UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 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 1016 10 22.6 20.9 90 1.7 21.4 170 15 294.4 297.2 294.0 338.7 15.49 1 1000 147 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.7 170 23 294.4 297.1 293.9 338.2 15.35 2 993 208 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 170 23 294.5 297.3 294.0 338.8 15.47 3 929 783 16.8 16.8 100 0.0 16.8 179 30 296.1 298.5 292.7 333.7 13.06 4 925 820 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 180 31 296.5 298.8 292.8 334.1 13.04 5 906 997 17.0 13.1 78 3.9 14.5 179 30 298.5 300.4 291.5 329.1 10.51 6 893 1120 16.2 13.6 85 2.6 14.6 177 29 298.9 300.9 292.0 331.0 11.03 7 877 1274 16.2 11.2 72 5.0 13.1 177 29 300.4 302.2 291.3 328.6 9.57 8 857 1470 15.0 11.3 79 3.7 12.7 183 32 301.2 303.0 291.8 330.2 9.86 9 850 1540 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.6 185 33 301.6 303.1 290.2 324.9 7.83 10 846 1580 14.6 7.6 63 7.0 10.4 185 34 301.8 303.3 290.2 324.9 7.76 11 831 1731 13.4 5.4 58 8.0 8.9 185 37 302.1 303.4 289.5 322.4 6.78 12 816 1884 12.4 8.2 76 4.2 9.9 186 39 302.6 304.2 291.0 327.6 8.39 13 810 1946 12.8 5.8 62 7.0 8.8 187 39 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.2 7.15 14 793 2124 12.6 2.6 50 10.0 7.1 190 38 305.3 306.4 289.7 323.1 5.83 15 767 2404 14.0 -21.0 7 35.0 1.6 199 37 309.8 310.0 286.4 312.9 0.93 16 753 2560 13.8 -28.2 4 42.0 0.8 204 35 311.2 311.3 286.4 312.9 0.50 17 747 2627 13.2 -11.8 16 25.0 2.5 206 35 311.3 311.7 288.1 318.0 2.07 18 733 2786 12.6 -12.4 16 25.0 2.1 210 33 312.3 312.7 288.3 318.9 2.01 19 728 2843 12.2 -6.8 26 19.0 3.2 209 32 312.5 313.1 289.5 322.6 3.15 20 720 2936 12.0 -10.0 20 22.0 2.2 208 31 313.2 313.7 289.2 321.3 2.48 21 713 3017 11.4 -0.6 43 12.0 5.0 207 30 313.5 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.14 22 704 3124 10.8 -0.2 46 11.0 4.9 206 29 313.9 315.0 291.9 330.8 5.36 23 700 3171 10.6 -0.4 46 11.0 4.6 205 28 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.0 5.31 24 654 3733 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 0.4 203 24 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.6 3.62 25 643 3872 5.6 -5.4 45 11.0 0.3 211 23 316.3 317.0 291.5 329.1 3.98 26 609 4313 2.0 -9.0 44 11.0 -2.9 236 21 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.4 3.18 27 588 4595 0.0 -7.0 59 7.0 -3.2 242 27 318.0 318.7 291.8 330.4 3.85 28 556 5041 -3.3 -10.3 58 7.0 -6.2 255 32 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.5 3.14 29 534 5358 -6.1 -10.9 69 4.8 -8.1 259 31 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.8 3.12 30 500 5870 -9.7 -14.2 70 4.5 -11.3 255 30 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.7 2.55 31 499 5885 -9.9 -14.3 70 4.4 -11.5 256 30 321.2 321.6 291.6 329.6 2.53 32 488 6057 -11.3 -18.3 56 7.0 -13.6 263 31 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.85 33 464 6441 -14.5 -19.5 66 5.0 -16.0 259 36 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.76 34 435 6928 -17.7 -21.0 75 3.3 -18.6 252 44 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.8 1.65 35 418 7225 -19.7 -24.6 65 4.9 -20.9 247 48 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.6 1.25 36 410 7368 -20.9 -24.2 75 3.3 -21.7 244 50 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.1 1.32 37 400 7550 -22.1 -26.7 66 4.6 -23.1 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10402 -44.3 -50.3 51 6.0 -44.6 261 59 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 52 255 10709 -46.3 -55.3 35 9.0 -46.7 264 60 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.08 53 250 10840 -47.7 -55.7 39 8.0 -48.0 265 60 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 54 244 11000 -49.1 -57.1 39 8.0 -49.4 265 61 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 55 224 11557 -52.5 -64.5 22 12.0 -52.8 265 64 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 56 213 11880 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.5 265 66 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 57 200 12280 -57.3 -67.3 27 10.0 -57.5 265 69 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 58 196 12408 -57.9 -67.9 27 10.0 -58.0 265 73 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.02 59 181 12909 -59.0 -72.3 16 13.3 -59.2 265 84 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 60 150 14080 -61.7 -82.7 4 21.0 -61.9 255 74 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 61 100 16520 -72.1 -91.1 4 19.0 -72.2 