UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032023.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:2300Z 20 MAR 20 Station: LE430 WMO ident: 8430 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -1.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 67 14.0 9.8 76 4.2 11.6 90 1 286.4 287.7 284.4 307.5 7.55 1 850 1482 3.0 2.0 93 1.0 2.5 60 11 289.3 290.2 283.1 304.2 5.20 2 700 3048 -3.1 -7.7 70 4.6 -4.9 175 13 299.1 299.6 284.7 308.4 3.06 3 500 5620 -20.7 -25.7 64 5.0 -21.7 230 1 307.8 308.0 285.7 310.9 0.94 4 400 7230 -33.7 -42.7 40 9.0 -34.4 200 9 311.2 311.2 286.0 312.0 0.22 5 300 9170 -50.9 -55.9 55 5.0 -51.0 240 9 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.9 0.07 6 264 9992 -55.3 -64.3 32 9.0 -55.4 270 17 318.8 318.8 288.4 318.9 0.03 7 250 10340 -54.7 -65.7 24 11.0 -54.9 280 25 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.02 8 200 11780 -51.5 -72.5 6 21.0 -51.9 250 15 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 9 150 13640 -52.1 -83.1 1 31.0 -52.6 220 21 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 10 100 16240 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.3 250 25 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 264 9992 -55.3 -64.3 32 9.0 -55.4 270 17 318.8 318.8 288.4 318.9 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5478.74 m Freezing level: 776.23 mb = 2252.16 m = 7388.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 799.20 mb = 1979.00 m = 6492.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.52 % Est. max temperature: 16.72 C = 62.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.31 mb = 587.81 m = 1928.48 ft T: 9.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.33 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1482.00 m = 4862.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.92 C = 67.85 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 3.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 21.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 47.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.65 mb = 868.25 m = 2848.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.65 mb = 1283.99 m = 4212.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.65 mb = 1864.33 m = 6116.50 ft B at Equ Level: 34.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 720.65 mb = 2813.52 m = 9230.61 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 174 at 6 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 1009 67 90 1 -1.0 0.0 | 4 6 -0.4 -5.7 1 850 1482 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 38 14 -8.9 -11.2 2 700 3048 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 176 7 -0.5 7.2 3 500 5620 230 1 0.8 0.6 | 345 5 1.4 -5.1 4 400 7230 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 234 5 3.7 2.7 5 300 9170 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 278 8 8.4 -1.2 6 264 9992 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 288 19 17.6 -5.7 7 250 10340 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 292 27 25.2 -10.1 8 200 11780 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 272 15 14.7 -0.6 9 150 13640 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 234 18 14.1 10.4 10 100 16240 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 263 24 24.1 2.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.9 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 173.9 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 9.54 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 43 2 8 8| 0.0 3.7 3.7| 5.0 0.0 5.0 9.9 0.82| 3.7 3.0 1000 61 4 22 8| 0.0 3.7 3.7| 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.58| 3.8 2.2 1500 62 6 30 10| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 12.5 -0.4 12.0 8.0 0.46| 4.0 1.8 2000 71 8 38 10| 1.9 2.6 4.5| 35.3 -0.4 34.9 17.4 0.64| 4.9 3.1 2500 84 8 50 10| 2.9 2.1 5.0| 53.6 -0.4 53.2 21.3 0.72| 5.5 4.0 3000 98 9 63 10| 3.4 1.7 5.1| 69.0 -0.4 68.5 22.8 0.78| 5.9 4.6 4000 129 10 92 7| 2.3 1.3 3.6| 75.8 -0.4 75.4 18.8 0.79| 5.2 4.1 5000 141 9 103 5| 1.5 1.0 2.5| 80.5 -0.4 80.1 16.0 0.81| 4.7 3.8 6000 144 8 97 4| 1.1 0.7 1.8| 83.1 -2.7 80.4 13.4 0.74| 4.3 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20200320.23.gif