UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 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 1014 15 19.2 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 210 2 291.2 293.5 291.3 328.5 13.24 1 1004 102 19.8 18.2 90 1.6 18.7 239 12 292.6 295.0 291.7 330.1 13.21 2 1000 137 20.4 18.3 88 2.1 19.0 250 16 293.5 295.9 292.2 331.6 13.35 3 997 163 21.0 18.3 85 2.7 19.2 255 17 294.4 296.8 292.4 332.7 13.39 4 979 321 21.2 17.1 77 4.1 18.5 278 23 296.1 298.4 292.4 332.5 12.63 5 967 428 22.4 15.4 65 7.0 17.8 266 20 298.4 300.5 292.2 331.7 11.45 6 925 814 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.3 245 16 300.2 302.0 291.5 329.0 9.82 7 896 1088 18.8 9.8 56 9.0 13.3 239 15 301.3 302.8 290.7 326.5 8.51 8 889 1156 18.8 7.8 49 11.0 12.2 234 14 301.9 303.3 290.0 324.2 7.48 9 882 1223 18.2 9.2 56 9.0 12.7 230 14 302.0 303.5 290.7 326.7 8.31 10 873 1311 18.2 6.2 45 12.0 11.2 235 14 302.9 304.1 289.8 323.3 6.82 11 862 1420 19.8 -7.2 15 27.0 7.2 240 13 305.7 306.1 286.6 313.8 2.58 12 850 1541 20.2 -9.8 12 30.0 6.8 245 17 307.3 307.7 286.8 314.1 2.13 13 841 1633 20.2 -12.8 10 33.0 6.1 250 18 308.2 308.6 286.6 313.7 1.70 14 757 2531 16.0 -16.0 10 32.0 3.1 259 18 313.1 313.4 288.1 317.9 1.45 15 700 3188 10.8 -11.2 20 22.0 1.3 270 22 314.4 314.9 289.3 322.0 2.32 16 690 3308 10.0 -12.0 20 22.0 0.7 275 23 314.9 315.3 289.4 322.1 2.21 17 678 3453 8.8 -8.2 29 17.0 1.0 281 25 315.1 315.7 290.2 324.9 3.04 18 660 3676 7.6 -22.4 10 30.0 -2.6 290 28 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.5 0.96 19 572 4835 -1.9 -24.9 15 23.0 -8.7 286 31 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.3 0.89 20 555 5074 -3.9 -19.9 28 16.0 -9.1 288 36 318.6 318.9 289.8 323.5 1.42 21 528 5466 -6.9 -24.9 22 18.0 -11.9 290 37 319.6 319.8 289.6 322.9 0.96 22 517 5631 -7.7 -31.7 13 24.0 -13.3 290 36 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.52 23 500 5890 -9.9 -31.9 15 22.0 -14.8 290 34 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.9 0.53 24 463 6475 -14.1 -38.1 11 24.0 -18.4 293 34 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.31 25 453 6639 -15.7 -33.7 20 18.0 -19.2 294 33 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.49 26 430 7028 -18.7 -38.7 15 20.0 -21.9 295 37 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.31 27 400 7560 -23.3 -40.3 20 17.0 -25.6 295 43 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.28 28 381 7914 -26.7 -41.7 23 15.0 -28.5 295 46 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.26 29 328 8986 -31.9 -58.9 5 27.0 -33.6 295 52 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.04 30 307 9450 -35.9 -59.9 7 24.0 -37.1 301 54 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.04 31 300 9610 -37.3 -53.3 17 16.0 -38.3 305 54 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.09 32 299 9633 -37.3 -51.3 22 14.0 -38.2 305 54 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.11 33 293 9772 -38.3 -57.3 12 19.0 -39.3 305 57 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 34 279 10106 -40.9 -48.9 42 8.0 -41.4 305 62 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 35 250 10840 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 305 71 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 36 233 11303 -51.1 -57.1 49 6.0 -51.3 302 70 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 37 200 12280 -58.3 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.4 295 69 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.03 38 188 12668 -61.5 -66.5 51 5.0 -61.6 293 69 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 39 173 13181 -65.5 -71.5 43 6.0 -65.5 292 71 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 40 169 13324 -65.9 -72.9 37 7.0 -66.0 295 72 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.01 41 164 13508 -62.9 -72.9 25 10.0 -63.0 299 82 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 42 162 13584 -62.9 -72.9 25 10.0 -63.0 300 86 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 43 161 13622 -62.9 -72.9 25 10.0 -63.0 300 86 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 44 160 13661 -62.3 -73.3 22 11.0 -62.4 300 86 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 45 159 13700 -58.9 -70.9 20 12.0 -59.1 300 86 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 46 157 13780 -56.7 -72.7 12 16.0 -56.9 302 81 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 47 155 13862 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.6 305 76 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 48 150 14070 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.6 310 64 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 49 148 14155 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -58.2 309 63 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.00 50 127 15104 -64.3 -94.3 1 30.0 -64.4 301 54 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 51 119 15501 -64.3 -94.3 1 30.0 -64.4 302 54 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 52 107 16144 -68.5 -96.5 1 28.0 -68.6 303 47 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 