UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 30 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 1015 15 25.4 20.4 74 5.0 21.9 205 4 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.8 15.03 1 1000 147 24.0 18.0 69 6.0 19.9 210 13 297.1 299.5 293.0 335.0 13.09 2 993 208 23.6 17.6 69 6.0 19.5 220 15 297.3 299.7 292.9 334.6 12.85 3 971 405 25.0 17.0 61 8.0 19.5 246 19 300.7 303.0 293.8 337.8 12.65 4 925 829 21.8 15.8 69 6.0 17.8 270 20 301.6 303.9 293.8 337.8 12.29 5 873 1329 17.4 13.8 79 3.6 15.0 272 27 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.8 11.43 6 850 1557 16.0 11.2 73 4.8 13.0 275 31 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.3 9.88 7 847 1587 15.8 10.9 73 4.9 12.7 274 32 303.0 304.8 292.2 331.9 9.71 8 840 1657 16.0 9.0 63 7.0 11.7 271 34 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.7 8.61 9 829 1769 17.8 -6.2 19 24.0 6.4 267 37 307.0 307.5 287.5 316.1 2.90 10 819 1873 18.2 -16.8 8 35.0 4.5 265 39 308.5 308.7 286.2 312.6 1.25 11 813 1936 18.0 -6.0 19 24.0 6.5 265 40 308.9 309.5 288.2 318.4 3.00 12 781 2278 16.8 -12.2 13 29.0 4.3 265 43 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.4 1.92 13 740 2734 13.6 -13.4 14 27.0 2.4 260 52 312.5 312.9 288.3 318.6 1.84 14 700 3198 9.8 -13.2 18 23.0 0.4 245 50 313.3 313.7 288.7 319.8 1.97 15 650 3808 4.6 -12.4 28 17.0 -2.3 244 48 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.6 2.27 16 630 4062 2.2 -9.8 41 12.0 -2.9 242 49 314.2 314.8 289.9 323.6 2.88 17 599 4467 -1.3 -13.3 40 12.0 -5.9 237 50 314.8 315.2 289.5 322.3 2.29 18 574 4805 -3.9 -18.9 30 15.0 -8.8 238 49 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.6 1.50 19 543 5241 -7.3 -20.3 35 13.0 -11.3 246 47 316.6 316.9 289.2 321.3 1.40 20 529 5444 -9.1 -23.1 31 14.0 -13.0 249 46 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.6 1.13 21 520 5577 -9.3 -33.3 12 24.0 -14.5 250 47 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.7 0.44 22 500 5880 -11.1 -35.1 12 24.0 -15.9 250 51 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.9 0.39 23 473 6302 -14.1 -38.1 11 24.0 -18.3 253 55 320.9 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.30 24 454 6611 -15.5 -43.5 7 28.0 -19.7 251 61 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.18 25 402 7513 -21.9 -46.9 8 25.0 -24.9 250 63 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.14 26 400 7550 -22.3 -47.3 8 25.0 -25.2 250 63 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.13 27 358 8352 -29.9 -44.9 22 15.0 -31.4 257 70 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 28 349 8533 -30.9 -37.9 50 7.0 -31.8 259 72 327.4 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.42 29 337 8780 -32.7 -36.9 66 4.2 -33.2 261 74 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.48 30 322 9099 -34.3 -38.9 63 4.6 -34.8 264 77 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.41 31 307 9431 -36.9 -39.6 76 2.7 -37.2 265 75 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.40 32 300 9590 -38.1 -41.2 73 3.1 -38.4 265 74 331.7 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.35 33 296 9682 -38.5 -42.2 68 3.7 -38.8 264 73 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.32 34 254 10715 -47.7 -53.7 50 6.0 -48.0 260 73 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.10 35 250 10820 -48.5 -54.5 50 6.0 -48.7 260 75 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 36 224 11532 -54.9 -60.9 47 6.0 -55.1 253 82 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 37 215 11793 -55.7 -62.7 41 7.0 -55.8 250 84 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.04 38 204 12126 -58.3 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.4 246 88 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 