UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:0000Z 20 MAR 20 Station: NSTU WMO ident: 91765 Latitude: -14.33 Longitude: -170.72 Elevation: 3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 3 31.6 23.6 63 8.0 25.7 75 8 303.7 307.1 298.4 358.5 18.42 1 1011 12 30.4 21.4 59 9.0 23.9 73 8 302.6 305.6 296.7 350.1 16.07 2 1007 48 29.6 21.6 62 8.0 23.8 67 8 302.1 305.2 296.7 350.4 16.34 3 1000 112 29.0 21.0 62 8.0 23.2 55 8 302.1 305.1 296.4 348.9 15.85 4 925 800 22.4 19.9 86 2.5 20.6 345 6 302.2 305.2 296.5 349.5 16.01 5 924 809 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 346 6 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.3 16.23 6 892 1116 20.8 19.0 89 1.8 19.5 358 7 303.7 306.6 296.7 350.4 15.69 7 883 1204 19.0 16.2 84 2.8 17.1 360 7 302.7 305.2 294.8 341.9 13.23 8 869 1342 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 8 7 304.1 306.8 295.8 346.6 14.26 9 862 1412 17.2 13.6 79 3.6 14.8 12 6 302.9 305.1 293.5 336.8 11.43 10 850 1532 16.8 13.8 82 3.0 14.8 20 6 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.75 11 839 1643 16.2 13.6 85 2.6 14.5 18 7 304.2 306.4 294.1 339.3 11.75 12 823 1807 14.8 10.8 77 4.0 12.3 15 8 304.4 306.3 292.8 334.1 9.93 13 769 2381 14.6 5.6 55 9.0 9.3 8 7 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.1 7.44 14 763 2448 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 9.7 5 7 310.2 311.8 293.2 335.6 8.27 15 756 2525 13.8 5.8 58 8.0 9.0 4 7 310.8 312.3 292.9 334.5 7.67 16 744 2660 12.8 5.8 62 7.0 8.6 1 8 311.2 312.7 293.1 335.3 7.80 17 725 2877 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 6.5 357 9 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.1 6.38 18 704 3123 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 5.8 351 10 312.8 314.1 292.7 333.6 6.66 19 700 3170 9.8 0.8 53 9.0 4.9 350 10 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.6 5.80 20 693 3253 9.4 -1.6 46 11.0 3.7 353 10 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.3 4.91 21 680 3410 8.2 -0.8 53 9.0 3.4 360 11 314.2 315.2 292.0 330.9 5.31 22 677 3446 8.0 -2.0 49 10.0 2.8 1 11 314.3 315.3 291.6 329.8 4.88 23 675 3471 8.0 -1.0 53 9.0 3.2 2 11 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.3 5.27 24 670 3532 8.0 -5.0 39 13.0 1.6 4 11 315.3 316.0 291.1 327.9 3.93 25 658 3681 7.2 -2.8 49 10.0 2.1 10 12 316.0 316.9 292.0 331.1 4.73 26 646 3832 6.4 -6.6 39 13.0 0.3 9 11 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.4 3.61 27 641 3895 6.0 -6.0 42 12.0 0.3 8 11 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.3 3.81 28 637 3947 5.8 -8.2 36 14.0 -0.6 8 11 317.4 318.0 291.1 327.9 3.23 29 631 4024 5.0 -7.0 41 12.0 -0.6 7 11 317.3 318.0 291.4 328.9 3.58 30 623 4128 4.6 -12.4 28 17.0 -2.5 6 11 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.8 2.37 31 618 4193 4.2 -11.8 30 16.0 -2.6 6 10 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.50 32 615 4233 4.0 -17.0 20 21.0 -3.8 5 10 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.0 1.64 33 609 4313 3.2 -16.8 21 20.0 -4.3 5 10 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.1 1.68 34 603 4393 2.6 -11.4 35 14.0 -3.3 7 10 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.4 2.65 35 584 4651 0.6 -20.4 19 21.0 -6.5 11 10 319.3 319.5 289.9 323.7 1.29 36 564 4929 -1.7 -17.7 28 16.0 -7.4 22 10 319.8 320.1 290.4 325.5 1.69 37 551 5114 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -5.0 58 9 321.2 321.9 