UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:1200Z 24 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 1011 3 25.6 23.8 90 1.8 24.3 335 3 297.8 301.2 297.1 352.0 18.67 1 1005 56 27.4 23.2 78 4.2 24.3 351 4 300.1 303.4 297.3 353.2 18.09 2 1000 100 27.6 23.1 77 4.5 24.3 5 4 300.8 304.1 297.5 353.9 18.07 3 925 788 22.8 18.2 75 4.6 19.6 320 1 302.6 305.3 295.6 345.1 14.36 4 918 854 22.4 18.2 77 4.2 19.5 244 2 302.9 305.5 295.7 345.7 14.47 5 850 1522 18.8 14.1 74 4.7 15.7 145 1 305.8 308.1 294.7 341.8 11.99 6 833 1695 17.8 12.8 73 5.0 14.5 203 2 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.3 11.22 7 799 2051 15.4 11.4 77 4.0 12.8 332 2 307.7 309.7 294.3 339.9 10.66 8 764 2430 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.5 317 2 309.7 311.4 293.8 337.9 9.22 9 758 2497 13.6 5.6 58 8.0 8.9 311 2 310.4 311.8 292.7 333.6 7.54 10 746 2631 13.0 4.0 54 9.0 7.8 300 2 311.2 312.5 292.4 332.4 6.85 11 726 2860 11.2 6.2 71 5.0 8.2 289 3 311.6 313.2 293.6 337.0 8.22 12 700 3164 9.6 4.6 71 5.0 6.6 285 4 313.1 314.6 293.5 336.8 7.62 13 695 3223 9.4 4.4 71 5.0 6.5 281 4 313.5 315.0 293.6 337.1 7.57 14 686 3331 8.6 4.7 76 3.9 6.3 275 5 313.8 315.3 293.9 338.2 7.83 15 674 3477 8.2 1.2 61 7.0 4.3 266 5 315.0 316.1 292.9 334.5 6.20 16 665 3588 7.0 3.2 77 3.8 4.8 260 6 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.6 7.27 17 655 3712 6.2 2.1 75 4.1 3.9 257 6 315.3 316.6 293.5 336.7 6.82 18 625 4095 5.0 -2.0 60 7.0 1.3 272 9 318.2 319.2 293.1 335.1 5.29 19 603 4386 3.0 -1.7 71 4.7 0.5 276 10 319.1 320.2 293.6 337.2 5.61 20 594 4508 2.8 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.7 271 9 320.3 321.2 293.2 335.6 4.72 21 569 4854 0.6 -4.0 71 4.6 -1.7 257 7 321.7 322.6 293.8 338.0 5.00 22 526 5481 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -5.6 279 5 324.8 325.5 293.6 337.1 3.71 23 500 5880 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -8.0 295 4 325.8 326.5 293.6 337.0 3.33 24 490 6038 -7.1 -11.3 72 4.2 -8.9 277 4 326.3 326.9 293.7 337.4 3.29 25 484 6135 -7.3 -15.3 53 8.0 -10.4 271 4 327.2 327.6 293.2 335.4 2.40 26 478 6232 -7.9 -13.9 62 6.0 -10.3 274 4 327.6 328.1 293.6 336.9 2.73 27 469 6380 -8.9 -16.9 52 8.0 -11.8 278 5 328.1 328.6 293.2 335.6 2.17 28 456 6598 -10.5 -14.4 73 3.9 -12.0 285 6 328.8 329.3 293.9 338.2 2.75 29 451 6683 -10.9 -17.9 56 7.0 -13.3 287 6 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.5 2.07 30 446 6769 -11.5 -16.5 66 5.0 -13.3 290 6 329.6 330.1 293.8 337.8 2.36 31 438 6908 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.8 294 7 331.1 331.5 294.0 338.7 2.17 32 435 6961 -11.7 -18.7 56 7.0 -14.1 296 7 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.8 2.01 33 428 7085 -12.3 -18.3 61 6.0 -14.4 299 7 332.5 332.9 294.3 339.9 2.11 34 414 7339 -14.3 -19.0 67 4.7 -15.9 307 8 333.1 333.5 294.4 340.4 2.06 35 409 7431 -15.1 -21.1 60 6.0 -17.0 310 8 333.2 333.6 294.1 339.4 1.74 36 405 7506 -15.5 -20.0 68 4.5 -17.0 312 9 333.7 334.0 294.4 340.5 1.93 37 400 7600 -15.5 -20.5 65 5.0 -17.1 315 9 334.8 335.2 294.7 341.5 1.87 38 394 7714 -15.7 -22.7 55 7.0 -17.8 319 9 336.0 336.4 294.7 341.7 1.57 39 384 7907 -17.5 -26.5 45 9.0 -19.8 315 8 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.3 1.14 40 377 8045 -18.3 -25.3 54 7.0 -20.2 313 8 336.9 337.1 294.7 341.6 1.30 41 372 8145 -19.1 -30.1 37 11.0 -21.6 312 7 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.2 0.84 42 367 8245 -19.9 -28.9 45 9.0 -22.0 310 6 337.3 337.5 294.6 340.9 0.96 43 358 8429 -21.5 -30.5 44 9.0 -23.5 307 5 337.6 337.8 294.5 340.7 0.84 44 352 8553 -22.5 -26.9 67 4.4 -23.6 305 5 337.9 338.1 294.8 342.3 1.20 45 350 8595 -22.7 -26.0 74 3.3 -23.5 304 4 338.2 338.4 295.0 343.0 1.31 46 346 8680 -23.1 -27.6 67 4.5 -24.2 303 4 338.7 339.0 295.0 343.0 1.15 47 335 8916 -24.9 -29.1 68 4.2 -25.8 299 3 339.4 339.6 295.1 343.2 1.03 48 327 9091 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -27.3 296 4 340.1 340.3 295.1 343.1 0.79 49 305 9592 -29.3 -35.3 56 6.0 -30.3 260 8 342.5 342.6 295.5 344.9 0.62 50 300 9710 -30.3 -37.3 50 7.0 -31.3 250 9 342.7 342.8 295.4 344.7 0.52 51 298 9758 -30.5 -38.5 45 8.0 -31.6 246 10 343.0 343.1 295.5 344.9 0.46 52 282 10148 -33.9 -42.9 40 9.0 -34.9 221 14 343.6 343.7 295.5 344.8 0.31 53 266 10555 -37.9 -45.9 43 8.0 -38.6 216 14 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.5 0.24 54 250 10980 -41.1 -53.1 26 12.0 -41.8 220 16 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.11 55 222 11772 -47.3 -65.3 11 18.0 -47.9 224 15 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 