UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:0000Z 28 MAR 20 Station: KFWD WMO ident: 72249 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -97.30 Elevation: 196.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 29 SFC 981 196 27.8 19.8 62 8.0 22.1 110 6 302.6 305.4 296.0 346.9 14.98 2 978 223 27.0 18.0 58 9.0 20.8 115 7 302.1 304.5 294.7 341.6 13.39 3 954 443 25.2 16.2 57 9.0 19.1 155 13 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.6 12.23 4 925 715 22.8 14.8 61 8.0 17.5 190 18 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.7 11.52 5 852 1424 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.1 209 17 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.7 10.97 6 850 1444 16.4 12.9 80 3.5 14.1 210 17 303.3 305.4 293.4 336.2 11.07 7 825 1698 15.4 12.0 80 3.4 13.2 236 22 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.0 10.74 8 812 1833 18.2 11.2 64 7.0 13.7 250 25 309.2 311.2 294.5 340.7 10.35 9 779 2187 16.0 4.0 45 12.0 9.0 270 24 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.8 6.55 10 768 2308 15.8 -4.2 25 20.0 5.8 270 26 311.6 312.3 289.7 323.2 3.64 11 761 2386 15.6 -5.4 23 21.0 5.3 270 28 312.2 312.8 289.6 322.9 3.36 12 714 2923 11.6 -7.4 26 19.0 2.7 252 35 313.5 314.1 289.8 323.4 3.07 13 700 3089 11.6 -11.4 19 23.0 1.6 250 39 315.3 315.8 289.6 322.8 2.28 14 698 3113 11.6 -11.4 19 23.0 1.6 249 39 315.6 316.0 289.7 323.1 2.29 15 675 3391 9.8 -8.2 27 18.0 1.4 240 42 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.6 3.05 16 656 3627 8.4 -9.6 27 18.0 0.3 232 44 317.6 318.2 290.8 326.9 2.81 17 583 4585 -0.3 -15.3 31 15.0 -6.0 225 42 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.0 1.99 18 564 4849 -2.5 -21.5 22 19.0 -8.5 225 42 318.8 319.1 289.6 323.0 1.22 19 558 4934 -3.3 -17.3 33 14.0 -8.2 225 42 318.8 319.2 290.2 324.8 1.76 20 540 5192 -5.3 -16.3 42 11.0 -9.2 223 44 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.1 1.98 21 520 5486 -8.1 -19.1 41 11.0 -11.6 220 47 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.1 1.62 22 516 5546 -8.3 -19.3 41 11.0 -11.8 218 50 320.0 320.3 290.4 325.5 1.61 23 506 5698 -9.3 -11.2 86 1.9 -10.1 213 57 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.2 3.21 24 500 5790 -9.9 -11.3 89 1.4 -10.5 210 62 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.6 3.23 25 488 5977 -11.3 -12.9 88 1.6 -11.9 213 67 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.1 2.90 26 484 6040 -11.7 -15.9 71 4.2 -13.2 214 69 321.8 322.2 291.6 329.4 2.29 27 475 6184 -12.7 -17.1 70 4.4 -14.2 215 71 322.2 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.11 28 468 6298 -13.3 -22.3 47 9.0 -15.9 216 72 322.9 323.1 291.0 327.6 1.37 29 445 6679 -16.9 -21.7 66 4.8 -18.3 217 73 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.2 1.51 30 437 6816 -18.1 -25.1 54 7.0 -19.8 218 74 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.2 1.14 31 414 7217 -21.9 -26.9 64 5.0 -23.0 219 75 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.9 1.02 32 407 7343 -22.7 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.2 220 76 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.1 1.22 33 400 7470 -23.9 -28.0 69 4.1 -24.7 220 76 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.3 0.95 34 399 7488 -23.9 -28.1 68 4.2 -24.8 221 76 324.2 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.95 35 390 7654 -25.3 -27.1 85 1.8 -25.7 225 77 324.4 324.7 291.2 328.2 1.06 36 387 7710 -26.1 -28.2 82 2.1 -26.5 225 77 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.97 37 385 7747 -26.9 -31.7 64 4.8 -27.7 225 77 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.1 0.70 38 382 7804 -26.7 -35.7 42 9.0 -28.0 225 77 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.48 39 378 7879 -26.7 -37.7 35 11.0 -28.2 225 77 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.39 40 375 7937 -27.1 -34.1 51 7.0 -28.2 225 78 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.57 41 372 7995 -27.3 -38.3 34 11.0 -28.8 225 78 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.38 42 335 8740 -32.3 -48.3 19 16.0 -33.7 228 85 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.14 43 320 9061 -34.7 -40.7 54 6.0 -35.3 229 90 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.34 44 310 9282 -35.1 -39.4 65 4.3 -35.6 230 95 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.3 0.40 45 300 9510 -36.1 -40.6 63 4.5 -36.6 230 101 334.5 334.6 293.3 335.9 0.37 46 261 10469 -41.9 -47.9 52 6.0 -42.3 231 103 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.19 47 250 10760 -44.5 -51.5 46 7.0 -44.9 230 102 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 48 242 10977 -46.3 -52.3 51 6.0 -46.6 231 101 340.4 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.12 49 226 11426 -50.1 -68.1 10 18.0 -50.5 