UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020040112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 APR 20 Searching for KCHS... Searching the city database file for: KCHS ... Date:1200Z 1 APR 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 1006 15 10.6 8.2 85 2.4 9.3 335 4 283.3 284.4 282.2 302.0 6.79 1 1000 60 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 8.2 345 9 283.5 284.6 281.4 300.1 5.95 2 998 77 10.2 5.9 75 4.3 8.0 346 10 283.5 284.5 281.2 299.7 5.83 3 925 704 5.6 2.8 82 2.8 4.2 340 27 285.0 285.9 281.0 299.3 5.06 4 850 1389 0.2 -1.5 88 1.7 -0.6 340 31 286.4 287.1 280.4 297.8 4.03 5 847 1417 0.2 -1.5 88 1.7 -0.6 338 31 286.6 287.4 280.6 298.2 4.04 6 840 1484 3.0 -4.0 60 7.0 0.0 333 30 290.3 290.9 281.4 300.1 3.38 7 829 1591 2.8 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.2 326 30 291.2 291.8 281.8 301.0 3.37 8 795 1930 3.2 -8.8 41 12.0 -1.5 315 32 295.1 295.5 282.4 302.6 2.47 9 774 2146 2.0 -11.0 37 13.0 -2.8 325 40 296.1 296.5 282.4 302.6 2.13 10 758 2315 3.0 -13.0 30 16.0 -2.8 325 42 298.9 299.3 283.2 304.7 1.85 11 736 2552 1.6 -15.4 27 17.0 -4.2 321 45 299.9 300.2 283.3 304.9 1.57 12 721 2718 0.6 -30.4 8 31.0 -6.7 316 48 300.6 300.7 282.2 302.0 0.42 13 715 2785 0.8 314 49 301.5 14 700 2955 0.2 -27.8 10 28.0 -6.9 310 52 302.7 302.8 283.2 304.6 0.56 15 698 2978 0.2 -27.8 10 28.0 -6.9 309 53 303.0 303.1 283.3 304.8 0.56 16 644 3621 -1.3 290 54 308.3 17 527 5176 -15.9 -45.9 6 30.0 -19.6 292 55 309.0 309.0 285.1 309.4 0.12 18 500 5570 -19.3 -49.3 5 30.0 -22.4 295 56 309.5 309.5 285.2 309.8 0.09 19 486 5780 -20.9 -53.9 3 33.0 -23.8 295 57 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.3 0.05 20 463 6138 -20.7 -63.7 1 43.0 -23.9 295 81 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.7 0.02 21 449 6364 -22.3 -65.3 1 43.0 -25.2 295 84 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.01 22 421 6836 -22.7 -65.7 1 43.0 -25.6 295 91 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.8 0.01 23 400 7210 -24.5 -66.5 1 42.0 -27.2 290 94 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.2 0.01 24 397 7265 -24.7 -66.7 1 42.0 -27.4 290 95 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.6 0.01 25 373 7714 -28.7 -67.7 1 39.0 -30.7 290 98 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.1 0.01 26 355 8067 -29.9 -69.9 1 40.0 -31.9 289 100 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.1 0.01 27 300 9240 -39.9 -73.9 1 34.0 -40.8 285 105 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.01 28 250 10460 -50.7 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 280 111 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.7 0.01 29 244 10617 -51.4 -72.7 6 21.3 -51.7 280 113 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.0 0.01 30 241 10697 -51.7 -72.7 6 21.0 -52.0 280 112 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.7 0.01 31 237 10806 -50.3 -72.3 6 22.0 -50.7 280 109 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.4 0.01 32 231 10973 -49.5 -73.5 4 24.0 -50.0 280 105 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 33 217 11380 -51.1 -81.1 2 30.0 -51.5 280 95 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.00 34 207 11685 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -51.7 280 87 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.00 35 201 11877 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -48.9 280 82 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.00 36 200 11910 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -48.9 280 81 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 37 188 12317 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -48.9 277 74 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.00 38 162 13285 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -54.3 269 82 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 39 158 13446 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -54.7 270 84 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 40 150 13780 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.2 275 79 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 41 145 14000 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -51.7 276 76 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.8 0.00 42 142 14136 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -51.9 277 75 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 43 130 14707 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -55.1 278 67 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 44 126 14907 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -55.5 271 60 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 45 119 15271 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.0 259 48 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 46 117 15378 