UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 29 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 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 225 4 291.2 293.5 291.2 328.0 13.05 1 1000 154 20.6 17.7 83 2.9 18.7 240 19 293.8 296.0 291.8 330.4 12.84 2 994 206 21.0 17.1 78 3.9 18.4 249 22 294.7 296.9 291.8 330.3 12.43 3 969 427 21.4 16.5 74 4.9 18.1 263 26 297.2 299.4 292.4 332.7 12.27 4 945 644 19.8 16.8 83 3.0 17.8 258 26 297.7 300.1 293.0 335.0 12.84 5 932 764 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.8 253 31 298.3 300.5 292.6 333.1 11.96 6 925 829 19.8 9.8 52 10.0 13.7 250 33 299.6 301.1 289.9 323.8 8.24 7 924 838 19.8 8.8 49 11.0 13.2 249 33 299.6 301.1 289.5 322.4 7.71 8 916 913 20.6 6.6 40 14.0 12.4 240 35 301.2 302.4 289.1 321.1 6.68 9 900 1065 19.8 7.8 46 12.0 12.6 235 39 301.9 303.3 289.9 323.9 7.39 10 898 1084 20.0 7.0 43 13.0 12.3 234 40 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.3 7.01 11 891 1152 20.8 -7.2 15 28.0 7.8 232 42 303.8 304.3 285.9 311.6 2.49 12 878 1278 19.8 -6.2 17 26.0 7.5 233 43 304.1 304.6 286.2 312.6 2.74 13 874 1317 20.0 -15.0 8 35.0 5.9 236 43 304.7 304.9 284.9 309.1 1.36 14 865 1406 19.8 -9.2 13 29.0 6.8 241 41 305.4 305.8 286.1 312.3 2.20 15 854 1517 20.2 -15.8 8 36.0 5.8 248 40 306.9 307.1 285.7 311.2 1.30 16 850 1557 20.2 -16.8 7 37.0 5.6 250 39 307.3 307.5 285.8 311.3 1.21 17 827 1793 19.6 -15.4 8 35.0 5.4 259 40 309.1 309.4 286.6 313.7 1.39 18 783 2259 15.8 -8.2 18 24.0 4.8 259 43 309.9 310.4 288.2 318.3 2.63 19 768 2423 16.6 -13.4 12 30.0 3.9 251 42 312.5 312.8 288.2 318.3 1.77 20 752 2602 15.8 -15.2 10 31.0 3.1 250 41 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.7 1.56 21 700 3204 11.4 -15.6 14 27.0 0.7 250 37 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.5 1.62 22 657 3728 7.2 -12.8 23 20.0 -1.1 235 35 316.1 316.6 289.8 323.3 2.17 23 577 4775 -3.1 -15.1 39 12.0 -7.5 235 37 316.0 316.4 289.6 322.8 2.05 24 528 5468 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -11.9 230 37 316.0 316.4 289.6 322.9 2.10 25 526 5498 -9.7 -17.7 52 8.0 -12.3 230 37 316.6 316.9 289.6 322.6 1.81 26 523 5542 -8.1 -31.1 14 23.0 -13.5 232 37 319.0 319.1 289.0 321.0 0.55 27 521 5572 -7.9 -36.9 8 29.0 -13.7 234 37 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.8 0.31 28 500 5890 -9.9 -38.9 7 29.0 -15.3 245 38 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.26 29 466 6428 -14.3 -40.3 9 26.0 -18.6 241 44 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.24 30 446 6759 -15.5 -44.5 6 29.0 -19.8 242 45 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.16 31 400 7570 -21.7 -50.7 5 29.0 -24.8 245 47 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.09 32 390 7756 -23.1 -54.1 4 31.0 -26.1 246 48 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.06 33 329 8977 -33.5 -51.5 15 18.0 -34.8 255 53 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.10 34 312 9348 -36.1 -54.1 14 18.0 -37.2 257 60 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 35 300 9620 -36.5 -62.5 5 26.0 -37.7 260 69 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.03 36 267 10418 -42.5 -65.5 6 23.0 -43.3 257 62 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.02 37 257 10675 -43.7 -59.7 15 16.0 -44.3 256 59 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 38 250 10860 -45.3 -54.3 36 9.0 -45.7 255 57 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.10 39 249 10887 -45.5 -54.5 36 9.0 -45.9 255 57 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.09 40 227 11497 -50.9 -53.6 73 2.7 -51.0 258 56 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.11 41 210 12000 -55.1 -61.1 47 6.0 -55.2 260 56 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 42 200 12310 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 260 58 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 43 192 12566 -59.9 -66.9 40 7.0 -60.0 261 62 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 44 185 12797 -60.7 -67.7 39 7.0 -60.8 262 65 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.02 45 182 12898 -60.1 -69.1 30 9.0 -60.2 263 66 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 46 170 13321 -61.9 -76.9 12 15.0 -62.0 265 72 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 47 167 13431 -61.7 -78.7 9 17.0 -61.9 265 73 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.00 48 163 13582 -59.5 -81.5 4 22.0 -59.7 265 75 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 49 157 13816 -59.8 -86.2 2 26.4 -60.0 265 76 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 50 151 14059 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -60.3 261 73 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 51 150 14100 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.1 260 73 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 52 147 14227 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -59.9 260 71 369.4 369.4 300.4 369.4 0.00 53 135 14756 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.3 260 64 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 54 128 15084 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.7 