UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 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 1016 15 18.4 15.8 85 2.6 16.7 205 2 290.2 292.2 289.3 321.7 11.17 1 1013 41 20.0 15.0 73 5.0 16.8 218 4 292.1 294.0 289.5 322.3 10.64 2 1001 146 21.8 8.8 43 13.0 14.1 271 13 294.9 296.1 287.2 315.5 7.11 3 1000 155 21.8 7.8 41 14.0 13.7 275 14 295.0 296.1 286.8 314.3 6.64 4 986 277 21.6 3.6 31 18.0 11.9 299 15 295.9 296.8 285.6 310.7 5.02 5 979 339 22.8 -6.2 14 29.0 9.4 302 15 297.8 298.2 283.5 305.2 2.45 6 960 508 22.0 -4.0 17 26.0 9.5 285 17 298.6 299.2 284.4 307.6 2.96 7 936 728 22.8 272 23 301.6 8 929 793 22.4 -6.6 14 29.0 8.9 271 25 301.8 302.3 285.2 309.6 2.51 9 925 830 21.8 3.8 31 18.0 11.7 270 27 301.6 302.6 288.1 317.9 5.43 10 920 877 20.8 12.8 60 8.0 15.7 270 28 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.0 10.14 11 912 952 19.8 13.8 68 6.0 15.9 270 28 300.8 302.8 292.5 332.9 10.94 12 875 1308 16.6 13.9 84 2.7 14.8 270 30 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.8 11.48 13 850 1555 16.4 9.4 63 7.0 12.1 270 32 303.3 304.9 291.6 329.4 8.74 14 824 1818 15.2 7.2 59 8.0 10.4 270 37 304.8 306.2 291.2 328.1 7.75 15 814 1922 15.6 5.6 51 10.0 9.7 271 36 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.6 7.02 16 807 1995 16.2 -8.8 17 25.0 4.9 272 35 307.7 308.1 287.2 315.4 2.43 17 792 2154 15.6 -28.4 3 44.0 2.0 275 33 308.7 308.8 285.4 310.3 0.46 18 769 2403 13.4 -21.6 7 35.0 1.3 279 34 308.9 309.1 286.0 311.9 0.88 19 758 2524 12.4 -8.6 22 21.0 3.0 279 34 309.1 309.6 287.9 317.5 2.63 20 700 3184 6.4 -11.6 26 18.0 -1.0 269 41 309.6 310.0 287.7 316.8 2.25 21 699 3196 6.2 -11.8 26 18.0 -1.1 269 41 309.5 309.9 287.6 316.6 2.21 22 673 3504 4.2 -15.8 22 20.0 -3.1 264 44 310.6 310.9 287.4 316.0 1.66 23 610 4292 -2.3 -13.3 43 11.0 -6.4 255 46 312.0 312.4 288.5 319.3 2.25 24 599 4436 -3.5 -16.5 36 13.0 -7.9 255 47 312.2 312.6 288.1 318.0 1.76 25 584 4635 -5.5 -12.5 58 7.0 -8.1 255 48 312.2 312.6 288.8 320.3 2.50 26 572 4797 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -9.1 255 48 312.4 312.8 288.9 320.4 2.48 27 562 4935 -7.3 -17.3 45 10.0 -10.6 255 50 313.5 313.8 288.5 319.3 1.75 28 555 5032 -7.1 -24.1 24 17.0 -11.8 253 54 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.2 0.98 29 550 5103 -6.9 -25.9 20 19.0 -11.9 252 57 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.8 0.84 30 527 5435 -8.1 -35.1 9 27.0 -13.7 254 61 318.3 318.4 288.6 319.7 0.37 31 512 5658 -9.7 -30.7 16 21.0 -14.5 257 62 319.0 319.2 289.1 321.1 0.58 32 509 5703 -10.1 -18.1 52 8.0 -12.7 258 62 319.1 319.4 290.3 325.2 1.81 33 507 5733 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.6 258 62 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.94 34 500 5840 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.0 -13.3 260 62 319.3 319.6 290.5 325.9 1.97 35 491 5979 -12.5 -17.5 66 5.0 -14.1 260 61 319.5 319.8 290.6 326.1 1.97 36 483 6104 -13.3 -20.3 56 7.0 -15.4 260 60 320.0 320.3 290.4 325.3 1.58 37 463 6425 -16.1 -20.5 69 4.4 -17.4 261 62 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.9 1.62 38 451 6622 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -19.1 262 64 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.4 1.19 39 427 7029 -21.1 -22.4 89 1.3 -21.4 264 66 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.48 40 409 7347 -22.5 -25.4 77 2.9 -23.2 266 69 323.7 323.9 291.1 327.8 1.18 41 403 7455 -22.9 -27.5 66 4.6 -23.9 266 69 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.0 0.99 42 400 7510 -23.3 -27.6 68 4.3 -24.2 267 70 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.99 43 396 7584 -23.9 -28.0 69 4.1 -24.8 267 70 324.9 325.0 291.2 328.3 0.96 44 387 7751 -24.9 -31.9 52 7.0 -26.1 268 72 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.68 45 372 8038 -26.9 -32.9 57 6.0 -27.9 269 74 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.64 46 349 8497 -29.5 -34.4 62 4.9 -30.2 272 77 329.2 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.59 47 347 8538 -29.5 -35.5 56 6.0 -30.4 272 77 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.8 0.54 48 344 8600 -30.3 -38.3 46 8.0 -31.3 272 78 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.41 49 333 8831 -32.3 -40.3 45 8.0 -33.2 273 80 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.34 50 329 8916 -32.3 -41.3 40 9.0 -33.3 274 80 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.31 51 307 9400 -36.7 -46.7 35 10.0 -37.5 275 81 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.19 52 300 9560 -37.9 -47.9 34 10.0 -38.7 275 81 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.17 53 280 10033 -42.3 -51.3 37 9.0 -42.8 275 83 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.12 54 271 10253 -44.3 -55.3 28 11.0 -44.8 