UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for KVEF... Searching the city database file for: KVEF ... Date:1200Z 20 MAR 20 Station: KVEF WMO ident: 72388 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -115.18 Elevation: 693.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 172 SFC 940 693 8.0 6.3 89 1.7 7.1 65 3 286.2 287.3 283.0 304.0 6.37 2 927 808 5.8 4.4 91 1.4 5.1 52 4 285.1 286.0 281.7 300.9 5.66 3 925 826 5.6 4.2 91 1.4 4.9 50 4 285.0 286.0 281.6 300.7 5.59 4 912 942 4.6 3.6 93 1.0 4.1 25 3 285.2 286.1 281.5 300.4 5.43 5 878 1251 3.2 1.8 91 1.4 2.5 231 5 286.8 287.7 281.7 300.9 4.96 6 860 1419 3.8 -2.2 65 6.0 1.1 237 6 289.2 289.8 281.4 300.1 3.78 7 850 1514 3.0 -3.0 65 6.0 0.4 240 6 289.3 289.9 281.2 299.7 3.60 8 833 1677 2.2 -4.8 60 7.0 -0.7 240 9 290.1 290.7 281.1 299.5 3.21 9 717 2867 -7.9 -9.9 86 2.0 -8.6 222 19 291.7 292.2 281.0 299.2 2.51 10 700 3053 -9.1 -11.7 81 2.6 -9.9 210 16 292.4 292.8 280.9 299.1 2.23 11 667 3426 -11.1 -16.1 67 5.0 -12.5 231 18 294.2 294.5 281.0 299.2 1.63 12 637 3777 -14.3 -17.9 74 3.6 -15.2 241 19 294.5 294.7 280.9 299.0 1.47 13 616 4031 -16.3 -20.8 68 4.5 -17.3 231 18 295.0 295.2 280.8 298.7 1.18 14 591 4341 -18.9 -21.8 78 2.9 -19.5 221 17 295.5 295.7 280.9 299.1 1.13 15 561 4728 -21.7 -27.7 58 6.0 -22.7 231 23 296.7 296.8 280.8 298.9 0.70 16 547 4914 -23.1 -29.1 58 6.0 -24.1 236 26 297.1 297.3 281.0 299.2 0.63 17 541 4994 -23.3 -37.3 27 14.0 -24.9 238 27 297.8 297.9 280.8 298.8 0.29 18 531 5131 -23.9 -48.9 8 25.0 -25.9 243 29 298.7 298.7 280.9 299.0 0.08 19 508 5454 -24.5 -50.5 7 26.0 -26.6 258 44 301.8 301.8 282.2 302.1 0.07 20 500 5570 -24.3 -53.3 5 29.0 -26.5 265 49 303.4 303.4 282.8 303.6 0.05 21 499 5585 -24.3 -53.3 5 29.0 -26.5 264 50 303.6 303.6 282.9 303.8 0.05 22 494 5658 -22.7 -57.7 3 35.0 -25.2 261 55 306.4 306.4 284.0 306.5 0.03 23 483 5823 -22.3 -63.3 1 41.0 -25.0 255 64 308.9 308.9 284.9 309.0 0.02 24 435 6583 -27.5 -47.5 13 20.0 -29.2 260 67 311.7 311.7 286.1 312.1 0.12 25 418 6869 -30.0 -49.0 14 19.0 -31.4 260 70 312.1 312.1 286.2 312.5 0.11 26 400 7180 -32.7 -50.7 15 18.0 -33.9 260 67 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.8 0.09 27 382 7502 -35.3 -52.3 16 17.0 -36.2 256 65 313.2 313.2 286.6 313.5 0.08 28 366 7798 -37.5 -61.5 6 24.0 -38.4 256 64 314.1 314.1 286.8 314.2 0.03 29 322 8669 -44.1 -63.1 10 19.0 -44.6 258 62 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.02 30 300 9140 -46.9 -66.9 8 20.0 -47.3 260 61 319.3 319.3 288.5 319.3 0.02 31 250 10330 -54.7 -74.7 7 20.0 -54.9 260 53 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.01 32 246 10433 -55.5 -75.5 7 20.0 -55.7 260 55 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.1 0.01 33 234 10750 -56.3 -75.3 7 19.0 -56.5 260 60 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.5 0.01 34 222 11083 -55.7 -77.7 5 22.0 -55.9 260 57 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.4 0.00 35 218 11199 -53.7 -79.7 3 26.0 -54.0 260 56 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.3 0.00 36 211 11408 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -55.0 260 54 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.00 37 209 11468 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -55.0 260 54 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.00 38 206 11561 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -54.0 260 53 344.8 344.8 295.4 344.8 0.00 39 201 11718 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -54.6 260 51 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.00 40 200 11750 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -54.2 260 51 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.00 41 199 11782 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -53.2 260 52 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.00 42 191 12048 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -52.9 260 56 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.00 43 188 12151 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -51.5 260 57 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 44 174 12653 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -53.3 265 50 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 45 166 12958 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -52.8 264 53 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 46 154 13441 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.3 261 44 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 47 150 13610 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -54.9 260 41 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 48 142 13962 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.2 257 37 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 49 131 14479 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.3 252 31 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 50 119 15086 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.2 250 36 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 51 115 15300 