260 59 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 55 125 15230 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -62.9 260 57 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 56 120 15482 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.7 264 50 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 57 118 15587 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.3 265 47 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 58 114 15802 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -60.7 268 41 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 59 100 16610 -65.3 -94.3 1 29.0 -65.4 280 17 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 60 83 17727 -71.1 -99.1 1 28.0 -71.2 257 18 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 61 70 18730 -72.5 -99.5 1 27.0 -72.6 230 26 429.3 429.3 308.7 429.3 0.00 62 65 19167 -70.5 -98.5 1 28.0 -70.6 216 18 442.8 442.8 310.1 442.8 0.00 63 63 19352 -71.1 -99.1 1 28.0 -71.2 196 15 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.00 64 61 19544 -67.7 -96.7 1 29.0 -67.9 183 13 457.2 457.2 311.5 457.2 0.00 65 59 19744 -67.5 -96.5 1 29.0 -67.7 197 12 462.0 462.0 312.0 462.0 0.00 66 54 20284 -62.3 -92.3 1 30.0 -62.7 118 7 485.9 485.9 313.9 485.9 0.00 67 50 20760 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.2 85 7 500.4 500.4 315.0 500.4 0.00 68 49 20886 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.6 94 11 507.6 507.6 315.5 507.6 0.00 69 43 21702 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -61.9 110 3 521.0 521.0 316.4 521.0 0.00 70 43 21702 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.0 110 3 525.9 525.9 316.6 526.0 0.00 71 38 22483 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.6 105 19 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.00 72 34 23190 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.2 101 14 571.4 571.4 319.2 571.5 0.01 73 32 23577 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.1 68 19 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.01 74 31 23780 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.1 74 22 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.3 0.01 75 30 23990 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -55.8 80 24 597.2 597.2 320.5 597.2 0.01 76 29 24207 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.2 80 23 601.9 601.9 320.7 601.9 0.01 77 27 24666 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.9 87 24 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.4 0.01 78 25 25161 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.3 93 27 628.5 628.5 321.9 628.6 0.01 79 23 25698 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.4 86 27 651.4 651.4 322.7 651.5 0.01 80 21 26285 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.9 78 28 663.1 663.1 323.2 663.2 0.01 81 20 26600 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.0 80 30 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 82 17 27651 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.6 92 30 707.6 707.6 324.7 707.7 0.02 83 15 28468 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -53.0 91 29 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.3 0.03 84 13 29415 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.5 94 34 784.8 784.8 326.8 785.2 0.04 85 12 29951 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -50.5 95 37 817.9 817.9 327.7 818.6 0.07 86 11 30546 -37.1 -75.1 1 38.0 -48.4 97 40 857.4 857.4 328.6 858.7 0.13 87 10 31204 -37.7 -75.7 1 38.0 -49.2 99 43 878.8 878.9 329.0 880.2 0.13 TRP 170 13321 -61.9 -76.9 12 15.0 -62.0 265 72 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 WND 157 13816 -59.8 -86.2 2 26.4 -60.0 265 76 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.00 m Freezing level: 601.08 mb = 4460.11 m = 14632.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.75 mb = 3398.32 m = 11149.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.46 mb = 167.34 m = 549.02 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 932.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.62 mb = 3267.77 m = 10720.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.52 C = 110.34 F Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.75 C Showalter Index: 11.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: -6.90 C K Index: -13.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 801.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.17 mb = 1034.63 m = 3394.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.17 mb = 5034.21 m = 16516.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.17 mb = 5613.67 m = 18417.32 ft B at Equ Level: 39.