UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 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 1010 10 22.6 21.1 91 1.5 21.6 175 10 294.9 297.7 294.4 340.1 15.79 1 1000 89 22.2 20.9 92 1.3 21.3 175 16 295.4 298.2 294.4 340.6 15.75 2 986 212 21.4 20.6 95 0.8 20.9 181 20 295.7 298.6 294.5 340.8 15.68 3 952 516 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 199 29 296.9 299.3 293.1 335.2 13.25 4 948 552 20.0 16.1 78 3.9 17.4 201 30 297.7 299.9 292.6 333.1 12.23 5 943 598 21.4 10.4 49 11.0 14.6 204 31 299.5 301.1 290.0 324.3 8.42 6 939 635 22.0 10.0 46 12.0 14.6 205 31 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.8 8.23 7 928 738 22.2 11.2 50 11.0 15.3 205 29 301.7 303.4 291.3 328.5 9.03 8 925 766 22.0 12.0 53 10.0 15.6 205 29 301.8 303.6 291.7 330.1 9.56 9 911 898 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 16.8 209 27 301.9 304.0 293.4 336.4 11.70 10 875 1247 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.2 219 24 302.9 305.0 293.3 336.1 11.18 11 850 1495 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 13.0 210 27 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.4 9.61 12 842 1575 16.2 10.2 68 6.0 12.4 208 28 303.9 305.7 292.2 331.8 9.32 13 808 1923 13.0 9.1 77 3.9 10.6 202 33 304.1 305.8 292.0 331.1 9.01 14 802 1986 13.6 3.6 51 10.0 8.0 203 34 305.4 306.6 290.0 324.2 6.19 15 793 2081 14.2 -3.8 29 18.0 5.4 204 36 307.1 307.7 288.2 318.4 3.64 16 778 2242 15.4 -16.6 10 32.0 2.9 205 38 310.0 310.3 286.9 314.4 1.34 17 769 2341 16.0 -21.0 6 37.0 2.5 205 40 311.7 311.9 287.1 314.9 0.93 18 743 2632 15.6 -20.4 7 36.0 2.2 208 40 314.4 314.5 288.0 317.8 1.01 19 713 2980 13.0 -16.0 12 29.0 1.4 210 38 315.2 315.5 288.9 320.4 1.54 20 700 3134 12.4 -19.6 9 32.0 0.5 205 40 316.2 316.4 288.8 320.1 1.15 21 680 3376 11.4 -24.6 6 36.0 -0.7 200 41 317.7 317.9 288.9 320.4 0.77 22 629 4019 6.8 -22.2 10 29.0 -3.1 208 42 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.2 1.02 23 605 4336 4.8 -33.2 4 38.0 -5.4 211 44 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.38 24 500 5850 -7.9 -33.9 10 26.0 -13.7 225 48 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.0 0.43 25 489 6023 -9.3 -33.3 12 24.0 -14.6 225 49 323.8 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.47 26 435 6915 -17.9 -34.9 21 17.0 -21.0 225 50 323.9 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.45 27 426 7072 -18.7 -42.7 10 24.0 -22.1 225 52 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.21 28 400 7540 -21.5 -46.5 9 25.0 -24.5 225 58 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.15 29 345 8616 -28.1 -52.1 8 24.0 -30.2 229 72 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.09 30 315 9266 -30.7 -57.7 5 27.0 -32.6 240 66 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 31 303 9540 -33.1 -49.1 19 16.0 -34.5 240 64 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.14 32 300 9610 -33.5 -49.5 19 16.0 -34.8 240 64 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.14 33 293 9775 -35.1 -54.1 13 19.0 -36.4 239 63 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.08 34 262 10544 -41.9 -51.9 33 10.0 -42.5 233 59 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.12 35 253 10780 -44.3 -55.3 28 11.0 -44.8 231 57 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.08 36 250 10860 -45.1 -55.1 32 10.0 -45.6 230 57 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.09 37 219 11724 -53.5 -57.4 62 3.9 -53.6 238 58 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.4 0.07 38 209 12022 -56.1 -59.9 62 3.8 -56.2 242 60 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.06 39 200 12300 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.8 245 63 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 40 199 12332 -57.9 -65.9 35 8.0 -58.0 245 63 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 41 194 12492 -58.3 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.4 244 65 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 42 191 12591 -58.3 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.4 243 67 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 43 187 12724 -57.7 -68.7 23 11.0 -57.9 242 68 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 44 182 12895 -58.3 -72.3 15 14.0 -58.5 240 70 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 45 163 13581 -64.3 -75.3 21 11.0 -64.4 235 79 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 46 159 13733 -64.3 -76.0 19 11.7 -64.4 240 82 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 47 152 14009 -64.3 -77.3 15 13.0 -64.4 248 77 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 48 150 14090 -63.3 -77.3 13 14.0 -63.4 250 75 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 49 149 14131 -63.1 -78.1 11 15.0 -63.2 250 74 