UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for KIAD... Searching the city database file for: KIAD ... Date:1200Z 24 MAR 20 Station: KIAD WMO ident: 72403 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -77.45 Elevation: 98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 98 4.4 3.5 94 0.9 4.0 270 4 276.8 277.6 276.6 290.0 4.87 1 1000 174 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.5 320 7 279.4 280.1 277.6 292.0 4.58 2 997 199 6.4 2.4 76 4.0 4.5 325 9 279.8 280.6 277.8 292.4 4.56 3 925 808 2.0 -1.4 78 3.4 0.5 325 25 281.4 282.0 277.6 291.8 3.73 4 881 1199 -1.1 -2.7 89 1.6 -1.7 320 24 282.1 282.7 277.7 292.1 3.55 5 874 1263 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.6 -2.3 320 24 282.1 282.7 277.5 291.8 3.42 6 870 1299 -0.3 -5.3 69 5.0 -2.2 320 23 283.9 284.4 277.9 292.4 2.96 7 855 1439 3.0 -6.0 52 9.0 -0.6 320 22 288.8 289.3 280.1 297.1 2.85 8 850 1487 3.2 -5.8 52 9.0 -0.4 320 22 289.5 290.0 280.5 298.0 2.91 9 819 1789 5.8 -19.2 15 25.0 -2.0 303 24 295.3 295.5 280.7 298.6 1.02 10 700 3050 -3.9 -26.9 15 23.0 -9.4 285 27 298.2 298.3 281.4 300.1 0.60 11 688 3186 -5.1 -27.1 16 22.0 -10.2 285 29 298.3 298.4 281.4 300.3 0.60 12 575 4583 -10.9 -46.9 3 36.0 -15.8 275 46 307.2 307.2 284.4 307.6 0.10 13 500 5640 -19.7 -39.7 15 20.0 -22.4 275 53 309.0 309.1 285.2 309.9 0.24 14 489 5804 -20.9 -39.9 16 19.0 -23.4 277 54 309.5 309.6 285.5 310.4 0.24 15 459 6267 -24.9 -30.9 57 6.0 -25.9 280 59 310.2 310.3 286.2 312.3 0.63 16 429 6756 -25.9 -57.9 3 32.0 -28.1 280 65 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.04 17 413 7030 -27.1 -74.1 0 47.0 -29.3 280 68 316.9 316.9 287.7 316.9 0.00 18 400 7260 -27.7 -50.7 9 23.0 -29.6 280 71 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.3 0.09 19 352 8162 -35.9 -40.9 60 5.0 -36.4 274 83 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.30 20 321 8795 -41.5 -44.8 70 3.3 -41.7 271 85 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.22 21 300 9250 -44.5 -51.5 46 7.0 -44.8 270 85 322.6 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.11 22 283 9639 -47.5 -54.5 44 7.0 -47.7 272 89 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.08 23 268 9998 -50.1 -73.1 5 23.0 -50.4 274 92 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.1 0.01 24 256 10296 -51.9 -67.7 13 15.8 -52.2 275 95 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.02 25 250 10450 -52.9 -64.9 22 12.0 -53.1 275 96 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.02 26 220 11264 -56.5 -74.5 9 18.0 -56.7 280 90 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 27 200 11870 -53.7 -82.7 2 29.0 -54.0 275 94 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.00 28 180 12551 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -52.7 275 89 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 29 150 13720 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -57.8 275 79 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 30 138 14244 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -59.5 275 80 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 31 101 16188 -61.5 -86.5 2 25.0 -61.7 284 63 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 32 100 16250 -61.9 -85.9 3 24.0 -62.1 285 63 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 33 81 17546 -64.5 -86.5 3 22.0 -64.7 275 56 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.2 0.00 34 70 18440 -63.3 -86.3 3 23.0 -63.6 265 54 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 35 67 18707 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.3 265 58 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 36 64 18988 -61.1 -86.1 2 25.0 -61.5 265 53 465.4 465.4 312.3 465.5 0.00 37 57 19708 -59.9 -85.9 2 26.0 -60.4 276 52 483.8 483.8 313.8 483.9 0.00 38 51 20397 -61.9 -85.9 3 24.0 -62.3 292 45 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 39 50 20520 -60.5 -86.5 2 26.0 -61.0 295 41 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 40 48 20775 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -59.9 284 30 509.7 509.7 315.6 509.7 0.00 41 39 22074 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -60.1 267 29 540.8 540.8 317.6 540.9 0.01 42 32 23300 -63.3 -86.3 3 23.0 -63.8 277 39 561.6 561.6 318.7 561.7 0.01 43 30 23700 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.6 270 37 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.01 44 20 26250 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -59.9 260 48 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.8 0.01 45 16 27658 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -58.3 265 54 708.9 708.9 324.7 709.0 0.02 46 14 28518 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -54.1 257 58 758.2 758.2 326.1 758.4 0.03 47 10 30730 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.8 255 86 843.7 843.8 328.2 844.2 0.05 48 9.4 31146 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -50.6 255 90 885.4 885.4 329.1 886.0 0.06 49 9.1 31367 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.1 255 92 890.6 890.6 329.2 891.1 0.05 50 7.7 32498 -42.9 -79.9 1 37.0 -52.8 255 102 926.1 926.2 329.9 927.1 0.09 51 7.5 32677 -39.3 -79.3 1 40.0 -51.4 255 104 947.7 947.8 330.3 948.8 0.10 52 7.0 33150 -38.5 -78.5 1 40.0 -51.4 255 108 969.9 970.0 330.7 971.3 0.12 53 6.4 33770 -35.7 -77.7 1 42.0 -50.8 1006.9 1007.0 331.3 1008.7 0.15 TRP 220 11264 -56.5 -74.5 9 18.0 -56.7 280 90 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 WND 256 10296 -51.9 -67.7 13 15.8 -52.2 275 95 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5466.00 m Freezing level: 896.61 mb = 1060.39 m = 3478.92 ft Freezing level: 868.64 mb = 1312.15 m = 4304.91 ft Freezing level: 747.85 mb = 2543.09 m = 8343.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 914.47 mb = 899.94 m = 2952.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.68 % Est. max temperature: 14.84 C = 58.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.12 mb = 205.82 m = 675.25 ft T: 6.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 0.58 C Layer 925.0- 881.