UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 28 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 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.2 185 7 294.5 297.0 292.9 334.4 13.95 1 1010 40 22.2 17.2 73 5.0 18.9 188 8 294.5 296.7 291.6 329.7 12.31 2 1000 122 21.4 16.9 76 4.5 18.4 200 13 294.5 296.7 291.6 329.5 12.20 3 995 166 21.2 16.8 76 4.4 18.3 204 15 294.8 297.0 291.6 329.7 12.18 4 963 450 22.4 13.4 57 9.0 16.6 217 19 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.2 10.08 5 931 743 20.0 15.1 73 4.9 16.8 227 14 299.2 301.3 292.6 333.3 11.67 6 925 799 19.6 14.9 74 4.7 16.5 230 13 299.4 301.5 292.6 333.2 11.59 7 909 949 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.7 250 17 299.8 301.9 292.4 332.6 11.19 8 902 1015 19.0 12.0 64 7.0 14.6 250 18 300.9 302.7 291.7 329.8 9.81 9 891 1121 20.8 -1.2 23 22.0 9.5 250 19 303.8 304.5 287.3 315.9 3.93 10 882 1208 21.2 -6.8 15 28.0 8.0 250 21 305.1 305.6 286.5 313.3 2.60 11 850 1527 19.8 -24.2 4 44.0 4.6 245 21 306.9 307.0 284.9 309.0 0.63 12 841 1618 19.4 -28.6 3 48.0 4.1 249 21 307.4 307.5 284.9 308.9 0.43 13 792 2130 16.2 -29.8 3 46.0 2.1 270 26 309.3 309.4 285.6 310.7 0.41 14 767 2401 15.2 -13.8 12 29.0 3.2 274 29 311.1 311.4 287.6 316.7 1.71 15 733 2782 13.0 -15.0 13 28.0 1.7 295 31 312.7 313.0 288.1 318.1 1.63 16 725 2874 12.8 -25.2 5 38.0 0.3 293 30 313.5 313.6 287.3 315.8 0.68 17 700 3167 10.8 -15.2 15 26.0 0.4 290 29 314.4 314.8 288.8 320.0 1.67 18 691 3275 9.8 -12.2 20 22.0 0.5 290 28 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.17 19 662 3628 6.6 -12.4 24 19.0 -1.3 290 31 314.8 315.2 289.4 322.1 2.23 20 654 3728 6.0 -17.0 17 23.0 -2.6 291 33 315.2 315.5 288.8 320.4 1.54 21 642 3879 5.0 -11.0 30 16.0 -1.8 293 35 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.1 2.57 22 584 4643 -0.9 -14.9 34 14.0 -6.2 303 47 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.4 2.06 23 541 5248 -5.9 -13.9 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385 7818 -24.7 -30.7 57 6.0 -25.8 305 51 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.2 0.77 38 369 8125 -25.9 -36.9 35 11.0 -27.5 305 51 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.5 0.44 39 349 8523 -29.3 -40.3 34 11.0 -30.7 305 50 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.33 40 316 9221 -35.1 -41.1 54 6.0 -35.7 305 49 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.33 41 300 9580 -38.1 -44.1 53 6.0 -38.6 305 53 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.25 42 294 9719 -39.5 -44.5 59 5.0 -39.9 306 56 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.25 43 262 10498 -44.3 -52.3 41 8.0 -44.7 309 72 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.12 44 250 10810 -47.3 -54.3 45 7.0 -47.6 310 79 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.10 45 234 11245 -51.1 -57.1 49 6.0 -51.3 309 78 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 46 222 11586 -53.5 -59.5 48 6.0 -53.7 307 73 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.06 47 213 11851 -55.5 -64.5 32 9.0 -55.6 305 70 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.03 48 200 12250 -58.9 -67.9 30 9.0 -59.0 300 71 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 49 193 12472 -60.9 -69.9 30 9.0 -61.0 298 77 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.02 50 182 12835 -62.9 -71.9 29 9.0 -63.0 295 87 342.3 342.3 294.8 342.3 0.01 51 181 12869 -62.5 -71.5 29 9.0 -62.6 296 87 343.5 343.5 295.1 343.5 0.01 52 180 12904 -59.9 -70.9 22 11.0 -60.0 297 88 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 53 179 12938 -59.5 -71.5 20 12.0 -59.6 298 88 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 54 167 13371 -60.9 -74.9 14 14.0 -61.0 309 92 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 55 165 13446 -60.6 -75.1 13 14.6 -60.7 310 92 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 56 160 13638 -59.7 -75.7 11 16.0 -59.9 310 78 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 57 151 13999 -60.9 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.1 310 53 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 58 150 14040 -60.9 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.1 310 50 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 59 147 14166 -60.1 -80.1 6 20.0 -60.3 310 47 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 60 136 14648 -63.1 -86.1 3 23.0 -63.3 303 46 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 61 100 16520 -67.7 -91.7 2 24.0 -67.8 300 39 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 62 93 16955 -70.1 -93.1 2 23.0 -70.2 308 47 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 63 90 17151 -68.9 -92.9 2 24.0 -69.0 311 46 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 64 85 17493 -70.7 -93.7 2 23.0 -70.8 320 36 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 65 83 17635 -69.1 -93.1 2 24.0 -69.2 326 32 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 66 79 17930 -70.7 -93.7 2 23.0 -70.8 339 