UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 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 22.2 21.0 93 1.2 21.3 200 6 293.8 296.6 293.9 338.2 15.56 1 1000 162 20.6 20.5 99 0.1 20.5 215 14 293.8 296.5 293.7 337.5 15.35 2 963 488 19.2 17.8 92 1.4 18.2 222 19 295.5 297.9 292.8 334.1 13.43 3 925 834 16.4 16.4 100 0.0 16.4 210 19 296.1 298.4 292.5 332.9 12.78 4 904 1029 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 215 22 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.6 12.02 5 900 1067 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.3 215 23 298.4 300.1 290.6 326.0 9.45 6 896 1105 16.6 9.6 63 7.0 12.4 215 24 299.0 300.5 289.9 323.6 8.40 7 883 1230 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.7 215 27 299.6 300.9 288.9 320.7 7.13 8 878 1278 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.1 213 27 299.9 301.5 290.4 325.5 8.69 9 872 1336 15.6 9.6 67 6.0 11.9 212 27 300.3 301.9 290.5 325.7 8.63 10 857 1484 15.0 5.0 51 10.0 9.3 207 28 301.2 302.3 288.8 320.2 6.39 11 850 1553 14.4 5.4 55 9.0 9.3 205 28 301.2 302.4 289.0 321.0 6.63 12 832 1733 12.6 8.3 75 4.3 10.0 202 28 301.2 302.7 290.5 325.7 8.28 13 821 1845 12.4 6.4 67 6.0 8.9 201 28 302.1 303.5 290.0 324.1 7.36 14 802 2041 12.8 -9.2 21 22.0 3.3 221 30 304.6 305.0 286.1 312.0 2.37 15 796 2104 13.2 -12.8 15 26.0 2.7 227 31 305.7 306.0 285.8 311.4 1.79 16 753 2570 12.8 -18.2 10 31.0 1.3 239 35 310.1 310.3 286.8 314.1 1.21 17 722 2922 11.0 -22.0 8 33.0 -0.3 251 34 311.9 312.1 287.1 315.0 0.91 18 717 2980 11.0 -12.0 19 23.0 1.3 253 33 312.5 312.9 288.6 319.4 2.12 19 704 3132 9.4 2.4 62 7.0 5.5 258 31 312.4 313.6 292.4 332.6 6.48 20 700 3179 9.0 3.0 66 6.0 5.6 260 30 312.5 313.7 292.7 333.6 6.80 21 693 3262 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 4.8 260 30 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.7 6.49 22 664 3613 5.6 0.6 70 5.0 2.9 252 29 313.4 314.5 292.3 332.3 6.03 23 614 4247 1.0 -10.0 44 11.0 -3.7 245 33 315.2 315.7 290.2 324.6 2.91 24 610 4300 0.6 -9.4 47 10.0 -3.7 245 33 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.3 3.07 25 607 4339 0.2 -6.8 59 7.0 -3.0 246 33 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.5 3.78 26 580 4701 -2.9 -12.9 46 10.0 -6.8 252 31 315.8 316.3 289.9 323.8 2.44 27 569 4853 -3.7 -19.7 28 16.0 -8.9 254 30 316.6 316.9 289.2 321.4 1.41 28 530 5409 -8.5 -20.5 37 12.0 -12.2 251 27 317.3 317.6 289.4 322.1 1.41 29 504 5798 -8.9 -55.9 1 47.0 -15.1 262 34 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.04 30 500 5860 -9.3 -56.3 1 47.0 -15.4 265 35 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.04 31 474 6273 -11.1 -56.1 1 45.0 -16.8 272 40 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.04 32 470 6338 -11.1 -36.1 11 25.0 -16.2 272 41 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.37 33 452 6638 -13.7 -30.7 22 17.0 -17.6 275 43 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.66 34 436 6912 -15.7 -23.7 50 8.0 -17.9 278 46 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.29 35 427 7070 -16.7 -21.7 65 5.0 -18.1 280 47 327.1 327.4 292.4 332.6 1.58 36 409 7394 -18.1 -26.1 50 8.0 -20.1 283 50 329.4 329.6 292.6 333.3 1.11 37 400 7560 -19.5 -26.5 54 7.0 -21.2 285 51 329.6 329.9 292.7 333.6 1.10 38 377 7995 -23.5 -27.1 72 3.6 -24.3 287 53 330.0 330.2 292.8 333.9 1.10 39 345 8635 -29.1 -31.0 84 1.9 -29.5 292 54 330.9 331.0 292.8 333.9 0.83 40 322 9124 -32.1 -37.1 61 5.0 -32.8 295 55 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.2 0.49 41 307 9459 -34.1 -40.1 55 6.0 -34.8 298 58 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.6 0.38 42 300 9620 -35.3 -41.3 54 6.0 -36.0 300 60 335.6 335.7 293.6 336.9 0.34 43 260 10598 -43.7 -48.1 62 4.4 -44.0 308 67 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.0 0.19 44 250 10860 -45.7 -51.7 51 6.0 -46.0 310 69 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.13 45 235 11270 -49.1 -55.1 50 6.0 -49.3 309 73 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.09 46 223 11612 -51.9 -56.9 55 5.0 -52.1 307 77 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.08 47 200 12310 -57.3 -61.6 58 4.3 -57.4 305 84 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 48 188 12698 -60.3 -64.4 58 4.1 -60.3 310 90 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 49 181 12933 -62.1 -66.1 59 4.0 -62.1 309 89 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 50 155 13875 -69.3 -74.0 50 4.7 -69.4 306 82 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 51 150 14070 -69.7 -73.8 55 4.1 -69.7 305 77 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 52 148 14150 -69.9 -74.2 53 4.3 -69.9 304 75 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 53 143 14356 -67.7 -74.7 36 7.0 -67.8 301 69 