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.91 mb = 1127.49 m = 3699.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.61 C = 49.30 F Cap Strength: 15.15 C Lifted Index: 15.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.44 C Showalter Index: 10.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: -5.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 97.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72331.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.37 mb = 944.79 m = 3099.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 318 at 26 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 1010 98 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 145 23 -13.3 18.9 1 1000 174 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 137 19 -12.8 13.6 2 984 305 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 93 12 -12.4 0.6 3 948 610 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 61 6 -4.8 -2.7 4 925 808 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 63 3 -3.0 -1.5 5 913 914 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 80 1 -1.3 -0.2 6 879 1219 320 24 15.4 -18.4 | 106 2 -1.9 0.5 7 850 1487 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 123 4 -3.2 2.1 8 846 1524 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 127 5 -3.8 2.8 9 815 1829 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 206 8 3.4 6.9 10 784 2134 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 196 12 3.3 11.4 11 755 2438 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 201 12 4.3 11.1 12 727 2743 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 201 14 4.9 13.0 13 700 3050 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 216 15 8.7 11.9 14 647 3658 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 245 21 19.4 9.1 15 622 3962 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 251 25 23.2 8.1 16 598 4267 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 237 34 28.7 18.9 17 552 4877 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 250 31 28.9 10.8 18 500 5640 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 248 38 35.5 14.3 19 470 6096 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 257 40 38.8 9.0 20 400 7260 280 71 69.9 -12.3 | 263 53 52.6 6.6 21 380 7620 280 74 72.9 -12.8 | 264 56 55.5 6.1 22 363 7925 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 260 65 64.4 11.8 23 305 9144 270 86 86.0 -0.0 | 255 71 68.7 18.9 24 300 9250 270 85 85.0 -0.0 | 254 70 67.7 18.9 25 256 10296 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 262 78 77.3 10.7 26 253 10363 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 262 78 77.3 10.7 27 250 10450 275 96 95.6 -8.4 | 262 79 78.3 10.6 28 242 10668 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 262 78 77.3 10.7 29 220 11264 280 90 88.6 -15.6 | 267 71 71.3 3.3 30 200 11870 275 94 93.6 -8.2 | 262 77 76.3 10.7 31 150 13720 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 259 63 61.4 12.0 32 118 15240 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 260 66 65.3 11.7 33 107 15850 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 260 46 45.7 7.8 34 100 16250 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 267 44 43.5 2.6 35 72 18288 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 241 39 34.7 18.9 36 70 18440 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 237 43 36.5 23.6 37 68 18593 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 240 49 42.4 24.2 38 62 19202 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 234 40 32.5 23.3 39 53 20117 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 261 34 33.9 5.2 40 50 20520 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 265 20 19.8 1.6 41 48 20726 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 223 16 10.7 11.4 42 44 21336 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 236 27 22.5 15.4 43 38 22250 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 202 23 8.6 21.2 44 33 23165 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 239 30 25.5 15.2 45 31 23470 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 233 21 17.1 12.9 46 30 23700 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 226 27 19.7 18.9 47 30 23774 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 223 30 20.5 22.2 48 26 24689 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 222 18 12.2 13.7 49 24 24994 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 208 24 11.6 21.5 50 22 25603 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 226 23 16.5 16.0 51 20 26213 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 228 40 29.9 27.3 52 20 26250 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 228 40 29.9 27.3 53 17 27432 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 235 41 33.5 23.4 54 15 28042 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 239 47 40.4 24.0 55 13 29261 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 219 56 35.2 43.4 56 10 30730 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 238 78 65.7 41.2 57 7 33150 255 108 104.3 28.0 | 242 99 87.0 46.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.3 neg: -68.4 tot: -39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 90.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 336 17 109 11| 23.7 0.0 23.7| 0.0 -64.9 -64.9 -129.7 -0.70| 27.1-19.0 1000 328 21 100 6| 11.9 2.3 14.2| 0.7 -65.1 -64.4 -64.4 -0.55| 16.1 -8.9 1500 325 22 103 5| 7.9 2.4 10.3| 3.4 -65.1 -61.7 -41.1 -0.40| 12.3 -4.9 2000 319 22 129 4| 5.9 4.1 10.1| 9.2 -68.1 -58.9 -29.4 -0.24| 11.9 -2.8 2500 313 22 163 4| 4.7 3.6 8.4| 11.6 -68.2 -56.5 -22.6 -0.21| 10.0 -2.1 3000 308 23 185 5| 4.0 3.5 7.5| 29.3 -68.4 -39.1 -13.0 -0.10| 9.3 -1.0 4000 299 26 221 8| 3.0 4.5 7.4| 77.8 -87.1 -9.3 -2.3 0.02| 9.4 0.2 5000 292 30 234 13| 2.7 3.9 6.6|138.2-120.2 18.0 3.6 0.05| 9.2 0.5 6000 288 34 241 18| 2.8 3.7 6.5|199.9-126.8 73.1 12.2 0.10| 8.6 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KIAD/skewt/KIAD.skewt.20200324.12.gif