UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031923.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for NFFN... Searching the city database file for: NFFN ... Date:2300Z 19 MAR 20 Station: NFFN WMO ident: 91680 Latitude: -17.75 Longitude: 177.45 Elevation: 18.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 18 28.0 24.4 81 3.6 25.3 300 8 300.0 303.6 298.1 356.8 19.33 1 1000 129 26.0 22.8 83 3.2 23.7 325 8 299.1 302.4 296.8 351.0 17.74 2 925 813 21.8 19.3 86 2.5 20.1 360 1 301.6 304.4 296.0 347.0 15.41 3 904 1013 20.2 19.3 95 0.9 19.6 41 2 301.9 304.8 296.3 348.5 15.78 4 850 1545 17.8 17.1 96 0.7 17.3 90 7 304.8 307.5 296.3 348.3 14.59 5 827 1780 17.0 15.3 90 1.7 15.8 98 7 306.3 308.8 295.8 346.4 13.34 6 700 3192 10.2 9.1 93 1.1 9.5 55 5 313.8 315.8 295.8 346.1 10.43 7 663 3642 7.6 7.5 99 0.1 7.5 18 6 315.8 317.7 295.9 346.6 9.87 8 636 3985 6.4 3.8 83 2.6 4.9 350 6 318.2 319.7 295.1 343.3 7.93 9 620 4194 6.8 0.8 66 6.0 3.4 332 7 321.0 322.2 294.8 342.1 6.56 10 514 5711 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 234 4 327.2 328.2 295.5 344.9 5.34 11 500 5930 -3.5 -6.7 78 3.2 -5.1 220 4 328.8 329.7 295.4 344.3 4.64 12 466 6483 -6.7 -9.3 82 2.6 -7.9 124 11 331.5 332.3 295.6 345.3 4.06 13 461 6567 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -9.4 129 11 332.3 332.9 295.0 342.9 3.08 14 452 6721 -8.1 -11.6 76 3.5 -9.6 138 12 332.6 333.3 295.4 344.6 3.48 15 445 6842 -8.5 -17.5 48 9.0 -11.8 145 12 333.6 334.1 294.6 341.3 2.17 16 432 7071 -10.1 -16.1 61 6.0 -12.4 164 12 334.4 334.9 295.1 343.3 2.52 17 430 7107 -10.1 -26.1 26 16.0 -14.7 170 12 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.7 1.06 18 429 7125 -10.1 -25.1 28 15.0 -14.6 173 12 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.3 1.16 19 421 7270 -11.5 -19.5 52 8.0 -14.2 196 13 335.1 335.5 294.8 342.0 1.94 20 400 7660 -14.1 -31.1 22 17.0 -18.2 195 10 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.3 0.71 21 376 8126 -17.3 -38.3 14 21.0 -21.2 191 12 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.37 22 322 9264 -27.5 -37.5 38 10.0 -29.0 160 15 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.47 23 306 9629 -29.1 -29.4 97 0.3 -29.2 106 14 342.4 342.7 295.8 346.5 1.10 24 300 9770 -29.9 -30.7 93 0.8 -30.0 70 14 343.2 343.4 296.0 347.0 0.99 25 296 9866 -30.7 -30.9 98 0.2 -30.7 62 13 343.4 343.6 296.0 347.1 0.98 26 287 10086 -31.9 -34.0 82 2.1 -32.3 45 12 344.8 344.9 296.1 347.6 0.75 27 270 10516 -35.3 -41.3 54 6.0 -36.0 45 11 345.9 346.0 296.1 347.4 0.38 28 262 10726 -36.9 -41.3 64 4.4 -37.4 38 11 346.5 346.6 296.2 348.1 0.39 29 260 10779 -37.3 -45.3 43 8.0 -38.1 31 11 346.7 346.8 296.1 347.7 0.26 30 250 11050 -39.7 -44.7 59 5.0 -40.2 355 10 347.0 347.1 296.3 348.2 0.29 31 249 11077 -39.9 -44.5 61 4.6 -40.3 354 10 347.1 347.2 296.3 348.3 0.29 32 243 11243 -41.1 -51.1 33 10.0 -41.8 347 12 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.4 0.14 33 200 12530 -52.1 -56.3 60 4.2 -52.2 330 19 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.7 0.09 34 193 12759 -53.9 -58.3 58 4.4 -54.0 330 23 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.08 35 188 12927 -55.5 -59.0 65 3.5 -55.6 328 25 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.07 36 166 13705 -63.1 -67.9 52 4.8 -63.1 315 30 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 37 150 14320 -68.1 -73.1 49 5.0 -68.1 305 35 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 38 148 14400 -68.7 -73.7 48 5.0 -68.7 301 34 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 39 145 14523 -69.7 -76.7 35 7.0 -69.8 294 32 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 40 140 14731 -70.3 -83.3 13 13.0 -70.4 281 27 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.00 41 127 15304 -74.7 -79.0 51 4.3 -74.7 247 15 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 42 105 16385 -83.3 -87.9 44 4.6 -83.3 75 15 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 