25 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 67 77 18083 -69.3 -93.3 2 24.0 -69.4 346 21 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 68 70 18650 -71.3 -94.3 2 23.0 -71.4 340 14 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.9 0.00 69 69 18735 -71.5 -94.5 2 23.0 -71.6 340 15 433.2 433.2 309.1 433.2 0.00 70 68 18821 -69.9 -93.9 2 24.0 -70.0 340 17 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.5 0.00 71 66 18999 -70.3 -94.3 2 24.0 -70.4 340 17 441.4 441.4 310.0 441.4 0.00 72 65 19090 -67.9 -92.9 2 25.0 -68.1 341 16 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.5 0.00 73 54 20209 -66.1 -93.1 1 27.0 -66.4 344 3 477.1 477.1 313.2 477.1 0.00 74 50 20680 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.1 70 3 498.1 498.1 314.8 498.1 0.00 75 48 20934 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.2 133 5 509.2 509.2 315.6 509.2 0.00 76 45 21340 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.9 230 7 522.1 522.1 316.4 522.1 0.00 77 43 21625 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.9 230 11 526.4 526.4 316.7 526.4 0.00 78 42 21774 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.7 237 12 535.9 535.9 317.3 535.9 0.00 79 40 22084 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.9 252 14 546.0 546.0 317.9 546.0 0.00 80 38 22410 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.0 288 11 551.0 551.0 318.2 551.0 0.00 81 36 22754 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.6 344 2 563.7 563.7 318.8 563.7 0.01 82 30 23920 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.0 200 8 596.6 596.6 320.5 596.6 0.01 83 28 24362 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.3 100 9 611.3 611.3 321.1 611.3 0.01 84 26 24835 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.1 94 7 618.7 618.7 321.5 618.7 0.01 85 26 24835 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -55.8 94 7 623.2 623.2 321.6 623.3 0.01 86 22 25900 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.9 175 12 646.6 646.6 322.6 646.6 0.01 87 20 26510 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.7 225 6 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.0 0.02 88 18 27199 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.0 186 2 707.5 707.5 324.7 707.7 0.02 89 15 28400 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -53.2 51 16 746.7 746.7 325.8 746.9 0.03 90 14 28857 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -52.1 68 18 769.0 769.1 326.4 769.4 0.04 91 13 29350 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.1 93 21 787.6 787.6 327.0 788.0 0.05 92 13 29350 -42.7 -78.7 1 36.0 -50.4 93 21 798.0 798.0 327.2 798.6 0.06 93 12 29890 -43.9 -79.9 1 36.0 -51.4 106 19 812.2 812.2 327.5 812.7 0.06 94 11 30475 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -51.6 120 15 833.4 833.4 328.0 834.0 0.06 95 10 31120 -41.1 -78.1 1 37.0 -50.7 135 12 866.1 866.2 328.8 867.1 0.09 96 9.1 31766 -37.7 -75.7 1 38.0 -49.7 902.8 902.9 329.5 904.4 0.14 TRP 182 12835 -62.9 -71.9 29 9.0 -63.0 295 87 342.3 342.3 294.8 342.3 0.01 WND 165 13446 -60.6 -75.1 13 14.6 -60.7 310 92 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.00 m Freezing level: 592.85 mb = 4526.69 m = 14851.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.94 mb = 3371.35 m = 11060.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.14 C = 93.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.71 mb = 416.47 m = 1366.36 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 24.39 C Layer 925.0- 792.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.59 mb = 3231.54 m = 10602.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.49 C = 108.49 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.27 C Showalter Index: 10.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: -13.50 C K Index: -19.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 801.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.51 mb = 1222.87 m = 4012.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 475.51 mb = 6244.71 m = 20487.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.51 mb = 7258.84 m = 23814.80 ft B at Equ Level: 30.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.51 mb = 8391.08 m = 27529.45 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 25 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 15 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 149 30 -15.3 25.7 1 1000 122 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 160 33 -11.4 31.0 2 979 305 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 174 36 -3.8 36.0 3 945 610 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 170 32 -5.6 31.0 4 925 799 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 168 28 -5.9 27.1 5 913 914 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 178 24 -0.8 24.2 6 881 1219 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 188 26 3.9 25.9 7 850 1524 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 