39 200 12250 -58.5 -65.5 40 7.0 -58.6 245 89 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 40 190 12572 -60.7 -67.7 39 7.0 -60.8 240 84 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 41 183 12806 -59.6 -67.7 34 8.1 -59.7 245 92 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 42 177 13016 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -58.9 248 87 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 43 173 13161 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.0 -56.3 251 84 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.03 44 170 13272 -56.5 -66.5 27 10.0 -56.7 253 82 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.8 0.03 45 168 13347 -55.5 -65.5 28 10.0 -55.7 254 80 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.7 0.03 46 157 13780 -55.7 -66.7 24 11.0 -55.9 259 72 369.3 369.3 300.5 369.4 0.03 47 150 14070 -56.9 -67.9 24 11.0 -57.1 255 73 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.2 0.03 48 147 14197 -58.1 -68.1 27 10.0 -58.3 254 71 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.03 49 140 14505 -57.1 -68.1 24 11.0 -57.3 253 67 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.03 50 133 14827 -59.9 -70.9 22 11.0 -60.1 252 62 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.02 51 129 15018 -59.7 -70.7 23 11.0 -59.9 251 59 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.5 0.02 52 118 15569 -63.5 -73.5 24 10.0 -63.6 250 51 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.4 0.02 53 107 16169 -64.1 -75.1 21 11.0 -64.3 250 42 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.2 0.01 54 103 16401 -65.9 -75.9 24 10.0 -66.0 241 38 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.01 55 100 16580 -66.1 -76.1 23 10.0 -66.2 235 35 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.01 56 86 17484 -69.9 -78.9 26 9.0 -70.0 225 32 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.01 57 81 17840 -70.1 -79.1 26 9.0 -70.2 222 31 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.01 58 76 18219 -68.3 -79.3 19 11.0 -68.4 247 24 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.1 0.01 59 70 18710 -69.9 -78.9 26 9.0 -70.0 225 20 434.8 434.8 309.4 434.9 0.01 60 64 19248 -65.5 -77.5 17 12.0 -65.7 206 11 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.9 0.02 61 58 19842 -67.7 -77.7 23 10.0 -67.8 212 8 463.8 463.8 312.1 463.9 0.02 62 56 20054 -65.1 -77.1 18 12.0 -65.3 183 12 474.4 474.5 313.0 474.6 0.02 63 50 20750 -60.9 -74.9 14 14.0 -61.3 175 12 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.2 0.03 64 49 20876 -60.9 -74.9 14 14.0 -61.4 164 12 502.9 502.9 315.2 503.1 0.03 65 48 21004 -58.7 -74.7 11 16.0 -59.3 152 12 511.1 511.1 315.7 511.3 0.03 66 42 21845 -57.7 -72.7 13 15.0 -58.5 122 8 533.5 533.5 317.2 533.8 0.05 67 41 21998 -56.1 -72.1 12 16.0 -57.1 113 7 541.1 541.2 317.6 541.5 0.05 68 34 23185 -57.3 -73.3 11 16.0 -58.3 103 15 567.7 567.8 319.0 568.1 0.06 69 30 23980 -55.1 -73.1 9 18.0 -56.5 105 21 594.4 594.5 320.4 594.9 0.06 70 28 24423 -54.5 -72.5 9 18.0 -56.1 95 28 607.9 608.0 321.0 608.5 0.08 71 26 24898 -55.7 -73.7 9 18.0 -57.2 92 30 617.6 617.6 321.4 618.1 0.07 72 23 25683 -54.9 -73.9 8 19.0 -56.8 96 24 641.9 642.0 322.4 642.5 0.08 73 21 26272 -51.3 -73.3 6 22.0 -54.1 79 21 669.7 669.8 323.4 670.5 0.09 74 20 26590 -50.7 -73.7 5 23.0 -53.8 65 22 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.7 0.09 75 19 26925 -50.5 -73.5 5 23.0 -53.8 69 31 691.7 691.7 324.2 692.5 0.10 76 17 27650 -52.3 -75.3 5 23.0 -55.4 77 23 708.3 708.3 324.7 709.0 0.08 77 16 28044 -51.7 -75.7 4 24.0 -55.1 79 27 722.6 722.6 325.1 723.3 0.08 78 12 29945 -44.5 -75.5 2 31.0 -51.6 80 44 810.1 810.1 327.5 811.2 0.11 79 12 29945 -41.9 -73.9 2 32.0 -50.2 80 44 