UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for KMHX... Searching the city database file for: KMHX ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1023 11 21.0 18.2 84 2.8 19.1 195 10 292.2 294.5 291.4 329.0 12.96 1 1009 133 20.2 17.9 87 2.3 18.7 210 22 292.6 294.9 291.5 329.2 12.89 2 1000 212 20.2 17.8 86 2.4 18.6 220 30 293.4 295.7 291.7 330.1 12.93 3 980 387 20.4 16.8 80 3.6 18.0 221 31 295.3 297.5 291.9 330.8 12.37 4 974 440 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.1 222 30 296.0 297.8 290.3 325.1 10.10 5 961 556 20.4 11.4 56 9.0 14.8 224 28 296.9 298.5 289.5 322.6 8.84 6 942 729 19.6 14.6 73 5.0 16.3 227 26 297.8 299.8 291.7 330.2 11.16 7 929 849 19.4 13.4 68 6.0 15.5 229 24 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.3 10.45 8 925 886 19.2 13.2 68 6.0 15.4 230 24 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.2 10.36 9 866 1450 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.7 246 24 300.7 302.2 290.6 326.0 8.58 10 852 1588 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.6 249 26 301.4 302.9 290.2 324.6 7.81 11 850 1608 14.6 7.6 63 7.0 10.4 250 26 301.4 302.9 290.1 324.4 7.72 12 781 2317 8.8 4.7 75 4.1 6.5 250 28 302.6 303.9 289.7 323.2 6.87 13 751 2641 8.0 -1.0 53 9.0 3.5 253 27 305.1 306.0 288.6 319.6 4.73 14 700 3218 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.5 270 30 307.8 308.5 288.8 320.3 4.00 15 692 3312 4.4 -5.6 48 10.0 -0.2 273 31 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.8 3.64 16 681 3442 4.4 -14.6 24 19.0 -2.8 271 30 309.8 310.1 287.3 315.7 1.81 17 663 3660 3.6 -15.4 23 19.0 -3.4 260 28 311.3 311.6 287.8 317.0 1.74 18 650 3820 2.6 -17.4 21 20.0 -4.4 261 28 311.9 312.2 287.7 316.9 1.50 19 641 3933 1.8 -14.2 29 16.0 -4.3 262 28 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.7 1.99 20 631 4060 1.0 -20.0 19 21.0 -5.9 263 28 312.7 313.0 287.7 316.9 1.24 21 622 4175 0.4 -11.6 40 12.0 -4.4 264 28 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.5 2.53 22 611 4318 -0.5 -8.5 55 8.0 -4.0 266 28 313.9 314.5 290.1 324.5 3.29 23 593 4556 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -4.9 269 27 314.5 315.2 290.5 325.6 3.45 24 584 4678 -2.9 -11.9 50 9.0 -6.5 271 27 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.8 2.63 25 574 4814 -4.1 -11.1 58 7.0 -6.9 274 26 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.6 2.85 26 570 4869 -4.7 -9.2 71 4.5 -6.6 275 26 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.1 3.34 27 568 4897 -4.7 -8.9 72 4.2 -6.5 275 26 315.6 316.2 290.7 326.7 3.43 28 561 4995 -4.9 -13.9 49 9.0 -8.3 268 27 316.5 316.9 290.0 324.1 2.33 29 558 5037 -4.9 -12.9 53 8.0 -8.0 266 27 317.0 317.4 290.3 325.3 2.54 30 555 5079 -5.3 -11.3 63 6.0 -7.7 263 27 317.0 317.5 290.7 326.5 2.90 31 542 5265 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -9.2 256 28 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.8 2.61 32 538 5323 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -10.0 258 28 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.0 2.20 33 531 5425 -7.7 -15.7 53 8.0 -10.5 260 29 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.2 2.12 34 521 5572 -8.5 -13.4 68 4.9 -10.4 263 29 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.5 2.61 35 503 5844 -10.9 -13.1 84 2.2 -11.7 269 30 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.4 2.77 36 500 5890 -11.3 -13.4 84 2.1 -12.1 270 30 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.3 2.72 37 487 6092 -12.7 -15.4 80 2.7 -13.6 275 33 320.0 320.4 291.1 327.9 2.37 38 475 6282 -14.3 -15.6 90 1.3 -14.7 273 33 320.3 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 39 463 6477 -14.9 -19.1 70 4.2 -16.2 270 33 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.1 1.82 40 454 6625 -15.7 -19.3 74 3.6 -16.8 268 33 322.7 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.83 41 450 6692 -16.1 -20.7 68 4.6 -17.4 267 33 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.63 42 446 6759 -16.7 -20.1 75 3.4 -17.7 266 33 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.0 1.74 43 439 6878 -17.5 -23.5 59 6.0 -19.1 265 32 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.1 1.31 44 424 7138 -19.5 -23.4 71 3.9 -20.5 261 32 324.2 324.5 291.4 329.0 1.37 45 416 7280 -20.1 -26.1 59 6.0 -21.5 259 32 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.1 1.09 46 400 7570 -22.7 -27.7 64 5.0 -23.8 255 32 325.5 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.98 47 382 7906 -25.3 -29.9 65 4.6 -26.2 250 31 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.4 0.84 48 371 8117 -26.9 -31.9 63 5.0 -27.8 254 30 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.6 0.71 49 365 8235 -27.7 -31.7 69 4.0 -28.4 256 29 327.5 327.6 291.7 330.1 0.74 50 356 8414 -28.9 -33.9 62 5.0 -29.7 260 28 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.61 51 331 8929 -33.9 -36.8 75 2.9 -34.3 270 27 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.1 0.49 52 322 9122 -35.3 -39.4 66 4.1 -35.7 270 31 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.39 53 302 9565 -39.3 -42.5 72 3.2 -39.6 274 33 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.30 54 300 9610 -39.7 -43.3 68 3.6 -40.0 275 33 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 55 295 9725 -40.7 -45.1 63 4.4 -41.0 277 34 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.23 56 291 9817 -41.5 -48.5 47 7.0 -41.9 278 36 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.16 57 250 