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 54 133 14794 -65.7 -78.7 15 13.0 -65.8 296 57 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 55 120 15416 -68.3 -86.3 6 18.0 -68.4 288 45 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 56 102 16391 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 276 47 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 57 100 16510 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 275 47 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 58 89 17199 -72.7 -91.7 4 19.0 -72.8 273 47 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 59 86 17400 -72.3 -91.3 4 19.0 -72.3 272 47 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 60 83 17611 -67.1 -88.1 4 21.0 -67.2 272 47 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 61 81 17758 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 271 47 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 62 72 18463 -70.5 -91.5 3 21.0 -70.6 270 41 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.00 63 70 18630 -70.5 -91.5 3 21.0 -70.6 270 36 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.6 0.00 64 67 18891 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 268 34 442.1 442.1 310.1 442.1 0.00 65 60 19548 -70.1 -91.1 3 21.0 -70.2 262 31 454.0 454.0 311.3 454.0 0.00 66 51 20520 -67.5 -91.5 2 24.0 -67.7 260 20 481.7 481.7 313.6 481.7 0.00 67 50 20640 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.4 255 19 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 68 46 21151 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.0 255 14 508.2 508.2 315.5 508.2 0.00 69 43 21566 -64.1 -91.1 1 27.0 -64.5 238 17 514.1 514.1 315.9 514.1 0.00 70 39 22171 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.8 261 21 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.00 71 34 23025 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.6 281 29 555.6 555.6 318.4 555.7 0.00 72 33 23211 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.7 285 32 568.9 568.9 319.1 568.9 0.00 73 31 23603 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.4 288 29 577.0 577.0 319.5 577.0 0.00 74 30 23810 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.4 290 28 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.01 75 29 24024 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.4 290 25 594.7 594.7 320.3 594.7 0.01 76 25 24968 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.3 266 23 628.5 628.5 321.9 628.6 0.01 77 23 25500 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.5 268 26 639.6 639.6 322.3 639.7 0.01 78 20 26390 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.5 270 31 666.9 666.9 323.3 667.0 0.01 79 18 27063 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -58.6 267 31 683.5 683.5 323.9 683.6 0.01 80 16 27814 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.3 263 30 708.9 708.9 324.7 709.0 0.01 81 13 29154 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -55.5 259 31 768.2 768.2 326.4 768.4 0.02 82 13 29154 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -53.8 259 31 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.5 0.03 83 11 30258 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.6 258 33 820.3 820.3 327.7 820.7 0.04 84 10 30890 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.8 258 34 843.7 843.8 328.2 844.2 0.05 85 9.1 31518 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -52.8 257 35 876.8 876.8 329.0 877.5 0.07 TRP 150 14070 -69.7 -73.8 55 4.1 -69.7 305 77 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 WND 188 12698 -60.3 -64.4 58 4.1 -60.3 310 90 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.00 m Freezing level: 605.26 mb = 4362.45 m = 14312.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.82 mb = 2854.64 m = 9365.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.62 mb = 156.69 m = 514.06 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.53 C Layer 1000.0- 878.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.90 mb = 614.92 m = 2017.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.36 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.70 C K Index: 23.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.52 mb = 528.31 m = 1733.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.52 mb = 755.29 m = 2477.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 893.52 mb = 1128.71 m = 3703.07 ft B at Equ Level: 15.