819.3 819.4 327.7 820.7 0.14 80 11 30536 -41.5 -74.5 2 33.0 -50.4 80 48 841.4 841.5 328.2 842.9 0.14 81 11 30536 -38.7 -73.7 1 35.0 -49.1 80 48 851.6 851.6 328.5 853.2 0.16 82 10 31190 -39.7 -76.7 1 37.0 -50.1 80 53 871.4 871.4 328.9 872.5 0.11 83 9.4 31614 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -50.1 889.2 889.3 329.2 890.6 0.13 84 9.1 31837 -36.1 -74.1 1 38.0 -49.0 909.0 909.1 329.7 911.0 0.18 85 7.6 33087 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -50.1 955.4 955.5 330.5 957.8 0.21 TRP 190 12572 -60.7 -67.7 39 7.0 -60.8 240 84 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 WND 183 12806 -59.6 -67.7 34 8.1 -59.7 245 92 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.00 m Freezing level: 610.51 mb = 4316.35 m = 14161.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.11 mb = 3279.39 m = 10759.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.75 mb = 653.68 m = 2144.59 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 25.25 C Layer 873.0- 813.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.78 mb = 2838.59 m = 9312.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.90 C = 105.63 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 352.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.36 mb = 1305.44 m = 4282.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.36 mb = 4057.04 m = 13310.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.36 mb = 11931.38 m = 39144.46 ft B at Equ Level: 815.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.36 mb = 14054.87 m = 46111.23 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 281 at 31 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 1015 15 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 108 30 -28.4 9.4 1 1000 147 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 126 29 -23.5 17.0 2 982 305 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 139 22 -14.5 16.7 3 948 610 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 120 12 -10.0 5.8 4 925 829 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 120 12 -10.0 5.8 5 916 914 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 123 11 -9.0 5.8 6 884 1219 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 139 8 -5.0 5.8 7 850 1557 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 195 3 0.8 3.1 8 823 1829 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 224 13 8.8 9.2 9 794 2134 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 229 14 10.8 9.3 10 766 2438 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 237 18 14.8 9.7 11 739 2743 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 235 26 21.2 14.8 12 700 3198 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 210 31 15.3 26.9 13 687 3353 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 204 34 14.1 31.3 14 661 3658 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 207 29 13.5 26.1 15 612 4267 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 202 33 12.4 30.3 16 589 4572 235 51 41.8 29.3 | 199 37 11.7 35.0 17 567 4877 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 201 32 11.5 29.8 18 525 5486 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 212 25 13.2 21.5 19 500 5880 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 218 29 17.9 23.2 20 486 6096 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 225 27 19.2 19.0 21 448 6706 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 227 40 29.2 27.3 22 400 7550 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 227 40 29.2 27.3 23 396 7620 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 227 41 30.1 27.7 24 319 9144 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 255 48 46.7 12.5 25 300 9590 