UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031910.upa.cvt Date: 1000Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for NZPP... Searching the city database file for: NZPP ... Date:1000Z 19 MAR 20 Station: NZPP WMO ident: 93417 Latitude: -40.90 Longitude: 174.98 Elevation: 12.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 16.2 13.1 82 3.1 14.3 5 16 288.4 290.0 287.0 314.7 9.39 1 1000 113 15.6 12.4 81 3.2 13.7 2 16 288.8 290.3 286.8 314.2 9.08 2 960 458 12.4 11.0 91 1.4 11.6 350 17 288.9 290.4 286.4 313.1 8.61 3 925 769 11.0 8.0 82 3.0 9.3 342 15 290.6 291.8 285.8 311.3 7.29 4 854 1431 6.2 2.7 78 3.5 4.4 329 15 292.2 293.2 284.5 308.0 5.44 5 850 1470 6.2 1.4 71 4.8 3.8 330 15 292.6 293.5 284.2 307.1 4.98 6 815 1814 4.8 -2.2 60 7.0 1.6 305 19 294.7 295.4 284.0 306.5 3.99 7 795 2017 6.2 -11.8 26 18.0 -0.6 302 21 298.3 298.6 283.1 304.3 1.95 8 750 2492 4.2 -19.8 15 24.0 -3.4 285 24 301.1 301.3 283.2 304.5 1.06 9 721 2812 2.0 -26.0 10 28.0 -5.5 285 25 302.1 302.3 283.1 304.2 0.64 10 701 3039 1.0 -10.0 44 11.0 -3.3 285 26 303.5 303.9 285.8 311.4 2.55 11 700 3050 0.8 -10.2 44 11.0 -3.5 285 26 303.4 303.8 285.8 311.2 2.51 12 681 3270 -0.9 -15.9 31 15.0 -6.0 283 26 303.9 304.2 284.9 309.1 1.62 13 581 4520 -8.7 -11.2 82 2.5 -9.6 231 12 308.9 309.4 288.0 317.8 2.80 14 570 4668 -8.3 -9.9 88 1.6 -8.9 251 11 311.0 311.6 289.1 321.1 3.16 15 564 4751 -7.5 -10.6 78 3.1 -8.7 271 10 312.9 313.5 289.6 322.6 3.02 16 521 5365 -10.7 -15.4 68 4.7 -12.3 273 10 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.6 2.21 17 506 5589 -11.9 -22.9 40 11.0 -14.9 262 9 317.4 317.7 289.2 321.5 1.20 18 500 5680 -12.7 -21.7 47 9.0 -15.2 260 9 317.6 317.8 289.4 322.1 1.35 19 458 6343 -18.3 -20.3 84 2.0 -18.8 261 15 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.2 1.66 20 403 7286 -25.7 -25.9 98 0.2 -25.8 279 23 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.9 1.15 21 400 7340 -26.1 -26.9 93 0.8 -26.3 280 23 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.7 1.06 22 393 7467 -26.7 -28.2 87 1.5 -27.0 280 23 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.3 0.95 23 391 7504 -26.9 -31.5 65 4.6 -27.7 280 23 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.70 24 376 7784 -28.7 -34.7 56 6.0 -29.6 275 23 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.53 25 358 8132 -31.7 -45.7 24 14.0 -33.0 264 21 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.18 26 335 8596 -35.9 -40.8 61 4.9 -36.4 262 23 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.32 27 324 8827 -38.1 -45.1 48 7.0 -38.7 263 24 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.21 28 303 9283 -41.9 -45.8 66 3.9 -42.2 265 27 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.21 29 300 9350 -42.5 -49.5 46 7.0 -42.9 265 27 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.14 30 250 10550 -52.9 -59.9 42 7.0 -53.1 270 32 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.05 31 234 10977 -54.9 -67.9 19 13.0 -55.1 260 25 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.02 32 218 11431 -56.9 -69.9 18 13.0 -57.1 262 19 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.01 33 200 11980 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.5 295 17 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.01 34 192 12238 -54.9 -79.9 3 25.0 -55.2 293 15 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.00 35 153 13692 -51.7 -82.7 1 31.0 -52.2 271 33 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 36 150 13820 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -52.8 270 33 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 37 111 15741 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.2 297 30 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 38 100 16400 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -57.5 290 29 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 218 11431 -56.9 -69.9 18 13.0 -57.1 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.00 m Freezing level: 691.06 mb = 3153.71 m = 10346.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.61 mb = 1959.26 m = 6427.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.52 % Est. max temperature: 19.90 C = 67.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.33 mb = 402.35 m = 1320.03 ft T: 12.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.35 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.92 mb = 960.19 m = 3150.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.90 C = 66.02 F Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lifted Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: 11.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.10 C K Index: 9.