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.2 251 39 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 52 113 15410 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.9 254 40 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 53 109 15638 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -57.7 258 43 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 54 107 15754 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -58.5 261 45 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 55 104 15933 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -57.9 265 48 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 56 100 16180 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.2 270 51 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 57 89 16913 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.2 267 39 430.3 430.3 308.9 430.4 0.00 58 73 18158 -59.9 -90.9 1 31.0 -60.3 269 32 450.8 450.8 310.9 450.8 0.00 59 70 18420 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.2 270 31 456.7 456.7 311.5 456.7 0.00 60 61 19277 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.6 264 29 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.3 0.00 61 50 20500 -65.1 -95.1 1 30.0 -65.4 255 38 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.1 0.00 62 46 21010 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -63.9 269 47 505.8 505.8 315.4 505.8 0.00 63 44 21283 -64.3 -94.3 1 30.0 -64.7 270 50 510.3 510.3 315.7 510.3 0.00 64 42 21569 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -63.0 270 48 521.6 521.6 316.4 521.6 0.00 65 40 21869 -63.5 -93.5 1 30.0 -64.0 270 46 526.4 526.4 316.7 526.4 0.00 66 38 22187 -60.1 -91.1 1 31.0 -60.9 270 44 542.8 542.8 317.7 542.8 0.00 67 34 22882 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.4 270 40 562.0 562.0 318.8 562.0 0.00 68 30 23660 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -63.2 265 39 574.3 574.3 319.4 574.3 0.00 69 27 24308 -64.9 -94.9 1 30.0 -65.5 260 48 585.1 585.1 319.9 585.1 0.00 70 26 24538 -64.7 -94.7 1 30.0 -65.3 260 52 592.0 592.0 320.2 592.0 0.00 71 23 25299 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -60.0 263 64 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.8 0.01 72 21 25871 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -60.3 264 74 646.8 646.8 322.6 646.8 0.01 73 20 26180 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.3 265 79 667.5 667.5 323.3 667.6 0.01 74 17 27223 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.8 261 78 702.5 702.5 324.5 702.6 0.01 75 17 27223 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.9 261 78 710.8 710.8 324.8 711.0 0.02 76 14 28480 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.8 250 86 744.6 744.6 325.8 744.8 0.02 77 12 29477 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.1 252 104 783.9 783.9 326.8 784.1 0.02 78 11 30043 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.8 254 115 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.5 0.03 79 11 30043 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.6 254 115 820.3 820.3 327.7 820.7 0.04 80 10 30680 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -51.6 255 126 859.4 859.5 328.6 860.2 0.08 81 9.9 30748 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -51.4 864.1 864.2 328.7 865.0 0.09 82 8.9 31468 -42.3 -78.3 1 36.0 -51.8 890.8 890.9 329.2 891.9 0.10 83 8.1 32111 -37.9 -75.9 1 38.0 -50.3 932.6 932.7 330.1 934.4 0.16 84 7.6 32548 -40.3 -77.3 1 37.0 -51.7 940.1 940.2 330.2 941.6 0.13 85 7.0 33110 -39.9 -76.9 1 37.0 -51.9 964.1 964.2 330.6 965.9 0.16 86 6.6 33513 -38.5 -75.5 1 37.0 -51.6 986.3 986.5 331.0 988.8 0.21 87 6.5 33619 -35.7 -73.7 1 38.0 -50.6 1002.5 1002.7 331.2 1005.9 0.27 TRP 234 10750 -56.3 -75.3 7 19.0 -56.5 260 60 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.5 0.01 WND 418 6869 -30.0 -49.0 14 19.0 -31.4 260 70 312.1 312.1 286.2 312.5 0.11 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5398.00 m Freezing level: 807.73 mb = 1936.51 m = 6353.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.43 mb = 1576.74 m = 5172.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.28 % Est. max temperature: 12.48 C = 54.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.91 mb = 906.71 m = 2974.73 ft T: 4.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.62 C Layer 927.0- 878.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.91 mb = 1890.61 m = 6202.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.19 C = 53.95 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 21.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.27 mb = 1473.32 m = 4833.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.27 mb = 2841.65 m = 9322.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 689.27 mb = 3172.22 m = 10407.42 ft B at Equ Level: 23.