UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 26 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 1012 10 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.1 145 3 292.2 294.6 291.9 330.5 13.53 1 1003 83 21.2 19.4 89 1.8 20.0 175 7 294.1 296.7 293.0 334.9 14.28 2 1000 108 21.2 19.4 89 1.8 20.0 185 8 294.4 296.9 293.2 335.3 14.32 3 966 407 18.6 18.2 98 0.4 18.4 202 14 294.7 297.1 292.8 334.0 13.74 4 961 451 19.2 17.1 88 2.1 17.8 205 15 295.7 298.0 292.4 332.7 12.87 5 951 542 21.6 10.6 50 11.0 14.8 211 19 299.0 300.6 289.9 323.9 8.46 6 925 782 21.2 6.2 38 15.0 12.5 215 20 301.0 302.2 288.8 320.2 6.43 7 914 885 20.6 8.6 46 12.0 13.3 215 21 301.4 302.8 290.0 324.2 7.69 8 905 971 20.6 5.6 37 15.0 11.9 214 21 302.3 303.4 289.1 321.2 6.31 9 899 1028 20.4 7.4 43 13.0 12.7 213 21 302.6 304.0 290.0 324.2 7.20 10 894 1076 21.0 5.0 35 16.0 11.8 212 20 303.7 304.9 289.4 322.2 6.12 11 888 1135 23.4 -14.6 7 38.0 7.5 211 20 306.8 307.1 285.8 311.3 1.39 12 881 1204 23.6 -13.4 7 37.0 7.8 210 20 307.7 308.0 286.3 312.7 1.54 13 857 1444 22.4 -3.6 17 26.0 9.2 233 16 308.9 309.5 288.6 319.6 3.42 14 850 1515 22.2 -4.8 16 27.0 8.7 240 15 309.4 310.0 288.5 319.4 3.14 15 837 1648 22.0 -14.0 8 36.0 6.6 244 16 310.6 310.9 287.3 315.6 1.54 16 803 2006 20.2 -12.8 10 33.0 5.8 261 18 312.3 312.7 288.2 318.2 1.78 17 774 2321 17.4 -2.6 25 20.0 7.0 285 20 312.6 313.4 290.5 325.6 4.08 18 739 2714 15.2 -6.8 21 22.0 4.6 295 23 314.4 315.0 290.1 324.4 3.11 19 700 3171 13.4 -23.6 6 37.0 0.5 290 14 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.2 0.81 20 680 3414 11.8 -14.2 15 26.0 1.0 267 14 318.2 318.5 290.1 324.5 1.87 21 651 3776 9.4 -17.6 13 27.0 -1.0 257 18 319.5 319.7 290.1 324.5 1.47 22 530 5435 -5.3 -24.3 21 19.0 -10.9 303 28 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.7 1.01 23 500 5890 -8.3 -31.3 14 23.0 -13.7 285 29 322.9 323.0 290.3 324.9 0.56 24 467 6416 -11.5 -33.5 14 22.0 -16.3 265 35 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.1 0.48 25 406 7470 -19.7 -37.7 19 18.0 -22.7 270 42 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.37 26 400 7580 -20.3 -39.3 17 19.0 -23.3 270 43 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.32 27 377 8017 -22.7 -43.7 13 21.0 -25.5 273 47 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.21 28 350 8557 -27.1 -46.1 15 19.0 -29.2 278 54 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 29 324 9109 -30.9 -55.9 7 25.0 -32.7 276 59 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 30 300 9650 -35.9 -55.9 11 20.0 -37.1 275 60 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.07 31 285 10004 -38.9 -54.9 17 16.0 -39.8 275 57 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 32 250 10890 -45.7 -59.7 19 14.0 -46.2 275 58 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 33 237 11244 -48.5 -63.5 16 15.0 -48.9 275 61 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 34 204 12214 -56.1 -65.8 29 9.7 -56.3 275 71 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 35 200 12340 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 275 71 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 36 183 12894 -61.7 -67.7 45 6.0 -61.8 279 67 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 37 181 12962 -61.7 -68.7 39 7.0 -61.8 279 67 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.02 38 172 13275 -64.1 -72.1 33 8.0 -64.2 282 64 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 39 164 13566 -62.9 -73.9 21 11.0 -63.0 284 62 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 40 156 13871 -65.1 -77.1 18 12.0 -65.2 281 61 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 41 150 14110 -64.1 -77.1 15 13.0 -64.2 275 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 42 144 14361 -63.7 -80.7 8 17.0 -63.8 270 60 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 43 125 15221 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 280 49 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 44 115 15720 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -69.9 277 50 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 45 111 15931 -69.7 -87.7 6 18.0 -69.8 285 46 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 46 110 15985 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 288 45 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 47 100 16550 -72.5 -90.5 5 18.0 -72.6 280 41 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.00 48 89 17235 -72.3 -90.3 5 18.0 -72.3 304 45 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 49 79 17932 -74.5 -92.5 5 18.0 -74.6 283 30 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 50 75 18236 -72.5 -91.5 4 19.0 -72.6 292 34 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 51 70 18640 -73.7 -92.7 4 19.0 -73.7 315 35 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.00 52 69 18724 -74.1 -93.1 4 19.0 -74.2 313 30 427.6 427.6 308.6 427.6 0.00 53 65 19076 -71.3 -91.3 4 20.0 -71.4 280 22 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.00 54 62 19355 -71.7 -91.7 4 20.0 -71.8 264 23 446.2 446.2 310.5 446.2 0.00 55 