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.74 mb = 753.30 m = 2471.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.74 mb = 1356.61 m = 4450.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 841.74 mb = 1549.86 m = 5084.79 ft B at Equ Level: 9.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 801.74 mb = 1947.80 m = 6390.34 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 322 at 13 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 12 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 1 942 610 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 26 8 -3.4 -6.9 2 908 914 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 78 4 -4.0 -0.8 3 876 1219 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 3 1 -0.1 -1.0 4 850 1470 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 13 3 -0.6 -2.6 5 844 1524 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 276 5 4.9 -0.5 6 783 2134 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 273 11 11.0 -0.6 7 755 2438 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 254 16 15.1 4.2 8 700 3048 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 258 17 17.0 3.7 9 700 3050 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 258 17 17.0 3.7 10 623 3962 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 244 19 16.8 8.3 11 599 4267 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 196 21 5.8 20.2 12 576 4572 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 181 18 0.3 17.5 13 554 4877 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 181 5 0.1 4.7 14 513 5486 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 189 11 1.9 11.3 15 500 5680 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 184 12 0.8 12.0 16 473 6096 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 190 16 2.8 15.5 17 454 6401 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 214 14 7.8 11.8 18 400 7340 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 246 16 14.6 6.4 19 384 7620 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 246 16 14.6 6.4 20 352 8230 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 222 19 12.6 14.1 21 300 9350 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 236 23 18.8 12.8 22 250 10550 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 246 26 23.9 10.4 23 245 10668 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 247 27 24.9 10.4 24 223 11278 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 208 19 8.8 16.6 25 218 11431 26 213 11582 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 234 15 11.8 8.7 27 203 11887 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 198 18 5.5 16.8 28 200 11980 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 246 8 7.3 3.3 29 193 12192 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 207 6 2.8 5.4 30 184 12497 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 255 21 20.5 5.4 31 176 12802 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 224 23 16.1 16.9 32 168 13106 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 251 24 22.8 7.7 33 150 13820 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 247 27 24.9 10.4 34 145 14021 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 254 27 25.8 7.5 35 114 15545 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 276 18 18.2 -1.8 36 104 16154 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 286 20 19.6 -5.6 37 100 16400 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 268 19 19.2 0.5 38 99 16459 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 256 22 21.5 5.2 39 93 16764 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 274 25 24.8 -1.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -162.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -33.3 tot: -23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 43.98 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 356 17 48 9| 0.0 5.3 5.3| 0.0 -11.1 -11.1 -22.1 -0.85| 5.3 -4.5 1000 350 16 45 7| 0.0 4.1 4.1| 6.2 -13.5 -7.2 -7.2 -0.09| 7.0 -0.6 1500 343 15 41 6| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 6.3 -16.5 -10.3 -6.8 -0.34| 7.6 -2.6 2000 332 16 7 4| 0.0 5.1 5.1| 6.3 -18.3 -12.1 -6.0 -0.31| 7.3 -2.2 2500 322 18 320 4| 0.0 5.5 5.5| 6.3 -33.3 -27.1 -10.8 -0.36| 7.4 -2.7 3000 313 19 293 6| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 9.7 -33.3 -23.6 -7.9 -0.33| 6.5 -2.1 4000 302 21 272 9| 0.0 3.9 3.9| 9.7 -69.0 -59.3 -14.8 -0.43| 5.8 -2.5 5000 295 19 256 10| 1.2 2.7 3.9| 17.2-162.0-144.8 -29.0 -0.46| 8.1 -3.7 6000 292 18 245 9| 1.0 3.0 4.0| 22.1-166.1-144.0 -24.0 -0.40| 7.5 -3.0 Wrote GIF file: 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