10830 -49.3 -54.3 56 5.0 -49.5 295 48 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 58 200 12260 -59.3 -70.3 23 11.0 -59.5 300 47 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.01 59 188 12643 -62.1 -72.1 25 10.0 -62.2 310 58 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.01 60 150 14040 -60.1 -82.1 4 22.0 -60.3 285 56 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.00 61 138 14557 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -61.9 290 71 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 62 100 16520 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.0 285 58 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 63 92 17018 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 285 55 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 64 88 17283 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 285 48 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 65 83 17632 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 283 45 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 66 72 18481 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 260 50 435.2 435.2 309.4 435.2 0.00 67 70 18650 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 255 54 436.6 436.6 309.5 436.6 0.00 68 66 19000 -71.3 -92.3 3 21.0 -71.4 274 55 439.2 439.2 309.8 439.2 0.00 69 63 19275 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 287 54 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.3 0.00 70 58 19764 -72.5 -92.5 3 20.0 -72.6 284 40 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.0 0.00 71 56 19972 -69.5 -90.5 3 21.0 -69.6 276 34 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00 72 52 20414 -69.5 -90.5 3 21.0 -69.6 267 33 474.4 474.4 313.0 474.4 0.00 73 52 20414 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 267 33 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 74 50 20650 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 265 36 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 75 48 20898 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.8 268 29 497.3 497.3 314.8 497.3 0.00 76 45 21291 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 270 29 503.1 503.1 315.2 503.1 0.00 77 42 21713 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.6 275 32 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.1 0.00 78 38 22328 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.6 282 34 535.2 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.00 79 33 23208 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.6 261 30 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.1 0.01 80 31 23602 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.2 247 34 580.8 580.8 319.7 580.8 0.01 81 30 23810 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.3 250 41 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.01 82 28 24249 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.9 254 36 602.4 602.4 320.7 602.4 0.01 83 21 26093 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.5 272 47 664.9 664.9 323.2 665.0 0.01 84 20 26410 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.5 275 44 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.02 85 18 27106 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -51.2 267 36 716.3 716.3 325.0 716.6 0.03 86 17 27491 -41.9 -77.9 1 36.0 -48.9 270 38 741.6 741.6 325.7 742.1 0.05 87 17 27491 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -48.0 270 38 746.7 746.8 325.8 747.3 0.06 88 16 27910 -35.5 -73.5 1 38.0 -45.9 290 48 775.5 775.5 326.7 776.5 0.11 89 13 29347 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -48.6 272 24 810.4 810.5 327.5 811.4 0.09 90 11 30502 -35.9 -73.9 1 38.0 -47.9 232 18 861.7 861.8 328.7 863.4 0.16 91 10 31160 -39.3 -76.3 1 37.0 -49.9 210 15 872.8 872.9 328.9 874.1 0.12 92 10 31160 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -49.8 210 15 873.6 873.7 328.9 874.9 0.12 93 8.8 32032 -41.3 -78.3 1 37.0 -51.4 897.6 897.7 329.4 898.7 0.10 TRP 188 12643 -62.1 -72.1 25 10.0 -62.2 310 58 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.01 WND 138 14557 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -61.9 290 71 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.00 m Freezing level: 617.11 mb = 4238.49 m = 13905.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.25 mb = 3285.16 m = 10777.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.86 mb = 370.46 m = 1215.40 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 929.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.30 mb = 1824.41 m = 5985.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 24.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45501.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.53 mb = 1077.45 m = 3534.