UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 22 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 1023 10 17.6 14.7 83 2.9 15.8 45 8 288.9 290.7 288.0 317.8 10.33 1 1019 43 16.4 13.6 83 2.8 14.7 45 9 288.0 289.7 287.1 314.9 9.64 2 1000 200 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 45 15 288.0 289.6 287.0 314.7 9.57 3 979 380 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 52 17 288.1 289.8 287.1 314.9 9.59 4 966 492 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 64 18 289.2 290.9 287.8 317.0 9.91 5 948 651 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 85 17 292.8 294.8 290.1 324.5 11.16 6 925 860 15.2 15.2 100 0.0 15.2 135 10 294.9 297.0 291.3 328.7 11.82 7 897 1121 15.0 15.0 100 0.0 15.0 166 12 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.1 12.04 8 876 1323 14.8 13.5 92 1.3 14.0 191 13 299.1 301.1 292.2 331.7 11.17 9 850 1578 13.4 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 195 14 300.2 302.1 292.1 331.4 10.63 10 757 2546 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 220 10 304.0 305.6 291.5 329.1 8.39 11 700 3189 4.4 2.4 87 2.0 3.3 250 15 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.3 6.51 12 672 3520 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 255 19 309.4 310.5 290.8 326.9 5.66 13 632 4013 -0.5 -2.5 86 2.0 -1.5 260 28 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.04 14 626 4089 -0.7 -4.0 78 3.3 -2.3 260 27 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.8 4.55 15 614 4244 0.8 -12.2 37 13.0 -4.4 260 25 315.0 315.4 289.6 322.9 2.44 16 608 4323 0.8 -14.2 32 15.0 -5.0 260 25 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.8 2.09 17 542 5230 -7.9 -16.9 48 9.0 -10.9 242 23 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.3 1.88 18 535 5331 -9.1 -16.1 57 7.0 -11.5 236 23 315.8 316.2 289.5 322.5 2.03 19 516 5609 -11.7 -16.7 66 5.0 -13.3 220 24 315.9 316.3 289.5 322.6 2.01 20 509 5714 -12.5 -16.0 75 3.5 -13.7 214 24 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.3 2.16 21 500 5850 -12.9 -16.3 76 3.4 -14.0 210 21 317.3 317.7 290.1 324.4 2.14 22 497 5896 -13.1 -16.3 77 3.2 -14.2 210 23 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.8 2.15 23 489 6020 -12.5 -14.8 83 2.3 -13.3 210 27 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.1 2.48 24 468 6355 -13.7 -16.8 77 3.1 -14.7 218 37 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.8 2.19 25 444 6753 -16.7 -20.1 75 3.4 -17.7 222 41 323.5 323.8 291.6 329.5 1.74 26 415 7258 -20.3 -22.1 85 1.8 -20.8 224 44 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.6 1.57 27 400 7530 -22.1 -24.2 83 2.1 -22.6 225 46 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.35 28 366 8177 -26.7 -29.8 75 3.1 -27.3 232 49 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.7 0.88 29 300 9580 -38.1 -42.6 63 4.5 -38.5 250 55 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.30 30 283 9979 -41.5 -45.7 64 4.2 -41.8 250 57 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.23 31 250 10810 -47.9 -52.2 61 4.3 -48.1 245 40 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.12 32 240 11077 -50.1 -53.8 65 3.7 -50.3 243 39 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 33 234 11242 -51.3 -56.3 55 5.0 -51.5 242 38 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 34 207 12024 -57.9 -63.9 46 6.0 -58.0 247 40 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.03 35 203 12147 -58.9 -66.9 35 8.0 -59.0 249 41 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.02 36 200 12240 -58.9 -66.9 35 8.0 -59.0 255 45 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 37 179 12930 -62.7 -71.7 29 9.0 -62.8 265 72 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.01 38 176 13035 -59.7 -70.7 23 11.0 -59.9 264 73 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 39 172 13180 -59.1 -74.1 13 15.0 -59.3 262 73 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 40 168 13328 -56.7 -75.7 7 19.0 -56.9 260 74 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 41 164 13480 -58.1 -80.1 4 22.0 -58.3 258 75 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 42 159 13675 -58.1 -82.1 3 24.0 -58.3 256 76 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 43 155 13836 -59.5 -83.1 3 23.6 -59.7 255 76 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.00 44 150 14040 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.4 260 75 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 45 138 14552 -65.3 -85.3 5 20.0 -65.4 260 65 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 46 130 14914 -66.1 -86.1 4 20.0 -66.2 260 59 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 47 122 15297 -67.9 -87.9 4 20.0 -68.0 246 69 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 48 117 15549 -67.3 -88.3 4 21.0 -67.4 250 74 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 49 113 15758 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 251 71 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 50 106 16141 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.8 253 65 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 51 