UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032111.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1100Z 21 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 1005 67 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 13.1 75 5 289.3 290.7 286.0 311.9 8.00 1 850 1458 4.0 4.0 100 0.0 4.0 125 11 290.3 291.4 284.4 307.5 6.00 2 700 3016 -4.1 -7.7 76 3.6 -5.5 175 21 297.9 298.5 284.2 307.2 3.06 3 500 5580 -20.9 -23.8 77 2.9 -21.5 180 17 307.6 307.8 285.8 311.2 1.12 4 400 7190 -33.5 -41.5 44 8.0 -34.2 215 13 311.4 311.5 286.2 312.4 0.25 5 300 9140 -50.3 -55.3 55 5.0 -50.4 210 11 314.5 314.5 287.0 314.7 0.07 6 264 9962 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.5 220 21 318.8 318.8 288.4 318.9 0.02 7 250 10310 -53.9 -64.9 25 11.0 -54.1 235 27 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.02 8 200 11750 -53.1 -68.1 15 15.0 -53.4 255 13 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 9 150 13610 -51.9 -74.9 5 23.0 -52.4 270 11 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.01 10 100 16210 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -55.6 260 13 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 264 9962 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.5 220 21 318.8 318.8 288.4 318.9 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5471.31 m Freezing level: 775.93 mb = 2227.38 m = 7307.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 786.72 mb = 2078.76 m = 6819.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.56 % Est. max temperature: 17.58 C = 63.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.83 mb = 811.49 m = 2662.32 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 4.72 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1458.00 m = 4783.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.71 C = 69.27 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.90 C K Index: 25.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.90 mb = 993.62 m = 3259.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.90 mb = 1133.34 m = 3718.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 593.90 mb = 4268.57 m = 14004.32 ft B at Equ Level: 72.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.90 mb = 6603.10 m = 21663.46 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 197 at 12 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 1005 67 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 33 15 -8.2 -12.5 1 850 1458 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 69 13 -12.4 -4.9 2 700 3016 175 21 -1.8 20.9 | 152 11 -5.2 9.7 3 500 5580 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 150 7 -3.4 5.8 4 400 7190 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 278 4 4.1 -0.5 5 300 9140 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 308 3 2.1 -1.7 6 264 9962 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 244 11 10.1 4.9 7 250 10310 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 257 19 18.7 4.3 8 200 11750 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 311 12 9.2 -7.8 9 150 13610 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 326 14 7.6 -11.2 10 100 16210 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 314 13 9.4 -8.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.9 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 196.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.71 Bulk Shear: 26.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 101 6 42 14| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 11.5 0.0 11.5 22.9 0.99| 3.0 2.9 1000 104 7 47 14| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 24.4 0.0 24.4 24.4 0.99| 3.2 3.2 1500 112 8 54 14| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 38.1 0.0 38.1 25.4 0.97| 3.5 3.4 2000 121 9 61 13| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 54.1 0.0 54.1 27.1 0.97| 3.9 3.8 2500 133 11 72 12| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 71.0 0.0 71.0 28.4 0.98| 4.3 4.2 3000 145 12 85 11| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 87.6 0.0 87.6 29.2 0.98| 4.5 4.5 4000 157 14 102 9| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 87.6 -0.1 87.5 21.9 0.92| 3.6 3.3 5000 163 15 113 9| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 87.6 -0.4 87.2 17.4 0.86| 3.1 2.7 6000 167 16 120 8| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 90.8 -0.6 90.2 15.0 0.82| 2.9 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20200321.11.gif