UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 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 44 SFC 983 196 22.8 21.1 90 1.7 21.6 220 7 297.4 300.3 295.4 344.4 16.23 2 977 249 22.4 19.6 84 2.8 20.5 223 9 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.5 14.85 3 925 723 18.8 18.2 96 0.6 18.4 245 23 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.3 14.36 4 910 864 18.0 17.4 96 0.6 17.6 245 28 299.1 301.6 294.2 339.6 13.87 5 900 958 17.0 15.8 93 1.2 16.2 245 31 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.64 6 895 1006 15.6 11.4 76 4.2 13.0 245 33 298.1 299.8 290.5 325.8 9.50 7 889 1063 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 12.9 245 34 299.7 301.3 290.6 326.3 9.06 8 879 1160 21.6 9.6 46 12.0 14.1 245 37 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.7 8.56 9 870 1250 22.2 5.2 33 17.0 12.2 244 39 307.4 308.5 290.8 326.9 6.38 10 858 1371 21.6 3.6 31 18.0 11.3 242 40 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.7 5.78 11 850 1452 21.0 3.0 30 18.0 10.8 240 40 308.1 309.2 290.4 325.4 5.59 12 833 1626 19.8 1.8 30 18.0 9.8 238 41 308.7 309.6 290.2 324.9 5.23 13 707 3006 7.6 -2.4 49 10.0 2.6 221 35 310.0 310.9 290.0 324.2 4.54 14 700 3088 6.8 -3.2 49 10.0 1.9 220 35 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.5 4.31 15 633 3902 -0.9 -4.7 75 3.8 -2.7 215 39 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.7 4.26 16 615 4132 -2.5 -6.9 72 4.4 -4.4 215 40 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.7 3.71 17 567 4770 -7.9 -9.6 88 1.7 -8.6 211 43 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.4 3.26 18 546 5063 -9.5 -10.2 95 0.7 -9.8 212 49 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.8 3.22 19 500 5740 -11.7 -12.7 92 1.0 -12.1 220 70 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.3 2.88 20 495 5817 -12.1 -13.2 91 1.1 -12.5 221 71 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.4 2.79 21 460 6377 -15.9 -17.1 90 1.2 -16.3 229 71 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.5 2.18 22 440 6712 -18.3 -21.7 75 3.4 -19.2 228 74 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.53 23 400 7420 -23.1 -25.0 84 1.9 -23.5 225 81 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.4 1.26 24 392 7568 -24.1 -25.7 87 1.6 -24.5 225 82 325.5 325.8 291.6 329.8 1.20 25 370 7986 -27.1 -30.3 74 3.2 -27.7 219 92 327.0 327.1 291.7 330.0 0.83 26 351 8364 -29.9 -32.9 75 3.0 -30.4 218 88 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.68 27 336 8675 -30.3 -33.9 71 3.6 -30.9 226 102 331.7 331.9 292.8 334.1 0.65 28 300 9470 -37.1 -40.9 68 3.8 -37.5 230 108 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.36 29 286 9797 -40.3 -44.4 65 4.1 -40.6 229 108 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.26 30 277 10014 -40.7 -44.1 70 3.4 -41.0 228 108 335.6 335.6 293.5 336.6 0.27 31 257 10517 -45.3 -52.3 45 7.0 -45.6 226 109 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.12 32 250 10700 -46.9 -53.9 45 7.0 -47.2 225 109 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.10 33 232 11192 -51.3 -59.3 38 8.0 -51.5 229 113 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.06 34 227 11334 -51.3 -61.3 29 10.0 -51.5 230 114 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 35 215 11686 -53.9 -65.9 22 12.0 -54.1 233 116 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 36 210 11838 -54.3 -68.3 16 14.0 -54.5 235 118 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 37 206 11961 -55.2 -70.0 14 14.8 -55.4 235 118 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.6 0.01 38 200 12150 -56.5 -72.5 12 16.0 -56.7 235 117 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.01 39 199 12182 -56.7 -72.7 12 16.0 -56.9 235 117 343.5 343.5 295.1 343.5 0.01 40 187 12572 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.6 233 112 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.01 41 168 13237 -61.7 -73.7 19 12.0 -61.8 230 103 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 42 162 13462 -60.9 -74.9 14 14.0 -61.0 232 105 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 43 161 13501 -58.1 -73.1 13 15.0 -58.3 233 105 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 44 157 13660 -55.9 -72.9 10 17.0 -56.2 234 107 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 45 153 13824 -55.5 -73.5 9 18.0 -55.8 240 102 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.01 46 150 13950 -54.3 -73.3 8 19.0 -54.6 245 97 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.01 47 137 14526 -57.9 -82.9 3 25.0 -58.2 244 76 380.1 380.1 302.2 380.1 0.00 48 133 14712 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 239 70 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 49 125 15101 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -60.7 232 68 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 50 115 15618 -61.7 -85.7 3 24.0 -61.9 227 63 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 51 108 16007 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.3 224 58 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 52 100 16480 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 220 52 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 53 90 17115 -69.9 -89.9 4 20.0 -70.0 226 57 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 