UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020040100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 APR 20 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 1 APR 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 1014 10 19.4 11.4 60 8.0 14.6 345 13 291.4 292.9 287.2 315.2 8.37 1 1010 42 18.4 10.4 60 8.0 13.7 351 14 290.7 292.1 286.4 313.0 7.86 2 1000 122 17.6 9.6 59 8.0 12.9 5 15 290.8 292.1 286.1 312.1 7.52 3 969 390 15.0 9.0 67 6.0 11.6 7 17 290.8 292.1 286.0 311.9 7.45 4 925 781 11.2 8.3 82 2.9 9.6 350 17 290.8 292.1 286.0 311.9 7.44 5 899 1018 9.0 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 345 18 290.9 292.2 286.0 311.9 7.40 6 869 1299 6.8 6.0 95 0.8 6.3 335 23 291.4 292.6 285.6 310.8 6.76 7 867 1318 7.6 4.7 82 2.9 6.1 335 24 292.4 293.5 285.4 310.3 6.18 8 862 1366 12.6 -1.4 38 14.0 5.8 335 25 298.1 298.9 285.4 310.1 4.00 9 855 1435 13.4 -5.6 26 19.0 4.8 335 28 299.7 300.2 284.8 308.7 2.94 10 850 1484 13.4 -5.6 26 19.0 4.8 335 29 300.2 300.7 285.0 309.2 2.96 11 824 1745 13.2 -11.8 16 25.0 3.0 342 27 302.7 303.0 284.8 308.6 1.88 12 805 1940 11.8 -14.2 15 26.0 1.8 340 27 303.2 303.5 284.7 308.2 1.58 13 748 2552 11.0 320 28 308.8 14 714 2937 7.6 -34.4 3 42.0 -3.0 314 33 309.1 309.2 285.4 310.2 0.29 15 700 3100 6.8 -38.2 2 45.0 -3.7 310 35 310.0 310.1 285.6 310.7 0.20 16 636 3881 2.6 -38.4 3 41.0 -6.6 303 43 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.6 0.22 17 537 5225 -6.9 -42.9 4 36.0 -13.3 295 53 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.7 0.16 18 500 5780 -9.3 -47.3 3 38.0 -15.2 295 57 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.11 19 498 5811 -9.5 -47.5 3 38.0 -15.4 295 57 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.2 0.11 20 463 6368 -13.1 -54.1 2 41.0 -18.2 293 62 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.05 21 436 6824 -14.3 -44.3 6 30.0 -19.0 290 68 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.17 22 418 7141 -16.3 -40.3 11 24.0 -20.4 287 72 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.27 23 406 7359 -18.1 -35.1 21 17.0 -21.3 286 75 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.48 24 400 7470 -19.1 -31.1 34 12.0 -21.6 285 76 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.8 0.71 25 394 7582 -19.9 -28.9 45 9.0 -21.9 281 77 330.6 330.7 292.7 333.8 0.89 26 384 7773 -21.1 -29.1 49 8.0 -22.8 280 78 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.90 27 380 7850 -21.1 -34.1 30 13.0 -23.5 280 79 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.5 0.56 28 370 8047 -22.7 -33.7 36 11.0 -24.7 280 79 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.60 29 367 8106 -23.1 -39.1 22 16.0 -25.6 280 79 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.35 30 363 8187 -23.7 -41.7 17 18.0 -26.2 280 79 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 31 358 8288 -24.7 -41.7 19 17.0 -27.0 280 80 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 32 346 8535 -26.7 -34.7 47 8.0 -28.0 280 80 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.0 0.58 33 336 8747 -27.9 -42.9 23 15.0 -29.7 280 81 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.26 34 327 8941 -29.7 -48.7 14 19.0 -31.5 280 81 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.14 35 300 9550 -34.5 -65.5 3 31.0 -36.0 285 88 336.7 336.8 293.5 336.8 0.02 36 291 9761 -35.9 -67.9 2 32.0 -37.3 290 87 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.8 0.01 37 250 10790 -45.3 -61.3 15 16.0 -45.9 280 95 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 38 249 10817 -45.5 -60.5 17 15.0 -46.0 280 95 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 39 228 11398 -50.7 -66.7 13 16.0 -51.1 276 96 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 40 220 11630 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.0 -52.8 274 96 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 41 216 11748 -53.5 -65.5 22 12.0 -53.7 273 96 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 42 211 11899 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -54.1 272 97 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 43 200 12240 -57.1 -65.1 36 8.0 -57.2 270 97 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 44 184 12764 -61.7 -69.7 34 8.0 -61.8 273 97 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 45 169 13287 -65.8 -73.8 32 8.0 -65.9 280 102 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 46 164 13469 -67.3 -75.3 31 8.0 -67.4 279 100 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.01 47 157 13733 -67.9 -75.9 31 8.0 -67.9 275 89 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 48 155 13810 -66.5 -74.5 32 8.0 -66.5 274 89 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 49 150 14010 -64.9 -76.9 18 12.0 -65.0 270 90 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 50 147 14133 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 271 88 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 