292.6 333.4 3.71 38 543 5230 -2.3 -6.3 74 4.0 -4.2 82 8 322.5 323.4 293.6 337.0 4.40 39 509 5740 -5.9 -8.5 82 2.6 -7.1 131 13 324.2 325.0 293.6 337.3 3.96 40 505 5802 -6.3 -10.0 75 3.7 -7.9 130 14 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.3 3.54 41 500 5880 -6.5 -10.8 71 4.3 -8.3 130 14 325.1 325.8 293.4 336.4 3.36 42 473 6315 -7.3 -14.3 57 7.0 -10.1 125 15 329.3 329.9 294.0 338.5 2.67 43 460 6533 -8.5 -17.5 48 9.0 -11.8 121 16 330.5 330.9 293.8 337.8 2.10 44 447 6756 -9.7 -17.7 52 8.0 -12.6 114 17 331.7 332.1 294.1 339.1 2.13 45 443 6826 -9.7 -19.7 44 10.0 -13.1 111 17 332.5 332.9 294.0 338.9 1.81 46 427 7110 -11.5 -18.5 56 7.0 -13.9 108 18 333.7 334.2 294.6 341.1 2.08 47 422 7201 -11.9 -19.9 51 8.0 -14.6 111 18 334.4 334.7 294.6 341.0 1.87 48 419 7255 -12.3 -22.3 43 10.0 -15.4 113 18 334.5 334.8 294.3 340.0 1.53 49 411 7403 -13.1 -23.1 43 10.0 -16.2 118 18 335.3 335.6 294.4 340.6 1.45 50 400 7610 -14.9 -23.9 46 9.0 -17.5 125 18 335.6 335.9 294.5 340.6 1.39 51 392 7762 -16.1 -24.1 50 8.0 -18.4 133 19 336.0 336.3 294.6 341.0 1.39 52 383 7937 -16.7 -26.7 42 10.0 -19.3 132 19 337.4 337.7 294.7 341.6 1.12 53 357 8460 -20.9 -28.9 49 8.0 -22.8 126 22 338.7 338.9 294.9 342.3 0.98 54 351 8585 -21.5 -31.5 40 10.0 -23.7 126 22 339.5 339.7 294.9 342.5 0.78 55 335 8926 -24.3 -32.3 48 8.0 -25.9 134 23 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.1 0.76 56 300 9720 -30.1 -41.1 33 11.0 -31.6 145 30 343.0 343.0 295.4 344.3 0.35 57 250 10990 -39.9 -62.9 7 23.0 -40.9 145 35 346.7 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 58 200 12470 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.7 150 35 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.04 59 150 14260 -67.5 -78.5 19 11.0 -67.5 155 30 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 60 100 16610 -81.3 -93.3 11 12.0 -81.3 140 23 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.00 61 94 16956 -81.7 -93.7 11 12.0 -81.7 132 26 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 62 91 17138 -80.1 -92.1 12 12.0 -80.1 128 28 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 63 80 17862 -81.3 -95.3 8 14.0 -81.3 112 34 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 64 78 18005 -76.9 -91.9 7 15.0 -76.9 108 34 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 65 77 18079 -76.1 -91.1 8 15.0 -76.2 103 32 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 66 73 18386 -75.7 -92.7 5 17.0 -75.7 93 30 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 67 70 18630 -73.1 -92.1 4 19.0 -73.2 100 38 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 68 68 18800 -71.9 -92.9 3 21.0 -72.0 92 38 434.1 434.1 309.3 434.2 0.00 69 58 19751 -66.7 -95.7 1 29.0 -66.9 54 30 466.1 466.1 312.3 466.1 0.00 70 50 20650 -66.1 -95.1 1 29.0 -66.4 80 22 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 71 44 21424 -66.3 -95.3 1 29.0 -66.6 91 19 505.4 505.4 315.3 505.4 0.00 72 42 21708 -63.7 -93.7 1 30.0 -64.1 107 23 518.6 518.6 316.2 518.6 0.00 73 35 22837 -59.7 -90.7 1 31.0 -60.5 95 39 556.8 556.8 318.5 556.8 0.00 74 32 23397 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.2 100 39 572.3 572.3 319.3 572.3 0.00 75 30 23800 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -61.6 100 40 579.2 579.2 319.6 579.2 0.00 76 26 24696 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.6 99 51 606.8 606.8 320.9 606.8 0.00 77 24 25202 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -58.2 