UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for KMHX... Searching the city database file for: KMHX ... Date:1200Z 21 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 1020 11 16.0 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 205 2 287.5 289.4 288.1 317.9 10.91 1 1005 140 19.4 16.8 85 2.6 17.7 239 12 292.1 294.3 290.6 326.3 12.06 2 1000 184 19.4 16.5 83 2.9 17.5 250 15 292.5 294.7 290.6 326.3 11.88 3 973 420 18.4 16.1 86 2.3 16.9 257 26 293.8 296.0 291.1 327.8 11.91 4 956 572 19.2 15.6 80 3.6 16.8 259 31 296.1 298.3 291.7 330.0 11.73 5 925 855 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.3 270 23 297.1 299.1 291.4 329.0 11.00 6 880 1281 15.0 12.9 87 2.1 13.7 267 27 298.9 300.8 291.7 330.1 10.68 7 850 1574 12.6 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 255 26 299.3 301.1 291.0 327.7 9.68 8 815 1925 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 260 27 299.8 301.4 290.5 325.7 8.81 9 808 1997 9.6 7.6 87 2.0 8.4 260 27 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.6 8.13 10 800 2079 11.2 -0.8 43 12.0 5.1 260 28 303.1 303.9 287.7 316.8 4.51 11 795 2132 11.6 -3.4 35 15.0 4.4 260 28 304.1 304.8 287.3 315.6 3.74 12 770 2398 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.2 277 31 304.0 305.1 289.2 321.5 5.75 13 737 2760 7.4 -10.6 27 18.0 -0.0 260 34 306.1 306.6 286.5 313.5 2.31 14 715 3009 6.2 -15.8 19 22.0 -1.9 260 36 307.5 307.8 286.2 312.5 1.56 15 701 3170 4.8 -15.2 22 20.0 -2.6 260 37 307.7 308.0 286.4 313.1 1.67 16 700 3182 4.6 -14.4 24 19.0 -2.5 260 37 307.6 307.9 286.5 313.3 1.79 17 673 3501 2.0 -8.0 47 10.0 -2.3 253 39 308.1 308.7 288.1 317.9 3.11 18 648 3806 -0.3 -10.3 47 10.0 -4.3 250 41 308.9 309.4 287.9 317.5 2.69 19 639 3918 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.1 250 41 309.5 309.9 287.8 317.1 2.40 20 627 4069 -1.3 -20.3 22 19.0 -7.3 250 42 310.7 310.9 287.0 314.7 1.21 21 620 4159 -1.7 -18.7 26 17.0 -7.3 250 42 311.2 311.5 287.4 315.9 1.41 22 596 4472 -4.3 -17.3 36 13.0 -8.7 250 44 311.7 312.1 287.8 317.2 1.65 23 576 4740 -5.5 -20.5 30 15.0 -10.1 250 46 313.4 313.6 288.0 317.7 1.30 24 566 4878 -6.3 -16.3 45 10.0 -9.7 250 47 314.0 314.4 288.8 320.3 1.89 25 564 4906 -6.5 -16.5 45 10.0 -9.9 250 47 314.1 314.5 288.8 320.3 1.87 26 559 4975 -6.5 -20.5 32 14.0 -10.8 250 48 314.9 315.2 288.5 319.4 1.34 27 544 5188 -7.3 -21.3 32 14.0 -11.5 250 50 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.8 1.28 28 537 5289 -7.7 -23.7 26 16.0 -12.2 250 51 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.7 1.05 29 520 5538 -9.9 -26.9 24 17.0 -14.2 250 53 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.2 0.81 30 512 5658 -10.9 -24.9 31 14.0 -14.6 250 54 317.6 317.8 289.0 321.0 0.99 31 504 5779 -11.7 -28.7 23 17.0 -15.7 250 55 318.0 318.2 288.9 320.5 0.71 32 500 5840 -12.1 -21.1 47 9.0 -14.7 250 56 318.3 318.6 289.7 323.1 1.42 33 496 5901 -12.5 -19.5 56 7.0 -14.6 250 57 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.1 1.64 34 491 5978 -12.9 -19.9 56 7.0 -15.0 250 58 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.4 1.61 35 481 6134 -13.7 -22.7 47 9.0 -16.2 250 59 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.3 1.28 36 468 6340 -15.3 -18.4 77 3.1 -16.3 250 60 320.4 320.8 290.8 326.9 1.92 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330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.04 51 250 10760 -49.5 -61.5 23 12.0 -49.8 240 77 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 52 229 11327 -54.5 -63.5 32 9.0 -54.7 243 81 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 53 223 11496 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.1 244 82 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.04 54 217 11669 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 246 82 334.4 334.5 292.9 334.5 0.02 55 204 12056 -59.9 -67.9 34 8.0 -60.0 249 80 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 56 200 12180 -59.7 -67.7 35 8.0 -59.8 250 79 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 57 194 12371 -59.7 -69.7 26 10.0 -59.8 252 76 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 58 174 13048 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 250 73 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 59 150 13970 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -60.9 255 88 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 60 140 14396 -62.0 -85.8 3 23.8 -62.1 265 93 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 61 100 16440 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 270 86 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 62 96 16686 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 266 75 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 63 94 16813 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 265 71 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 64 88 17216 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.4 267 71 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 65 84 17499 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -64.9 