43 102 16548 -78.9 -85.9 31 7.0 -78.9 66 16 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 44 100 16660 -79.5 -86.5 30 7.0 -79.5 60 17 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 45 82 17784 -81.3 -90.3 20 9.0 -81.3 125 20 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 46 75 18296 -73.9 -90.9 6 17.0 -74.0 71 23 418.0 418.0 307.4 418.0 0.00 47 70 18700 -73.5 -91.5 5 18.0 -73.6 45 17 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.00 48 66 19045 -72.9 -91.9 4 19.0 -73.0 35 20 435.7 435.7 309.4 435.7 0.00 49 57 19917 -66.9 -91.9 2 25.0 -67.1 117 19 468.0 468.0 312.5 468.0 0.00 50 50 20710 -66.1 -92.1 1 26.0 -66.4 95 28 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 51 34 23075 -61.3 -92.3 1 31.0 -62.0 84 41 557.2 557.2 318.5 557.2 0.00 52 31 23646 -62.1 -92.1 1 30.0 -62.8 88 45 570.0 570.0 319.2 570.0 0.00 53 30 23850 -59.9 -92.9 1 33.0 -60.9 85 54 581.3 581.3 319.8 581.4 0.00 54 25 25004 -54.9 -90.9 0 36.0 -56.8 78 60 626.8 626.8 321.7 626.8 0.00 55 22 25837 -46.7 -85.7 0 39.0 -51.0 77 50 674.6 674.6 323.6 674.7 0.01 56 20 26470 -46.5 -85.5 0 39.0 -51.1 80 35 693.8 693.8 324.2 693.9 0.01 57 14 28827 -48.5 -86.5 0 38.0 -53.5 92 42 761.6 761.6 326.3 761.7 0.02 58 12 29852 -44.0 -83.9 0 39.9 -51.5 80 65 811.8 811.8 327.5 812.0 0.03 59 11 30439 -41.5 -82.5 0 41.0 -50.5 841.4 841.4 328.2 841.8 0.04 TRP 105 16385 -83.3 -87.9 44 4.6 -83.3 75 15 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 WND 12 29852 -44.0 -83.9 0 39.9 -51.5 80 65 811.8 811.8 327.5 812.0 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.00 m Freezing level: 544.13 mb = 5279.90 m = 17322.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 568.47 mb = 4896.25 m = 16063.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.96 mb = 469.30 m = 1539.69 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.76 C Layer 1000.0- 904.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.00 mb = 1012.84 m = 3322.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.10 mb = 821.46 m = 2695.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.10 mb = 2618.04 m = 8589.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.10 mb = 4074.58 m = 13367.87 ft B at Equ Level: 20.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.10 mb = 14769.11 m = 48454.48 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 52 at 4 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 1013 18 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 278 10 10.3 -1.4 1 1000 129 325 8 4.6 -6.6 | 296 9 7.9 -4.0 2 980 305 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 304 9 7.8 -5.2 3 947 610 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 288 4 4.0 -1.3 4 925 813 360 1 -0.0 -1.0 | 244 4 3.3 1.6 5 914 914 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 250 2 2.3 0.9 6 852 1524 100 5 -4.9 0.9 | 155 4 -1.6 3.5 7 850 1545 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 125 4 -3.7 2.6 8 793 2134 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 142 7 -4.2 5.3 9 712 3048 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 163 2 -0.6 1.9 10 700 3192 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 71 1 -0.8 -0.3 11 613 4267 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 293 8 7.4 -3.1 12 500 5930 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 226 8 5.9 5.7 13 471 6401 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 143 10 -6.2 8.1 14 435 7010 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 173 14 -1.7 13.5 15 418 7315 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 212 17 8.8 14.4 16 402 7620 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 209 15 7.1 12.9 17 400 7660 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 206 14 5.9 12.3 18 370 8230 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 200 16 5.6 15.4 19 355 8534 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 