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 50 141 14468 -65.5 -82.5 8 17.0 -65.6 247 68 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 51 135 14732 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 244 63 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 52 134 14778 -63.5 -83.5 5 20.0 -63.6 244 62 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 53 130 14963 -63.5 -84.5 4 21.0 -63.6 242 58 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 54 122 15351 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -64.8 241 52 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 55 115 15709 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.6 244 50 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 56 110 15977 -66.1 -88.1 3 22.0 -66.2 239 47 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 57 100 16550 -68.9 -90.9 3 22.0 -69.0 210 37 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 58 77 18104 -71.3 -92.3 3 21.0 -71.4 241 18 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 59 73 18421 -69.3 -91.3 3 22.0 -69.4 247 15 430.9 430.9 308.9 430.9 0.00 60 70 18670 -71.3 -92.3 3 21.0 -71.4 250 14 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.9 0.00 61 64 19198 -73.7 -93.7 3 20.0 -73.7 265 10 437.8 437.8 309.7 437.8 0.00 62 56 19990 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.3 287 4 467.6 467.6 312.4 467.6 0.00 63 52 20433 -70.3 -93.3 2 23.0 -70.5 276 6 472.5 472.5 312.8 472.5 0.00 64 51 20549 -67.5 -91.5 2 24.0 -67.7 270 8 481.7 481.7 313.6 481.7 0.00 65 50 20670 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.1 265 9 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.4 0.00 66 45 21326 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.6 175 16 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.1 0.00 67 42 21759 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.2 187 20 529.0 529.0 316.9 529.0 0.00 68 39 22227 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.5 195 11 545.4 545.4 317.8 545.4 0.00 69 30 23890 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 155 5 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 70 29 24105 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 144 5 595.3 595.3 320.4 595.3 0.00 71 27 24561 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -55.8 120 6 616.0 616.0 321.3 616.0 0.01 72 24 25317 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -56.7 81 6 634.8 634.8 322.1 634.8 0.01 73 21 26180 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.6 36 6 672.8 672.8 323.5 672.9 0.02 74 20 26500 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -52.4 20 6 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.9 0.02 75 19 26839 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -51.8 58 6 701.6 701.6 324.5 701.8 0.02 76 16 27969 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.6 121 7 725.2 725.2 325.2 725.4 0.02 77 13 29324 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.8 112 9 771.7 771.7 326.5 771.9 0.02 78 13 29324 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -53.1 112 9 781.4 781.4 326.8 781.7 0.03 79 12 29856 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -52.6 108 9 804.4 804.4 327.4 804.8 0.05 80 11 30443 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -49.9 104 9 845.7 845.8 328.3 846.7 0.09 81 10 31100 -35.5 -73.5 1 38.0 -48.3 100 10 887.0 887.1 329.2 889.0 0.18 82 8.8 31984 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -50.3 907.7 907.8 329.6 909.3 0.15 83 7.8 32816 -36.3 -74.3 1 38.0 -49.8 949.1 949.3 330.4 951.6 0.21 84 7.6 32996 -37.5 -75.5 1 38.0 -50.5 951.4 951.5 330.4 953.4 0.18 TRP 163 13581 -64.3 -75.3 21 11.0 -64.4 235 79 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 WND 159 13733 -64.3 -76.0 19 11.7 -64.4 240 82 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.00 m Freezing level: 565.31 mb = 4908.29 m = 16103.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.06 mb = 3229.06 m = 10593.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.42 mb = 190.38 m = 624.61 ft T: 21.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 21.97 C Layer 875.0- 769.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.66 mb = 1740.72 m = 5710.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.16 F Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.29 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 288.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 761.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.71 mb = 996.55 m = 3269.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 475.71 mb = 6233.10 m = 20449.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.71 mb = 8393.71 m = 27538.07 ft B at Equ Level: 119.