UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 21 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 1024 10 16.2 14.7 91 1.5 15.3 20 9 287.4 289.2 287.5 316.1 10.32 1 1013 99 15.4 14.5 94 0.9 14.8 32 13 287.5 289.3 287.5 316.2 10.29 2 1000 205 14.4 14.0 97 0.4 14.1 47 17 287.5 289.3 287.3 315.7 10.09 3 976 411 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 62 21 289.6 291.4 288.3 318.8 10.41 4 945 684 13.0 13.0 100 0.0 13.0 77 20 290.8 292.6 288.4 319.1 10.00 5 940 728 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 84 19 291.7 293.5 289.0 320.8 10.26 6 928 837 16.8 11.8 72 5.0 13.7 101 17 296.2 297.9 289.8 323.4 9.41 7 925 865 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.8 105 17 296.7 298.2 289.0 321.0 8.36 8 920 911 17.0 9.0 59 8.0 12.2 110 15 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.1 7.85 9 905 1052 17.2 10.2 63 7.0 12.9 119 11 298.8 300.3 290.0 324.1 8.66 10 874 1349 15.0 12.6 86 2.4 13.5 164 6 299.5 301.4 291.8 330.3 10.55 11 850 1585 14.2 12.5 90 1.7 13.1 230 10 301.0 303.0 292.4 332.8 10.78 12 823 1857 12.8 10.2 84 2.6 11.2 245 10 302.3 304.1 291.9 330.6 9.54 13 776 2348 8.6 8.5 99 0.1 8.5 257 18 302.9 304.6 291.6 329.8 9.01 14 763 2488 8.2 8.0 99 0.2 8.1 265 19 304.0 305.6 291.9 330.5 8.86 15 754 2587 8.4 6.9 90 1.5 7.5 265 20 305.2 306.8 291.7 330.2 8.31 16 703 3162 4.0 3.3 95 0.7 3.6 257 18 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.92 17 700 3197 4.0 2.7 91 1.3 3.3 255 18 306.9 308.2 290.9 327.2 6.65 18 691 3302 4.4 0.6 76 3.8 2.4 248 18 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.3 5.79 19 686 3361 4.6 -5.4 48 10.0 -0.0 245 18 309.4 310.1 289.0 321.1 3.73 20 684 3385 4.6 -6.4 45 11.0 -0.4 246 18 309.6 310.3 288.9 320.5 3.46 21 668 3577 3.4 -1.6 70 5.0 0.8 256 22 310.4 311.3 290.6 326.3 5.10 22 619 4187 -2.3 -3.5 91 1.2 -2.9 250 25 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.6 4.77 23 608 4329 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.4 242 26 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.2 4.58 24 605 4369 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.2 243 27 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.3 4.63 25 600 4434 -2.1 -6.9 70 4.8 -4.3 246 27 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.8 3.80 26 589 4581 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -6.0 252 29 314.7 315.2 290.0 324.0 2.87 27 584 4649 -3.1 -11.1 54 8.0 -6.3 255 30 315.0 315.5 290.0 324.1 2.80 28 579 4716 -3.5 -14.5 42 11.0 -7.5 258 30 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.3 2.15 29 570 4840 -4.3 -16.3 39 12.0 -8.5 263 31 315.7 316.1 289.3 322.0 1.88 30 556 5036 -4.9 -30.9 11 26.0 -11.2 263 37 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.1 0.52 31 548 5149 -5.5 -33.5 9 28.0 -11.8 261 41 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.4 0.41 32 502 5829 -10.9 -38.9 8 28.0 -16.0 265 43 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.4 0.26 33 500 5860 -10.9 -38.9 8 28.0 -16.0 265 43 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.7 0.26 34 471 6316 -13.9 -43.9 6 30.0 -18.4 255 41 321.5 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.17 35 446 6729 -15.5 -49.5 4 34.0 -19.9 245 38 324.6 324.6 290.3 324.9 0.09 36 407 7412 -21.1 -33.1 33 12.0 -23.3 249 36 325.9 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.58 37 400 7540 -22.1 -34.1 33 12.0 -24.2 250 36 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.53 38 394 7651 -23.1 -34.1 36 11.0 -25.0 261 39 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.4 0.54 39 369 8129 -26.7 -35.7 42 9.0 -28.0 269 46 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.49 40 361 8287 -27.7 -38.7 34 11.0 -29.2 269 46 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.37 41 347 8570 -30.1 -40.1 37 10.0 -31.3 267 45 329.0 329.0 291.8 330.2 0.34 42 339 8736 -31.1 -43.1 30 12.0 -32.4 267 45 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.25 43 308 9408 -37.3 -44.3 48 7.0 -37.9 268 46 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.24 44 300 9590 -38.7 -46.7 43 8.0 -39.3 270 47 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.19 45 298 9636 -39.3 -47.3 42 8.0 -39.9 270 47 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.18 46 263 10477 -46.5 -53.5 45 7.0 -46.8 275 48 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 47 250 10810 -49.7 -54.5 57 4.8 -49.9 275 51 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.09 48 248 10863 -50.5 -54.9 60 4.4 -50.7 275 52 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.09 49 236 11185 -52.9 -56.9 62 4.0 -53.0 277 59 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.07 50 211 11901 -58.1 -64.1 46 6.0 -58.2 275 72 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 51 206 12053 -57.3 -65.3 36 8.0 -57.4 277 72 339.1 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 52 200 12240 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 280 72 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 53 198 12303 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -58.8 279 71 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.02 54 187 12662 -58.7 -69.7 23 11.0 -58.9 274 69 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 55 180 12902 -57.5 -73.5 11 16.0 -57.7 271 67 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 56 169 13300 -58.7 -79.7 5 21.0 -58.9 266 63 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 57 163 13527 -57.3 -81.3 3 24.0 -57.6 263 62 