51 134 14698 -65.3 -85.3 5 20.0 -65.4 276 76 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 52 132 14789 -64.7 -85.7 4 21.0 -64.8 276 74 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 53 122 15269 -65.3 -88.3 3 23.0 -65.4 280 65 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 54 119 15420 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.4 280 66 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 55 114 15680 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.8 280 67 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.00 56 107 16062 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.8 280 69 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 57 104 16233 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.0 278 63 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 58 100 16470 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.0 270 45 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 59 87 17317 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.3 289 39 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 60 75 18215 -67.9 -92.9 2 25.0 -68.1 249 18 430.5 430.5 308.9 430.5 0.00 61 70 18630 -66.9 -91.9 2 25.0 -67.1 280 25 441.3 441.3 310.0 441.3 0.00 62 64 19173 -66.3 -92.3 1 26.0 -66.5 277 12 454.0 454.0 311.3 454.0 0.00 63 57 19883 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -62.9 24 2 477.9 477.9 313.3 478.0 0.00 64 52 20448 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.3 126 6 487.4 487.4 314.0 487.4 0.00 65 50 20690 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.4 170 8 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 66 49 20816 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 226 5 502.4 502.4 315.1 502.4 0.00 67 47 21074 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.6 334 3 506.0 506.0 315.4 506.0 0.00 68 43 21627 -60.9 -90.9 1 30.0 -61.5 65 15 522.0 522.0 316.4 522.0 0.00 69 40 22080 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.2 80 21 539.4 539.4 317.5 539.5 0.00 70 37 22570 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.1 94 24 549.0 549.0 318.1 549.1 0.00 71 30 23890 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.0 125 19 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.00 72 29 24104 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.1 112 13 592.5 592.5 320.3 592.5 0.00 73 23 25576 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.1 107 15 641.4 641.4 322.3 641.4 0.01 74 21 26163 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.3 100 18 669.7 669.7 323.4 669.9 0.02 75 20 26480 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.7 120 23 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.0 0.02 76 19 26814 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.9 120 21 687.3 687.3 324.0 687.4 0.02 77 17 27541 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.9 115 15 715.3 715.3 324.9 715.5 0.02 78 16 27940 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -52.7 98 7 735.0 735.0 325.5 735.2 0.03 79 14 28825 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -52.7 113 10 765.6 765.7 326.4 765.9 0.03 80 11 30448 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -50.1 103 20 844.3 844.3 328.3 845.2 0.09 81 10 31100 -39.5 -76.5 1 37.0 -50.0 130 13 872.1 872.2 328.9 873.3 0.12 82 9.9 31169 -39.5 -76.5 1 37.0 -50.0 874.6 874.7 329.0 875.8 0.12 83 8.5 32221 -35.7 -73.7 1 38.0 -49.2 928.4 928.6 330.0 930.8 0.21 84 8.3 32386 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -49.6 931.6 931.8 330.1 933.8 0.19 TRP 157 13733 -67.9 -75.9 31 8.0 -67.9 275 89 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 WND 169 13287 -65.8 -73.8 32 8.0 -65.9 280 102 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.00 m Freezing level: 608.91 mb = 4248.98 m = 13940.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.33 mb = 2296.22 m = 7533.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.67 % Est. max temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.38 mb = 1005.64 m = 3299.31 ft T: 9.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 3.28 C Layer 869.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.19 mb = 1183.79 m = 3883.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.21 C = 66.58 F Cap Strength: 10.92 C Lifted Index: 11.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.89 C Showalter Index: 13.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 3.70 C K Index: -27.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49955.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.88 mb = 1130.62 m = 3709.