202 23 8.3 21.0 20 313 9449 150 14 -7.0 12.1 | 166 15 -3.7 14.7 21 300 9770 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 77 10 -9.8 -2.2 22 288 10058 45 12 -8.5 -8.5 | 41 8 -5.1 -5.9 23 264 10668 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 41 7 -4.4 -5.2 24 250 11050 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 330 8 4.2 -7.4 25 242 11278 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 326 12 6.7 -10.0 26 231 11582 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 308 11 8.8 -6.9 27 220 11887 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 302 14 11.7 -7.4 28 200 12530 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 317 19 12.8 -13.9 29 191 12802 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 320 24 15.3 -18.2 30 150 14320 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 299 36 32.0 -17.5 31 150 14326 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 299 37 32.8 -18.0 32 128 15240 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 246 19 17.4 7.7 33 121 15545 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 230 20 15.6 12.9 34 115 15850 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 234 23 18.9 13.5 35 105 16385 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 83 11 -11.2 -1.3 36 100 16660 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 63 13 -11.4 -5.9 37 98 16764 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 63 13 -11.4 -5.9 38 84 17678 140 21 -13.5 16.1 | 151 21 -10.2 18.7 39 79 17983 100 18 -17.7 3.1 | 112 15 -14.4 5.7 40 71 18593 45 27 -19.1 -19.1 | 44 23 -15.8 -16.5 41 70 18700 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 43 13 -8.7 -9.4 42 68 18898 35 25 -14.3 -20.5 | 32 21 -11.0 -17.9 43 64 19202 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 29 12 -5.8 -10.5 44 61 19507 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 77 10 -9.8 -2.2 45 58 19812 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 149 13 -6.6 11.0 46 55 20117 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 102 25 -24.6 5.0 47 50 20710 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 102 25 -24.6 5.0 48 45 21336 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 102 25 -24.6 5.0 49 43 21641 110 22 -20.7 7.5 | 120 20 -17.3 10.1 50 41 21946 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 101 29 -28.5 5.4 51 37 22555 110 27 -25.4 9.2 | 118 25 -22.0 11.8 52 34 23165 80 43 -42.3 -7.5 | 83 39 -39.0 -4.9 53 30 23774 90 46 -46.0 0.0 | 93 43 -42.7 2.6 54 30 23850 85 54 -53.8 -4.7 | 88 50 -50.5 -2.1 55 28 24384 85 54 -53.8 -4.7 | 88 50 -50.5 -2.1 56 24 25298 75 63 -60.9 -16.3 | 77 59 -57.5 -13.7 57 20 26470 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 84 31 -31.1 -3.5 58 18 26822 70 38 -35.7 -13.0 | 72 34 -32.4 -10.4 59 12 28346 105 45 -43.5 11.6 | 110 43 -40.1 14.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.1 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 52.1 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 40.68 Bulk Shear: 5.62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 327 8 298 9| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 10.6 -0.9 9.7 19.4 0.45| 8.5 3.9 1000 335 5 291 6| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 10.8 -4.9 5.9 5.9 0.01| 7.6 0.1 1500 354 5 299 4| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 10.8 -5.7 5.1 3.4 -0.11| 6.6 -0.7 2000 39 5 1 2| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 12.4 -7.9 4.5 2.3 -0.13| 6.0 -0.8 2500 66 6 97 2| 3.2 0.4 3.6| 13.0 -8.2 4.7 1.9 -0.11| 5.4 -0.6 3000 74 6 115 2| 2.7 0.8 3.4| 13.7 -8.2 5.4 1.8 -0.07| 4.9 -0.3 4000 58 6 74 2| 2.0 1.6 3.6| 13.7 -12.4 1.3 0.3 -0.22| 4.9 -1.1 5000 32 6 353 2| 1.6 1.4 3.0| 13.7 -27.7 -14.0 -2.8 -0.33| 4.8 -1.6 6000 22 6 335 3| 1.3 0.8 2.2| 13.7 -43.3 -29.6 -4.9 -0.41| 4.6 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NFFN/skewt/NFFN.skewt.20200319.23.gif