UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for KMHX... Searching the city database file for: KMHX ... Date:0000Z 25 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 1018 11 11.8 9.5 86 2.3 10.5 40 5 283.5 284.8 282.9 303.7 7.33 1 1000 158 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.4 60 13 283.8 284.9 282.5 302.9 6.92 2 986 275 9.6 7.2 85 2.4 8.3 48 16 283.9 285.0 282.1 301.8 6.47 3 979 335 10.4 3.4 62 7.0 6.9 41 15 285.3 286.1 281.0 299.3 4.99 4 971 403 10.4 4.4 66 6.0 7.3 30 11 285.9 286.9 281.8 301.2 5.40 5 953 559 10.4 8.8 90 1.6 9.5 7 3 287.5 288.8 284.7 308.4 7.47 6 944 638 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 344 1 290.5 292.2 287.8 317.0 9.37 7 925 809 12.6 11.5 93 1.1 11.9 250 5 292.2 293.8 288.3 318.5 9.25 8 874 1285 11.4 10.7 95 0.7 11.0 279 13 295.7 297.4 289.5 322.5 9.28 9 850 1517 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 275 14 296.4 298.0 289.3 321.8 8.74 10 795 2070 6.2 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 260 17 298.3 299.5 288.3 318.6 6.89 11 723 2845 2.2 1.8 97 0.4 2.0 254 19 302.1 303.2 288.8 320.2 6.04 12 700 3106 1.0 0.5 96 0.5 0.7 245 22 303.6 304.6 289.0 320.8 5.67 13 668 3481 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 245 27 305.5 306.5 289.2 321.6 5.25 14 589 4480 -4.7 -6.9 85 2.2 -5.7 257 46 312.3 313.1 290.2 324.6 3.87 15 551 5002 -8.3 -9.6 90 1.3 -8.8 260 52 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.8 3.35 16 500 5750 -13.1 -14.9 86 1.8 -13.7 260 48 317.1 317.5 290.3 325.0 2.41 17 401 7392 -24.3 -26.3 83 2.0 -24.7 255 48 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.11 18 400 7410 -24.7 -26.4 86 1.7 -25.1 255 48 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.8 1.11 19 390 7594 -26.3 -27.4 90 1.1 -26.5 259 50 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.8 1.03 20 322 8947 -37.7 -41.1 70 3.4 -38.0 260 58 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.33 21 300 9430 -42.1 -44.6 76 2.5 -42.3 255 63 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.24 22 296 9521 -42.9 -45.2 78 2.3 -43.0 255 64 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 23 288 9706 -44.5 -48.1 67 3.6 -44.7 256 65 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 24 268 10186 -49.1 -52.9 64 3.8 -49.3 258 69 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.11 25 250 10640 -53.1 -55.9 71 2.8 -53.2 260 73 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 26 247 10717 -53.7 -56.2 74 2.5 -53.8 262 74 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.08 27 240 10901 -55.3 -59.0 63 3.7 -55.4 268 76 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.06 28 234 11062 -55.3 -58.6 67 3.3 -55.4 272 78 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.06 29 219 11480 -57.9 -62.7 54 4.8 -58.0 285 83 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 30 215 11596 -57.1 -63.1 46 6.0 -57.2 285 85 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.04 31 202 11988 -58.9 -69.9 23 11.0 -59.0 285 92 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 32 200 12050 -58.5 -70.5 20 12.0 -58.6 285 93 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.01 33 194 12242 -57.1 -71.1 15 14.0 -57.3 285 95 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.01 34 183 12612 -55.9 -71.9 12 16.0 -56.1 285 99 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 35 182 12647 -55.9 -72.2 11 16.3 -56.2 285 99 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 36 167 13194 -55.9 -76.9 6 21.0 -56.2 283 88 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 37 165 13270 -54.9 -75.9 6 21.0 -55.2 283 86 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 38 158 13548 -54.1 -77.1 4 23.0 -54.5 282 79 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 39 150 13880 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -55.6 280 70 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 40 148 13966 -55.1 -80.1 3 25.0 -55.5 277 64 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 41 140 14319 -57.1 -82.1 3 25.0 -57.4 275 62 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 42 127 14930 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 275 67 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 43 122 15178 -62.7 -85.7 3 23.0 -62.9 275 69 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 44 109 15864 -68.1 -88.1 4 20.0 -68.2 270 79 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 45 107 15976 -67.3 -87.3 4 20.0 -67.4 274 76 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 46 106 16033 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 277 74 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 47 105 16090 -65.7 -86.7 4 21.0 -65.8 279 73 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 48 103 16208 -63.3 -85.3 4 22.0 -63.5 283 70 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 49 101 16328 -62.9 -84.9 4 22.0 -63.1 288 67 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.1 0.00 50 100 16390 -61.7 -84.7 3 23.0 -61.9 290 65 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 51 96 16643 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.6 290 55 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 52 90 17040 -64.9 -86.9 3 22.0 -65.1 290 39 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.7 0.00 53 84 17460 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.5 293 43 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 54 76 18069 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -64.9 280 40 435.6 435.6 309.4 435.6 0.00 55 70 18570 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 285 42 444.7 444.7 310.3 444.7 0.00 56 64 19115 -64.5 -86.5 3 22.0 -64.8 285 27 458.0 458.0 311.6 458.0 0.00 57 59 19615 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.7 276 17 476.0 476.0 313.1 476.0 0.01 58 52 20391 -64.5 -87.5 3 23.0 -64.8 247 20 486.0 486.0 313.9 486.0 0.00 59 50 20630 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.4 270 27 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.5 0.00 60 45 21275 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.5 279 33 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 61 45 21275 -62.9 -86.9 3 24.0 -63.3 279 33 510.4 510.4 315.7 510.4 0.00 62 41 21850 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.4 276 32 526.7 526.7 316.7 526.7 0.00 63 39 22162 -58.7 -85.7 2 27.0 -59.5 277 29 542.4 542.4 317.6 542.4 0.01 64 37 22492 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -60.3 278 25 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.6 0.01 TRP 219 11480 -57.9 -62.7 54 4.8 -58.0 285 83 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 WND 182 12647 -55.9 -72.2 11 16.3 -56.2 285 99 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.00 m Freezing level: 683.16 mb = 3303.53 m = 10838.