UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 28 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 1009 10 26.0 21.0 74 5.0 22.5 135 7 298.4 301.2 295.3 344.0 15.70 1 1003 62 25.4 18.4 65 7.0 20.6 142 8 298.3 300.7 293.6 337.2 13.39 2 1000 88 25.0 19.0 69 6.0 20.8 145 8 298.1 300.7 294.0 338.7 13.96 3 962 427 22.0 18.1 79 3.9 19.3 161 11 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.3 13.71 4 941 619 20.6 16.3 76 4.3 17.7 171 12 298.9 301.2 293.2 335.3 12.48 5 930 720 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.3 181 18 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.4 9.77 6 925 767 21.0 9.0 46 12.0 13.7 185 21 300.8 302.2 289.9 323.9 7.81 7 917 842 22.2 -1.8 20 24.0 9.9 190 26 302.8 303.4 286.7 313.9 3.65 8 910 909 22.8 -8.2 12 31.0 8.6 195 30 304.0 304.5 285.7 311.1 2.26 9 872 1277 20.8 -8.2 13 29.0 7.5 198 27 305.7 306.1 286.4 313.1 2.36 10 866 1337 20.4 -0.6 24 21.0 9.3 201 27 305.9 306.7 288.4 318.9 4.22 11 850 1497 18.8 6.8 46 12.0 11.6 210 25 305.8 307.2 291.2 328.0 7.31 12 849 1507 18.8 6.8 46 12.0 11.6 210 25 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.1 7.32 13 815 1855 15.6 5.6 51 10.0 9.7 214 25 306.1 307.5 291.0 327.4 7.01 14 809 1918 16.0 2.0 39 14.0 8.3 212 26 307.2 308.2 290.0 324.0 5.47 15 804 1970 17.2 -18.8 7 36.0 3.7 210 26 309.0 309.2 286.2 312.6 1.08 16 796 2056 17.8 -17.2 8 35.0 4.1 208 27 310.6 310.8 287.0 314.7 1.25 17 783 2196 17.6 -19.4 7 37.0 3.6 204 29 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.3 1.05 18 743 2641 14.4 -14.6 12 29.0 2.5 197 36 313.0 313.4 288.3 318.5 1.66 19 725 2848 14.6 -26.4 4 41.0 1.0 193 41 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.6 0.61 20 700 3144 14.8 -26.2 4 41.0 0.9 195 45 318.9 319.0 289.1 321.1 0.64 21 686 3314 14.2 -20.8 7 35.0 1.0 195 44 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.7 1.06 22 539 5280 -2.9 -26.9 14 24.0 -9.7 225 40 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.3 0.78 23 513 5669 -5.1 -30.1 12 25.0 -11.6 225 40 324.4 324.6 290.7 326.6 0.61 24 500 5870 -6.9 -32.9 11 26.0 -13.0 225 40 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.48 25 400 7570 -20.9 -44.9 10 24.0 -24.1 240 53 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.17 26 393 7700 -22.1 -47.1 8 25.0 -25.1 240 54 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.14 27 315 9289 -32.7 -57.7 6 25.0 -34.3 236 68 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 28 300 9630 -35.5 -57.5 9 22.0 -36.8 240 70 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.05 29 256 10712 -44.9 -62.9 12 18.0 -45.5 250 72 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.03 30 250 10870 -45.9 -61.9 15 16.0 -46.4 250 71 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 31 249 10897 -46.1 -61.1 17 15.0 -46.6 250 71 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 32 242 11086 -46.9 -51.7 58 4.8 -47.1 250 69 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.13 33 238 11196 -48.1 -51.6 67 3.5 -48.3 250 68 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.14 34 231 11392 -49.3 -55.3 49 6.0 -49.6 250 66 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.09 35 205 12163 -55.9 -60.3 58 4.4 -56.0 250 59 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.06 36 200 12320 -57.1 -61.7 56 4.6 -57.2 250 57 342.3 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.05 37 187 12742 -60.9 -65.9 52 5.0 -61.0 254 55 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 38 185 12809 -60.9 -65.9 52 5.0 -61.0 255 55 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 39 183 12877 -58.9 -64.9 46 6.0 -59.0 257 60 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.03 40 182 12911 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 258 62 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 41 177 13087 -58.9 -72.9 15 14.0 -59.0 264 72 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 42 159 13751 -64.9 -76.9 18 12.0 -65.0 260 79 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 43 158 13789 -63.5 -75.5 18 12.0 -63.6 260 79 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 44 156 13868 -63.6 -76.1 17 12.5 -63.7 260 80 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 45 154 13947 -63.7 -76.7 15 13.0 -63.8 260 78 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 46 152 14028 -61.3 -77.3 10 16.0 -61.4 260 75 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 47 150 14110 -61.1 -79.1 8 18.0 -61.3 260 73 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 48 149 14152 -60.5 -79.5 7 19.0 -60.7 260 70 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 49 135 14766 -59.9 -85.9 2 26.0 -60.1 258 55 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 50 122 15390 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.4 255 49 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 51 114 15804 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.0 255 32 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 52 106 16243 -68.7 -91.7 2 23.0 -68.8 258 31 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 53 100 16590 -70.1 -92.1 3 22.0 -70.2 260 32 