UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for KMHX... Searching the city database file for: KMHX ... Date:1200Z 19 MAR 20 Station: KMHX WMO ident: 72305 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -76.88 Elevation: 11.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1025 11 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 215 3 287.9 289.9 288.5 319.2 11.22 1 1024 19 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.5 215 4 289.0 291.1 289.7 323.1 12.22 2 1013 110 19.6 18.7 95 0.9 19.0 217 15 291.7 294.1 291.7 329.9 13.51 3 1000 220 20.4 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 220 28 293.5 296.1 292.7 333.6 14.05 4 998 237 20.4 19.0 92 1.4 19.5 220 28 293.7 296.2 292.7 333.6 13.99 5 976 430 19.2 16.5 84 2.7 17.4 224 29 294.4 296.6 291.5 329.2 12.18 6 925 890 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.7 235 31 295.7 297.6 290.8 326.9 10.85 7 912 1011 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.5 233 30 296.0 298.1 291.2 328.2 11.16 8 855 1557 12.6 9.5 81 3.1 10.7 247 28 298.8 300.4 290.1 324.5 8.75 9 850 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51 182 12775 -54.7 -73.7 8 19.0 -55.0 290 85 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 52 177 12954 -55.1 -77.2 5 22.1 -55.4 290 86 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 53 174 13063 -55.3 -79.3 4 24.0 -55.6 290 81 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 54 167 13325 -54.3 -79.3 3 25.0 -54.6 290 69 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.00 55 160 13599 -54.7 -82.7 2 28.0 -55.1 290 65 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 56 157 13720 -55.7 -82.7 2 27.0 -56.0 290 66 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 57 150 14010 -56.9 -83.9 2 27.0 -57.2 290 66 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 58 147 14137 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.6 289 65 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 59 115 15645 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.6 277 69 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 60 100 16480 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 285 74 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 61 96 16724 -68.3 -90.3 3 22.0 -68.4 285 76 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 62 91 17043 -69.7 -90.7 3 21.0 -69.8 285 78 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 63 89 17176 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.8 286 74 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 64 88 17245 -64.5 -87.5 3 23.0 -64.7 286 72 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 65 85 17457 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.3 288 65 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 66 79 17903 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.3 292 51 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.00 67 70 18630 -70.5 -92.5 3 22.0 -70.6 280 37 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.6 0.00 68 60 19539 -73.7 -93.7 3 20.0 -73.7 265 44 445.9 445.9 310.5 446.0 0.00 69 57 19842 -69.5 -90.5 3 21.0 -69.6 262 41 462.1 462.1 312.0 462.1 0.00 70 54 20164 -71.7 -92.7 3 21.0 -71.8 262 37 464.2 464.2 312.1 464.2 0.00 71 50 20620 -70.1 -92.1 3 22.0 -70.2 285 26 478.3 478.3 313.3 478.3 0.00 72 49 20741 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.9 279 26 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 73 43 21534 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.1 247 36 515.1 515.1 316.0 515.1 0.00 74 39 22131 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.7 247 35 525.7 525.7 316.6 525.7 0.00 75 39 22131 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.4 247 35 531.7 531.7 317.1 531.8 0.00 76 37 22455 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.2 258 39 537.7 537.7 317.4 537.8 0.00 77 36 22624 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.8 267 41 548.7 548.7 318.0 548.7 0.00 78 31 23555 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.0 282 42 575.4 575.4 319.5 575.4 0.01 79 30 23760 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.7 275 39 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.7 0.01 80 29 23975 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -58.6 271 39 594.2 594.2 320.3 594.2 0.01 81 26 24671 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -57.9 260 34 615.9 615.9 321.3 615.9 0.01 82 23 25460 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -55.5 238 38 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.3 0.01 83 21 26054 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -53.0 238 46 675.2 675.2 323.6 675.3 0.02 84 20 26380 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -48.8 255 45 704.9 704.9 324.6 705.2 0.04 85 19 26726 -44.3 -79.3 1 35.0 -49.9 264 38 710.9 710.9 324.8 711.3 0.04 86 18 27089 -43.7 -78.7 1 35.0 -49.7 262 35 723.9 723.9 325.2 724.3 0.05 87 17 27472 -45.7 -79.7 1 34.0 -51.1 261 32 729.4 729.4 325.4 729.8 0.04 88 16 27881 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -48.8 264 32 756.5 756.6 326.1 757.0 0.05 89 14 28799 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -47.0 290 47 802.3 802.3 327.3 803.4 0.11 90 12 29864 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -48.7 270 41 830.6 830.7 328.0 831.7 0.11 91 11 30467 -34.5 -73.5 1 39.0 -47.3 251 31 866.8 866.9 328.8 868.6 0.17 92 10 31130 -37.5 -75.5 1 38.0 -49.1 230 20 879.6 879.6 329.0 881.0 0.14 93 9.9 31199 -37.5 -75.5 1 38.0 -49.1 228 20 882.1 882.2 329.1 883.6 0.14 94 8.1 32571 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -52.2 195 22 915.2 915.2 329.7 916.3 0.11 95 7.6 33006 -38.3 -75.3 1 37.0 -50.8 184 23 948.2 948.3 330.4 950.3 0.18 96 7.0 33570 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -51.9 170 24 964.1 964.2 330.6 965.9 0.16 97 6.8 33768 -40.1 -77.1 1 37.0 -52.1 971.3 971.4 330.7 973.1 0.16 TRP 212 11816 -60.7 -65.4 54 4.7 -60.7 295 63 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.03 WND 177 12954 -55.1 -77.2 5 22.1 -55.4 290 86 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.00 m Freezing level: 664.96 mb = 3625.76 m = 11895.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.04 mb = 3534.88 m = 11597.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1013.13 mb = 109.34 m = 358.73 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.67 C Layer 976.0- 912.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.95 mb = 918.09 m = 3012.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.47 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.23 mb = 686.45 m = 2252.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.23 mb = 1682.89 m = 5521.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.23 mb = 1986.01 m = 6515.70 ft B at Equ Level: 18.