235 58 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 62 93 16948 -71.3 -90.3 4 19.0 -71.3 243 42 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.2 0.00 63 84 17545 -73.5 -91.5 5 18.0 -73.6 230 46 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 64 80 17832 -71.3 -89.3 5 18.0 -71.4 230 50 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 65 72 18453 -71.9 -90.9 4 19.0 -72.0 227 43 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.00 66 70 18620 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 225 39 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 67 69 18706 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.0 225 36 438.8 438.8 309.7 438.8 0.00 68 65 19063 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.1 225 24 446.3 446.3 310.5 446.4 0.00 69 64 19156 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 225 21 452.3 452.3 311.1 452.3 0.00 70 58 19745 -70.9 -91.9 3 21.0 -71.0 247 28 456.6 456.6 311.5 456.6 0.00 71 54 20170 -69.9 -90.9 3 21.0 -70.1 265 24 468.3 468.3 312.5 468.4 0.00 72 53 20281 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.3 269 23 475.0 475.0 313.1 475.0 0.00 73 50 20630 -69.9 -91.9 3 22.0 -70.1 265 16 478.8 478.8 313.4 478.8 0.00 74 47 21000 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.9 244 18 490.2 490.2 314.2 490.2 0.00 75 43 21542 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.8 237 20 518.6 518.6 316.2 518.6 0.00 76 37 22474 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 243 34 543.4 543.4 317.7 543.4 0.00 77 32 23384 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -58.5 255 38 577.7 577.7 319.6 577.7 0.01 78 30 23790 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.6 255 38 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.01 79 29 24002 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.7 260 41 587.6 587.6 320.0 587.6 0.01 80 23 25478 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -54.8 270 46 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.7 0.02 81 20 26390 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -52.8 270 46 685.9 685.9 324.0 686.1 0.03 82 19 26727 -48.3 -80.3 1 32.0 -52.4 267 45 698.5 698.5 324.4 698.8 0.03 83 18 27090 -40.5 -76.5 1 36.0 -47.9 265 45 734.0 734.0 325.5 734.6 0.06 84 16 27891 -41.7 -76.7 1 35.0 -49.0 259 44 755.2 755.3 326.1 755.9 0.07 85 15 28330 -40.5 -76.5 1 36.0 -48.6 256 43 773.3 773.3 326.6 774.0 0.08 86 12 29851 -40.7 -76.7 1 36.0 -49.7 823.5 823.6 327.8 824.5 0.09 87 11 30439 -44.1 -78.1 1 34.0 -51.8 831.9 832.0 328.0 832.8 0.08 88 10 31080 -43.3 -77.3 1 34.0 -51.8 857.9 858.0 328.6 859.0 0.10 89 9.9 31148 -43.7 -77.7 1 34.0 -52.0 858.9 858.9 328.6 859.9 0.10 TRP 100 16520 -72.1 -91.1 4 19.0 -72.2 235 58 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 WND 181 12909 -59.0 -72.3 16 13.3 -59.2 265 84 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.00 m Freezing level: 588.00 mb = 4594.99 m = 15075.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.22 mb = 3906.84 m = 12817.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.38 mb = 222.21 m = 729.03 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 5.32 C Layer 850.0- 846.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.25 mb = 506.50 m = 1661.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.56 C = 74.42 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 21.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.30 mb = 497.09 m = 1630.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 955.30 mb = 542.14 m = 1778.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 905.30 mb = 1003.83 m = 3293.35 ft B at Equ Level: 14.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 805.30 mb = 1994.66 m = 6544.08 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 240 at 22 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 1016 10 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 100 22 -21.8 3.8 1 1000 147 170 23 -4.0 22.7 | 117 26 -23.2 11.6 2 982 305 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 118 27 -23.3 12.6 3 948 610 175 27 -2.4 26.9 | 126 27 -21.5 15.9 4 925 820 180 31 0.0 31.0 | 136 28 -19.2 20.0 5 915 914 180 31 0.0 31.0 | 136 28 -19.2 20.0 6 883 1219 175 28 -2.4 27.9 | 128 27 -21.6 16.9 7 850 1540 185 33 2.9 32.9 | 143 27 -16.3 21.9 8 821 1829 185 39 3.4 38.9 | 150 32 -15.8 27.8 9 792 2134 190 38 6.6 37.4 | 155 29 -12.6 26.4 10 764 2438 200 37 12.7 34.8 | 165 25 -6.5 23.8 11 737 