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.71 mb = 9710.86 m = 31859.40 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 242 at 28 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 10 -0.9 10.0 | 82 26 -25.6 -3.5 1 1000 89 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 96 26 -26.1 2.5 2 975 305 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 113 25 -22.7 9.5 3 942 610 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 142 19 -11.6 14.7 4 925 766 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 136 18 -12.5 12.9 5 909 914 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 132 15 -11.2 10.0 6 878 1219 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 118 11 -9.3 5.0 7 850 1495 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 132 15 -11.2 10.0 8 817 1829 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 138 21 -14.1 15.7 9 788 2134 205 37 15.6 33.5 | 156 22 -9.1 20.1 10 760 2438 205 41 17.3 37.2 | 163 25 -7.4 23.7 11 733 2743 210 39 19.5 33.8 | 166 21 -5.2 20.4 12 707 3048 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 164 20 -5.7 19.5 13 700 3134 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 161 24 -7.8 22.8 14 681 3353 200 41 14.0 38.5 | 157 27 -10.7 25.1 15 656 3658 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 161 24 -7.8 22.8 16 608 4267 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 174 25 -2.7 24.7 17 564 4877 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 192 22 4.8 21.8 18 523 5486 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 214 20 11.3 16.8 19 500 5850 225 48 33.9 33.9 | 204 22 9.2 20.5 20 484 6096 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 205 23 9.9 21.2 21 447 6706 225 48 33.9 33.9 | 204 22 9.2 20.5 22 400 7540 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 211 32 16.3 27.6 23 396 7620 225 59 41.7 41.7 | 211 33 17.0 28.3 24 334 8839 230 75 57.5 48.2 | 223 48 32.7 34.8 25 320 9144 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 239 39 33.3 20.1 26 300 9610 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 239 36 30.7 18.6 27 250 10860 230 57 43.7 36.6 | 219 30 18.9 23.2 28 213 11887 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 239 30 25.5 15.6 29 200 12300 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 248 35 32.3 13.2 30 163 13581 235 79 64.7 45.3 | 231 51 40.0 31.9 31 159 13716 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 239 54 46.3 27.6 32 159 13733 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 239 54 46.3 27.6 33 150 14090 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 255 47 45.7 12.2 34 124 15240 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 238 25 21.2 13.1 35 112 15850 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 250 21 19.7 7.3 36 100 16550 210 37 18.5 32.0 | 161 20 -6.2 18.6 37 75 18288 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 57 12 -10.2 -6.7 38 70 18670 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 53 14 -11.6 -8.6 39 55 20117 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 57 26 -21.9 -14.4 40 50 20670 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 51 20 -15.8 -12.6 41 45 21336 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 96 26 -26.1 2.5 42 43 21641 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 110 24 -22.8 8.5 43 39 22250 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 83 22 -21.9 -2.8 44 32 23470 30 1 -0.5 -0.9 | 61 29 -25.2 -14.3 45 30 23890 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 72 28 -26.9 -8.9 46 28 24384 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 72 31 -29.3 -9.6 47 20 26500 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 55 33 -26.8 -19.1 48 17 27432 125 7 -5.7 4.0 | 73 32 -30.5 -9.4 49 10 31100 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 71 37 -34.6 -11.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.5 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 241.5 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.6 neg: -26.0 tot: 207.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 56.97 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 21 108 24| 20.2 0.0 20.2|134.1 0.0 134.1 268.3 0.95| 22.5 21.3 1000 198 25 121 20| 9.9 0.0 9.9|153.7 -16.7 137.0 137.0 0.63| 16.9 10.7 1500 204 25 123 17| 6.6 0.7 7.3|163.4 -23.2 140.2 93.5 0.52| 14.3 7.4 2000 204 26 127 18| 4.9 2.6 7.5|193.9 -23.2 170.7 85.3 0.53| 13.3 7.0 2500 204 29 135 18| 5.2 2.1 7.3|229.1 -23.2 205.9 82.4 0.56| 12.1 6.8 3000 205 31 140 18| 4.2 1.7 5.9|233.6 -26.0 207.6 69.2 0.53| 10.8 5.7 4000 205 33 147 20| 3.6 1.9 5.5|263.7 -42.4 221.3 55.3 0.47| 9.7 4.6 5000 207 36 155 20| 3.9 1.5 5.4|336.2 -42.4 293.8 58.8 0.54| 9.0 4.8 6000 212 38 165 19| 3.6 1.6 5.2|370.2 -61.0 309.2 51.5 0.51| 8.4 4.3 Wrote GIF file: 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