UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 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 1021 10 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 14.0 65 10 286.0 287.7 286.2 312.5 9.56 1 1006 128 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 72 14 285.9 287.5 285.9 311.7 9.33 2 1000 176 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 75 16 286.0 287.6 285.9 311.6 9.26 3 995 218 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 83 17 286.2 287.8 285.9 311.7 9.18 4 971 426 16.8 16.8 100 0.0 16.8 126 19 292.4 294.6 291.1 327.8 12.49 5 934 758 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 178 20 295.9 298.1 292.2 331.6 12.41 6 925 841 16.4 15.7 96 0.7 16.0 185 19 296.1 298.3 292.0 331.3 12.21 7 850 1558 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 215 22 299.3 301.2 291.3 328.7 10.01 8 830 1758 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 219 23 299.9 301.7 291.1 327.9 9.52 9 821 1849 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354.6 0.01 51 165 13377 -57.5 -76.5 7 19.0 -57.8 268 79 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 52 158 13651 -56.1 -81.1 3 25.0 -56.4 262 68 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 53 156 13732 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -56.4 259 65 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 54 152 13896 -57.3 -83.3 2 26.0 -57.6 253 67 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 55 150 13980 -56.9 -82.9 2 26.0 -57.2 250 68 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 56 148 14065 -56.7 -83.7 2 27.0 -57.0 249 69 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 57 132 14783 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.3 247 73 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 58 125 15120 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.7 253 75 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 59 122 15270 -62.1 -87.1 2 25.0 -62.3 255 76 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 60 100 16480 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 250 61 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 61 95 16784 -70.1 -91.1 3 21.0 -70.2 255 64 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 62 90 17105 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.8 255 59 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 63 84 17517 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.2 257 50 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 64 81 17734 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.0 261 43 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 65 70 18600 -71.3 -91.3 4 20.0 -71.4 235 33 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.9 0.00 66 66 18950 -69.7 -90.7 3 21.0 -69.8 236 32 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 67 61 19420 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 238 31 451.4 451.4 311.0 451.4 0.00 68 58 19722 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 239 31 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.00 69 55 20042 -67.7 -90.7 2 23.0 -67.9 240 30 470.9 470.9 312.7 470.9 0.00 70 55 20042 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 240 30 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 71 52 20382 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.7 242 30 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 72 50 20620 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.6 243 29 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 73 47 20997 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 244 29 497.4 497.4 314.8 497.4 0.00 74 44 21401 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.7 247 28 512.7 512.7 315.8 512.7 0.00 75 39 22144 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.1 259 26 529.7 529.7 316.9 529.7 0.00 76 37 22469 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 264 25 541.9 541.9 317.6 541.9 0.00 77 35 22812 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.8 270 24 547.4 547.4 317.9 547.4 0.00 78 34 22991 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.6 272 23 555.6 555.6 318.4 555.7 0.00 79 31 23571 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.6 282 22 585.6 585.6 319.9 585.7 0.01 80 30 23780 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.2 285 21 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 81 29 23996 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.6 270 28 597.5 597.5 320.5 597.5 0.01 82 24 25207 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -55.2 262 31 640.0 640.0 322.3 640.1 0.01 83 22 25766 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -56.8 261 32 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.9 0.01 84 20 26380 -51.5 -82.5 1 31.0 -54.5 265 31 678.5 678.5 323.7 678.7 0.02 85 16 27820 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -57.4 252 32 712.8 712.8 324.8 713.0 0.02 86 15 28233 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -57.1 248 32 728.1 728.1 325.3 728.3 0.02 87 14 28679 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -55.7 245 32 750.1 750.1 326.0 750.3 0.03 88 13 29159 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -56.2 247 30 764.7 764.7 326.3 765.0 0.03 89 13 29159 -48.9 -81.9 1 33.0 -53.9 247 30 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.8 0.04 90 12 29688 -46.3 -79.3 1 33.0 -52.7 250 28 803.7 803.7 327.4 804.3 0.06 91 11 30265 -47.7 -79.7 1 32.0 -53.8 252 25 818.9 818.9 327.7 819.5 0.06 92 10 30900 -43.7 -77.7 1 34.0 -52.0 255 23 856.4 856.5 328.5 857.4 0.10 93 8.7 31840 -41.9 -76.9 1 35.0 -51.7 898.2 898.3 329.4 899.6 0.13 TRP 173 13082 -62.5 -73.5 21 11.0 -62.6 275 91 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 WND 173 13082 -61.9 -72.8 22 10.9 -62.0 275 91 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.00 m Freezing level: 610.42 mb = 4274.13 m = 14022.