UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 31 MAR 20 Searching for KIAD... Searching the city database file for: KIAD ... Date:1200Z 31 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 9.6 2.6 62 7.0 6.2 340 4 282.3 283.1 279.1 295.1 4.59 1 1000 133 9.2 1.2 57 8.0 5.5 340 5 282.4 283.1 278.6 294.0 4.17 2 925 772 3.6 -1.3 70 4.9 1.5 340 11 283.0 283.6 278.4 293.6 3.75 3 850 1452 -1.9 -4.8 81 2.9 -3.0 330 10 284.2 284.7 278.2 293.1 3.14 4 782 2109 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.7 324 10 286.1 286.6 278.8 294.4 2.87 5 779 2139 -5.1 -6.8 88 1.7 -5.7 324 10 287.9 288.4 279.8 296.5 2.94 6 757 2365 -4.3 -8.0 75 3.7 -5.7 302 22 291.1 291.6 281.0 299.3 2.76 7 737 2576 -4.3 -8.8 71 4.5 -6.0 293 31 293.4 293.8 281.9 301.3 2.66 8 700 2983 -2.3 -16.3 33 14.0 -6.8 295 38 299.9 300.2 283.3 304.8 1.53 9 691 3086 -1.5 -16.5 31 15.0 -6.4 294 38 301.9 302.2 284.1 306.8 1.52 10 611 4056 -7.1 -23.1 27 16.0 -11.3 282 41 306.3 306.5 285.1 309.5 0.97 11 570 4594 -10.5 -44.5 4 34.0 -15.5 283 48 308.5 308.5 284.9 308.9 0.13 12 501 5575 -17.1 -46.1 6 29.0 -20.7 271 64 312.0 312.0 286.2 312.5 0.12 13 500 5590 -17.1 -46.1 6 29.0 -20.7 270 64 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.6 0.12 14 469 6067 -17.7 -41.7 10 24.0 -21.1 279 58 317.2 317.3 288.1 318.0 0.21 15 400 7230 -27.5 -36.5 42 9.0 -28.7 290 64 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.42 16 388 7449 -29.5 -35.5 56 6.0 -30.3 285 66 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.1 0.48 17 300 9250 -40.9 -46.9 52 6.0 -41.3 275 109 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.19 18 298 9295 -41.1 -48.1 47 7.0 -41.5 275 110 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 19 250 10460 -51.1 -60.1 33 9.0 -51.3 280 125 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.05 20 243 10644 -52.5 -61.5 33 9.0 -52.7 280 127 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.04 21 237 10804 -53.7 -62.7 32 9.0 -53.9 283 122 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.04 22 224 11167 -52.1 -65.1 20 13.0 -52.4 292 108 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 23 200 11890 -57.7 -74.7 10 17.0 -57.9 290 90 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.01 24 192 12147 -59.3 -74.3 13 15.0 -59.5 285 81 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.01 25 187 12313 -55.5 -72.5 10 17.0 -55.8 281 79 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 26 158 13394 -52.7 -82.7 1 30.0 -53.2 290 52 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 27 150 13730 -52.5 -82.5 1 30.0 -53.0 290 52 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 28 148 13817 -52.3 -82.3 2 30.0 -52.8 287 49 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 29 131 14599 -57.7 -84.7 2 27.0 -58.0 269 49 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 30 101 16247 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.5 285 34 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 31 100 16310 -57.5 -83.5 2 26.0 -57.9 285 33 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 32 91 16904 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.9 277 38 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.1 0.00 33 82 17567 -53.3 -82.3 2 29.0 -54.1 298 22 449.5 449.5 310.8 449.6 0.01 34 70 18570 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.5 250 15 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.8 0.00 35 69 18660 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.3 248 14 456.0 456.0 311.4 456.0 0.00 36 64 19128 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.7 269 18 465.0 465.0 312.2 465.0 0.01 37 59 19640 -56.9 -83.9 2 27.0 -57.6 283 16 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.9 0.01 38 53 20319 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.6 288 2 498.7 498.7 314.8 498.7 0.01 39 50 20690 -54.3 -83.3 2 29.0 -55.4 320 7 515.5 515.5 316.0 515.6 0.01 40 46 21226 -52.1 -82.1 2 30.0 -53.6 27 7 533.3 533.3 317.1 