UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 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 1010 10 22.2 20.8 92 1.4 21.2 175 8 294.5 297.3 294.0 338.8 15.49 1 1000 87 21.8 21.0 95 0.8 21.2 180 16 295.0 297.8 294.4 340.4 15.85 2 964 405 19.8 19.8 100 0.0 19.8 188 29 296.0 298.8 294.3 339.9 15.25 3 960 441 20.0 19.7 98 0.3 19.8 190 30 296.6 299.3 294.4 340.5 15.22 4 954 496 22.4 17.7 75 4.7 19.2 191 33 299.6 302.0 294.0 338.9 13.48 5 948 551 23.0 15.0 61 8.0 17.7 193 35 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.2 11.38 6 938 643 22.6 11.6 50 11.0 15.6 195 36 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.3 9.18 7 925 765 21.8 11.8 53 10.0 15.4 195 34 301.6 303.3 291.6 329.5 9.44 8 911 897 21.2 12.2 56 9.0 15.4 195 34 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.5 9.84 9 899 1012 21.2 7.2 40 14.0 12.9 193 33 303.5 304.8 290.2 324.8 7.10 10 886 1138 20.6 9.6 49 11.0 13.8 191 32 304.1 305.7 291.6 329.5 8.50 11 883 1167 20.8 8.8 46 12.0 13.4 191 32 304.6 306.1 291.4 328.9 8.07 12 879 1207 22.0 0.0 23 22.0 10.2 190 31 306.2 307.1 288.6 319.7 4.35 13 875 1246 22.6 -6.4 14 29.0 8.6 191 31 307.3 307.8 287.3 315.8 2.70 14 862 1377 23.8 -8.2 11 32.0 8.6 193 30 309.8 310.3 287.9 317.5 2.39 15 850 1499 23.2 -4.8 15 28.0 9.1 195 30 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.4 3.14 16 843 1571 22.6 -4.4 16 27.0 8.9 193 31 310.6 311.2 289.0 320.9 3.27 17 814 1874 22.4 -14.6 7 37.0 6.5 208 26 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.5 1.51 18 779 2252 19.0 -5.0 19 24.0 6.9 201 27 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.6 3.38 19 769 2363 20.0 -23.0 4 43.0 4.1 206 27 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.7 0.78 20 755 2521 19.2 -23.8 4 43.0 3.6 215 25 316.8 317.0 288.5 319.4 0.74 21 745 2635 19.8 223 23 318.7 22 700 3166 15.4 -21.6 6 37.0 1.6 225 18 319.5 319.7 289.6 322.9 0.97 23 576 4773 1.2 -21.8 16 23.0 -6.5 235 18 321.2 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.16 24 500 5890 -8.7 -30.7 15 22.0 -13.9 240 29 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.59 25 499 5905 -8.9 -30.9 15 22.0 -14.1 240 29 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.58 26 464 6465 -11.9 -36.9 11 25.0 -16.8 249 36 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.35 27 405 7488 -20.5 -42.5 12 22.0 -23.6 259 41 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.22 28 400 7580 -21.1 -43.1 12 22.0 -24.1 260 42 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.21 29 384 7881 -22.5 -47.5 8 25.0 -25.5 258 45 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.14 30 355 8451 -27.7 -49.7 10 22.0 -29.8 252 52 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.12 31 306 9502 -35.3 -56.3 10 21.0 -36.6 249 65 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.06 32 300 9640 -36.3 -57.3 10 21.0 -37.5 250 66 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 33 270 10364 -42.4 -58.8 15 16.4 -43.1 260 72 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 34 250 10880 -46.9 -59.9 21 13.0 -47.3 260 68 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 35 229 11454 -51.7 -63.7 22 12.0 -52.0 256 61 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 36 200 12320 -57.1 -68.1 24 11.0 -57.3 260 61 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 37 179 13013 -61.9 -71.9 25 10.0 -62.0 251 64 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 38 167 13441 -62.1 -75.1 16 13.0 -62.2 253 63 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 39 150 14100 -64.7 -80.7 9 16.0 -64.8 260 59 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 40 148 14182 -64.9 -80.9 9 16.0 -65.0 260 60 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 41 141 14479 -64.5 -82.5 7 18.0 -64.6 266 62 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 42 139 14567 -63.3 -82.3 6 19.0 -63.4 268 62 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 43 130 14977 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.6 275 63 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 44 125 15216 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.0 275 57 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.00 45 120 15465 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.6 271 44 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 46 109 16050 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.6 268 39 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 47 106 16218 -67.7 -90.7 2 23.0 -67.8 267 39 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 48 104 16333 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.0 266 38 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 49 100 16570 -68.3 -91.3 2 23.0 -68.4 265 38 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 50 97 16752 -67.9 -90.9 2 23.0 -68.0 265 35 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 51 77 18110 -74.9 -94.9 3 20.0 -75.0 265 16 