UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 27 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 1011 10 25.0 20.3 75 4.7 21.7 195 13 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.6 14.99 1 1000 104 23.4 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 185 14 296.5 299.2 294.0 338.6 14.60 2 989 201 22.4 19.4 83 3.0 20.4 185 14 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.2 14.48 3 934 695 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 188 19 296.9 299.4 293.5 336.7 13.77 4 932 714 18.4 16.3 88 2.1 17.0 188 19 297.5 299.8 292.8 334.0 12.60 5 927 760 21.0 11.0 53 10.0 14.7 189 20 300.6 302.2 290.8 326.9 8.92 6 925 779 21.2 11.2 53 10.0 14.9 190 20 301.0 302.6 291.1 327.8 9.06 7 922 807 21.4 11.4 53 10.0 15.1 192 20 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.7 9.22 8 904 978 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 15.8 203 20 302.1 304.1 292.8 333.9 10.75 9 870 1308 18.6 10.6 60 8.0 13.6 215 24 303.6 305.3 292.0 331.2 9.26 10 850 1508 18.2 4.2 39 14.0 10.2 215 25 305.2 306.3 289.9 323.7 6.09 11 847 1538 18.2 3.2 37 15.0 9.8 215 25 305.5 306.6 289.6 322.9 5.69 12 843 1579 18.4 0.4 30 18.0 8.8 214 26 306.1 307.0 288.9 320.5 4.67 13 837 1640 20.4 -24.6 3 45.0 4.8 213 27 308.9 309.0 285.7 311.0 0.62 14 822 1796 21.4 -22.6 4 44.0 5.2 211 29 311.5 311.7 286.8 314.1 0.76 15 783 2214 19.4 -4.6 19 24.0 7.2 219 22 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.9 3.47 16 757 2503 17.8 -15.2 9 33.0 4.1 215 20 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.2 1.55 17 715 2987 14.0 -7.0 23 21.0 3.9 239 17 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.3 3.16 18 700 3165 13.2 -9.8 19 23.0 2.7 255 17 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.6 2.59 19 671 3519 11.2 -10.8 20 22.0 1.4 247 20 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.0 2.50 20 617 4213 5.8 -19.2 15 25.0 -3.3 234 26 320.3 320.5 290.2 324.9 1.36 21 610 4306 5.0 -14.0 24 19.0 -2.7 235 25 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.5 2.12 22 586 4632 2.2 -15.8 25 18.0 -4.7 232 24 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.3 1.90 23 557 5039 -1.5 -12.5 43 11.0 -6.0 250 22 321.1 321.7 291.7 329.9 2.63 24 534 5373 -3.9 -8.9 68 5.0 -6.1 264 26 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.2 3.65 25 529 5448 -4.5 -10.5 63 6.0 -7.1 267 28 322.3 323.0 292.6 333.1 3.25 26 512 5704 -5.9 -21.9 27 16.0 -10.9 265 33 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.1 1.29 27 500 5890 -6.9 -27.9 17 21.0 -12.5 260 36 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.4 0.77 28 493 6000 -7.5 -34.5 9 27.0 -13.6 257 38 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.7 0.42 29 459 6552 -11.1 -39.1 8 28.0 -16.4 262 45 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 30 400 7590 -19.5 -45.5 8 26.0 -23.0 265 48 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 31 355 8461 -27.1 -48.1 12 21.0 -29.2 257 54 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 32 332 8940 -29.9 -51.9 10 22.0 -31.8 252 57 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.10 33 300 9650 -36.7 -52.7 18 16.0 -37.7 255 58 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.10 34 262 10576 -44.5 -57.5 22 13.0 -45.0 260 66 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 35 250 10890 -45.9 -61.9 15 16.0 -46.4 260 72 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 36 246 10997 -46.3 -63.3 13 17.0 -46.8 255 77 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 37 242 11105 -47.0 -64.1 12 17.1 -47.5 255 77 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.03 38 205 12183 -54.1 -72.1 9 18.0 -54.4 255 57 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 39 200 12340 -55.5 -73.5 9 18.0 -55.8 255 57 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 40 191 12632 -57.9 -73.9 11 16.0 -58.1 256 58 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.01 41 175 13180 -61.3 -76.3 12 15.0 -61.4 257 59 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 42 171 13324 -60.9 -75.9 12 15.0 -61.0 258 59 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 43 165 13545 -62.5 -77.5 12 15.0 -62.6 259 60 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 44 150 14130 -65.3 -81.3 9 16.0 -65.4 260 61 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 45 149 14171 -65.5 -81.5 9 16.0 -65.6 260 61 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 46 139 14593 -66.1 -83.1 8 17.0 -66.2 262 59 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 47 128 15090 -68.1 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 264 56 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.00 48 123 15331 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 267 54 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 49 116 15685 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 275 49 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 50 104 16338 -71.1 -92.1 3 21.0 -71.2 290 41 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 51 100 16570 -70.9 -90.9 4 20.0 -71.0 295 38 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 52 95 16874 -71.5 -91.5 4 20.0 -71.6 298 36 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 53 92 17065 -69.9 -90.9 3 21.0 -70.0 300 35 