533.3 0.01 41 43 21660 -54.7 -82.7 2 28.0 -55.9 66 8 537.3 537.3 317.3 537.3 0.01 42 35 22984 -51.5 -82.5 1 31.0 -53.5 102 14 578.2 578.2 319.6 578.3 0.01 43 30 23980 -53.3 -81.3 2 28.0 -55.2 95 20 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.5 0.02 44 26 24901 -54.3 -82.3 2 28.0 -56.2 100 19 621.5 621.5 321.6 621.7 0.02 45 20 26600 -50.5 -80.5 2 30.0 -53.8 115 21 681.6 681.6 323.9 681.8 0.03 46 18 27287 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -54.2 115 19 701.8 701.8 324.5 702.1 0.03 47 12 29992 -40.1 -77.1 1 37.0 -49.4 133 23 825.7 825.7 327.8 826.5 0.09 48 10 31239 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -49.8 147 27 873.6 873.7 328.9 874.9 0.12 TRP 192 12147 -59.3 -74.3 13 15.0 -59.5 285 81 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.01 WND 243 10644 -52.5 -61.5 33 9.0 -52.7 280 127 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5457.00 m Freezing level: 875.91 mb = 1217.09 m = 3993.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 900.32 mb = 989.47 m = 3246.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.86 % Est. max temperature: 11.33 C = 52.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.31 mb = 962.78 m = 3158.68 ft T: 2.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 2.01 C Layer 1000.0- 782.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.29 mb = 1449.23 m = 4754.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.41 C = 52.54 F Cap Strength: 16.22 C Lifted Index: 16.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.86 C Showalter Index: 16.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.20 C Cross Totals Index: 12.30 C K Index: -3.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58099.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.12 mb = 1282.34 m = 4207.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 317 at 25 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 98 340 4 1.4 -3.8 | 133 21 -15.6 14.7 1 1000 133 340 5 1.7 -4.7 | 132 21 -15.3 13.7 2 979 305 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 115 18 -16.0 7.5 3 944 610 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 117 17 -15.1 7.6 4 925 772 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 122 15 -13.2 8.1 5 909 914 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 133 16 -11.8 11.1 6 875 1219 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 129 15 -12.0 9.8 7 850 1452 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 129 15 -12.0 9.8 8 842 1524 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 132 15 -11.2 10.3 9 810 1829 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 139 14 -9.2 10.7 10 780 2134 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 132 15 -11.2 10.3 11 750 2438 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 221 10 6.6 7.5 12 722 2743 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 254 20 18.7 5.5 13 700 2983 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 262 18 17.5 2.4 14 642 3658 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 248 22 20.7 8.4 15 593 4267 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 247 28 25.4 11.0 16 548 4877 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 262 35 34.2 4.7 17 527 5182 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 265 40 40.0 3.2 18 500 5590 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 249 51 47.0 18.4 19 486 5791 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 248 49 45.0 18.4 20 467 6096 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 258 40 39.2 8.6 21 400 7230 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 275 43 43.2 -3.4 22 378 7620 280 68 67.0 -11.8 | 262 50 50.0 6.6 23 318 8839 275 103 102.6 -9.0 | 264 86 85.6 9.5 24 305 9144 275 106 105.6 -9.2 | 264 89 88.6 9.2 25 300 9250 275 109 108.6 -9.5 | 264 92 91.6 8.9 26 250 10460 280 125 123.1 -21.7 | 272 106 106.1 -3.3 27 243 10644 280 127 125.1 -22.1 | 272 108 108.1 -3.6 28 242 