UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032411.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1100Z 24 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 1006 71 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.4 60 15 285.7 287.2 285.2 309.9 8.72 1 850 1461 4.0 4.0 100 0.0 4.0 80 38 290.3 291.4 284.4 307.5 6.00 2 700 3018 -3.9 -3.9 100 0.0 -3.9 155 13 298.2 298.9 285.5 310.4 4.09 3 500 5610 -18.7 -19.9 90 1.2 -19.0 150 11 310.2 310.5 287.2 315.4 1.58 4 400 7230 -30.5 -32.9 79 2.4 -30.8 115 17 315.3 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.60 5 300 9210 -45.1 -50.1 57 5.0 -45.3 125 31 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.13 6 274 9815 -49.3 -53.4 62 4.1 -49.4 130 33 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.10 7 250 10420 -49.1 -58.1 34 9.0 -49.4 60 11 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.06 8 200 11890 -45.7 -52.7 45 7.0 -46.1 240 1 360.4 360.4 298.9 361.0 0.14 9 150 13800 -47.3 -65.3 11 18.0 -48.1 260 11 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.04 10 100 16460 -50.3 -80.3 2 30.0 -51.2 245 3 430.5 430.5 308.9 430.6 0.01 TRP 274 9815 -49.3 -53.4 62 4.1 -49.4 130 33 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.10 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.74 m Freezing level: 774.05 mb = 2249.35 m = 7379.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.07 mb = 2211.40 m = 7255.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.81 % Est. max temperature: 17.49 C = 63.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.67 mb = 205.89 m = 675.48 ft T: 12.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.36 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1461.00 m = 4793.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.81 C = 71.26 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 26.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.30 mb = 566.88 m = 1859.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.30 mb = 787.51 m = 2583.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.30 mb = 2547.46 m = 8357.70 ft B at Equ Level: 74.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 582.30 mb = 4436.14 m = 14554.07 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 138 at 14 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 1006 71 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 11 18 -3.6 -17.9 1 850 1461 80 38 -37.4 -6.6 | 59 33 -28.1 -17.0 2 700 3018 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 250 4 3.9 1.4 3 500 5610 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 283 4 3.9 -0.9 4 400 7230 115 17 -15.4 7.2 | 62 7 -6.0 -3.2 5 300 9210 125 31 -25.4 17.8 | 115 18 -16.0 7.4 6 274 9815 130 33 -25.3 21.2 | 124 19 -15.9 10.8 7 250 10420 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 1 16 -0.2 -15.9 8 200 11890 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 314 14 10.2 -9.9 9 150 13800 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 293 22 20.2 -8.5 10 100 16460 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 307 15 12.1 -9.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.0 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 138.0 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 17.59 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 72 18 27 18| 8.8 0.0 8.8| 39.4 0.0 39.4 78.8 0.84| 8.9 7.5 1000 72 23 36 21| 9.0 0.0 9.0| 87.8 0.0 87.8 87.8 0.82| 9.0 7.4 1500 75 27 44 24| 8.1 0.0 8.1|154.8 0.0 154.8 103.2 0.80| 9.8 7.8 2000 81 28 51 24| 5.6 0.0 5.6|213.9 0.0 213.9 106.9 0.73| 11.4 8.3 2500 85 28 55 22| 4.4 0.0 4.4|235.2 0.0 235.2 94.1 0.68| 11.8 8.0 3000 86 26 53 20| 3.5 0.0 3.5|243.0 0.0 243.0 81.0 0.71| 11.5 8.1 4000 94 23 57 16| 2.7 0.1 2.8|243.8 0.0 243.8 61.0 0.71| 8.7 6.2 5000 102 20 59 12| 2.1 0.2 2.3|244.7 0.0 244.7 48.9 0.71| 7.1 5.0 6000 108 19 61 10| 1.8 0.3 2.1|245.5 0.0 245.5 40.9 0.70| 6.1 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20200324.11.gif