UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 MAR 20 Searching for KIAD... Searching the city database file for: KIAD ... Date:1200Z 30 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 1005 98 8.4 8.0 97 0.4 8.2 0 0 281.1 282.3 281.1 299.5 6.70 1 1002 116 8.6 7.9 95 0.7 8.2 324 1 281.6 282.7 281.3 299.9 6.68 2 1000 128 8.8 8.1 95 0.7 8.4 300 2 282.0 283.1 281.6 300.6 6.78 3 985 253 8.0 6.7 91 1.3 7.3 300 13 282.4 283.4 281.1 299.6 6.25 4 972 363 9.0 3.0 66 6.0 6.1 300 19 284.5 285.3 280.5 298.2 4.88 5 955 510 13.4 -0.6 38 14.0 6.7 300 20 290.3 291.0 282.0 301.5 3.83 6 925 778 11.8 -3.2 35 15.0 5.0 300 24 291.4 292.0 281.7 301.0 3.26 7 850 1477 5.8 -4.2 49 10.0 1.5 270 22 292.2 292.8 282.1 301.9 3.29 8 784 2132 0.2 -4.8 69 5.0 -1.9 250 18 293.1 293.7 282.7 303.1 3.41 9 747 2517 -3.3 -11.3 54 8.0 -6.1 269 27 293.3 293.7 281.3 299.8 2.16 10 702 3008 -4.9 -23.9 21 19.0 -9.6 280 45 296.8 297.0 281.0 299.4 0.79 11 700 3030 -4.7 -25.7 18 21.0 -9.7 280 46 297.3 297.4 281.1 299.5 0.67 12 670 3374 -3.9 -35.9 6 32.0 -10.2 277 58 301.9 302.0 282.5 302.8 0.27 13 565 4702 -9.9 -29.9 18 20.0 -14.3 263 76 309.9 310.1 286.0 311.9 0.57 14 536 5105 -13.3 -25.3 36 12.0 -16.2 259 77 310.6 310.8 286.6 313.7 0.91 15 500 5630 -17.3 -32.3 26 15.0 -20.0 255 79 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.7 0.51 16 458 6278 -23.5 -36.5 29 13.0 -25.3 256 83 312.1 312.2 286.5 313.4 0.37 17 438 6604 -23.9 -62.9 1 39.0 -26.5 259 86 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.02 18 400 7260 -28.1 -52.1 8 24.0 -30.0 265 101 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.08 19 333 8549 -37.9 -44.9 48 7.0 -38.4 256 122 322.2 322.2 289.6 323.0 0.21 20 322 8780 -39.5 -42.9 70 3.4 -39.8 255 125 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.27 21 317 8887 -40.3 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.6 255 126 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.25 22 301 9238 -43.1 -45.7 75 2.6 -43.3 255 126 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.21 23 300 9260 -43.3 -45.9 75 2.6 -43.5 255 126 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.21 24 265 10082 -50.1 -70.1 8 20.0 -50.4 258 111 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.1 0.01 25 250 10460 -52.9 -72.9 7 20.0 -53.2 260 104 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.01 26 246 10564 -53.7 -70.7 11 17.0 -53.9 260 105 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.01 27 222 11224 -55.9 -71.9 12 16.0 -56.1 265 106 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.01 28 200 11900 -50.3 -80.3 2 30.0 -50.8 265 92 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.00 29 180 12594 -44.9 -81.9 1 37.0 -45.8 262 75 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 30 150 13800 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -49.6 245 65 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 31 101 16357 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.4 264 35 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 32 100 16420 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -55.6 265 33 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 33 79 17903 -62.3 -86.3 3 24.0 -62.6 244 28 435.8 435.8 309.4 435.8 0.00 34 70 18650 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.2 250 21 449.8 449.8 310.8 449.8 0.00 35 68 18829 -63.1 -86.1 3 23.0 -63.4 251 20 453.1 453.1 311.1 453.1 0.00 36 64 19205 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.8 253 17 469.4 469.4 312.6 469.4 0.00 37 56 20038 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.7 229 16 483.1 483.1 313.7 483.1 0.00 38 50 20750 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -57.0 255 19 511.3 511.3 315.7 511.3 0.01 39 43 21718 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -53.2 282 8 545.1 545.1 317.8 545.2 0.01 40 40 22184 -53.5 -83.5 1 30.0 -54.9 14 9 551.5 551.5 318.2 551.6 0.01 41 30 24040 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -54.1 85 6 603.2 603.2 320.7 603.2 0.01 42 23 25763 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -53.5 121 15 654.9 654.9 322.9 655.0 0.02 43 20 26670 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -54.8 110 20 