275 83 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.08 55 250 10790 -48.9 -55.9 44 7.0 -49.1 275 85 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 56 207 12003 -56.7 -70.4 16 13.8 -56.9 290 94 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.01 57 200 12220 -58.1 -73.1 13 15.0 -58.3 290 93 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.01 58 166 13379 -64.1 -76.1 18 12.0 -64.2 270 83 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 59 150 14010 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -57.6 265 84 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 60 100 16530 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.7 265 49 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 61 93 16975 -64.9 -94.9 1 30.0 -65.1 262 36 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 62 89 17243 -64.7 -94.7 1 30.0 -64.9 261 28 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 63 82 17738 -68.5 -97.5 1 29.0 -68.6 228 28 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 64 70 18690 -66.5 -95.5 1 29.0 -66.7 225 35 442.1 442.1 310.1 442.1 0.00 65 68 18867 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.6 238 36 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 66 67 18958 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.8 240 32 456.4 456.4 311.4 456.4 0.00 67 63 19337 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.0 250 17 464.0 464.0 312.1 464.0 0.00 68 61 19537 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.5 265 15 471.9 471.9 312.8 471.9 0.00 69 52 20519 -64.9 -94.9 1 30.0 -65.2 48 5 485.1 485.1 313.8 485.1 0.00 70 50 20760 -61.1 -92.1 1 31.0 -61.6 125 13 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 71 44 21558 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.4 104 14 521.5 521.5 316.4 521.5 0.00 72 42 21852 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.9 111 13 535.4 535.4 317.2 535.5 0.00 73 37 22653 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.2 97 17 551.6 551.6 318.2 551.6 0.00 74 31 23771 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.3 100 28 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.5 0.00 75 30 23980 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.0 95 28 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.01 76 29 24196 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.4 92 30 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 77 26 24894 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.9 73 29 619.3 619.3 321.5 619.3 0.01 78 25 25146 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.5 72 29 631.4 631.4 322.0 631.5 0.01 79 20 26590 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.3 85 32 679.8 679.8 323.7 679.9 0.01 80 18 27275 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.4 93 29 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.02 81 12 29965 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -50.5 98 30 817.9 817.9 327.7 818.6 0.07 82 12 29965 -42.7 -78.7 1 36.0 -50.7 98 30 816.5 816.5 327.7 817.1 0.07 83 11 30556 -39.5 -76.5 1 37.0 -49.6 91 31 848.6 848.7 328.4 849.7 0.11 84 10 31210 -38.5 -75.5 1 37.0 -49.6 85 32 875.8 875.9 329.0 877.3 0.14 85 9.2 31784 -38.1 -76.1 1 38.0 -49.8 898.5 898.6 329.4 900.0 0.13 86 8.8 32091 -36.3 -74.3 1 38.0 -49.3 917.0 917.1 329.8 919.0 0.18 87 8.2 32579 -37.5 -75.5 1 38.0 -50.1 930.9 931.0 330.0 932.8 0.17 TRP 166 13379 -64.1 -76.1 18 12.0 -64.2 270 83 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 WND 207 12003 -56.7 -70.4 16 13.8 -56.9 290 94 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.00 m Freezing level: 632.29 mb = 4013.34 m = 13166.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.21 mb = 3017.35 m = 9899.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.71 mb = 349.90 m = 1147.96 ft T: 22.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 24.55 C Layer 850.0- 769.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.30 mb = 4471.42 m = 14669.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.48 C = 104.87 F Cap Strength: 10.29 C Lifted Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.31 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 19.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52988.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.22 mb = 2890.54 m = 9483.