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 428.17 mb = 7063.07 m = 23172.51 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 at 27 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 15 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 101 25 -24.5 4.8 1 1000 154 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 136 16 -10.9 11.4 2 983 305 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 174 4 -0.4 4.3 3 949 610 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 157 7 -2.7 6.3 4 925 829 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 195 14 3.7 13.2 5 916 914 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 189 20 3.0 19.4 6 884 1219 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 192 31 6.4 30.2 7 850 1557 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 211 18 9.3 15.3 8 823 1829 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 234 15 12.0 8.9 9 794 2134 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 251 17 16.5 5.8 10 766 2438 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 217 20 12.1 16.3 11 739 2743 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 215 19 11.2 16.0 12 700 3204 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 207 16 7.4 14.6 13 687 3353 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 207 16 7.4 14.6 14 661 3658 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 183 22 1.3 22.0 15 613 4267 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 187 23 3.0 23.2 16 568 4877 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 187 23 3.0 23.2 17 526 5486 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 182 26 1.0 25.7 18 506 5791 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 199 19 6.2 17.6 19 500 5890 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 202 19 7.1 18.0 20 487 6096 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 203 25 9.9 23.4 21 400 7570 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 215 27 15.3 21.8 22 397 7620 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 216 27 16.2 22.2 23 335 8839 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 236 28 22.9 15.4 24 321 9144 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 237 29 24.8 15.9 25 300 9620 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 251 43 40.6 13.9 26 294 9754 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 251 43 40.6 13.9 27 250 10860 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 239 32 27.7 16.7 28 213 11887 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 247 29 26.8 11.5 29 200 12310 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 248 32 29.8 12.0 30 170 13321 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 260 45 44.4 8.2 31 160 13716 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 260 49 48.4 8.6 32 157 13816 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 260 49 48.4 8.6 33 150 14100 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 252 47 44.5 14.6 34 125 15240 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 248 31 28.8 11.8 35 100 16610 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 85 11 -10.6 -1.0 36 75 18288 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 131 15 -11.0 9.6 37 70 18730 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 158 20 -7.4 18.7 38 68 18898 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 164 21 -5.9 19.9 39 65 19202 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 132 24 -17.6 15.9 40 62 19507 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 119 31 -27.3 14.9 41 59 19812 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 120 27 -23.2 13.2 42 56 20117 165 16 -4.1 15.5 | 119 36 -31.5 17.4 43 53 20422 85 1 -1.0 -0.1 | 94 28 -28.3 1.9 44 50 20760 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 | 92 34 -34.3 1.3 45 48 21031 105 16 -15.5 4.1 | 98 43 -42.8 6.1 46 46 21336 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 105 38 -36.5 9.7 47 43 21641 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 95 29 -29.2 2.6 48 38 22555 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 99 47 -46.7 7.1 49 34 23165 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 98 41 -40.9 5.6 50 33 23470 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 83 44 -43.7 -5.7 51 30 23990 80 24 -23.6 -4.2 | 88 51 -51.0 -2.2 52 28 24384 80 22 -21.7 -3.8 | 88 49 -49.0 -1.9 53 26 24994 95 27 -26.9 2.4 | 95 54 -54.2 4.3 54 20 26518 75 28 -27.0 -7.2 | 84 55 -54.4 -5.3 55 20 26600 80 30 -29.5 -5.2 | 87 57 -56.9 -3.3 56 19 26822 95 33 -32.9 2.9 | 95 60 -60.2 4.8 57 16 27432 90 27 -27.0 0.0 | 92 54 -54.3 1.9 58 9 29261 100 46 -45.3 8.0 | 98 73 -72.6 9.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.3 neg: -71.4 tot: 122.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 36.08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 257 21 136 10| 23.2 0.0 23.2| 74.2 -1.5 72.6 145.2 0.57| 30.7 17.5 1000 253 26 165 10| 11.6 9.4 21.0| 92.4 -9.0 83.4 83.4 0.43| 25.6 11.1 1500 245 31 184 15| 9.5 6.3 15.8|142.9 -9.0 133.9 89.2 0.41| 24.3 10.0 2000 249 33 195 15| 9.3 4.7 14.0|187.3 -9.0 178.3 89.2 0.48| 21.3 10.2 2500 251 35 204 15| 7.4 5.4 12.9|194.3 -62.2 132.0 52.8 0.32| 19.7 6.2 3000 251 36 206 15| 6.2 4.3 10.5|194.3 -71.4 122.8 40.9 0.29| 16.9 4.9 4000 249 36 203 16| 4.6 4.3 8.9|198.8-114.6 84.1 21.0 0.18| 14.3 2.6 5000 246 36 199 18| 3.7 3.5 7.2|202.5-117.7 84.8 17.0 0.18| 11.6 2.1 6000 244 37 197 19| 3.8 3.1 6.9|245.4-127.0 118.4 19.7 0.21| 11.0 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200329.12.gif