UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 MAR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1200Z 30 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 1018 10 17.8 13.5 76 4.3 15.1 80 6 289.5 291.2 287.6 316.4 9.59 1 1000 155 19.4 11.4 60 8.0 14.6 100 21 292.5 294.1 287.7 316.8 8.49 2 994 207 19.8 10.8 56 9.0 14.4 107 22 293.5 294.9 287.8 317.0 8.20 3 977 356 21.0 18.1 84 2.9 19.0 126 23 296.1 298.5 293.0 335.0 13.49 4 944 653 18.8 18.8 100 0.0 18.8 156 19 296.8 299.4 294.1 339.0 14.62 5 925 828 18.2 17.2 94 1.0 17.5 160 18 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.0 13.47 6 898 1082 16.6 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 170 15 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.6 12.26 7 853 1519 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 180 15 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.3 11.33 8 850 1549 13.4 12.8 96 0.6 13.0 185 16 300.2 302.2 292.4 332.4 10.99 9 841 1639 13.6 10.9 84 2.7 11.9 193 15 301.3 303.1 291.7 330.2 9.78 10 835 1699 14.4 2.4 44 12.0 7.9 198 14 302.8 303.8 288.5 319.2 5.45 11 833 1719 14.6 0.6 38 14.0 7.2 200 14 303.2 304.1 288.0 317.8 4.80 12 829 1760 14.8 0.8 38 14.0 7.4 204 14 303.8 304.7 288.3 318.7 4.89 13 823 1821 14.6 6.6 59 8.0 9.9 209 13 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.6 7.45 14 810 1956 13.4 10.3 81 3.1 11.4 214 14 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.5 9.76 15 781 2261 10.6 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 230 14 304.5 306.3 292.4 332.5 9.33 16 778 2293 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 233 13 304.9 306.6 292.3 332.2 9.11 17 773 2347 11.2 5.2 67 6.0 7.8 237 13 306.1 307.4 291.1 327.9 7.19 18 769 2390 11.4 4.4 62 7.0 7.4 241 12 306.7 308.0 291.0 327.6 6.83 19 761 2478 11.2 -0.8 43 12.0 5.0 244 11 307.5 308.3 289.4 322.1 4.74 20 750 2599 10.2 -4.8 34 15.0 3.1 242 13 307.6 308.3 288.3 318.8 3.57 21 741 2700 10.6 -17.4 12 28.0 0.3 241 14 309.1 309.4 286.5 313.5 1.32 22 733 2790 10.8 -19.2 10 30.0 0.0 239 14 310.3 310.5 286.8 314.1 1.14 23 717 2974 9.4 -16.6 14 26.0 -0.4 237 16 310.8 311.0 287.3 315.6 1.45 24 706 3102 8.0 -1.0 53 9.0 3.3 236 17 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.04 25 700 3172 7.8 -2.2 49 10.0 2.7 235 17 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.7 4.65 26 699 3184 7.8 -2.2 49 10.0 2.7 235 18 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.9 4.66 27 688 3315 6.8 0.8 66 6.0 3.5 231 24 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.90 28 682 3387 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 2.9 230 26 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.2 5.45 29 673 3496 7.0 -11.0 26 18.0 -0.6 232 26 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.7 2.45 30 670 3533 7.2 -11.8 24 19.0 -0.8 233 26 314.4 314.8 289.3 321.9 2.31 31 653 3744 5.2 -6.8 42 12.0 -0.4 237 26 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.7 3.52 32 646 3832 5.2 -5.8 45 11.0 -0.0 239 26 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.7 3.84 33 642 3883 5.0 0.1 71 4.9 2.4 240 26 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.8 6.01 34 637 3946 4.6 0.8 76 3.8 2.5 242 26 316.0 317.2 293.3 336.2 6.38 35 621 4154 3.6 -4.4 56 8.0 -0.3 247 27 317.1 318.0 292.1 331.4 4.45 36 592 4540 0.6 -11.4 40 12.0 -4.4 250 29 318.0 318.6 290.8 326.9 2.70 37 587 4608 0.0 -5.0 69 5.0 -2.4 250 30 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.6 4.49 38 582 4677 -0.7 -4.7 74 4.0 -2.6 250 31 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.64 39 577 4746 -1.1 -7.1 64 6.0 -3.8 250 31 318.4 319.1 292.0 331.0 3.89 40 555 5055 -3.7 -9.7 63 6.0 -6.2 250 34 318.9 319.5 291.6 329.7 3.30 41 532 5388 -6.9 -9.4 82 2.5 -7.9 250 37 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.4 3.53 42 521 5551 -8.1 -11.8 75 3.7 -9.6 250 39 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.97 43 517 5611 -8.5 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.7 250 40 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.6 2.40 44 512 5686 -9.1 -13.6 70 4.5 -10.8 250 41 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.4 2.61 45 508 5747 -9.3 -16.3 57 7.0 -11.8 250 42 320.2 320.7 290.9 327.3 2.11 46 500 5870 -10.5 -15.5 67 5.0 -12.3 250 43 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.9 2.29 47 497 5916 -10.7 -14.6 73 3.9 -12.1 250 43 320.5 321.0 291.4 328.8 2.48 48 495 5947 -10.9 -13.6 80 2.7 -11.9 250 43 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.7 2.70 49 492 5993 -11.1 -15.4 71 4.3 -12.6 250 44 321.0 321.4 291.4 328.8 2.35 50 484 6118 -12.1 -15.6 75 3.5 -13.3 250 44 321.3 321.7 291.5 329.1 2.34 51 479 6197 -12.7 -18.7 61 6.0 -14.6 251 45 