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 54 89 17277 -73.1 -93.1 3 20.0 -73.2 256 28 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 55 88 17343 -71.5 -92.5 3 21.0 -71.6 256 28 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 56 83 17688 -70.9 -91.9 3 21.0 -71.0 254 26 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 57 78 18054 -72.7 -92.7 3 20.0 -72.8 251 23 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 58 72 18525 -71.7 -91.7 4 20.0 -71.8 262 17 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.5 0.00 59 70 18690 -72.9 -92.9 3 20.0 -73.0 270 13 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.00 60 68 18861 -73.1 -93.1 3 20.0 -73.2 273 12 431.6 431.6 309.0 431.6 0.00 61 65 19127 -71.1 -92.1 3 21.0 -71.2 277 11 441.5 441.5 310.0 441.5 0.00 62 59 19698 -74.1 -94.1 3 20.0 -74.2 285 9 447.2 447.2 310.6 447.2 0.00 63 58 19799 -72.5 -92.5 3 20.0 -72.6 287 9 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.0 0.00 64 55 20112 -71.9 -91.9 3 20.0 -72.0 292 7 461.3 461.3 311.9 461.3 0.00 65 54 20222 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 293 7 474.8 474.8 313.0 474.8 0.00 66 53 20336 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 295 6 479.2 479.2 313.4 479.2 0.00 67 52 20451 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.3 297 6 479.9 480.0 313.4 480.0 0.00 68 50 20690 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 300 5 491.5 491.5 314.3 491.5 0.00 69 44 21473 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.1 203 11 511.7 511.7 315.8 511.8 0.00 70 42 21760 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.3 204 12 523.6 523.6 316.5 523.6 0.00 71 41 21910 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.3 203 12 527.2 527.2 316.8 527.2 0.00 72 37 22555 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.6 187 21 559.3 559.3 318.6 559.3 0.01 73 35 22911 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -55.3 165 15 572.4 572.4 319.3 572.5 0.01 74 34 23097 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.3 177 15 574.1 574.1 319.3 574.1 0.01 75 32 23486 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -55.6 175 3 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.01 76 30 23900 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.2 175 5 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 77 29 24116 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.4 179 8 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 78 26 24816 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.1 185 12 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.6 0.01 79 24 25329 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.5 184 12 635.3 635.3 322.1 635.4 0.01 80 20 26500 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.0 175 15 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 81 19 26834 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.8 183 18 687.9 687.9 324.0 688.1 0.02 82 17 27556 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.1 215 15 705.7 705.7 324.6 705.8 0.01 83 16 27949 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -55.1 213 9 723.3 723.3 325.1 723.4 0.02 84 14 28831 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -51.4 229 5 773.1 773.1 326.5 773.5 0.05 85 12 29874 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -49.6 266 7 825.0 825.0 327.8 825.8 0.09 86 11 30468 -41.5 -77.5 1 36.0 -50.5 287 9 841.4 841.4 328.2 842.3 0.09 87 10 31120 -38.5 -75.5 1 37.0 -49.6 310 11 875.8 875.9 329.0 877.3 0.14 88 9.7 31329 -38.3 -75.3 1 37.0 -49.6 884.2 884.3 329.1 885.8 0.14 89 9.5 31473 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -48.9 896.3 896.4 329.4 898.2 0.17 90 8.3 32409 -36.9 -74.9 1 38.0 -49.8 930.1 930.2 330.0 932.1 0.18 91 7.2 33401 -32.9 -71.9 1 39.0 -49.0 985.1 985.3 331.0 989.0 0.32 TRP 159 13751 -64.9 -76.9 18 12.0 -65.0 260 79 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 WND 156 13868 -63.6 -76.1 17 12.5 -63.7 260 80 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.00 m Freezing level: 563.93 mb = 4946.75 m = 16229.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.71 mb = 3485.55 m = 11435.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.28 mb = 643.55 m = 2111.36 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 27.53 C Layer 962.0- 872.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.78 mb = 3882.70 m = 12738.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.56 C = 119.41 F Cap Strength: 9.61 C Lifted Index: 2.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.39 C Showalter Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: -8.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 228.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48111.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.89 mb = 1367.78 m = 4487.