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 58 150 14050 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -59.7 250 65 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 59 137 14611 -61.4 -85.8 3 24.3 -61.6 250 78 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 60 100 16520 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.2 240 68 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 61 87 17347 -71.1 -92.1 3 21.0 -71.2 254 51 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 62 83 17625 -69.9 -90.9 3 21.0 -70.0 259 45 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 63 76 18147 -70.7 -91.7 3 21.0 -70.8 245 46 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 64 70 18630 -72.9 -92.9 3 20.0 -73.0 245 51 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.00 65 68 18801 -72.5 -92.5 3 20.0 -72.6 245 52 432.9 432.9 309.1 432.9 0.00 66 66 18979 -68.7 -89.7 3 21.0 -68.8 252 48 444.8 444.8 310.4 444.8 0.00 67 63 19259 -66.7 -88.7 3 22.0 -66.9 266 32 455.2 455.2 311.3 455.2 0.00 68 55 20077 -69.7 -91.7 3 22.0 -69.8 255 30 466.4 466.4 312.3 466.4 0.00 69 54 20187 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.3 249 30 472.5 472.5 312.8 472.5 0.00 70 51 20531 -68.9 -91.9 2 23.0 -69.1 232 31 478.4 478.4 313.3 478.4 0.00 71 50 20650 -67.1 -91.1 2 24.0 -67.3 235 32 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 72 49 20772 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.5 243 31 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.1 0.00 73 48 20897 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 250 30 493.9 493.9 314.5 493.9 0.00 74 45 21287 -67.7 -91.7 2 24.0 -67.9 273 25 498.8 498.8 314.8 498.8 0.00 75 43 21563 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.5 283 23 514.1 514.1 315.9 514.1 0.00 76 37 22481 -65.3 -91.3 2 26.0 -65.7 259 13 533.6 533.6 317.1 533.6 0.00 77 36 22648 -64.5 -91.5 1 27.0 -65.0 264 14 539.9 539.9 317.5 539.9 0.00 78 35 22822 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.4 279 15 554.2 554.2 318.3 554.2 0.00 79 30 23790 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -58.2 255 22 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.6 0.01 80 28 24230 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.8 274 22 606.3 606.3 320.9 606.3 0.01 81 21 26073 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.8 270 38 660.1 660.1 323.0 660.2 0.01 82 20 26390 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.1 275 36 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.02 83 19 26726 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.1 273 35 695.4 695.4 324.3 695.6 0.02 84 18 27084 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -50.9 271 34 717.6 717.6 325.0 717.9 0.03 85 16 27863 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.3 257 30 731.7 731.7 325.4 731.9 0.03 86 15 28288 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -52.4 248 29 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.03 87 14 28744 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -53.6 237 30 760.9 760.9 326.3 761.2 0.03 88 13 29231 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.9 233 32 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.8 0.03 89 12 29759 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.8 242 31 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.4 0.04 90 11 30337 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -52.9 247 29 824.7 824.7 327.8 825.2 0.05 TRP 211 11901 -58.1 -64.1 46 6.0 -58.2 275 72 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 WND 137 14611 -61.4 -85.8 3 24.3 -61.6 250 78 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.00 m Freezing level: 638.77 mb = 3941.02 m = 12929.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.08 mb = 3360.17 m = 11024.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.61 mb = 191.76 m = 629.13 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 754.0- 668.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.81 mb = 631.71 m = 2072.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.41 C = 66.93 F Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lifted Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41583.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.66 mb = 553.44 m = 1815.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 289 at 17 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 1024 10 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 81 20 -19.5 -2.9 1 989 305 60 21 -18.2 -10.5 | 82 35 -34.6 -5.0 2 954 610 65 21 -19.0 -8.9 | 85 36 -35.5 -3.4 3 925 865 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 107 34 -32.8 9.9 4 920 914 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 109 32 -30.5 10.7 5 887 1219 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 114 23 -21.0 9.4 6 856 1524 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 125 17 -13.9 9.9 7 850 1585 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 144 15 -8.8 12.0 8 825 1829 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 143 12 -7.4 9.7 9 796 2134 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 169 14 -2.6 13.5 10 767 2438 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 199 8 2.5 7.2 11 739 2743 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 211 9 4.5 7.4 12 713 3048 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 206 8 3.5 7.3 13 700 3197 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 185 10 1.0 10.2 14 