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 52 70 18660 -75.9 -94.9 3 19.0 -75.9 240 9 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 53 64 19177 -76.7 -94.7 4 18.0 -76.7 274 25 431.2 431.2 309.0 431.2 0.00 54 58 19752 -71.5 -91.5 4 20.0 -71.6 261 21 455.3 455.3 311.3 455.3 0.00 55 55 20069 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.5 275 14 471.9 471.9 312.8 471.9 0.00 56 51 20522 -69.9 -92.9 2 23.0 -70.1 290 7 476.1 476.1 313.1 476.1 0.00 57 50 20640 -69.9 -92.9 2 23.0 -70.1 285 8 478.8 478.8 313.4 478.8 0.00 58 49 20761 -69.5 -92.5 2 23.0 -69.6 243 12 482.5 482.5 313.7 482.5 0.00 59 47 21014 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.3 260 15 501.7 501.7 315.1 501.7 0.00 60 42 21718 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.2 248 17 537.4 537.4 317.3 537.4 0.00 61 38 22355 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.6 315 9 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.00 62 34 23059 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.5 352 3 564.6 564.6 318.9 564.6 0.00 63 31 23642 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.9 256 10 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.00 64 30 23850 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 235 12 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 65 26 24760 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.1 219 14 618.7 618.7 321.5 618.7 0.01 66 23 25551 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.5 270 1 654.9 654.9 322.9 655.0 0.01 67 22 25840 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.8 255 2 658.5 658.5 323.0 658.6 0.01 68 21 26142 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.9 239 3 671.5 671.6 323.5 671.7 0.01 69 20 26460 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 222 4 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 70 19 26795 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.4 205 4 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.01 71 17 27527 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -52.2 177 7 723.6 723.7 325.2 723.9 0.03 72 15 28362 -44.7 -79.7 1 35.0 -51.0 188 12 759.3 759.3 326.2 759.7 0.05 73 12 29855 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.4 225 12 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.3 0.05 74 11 30442 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -50.5 215 9 841.4 841.4 328.2 842.3 0.09 75 10 31090 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -50.8 205 6 865.4 865.4 328.7 866.3 0.09 76 9.9 31158 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -51.0 867.1 867.2 328.8 868.2 0.10 77 9.8 31227 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -50.3 875.7 875.7 329.0 876.8 0.11 78 9.1 31735 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -50.1 899.0 899.1 329.4 900.6 0.14 79 8.8 31965 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -50.8 903.0 903.1 329.5 904.4 0.12 80 8.6 32123 -37.1 -75.1 1 38.0 -49.7 919.9 920.0 329.8 921.8 0.17 81 8.1 32537 -37.3 -75.3 1 38.0 -50.1 935.0 935.1 330.1 937.0 0.17 TRP 148 14182 -64.9 -80.9 9 16.0 -65.0 260 60 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 WND 270 10364 -42.4 -58.8 15 16.4 -43.1 260 72 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.00 m Freezing level: 566.79 mb = 4908.74 m = 16104.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.35 mb = 3461.59 m = 11356.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.21 % Est. max temperature: 37.67 C = 99.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.85 mb = 175.57 m = 576.02 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.75 C Layer 883.0- 862.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.79 mb = 3603.85 m = 11823.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.84 C = 118.12 F Cap Strength: 10.87 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.99 C Showalter Index: 7.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 3.90 C K Index: -9.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 202.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1098.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.98 mb = 1002.60 m = 3289.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 504.98 mb = 5811.86 m = 19067.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.98 mb = 6285.11 m = 20620.19 ft B at Equ Level: 42.