UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KMHX... Searching the city database file for: KMHX ... Date:0000Z 23 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 1027 11 11.0 4.0 62 7.0 7.5 10 9 282.0 282.8 279.4 295.8 4.96 1 1024 36 11.0 4.0 62 7.0 7.5 11 10 282.2 283.1 279.6 296.1 4.97 2 1000 236 9.0 4.0 71 5.0 6.5 20 22 282.1 283.0 279.7 296.3 5.09 3 997 261 8.8 3.8 71 5.0 6.3 24 23 282.2 283.1 279.6 296.2 5.04 4 965 530 6.8 4.8 87 2.0 5.8 45 32 282.8 283.8 280.6 298.3 5.59 5 955 616 8.0 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 52 34 284.9 286.1 283.1 304.2 6.96 6 947 686 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 69 32 288.6 290.1 286.4 313.0 8.67 7 937 775 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 12.0 90 29 290.5 292.2 287.8 317.0 9.38 8 925 883 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 115 26 292.0 293.7 288.6 319.7 9.76 9 923 901 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 112 26 292.4 294.1 288.9 320.6 9.91 10 897 1141 11.0 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 125 24 293.1 294.7 288.5 319.1 9.10 11 865 1446 11.2 9.7 90 1.5 10.3 182 13 296.4 298.0 289.3 321.8 8.76 12 850 1592 10.0 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 185 10 296.6 298.2 289.2 321.5 8.56 13 842 1671 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 200 10 296.8 298.3 289.1 321.3 8.41 14 771 2396 4.6 2.5 86 2.1 3.5 247 15 299.2 300.3 287.7 316.8 5.95 15 746 2664 2.0 1.4 96 0.6 1.7 249 20 299.2 300.2 287.5 316.1 5.68 16 726 2883 1.4 -1.9 79 3.3 -0.2 252 21 300.9 301.7 287.0 314.7 4.58 17 712 3040 1.4 -11.6 37 13.0 -3.6 255 22 302.6 303.0 285.1 309.5 2.21 18 702 3154 0.8 -11.2 40 12.0 -3.8 247 23 303.1 303.5 285.4 310.4 2.31 19 700 3177 0.8 -13.2 34 14.0 -4.3 245 23 303.4 303.7 285.2 309.6 1.97 20 694 3246 1.8 -29.2 8 31.0 -6.1 244 23 305.2 305.3 284.1 306.9 0.49 21 686 3340 2.4 -30.6 7 33.0 -5.9 243 24 306.9 307.0 284.7 308.4 0.44 22 670 3530 1.0 -23.0 15 24.0 -6.1 241 25 307.4 307.6 285.5 310.4 0.90 23 607 4314 -4.3 -30.3 11 26.0 -10.4 237 31 310.1 310.2 286.0 311.9 0.51 24 601 4393 -4.9 -24.9 19 20.0 -10.3 242 32 310.3 310.5 286.4 313.1 0.84 25 596 4458 -5.3 -14.3 49 9.0 -8.5 246 33 310.6 311.0 287.9 317.4 2.12 26 592 4511 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -8.0 250 33 310.7 311.2 288.5 319.2 2.64 27 586 4591 -6.3 -15.3 49 9.0 -9.4 255 34 310.9 311.3 287.9 317.4 1.98 28 581 4658 -6.7 -15.7 49 9.0 -9.8 255 35 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.5 1.94 29 576 4725 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.9 255 35 311.5 311.9 288.2 318.2 2.05 30 569 4820 -7.3 -22.3 29 15.0 -11.6 255 36 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.1 1.12 31 563 4903 -7.9 -22.9 29 15.0 -12.1 255 37 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.2 1.08 32 558 4972 -8.3 -19.3 41 11.0 -11.6 254 38 312.9 313.2 288.1 317.9 1.49 33 503 5765 -15.9 -20.2 69 4.3 -17.1 240 44 313.1 313.4 288.2 318.2 1.53 34 500 5810 -16.1 -19.7 74 3.6 -17.1 245 46 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.7 1.60 35 496 5871 -15.5 -17.7 83 2.2 -16.2 247 47 314.9 315.2 289.1 321.2 1.92 36 490 5962 -16.1 -18.0 85 1.9 -16.7 250 49 315.2 315.6 289.2 321.5 1.89 37 473 6228 -16.1 -18.7 80 2.6 -16.9 255 51 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.6 1.85 38 455 6519 -17.7 -20.0 82 2.3 -18.4 253 52 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.8 1.72 39 400 7470 -24.7 -27.8 75 3.1 -25.3 250 53 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.3 0.97 40 343 8571 -32.3 -36.0 70 3.7 -32.8 255 53 327.1 327.2 291.4 329.0 0.52 41 306 9365 -39.1 -43.8 61 4.7 -39.5 257 51 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.26 42 300 9500 -40.3 -44.7 63 4.4 -40.6 255 53 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 43 298 9545 -40.9 -44.9 65 4.0 -41.2 255 53 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 44 287 9799 -43.3 -48.3 58 5.0 -43.6 253 55 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 45 250 10710 -51.7 -56.2 58 4.5 -51.8 245 62 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 46 246 10815 -52.7 -57.1 59 4.4 -52.8 245 63 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.07 47 236 11084 -54.3 -57.8 65 3.5 -54.4 245 65 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.07 48 228 11305 -56.1 -62.1 47 6.0 -56.2 245 67 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.04 49 217 11619 -58.5 -65.5 40 7.0 -58.6 245 70 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 50 200 12130 -62.5 -67.3 52 4.8 -62.6 245 74 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 51 193 12348 -64.1 -68.5 55 4.4 -64.1 247 74 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 52 187 12540 -64.5 -68.8 55 4.3 -64.6 250 74 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 53 183 12671 -64.3 -68.3 58 4.0 -64.3 253 72 339.4 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.02 54 179 12806 -63.1 -67.9 52 4.8 -63.1 255 70 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 55 173 13015 -63.9 -70.9 38 7.0 -64.0 248 64 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 56 164 13341 -62.9 -75.9 16 13.0 -63.0 249 70 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 57 158 13570 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.6 253 78 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 58 154 13728 -62.7 -78.7 10 16.0 -62.9 255 83 