UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033111.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 31 MAR 20 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1100Z 31 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 1002 61 14.8 11.6 81 3.2 12.9 40 3 287.8 289.3 285.9 311.8 8.59 1 850 1424 4.6 3.8 95 0.8 4.2 210 15 291.0 292.0 284.5 307.9 5.92 2 700 3000 -3.3 -7.4 73 4.1 -5.0 225 15 298.8 299.4 284.7 308.3 3.13 3 500 5560 -21.3 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.6 235 33 307.1 307.2 285.1 309.6 0.74 4 400 7160 -34.1 -41.1 49 7.0 -34.7 240 46 310.7 310.7 285.9 311.6 0.26 5 300 9120 -47.7 -61.7 18 14.0 -48.0 245 56 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.03 6 257 10123 -53.1 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.3 245 60 324.5 324.6 290.2 324.6 0.02 7 250 10300 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.1 240 60 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.01 8 244 10457 -52.7 -69.4 11 16.8 -52.9 240 62 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.1 0.01 9 200 11750 -50.7 -73.7 5 23.0 -51.1 255 46 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 10 150 13620 -51.5 -81.5 2 30.0 -52.0 250 42 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 11 100 16220 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -56.4 260 27 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 257 10123 -53.1 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.3 245 60 324.5 324.6 290.2 324.6 0.02 WND 244 10457 -52.7 -69.4 11 16.8 -52.9 240 62 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5482.45 m Freezing level: 762.66 mb = 2341.67 m = 7682.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.41 mb = 2106.99 m = 6912.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.83 % Est. max temperature: 17.94 C = 64.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.15 mb = 457.74 m = 1501.75 ft T: 11.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1424.00 m = 4671.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.19 C = 70.14 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 25.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.95 mb = 768.77 m = 2522.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.95 mb = 1090.12 m = 3576.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.95 mb = 2494.77 m = 8184.83 ft B at Equ Level: 51.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.95 mb = 6236.95 m = 20462.19 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 15 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 1002 61 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 72 17 -16.1 -5.3 1 850 1424 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 146 12 -6.7 9.9 2 700 3000 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 154 8 -3.6 7.6 3 500 5560 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 219 20 12.8 15.9 4 400 7160 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 232 32 25.6 20.0 5 300 9120 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 241 42 36.5 20.6 6 257 10123 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 241 46 40.2 22.3 7 250 10300 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 234 46 37.7 27.0 8 244 10457 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 235 48 39.5 28.0 9 200 11750 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 254 31 30.2 8.9 10 150 13620 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 246 28 25.2 11.3 11 100 16220 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 262 12 12.4 1.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 31.15 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 258 5 78 10| 6.8 0.0 6.8| 27.0 0.0 27.0 54.0 0.70| 7.4 5.2 1000 229 7 101 9| 7.1 0.0 7.1| 87.3 0.0 87.3 87.3 0.86| 9.5 8.2 1500 208 10 119 11| 6.2 0.0 6.2|122.7 0.0 122.7 81.8 0.81| 10.3 8.4 2000 210 11 126 11| 4.6 0.0 4.6|124.2 0.0 124.2 62.1 0.80| 8.0 6.4 2500 213 12 131 10| 3.7 0.0 3.7|125.4 0.0 125.4 50.2 0.78| 6.7 5.2 3000 215 12 135 10| 3.2 0.0 3.2|127.3 0.0 127.3 42.4 0.77| 5.8 4.5 4000 220 14 145 9| 3.3 0.0 3.3|143.4 0.0 143.4 35.8 0.79| 5.3 4.2 5000 224 16 163 9| 3.3 0.0 3.3|161.7 0.0 161.7 32.3 0.77| 5.0 3.8 6000 228 19 181 10| 3.4 0.0 3.4|183.6 0.0 183.6 30.6 0.73| 4.8 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20200331.11.gif