188 28 4.1 28.1 8 850 1527 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 187 28 3.2 27.6 9 820 1829 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 190 23 3.8 22.2 10 791 2134 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 208 21 10.1 18.8 11 763 2438 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 219 21 13.0 16.2 12 736 2743 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 245 13 12.2 5.7 13 700 3167 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 232 14 11.4 8.8 14 684 3353 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 229 14 10.4 9.2 15 658 3658 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 241 16 14.2 7.8 16 610 4267 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 276 21 20.5 -2.2 17 565 4877 305 50 41.0 -28.7 | 292 27 25.1 -9.9 18 544 5182 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 293 31 28.4 -12.2 19 500 5860 315 51 36.1 -36.1 | 311 27 20.2 -17.3 20 485 6096 310 51 39.1 -32.8 | 301 27 23.2 -14.0 21 400 7540 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 292 29 26.7 -11.1 22 396 7620 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 292 29 26.7 -11.1 23 319 9144 305 48 39.3 -27.5 | 291 25 23.4 -8.8 24 300 9580 305 53 43.4 -30.4 | 293 30 27.5 -11.6 25 250 10810 310 79 60.5 -50.8 | 306 55 44.6 -32.0 26 244 10973 310 82 62.8 -52.7 | 306 58 46.9 -33.9 27 212 11887 305 69 56.5 -39.6 | 297 46 40.6 -20.8 28 200 12250 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 290 49 45.6 -16.7 29 182 12835 295 87 78.8 -36.8 | 286 65 63.0 -18.0 30 166 13411 310 92 70.5 -59.1 | 306 68 54.6 -40.4 31 165 13446 310 92 70.5 -59.1 | 306 68 54.6 -40.4 32 150 14040 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 301 26 22.4 -13.4 33 143 14326 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 298 20 17.8 -9.5 34 123 15240 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 267 31 31.1 1.7 35 117 15545 285 57 55.1 -14.8 | 264 39 39.2 4.0 36 100 16520 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 272 18 17.9 -0.7 37 91 17069 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 300 25 21.7 -12.7 38 87 17374 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 307 15 11.7 -8.8 39 74 18288 355 16 1.4 -15.9 | 101 15 -14.5 2.8 40 71 18593 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 117 12 -11.1 5.6 41 70 18650 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 117 12 -11.1 5.6 42 67 18898 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 101 10 -9.7 1.9 43 52 20422 345 1 0.3 -1.0 | 139 24 -15.6 17.8 44 50 20680 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 133 26 -18.7 17.7 45 45 21336 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 156 26 -10.5 23.3 46 43 21641 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 164 27 -7.5 25.8 47 39 22250 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 177 21 -1.1 21.4 48 35 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 140 25 -15.9 18.8 49 30 23920 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 153 29 -13.1 26.3 50 28 24384 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 128 32 -24.8 19.6 51 27 24689 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 132 27 -19.8 18.1 52 24 25298 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 140 41 -26.2 31.0 53 23 25603 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 144 39 -23.4 31.8 54 20 26510 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 153 26 -11.6 23.0 55 18 27127 230 1 0.8 0.6 | 142 25 -15.1 19.4 56 17 27432 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 128 27 -21.5 16.7 57 16 28042 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 116 31 -27.7 13.3 58 15 28346 50 16 -12.3 -10.3 | 107 29 -28.1 8.5 59 14 28651 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 108 31 -29.0 9.6 60 13 29261 90 22 -22.0 0.0 | 116 42 -37.9 18.8 61 10 31120 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 138 37 -24.4 27.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.8 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 319.8 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.5 neg: -32.8 tot: 251.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 150.19 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 211 16 167 34| 12.7 0.0 12.7|125.3 -13.6 111.7 223.5 0.67| 19.6 13.1 1000 221 16 170 31| 8.2 0.0 8.2|163.3 -24.7 138.6 138.6 0.54| 16.2 8.8 1500 232 17 176 30| 5.5 1.6 7.1|183.7 -25.3 158.4 105.6 0.54| 12.7 6.9 2000 239 18 180 28| 5.5 1.2 6.7|214.7 -27.4 187.3 93.7 0.53| 12.1 6.4 2500 249 20 186 26| 6.0 1.0 7.0|261.6 -27.4 234.2 93.7 0.59| 11.6 6.9 3000 259 22 193 24| 5.4 0.8 6.2|284.5 -32.8 251.7 83.9 0.57| 11.2 6.4 4000 270 24 204 20| 5.2 0.7 5.9|326.2 -39.5 286.7 71.7 0.58| 10.0 5.8 5000 281 29 223 18| 5.7 0.6 6.3|391.9 -39.5 352.3 70.5 0.60| 9.6 5.8 6000 290 33 243 17| 4.8 0.5 5.3|456.7 -56.1 400.6 66.8 0.58| 9.2 5.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200328.00.gif