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 59 150 13890 -60.3 -79.3 7 19.0 -60.5 260 82 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 60 107 15993 -63.3 -88.1 2 24.8 -63.5 265 87 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 61 100 16410 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.1 280 80 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 62 93 16852 -66.1 -91.1 2 25.0 -66.2 275 67 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 63 86 17328 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -64.9 270 52 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 64 75 18159 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.5 261 52 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.8 0.00 65 72 18407 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 260 51 445.4 445.4 310.4 445.4 0.00 66 70 18580 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 260 50 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.5 0.00 67 67 18849 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 260 51 454.2 454.2 311.3 454.2 0.00 68 58 19728 -67.1 -92.1 2 25.0 -67.3 271 43 465.2 465.2 312.3 465.2 0.00 69 53 20276 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 257 38 482.9 482.9 313.7 482.9 0.00 70 50 20630 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.5 255 41 484.9 484.9 313.8 484.9 0.00 71 47 21003 -68.1 -92.1 2 24.0 -68.3 266 41 491.6 491.6 314.4 491.6 0.00 72 42 21686 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.1 267 45 518.6 518.6 316.2 518.6 0.00 73 38 22300 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -64.0 259 49 534.2 534.2 317.2 534.2 0.00 74 36 22635 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.0 266 43 550.8 550.8 318.1 550.8 0.00 75 35 22811 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.4 259 41 554.2 554.2 318.3 554.2 0.00 76 33 23179 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.0 245 38 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.0 0.00 77 30 23780 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.4 260 39 585.7 585.7 319.9 585.7 0.00 78 25 24935 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.4 257 50 624.5 624.5 321.7 624.6 0.01 79 23 25464 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.9 260 57 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 80 21 26046 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.4 264 64 665.5 665.5 323.3 665.6 0.01 81 20 26360 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.2 265 63 671.8 671.8 323.5 671.9 0.01 82 19 26690 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -56.5 267 63 681.1 681.1 323.8 681.2 0.01 83 18 27039 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.5 269 63 696.1 696.1 324.3 696.2 0.01 84 15 28227 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.9 253 58 743.4 743.4 325.7 743.6 0.02 85 13 29160 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.9 254 48 766.1 766.1 326.4 766.3 0.02 86 12 29680 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.5 253 40 787.4 787.4 327.0 787.6 0.02 87 12 29680 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -53.5 253 40 798.7 798.8 327.2 799.1 0.04 88 11 30255 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -53.8 263 40 818.9 818.9 327.7 819.2 0.04 89 10 30890 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.3 275 40 854.2 854.2 328.5 854.8 0.06 90 8.9 31667 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -54.1 873.9 873.9 328.9 874.4 0.06 91 8.1 32296 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -52.9 909.6 909.7 329.6 910.5 0.09 92 8.0 32379 -44.9 -79.9 1 35.0 -53.5 908.1 908.1 329.6 909.0 0.08 TRP 187 12540 -64.5 -68.8 55 4.3 -64.6 250 74 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 WND 107 15993 -63.3 -88.1 2 24.8 -63.5 265 87 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.00 m Freezing level: 658.11 mb = 3677.63 m = 12065.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.66 mb = 2864.54 m = 9397.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.28 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.46 mb = 897.04 m = 2943.02 ft T: 12.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.34 C Layer 850.0- 702.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.13 mb = 2543.26 m = 8343.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Cap Strength: 12.54 C Lifted Index: 11.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.98 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 21.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71015.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.26 mb = 763.67 m = 2505.