59 19652 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.5 273 20 462.5 462.5 312.0 462.5 0.00 56 56 19966 -68.5 -91.5 2 23.0 -68.7 281 17 466.7 466.7 312.4 466.7 0.00 57 50 20650 -66.7 -91.7 2 25.0 -67.0 215 14 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 58 48 20896 -67.7 -92.7 2 25.0 -67.9 248 19 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 59 47 21024 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.4 275 22 498.8 498.8 314.9 498.8 0.00 60 43 21567 -63.9 -90.9 1 27.0 -64.3 265 26 514.6 514.6 315.9 514.6 0.00 61 41 21862 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -59.9 261 21 533.7 533.7 317.2 533.7 0.00 62 36 22677 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.2 220 19 553.4 553.4 318.3 553.4 0.00 63 35 22854 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.6 233 17 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.6 0.00 64 31 23622 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.0 281 20 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.6 0.00 65 30 23830 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.2 285 17 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 66 24 25251 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.8 277 20 630.7 630.7 321.9 630.7 0.01 67 23 25523 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -56.1 271 17 644.9 644.9 322.5 645.0 0.01 68 22 25809 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.1 277 14 653.7 653.7 322.8 653.8 0.01 69 21 26111 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.1 253 10 674.6 674.6 323.6 674.7 0.02 70 20 26430 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.2 225 11 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.02 71 16 27898 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -52.7 263 16 735.0 735.0 325.5 735.3 0.03 72 15 28326 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -51.5 257 18 756.0 756.0 326.1 756.4 0.04 73 13 29284 -43.9 -79.9 1 36.0 -51.1 244 23 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.3 0.05 74 12 29819 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.1 237 25 800.9 800.9 327.3 801.2 0.04 75 10 31040 -42.1 -78.1 1 36.0 -51.2 220 31 862.4 862.4 328.7 863.3 0.09 76 9.8 31177 -40.9 -77.9 1 37.0 -50.7 871.9 871.9 328.9 872.9 0.10 77 8.9 31832 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -51.4 894.7 894.8 329.4 895.8 0.10 78 8.5 32146 -38.9 -75.9 1 37.0 -50.5 915.9 916.0 329.8 917.6 0.15 79 8.2 32392 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -50.6 926.2 926.3 329.9 928.0 0.16 TRP 100 16550 -72.5 -90.5 5 18.0 -72.6 280 41 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.00 WND 204 12214 -56.1 -65.8 29 9.7 -56.3 275 71 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.00 m Freezing level: 573.63 mb = 4837.05 m = 15869.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.07 mb = 3586.04 m = 11765.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.40 % Est. max temperature: 36.54 C = 97.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.11 mb = 167.71 m = 550.22 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.12 C Layer 966.0- 914.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.56 mb = 3869.11 m = 12693.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.52 C = 117.53 F Cap Strength: 10.67 C Lifted Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.51 C Showalter Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 3.50 C K Index: -11.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 172.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54687.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.59 mb = 1207.61 m = 3961.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 300 at 15 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 1012 10 145 3 -1.7 2.5 | 124 18 -14.8 10.0 1 1000 108 185 8 0.7 8.0 | 141 20 -12.3 15.5 2 977 305 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 149 20 -10.4 17.2 3 944 610 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 178 25 -1.0 24.7 4 925 782 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 176 24 -1.6 23.9 5 911 914 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 178 25 -1.0 24.7 6 880 1219 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 173 25 -3.0 24.8 7 850 1515 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 180 15 -0.0 15.0 8 819 1829 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 192 14 2.9 13.3 9 791 2134 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 218 10 6.0 7.5 10 763 2438 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 283 6 6.0 -1.4 11 736 2743 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 286 8 7.8 -2.2 12 710 3048 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 338 2 0.9 -2.2 13 700 3171 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 182 3 0.1 2.7 14 684 3353 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 180 8 -0.0 7.5 15 659 3658 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 196 12 3.4 11.9 16 611 4267 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 227 