UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 19 MAR 20 Station: KLCH WMO ident: 72240 Latitude: 30.12 Longitude: -93.22 Elevation: 10.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 10 26.0 20.0 70 6.0 21.8 155 12 297.6 300.3 294.3 339.9 14.61 1 1013 51 24.8 19.8 74 5.0 21.3 161 13 296.9 299.5 294.0 338.7 14.50 2 1000 159 23.8 19.3 76 4.5 20.7 175 14 297.0 299.5 293.9 338.1 14.23 3 974 389 21.2 18.6 85 2.6 19.4 171 16 296.6 299.1 293.6 336.9 13.98 4 925 835 17.4 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 180 19 297.1 299.3 292.5 332.9 12.38 5 918 900 17.0 15.7 92 1.3 16.1 180 20 297.3 299.6 292.5 333.0 12.31 6 903 1040 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 182 20 298.1 300.0 291.4 328.8 10.55 7 870 1357 14.2 11.7 85 2.5 12.6 179 17 299.0 300.8 291.2 328.2 9.98 8 862 1435 14.0 9.2 73 4.8 11.1 175 16 299.6 301.2 290.2 324.6 8.50 9 850 1553 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.6 170 15 300.4 301.9 290.2 324.8 8.27 10 845 1603 13.4 8.4 72 5.0 10.4 169 15 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.0 8.21 11 811 1947 11.2 8.8 85 2.4 9.7 178 13 301.9 303.5 291.2 328.0 8.80 12 800 2061 10.6 7.2 79 3.4 8.6 191 13 302.4 303.9 290.6 326.3 7.99 13 786 2208 9.8 7.4 85 2.4 8.4 205 13 303.1 304.6 291.0 327.7 8.25 14 774 2336 9.6 5.8 77 3.8 7.4 213 13 304.2 305.6 290.8 326.8 7.49 15 766 2423 10.0 -1.0 46 11.0 4.4 219 13 305.6 306.4 288.7 319.8 4.64 16 757 2521 10.4 -2.6 40 13.0 3.9 219 12 307.0 307.8 288.7 320.0 4.17 17 753 2565 10.6 0.6 50 10.0 5.3 218 12 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.1 5.31 18 745 2654 10.0 4.0 66 6.0 6.6 216 11 308.0 309.3 291.5 329.0 6.86 19 736 2755 9.8 -3.2 40 13.0 3.4 214 10 308.9 309.6 289.3 321.7 4.10 20 730 2823 9.6 -6.4 32 16.0 2.2 210 11 309.4 310.0 288.6 319.6 3.24 21 723 2903 9.6 -6.4 32 16.0 2.1 205 12 310.2 310.9 288.9 320.6 3.27 22 700 3171 7.6 -1.4 53 9.0 2.9 205 13 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.3 4.93 23 699 3183 7.6 -1.4 53 9.0 2.9 205 13 311.0 312.0 290.7 326.5 4.94 24 688 3314 7.0 -5.0 42 12.0 1.3 206 14 311.8 312.5 289.9 323.9 3.83 25 668 3556 5.4 -8.6 36 14.0 -0.8 209 16 312.6 313.2 289.4 322.2 2.99 26 639 3917 2.8 -5.2 56 8.0 -1.0 228 17 313.7 314.4 290.7 326.6 4.06 27 610 4292 0.6 -10.4 43 11.0 -4.0 255 18 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.6 2.84 28 586 4614 -2.1 -10.1 54 8.0 -5.4 265 22 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.6 3.03 29 573 4792 -2.9 -12.9 46 10.0 -6.8 262 27 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.0 2.47 30 546 5173 -5.9 -11.9 63 6.0 -8.3 254 31 317.7 318.3 290.9 327.0 2.81 31 526 5465 -7.3 -11.3 73 4.0 -8.9 247 33 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.6 3.07 32 521 5540 -7.1 -13.1 62 6.0 -9.4 246 34 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.5 2.68 33 515 5630 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.0 -10.0 244 35 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.5 2.58 34 505 5783 -8.7 -12.9 72 4.2 -10.4 240 36 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.9 2.81 35 500 5860 -8.7 -14.7 62 6.0 -10.9 245 36 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.7 2.45 36 488 6048 -9.3 -17.3 52 8.0 -12.1 249 37 323.9 324.3 291.9 330.8 2.02 37 458 6535 -12.7 -21.7 47 9.0 -15.4 250 39 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.8 1.47 38 439 6856 -15.7 -22.7 55 7.0 -17.7 250 41 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.7 1.41 39 435 6925 -15.9 -24.9 46 9.0 -18.3 250 41 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.5 1.17 40 400 7550 -20.9 -30.9 40 10.0 -22.9 250 43 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.5 0.73 41 386 7811 -23.3 -33.3 39 10.0 -25.1 251 43 328.0 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.60 42 362 8276 -26.1 -39.1 28 13.0 -27.9 252 43 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.36 43 333 8872 -31.5 -43.5 30 12.0 -32.7 254 44 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 44 321 9130 -33.1 -49.1 19 16.0 -34.4 255 44 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.14 45 300 9600 -37.5 -51.5 22 14.0 -38.4 255 47 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.11 46 285 9952 -40.7 -50.7 33 10.0 -41.3 251 49 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 47 264 10468 -44.7 -58.7 19 14.0 -45.2 255 40 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.05 48 250 10830 -48.1 -59.1 27 11.0 -48.4 255 44 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 49 245 10963 -49.3 -59.3 30 10.0 -49.6 255 45 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 50 239 11126 -49.7 -63.7 18 14.0 -50.0 255 45 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.03 51 224 11549 -52.7 -67.7 15 15.0 -53.0 260 54 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 52 215 11815 -52.9 -69.9 11 17.0 -53.2 266 62 341.9 341.9 294.8 341.9 0.01 53 200 12280 -55.7 -71.7 12 16.0 -55.9 275 77 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 54 196 12408 -56.5 -71.7 13 15.2 -56.7 280 79 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 55 195 12440 -56.7 -71.7 13 15.0 -56.9 280 79 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 56 184 12807 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.5 265 60 