UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 23 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 24.2 21.1 83 3.1 22.0 185 13 295.8 298.7 294.5 340.9 15.66 1 1009 86 22.8 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 185 13 295.2 298.0 294.1 339.4 15.41 2 1000 162 22.0 20.4 91 1.6 20.9 185 14 295.1 297.9 294.0 338.9 15.26 3 969 435 19.6 19.1 97 0.5 19.3 191 21 295.4 298.0 293.6 337.0 14.51 4 948 625 18.8 17.3 91 1.5 17.8 200 22 296.4 298.8 292.9 334.6 13.22 5 925 836 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.6 205 21 297.1 299.4 292.7 333.6 12.62 6 871 1349 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 212 19 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.2 11.77 7 867 1387 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 212 19 298.9 300.9 292.1 331.4 11.14 8 862 1436 14.0 10.9 82 3.1 12.1 213 18 299.6 301.3 291.0 327.6 9.54 9 852 1535 13.6 10.3 80 3.3 11.6 215 18 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.5 9.27 10 850 1555 13.4 10.2 81 3.2 11.4 215 18 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.3 9.23 11 786 2210 9.6 9.6 100 0.0 9.6 225 24 302.9 304.7 292.1 331.4 9.59 12 766 2423 7.8 7.1 95 0.7 7.4 225 17 303.2 304.7 291.2 328.0 8.29 13 737 2742 6.8 5.1 89 1.7 5.8 215 13 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.1 7.49 14 734 2775 6.8 4.0 82 2.8 5.2 216 13 305.8 307.1 290.9 326.9 6.96 15 729 2831 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 3.8 218 13 306.7 307.7 289.9 324.0 5.65 16 724 2888 7.2 0.2 61 7.0 3.5 220 13 307.5 308.5 290.0 324.0 5.37 17 720 2934 8.0 -3.0 46 11.0 2.5 221 12 308.8 309.6 289.4 322.1 4.26 18 716 2980 9.0 -15.0 17 24.0 -0.3 223 12 310.4 310.8 287.4 315.9 1.66 19 712 3026 9.2 -23.8 8 33.0 -1.5 224 12 311.2 311.3 286.7 313.8 0.79 20 700 3167 8.2 -20.8 11 29.0 -1.7 235 13 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.1 1.04 21 677 3442 7.0 -18.0 15 25.0 -2.1 254 23 313.2 313.5 288.0 317.8 1.37 22 669 3539 6.4 -9.6 31 16.0 -0.6 252 24 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.5 2.76 23 662 3626 6.0 -18.0 16 24.0 -2.7 251 24 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.8 1.40 24 657 3688 5.6 -14.4 22 20.0 -2.3 250 24 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.6 1.91 25 653 3737 5.0 -2.0 60 7.0 1.4 251 25 314.2 315.2 291.7 330.2 5.06 26 651 3762 4.8 -1.2 65 6.0 1.7 251 26 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.3 5.39 27 644 3850 4.4 -3.6 56 8.0 0.4 251 27 314.8 315.6 291.5 329.3 4.55 28 605 4355 0.2 -4.8 69 5.0 -2.2 256 36 315.6 316.5 291.6 329.8 4.43 29 591 4542 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -4.2 259 36 315.7 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.68 30 577 4732 -2.5 -18.5 28 16.0 -7.9 262 35 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.9 1.54 31 537 5297 -6.9 -24.9 22 18.0 -11.9 264 43 318.1 318.2 289.2 321.3 0.94 32 510 5698 -10.1 -25.1 28 15.0 -14.1 261 42 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.3 0.98 33 501 5835 -10.9 -23.9 33 13.0 -14.5 260 42 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.4 1.11 34 500 5850 -10.9 -24.9 31 14.0 -14.6 260 42 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.3 1.01 35 494 5943 -10.9 -26.9 25 16.0 -15.0 264 41 320.9 321.0 289.9 323.9 0.86 36 489 6021 -10.5 -47.5 3 37.0 -16.1 267 41 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.11 37 459 6506 -14.3 -55.3 2 41.0 -19.1 267 44 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.6 0.05 38 447 6708 -14.7 -52.7 2 38.0 -19.4 265 45 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.06 39 405 7448 -20.5 -41.5 13 21.0 -23.5 263 52 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.25 40 400 7540 -21.3 -42.3 13 21.0 -24.2 265 52 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.23 41 368 8146 -26.5 -48.5 11 22.0 -28.7 268 53 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.13 42 347 8565 -30.1 -43.1 27 13.0 -31.5 271 54 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.24 43 332 8877 -32.9 -39.9 50 7.0 -33.7 273 54 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.36 44 328 8961 -33.5 -38.5 61 5.0 -34.1 274 55 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.42 45 319 9155 -34.9 -39.6 62 4.7 -35.4 275 55 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.38 46 305 9466 -36.5 -42.5 54 6.0 -37.1 279 54 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.30 47 300 9580 -37.5 -42.3 61 4.8 -37.9 280 53 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.31 48 299 9603 -37.7 -42.4 61 4.7 -38.1 280 53 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.31 49 271 10278 -42.9 -47.2 63 4.3 -43.2 289 56 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.3 0.20 50 250 10820 -47.7 -52.1 60 4.4 -47.9 300 62 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.12 51 212 11883 -56.7 -61.7 53 5.0 -56.8 307 86 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.04 52 207 12034 -56.9 -61.9 53 5.0 -57.0 308 89 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 53 200 12250 -58.5 -64.5 46 6.0 -58.6 310 94 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 54 184 12768 -62.0 -68.0 44 6.0 -62.1 315 97 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 55 167 13359 -66.1 -72.1 43 6.0 -66.1 310 89 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 56 162 13543 -65.7 -72.7 37 7.0 -65.8 305 88 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 57 158 13694 -66.7 -74.7 32 8.0 -66.8 301 87 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 58 152 13929 -63.7 -77.7 13 14.0 -63.8 296 77 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 59 150 14010 -63.5 -79.5 10 16.0 -63.6 295 73 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 60 100 16490 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.4 270 48 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 61 87 17322 -71.1 -93.1 2 22.0 -71.2 263 47 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 62 83 17602 -69.3 -91.3 3 22.0 -69.4 261 47 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 63 81 17748 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.2 259 47 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 64 72 18453 -70.9 -93.9 2 23.0 -71.0 258 47 429.2 429.2 308.7 429.2 0.00 65 70 18620 -69.7 -92.7 2 23.0 -69.8 262 46 435.3 435.3 309.4 435.3 0.00 66 68 18793 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 270 36 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.4 0.00 67 65 19064 -69.7 -92.7 2 23.0 -69.8 266 28 444.6 444.6 310.3 444.6 0.00 68 61 19444 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.5 250 25 458.1 458.1 311.6 458.1 0.00 69 55 20071 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.1 257 32 475.1 475.1 313.1 475.1 0.00 70 50 20650 -65.7 -91.7 2 26.0 -66.0 270 28 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 71 49 20773 -64.9 -91.9 1 27.0 -65.2 273 25 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.4 0.00 72 47 21026 -65.3 -92.3 1 27.0 -65.6 265 22 498.3 498.3 314.8 498.4 0.00 73 46 21157 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -63.0 276 22 508.2 508.2 315.5 508.2 0.00 74 44 21431 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.3 288 19 519.1 519.1 316.2 519.1 0.00 75 38 22339 -61.5 -91.5 1 30.0 -62.1 252 12 539.3 539.3 317.5 539.3 0.00 76 38 22339 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.4 252 12 543.8 543.8 317.8 543.9 0.00 77 33 23215 -61.5 -91.5 1 30.0 -62.2 239 22 561.5 561.5 318.7 561.5 0.00 78 32 23406 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.4 251 27 571.8 571.8 319.2 571.8 0.00 79 30 23810 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.9 260 33 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.00 80 27 24477 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.8 264 35 609.2 609.2 321.0 609.3 0.01 81 23 25496 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.9 257 34 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 82 20 26390 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.9 250 34 673.0 673.0 323.5 673.1 0.01 83 17 27437 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -57.0 265 34 701.8 701.8 324.5 701.9 0.01 84 15 28247 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.7 266 35 739.4 739.4 325.6 739.5 0.02 85 14 28696 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.1 267 35 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 86 13 29180 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -53.6 268 36 778.6 778.6 326.7 778.9 0.04 87 12 29707 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -54.5 268 36 793.1 793.1 327.1 793.4 0.03 88 11 30283 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -52.8 269 36 825.4 825.4 327.8 825.9 0.05 89 10 30920 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -52.4 270 37 853.4 853.5 328.5 854.0 0.06 90 9.0 31625 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -53.1 877.2 877.3 329.0 878.0 0.07 91 8.4 32089 -42.1 -78.1 1 36.0 -52.0 906.5 906.5 329.5 907.6 0.11 92 8.2 32251 -42.7 -78.7 1 36.0 -52.4 910.4 910.4 329.7 911.5 0.10 93 7.5 32857 -40.1 -77.1 1 37.0 -51.7 944.5 944.5 330.2 946.1 0.14 TRP 167 13359 -66.1 -72.1 43 6.0 -66.1 310 89 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 WND 184 12768 -62.0 -68.0 44 6.0 -62.1 315 97 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.00 m Freezing level: 603.35 mb = 4376.73 m = 14359.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.39 mb = 2975.30 m = 9761.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.16 mb = 398.32 m = 1306.81 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 1009.0- 786.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.58 mb = 719.82 m = 2361.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.11 C = 77.20 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 5.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 313.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 511.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.24 mb = 613.47 m = 2012.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.24 mb = 843.05 m = 2765.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.24 mb = 3000.26 m = 9843.24 ft B at Equ Level: 91.