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 254 45 43.7 12.2 26 268 10363 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 244 39 34.9 17.2 27 250 10820 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 247 48 43.8 18.8 28 200 12250 245 89 80.7 37.6 | 229 67 50.6 43.4 29 190 12572 240 84 72.7 42.0 | 222 64 42.7 47.8 30 183 12802 245 92 83.4 38.9 | 230 70 53.3 44.6 31 183 12806 245 92 83.4 38.9 | 230 70 53.3 44.6 32 159 13716 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 246 45 40.9 18.3 33 150 14070 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 239 47 40.5 24.7 34 124 15240 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 222 34 22.6 24.9 35 107 16154 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 205 22 9.4 20.1 36 100 16580 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 177 26 -1.4 25.8 37 79 17983 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 159 31 -10.8 28.7 38 75 18288 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 142 14 -8.8 11.5 39 70 18710 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 141 25 -15.9 19.9 40 68 18898 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 132 33 -24.2 21.7 41 65 19202 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 124 32 -26.7 18.3 42 61 19507 260 2 2.0 0.3 | 102 29 -28.1 6.1 43 56 20117 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 121 36 -31.2 18.7 44 53 20422 160 16 -5.5 15.0 | 120 41 -35.5 20.8 45 50 20726 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 120 36 -31.1 17.7 46 50 20750 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 120 36 -31.1 17.7 47 48 21031 150 12 -6.0 10.4 | 114 40 -36.0 16.2 48 46 21336 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 112 38 -35.0 14.4 49 39 22250 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 101 37 -36.0 6.8 50 38 22555 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 89 49 -48.8 -1.1 51 36 22860 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 101 42 -40.9 7.7 52 33 23470 105 18 -17.4 4.7 | 102 49 -47.4 10.4 53 31 23774 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 105 51 -49.8 13.0 54 30 23980 105 21 -20.3 5.4 | 103 52 -50.3 11.2 55 30 24079 95 24 -23.9 2.1 | 98 55 -54.0 7.9 56 28 24384 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 98 59 -57.9 8.2 57 24 25298 90 32 -32.0 0.0 | 95 62 -62.0 5.8 58 22 25908 100 19 -18.7 3.3 | 101 50 -48.8 9.1 59 20 26518 65 23 -20.8 -9.7 | 86 51 -50.9 -4.0 60 20 26590 65 22 -19.9 -9.3 | 86 50 -50.0 -3.5 61 19 26822 65 32 -29.0 -13.5 | 83 60 -59.0 -7.8 62 18 27432 85 25 -24.9 -2.2 | 94 55 -55.0 3.6 63 17 27737 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 90 52 -52.3 -0.2 64 15 28651 85 35 -34.9 -3.1 | 92 65 -64.9 2.7 65 12 29870 80 43 -42.3 -7.5 | 89 72 -72.4 -1.7 66 10 31190 80 53 -52.2 -9.2 | 88 82 -82.2 -3.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: -76.7 tot: 61.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 8.96 Bulk Shear: 91.91 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 234 15 130 23| 18.2 0.0 18.2|107.8 -9.9 98.0 195.9 0.49| 26.6 12.9 1000 255 18 129 17| 10.8 0.0 10.8|111.4 -18.7 92.7 92.7 0.35| 16.5 5.8 1500 262 21 132 13| 10.0 0.0 10.0|120.4 -18.7 101.7 67.8 0.41| 13.8 5.7 2000 264 25 146 10| 7.5 3.0 10.4|128.1 -18.7 109.4 54.7 0.41| 13.4 5.5 2500 265 28 168 9| 6.0 3.7 9.7|138.4 -18.7 119.7 47.9 0.40| 12.1 4.9 3000 263 32 190 10| 5.0 4.5 9.4|138.4 -76.7 61.8 20.6 0.21| 12.5 2.7 4000 256 37 201 16| 3.7 3.6 7.4|147.6-148.6 -1.0 -0.3 0.09| 11.3 1.0 5000 252 39 202 20| 3.2 3.4 6.6|169.5-176.8 -7.3 -1.5 0.07| 10.3 0.7 6000 251 41 204 21| 3.5 2.8 6.3|237.1-176.8 60.4 10.1 0.14| 9.8 1.4 Wrote GIF file: 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