53 105 16257 -68.3 -96.3 1 28.0 -68.4 302 43 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 54 104 16314 -67.3 -96.3 1 29.0 -67.4 302 42 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 55 100 16550 -68.1 -96.1 1 28.0 -68.2 300 34 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 56 88 17315 -68.7 -97.7 1 29.0 -68.8 271 24 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 57 82 17738 -66.7 -95.7 1 29.0 -66.8 256 18 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 58 74 18352 -70.5 -98.5 1 28.0 -70.6 243 11 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.00 59 70 18680 -71.9 -98.9 1 27.0 -72.0 285 11 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.00 60 67 18938 -72.5 -98.5 1 26.0 -72.6 287 8 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00 61 64 19208 -71.9 -98.9 1 27.0 -72.0 288 4 441.7 441.7 310.0 441.7 0.00 62 57 19898 -68.7 -97.7 1 29.0 -68.9 193 7 463.9 463.9 312.1 463.9 0.00 63 55 20114 -64.7 -94.7 1 30.0 -65.0 146 10 477.8 477.8 313.2 477.8 0.00 64 53 20341 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.7 175 8 486.1 486.1 314.0 486.2 0.00 65 50 20700 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.7 220 6 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 66 48 20951 -63.7 -93.7 1 30.0 -64.1 279 9 499.2 499.2 314.9 499.2 0.00 67 48 20951 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.6 279 9 505.4 505.4 315.3 505.4 0.00 68 46 21217 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.2 301 5 515.4 515.4 316.0 515.4 0.00 69 37 22590 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.2 67 5 554.7 554.7 318.3 554.7 0.00 70 32 23522 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -53.7 39 15 593.2 593.2 320.3 593.3 0.01 71 30 23940 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.7 70 17 601.0 601.0 320.6 601.0 0.01 72 28 24382 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.3 65 10 607.9 607.9 321.0 608.0 0.01 73 25 25109 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.0 90 14 633.1 633.1 322.0 633.2 0.01 74 21 26227 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 85 15 658.9 658.9 323.0 658.9 0.01 75 20 26540 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.0 85 15 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 76 16 27999 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -52.8 116 23 734.3 734.4 325.5 734.6 0.03 77 13 29367 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -53.6 116 20 778.6 778.6 326.7 778.9 0.04 78 12 29900 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -51.1 121 31 813.6 813.6 327.6 814.2 0.06 79 10 31140 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -49.6 140 18 875.1 875.2 329.0 876.5 0.13 80 9.3 31641 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -49.0 901.8 901.9 329.5 903.7 0.17 81 8.9 31944 -38.1 -76.1 1 38.0 -50.0 907.1 907.1 329.6 908.6 0.14 82 8.5 32262 -37.1 -75.1 1 38.0 -49.7 923.0 923.1 329.9 924.9 0.17 TRP 169 13324 -65.9 -72.9 37 7.0 -66.0 295 72 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.01 WND 162 13584 -62.9 -72.9 25 10.0 -63.0 300 86 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.00 m Freezing level: 589.60 mb = 4603.20 m = 15102.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.88 mb = 3515.92 m = 11535.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.13 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.40 mb = 115.98 m = 380.51 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.91 C Layer 873.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.94 mb = 3236.46 m = 10618.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.71 C = 108.88 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.21 C Showalter Index: 9.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 0.10 C K Index: -1.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 181.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 908.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.91 mb = 1175.72 m = 3857.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 421.91 mb = 7167.83 m = 23516.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.91 mb = 8482.30 m = 27828.72 ft B at Equ Level: 55.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.91 mb = 9338.54 m = 30637.87 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 307 at 18 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 1014 15 210 2 1.0 1.7 | 133 19 -13.6 12.6 1 1000 137 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 182 16 0.5 16.4 2 981 305 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 230 11 8.1 6.9 3 947 610 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 180 18 -0.1 17.6 4 925 814 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 180 18 -0.1 17.6 5 914 914 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 182 16 0.5 16.4 6 882 1219 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 169 20 -3.8 19.9 7 852 1524 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 170 17 -2.8 16.4 8 850 1541 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 