100 16490 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 255 59 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 52 97 16673 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.2 254 58 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 53 86 17389 -72.5 -93.5 3 21.0 -72.6 251 54 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 54 83 17600 -69.9 -90.9 3 21.0 -70.0 250 53 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 55 76 18126 -70.3 -92.3 3 22.0 -70.4 261 38 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 56 70 18620 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 260 29 441.3 441.3 310.0 441.3 0.00 57 69 18707 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -66.9 260 28 443.5 443.5 310.2 443.5 0.00 58 64 19159 -68.9 -92.9 2 24.0 -69.1 234 28 448.3 448.3 310.7 448.3 0.00 59 62 19350 -66.1 -91.1 2 25.0 -66.3 235 27 458.6 458.6 311.7 458.6 0.00 60 61 19449 -67.1 -91.1 2 24.0 -67.3 238 27 458.5 458.5 311.7 458.5 0.00 61 59 19651 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 245 27 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.4 0.00 62 56 19970 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.6 268 27 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.3 0.00 63 50 20660 -65.9 -91.9 1 26.0 -66.2 285 17 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 64 48 20907 -66.1 -92.1 1 26.0 -66.4 270 17 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.5 0.00 65 42 21719 -63.9 -90.9 1 27.0 -64.3 272 14 518.1 518.1 316.2 518.1 0.00 66 41 21867 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -62.9 268 16 525.7 525.7 316.6 525.7 0.00 67 38 22335 -63.3 -91.3 1 28.0 -63.8 256 22 534.7 534.7 317.2 534.7 0.00 68 37 22499 -60.9 -90.9 1 30.0 -61.6 251 24 544.9 544.9 317.8 544.9 0.00 69 36 22670 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.5 254 25 555.4 555.4 318.4 555.4 0.00 70 32 23406 -60.7 -90.7 1 30.0 -61.5 273 30 568.6 568.6 319.1 568.6 0.00 71 30 23810 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.4 270 35 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.00 72 29 24026 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.6 282 35 597.5 597.5 320.5 597.5 0.01 73 22 25810 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.5 252 35 663.9 663.9 323.2 664.0 0.01 74 20 26430 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.6 245 33 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.01 75 17 27475 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -57.1 250 32 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.01 76 16 27865 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -55.6 252 32 720.6 720.6 325.1 720.8 0.02 77 14 28728 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -56.2 747.3 747.3 325.8 747.5 0.02 78 14 28728 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -54.1 758.2 758.2 326.1 758.4 0.03 79 13 29210 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.3 764.0 764.0 326.3 764.2 0.02 80 11 30300 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -54.3 816.0 816.0 327.6 816.3 0.04 81 11 30300 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -53.2 822.5 822.5 327.8 822.9 0.05 82 10 30931 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -54.1 842.2 842.3 328.2 842.7 0.04 TRP 179 12930 -62.7 -71.7 29 9.0 -62.8 265 72 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.01 WND 155 13836 -59.5 -83.1 3 23.6 -59.7 255 76 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.00 m Freezing level: 637.71 mb = 3942.78 m = 12935.46 ft Freezing level: 620.40 mb = 4161.66 m = 13653.58 ft Freezing level: 601.93 mb = 4406.49 m = 14456.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.95 mb = 3751.15 m = 12306.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.95 mb = 371.32 m = 1218.22 ft T: 13.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 876.0- 535.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 992.04 mb = 267.58 m = 877.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.73 C = 62.12 F Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lifted Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57253.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.57 mb = 539.96 m = 1771.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 265 at 13 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 1023 10 45 8 -5.7 -5.7 | 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 1 1000 200 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 64 26 -23.7 -11.7 2 988 305 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 63 27 -24.4 -12.4 3 953 610 75 19 -18.4 -4.9 | 79 32 -31.5 -6.0 4 925 860 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 106 21 -20.2 5.9 5 919 914 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 99 24 -24.0 3.9 6 887 1219 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 134 15 -11.0 10.7 7 850 1578 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 143 16 -9.5 12.4 8 825 1829 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 136 12 -8.5 8.8 9 795 2134 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 127 