268 71 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 66 70 18600 -69.9 -92.9 2 23.0 -70.0 250 45 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.8 0.00 67 69 18686 -70.1 -93.1 2 23.0 -70.2 251 48 436.2 436.2 309.5 436.2 0.00 68 68 18773 -68.9 -91.9 2 23.0 -69.0 251 51 440.6 440.6 310.0 440.6 0.00 69 66 18951 -69.7 -92.7 2 23.0 -69.8 253 58 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 70 64 19135 -67.1 -91.1 2 24.0 -67.3 254 65 452.3 452.3 311.1 452.3 0.00 71 62 19326 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 264 63 454.2 454.2 311.3 454.2 0.00 72 61 19424 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 270 60 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.00 73 57 19835 -67.1 -91.1 2 24.0 -67.3 264 46 467.5 467.5 312.4 467.5 0.00 74 54 20162 -64.9 -90.9 2 26.0 -65.2 257 46 479.9 479.9 313.4 479.9 0.00 75 50 20630 -66.3 -91.3 2 25.0 -66.5 270 44 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.00 76 46 21132 -68.3 -93.3 2 25.0 -68.5 266 36 494.2 494.2 314.5 494.2 0.00 77 42 21682 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.5 261 38 515.1 515.1 316.0 515.1 0.00 78 41 21829 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.2 259 40 524.7 524.7 316.6 524.7 0.00 79 38 22296 -63.9 -90.9 1 27.0 -64.4 252 45 533.1 533.1 317.1 533.2 0.00 80 37 22460 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.3 246 45 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.00 81 33 23171 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.1 244 47 564.6 564.7 318.9 564.7 0.00 82 32 23364 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -58.5 253 49 577.7 577.7 319.6 577.7 0.00 83 30 23770 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.1 270 52 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.00 84 29 23983 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -60.0 272 47 589.8 589.8 320.2 589.8 0.00 85 28 24204 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.5 274 39 600.7 600.7 320.6 600.7 0.01 86 27 24433 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.5 273 34 603.6 603.6 320.7 603.7 0.01 87 23 25469 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -51.0 240 29 665.5 665.5 323.3 665.6 0.02 88 22 25763 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -51.2 247 28 673.4 673.4 323.6 673.6 0.02 89 22 25763 -45.5 -80.5 1 35.0 -50.1 247 28 678.2 678.2 323.7 678.4 0.03 90 20 26400 -44.7 -80.7 1 36.0 -50.0 250 29 699.4 699.4 324.4 699.6 0.03 91 19 26744 -42.7 -78.7 1 36.0 -48.9 266 22 715.9 715.9 325.0 716.3 0.04 92 18 27106 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -50.2 258 23 721.4 721.4 325.1 721.7 0.03 93 16 27896 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -49.7 237 26 751.3 751.3 326.0 751.8 0.05 94 14 28793 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -50.5 222 25 778.5 778.6 326.7 779.0 0.05 95 12 29820 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.1 205 24 800.9 800.9 327.3 801.2 0.04 96 11 30396 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.1 196 23 823.2 823.2 327.8 823.7 0.05 97 10 31030 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -52.6 185 22 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.6 0.07 98 9.6 31304 -43.9 -79.9 1 36.0 -52.3 865.7 865.8 328.7 866.4 0.07 99 9.3 31516 -45.5 -80.5 1 35.0 -53.2 867.5 867.6 328.8 868.2 0.07 100 8.7 31964 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -52.0 895.9 895.9 329.4 896.9 0.10 TRP 174 13048 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 250 73 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 WND 140 14396 -62.0 -85.8 3 23.8 -62.1 265 93 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.00 m Freezing level: 651.26 mb = 3766.07 m = 12355.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.06 mb = 2758.87 m = 9051.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1012.65 mb = 74.07 m = 243.01 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.51 C Layer 850.0- 770.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1412.26 m = 4633.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 16.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.33 mb = 814.86 m = 2673.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.33 mb = 3727.60 m = 12229.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 624.33 mb = 4103.15 m = 13461.61 ft B at Equ Level: 32.