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.82 52 477 6229 -12.7 -23.7 39 11.0 -15.7 251 46 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.0 1.18 53 469 6358 -12.9 -38.9 9 26.0 -17.6 252 48 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.28 54 460 6505 -13.9 -18.6 68 4.7 -15.4 253 50 323.7 324.1 291.8 330.3 1.92 55 400 7550 -19.7 -22.4 79 2.7 -20.4 260 64 329.4 329.7 293.0 335.0 1.58 56 300 9630 -34.9 -38.5 70 3.6 -35.3 265 67 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.9 0.46 57 250 10870 -46.1 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.3 275 72 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.14 58 200 12310 -58.5 -64.5 46 6.0 -58.6 280 80 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 59 176 13104 -64.4 -69.6 49 5.2 -64.4 290 96 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 60 159 13719 -69.1 -73.7 51 4.6 -69.1 285 85 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 61 150 14070 -66.7 -72.7 42 6.0 -66.7 275 80 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 62 100 16530 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.4 250 43 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 63 96 16773 -70.5 -91.5 3 21.0 -70.6 252 46 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 64 95 16836 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.0 253 46 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 65 88 17295 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.0 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31.0 -60.0 110 22 553.9 553.9 318.3 553.9 0.00 80 31 23721 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.8 97 13 588.3 588.3 320.0 588.4 0.01 81 30 23930 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.0 90 19 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.01 82 29 24146 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.6 84 24 597.5 597.5 320.5 597.5 0.01 83 28 24370 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.6 66 24 606.8 606.8 320.9 606.9 0.01 84 26 24842 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.9 89 25 615.9 615.9 321.3 615.9 0.01 85 22 25907 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.1 102 27 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.6 0.01 86 21 26206 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.5 110 24 664.9 664.9 323.2 665.0 0.01 87 20 26520 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.1 105 25 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.5 0.01 88 18 27198 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.4 99 27 692.4 692.4 324.2 692.4 0.01 89 15 28384 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -53.1 96 14 747.4 747.4 325.8 747.6 0.03 90 13 29329 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -52.9 85 12 782.7 782.8 326.8 783.1 0.04 91 12 29862 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -51.7 82 14 810.1 810.1 327.5 810.6 0.05 TRP 159 13719 -69.1 -73.7 51 4.6 -69.1 285 85 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 WND 176 13104 -64.4 -69.6 49 5.2 -64.4 290 96 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.00 m Freezing level: 587.00 mb = 4608.43 m = 15119.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.23 mb = 2798.79 m = 9182.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.99 mb = 553.13 m = 1814.72 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 21.25 C Layer 925.0- 829.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.46 mb = 1337.16 m = 4386.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 26.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41176.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.76 mb = 811.70 m = 2663.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 261 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 1018 10 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 81 24 -23.2 -3.8 1 1000 155 100 21 -20.7 3.6 | 91 38 -38.0 0.9 2 983 305 120 24 -20.8 12.0 | 104 39 -38.1 9.2 3 949 610 155 19 -8.0 17.2 | 120 29 -25.4 14.4 4 925 828 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 121 27 -23.5 14.1 5 916 914 165 17 -4.4 16.4 | 122 26 -21.7 13.6 6 884 1219 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 119 21 -18.5 10.2 7 852 1524 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 125 21 -17.3 12.2 8 850 1549 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 130 21 -15.9 13.1 9 822 1829 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 128 14 -10.8 8.5 10 793 2134 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 143 12 -7.0 9.5 11 764 2438 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 104 8 -7.4 1.9 12 737 2743 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 129 7 -5.2 4.2 