686 3353 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 180 13 -0.1 13.1 15 660 3658 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 213 11 6.2 9.5 16 635 3962 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 225 8 5.6 5.5 17 611 4267 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 198 19 6.1 18.5 18 566 4877 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 242 18 15.5 8.3 19 545 5182 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 243 29 25.9 13.0 20 504 5791 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 251 29 27.4 9.4 21 500 5860 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 251 28 26.4 9.3 22 485 6096 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 243 29 25.9 13.0 23 447 6706 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 220 28 18.0 21.6 24 400 7540 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 224 25 17.4 17.8 25 396 7620 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 240 24 21.0 12.1 26 379 7925 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 259 30 29.6 5.5 27 319 9144 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 252 30 28.4 9.4 28 300 9590 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 260 31 30.6 5.5 29 267 10363 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 267 30 30.4 1.4 30 250 10810 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 268 34 34.4 1.1 31 211 11887 280 73 71.9 -12.7 | 277 56 55.5 -7.2 32 211 11901 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 271 55 55.3 -0.8 33 200 12240 280 72 70.9 -12.5 | 277 55 54.5 -7.0 34 158 13716 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 250 46 42.7 15.9 35 150 14050 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 238 53 44.7 27.8 36 137 14611 250 78 73.3 26.7 | 240 65 56.9 32.2 37 137 14630 250 78 73.3 26.7 | 240 65 56.9 32.2 38 123 15240 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 257 48 46.3 11.0 39 101 16459 240 68 58.9 34.0 | 227 58 42.5 39.5 40 100 16520 240 68 58.9 34.0 | 227 58 42.5 39.5 41 82 17678 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 244 30 26.9 13.2 42 74 18288 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 220 38 24.3 29.0 43 70 18630 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 228 40 29.8 27.1 44 67 18898 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 229 42 31.6 27.9 45 64 19202 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 253 18 17.6 5.5 46 60 19507 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 209 16 8.0 14.4 47 55 20117 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 223 18 12.6 13.3 48 52 20422 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 195 26 6.6 24.8 49 50 20650 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 202 26 9.8 23.9 50 49 20726 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 208 24 11.3 21.5 51 45 21336 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 245 8 7.5 3.4 52 40 21946 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 317 5 3.5 -3.8 53 39 22250 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 130 7 -5.5 4.6 54 37 22555 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 156 10 -3.9 8.9 55 35 22860 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 151 3 -1.6 2.9 56 33 23165 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 203 12 4.8 11.2 57 30 23774 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 203 12 4.8 11.2 58 30 23790 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 203 12 4.8 11.2 59 27 24384 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 252 6 5.2 1.7 60 26 24689 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 205 19 8.0 16.9 61 23 25603 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 253 19 18.6 5.5 62 21 26213 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 256 23 22.6 5.5 63 20 26390 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 263 20 19.4 2.4 64 18 26822 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 252 17 16.6 5.5 65 15 27432 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 207 20 9.0 17.4 66 13 27737 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 197 27 8.1 26.1 67 11 28346 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 217 20 11.8 15.8 68 9 28956 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 172 25 -3.2 24.4 69 9 29261 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 165 22 -5.5 21.1 70 8 29566 185 25 2.2 24.9 | 155 34 -14.2 30.4 71 7 29870 180 27 0.0 27.0 | 153 36 -16.4 32.5 72 7 30175 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 136 21 -14.7 15.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.9 neg: -11.1 tot: 265.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 208.72 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 55 17 82 31| 16.2 0.0 16.2| 31.5 -9.3 22.1 44.3 0.12| 17.7 2.1 1000 70 18 89 33| 8.2 0.0 8.2|186.7 -9.3 177.4 177.4 0.52| 19.0 9.8 1500 78 14 95 30| 4.8 0.0 4.8|218.0 -9.3 208.7 139.1 0.48| 17.4 8.3 2000 86 13 99 30| 5.4 0.0 5.4|250.8 -9.9 241.0 120.5 0.53| 16.0 8.4 2500 109 14 109 31| 5.1 0.0 5.1|274.5 -9.9 264.7 105.9 0.56| 15.0 8.4 3000 245 15 167 12| 4.2 0.1 4.3|276.9 -11.1 265.9 88.6 0.55| 12.8 7.1 4000 256 16 177 10| 3.3 0.6 3.9|302.4 -22.8 279.6 69.9 0.49| 11.9 5.8 5000 255 19 191 11| 3.6 1.3 5.0|367.8 -39.2 328.6 65.7 0.45| 12.4 5.6 6000 259 23 212 12| 3.0 1.5 4.5|397.5 -57.9 339.6 56.6 0.42| 11.4 4.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200321.12.gif