11 8.0 7.5 17 567 4877 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 276 11 10.5 -1.0 18 526 5486 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 311 13 9.9 -8.5 19 500 5890 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 270 15 15.0 0.0 20 487 6096 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 265 20 19.5 1.8 21 467 6401 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 244 24 21.8 10.6 22 400 7580 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 256 31 30.0 7.5 23 398 7620 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 256 31 30.0 7.5 24 336 8839 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 273 43 43.1 -2.4 25 322 9144 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 267 46 45.7 2.4 26 300 9650 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 267 47 46.7 2.3 27 258 10668 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 265 38 37.8 3.1 28 250 10890 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 267 45 44.7 2.5 29 205 12192 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 269 58 57.7 1.3 30 204 12214 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 269 58 57.7 1.3 31 200 12340 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 269 58 57.7 1.3 32 160 13716 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 280 47 45.9 -8.3 33 150 14110 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 267 48 47.7 2.2 34 145 14326 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 261 48 47.0 7.5 35 131 14935 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 273 40 40.1 -1.9 36 124 15240 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 271 34 34.2 -0.8 37 118 15545 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 259 41 40.0 7.5 38 107 16154 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 292 26 24.1 -9.8 39 100 16550 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 269 27 27.3 0.4 40 92 17069 305 53 43.4 -30.4 | 307 38 30.4 -22.9 41 82 17678 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 300 9 7.7 -4.5 42 78 17983 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 263 18 17.5 2.1 43 74 18288 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 291 20 18.7 -7.3 44 71 18593 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 317 22 15.3 -16.3 45 70 18640 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 326 21 11.7 -17.2 46 67 18898 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 337 6 2.3 -5.3 47 64 19202 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 222 16 10.6 11.7 48 55 20117 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 216 4 2.4 3.4 49 52 20422 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 172 8 -1.0 7.5 50 50 20650 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 165 20 -5.0 19.0 51 49 20726 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 163 21 -6.0 19.6 52 47 21031 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 238 10 8.9 5.6 53 45 21336 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 229 15 10.9 9.6 54 43 21641 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 235 17 13.9 9.9 55 41 21946 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 211 13 6.7 11.0 56 37 22555 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 173 25 -3.0 24.8 57 33 23165 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 182 11 0.5 11.1 58 30 23774 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 270 8 7.6 -0.0 59 30 23830 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 227 5 3.4 3.1 60 29 24079 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 246 13 11.9 5.3 61 28 24384 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 290 15 14.2 -5.2 62 23 25603 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 202 8 3.0 7.5 63 22 25908 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 177 5 -0.2 5.3 64 21 26213 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 152 13 -6.1 11.5 65 20 26430 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 161 16 -5.3 15.3 66 17 27432 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 187 8 1.0 7.5 67 10 31040 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 192 32 6.9 31.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.1 neg: -15.9 tot: 158.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 52.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 196 10 149 20| 16.8 0.0 16.8| 83.7 0.0 83.7 167.5 0.94| 17.1 16.1 1000 209 15 165 22| 10.2 0.0 10.2|111.7 -7.2 104.5 104.5 0.82| 11.9 9.8 1500 212 16 169 22| 5.4 0.0 5.4|125.9 -15.9 109.9 73.3 0.58| 11.9 6.9 2000 221 16 174 20| 5.1 0.0 5.1|147.6 -15.9 131.7 65.8 0.63| 10.8 6.8 2500 235 17 183 17| 5.0 0.0 5.0|169.4 -15.9 153.5 61.4 0.68| 11.1 7.6 3000 247 18 193 15| 3.5 0.0 3.5|174.1 -15.9 158.2 52.7 0.66| 10.5 6.9 4000 253 17 196 13| 3.1 1.5 4.6|190.6 -17.5 173.1 43.3 0.51| 10.4 5.2 5000 261 18 206 12| 3.6 1.2 4.8|227.5 -17.5 210.0 42.0 0.57| 9.7 5.6 6000 270 20 223 10| 3.3 1.9 5.2|242.9 -54.8 188.1 31.3 0.44| 9.6 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200326.12.gif