12 -9.3 7.0 10 766 2438 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 128 9 -7.3 5.8 11 739 2743 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 140 9 -6.0 7.3 12 700 3189 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 194 4 1.0 4.0 13 686 3353 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 225 5 3.3 3.3 14 660 3658 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 237 7 6.2 4.0 15 635 3962 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 256 15 14.5 3.7 16 611 4267 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 254 12 11.5 3.2 17 565 4877 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 253 10 9.5 2.9 18 504 5791 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 177 20 -1.1 19.7 19 500 5850 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 171 17 -2.6 17.1 20 484 6096 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 184 25 1.9 24.8 21 465 6401 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 203 31 12.0 28.7 22 400 7530 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 212 37 19.4 31.4 23 395 7620 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 211 36 18.7 30.7 24 319 9144 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 239 43 36.7 22.1 25 300 9580 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 245 42 38.6 17.7 26 279 10058 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 246 45 41.4 18.7 27 250 10810 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 236 28 23.1 15.8 28 222 11582 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 227 26 18.9 17.4 29 202 12192 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 243 28 25.4 12.9 30 200 12240 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 251 32 30.4 10.5 31 183 12802 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 265 59 58.6 5.1 32 179 12930 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 265 59 58.6 5.1 33 158 13716 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 253 63 60.3 18.5 34 155 13836 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 253 63 60.3 18.5 35 150 14040 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 259 62 60.7 11.9 36 129 14935 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 259 45 44.0 8.9 37 123 15240 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 240 56 48.5 27.6 38 117 15545 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 247 61 56.4 24.2 39 100 16490 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 252 46 43.9 14.1 40 82 17678 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 245 40 36.7 17.0 41 74 18288 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 265 20 19.8 1.7 42 70 18620 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 256 16 15.4 3.9 43 67 18898 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 255 13 12.5 3.4 44 64 19202 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 206 19 8.3 16.9 45 58 19812 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 236 14 11.3 7.8 46 55 20117 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 302 15 13.0 -8.1 47 50 20660 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 329 6 3.3 -5.5 48 49 20726 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 329 6 3.3 -5.5 49 47 21031 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 243 4 3.6 1.8 50 45 21336 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 355 9 0.7 -9.1 51 43 21641 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 4 2 -0.2 -2.3 52 37 22555 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 233 12 9.4 7.1 53 32 23470 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 283 17 16.8 -3.7 54 30 23774 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 273 22 21.9 -1.1 55 30 23810 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 273 22 21.9 -1.1 56 29 24079 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 296 23 20.7 -10.2 57 27 24384 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 265 20 19.8 1.7 58 26 24689 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 265 27 26.7 2.4 59 20 26430 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 233 21 16.8 12.8 60 15 27432 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 248 18 16.8 6.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.2 neg: -35.5 tot: 204.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 136.31 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 50 15 67 26| 11.2 0.0 11.2| 40.5 -17.1 23.4 46.9 0.17| 14.6 2.5 1000 72 15 78 27| 7.6 0.0 7.6|179.6 -24.9 154.7 154.7 0.53| 19.6 10.5 1500 98 14 92 27| 7.2 0.0 7.2|227.3 -24.9 202.4 134.9 0.60| 17.3 10.3 2000 128 13 107 25| 4.5 0.0 4.5|228.5 -33.4 195.1 97.6 0.50| 14.3 7.2 2500 148 12 116 22| 3.6 0.0 3.6|230.0 -35.5 194.5 77.8 0.47| 12.1 5.7 3000 169 12 125 19| 3.6 0.0 3.6|240.2 -35.5 204.7 68.2 0.50| 11.1 5.6 4000 220 14 157 11| 4.4 0.0 4.4|257.9 -35.5 222.4 55.6 0.52| 10.5 5.4 5000 239 16 187 7| 3.5 0.6 4.1|257.9 -44.7 213.3 42.7 0.44| 9.1 4.0 6000 235 18 188 9| 2.9 2.0 4.9|268.8-105.1 163.7 27.3 0.23| 9.4 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200322.00.gif