54 80 17818 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 246 37 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 55 76 18126 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 243 28 428.9 428.9 308.7 428.9 0.00 56 71 18535 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 235 27 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.8 0.00 57 70 18620 -67.5 -88.5 4 21.0 -67.7 235 29 440.0 440.0 309.8 440.0 0.00 58 68 18795 -67.5 -88.5 4 21.0 -67.7 226 28 443.6 443.6 310.3 443.7 0.00 59 60 19546 -68.5 -88.5 4 20.0 -68.7 252 19 457.6 457.6 311.5 457.6 0.00 60 54 20172 -71.9 -90.9 4 19.0 -72.0 233 20 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.7 0.00 61 53 20283 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.3 220 20 475.0 475.0 313.1 475.0 0.00 62 51 20518 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.6 212 16 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.4 0.00 63 50 20640 -62.7 -86.7 3 24.0 -63.1 220 12 495.7 495.7 314.7 495.8 0.00 64 46 21154 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.7 228 13 506.2 506.2 315.4 506.3 0.00 65 44 21429 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.4 216 14 516.1 516.1 316.1 516.2 0.00 66 43 21572 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.5 197 15 527.4 527.4 316.8 527.4 0.00 67 38 22350 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.6 231 30 546.4 546.4 317.9 546.4 0.00 68 36 22691 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.8 247 33 560.1 560.1 318.6 560.1 0.00 69 33 23243 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.6 252 29 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.1 0.00 70 31 23640 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.5 237 26 589.4 589.4 320.1 589.5 0.01 71 30 23850 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.7 245 24 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 72 28 24291 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -55.8 236 22 609.6 609.6 321.0 609.7 0.01 73 22 25828 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -58.3 242 28 645.4 645.4 322.5 645.4 0.01 74 21 26126 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.2 239 26 666.1 666.1 323.3 666.2 0.01 75 20 26440 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.1 235 24 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.5 0.01 76 19 26770 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.9 231 22 679.2 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.01 77 18 27119 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.6 233 20 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.6 0.01 78 16 27887 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.9 244 19 729.1 729.1 325.3 729.3 0.02 79 15 28311 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -53.4 255 25 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.3 0.03 80 15 28311 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -51.5 255 25 756.0 756.0 326.1 756.4 0.04 81 13 29261 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -53.6 229 33 778.6 778.6 326.7 778.9 0.04 82 13 29261 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -52.4 229 33 785.5 785.5 326.9 785.9 0.04 83 11 30373 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.1 244 39 823.2 823.2 327.8 823.7 0.05 84 11 30373 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.0 244 39 837.8 837.8 328.1 838.5 0.08 85 10 31020 -41.1 -78.1 1 37.0 -50.7 270 44 866.1 866.2 328.8 867.1 0.09 86 9.3 31514 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -50.9 885.8 885.9 329.2 886.9 0.10 87 8.7 31971 -37.1 -75.1 1 38.0 -49.6 916.9 916.9 329.8 918.7 0.17 88 8.2 32380 -37.7 -75.7 1 38.0 -50.2 930.1 930.2 330.0 931.9 0.16 TRP 168 13237 -61.7 -73.7 19 12.0 -61.8 230 103 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 WND 206 11961 -55.2 -70.0 14 14.8 -55.4 235 118 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.6 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.00 m Freezing level: 640.83 mb = 3807.15 m = 12490.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3415.72 m = 11206.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.45 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.19 mb = 408.67 m = 1340.77 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 977.0- 889.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.63 mb = 961.70 m = 3155.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.34 C = 75.82 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.70 C K Index: 25.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.54 mb = 905.63 m = 2971.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.54 mb = 953.07 m = 3126.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 890.54 mb = 1048.33 m = 3439.37 ft B at Equ Level: 8.