56 200 12450 -53.5 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.8 215 12 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 57 186 12913 -57.7 -72.7 13 15.0 -57.9 211 14 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 58 150 14240 -67.5 -78.5 19 11.0 -67.5 200 18 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 59 100 16600 -78.1 -87.1 22 9.0 -78.1 95 5 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 60 92 17072 -80.7 -88.7 25 8.0 -80.7 100 8 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 61 84 17586 -79.3 -88.3 21 9.0 -79.3 135 12 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 62 81 17794 -75.3 -86.3 16 11.0 -75.3 148 14 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 63 74 18322 -71.3 -84.3 13 13.0 -71.4 106 18 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.1 0.00 64 73 18403 -71.3 -84.3 13 13.0 -71.4 98 17 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.00 65 70 18650 -71.9 -83.9 15 12.0 -72.0 75 14 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.00 66 66 18996 -72.9 -82.9 21 10.0 -73.0 73 13 435.7 435.7 309.4 435.7 0.01 67 62 19364 -71.7 -82.7 18 11.0 -71.8 71 13 446.2 446.2 310.5 446.2 0.01 68 60 19559 -69.1 -82.1 14 13.0 -69.2 70 13 456.2 456.2 311.4 456.3 0.01 69 57 19865 -69.9 -81.9 16 12.0 -70.0 69 12 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.01 70 56 19971 -68.3 -81.3 14 13.0 -68.5 68 12 467.1 467.2 312.4 467.2 0.01 71 53 20301 -69.9 -81.9 16 12.0 -70.0 67 12 470.9 470.9 312.7 470.9 0.01 72 50 20650 -67.3 -82.3 10 15.0 -67.5 65 11 484.9 484.9 313.8 484.9 0.01 73 48 20897 -67.5 -81.5 12 14.0 -67.7 74 14 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.2 0.01 74 46 21155 -64.9 -80.9 9 16.0 -65.2 84 17 502.4 502.4 315.1 502.5 0.01 75 39 22166 -64.3 -82.3 7 18.0 -64.7 113 23 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.3 0.01 76 30 23810 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.7 90 30 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 77 29 24026 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.1 92 28 602.4 602.4 320.7 602.5 0.01 78 26 24723 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.2 101 35 621.5 621.5 321.6 621.6 0.01 79 24 25237 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.5 102 44 642.9 642.9 322.4 643.0 0.01 80 20 26410 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.1 90 50 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.5 0.01 81 19 26741 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.2 88 52 682.4 682.4 323.9 682.4 0.01 82 17 27465 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -53.8 85 56 716.0 716.0 325.0 716.1 0.02 83 15 28285 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -54.6 84 60 740.0 740.1 325.7 740.2 0.02 84 14 28742 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -51.0 83 62 775.8 775.8 326.7 776.2 0.05 85 13 29242 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -50.3 82 64 798.7 798.7 327.2 799.3 0.07 86 10 31020 -42.1 -78.1 1 36.0 -51.2 80 72 862.4 862.4 328.7 863.3 0.09 87 9.0 31739 -38.5 -75.9 1 37.4 -50.0 80 76 902.7 902.8 329.5 904.3 0.14 88 8.6 32052 -36.9 -74.9 1 38.0 -49.6 920.7 920.8 329.8 922.6 0.17 89 7.6 32908 -36.5 -74.5 1 38.0 -50.1 955.4 955.5 330.5 957.8 0.21 TRP 92 17072 -80.7 -88.7 25 8.0 -80.7 100 8 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 WND 9.0 31739 -38.5 -75.9 1 37.4 -50.0 80 76 902.7 902.8 329.5 904.3 0.14 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.00 m Freezing level: 561.63 mb = 4961.56 m = 16277.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.43 mb = 4434.14 m = 14547.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.31 mb = 230.62 m = 756.62 ft T: 26.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 850.0- 726.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.61 mb = 1546.18 m = 5072.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.75 C = 92.76 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 661.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.52 mb = 1011.53 m = 3318.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.52 mb = 2292.71 m = 7521.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.52 mb = 2402.49 m = 7882.08 ft B at Equ Level: 6.