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.2 0.00 54 77 18113 -74.9 -94.9 3 20.0 -75.0 310 29 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 55 75 18266 -73.3 -93.3 3 20.0 -73.3 310 30 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 56 70 18670 -74.1 -94.1 3 20.0 -74.2 320 20 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 57 63 19280 -75.1 -94.1 4 19.0 -75.2 311 20 436.7 436.7 309.6 436.7 0.00 58 61 19468 -72.7 -92.7 3 20.0 -72.8 308 20 446.1 446.1 310.5 446.1 0.00 59 56 19969 -72.1 -92.1 3 20.0 -72.2 300 19 458.5 458.5 311.6 458.5 0.00 60 55 20075 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 298 19 466.8 466.8 312.4 466.8 0.00 61 54 20184 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.2 297 19 470.2 470.2 312.7 470.2 0.00 62 53 20296 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 295 19 479.2 479.2 313.4 479.2 0.00 63 50 20650 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.6 290 19 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.00 64 49 20774 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.4 297 18 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 65 47 21029 -64.3 -91.3 1 27.0 -64.7 313 16 500.7 500.7 315.0 500.8 0.00 66 45 21297 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.3 328 14 515.7 515.7 316.0 515.8 0.00 67 40 22025 -63.9 -92.9 1 29.0 -64.3 190 7 525.4 525.4 316.6 525.4 0.00 68 40 22025 -62.3 -92.3 1 30.0 -62.9 190 7 529.4 529.4 316.9 529.4 0.00 69 39 22181 -62.7 -92.7 1 30.0 -63.2 229 9 532.2 532.2 317.1 532.2 0.00 70 38 22342 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.4 239 11 543.8 543.8 317.8 543.9 0.00 71 36 22682 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.7 236 15 557.5 557.5 318.5 557.5 0.00 72 35 22859 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.2 234 17 557.8 557.8 318.5 557.9 0.00 73 34 23043 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -55.8 223 20 575.6 575.6 319.5 575.7 0.01 74 31 23638 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.5 237 16 595.9 595.9 320.4 596.0 0.01 75 30 23850 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.1 265 11 603.2 603.2 320.7 603.2 0.01 76 25 25029 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.4 217 7 635.4 635.4 322.1 635.5 0.01 77 22 25849 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.5 206 11 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.4 0.01 78 21 26146 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.8 209 14 663.7 663.7 323.2 663.8 0.01 79 20 26460 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.9 250 13 673.0 673.0 323.5 673.1 0.01 80 19 26791 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.4 246 16 685.5 685.5 324.0 685.6 0.01 81 17 27519 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -51.8 233 18 725.6 725.6 325.3 725.8 0.03 82 15 28347 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -52.8 229 16 749.4 749.4 325.9 749.6 0.03 83 15 28347 -44.7 -80.7 1 36.0 -51.0 229 16 759.3 759.3 326.2 759.7 0.04 84 12 29850 -41.7 -77.7 1 36.0 -50.2 275 13 820.0 820.0 327.7 820.8 0.08 85 11 30436 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.0 259 10 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.8 0.06 86 10 31081 -40.5 -77.5 1 37.0 -50.4 242 6 868.4 868.4 328.8 869.4 0.10 TRP 77 18113 -74.9 -94.9 3 20.0 -75.0 310 29 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 WND 242 11105 -47.0 -64.1 12 17.1 -47.5 255 77 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.00 m Freezing level: 568.76 mb = 4873.86 m = 15990.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.25 mb = 3715.58 m = 12190.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.11 mb = 602.33 m = 1976.11 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 22.95 C Layer 870.0- 822.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.33 mb = 3305.74 m = 10845.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.59 C = 114.07 F Cap Strength: 8.61 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.79 C Showalter Index: 7.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 11.10 C K Index: 6.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 249.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 955.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.73 mb = 894.66 m = 2935.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 377.73 mb = 8007.97 m = 26272.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.73 mb = 8817.31 m = 28927.85 ft B at Equ Level: 30.