232 97 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 50 200 12210 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.8 235 92 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 51 191 12497 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 237 92 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.03 52 184 12727 -62.3 -68.3 44 6.0 -62.4 239 91 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 53 182 12794 -62.9 -68.9 44 6.0 -63.0 239 91 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.02 54 178 12930 -63.3 -70.3 38 7.0 -63.4 240 91 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 55 157 13704 -58.9 -83.5 3 24.6 -59.1 245 107 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 56 150 13990 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -57.6 250 96 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 57 100 16500 -66.7 -93.7 1 27.0 -66.8 250 55 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 58 96 16747 -64.9 -93.9 1 29.0 -65.1 249 50 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 59 70 18640 -71.1 -94.1 2 23.0 -71.2 250 28 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 60 68 18813 -69.1 -94.1 2 25.0 -69.2 257 24 440.2 440.2 309.9 440.2 0.00 61 66 18991 -69.1 -94.1 2 25.0 -69.2 255 23 444.0 444.0 310.3 444.0 0.00 62 61 19459 -72.3 -95.3 2 23.0 -72.4 228 28 447.0 447.0 310.6 447.0 0.00 63 58 19758 -70.3 -94.3 2 24.0 -70.4 254 30 458.0 458.0 311.6 458.0 0.00 64 57 19861 -70.7 -93.7 2 23.0 -70.8 261 29 459.3 459.3 311.7 459.3 0.00 65 54 20185 -67.3 -93.3 1 26.0 -67.5 264 18 474.3 474.3 313.0 474.3 0.00 66 50 20650 -66.7 -93.7 1 27.0 -67.0 230 8 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 67 49 20772 -67.1 -93.1 1 26.0 -67.4 216 13 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 68 38 22341 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -58.9 248 17 548.4 548.4 318.0 548.5 0.00 69 34 23045 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.2 250 27 571.4 571.4 319.2 571.5 0.01 70 32 23430 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.5 250 25 577.7 577.7 319.6 577.7 0.00 71 30 23840 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.8 235 27 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 72 27 24513 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -56.5 243 33 613.7 613.7 321.2 613.8 0.01 73 25 25008 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.1 254 32 636.6 636.6 322.2 636.7 0.01 74 23 25547 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.8 237 26 646.1 646.1 322.5 646.1 0.01 75 20 26450 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.3 210 36 679.8 679.8 323.7 679.9 0.01 76 18 27133 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.6 220 37 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.6 0.01 77 17 27506 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -52.8 225 37 721.1 721.1 325.1 721.3 0.03 78 14 28776 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -55.3 237 39 752.1 752.1 326.0 752.2 0.02 79 12 29793 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -51.7 242 40 810.1 810.1 327.5 810.6 0.05 80 11 30378 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -51.2 245 40 836.3 836.3 328.1 837.0 0.07 TRP 178 12930 -63.3 -70.3 38 7.0 -63.4 240 91 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 WND 157 13704 -58.9 -83.5 3 24.6 -59.1 245 107 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.00 m Freezing level: 585.52 mb = 4552.30 m = 14935.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.36 mb = 3672.67 m = 12049.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.36 mb = 1210.46 m = 3971.28 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 17.82 C Layer 779.0- 714.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.58 mb = 3237.94 m = 10623.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.17 C = 106.11 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 16.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 394.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.58 mb = 1650.70 m = 5415.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.58 mb = 4840.85 m = 15881.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.58 mb = 9873.31 m = 32392.34 ft B at Equ Level: 580.