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.84 mb = 3258.22 m = 10689.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.28 mb = 298.32 m = 978.72 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 1000.0- 971.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.38 mb = 2128.28 m = 6982.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 9.76 C Lifted Index: 10.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.20 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28147.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.55 mb = 731.74 m = 2400.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 288 at 21 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 1018 11 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 96 23 -23.1 2.6 1 1000 158 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 90 31 -31.1 -0.1 2 983 305 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 80 32 -31.9 -5.6 3 947 610 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 108 21 -19.8 6.4 4 925 809 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 118 17 -15.1 8.1 5 913 914 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 123 14 -12.0 7.8 6 881 1219 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 121 8 -7.0 4.2 7 850 1517 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 131 8 -5.9 5.2 8 818 1829 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 136 7 -4.9 5.1 9 788 2134 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 162 11 -3.4 10.8 10 759 2438 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 170 15 -2.6 14.5 11 732 2743 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 168 10 -2.1 9.6 12 705 3048 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 174 17 -1.7 16.9 13 700 3106 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 180 16 0.1 15.7 14 653 3658 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 201 20 7.4 19.1 15 604 4267 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 230 27 20.7 17.3 16 559 4877 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 244 36 32.4 15.6 17 500 5750 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 242 31 27.4 14.8 18 477 6096 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 243 33 29.4 15.1 19 400 7410 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 235 33 26.5 18.9 20 388 7620 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 243 33 29.4 15.1 21 356 8230 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 243 33 29.4 15.1 22 312 9144 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 247 43 39.3 16.9 23 300 9430 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 241 47 41.0 22.7 24 250 10640 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 250 55 52.1 19.1 25 219 11480 285 83 80.2 -21.5 | 284 62 60.3 -15.0 26 200 12050 285 93 89.8 -24.1 | 284 72 70.0 -17.6 27 182 12647 285 99 95.6 -25.6 | 284 78 75.8 -19.2 28 178 12802 285 99 95.6 -25.6 | 284 78 75.8 -19.2 29 150 13880 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 277 49 49.1 -5.7 30 147 14021 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 268 40 39.9 1.2 31 120 15240 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 270 50 49.9 0.3 32 109 15850 270 79 79.0 -0.0 | 264 60 59.2 6.4 33 100 16390 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 291 44 41.2 -15.8 34 89 17069 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 292 17 15.9 -6.6 35 85 17374 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 302 22 19.1 -11.7 36 73 18288 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 261 19 19.0 3.0 37 70 18570 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 282 21 20.7 -4.4 38 70 18593 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 282 21 20.7 -4.4 39 60 19507 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 118 5 -4.4 2.3 40 57 19812 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 168 10 -2.1 9.6 41 54 20117 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 200 9 3.1 8.4 42 52 20422 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 173 15 -1.7 14.9 43 50 20630 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 228 10 7.2 6.4 44 49 20726 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 277 8 8.2 -1.1 45 43 21336 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 257 15 15.0 3.4 46 35 22250 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 177 3 -0.1 3.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.3 neg: -70.7 tot: 42.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 193.88 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 47 12 87 28| 0.0 2.4 2.4| 35.7 -64.6 -28.9 -57.9 -0.11| 26.6 -2.9 1000 37 8 90 25| 0.0 7.0 7.0| 90.5 -68.3 22.1 22.1 0.17| 22.1 3.8 1500 320 10 86 14| 1.6 4.6 6.3| 93.5 -69.7 23.8 15.8 0.17| 16.7 2.9 2000 293 11 103 10| 1.2 4.3 5.5|100.5 -69.7 30.8 15.4 0.22| 13.7 3.0 2500 275 12 125 9| 1.0 4.2 5.2|109.2 -69.7 39.5 15.8 0.24| 12.3 3.0 3000 268 13 137 9| 0.8 3.9 4.7|113.3 -70.7 42.6 14.2 0.22| 11.8 2.7 4000 257 17 164 11| 2.7 2.9 5.6|190.7 -70.7 120.0 30.0 0.35| 11.1 3.9 5000 257 23 193 12| 3.9 2.4 6.2|286.7 -72.2 214.5 42.9 0.41| 10.7 4.4 6000 258 28 211 14| 3.2 1.8 5.0|290.0 -82.6 207.5 34.6 0.38| 9.4 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KMHX/skewt/KMHX.skewt.20200325.00.gif