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.52 mb = 15710.19 m = 51541.98 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 307 at 3 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 1011 3 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 60 2 -1.3 -0.8 1 1000 100 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 55 4 -3.0 -2.0 2 977 305 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 82 7 -6.7 -0.9 3 944 610 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 117 5 -4.6 2.3 4 925 788 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 121 2 -2.0 1.2 5 912 914 175 2 -0.2 2.0 | 145 5 -2.8 3.9 6 880 1219 325 1 0.6 -0.8 | 119 2 -2.0 1.1 7 850 1522 145 1 -0.6 0.8 | 131 4 -3.2 2.8 8 820 1829 250 2 1.9 0.7 | 164 3 -0.7 2.6 9 791 2134 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 89 3 -2.8 -0.1 10 763 2438 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 114 1 -1.2 0.5 11 736 2743 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 150 1 -0.7 1.3 12 700 3164 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 234 2 1.3 0.9 13 658 3658 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 222 5 3.2 3.5 14 611 4267 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 268 7 7.2 0.2 15 566 4877 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 228 6 4.2 3.8 16 500 5880 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 256 1 1.0 0.3 17 486 6096 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 216 2 1.4 1.9 18 400 7600 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 320 6 3.8 -4.4 19 399 7620 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 326 7 3.8 -5.7 20 338 8839 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 178 0 -0.0 0.4 21 324 9144 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 256 1 1.0 0.3 22 300 9710 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 229 8 5.8 5.0 23 285 10058 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 207 14 6.4 12.7 24 273 10363 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 213 15 8.0 12.5 25 261 10668 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 197 15 4.4 14.1 26 250 10980 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 208 16 7.7 14.2 27 239 11278 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 219 17 10.4 12.9 28 200 12450 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 200 13 4.3 11.8 29 150 14240 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 191 19 3.5 18.9 30 148 14326 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 191 19 3.5 18.9 31 140 14630 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 231 19 14.7 11.9 32 133 14935 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 237 22 18.2 11.7 33 126 15240 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 223 25 17.3 18.7 34 114 15850 180 30 0.0 30.0 | 175 32 -2.6 31.9 35 100 16600 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 107 8 -7.6 2.4 36 92 17069 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 98 14 -13.6 1.9 37 92 17072 100 8 -7.9 1.4 | 108 11 -10.5 3.3 38 79 17983 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 154 18 -7.7 16.0 39 75 18288 110 18 -16.9 6.2 | 113 21 -19.5 8.1 40 70 18650 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 84 16 -16.1 -1.7 41 50 20650 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 78 13 -12.6 -2.7 42 45 21336 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 95 22 -21.6 1.9 43 41 21946 125 21 -17.2 12.0 | 125 24 -19.8 14.0 44 37 22555 95 27 -26.9 2.4 | 98 30 -29.5 4.3 45 33 23165 85 39 -38.9 -3.4 | 88 41 -41.5 -1.5 46 30 23810 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 93 33 -32.6 1.9 47 27 24384 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 99 28 -27.5 4.1 48 25 24994 105 43 -41.5 11.1 | 106 46 -44.1 13.1 49 20 26410 90 50 -50.0 0.0 | 92 53 -52.6 1.9 50 17 27432 85 56 -55.8 -4.9 | 87 58 -58.4 -2.9 51 10 31020 80 72 -70.9 -12.5 | 82 74 -73.5 -10.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 90.41 Bulk Shear: 7.31 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 40 4 77 5| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 7.8 -0.1 7.7 15.4 0.55| 9.2 5.1 1000 49 3 90 5| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 11.4 -1.3 10.1 10.1 0.43| 9.1 3.9 1500 49 2 95 4| 1.4 0.5 1.9| 12.0 -2.8 9.2 6.1 0.29| 7.8 2.2 2000 40 2 94 4| 0.6 0.4 1.0| 13.9 -3.4 10.6 5.3 0.26| 7.1 1.8 2500 18 2 89 3| 0.5 0.3 0.8| 14.3 -3.7 10.6 4.2 0.24| 6.3 1.5 3000 347 2 85 2| 0.4 0.0 0.4| 14.9 -3.7 11.2 3.7 0.28| 5.6 1.5 4000 287 3 196 1| 0.6 0.4 1.0| 18.5 -4.2 14.3 3.6 0.29| 5.0 1.5 5000 278 4 228 2| 0.5 0.3 0.8| 22.0 -11.1 11.0 2.2 0.20| 4.8 1.0 6000 277 4 230 2| 0.2 0.2 0.5| 23.2 -11.3 11.9 2.0 0.20| 4.4 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NSTU/skewt/NSTU.skewt.20200324.12.gif