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -56.9 256 50 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 47 115 15488 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -56.9 252 51 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 48 110 15770 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.9 257 54 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 49 100 16370 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -59.8 275 46 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 50 93 16820 -61.5 -92.5 1 31.0 -61.8 275 46 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 51 90 17024 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.7 275 46 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.8 0.00 52 83 17527 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.0 265 30 430.9 430.9 308.9 430.9 0.00 53 73 18321 -60.9 -91.9 1 31.0 -61.3 256 15 448.7 448.7 310.7 448.7 0.00 54 70 18580 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.8 265 14 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 55 66 18943 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.6 221 12 456.6 456.6 311.5 456.6 0.00 56 50 20680 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.8 320 8 509.4 509.4 315.6 509.4 0.00 57 40 22093 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.5 123 13 541.5 541.5 317.6 541.5 0.00 58 34 23121 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.0 113 7 568.8 568.8 319.1 568.8 0.00 59 31 23710 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.1 90 23 590.5 590.5 320.2 590.5 0.01 60 30 23920 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.5 85 26 595.0 595.0 320.4 595.0 0.01 61 29 24136 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.1 92 27 599.1 599.1 320.6 599.2 0.01 62 20 26550 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -51.4 130 37 692.6 692.6 324.2 692.8 0.02 63 17 27626 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -52.0 128 32 724.9 724.9 325.2 725.2 0.03 64 16 28029 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -50.8 125 30 744.8 744.8 325.8 745.2 0.04 65 15 28461 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -50.8 132 33 760.0 760.0 326.2 760.4 0.04 66 14 28927 -40.9 -77.9 1 37.0 -49.1 140 36 787.3 787.4 327.0 788.0 0.07 67 13 29429 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -50.2 137 31 799.4 799.4 327.3 800.0 0.07 68 13 29429 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -49.4 137 31 804.9 804.9 327.4 805.6 0.07 69 11 30562 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.0 129 19 837.8 837.8 328.1 838.5 0.08 70 10 31210 -39.5 -76.5 1 37.0 -50.0 125 12 872.1 872.2 328.9 873.3 0.12 71 9.8 31348 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -50.0 877.9 878.0 329.0 879.2 0.12 72 9.0 31931 -39.5 -76.5 1 37.0 -50.5 898.8 898.8 329.4 900.2 0.13 73 8.6 32244 -37.7 -75.7 1 38.0 -50.0 917.6 917.6 329.8 919.3 0.15 TRP 244 10617 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.0 -52.0 280 113 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.5 0.01 WND 244 10617 -51.4 -72.7 6 21.3 -51.7 280 113 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5510.00 m Freezing level: 690.80 mb = 3063.72 m = 10051.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.84 mb = 1305.21 m = 4282.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.74 % Est. max temperature: 13.59 C = 56.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.09 mb = 310.96 m = 1020.18 ft T: 8.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 4.17 C Layer 1000.0- 847.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.58 mb = 1011.23 m = 3317.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.98 C = 55.36 F Cap Strength: 13.04 C Lifted Index: 9.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.91 C Showalter Index: 11.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: -10.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56866.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.30 mb = 860.52 m = 2823.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 335 at 33 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 1006 15 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 155 29 -12.5 26.3 1 1000 60 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 151 24 -11.9 21.2 2 971 305 355 19 1.7 -18.9 | 131 17 -12.5 11.0 3 936 610 345 25 6.5 -24.1 | 127 10 -7.7 5.8 4 925 704 340 27 9.2 -25.4 | 132 7 -5.0 4.5 5 901 914 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 128 6 -4.6 3.6 6 868 1219 340 31 10.6 -29.1 | 102 4 -3.6 0.8 7 850 1389 340 31 10.6 -29.1 | 102 4 -3.6 0.8 8 805 1829 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 211 14 7.3 11.9 9 775 2134 325 40 22.9 -32.8 | 288 9 8.8 -2.9 10 746 2438 325 43 24.7 -35.2 | 297 12 10.5 -5.3 11 719 2743 315 48 33.9 -33.9 | 282 20 19.8 -4.0 