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 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 1023 11 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 131 23 -17.1 14.7 1 1000 212 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 179 28 -0.4 28.1 2 989 305 220 33 21.2 25.3 | 183 30 1.5 30.4 3 955 610 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 179 24 -0.6 24.2 4 925 886 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 176 21 -1.3 20.5 5 922 914 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 176 21 -1.3 20.5 6 890 1219 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 171 15 -2.4 15.1 7 850 1608 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 199 15 4.7 14.0 8 828 1829 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 194 17 3.9 16.1 9 798 2134 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 202 15 5.7 14.3 10 769 2438 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 204 16 6.6 14.7 11 741 2743 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 205 13 5.4 11.8 12 700 3218 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 244 12 10.3 5.1 13 688 3353 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 258 11 11.2 2.4 14 662 3658 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 218 13 7.9 9.9 15 613 4267 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 227 11 8.2 7.5 16 568 4877 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 246 7 6.2 2.8 17 547 5182 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 211 14 7.4 12.3 18 500 5890 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 244 12 10.3 5.1 19 487 6096 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 260 13 13.2 2.2 20 400 7570 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 220 17 11.2 13.4 21 397 7620 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 218 17 10.3 13.1 22 380 7925 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 211 18 9.4 15.7 23 334 8839 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 231 8 6.3 5.1 24 320 9144 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 248 13 12.3 5.1 25 300 9610 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 260 13 13.2 2.2 26 250 10830 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 303 28 23.8 -15.2 27 200 12260 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 311 28 21.0 -18.4 28 188 12643 310 58 44.4 -37.3 | 322 41 24.7 -32.2 29 174 13106 305 63 51.6 -36.1 | 314 45 31.9 -31.0 30 150 14021 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 302 31 26.5 -16.5 31 150 14040 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 285 36 34.4 -9.4 32 138 14557 290 71 66.7 -24.3 | 292 51 47.0 -19.2 33 136 14630 290 71 66.7 -24.3 | 292 51 47.0 -19.2 34 123 15240 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 285 41 39.2 -10.7 35 117 15545 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 271 45 45.1 -0.6 36 100 16520 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 285 38 36.3 -9.9 37 96 16764 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 285 42 40.2 -11.0 38 87 17374 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 285 25 23.8 -6.6 39 78 17983 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 276 25 24.6 -2.7 40 74 18288 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 259 28 27.3 5.1 41 71 18593 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 239 36 30.5 18.5 42 70 18650 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 240 38 32.5 19.1 43 64 19202 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 285 36 34.4 -9.4 44 61 19507 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 302 29 24.7 -15.6 45 55 20117 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 241 11 9.3 5.1 46 50 20650 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 243 18 16.2 8.2 47 49 20726 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 244 19 17.2 8.3 48 47 21031 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 213 6 3.3 5.1 49 45 21336 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 244 12 10.3 5.1 50 37 22555 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 286 15 14.1 -4.0 51 33 23165 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 233 13 10.2 7.7 52 32 23470 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 203 19 7.5 17.8 53 30 23810 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 225 27 18.8 19.1 54 27 24384 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 225 20 14.1 14.1 55 25 24994 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 212 30 15.8 25.6 56 21 26213 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 268 28 28.1 0.9 57 20 26410 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 267 24 24.1 1.3 58 19 26822 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 252 16 15.3 5.1 59 17 27432 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 243 18 16.2 8.2 60 16 28042 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 302 31 26.5 -16.5 61 14 28956 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 319 16 10.6 -12.4 62 13 29261 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 241 6 5.2 2.9 63 10 31160 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 146 22 -12.2 18.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.1 neg: -31.4 tot: 175.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 35.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 219 27 174 26| 21.3 0.0 21.3|152.1 -8.7 143.4 286.8 0.75| 30.0 22.6 1000 223 26 176 24| 8.3 0.0 8.3|152.1 -20.7 131.4 131.4 0.54| 18.9 10.3 1500 228 25 177 22| 6.9 0.0 6.9|173.0 -26.1 146.9 97.9 0.53| 15.7 8.3 2000 234 25 181 20| 5.7 0.0 5.7|185.4 -31.4 153.9 77.0 0.51| 13.1 6.6 2500 237 25 185 19| 4.8 0.0 4.8|192.4 -31.4 161.0 64.4 0.51| 11.0 5.7 3000 241 26 189 18| 4.5 0.0 4.5|207.1 -31.4 175.7 58.6 0.53| 10.3 5.5 4000 248 27 198 16| 3.6 0.3 3.9|227.4 -53.5 173.9 43.5 0.42| 9.6 4.1 5000 252 27 204 14| 2.9 0.4 3.3|235.7 -59.0 176.8 35.4 0.39| 8.6 3.3 6000 254 27 208 14| 2.9 0.5 3.4|266.0 -68.1 197.9 33.0 0.39| 8.5 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMHX/skewt/KMHX.skewt.20200320.00.gif