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.5 0.02 44 18 27349 -53.9 -82.9 2 29.0 -56.5 118 23 691.7 691.7 324.1 691.9 0.02 45 15 28534 -48.5 -81.5 1 33.0 -53.2 124 17 746.7 746.7 325.8 747.0 0.03 46 13 29498 -37.9 -78.9 1 41.0 -48.1 75 9 814.6 814.6 327.6 815.2 0.06 47 10 31300 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -49.9 280 8 872.8 872.9 328.9 874.1 0.12 48 10 31300 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -49.9 280 8 872.8 872.9 328.9 874.1 0.12 49 9.2 31870 -40.3 -76.3 1 36.0 -50.7 890.1 890.2 329.2 891.5 0.13 TRP 222 11224 -55.9 -71.9 12 16.0 -56.1 265 106 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.01 WND 317 8887 -40.3 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.6 255 126 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.25 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5502.00 m Freezing level: 781.89 mb = 2153.92 m = 7066.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 821.17 mb = 1756.61 m = 5763.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.49 % Est. max temperature: 19.43 C = 66.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.92 mb = 136.94 m = 449.27 ft T: 8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.78 C Layer 747.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.92 mb = 2328.21 m = 7638.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.47 C = 68.85 F Cap Strength: 11.35 C Lifted Index: 11.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: 10.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 13.10 C K Index: -2.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55668.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.98 mb = 1689.70 m = 5543.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 297 at 37 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 1005 98 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 117 37 -32.8 16.9 1 1000 128 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 117 35 -31.0 15.9 2 979 305 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 115 19 -17.2 7.9 3 944 610 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 114 16 -14.6 6.4 4 925 778 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 112 13 -12.0 4.9 5 910 914 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 112 13 -12.0 4.9 6 877 1219 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 142 16 -10.1 12.9 7 850 1477 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 147 20 -10.8 16.9 8 845 1524 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 145 21 -11.8 16.9 9 813 1829 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 147 28 -14.9 23.4 10 783 2134 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 145 28 -15.9 23.1 11 754 2438 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 155 21 -8.9 19.0 12 726 2743 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 204 11 4.7 10.3 13 700 3030 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 235 15 12.5 8.9 14 645 3658 275 68 67.7 -5.9 | 253 37 35.0 11.0 15 620 3962 270 74 74.0 -0.0 | 248 45 41.2 16.9 16 596 4267 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 248 45 42.2 16.9 17 551 4877 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 234 52 42.1 30.1 18 500 5630 255 79 76.3 20.4 | 229 57 43.5 37.3 19 469 6096 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 231 60 46.4 38.1 20 432 6706 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 239 62 52.9 32.0 21 400 7260 265 101 100.6 8.8 | 249 73 67.8 25.7 22 380 7620 260 109 107.3 18.9 | 244 83 74.6 35.8 23 319 8839 255 126 121.7 32.6 | 241 102 88.9 49.5 24 317 8887 255 126 121.7 32.6 | 241 102 88.9 49.5 25 305 9144 255 126 121.7 32.6 | 241 102 88.9 49.5 26 300 9260 255 126 121.7 32.6 | 241 102 88.9 49.5 27 250 10460 260 104 102.4 18.1 | 243 78 69.7 35.0 28 242 10668 260 106 104.4 18.4 | 244 80 71.6 35.3 29 222 11224 265 106 105.6 9.2 | 250 77 72.8 26.1 30 220 11278 260 108 106.4 18.8 | 244 82 73.6 35.6 31 200 11900 265 92 91.6 8.0 | 247 64 58.9 24.9 32 167 13106 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 226 40 28.3 27.7 33 150 13800 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 211 51 26.1 44.4 34 145 14021 