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 57 179 12981 -57.1 -77.1 6 20.0 -57.3 264 61 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 58 151 14039 -62.9 -82.9 5 20.0 -63.0 260 71 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 59 150 14080 -62.3 -83.3 4 21.0 -62.4 260 71 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 60 100 16540 -71.5 -92.5 3 21.0 -71.6 240 58 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 61 95 16844 -70.1 -92.1 3 22.0 -70.2 242 48 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 62 81 17784 -73.3 -93.3 3 20.0 -73.3 227 37 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 63 76 18161 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 212 42 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.00 64 70 18650 -70.9 -92.9 2 22.0 -71.0 215 48 432.7 432.7 309.1 432.7 0.00 65 60 19561 -72.5 -93.5 3 21.0 -72.6 253 28 448.6 448.6 310.7 448.6 0.00 66 54 20182 -72.5 -93.5 3 21.0 -72.6 223 33 462.4 462.4 312.0 462.4 0.00 67 50 20640 -67.7 -90.7 2 23.0 -67.9 240 36 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 68 49 20762 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.4 251 39 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 69 48 20886 -67.9 -91.9 2 24.0 -68.1 253 37 489.2 489.2 314.1 489.2 0.00 70 47 21013 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 255 36 498.3 498.3 314.8 498.4 0.00 71 45 21277 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 259 33 504.6 504.6 315.2 504.6 0.00 72 42 21700 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.1 264 31 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.1 0.00 73 40 22001 -63.1 -91.1 1 28.0 -63.6 266 29 527.4 527.4 316.8 527.4 0.00 74 37 22482 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.8 271 27 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.00 75 31 23584 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.6 273 25 576.5 576.5 319.5 576.5 0.00 76 30 23790 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.0 260 31 590.1 590.1 320.2 590.1 0.00 77 25 24956 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.1 252 36 629.1 629.1 321.9 629.2 0.01 78 21 26089 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -52.7 258 36 676.4 676.4 323.6 676.5 0.02 79 20 26410 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -52.8 260 36 685.9 685.9 324.0 686.0 0.02 80 18 27102 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.1 270 48 706.9 706.9 324.7 707.0 0.02 81 17 27480 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -51.6 275 53 726.9 726.9 325.3 727.1 0.03 82 17 27480 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -51.7 275 53 726.2 726.2 325.3 726.5 0.03 83 16 27885 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -50.1 275 48 748.7 748.7 325.9 749.1 0.04 84 16 27885 -41.9 -77.9 1 36.0 -49.1 275 48 754.6 754.6 326.1 755.1 0.06 85 14 28792 -40.5 -77.5 1 37.0 -49.0 260 41 788.7 788.7 327.0 789.4 0.07 86 13 29296 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -50.2 254 34 799.4 799.4 327.3 800.0 0.07 87 11 30427 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -50.6 229 37 840.7 840.7 328.2 841.5 0.09 88 10 31070 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -52.4 215 39 853.4 853.5 328.5 854.0 0.06 89 9.5 31414 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -52.2 869.1 869.1 328.8 869.8 0.07 90 8.7 32014 -37.1 -75.1 1 38.0 -49.6 916.9 916.9 329.8 918.7 0.17 91 7.6 32942 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -51.7 940.1 940.2 330.2 941.6 0.13 TRP 100 16540 -71.5 -92.5 3 21.0 -71.6 240 58 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 WND 196 12408 -56.5 -71.7 13 15.2 -56.7 280 79 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.00 m Freezing level: 604.67 mb = 4363.76 m = 14316.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.81 mb = 3460.33 m = 11352.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.85 mb = 762.03 m = 2500.06 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 736.0- 723.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.25 mb = 851.19 m = 2792.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 21.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.41 mb = 812.53 m = 2665.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.41 mb = 952.04 m = 3123.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.41 mb = 2461.78 m = 8076.61 ft B at Equ Level: 34.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.41 mb = 3260.88 m = 10698.30 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 252 at 15 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 1018 10 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 109 20 -19.0 6.4 1 1000 159 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 122 18 -15.1 9.5 2 983 305 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 122 19 -16.5 10.3 3 949 610 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 129 20 -15.4 12.5 4 925 835 180 19 0.0 19.0 | 136 20 -13.9 14.5 5 916 914 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 138 21 -13.9 15.5 6 884 1219 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 140 19 -12.2 14.5 7 850 1553 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 122 19 -16.5 10.3 8 822 1829 