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.98 mb = 12162.84 m = 39903.85 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 244 at 18 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 1010 10 175 8 -0.7 8.0 | 91 17 -16.9 0.2 1 1000 87 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 117 18 -16.2 8.3 2 975 305 185 25 2.2 24.9 | 141 22 -14.0 17.2 3 942 610 195 37 9.6 35.7 | 167 29 -6.6 28.0 4 925 765 195 34 8.8 32.8 | 164 26 -7.4 25.1 5 909 914 195 34 8.8 32.8 | 164 26 -7.4 25.1 6 878 1219 190 31 5.4 30.5 | 155 25 -10.8 22.8 7 850 1499 195 30 7.8 29.0 | 158 23 -8.4 21.2 8 848 1524 190 32 5.6 31.5 | 156 26 -10.6 23.8 9 818 1829 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 168 15 -3.2 14.8 10 789 2134 195 27 7.0 26.1 | 153 21 -9.2 18.3 11 762 2438 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 170 16 -2.7 15.6 12 735 2743 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 179 6 -0.1 5.8 13 700 3166 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 146 6 -3.4 5.0 14 659 3658 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 146 6 -3.4 5.0 15 611 4267 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 148 5 -2.4 3.8 16 588 4572 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 103 4 -3.9 0.9 17 567 4877 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 184 4 0.2 3.7 18 500 5890 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 233 11 9.0 6.8 19 487 6096 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 246 16 14.7 6.6 20 400 7580 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 271 25 25.2 -0.4 21 398 7620 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 271 25 25.2 -0.4 22 322 9144 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 245 43 39.1 18.0 23 300 9640 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 252 48 45.9 14.8 24 270 10363 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 265 55 54.8 4.8 25 270 10364 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 265 55 54.8 4.8 26 250 10880 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 265 51 50.8 4.1 27 224 11582 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 260 42 40.8 7.5 28 200 12320 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 266 44 43.9 2.9 29 176 13106 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 252 47 44.9 14.5 30 150 14100 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 267 42 41.9 2.5 31 148 14182 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 266 43 42.9 2.7 32 131 14935 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 286 49 47.6 -13.3 33 124 15240 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 288 42 39.6 -12.6 34 118 15545 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 288 25 23.8 -7.7 35 100 16570 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 282 22 21.7 -4.4 36 75 18288 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 26 7 -3.2 -6.6 37 71 18593 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 79 7 -7.1 -1.4 38 70 18660 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 69 9 -8.4 -3.2 39 64 19202 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 319 13 8.8 -9.9 40 58 19812 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 312 6 4.5 -4.1 41 52 20422 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 46 15 -10.7 -10.3 42 50 20640 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 41 13 -8.4 -9.8 43 49 20726 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 71 7 -6.6 -2.2 44 47 21031 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 15 5 -1.4 -5.1 45 45 21336 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 194 4 1.0 4.3 46 41 21946 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 23 4 -1.7 -3.9 47 35 22860 25 1 -0.4 -0.9 | 62 19 -16.6 -8.6 48 30 23774 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 79 7 -7.1 -1.4 49 30 23850 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 82 6 -6.3 -0.9 50 28 24384 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 127 10 -8.2 6.1 51 26 24689 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 121 10 -8.7 5.3 52 25 24994 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 79 7 -7.1 -1.4 53 23 25603 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 63 17 -15.2 -7.7 54 17 27432 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 84 17 -16.7 -1.8 55 13 29261 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 129 13 -10.3 8.2 56 13 29566 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 96 6 -6.2 0.6 57 10 31090 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 80 14 -13.6 -2.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.5 neg: -59.2 tot: 150.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 6.94 Bulk Shear: 17.81 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 22 136 20| 26.3 0.0 26.3|127.9 0.0 127.9 255.8 0.92| 26.9 24.7 1000 191 28 152 23| 13.2 0.0 13.2|154.8 -19.5 135.3 135.3 0.72| 17.9 12.8 1500 192 29 154 23| 8.8 0.8 9.5|161.4 -37.3 124.2 82.8 0.58| 13.7 8.0 2000 194 29 156 22| 5.6 0.6 6.2|180.4 -48.3 132.1 66.1 0.46| 13.6 6.3 2500 195 29 157 22| 4.5 0.5 5.0|206.6 -55.8 150.7 60.3 0.45| 13.2 5.9 3000 199 27 159 20| 2.9 0.4 3.3|209.5 -59.2 150.2 50.1 0.37| 12.6 4.7 4000 204 25 159 16| 2.2 0.4 2.6|209.7 -61.2 148.6 37.1 0.35| 9.8 3.4 5000 209 23 159 14| 2.2 0.3 2.5|214.3 -63.9 150.3 30.1 0.34| 8.8 3.0 6000 214 24 167 12| 2.8 0.3 3.0|228.1 -63.9 164.2 27.4 0.36| 8.3 3.0 Wrote GIF file: 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