89 56 629.5 629.5 321.9 629.6 0.01 78 22 25757 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.9 78 62 646.6 646.6 322.6 646.6 0.01 79 20 26370 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.0 70 56 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 80 18 27057 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.9 72 47 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.02 81 16 27832 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -52.4 77 55 736.3 736.3 325.6 736.5 0.03 82 15 28263 -44.1 -80.1 1 36.0 -50.6 78 62 761.3 761.3 326.3 761.7 0.04 83 14 28728 -42.8 -79.3 1 36.5 -50.2 80 68 780.7 780.8 326.8 781.2 0.05 84 13 29230 -41.5 -78.5 1 37.0 -49.8 87 65 802.1 802.2 327.3 802.7 0.07 85 11 30371 -39.1 -76.1 1 37.0 -49.4 98 60 850.1 850.2 328.4 851.3 0.11 86 10 31030 -35.5 -73.5 1 38.0 -48.3 90 58 887.0 887.1 329.2 889.0 0.18 87 9.5 31388 -34.7 -73.7 1 39.0 -48.2 903.2 903.3 329.5 905.2 0.19 88 8.3 32330 -35.3 -73.3 1 38.0 -49.1 936.4 936.5 330.1 939.0 0.23 TRP 100 16610 -81.3 -93.3 11 12.0 -81.3 140 23 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.00 WND 14 28728 -42.8 -79.3 1 36.5 -50.2 80 68 780.7 780.8 326.8 781.2 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.00 m Freezing level: 578.78 mb = 4723.19 m = 15495.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.84 mb = 3910.20 m = 12828.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.98 mb = 1019.56 m = 3344.98 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 862.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.84 mb = 1196.01 m = 3923.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 586.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.59 mb = 1120.44 m = 3675.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.59 mb = 1366.13 m = 4482.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.59 mb = 2298.09 m = 7539.58 ft B at Equ Level: 26.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.59 mb = 16240.07 m = 53280.43 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 49 at 7 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 1012 3 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 129 4 -2.8 2.3 1 1000 112 55 8 -6.6 -4.6 | 81 2 -1.6 -0.3 2 978 305 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 294 3 2.9 -1.3 3 945 610 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 287 6 5.5 -1.6 4 925 800 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 283 7 6.5 -1.5 5 913 914 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 287 6 5.5 -1.6 6 881 1219 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 298 6 5.0 -2.7 7 850 1532 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 294 3 2.9 -1.3 8 821 1829 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 320 4 2.9 -3.4 9 791 2134 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 325 4 2.2 -3.2 10 763 2438 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 301 5 4.4 -2.6 11 736 2743 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 306 6 5.0 -3.7 12 700 3170 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 309 9 6.7 -5.5 13 659 3658 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 339 8 2.9 -7.5 14 611 4267 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 324 7 4.1 -5.6 15 566 4877 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 336 6 2.4 -5.3 16 525 5486 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 