2 -15.8 13 28.0 1.6 285 17 305.8 306.1 285.5 310.4 1.42 21 736 2717 8.2 -19.8 12 28.0 -1.3 285 28 307.1 307.3 285.5 310.7 1.08 22 700 3129 6.8 -34.2 3 41.0 -3.6 315 31 310.0 310.1 285.7 311.1 0.30 23 698 3152 6.8 -34.2 3 41.0 -3.6 316 31 310.3 310.3 285.8 311.3 0.30 24 683 3330 6.2 -17.8 16 24.0 -2.4 321 31 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.1 1.38 25 610 4240 -1.7 -17.7 28 16.0 -7.1 319 40 312.7 313.0 288.1 317.8 1.56 26 604 4319 -1.7 -19.7 24 18.0 -7.5 321 41 313.6 313.8 288.1 318.0 1.33 27 587 4545 -3.1 -17.1 33 14.0 -7.9 324 47 314.5 314.8 288.8 320.2 1.70 28 584 4586 -3.1 -19.1 28 16.0 -8.4 325 48 315.0 315.2 288.7 319.8 1.44 29 577 4681 -3.3 -16.3 36 13.0 -7.9 322 51 315.8 316.2 289.3 322.0 1.85 30 568 4805 -3.3 -17.3 33 14.0 -8.2 318 55 317.2 317.6 289.7 323.0 1.73 31 561 4903 -2.9 -23.9 18 21.0 -9.2 315 58 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.3 0.99 32 500 5800 -10.5 -26.5 26 16.0 -14.6 315 68 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.3 0.88 33 491 5940 -11.7 -25.7 30 14.0 -15.3 315 65 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.8 0.96 34 483 6066 -12.5 -27.5 27 15.0 -16.2 315 63 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.83 35 469 6291 -12.5 -37.5 10 25.0 -17.2 314 63 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.32 36 454 6539 -14.3 -36.3 14 22.0 -18.4 313 64 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.38 37 446 6674 -14.9 -31.9 22 17.0 -18.5 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268 10323 -42.1 -53.1 29 11.0 -42.7 310 68 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 52 263 10450 -42.9 -50.9 41 8.0 -43.3 310 68 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.14 53 252 10737 -44.5 -51.5 46 7.0 -44.9 310 68 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.13 54 250 10790 -45.1 -52.1 45 7.0 -45.4 310 68 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 55 241 11034 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.4 309 69 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.11 56 231 11313 -49.7 -57.7 39 8.0 -50.0 308 70 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 57 207 12022 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.1 306 73 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 58 200 12240 -57.7 -63.7 46 6.0 -57.8 305 74 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 59 175 13073 -64.3 -72.3 33 8.0 -64.4 310 88 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 60 172 13179 -64.2 -72.9 30 8.7 -64.3 310 89 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 61 150 14020 -63.7 -77.7 13 14.0 -63.8 310 75 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 62 100 16480 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 325 44 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 63 97 16661 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.4 322 45 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 64 84 17511 -72.5 -92.5 3 20.0 -72.6 310 42 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 65 74 18259 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 292 15 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.00 66 71 18505 -70.3 -92.3 3 22.0 -70.4 290 21 432.2 432.2 309.1 432.2 0.00 67 70 18590 -67.1 -91.1 2 24.0 -67.2 290 24 440.8 440.8 310.0 440.8 0.00 68 69 18677 -66.3 -91.3 2 25.0 -66.5 290 24 444.4 444.4 310.3 444.4 0.00 69 65 19043 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.6 290 25 458.6 458.6 311.7 458.6 0.00 70 59 19638 -65.5 -93.5 1 28.0 -65.7 297 28 466.5 466.5 312.3 466.5 0.00 71 58 19743 -63.5 -92.5 1 29.0 -63.8 302 29 473.3 473.3 312.9 473.3 0.00 72 50 20660 -62.3 -92.3 1 30.0 -62.7 285 11 496.7 496.7 314.7 496.7 0.00 73 46 21176 -60.3 -91.3 1 31.0 -60.9 240 11 513.5 513.5 315.9 513.5 0.00 74 43 21593 -62.9 -92.9 1 30.0 -63.4 234 15 517.1 517.1 316.1 517.1 0.00 75 38 22362 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.5 257 13 549.5 549.5 318.1 549.5 0.00 76 32 23448 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.8 235 15 579.8 579.8 319.6 579.8 0.00 77 30 23860 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.2 245 14 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 78 28 24306 