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.24 mb = 13840.37 m = 45407.50 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 20 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 10 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 127 23 -18.6 14.0 1 1000 162 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 129 24 -18.5 15.0 2 984 305 185 20 1.7 19.9 | 139 28 -18.0 20.9 3 950 610 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 151 25 -12.2 21.7 4 925 836 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 152 23 -10.8 20.1 5 917 914 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 145 23 -13.2 18.9 6 884 1219 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 150 20 -10.2 17.5 7 850 1555 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 149 18 -9.4 15.8 8 822 1829 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 175 16 -1.3 16.4 9 793 2134 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 178 20 -0.6 20.1 10 764 2438 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 146 15 -8.4 12.3 11 737 2743 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 134 17 -12.2 11.7 12 710 3048 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 130 15 -11.2 9.5 13 700 3167 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 133 12 -9.1 8.5 14 684 3353 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 200 7 2.5 7.0 15 658 3658 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 197 10 2.8 9.2 16 610 4267 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 236 18 15.1 10.3 17 565 4877 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 255 16 15.2 4.1 18 544 5182 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 258 24 23.1 4.8 19 500 5850 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 249 23 21.7 8.3 20 484 6096 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 267 20 20.3 1.0 21 412 7315 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 252 32 30.5 9.9 22 400 7540 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 260 33 32.1 5.6 23 396 7620 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 260 33 32.1 5.6 24 319 9144 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 276 35 35.1 -3.8 25 300 9580 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 284 34 32.5 -8.2 26 280 10058 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 292 35 32.5 -13.0 27 250 10820 300 62 53.7 -31.0 | 311 45 34.0 -30.0 28 200 12250 310 94 72.0 -60.4 | 319 79 52.3 -59.4 29 184 12768 315 97 68.6 -68.6 | 324 83 48.9 -67.6 30 183 12802 315 97 68.6 -68.6 | 324 83 48.9 -67.6 31 167 13359 310 89 68.2 -57.2 | 319 74 48.5 -56.2 32 157 13716 300 87 75.3 -43.5 | 307 70 55.6 -42.5 33 150 14010 295 73 66.2 -30.9 | 303 55 46.5 -29.8 34 142 14326 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 290 44 41.1 -15.3 35 123 15240 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 283 45 44.3 -10.3 36 100 16490 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 268 28 28.3 1.0 37 74 18288 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 242 28 24.7 12.9 38 70 18593 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 251 29 27.6 9.4 39 67 18898 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 279 11 11.2 -1.7 40 64 19202 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 227 8 5.9 5.5 41 57 19812 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 180 15 -0.0 14.8 42 55 20117 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 242 14 12.8 6.7 43 52 20422 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 238 12 9.8 6.2 44 50 20650 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 263 8 8.3 1.0 45 49 20726 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 281 6 6.2 -1.2 46 47 21031 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 217 4 2.2 2.9 47 45 21336 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 360 6 0.0 -6.2 48 43 21641 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 67 7 -6.2 -2.6 49 41 21946 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 90 14 -13.8 -0.0 50 39 22250 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 105 8 -7.7 2.1 51 37 22555 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 130 15 -11.2 9.5 52 33 23165 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 169 13 -2.5 13.1 53 32 23470 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 224 12 8.3 8.5 54 30 23810 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 242 14 12.8 6.7 55 29 24079 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 244 16 14.8 7.1 56 27 24384 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 255 16 15.2 4.1 57 20 26390 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 224 18 12.2 12.6 58 17 27432 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 254 15 14.2 4.0 59 10 30920 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 267 17 17.3 1.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: -75.4 tot: 49.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 8.12 Bulk Shear: 62.93 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 188 17 136 25| 9.1 0.0 9.1| 60.9 0.0 60.9 121.9 0.83| 11.1 9.2 1000 195 19 143 24| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 77.3 -15.1 62.3 62.3 0.50| 9.3 4.6 1500 200 19 145 23| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 83.9 -15.6 68.3 45.6 0.46| 7.6 3.4 2000 207 20 150 21| 4.7 0.0 4.7|123.2 -15.6 107.6 53.8 0.58| 8.2 4.8 2500 211 20 153 21| 3.8 2.2 6.0|124.4 -61.3 63.1 25.2 0.19| 9.2 1.7 3000 212 19 151 20| 2.7 1.8 4.5|124.4 -75.4 49.0 16.3 0.10| 8.5 0.9 4000 223 20 158 17| 4.8 1.4 6.1|168.7 -76.0 92.6 23.2 0.30| 9.4 2.8 5000 235 23 176 14| 4.7 1.1 5.8|210.2 -76.0 134.2 26.8 0.36| 8.9 3.2 6000 243 26 196 14| 3.8 0.5 4.4|237.2 -97.2 140.0 23.3 0.32| 8.5 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200323.00.gif