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 115 19 -17.3 8.1 9 793 2134 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 129 12 -9.5 7.7 10 764 2438 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 135 8 -5.5 5.5 11 737 2743 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 114 9 -8.2 3.7 12 710 3048 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 127 13 -10.5 8.1 13 700 3171 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 131 11 -8.4 7.3 14 659 3658 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 152 12 -5.4 10.2 15 610 4267 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 267 3 3.5 0.2 16 587 4572 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 288 8 8.0 -2.6 17 565 4877 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 268 15 14.7 0.6 18 504 5791 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 232 22 17.3 13.5 19 500 5860 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 240 22 18.7 10.7 20 485 6096 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 249 22 20.9 8.2 21 430 7010 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 249 27 25.6 9.9 22 400 7550 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 249 28 26.5 10.2 23 396 7620 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 249 28 26.5 10.2 24 320 9144 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 256 29 28.6 6.9 25 300 9600 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 256 32 31.5 7.7 26 280 10058 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 249 35 33.1 12.6 27 268 10363 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 257 24 23.8 5.6 28 250 10830 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 256 29 28.6 6.9 29 233 11278 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 256 31 30.5 7.4 30 200 12280 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 280 64 62.8 -11.2 31 196 12408 280 79 77.8 -13.7 | 286 66 63.9 -18.2 32 193 12497 280 79 77.8 -13.7 | 286 66 63.9 -18.2 33 184 12802 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 269 46 45.9 0.8 34 150 14080 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 262 57 56.0 7.9 35 144 14326 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 262 58 57.0 8.0 36 137 14630 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 262 49 48.1 6.5 37 124 15240 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 236 49 40.7 27.0 38 118 15545 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 256 37 36.3 9.0 39 100 16540 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 236 44 36.3 24.5 40 87 17374 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 238 16 13.3 8.2 41 82 17678 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 209 24 11.6 21.0 42 78 17983 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 218 27 16.7 21.2 43 74 18288 200 43 14.7 40.4 | 181 36 0.8 35.9 44 70 18650 215 48 27.5 39.3 | 201 37 13.6 34.8 45 67 18898 220 50 32.1 38.3 | 208 38 18.2 33.8 46 61 19507 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 258 14 14.1 3.0 47 58 19812 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 235 11 8.8 6.1 48 55 20117 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 198 21 6.7 20.0 49 50 20640 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 232 22 17.3 13.5 50 49 20726 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 249 24 22.7 8.9 51 45 21336 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 266 19 18.6 1.3 52 32 23470 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 317 11 7.8 -8.3 53 30 23790 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 267 17 16.6 0.9 54 29 24079 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 240 23 19.6 11.2 55 27 24384 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 258 14 14.1 3.0 56 26 24689 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 249 21 19.9 7.8 57 20 26410 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 265 22 21.5 1.8 58 20 26518 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 265 22 21.5 1.8 59 17 27432 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 283 41 39.9 -9.2 60 15 28346 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 286 30 28.9 -8.2 61 14 28956 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 257 26 25.7 6.1 62 13 29261 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 257 19 18.9 4.3 63 10 31070 215 39 22.4 31.9 | 197 29 8.5 27.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.5 neg: -47.0 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.65 Bulk Shear: 31.84 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 170 15 121 19| 6.4 0.0 6.4| 30.7 -0.0 30.6 61.3 0.81| 7.7 6.2 1000 175 16 128 19| 5.4 0.0 5.4| 52.9 -0.0 52.9 52.9 0.83| 6.3 5.3 1500 177 17 130 19| 3.6 1.7 5.3| 54.7 -26.6 28.1 18.8 0.28| 6.5 1.8 2000 176 16 128 19| 2.9 1.3 4.2| 66.0 -41.3 24.7 12.4 0.19| 6.8 1.3 2500 181 16 129 18| 3.2 1.0 4.3| 73.2 -42.8 30.4 12.2 0.19| 7.1 1.3 3000 185 15 129 16| 2.7 1.2 3.9| 78.5 -47.0 31.5 10.5 0.16| 7.0 1.1 4000 192 15 133 15| 3.4 0.9 4.3|104.4 -47.0 57.4 14.3 0.30| 7.0 2.1 5000 210 16 150 11| 3.4 0.3 3.7|112.1 -63.7 48.4 9.7 0.25| 7.6 1.9 6000 222 19 175 10| 3.1 0.8 4.0|137.1-105.8 31.3 5.2 0.16| 7.7 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200319.00.gif