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 212 53 28.0 45.2 35 132 14630 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 236 40 33.0 22.6 36 120 15240 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 219 27 17.0 21.3 37 115 15545 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 203 32 12.6 29.1 38 109 15850 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 219 34 21.4 26.4 39 100 16420 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 180 20 0.1 19.8 40 99 16459 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 184 17 1.2 16.9 41 95 16764 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 164 29 -8.3 28.3 42 90 17069 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 166 38 -9.0 36.8 43 82 17678 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 171 40 -6.0 39.4 44 78 17983 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 160 27 -9.3 25.4 45 74 18288 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 152 29 -13.7 25.8 46 70 18650 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 152 27 -13.0 24.1 47 61 19507 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 139 28 -18.3 20.8 48 58 19812 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 141 35 -22.2 27.5 49 50 20726 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 146 31 -17.2 25.9 50 50 20750 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 147 26 -14.4 21.8 51 48 21031 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 148 22 -11.8 18.7 52 46 21336 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 135 29 -20.2 20.3 53 44 21641 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 128 32 -25.2 19.6 54 42 21946 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 105 35 -34.2 9.0 55 40 22250 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 103 36 -35.1 8.2 56 38 22555 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 113 38 -34.9 14.8 57 36 22860 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 95 39 -39.1 3.3 58 34 23165 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 104 41 -39.8 9.8 59 33 23470 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 114 38 -34.2 15.5 60 31 23774 60 8 -6.9 -4.0 | 108 42 -39.7 12.9 61 30 24040 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 113 42 -38.7 16.4 62 28 24384 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 120 43 -37.0 21.1 63 27 24689 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 114 40 -36.7 16.2 64 26 24994 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 119 43 -37.4 20.8 65 25 25298 105 6 -5.8 1.6 | 116 43 -38.6 18.4 66 24 25603 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 119 51 -44.2 24.9 67 20 26518 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 111 56 -52.5 20.4 68 20 26670 110 20 -18.8 6.8 | 115 57 -51.6 23.7 69 19 27127 110 25 -23.5 8.6 | 114 62 -56.3 25.4 70 18 27432 120 22 -19.1 11.0 | 118 59 -51.8 27.9 71 14 28956 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 120 53 -45.9 26.1 72 14 29261 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 115 46 -41.5 19.2 73 12 30175 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 103 35 -34.3 8.0 74 10 31300 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 122 29 -24.9 15.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.2 neg: -17.7 tot: 126.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 187.56 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 300 15 115 22| 0.0 21.5 21.5| 0.0 -9.7 -9.7 -19.4 -0.07| 21.5 -1.5 1000 299 19 116 18| 0.0 12.0 12.0| 16.9 -11.1 5.8 5.8 0.10| 14.9 1.5 1500 290 20 125 17| 0.0 7.0 7.0| 33.5 -11.1 22.4 14.9 0.18| 13.2 2.3 2000 281 20 134 19| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 36.3 -17.7 18.6 9.3 0.14| 11.5 1.6 2500 277 20 139 19| 3.3 3.7 7.1| 91.5 -17.7 73.8 29.5 0.27| 12.6 3.4 3000 278 24 146 16| 5.8 3.1 8.9|144.2 -17.7 126.5 42.2 0.40| 13.6 5.4 4000 276 34 186 13| 4.3 5.9 10.3|179.6 -51.1 128.5 32.1 0.31| 13.9 4.4 5000 272 43 213 18| 3.5 5.5 9.0|181.1-218.9 -37.8 -7.6 0.17| 12.8 2.2 6000 267 49 220 25| 2.9 5.1 8.0|198.3-266.1 -67.7 -11.3 0.14| 11.3 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KIAD/skewt/KIAD.skewt.20200330.12.gif