13 700 3172 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 154 8 -3.4 7.0 14 684 3353 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 191 14 2.6 13.9 15 659 3658 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 198 13 4.0 12.1 16 611 4267 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 231 10 8.0 6.4 17 588 4572 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 235 13 10.9 7.5 18 566 4877 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 237 15 12.7 8.2 19 500 5870 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 243 26 23.1 11.9 20 485 6096 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 243 27 24.0 12.3 21 400 7550 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 260 46 45.7 8.3 22 396 7620 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 260 47 46.7 8.5 23 335 8839 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 246 50 45.6 20.1 24 321 9144 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 253 52 49.3 15.1 25 300 9630 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 266 50 49.4 3.0 26 250 10870 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 279 55 54.4 -9.1 27 204 12192 280 79 77.8 -13.7 | 285 63 60.5 -16.5 28 200 12310 280 80 78.8 -13.9 | 285 64 61.5 -16.7 29 176 13104 290 96 90.2 -32.8 | 296 81 72.9 -35.6 30 176 13106 290 96 90.2 -32.8 | 296 81 72.9 -35.6 31 159 13716 285 89 86.0 -23.0 | 291 73 68.6 -25.8 32 159 13719 285 85 82.1 -22.0 | 291 69 64.8 -24.8 33 150 14070 275 80 79.7 -7.0 | 279 63 62.4 -9.8 34 144 14326 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 274 44 43.7 -2.8 35 124 15240 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 274 39 38.7 -2.8 36 106 16154 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 260 39 38.8 7.1 37 100 16530 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 243 26 23.1 11.9 38 91 17069 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 252 32 30.0 9.9 39 87 17374 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 329 18 9.0 -15.0 40 83 17678 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 5 4 -0.4 -4.3 41 78 17983 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 188 4 0.5 3.7 42 75 18288 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 334 1 0.6 -1.2 43 71 18593 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 173 3 -0.4 3.4 44 70 18670 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 168 5 -1.0 4.8 45 67 18898 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 66 7 -6.3 -2.8 46 55 20117 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 81 18 -17.3 -2.8 47 50 20720 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 89 19 -19.3 -0.5 48 45 21336 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 77 28 -27.7 -6.6 49 43 21641 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 84 28 -28.3 -2.8 50 37 22555 110 24 -22.6 8.2 | 98 40 -39.9 5.4 51 32 23470 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 94 32 -31.4 2.3 52 31 23774 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 87 30 -30.3 -1.7 53 30 23930 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 86 36 -36.3 -2.8 54 29 24079 90 24 -24.0 0.0 | 86 41 -41.3 -2.8 55 28 24384 65 24 -21.8 -10.1 | 72 41 -39.1 -12.9 56 27 24689 90 22 -22.0 0.0 | 86 39 -39.3 -2.8 57 24 25298 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 84 50 -49.2 -5.6 58 21 26213 110 24 -22.6 8.2 | 98 40 -39.9 5.4 59 20 26520 105 25 -24.1 6.5 | 95 42 -41.5 3.7 60 17 27127 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 90 45 -45.2 -0.4 61 15 27432 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 87 32 -32.3 -1.5 62 14 27737 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 89 29 -29.1 -0.7 63 13 28042 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 81 30 -29.1 -4.9 64 8 29566 95 30 -29.9 2.6 | 90 47 -47.2 -0.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.6 neg: -20.8 tot: 246.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 173.65 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 117 20 100 35| 19.3 0.0 19.3|198.5 0.0 198.5 397.0 0.64| 34.0 21.8 1000 136 19 110 32| 8.6 0.0 8.6|227.3 -1.5 225.8 225.8 0.58| 21.9 12.7 1500 147 17 114 29| 5.8 0.0 5.8|239.4 -7.4 232.0 154.7 0.54| 16.4 8.8 2000 159 17 119 26| 5.0 0.0 5.0|256.0 -9.3 246.8 123.4 0.50| 14.9 7.5 2500 171 16 123 24| 3.6 0.0 3.6|259.7 -20.8 239.0 95.6 0.38| 13.8 5.2 3000 182 16 128 21| 3.0 0.8 3.8|267.6 -20.8 246.8 82.3 0.41| 12.2 5.1 4000 204 18 143 17| 2.5 1.9 4.4|304.1 -20.8 283.3 70.8 0.48| 11.3 5.5 5000 221 20 161 13| 2.4 1.9 4.3|317.9 -20.8 297.1 59.4 0.49| 10.0 4.8 6000 231 23 184 12| 2.0 2.4 4.4|326.8 -20.8 306.0 51.0 0.45| 9.2 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200330.12.gif