180 9 0.0 9.3 17 506 5791 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 157 15 -5.8 13.3 18 500 5880 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 157 15 -5.8 13.3 19 486 6096 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 152 14 -6.5 12.4 20 468 6401 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 149 16 -8.1 13.5 21 432 7010 105 18 -17.4 4.7 | 126 15 -12.4 9.0 22 400 7610 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 146 18 -9.8 14.7 23 399 7620 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 156 19 -7.8 17.1 24 353 8534 125 22 -18.0 12.6 | 142 21 -13.1 16.9 25 325 9144 140 23 -14.8 17.6 | 156 24 -9.8 21.9 26 311 9449 150 27 -13.5 23.4 | 163 29 -8.5 27.7 27 300 9720 145 30 -17.2 24.6 | 157 31 -12.2 28.9 28 251 10973 150 35 -17.5 30.3 | 160 37 -12.5 34.6 29 250 10990 145 35 -20.1 28.7 | 155 36 -15.1 33.0 30 200 12470 150 35 -17.5 30.3 | 160 37 -12.5 34.6 31 150 14260 155 30 -12.7 27.2 | 166 32 -7.7 31.5 32 127 15240 120 33 -28.6 16.5 | 131 31 -23.6 20.8 33 100 16610 140 23 -14.8 17.6 | 156 24 -9.8 21.9 34 78 17983 110 35 -32.9 12.0 | 120 32 -27.9 16.3 35 74 18288 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 102 21 -21.0 4.3 36 70 18630 100 38 -37.4 6.6 | 109 34 -32.5 10.9 37 60 19507 60 40 -34.6 -20.0 | 62 34 -29.7 -15.7 38 55 20117 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 42 9 -6.3 -7.0 39 52 20422 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 34 10 -5.3 -7.9 40 50 20650 80 22 -21.7 -3.8 | 92 17 -16.7 0.5 41 49 20726 80 22 -21.7 -3.8 | 92 17 -16.7 0.5 42 45 21336 85 18 -17.9 -1.6 | 102 13 -13.0 2.8 43 41 21946 120 26 -22.5 13.0 | 135 25 -17.6 17.3 44 37 22555 90 40 -40.0 0.0 | 97 35 -35.0 4.3 45 33 23165 100 38 -37.4 6.6 | 109 34 -32.5 10.9 46 30 23800 100 40 -39.4 6.9 | 108 36 -34.4 11.3 47 29 24079 90 36 -36.0 0.0 | 98 31 -31.0 4.3 48 27 24384 105 48 -46.4 12.4 | 112 45 -41.4 16.8 49 22 25908 75 63 -60.9 -16.3 | 78 57 -55.9 -12.0 50 20 26370 70 56 -52.6 -19.2 | 73 50 -47.7 -14.8 51 19 26822 70 45 -42.3 -15.4 | 73 39 -37.3 -11.1 52 17 27432 75 49 -47.3 -12.7 | 79 43 -42.4 -8.4 53 14 28651 80 68 -67.0 -11.8 | 83 62 -62.0 -7.5 54 14 28728 80 68 -67.0 -11.8 | 83 62 -62.0 -7.5 55 11 30175 100 60 -59.1 10.4 | 105 56 -54.1 14.7 56 10 31030 90 58 -58.0 0.0 | 95 53 -53.0 4.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.9 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 48.9 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 179.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -6.0 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 474.29 Bulk Shear: 1.24 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 36 7 321 1| 0.0 8.6 8.6| 0.0 -2.7 -2.7 -5.4 -0.69| 10.1 -7.0 1000 15 6 299 4| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 1.2 -3.8 -2.6 -2.6 -0.52| 6.7 -3.5 1500 11 6 298 4| 0.8 3.1 3.9| 2.5 -4.0 -1.6 -1.0 -0.38| 5.5 -2.1 2000 13 7 302 4| 0.6 2.5 3.1| 4.3 -4.0 0.2 0.1 -0.24| 4.7 -1.1 2500 13 7 305 4| 0.5 2.3 2.8| 4.4 -6.0 -1.6 -0.6 -0.28| 4.3 -1.2 3000 10 7 305 5| 0.4 2.3 2.7| 5.5 -6.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.22| 4.0 -0.9 4000 7 8 313 5| 0.6 1.7 2.3| 14.7 -7.9 6.8 1.7 -0.07| 3.8 -0.3 5000 8 8 317 6| 1.0 1.4 2.4| 20.3 -9.4 10.8 2.2 0.05| 3.7 0.2 6000 19 9 332 5| 1.5 0.6 2.0| 34.1 -25.6 8.5 1.4 0.14| 5.0 0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NSTU/skewt/NSTU.skewt.20200320.00.gif