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.31 mb = 3701.99 m = 12145.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.54 mb = 139.92 m = 459.04 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.11 C Layer 740.0- 704.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1006.00 mb = 128.31 m = 420.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.02 C = 62.63 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: 3.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.94 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 22.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44625.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 965.88 mb = 471.00 m = 1545.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 277 at 24 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 1021 10 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 87 33 -32.5 -1.6 1 1000 176 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 88 39 -38.9 -1.5 2 985 305 100 18 -17.7 3.1 | 98 42 -41.2 5.8 3 950 610 165 21 -5.4 20.3 | 128 37 -28.9 23.0 4 925 841 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 135 31 -21.8 21.6 5 917 914 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 138 30 -20.0 22.4 6 885 1219 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 144 28 -16.2 22.4 7 850 1558 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 152 23 -10.8 20.7 8 823 1829 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 159 23 -8.0 21.1 9 793 2134 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 175 21 -2.0 20.7 10 764 2438 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 175 24 -2.2 23.9 11 737 2743 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 184 24 1.9 23.9 12 710 3048 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 228 19 14.2 12.8 13 700 3164 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 242 12 10.4 5.6 14 658 3658 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 230 13 10.1 8.6 15 609 4267 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 225 17 12.3 12.2 16 586 4572 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 225 17 12.3 12.2 17 564 4877 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 249 18 16.4 6.2 18 543 5182 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 262 20 19.6 2.7 19 500 5840 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 252 20 19.4 6.4 20 483 6096 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 252 20 19.4 6.4 21 428 7010 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 221 22 14.2 16.4 22 411 7315 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 246 15 13.4 5.9 23 400 7510 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 273 17 17.4 -0.9 24 394 7620 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 273 21 21.4 -1.3 25 317 9144 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 265 29 28.6 2.7 26 300 9540 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 274 34 34.4 -2.4 27 291 9754 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 282 38 37.6 -8.1 28 250 10760 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 274 33 33.4 -2.3 29 242 10973 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 282 35 34.7 -7.6 30 200 12180 280 71 69.9 -12.3 | 282 47 46.5 -9.7 31 173 13082 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 274 67 67.2 -5.3 32 172 13106 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 274 67 67.2 -5.3 33 156 13716 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 251 43 40.6 14.0 34 150 13980 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 237 48 40.5 25.9 35 135 14630 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 232 53 41.8 33.1 36 122 15240 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 246 55 50.0 22.3 37 100 16480 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 235 41 33.9 23.5 38 95 16764 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 243 43 38.4 19.2 39 86 17374 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 240 34 29.7 16.9 40 78 17983 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 243 13 11.4 5.7 41 74 18288 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 204 11 4.6 10.2 42 70 18600 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 189 22 3.6 21.6 43 45 21336 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 188 15 1.9 14.5 44 30 23780 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 49 4 -3.1 -2.8 45 29 24079 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 231 8 6.5 5.3 46 21 26213 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 225 12 8.1 8.2 47 20 26380 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 234 9 7.5 5.4 48 14 28651 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 199 17 5.6 16.2 49 10 30900 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 172 9 -1.2 8.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 555.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 555.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 281.60 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 99 16 98 40| 21.2 0.0 21.2|235.3 -0.2 235.1 470.3 0.78| 28.9 22.5 1000 144 18 117 38| 14.2 0.0 14.2|361.5 -0.2 361.4 361.4 0.77| 23.6 18.2 1500 170 19 129 34| 10.6 0.0 10.6|398.6 -0.2 398.5 265.6 0.76| 18.3 13.9 2000 188 20 138 31| 9.3 0.0 9.3|438.0 -0.2 437.8 218.9 0.78| 15.6 12.1 2500 201 22 146 28| 8.3 0.0 8.3|457.8 -0.2 457.6 183.0 0.76| 13.7 10.4 3000 211 24 154 26| 8.3 0.0 8.3|555.5 -0.2 555.3 185.1 0.80| 14.4 11.6 4000 230 27 171 20| 5.6 0.4 6.0|578.1 -10.6 567.4 141.9 0.71| 12.7 9.0 5000 239 29 185 18| 5.0 0.5 5.5|620.4 -12.9 607.4 121.5 0.72| 11.3 8.1 6000 247 31 200 16| 4.3 0.6 4.9|631.3 -31.7 599.6 99.9 0.67| 9.9 6.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200322.12.gif