UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 31 MAR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:0000Z 31 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 25.6 6.6 30 19.0 14.6 0 0 297.6 298.7 287.2 315.4 6.04 1 1006 77 25.8 4.8 26 21.0 14.0 322 5 298.4 299.4 286.9 314.3 5.36 2 1000 131 25.4 4.4 26 21.0 13.6 290 9 298.5 299.5 286.8 314.1 5.24 3 925 808 19.8 0.8 28 19.0 9.9 270 16 299.6 300.4 286.3 312.7 4.38 4 916 892 19.2 0.2 28 19.0 9.3 274 22 299.8 300.6 286.2 312.5 4.23 5 887 1167 17.2 -7.8 17 25.0 6.1 283 25 300.5 300.9 284.5 307.9 2.39 6 876 1273 17.8 -15.2 9 33.0 4.9 289 24 302.2 302.4 284.0 306.5 1.34 7 856 1469 16.4 -19.6 7 36.0 3.6 305 23 302.7 302.9 283.7 305.8 0.94 8 850 1529 16.0 -17.0 9 33.0 3.7 300 20 302.9 303.1 284.1 306.7 1.19 9 836 1670 15.2 -10.8 16 26.0 4.2 293 23 303.5 303.9 285.2 309.8 2.00 10 821 1823 15.4 -6.6 21 22.0 5.2 286 26 305.3 305.8 286.8 314.2 2.84 11 751 2568 8.4 -4.6 39 13.0 2.3 279 26 305.6 306.3 287.7 316.8 3.62 12 738 2712 7.6 -9.4 29 17.0 0.4 272 29 306.2 306.7 286.8 314.2 2.54 13 726 2847 6.8 -6.2 39 13.0 0.9 265 33 306.8 307.4 287.8 317.1 3.31 14 713 2995 6.4 -14.6 21 21.0 -1.6 258 37 307.9 308.3 286.6 313.5 1.73 15 700 3146 5.8 -13.2 24 19.0 -1.6 255 39 308.9 309.3 287.2 315.3 1.97 16 699 3158 5.8 -13.2 24 19.0 -1.6 255 39 309.0 309.4 287.2 315.4 1.98 17 677 3419 3.6 -9.4 38 13.0 -1.9 260 40 309.4 309.9 288.2 318.2 2.77 18 652 3724 1.6 -14.4 29 16.0 -4.4 264 42 310.5 310.9 287.7 316.7 1.92 19 631 3987 0.0 -15.0 31 15.0 -5.5 260 46 311.6 312.0 288.0 317.8 1.89 20 619 4141 -1.3 -10.3 50 9.0 -5.0 257 48 311.8 312.4 289.0 320.9 2.82 21 608 4284 -2.3 -11.3 50 9.0 -5.9 255 50 312.3 312.8 289.0 320.8 2.65 22 598 4416 -3.3 -7.7 72 4.4 -5.2 257 50 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.0 3.58 23 591 4509 -4.1 -7.6 77 3.5 -5.6 259 51 312.7 313.4 290.1 324.4 3.65 24 575 4725 -5.7 -8.2 82 2.5 -6.8 262 51 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.8 3.58 25 561 4918 -7.1 -10.4 77 3.3 -8.4 265 52 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.8 3.09 26 535 5288 -8.9 -14.9 62 6.0 -11.0 265 54 316.0 316.4 289.8 323.4 2.25 27 522 5478 -9.7 -11.6 86 1.9 -10.4 265 55 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.1 3.02 28 513 5613 -10.5 -12.4 86 1.9 -11.2 265 55 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.3 2.88 29 502 5779 -11.9 -13.7 86 1.8 -12.6 265 56 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.64 30 500 5810 -12.1 -14.3 84 2.2 -12.9 265 56 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.53 31 496 5871 -12.3 -16.7 70 4.4 -13.7 265 57 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.7 2.09 32 487 6011 -13.5 -17.6 71 4.1 -14.8 265 60 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.6 1.97 33 484 6058 -13.7 -19.7 60 6.0 -15.5 265 61 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.9 1.66 34 471 6264 -15.3 -22.3 55 7.0 -17.2 265 63 319.8 320.1 290.1 324.4 1.36 35 468 6312 -15.7 -24.7 46 9.0 -18.0 265 64 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.7 1.10 36 465 6360 -16.3 -24.3 50 8.0 -18.3 265 64 319.7 320.0 289.9 323.7 1.15 37 462 6409 -16.5 -21.2 67 4.7 -17.8 265 64 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.3 1.52 38 454 6540 -17.1 -18.5 89 1.4 -17.5 265 65 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.96 39 447 6656 -17.7 -21.2 74 3.5 -18.7 265 66 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.0 1.58 40 414 7227 -20.5 -22.2 86 1.7 -21.0 265 70 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.5 1.56 41 400 7480 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -23.0 265 72 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.30 42 383 7798 -24.7 -27.8 75 3.1 -25.4 266 70 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.5 1.02 43 362 8206 -27.7 -30.0 81 2.3 -28.1 269 71 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.87 44 352 8408 -27.7 -29.7 83 2.0 -28.1 270 72 330.9 331.1 292.9 334.2 0.93 45 340 8657 -29.1 -31.3 81 2.2 -29.5 272 72 332.3 332.4 293.2 335.3 0.82 46 309 9334 -34.3 -38.3 67 4.0 -34.8 278 75 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.45 47 300 9540 -36.1 -39.6 70 3.5 -36.5 280 77 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.41 48 280 10012 -39.9 -42.8 74 2.9 -40.2 284 83 335.7 335.8 293.6 336.9 0.31 49 268 10307 -42.3 -46.3 65 4.0 -42.6 286 87 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.22 50 250 10770 -46.5 -50.2 66 3.7 -46.7 290 93 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.15 51 228 11375 -51.7 -55.2 66 3.5 -51.8 292 100 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.09 52 209 11933 -56.9 -61.8 54 4.9 -57.0 294 107 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.04 53 200 12210 -59.1 -64.0 53 4.9 -59.2 295 110 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 54 190 12530 -61.9 -66.9 51 5.0 -62.0 295 112 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 55 186 12662 -63.1 -67.3 57 4.2 -63.1 295 113 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 56 182 12795 -64.3 -69.3 50 5.0 -64.4 295 114 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 57 179 12897 -64.8 -69.8 50 5.0 -64.9 295 114 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.02 58 170 13211 -66.5 -71.5 49 5.0 -66.5 300 110 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.01 59 165 13393 -65.1 -72.1 37 7.0 -65.1 295 96 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 60 150 13980 -61.5 -69.5 34 8.0 -61.6 275 76 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.02 61 100 16490 -63.1 -75.1 18 12.0 -63.3 270 31 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.9 0.01 62 93 16933 -65.7 -76.7 20 11.0 -65.8 268 35 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.3 0.01 63 90 17133 -64.3 -76.3 18 12.0 -64.4 267 36 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.01 64 83 17624 -67.7 -78.7 19 11.0 -67.8 265 40 418.6 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.01 65 75 18232 -68.1 -80.1 16 12.0 -68.2 264 18 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.2 0.01 66 74 18313 -66.1 -79.1 15 13.0 -66.2 262 16 436.0 436.0 309.5 436.0 0.01 67 70 18650 -66.1 -79.1 15 13.0 -66.2 285 13 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.0 0.01 68 67 18916 -66.7 -79.7 14 13.0 -66.8 226 11 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.3 0.01 69 65 19100 -63.3 -78.3 11 15.0 -63.6 239 14 458.6 458.6 311.7 458.7 0.01 70 63 19292 -64.5 -78.5 13 14.0 -64.7 239 15 460.1 460.1 311.8 460.1 0.01 71 56 20017 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -62.1 218 12 482.2 482.2 313.7 482.3 0.02 72 51 20597 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -62.1 94 5 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.4 0.02 73 50 20720 -60.9 -76.9 10 16.0 -61.4 65 4 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.1 0.02 74 45 21378 -58.3 -76.3 8 18.0 -59.0 48 11 521.6 521.6 316.4 521.7 0.03 75 40 22117 -59.5 -77.5 8 18.0 -60.2 81 17 536.4 536.4 317.3 536.6 0.02 76 30 23930 -56.1 -81.1 3 25.0 -57.5 105 29 591.7 591.7 320.2 591.8 0.02 77 23 25631 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.5 81 20 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.3 0.01 78 20 26530 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.2 85 26 671.8 671.8 323.5 671.9 0.01 79 18 27211 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.9 85 33 698.7 698.7 324.4 698.8 0.02 80 17 27585 