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.33 mb = 6561.94 m = 21528.41 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 285 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 1020 11 205 2 0.8 1.8 | 110 27 -25.5 9.1 1 1000 184 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 135 17 -12.3 12.4 2 986 305 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 158 14 -5.1 13.0 3 952 610 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 202 14 5.1 12.9 4 925 855 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 155 8 -3.4 7.3 5 919 914 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 147 6 -3.5 5.3 6 886 1219 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 185 7 0.6 7.3 7 850 1574 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 175 14 -1.3 14.0 8 824 1829 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 176 12 -0.8 11.8 9 794 2134 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 186 12 1.2 12.2 10 766 2438 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 245 5 4.1 1.9 11 738 2743 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 208 15 7.1 13.2 12 700 3182 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 216 17 10.0 13.7 13 659 3658 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 208 24 11.2 21.0 14 610 4267 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 212 26 14.0 22.0 15 565 4877 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 217 29 17.8 23.4 16 500 5840 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 225 37 26.2 26.5 17 483 6096 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 227 40 29.1 27.5 18 400 7500 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 229 44 32.8 28.8 19 393 7620 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 229 45 33.8 29.2 20 361 8230 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 238 47 40.3 25.2 21 317 9144 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 226 39 28.1 27.1 22 300 9540 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 237 46 38.3 24.6 23 250 10760 240 77 66.7 38.5 | 221 61 40.3 45.8 24 220 11582 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 229 65 48.8 42.4 25 200 12180 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 234 59 47.8 34.3 26 181 12802 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 238 48 41.2 25.4 27 174 13048 250 73 68.6 25.0 | 233 53 42.2 32.3 28 150 13970 255 88 85.0 22.8 | 243 66 58.6 30.1 29 142 14326 265 93 92.6 8.1 | 257 68 66.3 15.4 30 140 14396 265 93 92.6 8.1 | 257 68 66.3 15.4 31 128 14935 255 84 81.1 21.7 | 242 62 54.7 29.0 32 122 15240 260 88 86.7 15.3 | 249 64 60.3 22.6 33 100 16440 270 86 86.0 -0.0 | 263 60 59.6 7.3 34 95 16764 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 253 46 44.3 13.5 35 78 17983 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 261 45 44.6 7.3 36 74 18288 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 243 25 22.4 11.6 37 70 18593 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 230 23 17.9 15.1 38 70 18600 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 215 28 15.9 22.7 39 63 19202 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 237 46 38.3 24.6 40 60 19507 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 266 30 30.4 2.3 41 57 19812 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 240 22 19.4 11.3 42 54 20117 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 223 26 18.0 19.2 43 52 20422 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 247 19 17.6 7.3 44 50 20630 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 247 19 17.6 7.3 45 45 21336 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 213 12 6.5 10.2 46 38 22250 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 222 26 17.1 18.9 47 35 22860 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 193 37 8.1 36.2 48 30 23770 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 254 27 25.6 7.3 49 30 23774 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 255 29 27.6 7.3 50 27 24384 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 240 9 7.5 4.3 51 25 24994 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 202 14 5.1 12.9 52 24 25298 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 176 25 -1.8 24.5 53 22 25908 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 180 17 -0.1 16.9 54 21 26213 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 182 20 0.8 20.0 55 20 26400 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 183 17 0.9 17.2 56 19 26822 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 139 10 -6.4 7.3 57 17 27432 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 174 19 -1.9 18.7 58 10 31030 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 140 38 -24.5 29.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.0 neg: -36.1 tot: 120.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 45.82 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 254 18 143 15| 28.4 0.0 28.4|113.7 0.0 113.7 227.4 0.83| 29.6 24.4 1000 261 22 158 12| 12.1 0.0 12.1|127.5 -21.2 106.4 106.4 0.44| 23.2 10.1 1500 263 24 164 10| 8.1 2.5 10.6|132.4 -24.9 107.6 71.7 0.39| 18.5 7.2 2000 262 24 168 11| 6.4 1.8 8.3|137.1 -26.0 111.1 55.5 0.39| 14.9 5.7 2500 264 25 173 10| 6.5 1.5 8.0|152.8 -26.7 126.1 50.4 0.41| 14.4 6.0 3000 264 27 181 10| 5.4 2.9 8.3|157.0 -36.1 120.9 40.3 0.33| 13.8 4.5 4000 260 30 194 13| 4.1 3.3 7.4|166.2 -49.9 116.3 29.1 0.28| 11.7 3.3 5000 257 33 202 16| 3.3 3.1 6.4|193.6 -49.9 143.7 28.7 0.30| 10.0 3.0 6000 255 37 209 19| 2.7 3.3 6.0|234.6 -49.9 184.7 30.8 0.32| 9.2 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMHX/skewt/KMHX.skewt.20200321.12.gif