2743 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 171 18 -2.7 17.6 12 700 3171 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 153 16 -7.3 14.4 13 659 3658 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 136 16 -11.0 11.5 14 611 4267 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 118 2 -2.0 1.0 15 566 4877 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 269 12 11.8 0.3 16 545 5182 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 296 13 11.4 -5.6 17 500 5870 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 288 10 9.8 -3.2 18 485 6096 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 305 14 11.7 -8.3 19 413 7315 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 249 28 26.2 10.1 20 400 7550 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 240 26 22.4 13.0 21 396 7620 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 240 25 21.5 12.5 22 349 8534 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 251 18 17.1 5.9 23 320 9144 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 267 26 26.2 1.2 24 300 9610 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 264 35 34.9 3.5 25 250 10840 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 278 41 40.6 -5.8 26 200 12280 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 276 50 49.6 -5.0 27 184 12802 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 273 65 64.5 -3.7 28 181 12909 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 273 65 64.5 -3.7 29 167 13411 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 240 51 44.1 25.5 30 151 14021 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 261 52 51.3 7.9 31 150 14080 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 261 53 52.3 8.1 32 137 14630 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 248 34 31.6 12.7 33 124 15240 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 247 47 43.4 18.1 34 100 16520 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 232 36 28.3 22.3 35 91 17069 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 252 15 14.4 4.6 36 87 17374 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 220 22 13.8 16.6 37 78 17983 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 223 30 20.7 22.4 38 74 18288 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 222 27 17.6 19.8 39 70 18620 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 207 19 8.4 16.6 40 63 19202 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 113 6 -5.7 2.4 41 57 19812 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 278 8 8.1 -1.1 42 52 20422 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 352 13 1.8 -12.8 43 50 20630 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 19 10 -3.2 -9.6 44 49 20726 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 16 11 -3.2 -11.0 45 45 21336 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 131 9 -7.1 6.2 46 42 21641 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 22 3 -1.0 -2.6 47 40 21946 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 322 4 2.5 -3.1 48 38 22250 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 224 10 7.1 7.3 49 35 22860 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 274 18 17.5 -1.2 50 30 23790 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 274 18 17.5 -1.2 51 27 24384 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 292 29 26.8 -11.0 52 20 26390 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 292 29 26.8 -11.0 53 15 27432 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 270 22 22.4 0.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.3 neg: -42.3 tot: 211.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 7.96 Bulk Shear: 46.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 171 23 117 26| 11.4 0.0 11.4| 67.0 0.0 67.0 134.1 0.90| 11.8 10.6 1000 175 26 125 26| 7.9 0.0 7.9|109.1 -9.2 100.0 100.0 0.80| 9.6 7.7 1500 176 27 128 27| 6.3 0.0 6.3|155.9 -27.9 128.0 85.4 0.68| 9.5 6.5 2000 179 30 134 27| 6.3 0.0 6.3|200.8 -27.9 172.9 86.4 0.68| 9.3 6.3 2500 183 31 139 27| 5.1 0.0 5.1|245.5 -27.9 217.6 87.1 0.67| 9.4 6.3 3000 187 32 143 25| 3.4 0.0 3.4|254.3 -42.3 211.9 70.6 0.54| 9.3 5.0 4000 191 30 144 23| 2.8 0.7 3.5|256.8 -69.2 187.6 46.9 0.34| 8.9 3.1 5000 200 29 151 19| 3.9 0.5 4.4|271.8 -70.2 201.6 40.3 0.35| 9.3 3.3 6000 210 29 163 15| 3.2 0.5 3.7|288.6 -74.5 214.1 35.7 0.36| 8.5 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200319.12.gif