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.58 mb = 13801.57 m = 45280.18 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 257 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 981 196 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 83 32 -31.9 -4.0 1 936 610 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 114 27 -24.7 10.9 2 925 715 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 117 26 -23.1 11.7 3 904 914 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 121 27 -22.8 13.7 4 872 1219 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 123 23 -19.4 12.8 5 850 1444 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 116 20 -17.7 8.7 6 812 1829 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 133 4 -2.7 2.5 7 784 2134 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 28 7 -3.2 -6.0 8 756 2438 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 335 7 2.8 -6.0 9 729 2743 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 237 3 2.7 1.8 10 700 3089 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 235 13 10.4 7.3 11 652 3658 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 200 24 8.2 22.9 12 604 4267 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 188 24 3.5 23.7 13 560 4877 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 188 24 3.5 23.7 14 519 5486 220 47 30.2 36.0 | 188 30 4.0 30.0 15 500 5790 210 62 31.0 53.7 | 186 48 4.8 47.7 16 480 6096 215 71 40.7 58.2 | 196 54 14.5 52.2 17 400 7470 220 76 48.9 58.2 | 203 57 22.6 52.2 18 392 7620 225 77 54.4 54.4 | 210 56 28.2 48.4 19 359 8230 225 78 55.2 55.2 | 210 57 28.9 49.1 20 316 9144 230 91 69.7 58.5 | 220 68 43.5 52.5 21 300 9510 230 101 77.4 64.9 | 221 78 51.1 58.9 22 290 9754 235 106 86.8 60.8 | 228 82 60.6 54.8 23 250 10760 230 102 78.1 65.6 | 221 79 51.9 59.6 24 200 12210 235 92 75.4 52.8 | 226 68 49.1 46.8 25 178 12930 240 91 78.8 45.5 | 233 66 52.6 39.5 26 173 13106 240 89 77.1 44.5 | 233 64 50.8 38.5 27 157 13704 245 107 97.0 45.2 | 241 81 70.7 39.2 28 157 13716 245 107 97.0 45.2 | 241 81 70.7 39.2 29 150 13990 250 96 90.2 32.8 | 247 69 64.0 26.8 30 123 15240 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 246 48 44.2 19.6 31 100 16500 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 243 28 25.5 12.8 32 78 17983 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 133 6 -4.5 4.1 33 74 18288 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 151 10 -4.9 8.9 34 71 18593 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 188 10 1.5 10.0 35 70 18640 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 181 4 0.1 3.6 36 67 18898 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 64 5 -4.6 -2.2 37 61 19507 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 155 15 -6.4 13.8 38 58 19812 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 284 3 3.3 -0.8 39 55 20117 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 47 6 -4.3 -4.1 40 52 20422 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 76 21 -20.3 -5.0 41 50 20650 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 88 20 -20.1 -0.9 42 49 20726 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 101 20 -19.3 3.8 43 45 21336 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 162 16 -5.0 15.2 44 43 21641 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 188 7 1.0 6.7 45 41 21946 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 119 11 -9.8 5.5 46 39 22250 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 79 13 -12.7 -2.4 47 37 22555 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 124 11 -9.0 6.0 48 35 22860 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 181 4 0.1 3.6 49 32 23470 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 133 4 -2.7 2.5 50 30 23840 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 157 10 -4.1 9.5 51 29 24079 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 207 15 6.7 13.0 52 28 24384 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 193 11 2.3 10.5 53 25 24994 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 244 5 4.7 2.3 54 23 25603 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 145 10 -5.8 8.3 55 20 26450 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 162 26 -8.2 25.2 56 15 27432 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 197 17 4.9 15.8 57 8 29870 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 251 16 15.3 5.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.4 neg: -41.6 tot: 139.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 121.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 173 13 103 29| 18.2 0.0 18.2|147.9 0.0 147.9 295.9 0.89| 20.8 18.6 1000 186 16 112 27| 10.7 0.0 10.7|169.3 0.0 169.3 169.3 0.83| 13.1 10.9 1500 197 17 116 24| 9.0 0.0 9.0|180.5 -11.3 169.3 112.9 0.55| 13.7 7.6 2000 216 19 121 18| 7.7 0.0 7.7|181.4 -18.9 162.5 81.3 0.27| 14.2 3.8 2500 232 21 124 12| 6.2 1.7 7.8|181.4 -31.5 149.9 60.0 0.08| 13.6 1.0 3000 238 23 134 9| 5.1 3.5 8.6|181.4 -41.6 139.9 46.6 0.01| 13.6 0.2 4000 235 28 164 11| 3.8 3.9 7.7|181.4-112.5 69.0 17.2 -0.12| 12.4 -1.5 5000 232 31 173 13| 3.1 3.4 6.5|181.5-116.6 64.8 13.0 -0.13| 10.3 -1.3 6000 227 36 180 18| 3.5 4.2 7.7|305.1-133.2 171.9 28.6 -0.04| 11.3 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20200328.00.gif