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.23 mb = 12429.43 m = 40778.48 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 288 at 20 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 1025 11 215 3 1.7 2.5 | 116 20 -17.6 8.6 1 1000 220 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 177 28 -1.3 27.6 2 990 305 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 177 28 -1.3 27.6 3 956 610 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 190 26 4.4 26.0 4 925 890 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 194 25 6.1 23.9 5 922 914 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 194 25 6.1 23.9 6 890 1219 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 187 25 2.9 24.8 7 850 1606 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 204 17 7.0 15.7 8 827 1829 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 202 17 6.1 15.4 9 797 2134 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 204 14 5.8 12.9 10 768 2438 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 188 10 1.4 9.8 11 741 2743 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 212 5 2.6 4.2 12 714 3048 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 204 9 3.6 8.1 13 700 3207 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 246 5 4.3 2.0 14 687 3353 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 274 5 4.8 -0.3 15 661 3658 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 261 8 8.3 1.3 16 612 4267 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 209 9 4.6 8.2 17 589 4572 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 214 13 7.3 10.8 18 566 4877 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 220 14 9.2 11.2 19 545 5182 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 249 17 15.7 6.1 20 504 5791 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 228 13 9.6 8.6 21 500 5860 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 228 13 9.6 8.6 22 484 6096 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 251 6 5.3 1.8 23 429 7010 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 344 14 3.7 -13.2 24 400 7530 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 344 19 5.4 -18.6 25 395 7620 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 342 20 6.1 -19.3 26 318 9144 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 296 8 7.0 -3.5 27 300 9560 300 40 34.6 -20.0 | 312 21 15.3 -13.9 28 278 10058 305 53 43.4 -30.4 | 315 34 24.1 -24.3 29 250 10770 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 315 35 24.9 -24.9 30 212 11816 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 298 43 37.8 -20.5 31 210 11887 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 299 42 36.9 -20.1 32 200 12180 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 304 61 50.8 -34.4 33 200 12192 300 82 71.0 -41.0 | 304 62 51.7 -34.9 34 190 12497 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 291 52 48.3 -18.5 35 181 12802 290 86 80.8 -29.4 | 291 66 61.5 -23.3 36 177 12954 290 86 80.8 -29.4 | 291 66 61.5 -23.3 37 165 13411 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 291 45 41.8 -16.1 38 150 14010 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 291 46 42.7 -16.5 39 123 15240 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 275 32 31.9 -2.9 40 111 15850 275 78 77.7 -6.8 | 271 58 58.4 -0.7 41 100 16480 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 284 54 52.2 -13.0 42 91 17069 285 78 75.3 -20.2 | 284 58 56.0 -14.1 43 74 18288 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 303 18 15.1 -9.9 44 70 18630 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 271 17 17.1 -0.3 45 67 18898 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 218 23 14.5 18.4 46 60 19507 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 248 26 24.5 10.0 47 54 20117 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 235 22 18.1 12.7 48 50 20620 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 276 6 5.8 -0.6 49 49 20726 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 256 6 6.3 1.6 50 45 21336 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 214 21 11.7 17.4 51 42 21641 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 213 26 14.2 21.8 52 40 21946 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 234 21 17.1 12.5 53 38 22250 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 204 25 10.1 23.1 54 36 22555 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 246 24 21.5 9.7 55 31 23470 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 283 23 22.2 -5.0 56 30 23760 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 262 20 19.5 2.7 57 27 24384 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 243 21 18.5 9.4 58 26 24689 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 230 19 14.2 12.0 59 25 24994 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 199 23 7.5 21.6 60 24 25298 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 219 24 15.5 18.8 61 23 25603 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 199 33 10.6 31.2 62 21 26213 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 216 37 22.3 30.1 63 20 26380 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 234 30 24.2 17.8 64 20 26518 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 245 23 20.5 9.6 65 17 27432 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 226 17 12.2 11.7 66 16 28042 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 235 15 12.6 8.9 67 14 28651 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 292 25 23.0 -9.3 68 13 29261 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 292 31 28.6 -11.3 69 10 31130 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 168 19 -4.0 19.0 70 7 33570 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 142 38 -23.5 29.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.4 neg: -34.1 tot: 192.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 5.91 Bulk Shear: 33.46 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 222 23 170 24| 27.9 0.0 27.9|157.2 0.0 157.2 314.4 0.93| 30.2 28.0 1000 228 27 182 24| 14.2 0.0 14.2|184.7 -6.9 177.8 177.8 0.86| 18.0 15.5 1500 230 28 185 24| 8.8 0.0 8.8|212.2 -21.0 191.3 127.5 0.73| 15.3 11.2 2000 235 28 189 22| 6.2 0.0 6.2|221.0 -23.9 197.1 98.6 0.69| 12.8 8.8 2500 239 27 191 20| 4.0 0.0 4.0|222.6 -32.9 189.7 75.9 0.56| 11.7 6.5 3000 244 26 193 18| 3.6 0.0 3.6|226.4 -34.1 192.3 64.1 0.52| 10.9 5.7 4000 252 26 201 15| 3.3 0.7 3.9|236.4 -46.2 190.2 47.6 0.43| 10.3 4.4 5000 255 26 204 14| 3.2 1.0 4.2|256.9 -53.0 203.9 40.8 0.40| 9.4 3.8 6000 258 27 211 14| 2.4 0.8 3.3|280.5 -72.6 207.9 34.7 0.35| 9.2 3.3 Wrote GIF file: 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