12 700 2955 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 278 26 25.6 -3.5 13 692 3048 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 273 31 30.9 -1.6 14 665 3353 290 53 49.8 -18.1 | 252 38 35.6 11.8 15 639 3658 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 253 38 36.6 11.4 16 591 4267 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 254 39 37.5 11.1 17 547 4877 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 253 38 36.6 11.4 18 500 5570 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 260 37 36.6 6.2 19 485 5791 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 261 38 37.5 5.8 20 465 6096 295 80 72.5 -33.8 | 274 58 58.3 -3.9 21 411 7010 295 94 85.2 -39.7 | 278 72 71.0 -9.8 22 400 7210 290 94 88.3 -32.1 | 272 74 74.1 -2.2 23 377 7620 290 98 92.1 -33.5 | 273 78 77.9 -3.6 24 304 9144 285 105 101.4 -27.2 | 268 87 87.2 2.7 25 300 9240 285 105 101.4 -27.2 | 268 87 87.2 2.7 26 250 10460 280 111 109.3 -19.3 | 264 96 95.1 10.6 27 244 10617 280 113 111.3 -19.6 | 264 98 97.1 10.3 28 242 10668 280 113 111.3 -19.6 | 264 98 97.1 10.3 29 200 11910 280 81 79.8 -14.1 | 256 67 65.6 15.8 30 192 12192 280 74 72.9 -12.8 | 254 61 58.7 17.1 31 174 12802 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 238 68 57.5 36.2 32 159 13411 270 85 85.0 -0.0 | 247 77 70.8 29.9 33 150 13780 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 250 68 64.5 23.0 34 131 14630 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 252 57 53.8 17.9 35 119 15240 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 221 51 33.1 38.2 36 114 15545 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 216 59 34.7 47.7 37 103 16154 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 235 52 42.8 29.9 38 100 16370 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 231 41 31.6 25.9 39 89 17069 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 231 41 31.6 25.9 40 85 17374 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 223 29 19.6 20.9 41 81 17678 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 192 41 8.5 40.5 42 73 18288 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 181 34 0.3 33.8 43 70 18580 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 180 31 -0.2 31.1 44 70 18593 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 176 31 -2.2 31.0 45 67 18898 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 171 40 -6.5 39.1 46 55 20117 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 165 33 -8.5 32.0 47 50 20680 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 159 25 -9.0 23.8 48 47 21031 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 131 26 -20.1 17.2 49 45 21336 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 143 45 -26.9 35.8 50 41 21946 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 152 46 -21.6 40.6 51 39 22250 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 140 42 -27.0 32.2 52 35 22860 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 151 36 -17.8 31.6 53 32 23470 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 143 42 -25.5 34.0 54 31 23774 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 125 49 -40.1 27.6 55 30 23920 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 125 49 -40.1 27.6 56 28 24384 100 29 -28.6 5.0 | 129 55 -42.7 34.9 57 25 24994 120 27 -23.4 13.5 | 139 57 -37.6 43.4 58 23 25603 110 33 -31.0 11.3 | 132 61 -45.2 41.2 59 20 26550 130 37 -28.3 23.8 | 142 68 -42.5 53.7 60 19 26822 135 39 -27.6 27.6 | 144 71 -41.8 57.5 61 18 27432 130 33 -25.3 21.2 | 142 65 -39.5 51.1 62 16 28042 125 30 -24.6 17.2 | 141 61 -38.8 47.1 63 14 28956 140 36 -23.1 27.6 | 147 69 -37.3 57.5 64 10 31210 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 147 44 -24.0 36.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.6 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 334.6 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 5.9 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.5 neg: -90.7 tot: -41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 162.17 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 351 16 140 18| 19.8 0.0 19.8| 0.0 -50.3 -50.3 -100.6 -0.46| 20.8 -9.6 1000 345 21 137 13| 9.9 3.6 13.5| 1.6 -52.3 -50.7 -50.7 -0.36| 14.1 -5.0 1500 342 25 134 9| 6.6 3.6 10.2| 4.8 -53.9 -49.1 -32.7 -0.19| 11.8 -2.3 2000 336 26 151 7| 5.0 4.8 9.8| 31.1 -53.9 -22.8 -11.4 0.07| 13.8 1.0 2500 333 29 169 4| 5.8 3.9 9.7| 49.5 -57.0 -7.5 -3.0 0.16| 13.4 2.2 3000 328 32 229 4| 4.8 5.9 10.8| 49.5 -90.7 -41.2 -13.7 0.05| 14.0 0.7 4000 315 38 256 13| 3.6 5.7 9.3| 58.1-209.1-151.1 -37.8 -0.08| 12.7 -1.0 5000 308 41 256 19| 3.0 4.6 7.5| 69.5-214.2-144.7 -28.9 -0.07| 10.4 -0.8 6000 305 44 258 23| 3.9 3.8 7.7|209.9-214.2 -4.3 -0.7 0.04| 10.5 0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCHS/skewt/KCHS.skewt.20200401.12.gif