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.73 mb = 10950.29 m = 35925.71 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 261 at 17 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 1011 10 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 126 17 -13.6 9.7 1 1000 104 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 125 19 -15.7 11.1 2 977 305 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 128 20 -15.6 12.1 3 943 610 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 135 22 -15.3 15.1 4 925 779 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 141 22 -13.4 16.9 5 911 914 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 145 18 -10.4 15.0 6 879 1219 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 167 16 -3.7 16.0 7 850 1508 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 172 18 -2.6 17.7 8 819 1829 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 174 22 -2.4 22.3 9 790 2134 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 169 14 -2.8 14.0 10 762 2438 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 158 15 -5.4 13.6 11 735 2743 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 161 15 -4.9 14.4 12 710 3048 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 149 5 -2.4 3.9 13 700 3165 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 163 2 -0.5 1.6 14 684 3353 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 194 2 0.5 1.8 15 659 3658 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 189 8 1.3 7.7 16 634 3962 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 199 17 5.3 15.8 17 611 4267 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 197 12 3.6 11.5 18 588 4572 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 187 13 1.5 12.6 19 567 4877 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 205 7 3.0 6.5 20 546 5182 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 236 5 4.3 2.9 21 526 5486 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 283 12 12.1 -2.8 22 500 5890 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 260 19 18.5 3.4 23 487 6096 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 251 23 21.7 7.5 24 449 6706 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 268 30 29.9 1.3 25 400 7590 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 267 31 30.9 1.4 26 398 7620 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 267 31 30.9 1.4 27 322 9144 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 246 42 38.5 17.4 28 300 9650 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 253 41 39.1 12.2 29 283 10058 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 260 40 39.2 7.1 30 250 10890 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 260 55 54.0 9.7 31 247 10973 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 253 60 57.5 17.1 32 242 11105 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 253 60 57.5 17.1 33 205 12192 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 253 40 38.1 11.9 34 200 12340 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 253 40 38.1 11.9 35 153 14021 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 260 44 43.2 7.8 36 150 14130 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 260 44 43.2 7.8 37 125 15240 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 267 38 37.9 2.0 38 100 16570 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 317 26 17.5 -18.9 39 77 18113 310 29 22.2 -18.6 | 346 22 5.3 -21.5 40 75 18288 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 345 23 6.1 -22.1 41 70 18670 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 13 19 -4.1 -18.1 42 50 20650 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 354 9 0.9 -9.3 43 45 21336 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 34 18 -9.9 -14.9 44 41 21946 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 96 18 -18.2 2.0 45 39 22250 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 105 9 -8.3 2.2 46 35 22860 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 157 8 -3.0 6.9 47 32 23470 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 158 22 -8.4 20.7 48 30 23774 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 74 7 -7.0 -1.9 49 30 23850 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 73 6 -6.0 -1.9 50 29 24079 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 77 10 -9.9 -2.2 51 28 24384 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 87 8 -8.2 -0.5 52 24 25298 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 101 15 -14.9 2.8 53 21 26213 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 137 14 -9.4 10.2 54 20 26460 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 109 5 -4.7 1.6 55 20 26518 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 97 4 -4.4 0.5 56 18 26822 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 170 8 -1.4 8.1 57 15 27432 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 154 9 -3.9 8.1 58 14 27737 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 141 10 -6.3 7.8 59 12 28346 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 45 6 -4.0 -4.0 60 9 29261 230 3 2.3 1.9 | 87 15 -14.6 -0.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.1 neg: -18.3 tot: 64.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 34.47 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 186 15 128 20| 0.0 4.9 4.9| 13.1 -0.4 12.7 25.4 0.43| 5.7 2.5 1000 189 17 134 20| 3.7 2.5 6.1| 48.4 -0.4 48.0 48.0 0.63| 7.4 4.6 1500 199 19 145 19| 4.6 1.6 6.2| 75.6 -0.4 75.2 50.1 0.71| 7.2 5.2 2000 203 21 152 19| 3.5 1.2 4.7| 79.3 -2.9 76.4 38.2 0.51| 7.8 3.9 2500 206 21 155 18| 2.8 1.0 3.8| 79.3 -16.5 62.7 25.1 0.33| 7.4 2.4 3000 209 21 156 17| 2.9 0.8 3.8| 83.1 -18.3 64.9 21.6 0.26| 7.9 2.0 4000 217 21 163 14| 2.6 1.5 4.1| 87.8 -18.9 68.9 17.2 0.22| 8.4 1.8 5000 222 22 169 14| 2.5 1.2 3.7| 96.9 -26.2 70.8 14.2 0.21| 8.1 1.7 6000 231 23 184 12| 3.1 1.8 4.8|113.0 -60.3 52.7 8.8 0.16| 8.7 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200327.00.gif