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 803.52 mb = 2025.08 m = 6643.88 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 270 at 21 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 10 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 107 20 -19.2 5.7 1 1000 162 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 131 18 -13.2 11.6 2 984 305 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 146 15 -8.5 12.8 3 949 610 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 148 17 -9.0 14.6 4 925 834 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 145 20 -11.7 16.5 5 916 914 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 147 19 -10.3 15.6 6 884 1219 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 165 23 -5.7 22.2 7 850 1553 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 160 27 -9.4 25.5 8 822 1829 200 28 9.6 26.3 | 156 29 -11.7 26.4 9 793 2134 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 187 20 2.5 20.0 10 765 2438 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 199 21 6.6 19.6 11 737 2743 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 217 19 11.4 15.3 12 700 3179 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 237 10 8.3 5.3 13 685 3353 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 235 9 7.3 5.1 14 659 3658 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 211 12 6.0 10.0 15 634 3962 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 205 14 6.0 12.8 16 611 4267 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 212 16 8.7 14.0 17 566 4877 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 225 11 7.7 7.8 18 524 5486 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 204 10 4.1 9.3 19 500 5860 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 257 14 13.6 3.1 20 485 6096 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 270 18 17.8 0.1 21 400 7560 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 295 31 28.0 -13.1 22 397 7620 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 295 32 29.0 -13.4 23 321 9144 295 55 49.8 -23.2 | 309 37 28.6 -23.2 24 300 9620 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 314 43 30.7 -29.9 25 250 10860 310 69 52.9 -44.4 | 324 54 31.6 -44.3 26 200 12310 305 84 68.8 -48.2 | 315 68 47.6 -48.1 27 188 12698 310 90 68.9 -57.9 | 320 75 47.7 -57.8 28 185 12802 310 90 68.9 -57.9 | 320 75 47.7 -57.8 29 151 14021 305 81 66.4 -46.5 | 316 65 45.1 -46.4 30 150 14070 305 77 63.1 -44.2 | 316 61 41.8 -44.1 31 123 15240 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 306 26 21.1 -15.3 32 100 16510 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 279 26 25.6 -4.0 33 74 18288 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 270 26 25.8 0.1 34 70 18630 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 270 15 14.8 0.1 35 57 19812 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 235 9 7.3 5.1 36 55 20117 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 307 3 2.7 -2.0 37 50 20640 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 150 6 -2.9 5.0 38 49 20726 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 160 9 -3.1 8.5 39 47 21031 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 76 9 -8.4 -2.2 40 45 21336 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 135 16 -11.6 11.6 41 41 21946 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 171 2 -0.3 1.9 42 39 22250 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 172 4 -0.6 3.7 43 37 22555 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 345 9 2.3 -8.5 44 35 22860 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 300 4 3.7 -2.1 45 33 23165 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 310 13 9.7 -8.2 46 30 23810 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 332 11 5.1 -9.5 47 29 24079 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 351 8 1.3 -8.1 48 27 24384 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 144 2 -1.3 1.8 49 20 26390 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 269 10 9.8 0.1 50 15 27432 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 237 10 8.3 5.3 51 7 30175 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 237 18 15.5 9.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.9 neg: -32.7 tot: 218.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 30.12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 220 15 135 16| 13.7 0.0 13.7| 60.0 0.0 60.0 120.1 0.88| 14.9 13.2 1000 218 17 142 17| 6.8 1.9 8.7| 74.9 -5.3 69.7 69.7 0.67| 11.2 7.6 1500 215 20 150 19| 4.6 3.8 8.3| 99.2 -18.3 80.9 53.9 0.54| 10.8 5.8 2000 212 22 153 21| 4.5 2.8 7.4|151.2 -32.7 118.5 59.3 0.52| 11.1 5.8 2500 217 24 161 20| 5.6 2.3 7.8|212.7 -32.7 180.0 72.0 0.61| 11.4 6.9 3000 224 26 170 19| 5.2 1.9 7.1|250.9 -32.7 218.1 72.7 0.62| 11.4 7.1 4000 232 27 180 17| 3.5 2.1 5.6|256.6 -48.8 207.9 52.0 0.47| 10.2 4.9 5000 236 28 187 16| 3.1 1.7 4.8|273.1 -50.6 222.5 44.5 0.47| 9.1 4.3 6000 240 28 193 15| 3.8 1.5 5.2|313.1 -57.5 255.6 42.6 0.49| 9.0 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200323.12.gif