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -53.9 230 7 616.3 616.3 321.3 616.4 0.01 79 24 25303 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.6 238 16 638.8 638.8 322.3 638.9 0.01 80 21 26164 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.4 202 17 665.5 665.5 323.3 665.6 0.01 81 20 26480 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.4 250 11 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.02 82 17 27541 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.1 276 12 714.7 714.7 324.9 714.8 0.02 83 15 28367 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.0 313 8 753.3 753.4 326.0 753.6 0.03 84 14 28827 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.2 343 5 768.4 768.4 326.4 768.7 0.04 85 13 29323 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -50.8 15 2 795.2 795.2 327.1 795.7 0.06 86 12 29859 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.8 19 3 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.4 0.04 87 11 30438 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -53.0 358 7 823.9 824.0 327.8 824.4 0.05 88 10 31080 -40.5 -77.5 1 37.0 -50.4 335 12 868.4 868.4 328.8 869.4 0.10 89 9.3 31573 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -51.2 882.8 882.8 329.1 883.9 0.11 90 9.1 31721 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -50.6 894.4 894.5 329.3 895.7 0.12 91 8.5 32186 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -51.6 906.6 906.6 329.5 907.7 0.10 92 8.2 32432 -38.5 -75.5 1 37.0 -50.5 927.0 927.1 329.9 928.8 0.17 93 7.8 32775 -38.9 -75.9 1 37.0 -51.0 938.7 938.8 330.2 940.6 0.16 TRP 175 13073 -64.3 -72.3 33 8.0 -64.4 310 88 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 WND 172 13179 -64.2 -72.9 30 8.7 -64.3 310 89 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.00 m Freezing level: 625.71 mb = 4044.58 m = 13269.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.21 mb = 2469.64 m = 8102.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.48 mb = 631.39 m = 2071.45 ft T: 13.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 13.69 C Layer 878.0- 827.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.41 mb = 3662.17 m = 12014.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.25 C = 104.45 F Cap Strength: 11.79 C Lifted Index: 10.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.00 C Showalter Index: 15.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: -3.70 C K Index: -31.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51218.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.12 mb = 1166.90 m = 3828.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 337 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 1016 15 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 154 29 -12.6 26.4 1 1000 148 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 158 34 -12.8 32.0 2 982 305 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 162 34 -10.3 32.5 3 947 610 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 173 32 -3.9 32.1 4 925 807 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 180 32 -0.2 31.8 5 913 914 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 184 31 2.1 30.6 6 881 1219 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 190 34 6.2 33.5 7 850 1516 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 176 28 -2.0 27.7 8 819 1829 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 181 21 0.5 20.8 9 789 2134 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 198 19 6.1 18.4 10 761 2438 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 220 21 13.8 16.3 11 733 2743 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 229 23 17.7 15.3 12 700 3129 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 267 13 12.5 0.6 13 655 3658 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 308 8 6.6 -5.2 14 630 3962 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 285 19 18.2 -5.0 15 606 4267 320 40 25.7 -30.6 | 296 18 16.3 -8.1 16 584 4572 325 48 27.5 -39.3 | 313 25 18.1 -16.8 17 562 4877 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 300 37 31.6 -18.5 18 501 5791 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 303 46 38.7 -25.5 19 500 5800 