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 30 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 15 205 2 0.8 1.8 | 117 30 -26.9 13.6 1 1000 155 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 127 17 -13.8 10.6 2 983 305 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 102 16 -15.4 3.2 3 949 610 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 136 14 -9.8 10.2 4 925 830 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 177 12 -0.7 11.8 5 916 914 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 181 12 0.3 11.8 6 884 1219 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 186 12 1.3 11.8 7 850 1555 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 200 13 4.3 11.8 8 822 1829 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 218 15 9.3 11.8 9 791 2134 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 210 10 5.2 8.9 10 762 2438 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 225 8 5.8 5.9 11 655 3658 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 222 26 17.6 19.8 12 608 4267 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 215 29 16.7 23.7 13 563 4877 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 219 31 19.6 24.5 14 542 5182 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 222 44 29.6 32.6 15 500 5840 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 236 40 33.4 22.5 16 483 6096 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 235 38 31.4 22.2 17 318 9144 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 265 54 54.0 4.6 18 300 9560 275 81 80.7 -7.1 | 265 53 53.0 4.7 19 250 10790 275 85 84.7 -7.4 | 266 57 57.0 4.4 20 211 11887 290 94 88.3 -32.1 | 289 64 60.6 -20.4 21 207 12003 290 94 88.3 -32.1 | 289 64 60.6 -20.4 22 200 12220 290 93 87.4 -31.8 | 289 63 59.7 -20.0 23 173 13106 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 272 46 46.2 -1.3 24 166 13379 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 258 57 55.3 11.8 25 157 13716 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 252 63 60.0 19.4 26 150 14010 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 251 59 56.0 19.1 27 123 15240 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 232 35 27.4 21.5 28 106 16154 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 231 46 36.0 28.9 29 100 16530 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 233 27 21.1 16.0 30 87 17374 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 166 16 -4.1 15.9 31 79 17983 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 159 42 -15.0 39.0 32 75 18288 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 168 40 -8.2 39.6 33 71 18593 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 164 42 -11.2 40.4 34 70 18690 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 175 37 -3.0 36.5 35 68 18898 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 187 30 3.5 29.8 36 64 19202 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 150 24 -12.1 20.8 37 58 19812 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 118 18 -16.1 8.7 38 53 20422 15 1 -0.3 -1.0 | 111 30 -28.0 10.8 39 50 20726 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 115 44 -39.8 18.8 40 50 20760 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 117 43 -38.4 19.2 41 46 21336 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 114 40 -36.8 16.0 42 43 21641 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 109 45 -42.5 14.4 43 41 21946 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 114 42 -38.6 16.8 44 39 22250 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 101 38 -37.7 7.1 45 38 22555 100 16 -15.8 2.8 | 109 46 -43.5 14.6 46 34 23165 80 19 -18.7 -3.3 | 100 47 -46.4 8.5 47 31 23774 100 28 -27.6 4.9 | 107 58 -55.3 16.6 48 30 23980 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 104 57 -55.6 14.2 49 28 24384 90 32 -32.0 0.0 | 101 61 -59.7 11.8 50 26 24994 70 29 -27.3 -9.9 | 92 55 -55.0 1.9 51 20 26590 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 99 60 -59.6 9.0 52 18 27432 95 29 -28.9 2.5 | 104 58 -56.6 14.3 53 14 28956 115 30 -27.2 12.7 | 114 60 -54.9 24.5 54 13 29566 105 28 -27.0 7.2 | 109 58 -54.8 19.0 55 12 30175 95 31 -30.9 2.7 | 104 60 -58.6 14.5 56 10 31210 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 99 60 -59.6 9.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.5 neg: -41.7 tot: 93.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 109.02 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 289 13 116 17| 17.3 0.0 17.3| 60.3 -36.6 23.7 47.4 0.11| 28.4 3.2 1000 278 18 135 13| 8.6 6.4 15.1|102.9 -36.6 66.3 66.3 0.39| 21.1 8.3 1500 274 22 151 12| 5.8 5.4 11.1|113.2 -36.6 76.6 51.1 0.43| 15.2 6.6 2000 273 26 168 11| 5.2 4.0 9.2|129.1 -39.1 90.0 45.0 0.44| 13.5 5.9 2500 274 27 177 10| 4.4 3.2 7.7|134.9 -41.1 93.7 37.5 0.43| 11.9 5.1 3000 274 29 186 10| 3.7 3.8 7.5|135.5 -41.7 93.8 31.3 0.38| 11.2 4.3 4000 270 33 203 13| 2.8 4.2 6.9|135.5 -65.5 70.0 17.5 0.27| 10.0 2.7 5000 266 36 209 17| 2.2 4.3 6.5|161.2 -74.0 87.1 17.4 0.26| 9.0 2.4 6000 263 40 216 21| 2.7 3.6 6.2|279.5 -77.4 202.1 33.7 0.31| 9.1 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200330.12.gif