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 235 at 25 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 1009 10 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 70 27 -25.3 -9.1 1 1000 88 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 73 26 -24.9 -7.5 2 975 305 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 79 25 -24.6 -5.0 3 942 610 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 84 23 -22.4 -2.2 4 925 767 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 110 20 -18.5 6.9 5 909 914 195 30 7.8 29.0 | 140 20 -12.6 14.9 6 878 1219 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 135 18 -13.1 13.0 7 850 1497 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 134 11 -7.8 7.6 8 817 1829 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 137 9 -6.0 6.4 9 789 2134 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 143 14 -8.5 11.3 10 761 2438 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 147 18 -9.7 15.1 11 734 2743 195 38 9.8 36.7 | 155 25 -10.5 22.7 12 708 3048 190 46 8.0 45.3 | 158 34 -12.3 31.3 13 700 3144 195 45 11.6 43.5 | 164 31 -8.7 29.4 14 657 3658 195 41 10.6 39.6 | 159 27 -9.7 25.6 15 633 3962 195 38 9.8 36.7 | 155 25 -10.5 22.7 16 609 4267 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 176 19 -1.3 18.9 17 565 4877 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 198 17 5.4 16.6 18 544 5182 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 209 16 7.9 14.3 19 500 5870 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 209 16 7.9 14.3 20 485 6096 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 194 15 3.4 14.3 21 448 6706 215 43 24.7 35.2 | 192 22 4.3 21.2 22 400 7570 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 244 28 25.6 12.5 23 397 7620 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 244 28 25.6 12.5 24 321 9144 235 67 54.9 38.4 | 235 42 34.5 24.4 25 300 9630 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 243 45 40.3 21.0 26 258 10668 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 257 48 47.3 10.6 27 250 10870 250 71 66.7 24.3 | 258 47 46.4 10.2 28 200 12320 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 261 34 33.2 5.5 29 185 12802 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 270 33 32.8 0.2 30 176 13106 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 278 54 53.4 -7.6 31 160 13716 260 80 78.8 13.9 | 270 58 58.4 -0.1 32 159 13751 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 270 57 57.5 -0.3 33 156 13868 260 80 78.8 13.9 | 270 58 58.4 -0.1 34 150 14110 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 272 52 51.6 -1.4 35 145 14326 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 278 34 33.8 -4.5 36 125 15240 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 270 32 31.8 -0.1 37 113 15850 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 306 11 8.6 -6.3 38 100 16590 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 307 14 11.2 -8.5 39 75 18288 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 357 7 0.3 -6.5 40 70 18690 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 28 16 -7.3 -14.0 41 50 20690 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 44 23 -16.0 -16.5 42 50 20726 270 2 2.0 -0.0 | 53 23 -18.3 -14.0 43 45 21336 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 75 18 -16.9 -4.6 44 43 21641 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 78 16 -15.3 -3.2 45 39 22250 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 80 16 -16.2 -2.8 46 37 22555 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 115 18 -16.5 7.6 47 35 22860 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 90 25 -25.5 0.1 48 34 23165 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 93 20 -20.3 1.0 49 32 23470 175 3 -0.3 3.0 | 62 23 -20.6 -11.0 50 30 23900 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 66 23 -20.8 -9.1 51 28 24384 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 84 19 -19.3 -2.1 52 24 25298 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 81 20 -19.4 -3.1 53 22 25908 160 24 -8.2 22.6 | 107 30 -28.5 8.5 54 20 26500 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 92 22 -21.6 0.9 55 18 27127 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 109 18 -16.9 5.7 56 17 27432 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 82 12 -11.7 -1.7 57 17 27737 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 78 13 -12.3 -2.6 58 15 28346 210 3 1.5 2.6 | 59 22 -18.8 -11.4 59 10 31120 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 29 24 -11.9 -21.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.2 neg: -7.5 tot: 173.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 104.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 154 9 77 25| 6.5 0.0 6.5| 36.5 0.0 36.5 72.9 0.84| 6.7 5.6 1000 177 15 93 21| 13.7 0.0 13.7|143.9 -1.1 142.8 142.8 0.91| 14.3 13.1 1500 188 19 106 18| 8.3 0.0 8.3|144.7 -7.5 137.2 91.4 0.66| 12.6 8.3 2000 195 21 112 16| 6.2 0.5 6.7|148.3 -7.5 140.8 70.4 0.61| 10.8 6.6 2500 197 22 119 15| 5.0 2.0 6.9|158.0 -7.5 150.5 60.2 0.56| 10.3 5.7 3000 197 25 128 17| 4.1 3.9 8.1|181.2 -7.5 173.6 57.9 0.49| 10.9 5.4 4000 196 30 140 19| 2.9 3.0 5.8|209.3 -32.8 176.4 44.1 0.42| 9.6 4.0 5000 200 31 149 18| 3.7 2.4 6.1|286.6 -32.8 253.8 50.8 0.51| 9.4 4.8 6000 205 33 158 17| 3.2 2.0 5.3|294.9 -43.7 251.2 41.9 0.47| 8.3 3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200328.00.gif