183 18 0.8 18.1 9 822 1829 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 200 15 5.1 14.4 10 793 2134 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 199 13 4.4 12.5 11 765 2438 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 196 15 4.1 14.2 12 738 2743 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 187 15 1.9 15.3 13 712 3048 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 190 16 2.8 15.5 14 700 3188 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 214 13 7.4 10.9 15 660 3658 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 264 12 11.7 1.3 16 636 3962 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 278 13 12.6 -1.8 17 612 4267 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 267 14 13.6 0.6 18 567 4877 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 259 16 15.4 2.9 19 546 5182 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 276 22 22.1 -2.5 20 500 5890 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 272 17 17.4 -0.7 21 486 6096 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 273 18 18.3 -1.1 22 448 6706 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 281 16 15.3 -3.1 23 400 7560 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 287 25 24.4 -7.3 24 397 7620 295 44 39.9 -18.6 | 287 26 25.3 -7.7 25 320 9144 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 289 35 33.5 -11.5 26 300 9610 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 304 36 29.7 -20.1 27 256 10668 305 72 59.0 -41.3 | 304 54 44.4 -30.4 28 250 10840 305 71 58.2 -40.7 | 304 53 43.6 -29.8 29 200 12280 295 69 62.5 -29.2 | 291 51 48.0 -18.3 30 175 13106 290 70 65.8 -23.9 | 284 53 51.2 -13.1 31 169 13324 295 72 65.3 -30.4 | 291 54 50.7 -19.5 32 162 13584 300 86 74.5 -43.0 | 298 68 59.9 -32.1 33 159 13716 300 86 74.5 -43.0 | 298 68 59.9 -32.1 34 151 14021 310 65 49.8 -41.8 | 311 47 35.2 -30.9 35 150 14070 310 64 49.0 -41.1 | 311 46 34.5 -30.3 36 124 15240 300 53 45.9 -26.5 | 296 35 31.3 -15.6 37 112 15850 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 304 38 31.3 -21.2 38 100 16550 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 292 16 14.9 -6.1 39 75 18288 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 162 18 -5.6 17.2 40 70 18680 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 154 9 -3.9 8.0 41 61 19507 290 1 0.9 -0.3 | 128 17 -13.6 10.5 42 55 20117 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 133 28 -20.3 19.1 43 50 20700 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 145 19 -10.7 15.5 44 47 21031 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 140 9 -5.5 6.7 45 45 21336 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 127 16 -12.9 9.7 46 43 21641 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 86 13 -12.5 -0.9 47 39 22250 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 126 19 -15.5 11.2 48 34 23165 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 90 15 -14.6 -0.1 49 31 23774 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 96 31 -30.9 3.3 50 30 23940 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 99 31 -30.5 5.1 51 29 24079 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 106 30 -29.3 8.3 52 28 24384 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 106 25 -23.6 6.7 53 27 24689 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 104 28 -26.8 6.4 54 25 24994 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 114 29 -26.5 11.9 55 23 25603 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 97 34 -33.4 4.0 56 21 26213 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 108 31 -29.5 9.6 57 20 26540 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 108 31 -29.5 9.6 58 18 27127 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 107 32 -30.5 9.5 59 17 27432 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 113 37 -34.3 14.4 60 15 28346 125 25 -20.5 14.3 | 126 43 -35.0 25.2 61 14 28956 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 116 35 -31.0 15.3 62 13 29261 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 121 34 -29.1 17.6 63 12 29870 120 32 -27.7 16.0 | 122 50 -42.3 26.9 64 10 31140 140 18 -11.6 13.8 | 133 36 -26.1 24.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: -73.3 tot: 71.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 8.19 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 266 17 193 12| 17.3 0.0 17.3|100.2 -27.6 72.6 145.1 0.48| 37.5 17.9 1000 257 17 187 15| 8.7 2.4 11.0|102.6 -48.0 54.6 54.6 0.30| 22.4 6.8 1500 251 16 182 16| 5.1 1.6 6.6|104.5 -61.4 43.1 28.7 0.22| 17.4 3.8 2000 253 17 184 16| 5.7 1.2 6.9|142.0 -61.5 80.5 40.2 0.32| 15.7 5.0 2500 255 17 187 15| 4.6 1.3 5.9|142.0 -66.9 75.1 30.0 0.28| 13.1 3.7 3000 255 17 187 15| 3.8 1.3 5.1|144.4 -73.3 71.1 23.7 0.26| 11.4 2.9 4000 265 19 200 13| 4.8 1.0 5.8|209.7 -73.3 136.4 34.1 0.42| 11.1 4.7 5000 272 22 215 12| 3.8 0.7 4.5|220.4 -87.4 132.9 26.6 0.37| 9.8 3.6 6000 277 24 230 12| 3.4 0.7 4.1|236.3 -93.9 142.4 23.7 0.35| 9.0 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200328.12.gif