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -52.9 79 28 720.4 720.5 325.1 720.7 0.03 81 15 28413 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -51.8 74 30 754.7 754.7 326.1 755.0 0.04 82 11 30486 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.0 95 39 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.8 0.06 83 10 31130 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -50.5 105 43 867.6 867.7 328.8 868.6 0.10 84 9.9 31199 -40.1 -77.1 1 37.0 -50.3 872.4 872.4 328.9 873.5 0.11 85 9.7 31338 -40.1 -77.1 1 37.0 -50.4 877.5 877.5 329.0 878.6 0.11 86 9.1 31780 -33.3 -72.3 1 39.0 -47.9 919.7 919.9 329.8 922.4 0.24 87 8.7 32097 -32.1 -71.1 1 39.0 -47.6 936.3 936.4 330.2 939.8 0.30 TRP 170 13211 -66.5 -71.5 49 5.0 -66.5 300 110 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.01 WND 179 12897 -64.8 -69.8 50 5.0 -64.9 295 114 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.00 m Freezing level: 631.00 mb = 3987.20 m = 13081.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.25 mb = 2900.84 m = 9517.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.38 mb = 2409.50 m = 7905.10 ft T: 9.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 9.63 C Layer 1006.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.20 mb = 4492.66 m = 14739.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.71 C = 105.28 F Cap Strength: 8.36 C Lifted Index: 8.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.24 C Showalter Index: 12.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: -4.90 C K Index: -7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51619.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.50 mb = 2966.56 m = 9732.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 297 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 1013 15 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 117 27 -23.8 12.3 1 1000 131 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 121 18 -15.3 9.2 2 980 305 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 127 15 -12.2 9.2 3 946 610 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 134 16 -11.8 11.3 4 925 808 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 148 15 -7.8 12.3 5 914 914 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 181 10 0.1 10.2 6 881 1219 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 183 6 0.3 5.9 7 850 1524 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 75 7 -7.0 -1.8 8 850 1529 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 110 7 -6.5 2.3 9 820 1829 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 193 6 1.3 5.6 10 790 2134 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 166 7 -1.6 6.4 11 762 2438 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 166 7 -1.6 6.4 12 735 2743 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 207 14 6.2 12.3 13 708 3048 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 212 26 13.9 22.4 14 700 3146 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 212 26 13.9 22.4 15 656 3658 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 227 23 17.0 15.9 16 608 4267 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 224 35 24.5 25.3 17 563 4877 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 239 33 28.0 16.9 18 500 5810 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 242 36 32.0 17.2 19 481 6096 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 245 42 38.0 17.7 20 400 7480 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 249 51 47.9 18.6 21 392 7620 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 248 49 44.9 18.3 22 317 9144 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 263 50 49.9 5.9 23 304 9449 