10668 280 127 125.1 -22.1 | 272 108 108.1 -3.6 29 220 11278 295 104 94.3 -44.0 | 288 81 77.3 -25.5 30 200 11890 290 90 84.6 -30.8 | 280 69 67.6 -12.3 31 192 12147 285 81 78.2 -21.0 | 272 61 61.3 -2.5 32 173 12802 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 252 59 56.0 18.4 33 158 13411 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 268 31 31.0 1.0 34 150 13730 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 269 32 31.9 0.7 35 143 14021 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 245 27 24.4 11.2 36 137 14326 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 230 35 26.9 22.3 37 124 14935 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 250 40 37.8 13.7 38 118 15240 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 252 33 31.3 9.9 39 100 16310 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 236 18 14.9 9.9 40 98 16459 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 221 18 11.6 13.4 41 93 16764 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 239 29 24.9 14.8 42 85 17374 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 218 15 9.1 11.5 43 81 17678 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 169 8 -1.4 7.6 44 77 17983 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 162 19 -6.0 18.4 45 73 18288 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 166 22 -5.4 21.6 46 70 18570 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 173 24 -2.9 23.6 47 70 18593 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 168 24 -5.2 23.9 48 60 19507 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 199 13 4.3 12.8 49 57 19812 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 152 19 -9.1 17.1 50 55 20117 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 146 26 -14.4 21.5 51 52 20422 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 137 24 -16.3 17.7 52 50 20690 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 136 18 -12.5 13.1 53 47 21031 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 141 16 -10.1 12.7 54 45 21336 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 126 28 -22.6 16.4 55 43 21641 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 | 122 29 -24.2 15.1 56 39 22250 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 126 31 -25.0 18.4 57 37 22555 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 126 28 -22.6 16.4 58 34 23165 115 17 -15.4 7.2 | 128 41 -32.4 25.6 59 30 23980 95 20 -19.9 1.7 | 119 42 -36.9 20.2 60 28 24384 90 20 -20.0 0.0 | 117 41 -37.0 18.4 61 21 26213 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 132 43 -31.7 28.8 62 20 26600 115 21 -19.0 8.9 | 127 45 -36.0 27.3 63 15 27432 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 129 40 -31.5 25.2 64 10 28651 145 28 -16.1 22.9 | 141 53 -33.0 41.4 65 8 29566 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 148 37 -19.2 31.3 66 7 29870 150 8 -4.0 6.9 | 140 33 -21.0 25.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.4 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 317.4 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.3 neg: -41.5 tot: 52.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 123.03 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 9 120 18| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 1.6 -29.4 -27.8 -55.5 -0.69| 8.2 -5.7 1000 343 10 123 17| 3.7 2.2 5.8| 19.6 -30.8 -11.3 -11.3 -0.12| 6.8 -0.8 1500 338 10 125 16| 2.4 1.8 4.2| 24.4 -32.7 -8.3 -5.5 -0.05| 5.2 -0.3 2000 333 10 127 16| 1.8 1.3 3.1| 28.9 -38.0 -9.0 -4.5 -0.06| 4.7 -0.3 2500 322 12 133 13| 1.5 5.8 7.3| 70.0 -38.0 32.0 12.8 0.39| 8.9 3.4 3000 310 16 151 9| 1.9 4.8 6.8| 94.3 -41.5 52.8 17.6 0.40| 9.0 3.6 4000 299 22 198 8| 1.5 4.5 5.9| 94.3 -65.9 28.4 7.1 0.27| 8.0 2.2 5000 293 28 228 11| 2.7 3.6 6.2|177.6 -66.9 110.7 22.1 0.34| 8.1 2.7 6000 287 33 240 17| 2.5 4.1 6.5|266.5-227.8 38.6 6.4 0.19| 9.4 1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KIAD/skewt/KIAD.skewt.20200331.12.gif