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 340 at 27 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 1014 10 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 156 14 -5.7 12.7 1 1000 122 5 15 -1.3 -14.9 | 135 15 -10.4 10.3 2 979 305 15 17 -4.4 -16.4 | 123 16 -13.5 8.8 3 944 610 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 153 11 -4.9 9.8 4 925 781 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 144 10 -6.1 8.5 5 910 914 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 144 10 -6.1 8.5 6 878 1219 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 178 6 -0.2 6.2 7 850 1484 335 29 12.3 -26.3 | 288 3 3.2 -1.0 8 816 1829 345 26 6.7 -25.1 | 93 2 -2.3 0.1 9 786 2134 330 28 14.0 -24.2 | 259 5 4.9 1.0 10 758 2438 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 241 9 8.3 4.6 11 731 2743 320 30 19.3 -23.0 | 257 10 10.2 2.3 12 704 3048 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 261 18 17.7 2.8 13 700 3100 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 261 18 17.7 2.8 14 653 3658 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 267 25 25.3 1.2 15 605 4267 300 46 39.8 -23.0 | 266 31 30.8 2.2 16 560 4877 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 264 36 36.3 4.1 17 500 5780 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 268 43 42.6 1.2 18 480 6096 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 270 44 44.4 0.3 19 400 7470 285 76 73.4 -19.7 | 265 65 64.3 5.6 20 392 7620 280 78 76.8 -13.5 | 260 69 67.8 11.7 21 317 9144 280 82 80.8 -14.2 | 261 73 71.7 11.0 22 300 9550 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 268 76 75.9 2.5 23 291 9754 290 87 81.8 -29.8 | 274 73 72.7 -4.5 24 250 10790 280 95 93.6 -16.5 | 264 85 84.5 8.8 25 200 12240 270 97 97.0 -0.0 | 254 91 87.9 25.2 26 192 12497 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 254 90 85.9 25.2 27 169 13287 280 102 100.5 -17.7 | 265 92 91.4 7.5 28 166 13411 280 102 100.5 -17.7 | 265 92 91.4 7.5 29 157 13733 275 89 88.7 -7.8 | 258 81 79.6 17.5 30 150 14010 270 90 90.0 -0.0 | 253 85 80.9 25.2 31 122 15240 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 256 57 55.0 14.0 32 105 16154 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 257 60 58.9 13.3 33 100 16470 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 235 44 35.9 25.2 34 91 17069 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 241 44 38.8 21.1 35 82 17678 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 228 14 10.1 9.2 36 78 17983 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 194 25 5.9 23.9 37 74 18288 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 192 36 7.4 34.7 38 70 18593 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 215 31 17.9 25.2 39 70 18630 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 217 26 15.6 20.9 40 67 18898 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 190 19 3.1 18.2 41 64 19202 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 187 24 2.9 24.2 42 58 19812 10 1 -0.2 -1.0 | 159 26 -9.2 24.3 43 50 20690 170 8 -1.4 7.9 | 162 35 -10.5 33.1 44 47 21031 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 161 26 -8.4 24.5 45 45 21336 55 11 -9.0 -6.3 | 136 26 -18.1 18.9 46 39 22250 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 126 40 -32.0 23.2 47 34 23165 110 26 -24.4 8.9 | 136 48 -33.5 34.1 48 30 23890 125 19 -15.6 10.9 | 146 44 -24.6 36.1 49 28 24384 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 150 30 -15.0 25.8 50 26 24689 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 136 32 -21.9 23.0 51 25 24994 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 134 33 -23.8 22.6 52 24 25298 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 144 37 -22.2 30.0 53 21 26213 100 18 -17.7 3.1 | 137 39 -26.8 28.4 54 20 26480 120 23 -19.9 11.5 | 142 47 -29.0 36.7 55 20 26518 120 23 -19.9 11.5 | 142 47 -29.0 36.7 56 17 27432 120 18 -15.6 9.0 | 144 42 -24.7 34.2 57 16 28042 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 150 30 -15.0 25.8 58 14 28956 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 148 35 -19.0 29.9 59 13 29566 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 139 32 -21.0 24.2 60 11 30175 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 128 41 -32.1 25.2 61 10 31100 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 150 39 -19.0 33.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -39.4 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.00 Bulk Shear: 116.20 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 5 16 132 14| 4.3 0.0 4.3| 13.6 -31.2 -17.6 -35.1 -0.30| 14.8 -4.5 1000 357 16 138 12| 2.1 1.8 3.9| 23.9 -35.9 -12.1 -12.1 -0.12| 10.7 -1.3 1500 348 19 143 9| 1.4 4.9 6.4| 35.5 -35.9 -0.4 -0.3 0.22| 11.4 2.5 2000 346 21 143 7| 0.9 3.7 4.6| 36.4 -35.9 0.5 0.3 0.33| 11.3 3.7 2500 341 22 158 5| 0.7 3.8 4.5| 37.7 -39.4 -1.7 -0.7 0.25| 10.7 2.7 3000 336 23 189 4| 0.6 4.5 5.1| 46.1 -39.4 6.7 2.2 0.26| 10.4 2.7 4000 324 28 249 8| 0.5 4.9 5.3| 58.4 -41.8 16.6 4.2 0.24| 9.3 2.3 5000 316 32 260 13| 0.4 4.7 5.1| 62.3 -55.8 6.5 1.3 0.20| 8.4 1.7 6000 310 36 263 18| 0.3 4.6 4.9| 99.7 -55.8 43.9 7.3 0.22| 7.6 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20200401.00.gif