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 271 51 51.0 -0.9 24 300 9540 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 271 52 52.0 -1.0 25 250 10770 290 93 87.4 -31.8 | 287 67 63.6 -19.5 26 200 12210 295 110 99.7 -46.5 | 294 83 75.9 -34.2 27 182 12802 295 114 103.3 -48.2 | 294 87 79.5 -35.9 28 179 12897 295 114 103.3 -48.2 | 294 87 79.5 -35.9 29 173 13106 300 109 94.4 -54.5 | 301 82 70.6 -42.2 30 170 13211 300 110 95.3 -55.0 | 301 83 71.5 -42.7 31 157 13716 285 72 69.5 -18.6 | 278 46 45.7 -6.3 32 150 13980 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 264 52 51.9 5.7 33 142 14326 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 256 53 51.2 12.3 34 122 15240 280 73 71.9 -12.7 | 270 48 48.1 -0.4 35 100 16490 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 210 14 7.2 12.3 36 82 17678 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 227 23 17.0 15.9 37 78 17983 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 200 8 2.8 7.6 38 74 18288 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 152 17 -8.0 15.1 39 71 18593 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 132 13 -9.3 8.4 40 70 18650 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 129 14 -11.2 9.0 41 67 18898 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 141 26 -16.0 20.1 42 64 19202 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 154 21 -9.3 19.1 43 61 19507 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 146 26 -14.6 21.5 44 58 19812 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 146 24 -13.2 19.8 45 55 20117 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 140 29 -18.3 21.8 46 50 20720 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 111 29 -27.4 10.6 47 45 21336 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 100 31 -30.9 5.3 48 43 21641 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 97 40 -40.1 4.7 49 41 21946 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 107 42 -39.8 12.3 50 39 22250 75 18 -17.4 -4.7 | 101 42 -41.2 7.7 51 31 23774 100 30 -29.5 5.2 | 108 56 -53.3 17.5 52 30 23930 105 29 -28.0 7.5 | 111 55 -51.8 19.8 53 28 24384 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 109 51 -48.4 16.7 54 27 24689 105 24 -23.2 6.2 | 112 51 -47.0 18.5 55 24 25298 80 18 -17.7 -3.1 | 102 43 -41.5 9.2 56 20 26530 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 101 51 -49.7 10.1 57 17 27432 85 35 -34.9 -3.1 | 99 59 -58.7 9.3 58 17 27737 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 98 46 -46.0 6.4 59 16 28042 65 36 -32.6 -15.2 | 87 57 -56.4 -2.9 60 14 28956 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 102 48 -46.7 10.3 61 13 29566 100 32 -31.5 5.6 | 108 58 -55.3 17.9 62 12 29870 85 36 -35.9 -3.1 | 99 60 -59.7 9.2 63 10 31130 105 43 -41.5 11.1 | 110 69 -65.3 23.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 6.5 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.7 neg: -14.6 tot: 79.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 93.32 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 285 10 125 17| 0.0 12.3 12.3| 19.7 -2.2 17.5 35.1 0.29| 14.5 4.2 1000 278 13 135 15| 6.3 6.2 12.5| 59.1 -2.2 56.9 56.9 0.55| 14.7 8.1 1500 284 17 139 11| 4.6 4.1 8.7| 59.5 -10.5 49.0 32.7 0.18| 14.5 2.7 2000 286 19 142 9| 3.4 4.9 8.3| 73.0 -12.8 60.2 30.1 0.31| 14.2 4.3 2500 285 20 146 9| 2.7 4.2 7.0| 77.0 -14.6 62.4 25.0 0.31| 12.1 3.7 3000 281 22 162 9| 2.3 6.5 8.8| 93.7 -14.6 79.1 26.4 0.30| 13.3 4.0 4000 273 27 194 11| 2.3 5.7 8.0|136.9 -19.4 117.6 29.4 0.32| 11.9 3.8 5000 268 32 210 15| 2.4 5.0 7.4|215.4 -25.6 189.8 38.0 0.35| 10.9 3.8 6000 267 36 220 18| 2.0 4.8 6.8|244.7 -25.6 219.1 36.5 0.35| 9.8 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200331.00.gif