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 509.27 mb = 5436.00 m = 17834.43 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 277 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 940 693 65 3 -2.7 -1.3 | 93 23 -22.7 1.1 1 925 826 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 89 23 -23.0 -0.2 2 915 914 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 90 22 -21.9 0.1 3 881 1219 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 109 17 -16.1 5.6 4 850 1514 240 6 5.2 3.0 | 110 16 -14.8 5.4 5 817 1829 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 131 13 -9.6 8.4 6 786 2134 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 154 17 -7.2 15.1 7 756 2438 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 158 17 -6.5 15.8 8 728 2743 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 166 16 -3.9 15.9 9 700 3048 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 144 20 -11.9 16.2 10 700 3053 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 144 20 -11.9 16.2 11 646 3658 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 170 11 -1.8 10.8 12 595 4267 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 147 18 -9.7 14.6 13 549 4877 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 184 17 1.4 17.3 14 527 5182 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 206 17 7.2 15.0 15 506 5486 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 248 27 25.4 10.4 16 500 5570 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 257 30 28.9 6.6 17 485 5791 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 246 46 41.9 18.9 18 465 6096 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 252 42 40.1 13.0 19 418 6869 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 253 51 49.0 14.5 20 410 7010 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 253 51 49.0 14.5 21 400 7180 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 253 48 46.0 14.0 22 375 7620 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 246 46 41.9 18.9 23 300 9140 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 252 42 40.1 13.0 24 300 9144 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 245 43 39.0 18.2 25 250 10330 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 250 34 32.2 11.6 26 234 10750 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 252 41 39.1 12.8 27 200 11750 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 250 32 30.3 11.2 28 187 12192 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 252 39 37.2 12.4 29 178 12497 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 255 25 23.9 6.2 30 170 12802 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 259 37 35.8 7.2 31 150 13610 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 245 23 20.4 9.5 32 128 14630 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 211 14 7.3 12.3 33 116 15240 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 226 22 15.8 15.4 34 100 16180 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 266 31 31.1 2.4 35 83 17374 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 245 12 10.9 5.1 36 71 18288 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 259 12 12.1 2.4 37 70 18420 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 258 11 11.1 2.4 38 62 19202 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 241 10 8.9 4.9 39 50 20500 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 234 21 16.8 12.2 40 48 20726 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 228 24 17.6 16.0 41 46 21031 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 265 27 27.1 2.4 42 44 21336 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 266 30 30.1 2.4 43 31 23470 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 262 16 16.1 2.4 44 30 23660 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 253 20 18.9 5.8 45 27 24384 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 249 30 28.3 10.9 46 20 26180 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 261 59 58.8 9.2 47 20 26213 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 261 60 59.7 9.3 48 16 27432 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 254 59 56.9 15.9 49 14 28346 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 242 66 58.0 30.8 50 10 30680 255 126 121.7 32.6 | 251 108 101.8 35.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.1 neg: -43.6 tot: 66.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 117.26 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 28 4 88 22| 8.1 0.0 8.1| 24.4 -13.4 11.0 22.1 0.26| 12.8 3.4 1000 240 5 107 16| 4.0 2.4 6.4| 40.4 -13.4 27.0 27.0 0.40| 9.3 3.7 1500 234 8 118 15| 2.7 4.7 7.4| 70.8 -13.4 57.4 38.3 0.56| 9.6 5.3 2000 230 11 129 15| 2.7 3.5 6.3| 83.5 -13.4 70.2 35.1 0.60| 7.9 4.7 2500 227 12 135 15| 2.2 2.3 4.5| 89.7 -43.6 46.1 18.4 0.34| 8.2 2.7 3000 229 13 139 15| 2.9 1.9 4.8|110.1 -43.6 66.5 22.2 0.38| 8.3 3.2 4000 229 15 144 15| 3.0 1.8 4.9|143.7 -62.9 80.8 20.2 0.33| 8.2 2.7 5000 238 19 163 13| 6.4 1.5 7.9|306.7 -92.1 214.6 42.9 0.44| 10.9 4.8 6000 247 27 200 14| 5.7 1.3 7.0|374.6-131.6 243.0 40.5 0.39| 10.9 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVEF/skewt/KVEF.skewt.20200320.12.gif