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 272 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 1027 11 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 69 23 -21.7 -8.2 1 1000 236 20 22 -7.5 -20.7 | 54 34 -27.7 -20.0 2 992 305 30 26 -13.0 -22.5 | 57 40 -33.2 -21.9 3 956 610 50 34 -26.0 -21.9 | 65 51 -46.2 -21.2 4 925 883 115 26 -23.6 11.0 | 105 45 -43.7 11.6 5 922 914 110 26 -24.4 8.9 | 102 46 -44.6 9.6 6 889 1219 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 112 41 -37.8 15.4 7 857 1524 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 118 19 -17.1 9.1 8 850 1592 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 119 22 -19.3 10.6 9 826 1829 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 120 14 -12.5 7.1 10 795 2134 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 114 9 -8.6 3.8 11 766 2438 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 143 9 -5.7 7.4 12 738 2743 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 177 8 -0.4 7.8 13 711 3048 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 190 6 1.1 6.4 14 700 3177 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 184 10 0.7 10.4 15 658 3658 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 190 14 2.3 13.7 16 633 3962 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 193 22 5.1 21.9 17 609 4267 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 196 19 5.2 18.4 18 586 4572 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 233 16 12.7 9.5 19 563 4877 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 237 19 15.6 10.2 20 501 5791 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 218 29 17.9 22.7 21 500 5810 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 227 29 21.5 20.1 22 481 6096 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 245 32 29.1 13.9 23 400 7470 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 238 35 29.6 18.8 24 392 7620 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 238 36 30.6 19.1 25 375 7925 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 239 39 33.4 20.2 26 316 9144 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 252 30 28.1 9.2 27 300 9500 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 245 34 31.0 14.4 28 250 10710 245 62 56.2 26.2 | 233 45 36.0 26.9 29 200 12130 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 236 57 46.9 31.9 30 198 12192 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 236 57 46.9 31.9 31 187 12540 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 242 56 49.4 26.0 32 179 12802 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 248 51 47.4 18.8 33 170 13106 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 233 44 35.1 26.4 34 154 13716 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 250 64 60.0 22.1 35 150 13890 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 256 62 60.6 14.9 36 127 14935 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 262 52 51.6 6.9 37 121 15240 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 256 57 55.7 14.0 38 109 15850 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 263 67 66.5 8.2 39 107 15993 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 263 67 66.5 8.2 40 100 16410 280 80 78.8 -13.9 | 283 60 58.6 -13.2 41 85 17374 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 269 31 30.8 0.7 42 73 18288 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 253 33 31.0 9.7 43 70 18580 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 252 31 29.1 9.3 44 60 19507 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 253 34 33.0 10.0 45 57 19812 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 278 19 18.7 -2.7 46 54 20117 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 246 17 15.3 6.9 47 52 20422 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 238 21 17.5 10.8 48 50 20630 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 240 22 19.4 11.3 49 45 21336 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 278 21 20.7 -2.9 50 38 22250 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 245 32 29.1 13.9 51 37 22555 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 268 24 23.8 0.7 52 33 23165 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 220 22 14.3 16.7 53 30 23774 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 238 20 16.5 10.5 54 30 23780 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 248 20 18.2 7.4 55 27 24384 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 286 26 25.1 -7.3 56 26 24689 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 243 28 25.2 12.8 57 20 26213 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 262 46 45.6 6.4 58 20 26360 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 262 43 42.6 6.1 59 18 27127 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 269 43 42.8 0.7 60 17 27432 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 262 42 41.6 6.1 61 15 28042 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 239 40 34.3 20.5 62 14 28651 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 254 39 37.9 10.9 63 12 29566 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 231 23 17.4 14.3 64 10 30890 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 278 20 19.7 -2.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 689.9 neg: -64.9 tot: 625.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 20.9 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 293.60 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 29 22 59 36| 25.1 0.0 25.1| 58.2 -48.4 9.7 19.5 -0.06| 28.3 -1.6 1000 56 26 72 44| 14.9 0.0 14.9|537.6 -48.4 489.2 489.2 0.53| 34.7 18.3 1500 77 24 84 44| 6.4 0.0 6.4|662.1 -60.0 602.1 401.4 0.48| 33.2 15.8 2000 85 20 88 40| 4.6 0.0 4.6|665.8 -63.2 602.6 301.3 0.42| 27.9 11.8 2500 92 19 92 39| 4.8 0.0 4.8|678.9 -64.9 613.9 245.6 0.44| 23.9 10.5 3000 130 19 110 37| 4.6 0.0 4.6|689.9 -64.9 625.0 208.3 0.46| 20.9 9.6 4000 227 21 162 16| 3.5 2.0 5.5|698.5 -66.2 632.3 158.1 0.42| 17.7 7.4 5000 238 24 180 13| 3.5 1.6 5.1|757.7 -70.4 687.3 137.5 0.45| 16.1 7.2 6000 242 27 195 14| 3.7 1.9 5.6|837.6-107.0 730.6 121.8 0.42| 15.2 6.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMHX/skewt/KMHX.skewt.20200323.00.gif