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 880.54 mb = 1145.44 m = 3757.97 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 254 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 196 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 83 26 -25.5 -3.3 1 937 610 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 96 13 -12.7 1.3 2 925 723 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 97 9 -9.2 1.1 3 905 914 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 145 5 -2.8 4.0 4 873 1219 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 214 9 5.3 7.8 5 850 1452 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 202 12 4.6 11.3 6 813 1829 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 196 16 4.4 15.4 7 784 2134 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 191 15 2.7 14.3 8 756 2438 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 174 15 -1.7 15.1 9 729 2743 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 165 17 -4.6 16.8 10 700 3088 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 158 20 -7.5 18.2 11 651 3658 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 160 24 -8.2 22.5 12 603 4267 215 41 23.5 33.6 | 165 26 -6.5 24.9 13 558 4877 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 165 31 -8.0 29.5 14 500 5740 220 70 45.0 53.6 | 198 47 15.0 45.0 15 497 5791 220 71 45.6 54.4 | 199 48 15.6 45.7 16 477 6096 230 68 52.1 43.7 | 212 41 22.1 35.1 17 400 7420 225 81 57.3 57.3 | 209 56 27.3 48.6 18 389 7620 225 83 58.7 58.7 | 210 58 28.7 50.0 19 373 7925 220 94 60.4 72.0 | 206 70 30.4 63.4 20 357 8230 215 82 47.0 67.2 | 196 61 17.0 58.5 21 328 8839 230 110 84.3 70.7 | 221 82 54.2 62.1 22 314 9144 230 110 84.3 70.7 | 221 82 54.2 62.1 23 300 9470 230 108 82.7 69.4 | 221 80 52.7 60.8 24 250 10700 225 109 77.1 77.1 | 215 83 47.1 68.4 25 208 11887 235 118 96.7 67.7 | 228 89 66.6 59.0 26 206 11961 235 118 96.7 67.7 | 228 89 66.6 59.0 27 200 12150 235 117 95.8 67.1 | 228 88 65.8 58.5 28 168 13237 230 103 78.9 66.2 | 220 76 48.9 57.6 29 156 13716 235 107 87.6 61.4 | 228 78 57.6 52.7 30 150 13950 245 97 87.9 41.0 | 241 66 57.9 32.3 31 141 14326 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 248 54 49.9 20.4 32 135 14630 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 229 40 30.6 26.3 33 122 15240 230 68 52.1 43.7 | 212 41 22.1 35.1 34 100 16480 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 186 31 3.4 31.2 35 91 17069 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 199 34 11.0 32.4 36 78 17983 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 181 2 0.1 2.3 37 74 18288 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 112 12 -11.2 4.5 38 70 18620 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 142 10 -6.3 8.0 39 67 18898 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 134 17 -12.7 12.0 40 60 19507 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 72 12 -11.7 -3.7 41 57 19812 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 96 15 -15.3 1.7 42 55 20117 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 96 13 -12.7 1.3 43 52 20422 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 114 24 -21.6 9.5 44 50 20640 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 91 22 -22.3 0.5 45 45 21336 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 89 20 -20.1 -0.3 46 43 21641 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 103 28 -27.4 6.1 47 41 21946 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 118 20 -17.4 9.4 48 39 22250 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 141 15 -9.5 11.9 49 35 22860 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 267 3 2.8 0.1 50 33 23165 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 22 4 -1.5 -3.6 51 32 23470 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 137 13 -8.6 9.3 52 30 23850 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 100 8 -8.3 1.5 53 29 24079 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 79 13 -13.1 -2.5 54 28 24384 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 120 13 -11.6 6.8 55 23 25603 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 145 5 -2.8 4.0 56 20 26440 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 116 12 -10.4 5.1 57 19 26822 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 113 14 -13.2 5.5 58 17 27432 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 96 15 -15.3 1.7 59 16 27737 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 89 15 -15.3 -0.2 60 15 28346 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 70 6 -5.9 -2.2 61 14 28956 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 148 25 -13.0 20.8 62 12 29566 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 168 5 -1.0 4.9 63 11 30175 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 181 13 0.3 12.6 64 10 31020 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 302 16 14.0 -8.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: -56.4 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 10.08 Bulk Shear: 99.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 237 15 88 18| 16.6 0.0 16.6| 25.7 0.0 25.7 51.4 0.29| 17.0 4.9 1000 242 23 101 10| 16.5 0.0 16.5| 45.6 0.0 45.6 45.6 0.53| 16.9 8.9 1500 241 29 135 7| 11.0 2.2 13.2| 45.6 -9.0 36.7 24.4 0.37| 13.5 4.9 2000 239 32 160 8| 8.3 1.9 10.2| 45.6 -20.2 25.4 12.7 0.27| 11.1 3.0 2500 237 33 165 9| 6.6 2.6 9.2| 45.6 -43.2 2.4 1.0 0.12| 10.2 1.2 3000 234 33 165 11| 5.5 2.9 8.4| 46.7 -56.4 -9.7 -3.2 0.06| 9.3 0.6 4000 229 35 164 15| 4.1 2.6 6.8| 64.4 -56.4 8.0 2.0 0.10| 7.8 0.8 5000 225 37 166 18| 4.3 2.5 6.8|140.2 -58.2 82.0 16.4 0.19| 7.8 1.5 6000 224 42 177 21| 5.4 2.1 7.5|416.7 -59.6 357.1 59.5 0.36| 9.2 3.3 Wrote GIF file: 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