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 303 46 38.7 -25.5 20 481 6096 315 62 43.8 -43.8 | 302 41 34.5 -21.3 21 400 7490 310 70 53.6 -45.0 | 297 50 44.2 -22.4 22 393 7620 310 73 55.9 -46.9 | 298 53 46.5 -24.4 23 318 9144 310 70 53.6 -45.0 | 297 50 44.2 -22.4 24 300 9550 310 69 52.9 -44.4 | 297 49 43.5 -21.8 25 250 10790 310 68 52.1 -43.7 | 296 48 42.7 -21.2 26 200 12240 305 74 60.6 -42.4 | 291 55 51.2 -19.9 27 192 12497 305 73 59.8 -41.9 | 291 54 50.4 -19.3 28 175 13073 310 88 67.4 -56.6 | 300 67 58.0 -34.0 29 174 13106 310 89 68.2 -57.2 | 301 68 58.8 -34.7 30 172 13179 310 89 68.2 -57.2 | 301 68 58.8 -34.7 31 150 14020 310 75 57.5 -48.2 | 298 54 48.1 -25.7 32 143 14326 305 66 54.1 -37.9 | 289 47 44.7 -15.3 33 123 15240 305 69 56.5 -39.6 | 290 50 47.1 -17.0 34 111 15850 305 69 56.5 -39.6 | 290 50 47.1 -17.0 35 100 16480 325 44 25.2 -36.0 | 310 21 15.9 -13.5 36 86 17374 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 287 29 27.4 -8.3 37 78 17983 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 211 11 5.9 9.7 38 74 18288 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 192 18 3.8 17.8 39 70 18590 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 223 19 13.2 14.3 40 60 19507 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 228 20 15.0 13.7 41 57 19812 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 251 16 15.2 5.4 42 55 20117 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 163 14 -3.9 13.0 43 52 20422 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 163 23 -6.6 21.5 44 50 20660 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 184 20 1.2 19.7 45 49 20726 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 184 20 1.2 19.7 46 45 21336 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 177 30 -1.6 30.3 47 43 21641 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 187 32 3.7 31.7 48 41 21946 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 185 15 1.3 15.1 49 39 22250 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 188 25 3.4 24.8 50 32 23470 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 185 31 2.9 31.2 51 30 23774 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 187 29 3.3 28.5 52 30 23860 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 187 29 3.3 28.5 53 29 24079 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 178 34 -1.4 34.0 54 28 24384 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 166 26 -6.1 24.9 55 25 24994 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 179 41 -0.9 40.7 56 23 25603 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 187 23 2.6 22.6 57 22 25908 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 176 35 -2.4 34.7 58 21 26213 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 175 40 -3.2 39.5 59 20 26480 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 182 26 1.0 26.3 60 20 26518 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 181 25 0.3 25.1 61 17 27432 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 187 21 2.4 20.5 62 17 27737 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 187 23 2.6 22.6 63 13 29566 30 1 -0.5 -0.9 | 156 24 -9.9 21.7 64 10 31080 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 160 12 -4.3 11.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.4 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 337.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.5 neg: -62.5 tot: 263.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 208.82 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 9 162 34| 9.5 0.0 9.5| 79.1 0.0 79.1 158.1 0.73| 12.6 9.2 1000 202 11 171 33| 8.7 0.0 8.7|156.1 0.0 156.1 156.1 0.81| 11.5 9.3 1500 217 13 177 33| 5.8 2.3 8.0|176.8 -62.5 114.3 76.2 0.36| 12.2 4.4 2000 228 12 179 31| 5.7 1.7 7.4|212.3 -62.5 149.8 74.9 0.40| 12.0 4.8 2500 246 13 186 28| 6.9 1.4 8.2|270.6 -62.5 208.1 83.2 0.51| 11.9 6.1 3000 261 16 194 26| 6.4 1.1 7.6|325.5 -62.5 263.0 87.7 0.56| 12.3 6.9 4000 289 20 212 19| 4.8 0.9 5.7|356.5 -76.0 280.5 70.1 0.49| 12.2 6.0 5000 303 26 235 15| 4.6 2.2 6.8|402.7-123.0 279.7 55.9 0.41| 12.5 5.1 6000 307 33 260 17| 3.8 2.2 6.0|422.9-133.0 289.8 48.3 0.38| 11.4 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200327.00.gif