UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032810.upa.cvt Date: 1000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for NZPP... Searching the city database file for: NZPP ... Date:1000Z 28 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 1023 12 12.0 9.4 84 2.6 10.6 215 14 283.3 284.6 282.7 303.3 7.25 1 1000 199 10.4 8.0 85 2.4 9.1 186 20 283.5 284.7 282.3 302.2 6.74 2 957 563 7.2 7.1 99 0.1 7.2 178 30 283.9 285.0 282.3 302.3 6.62 3 925 843 5.4 5.4 100 0.0 5.4 176 38 284.8 285.9 282.1 301.8 6.08 4 877 1278 4.0 3.0 93 1.0 3.5 163 44 287.8 288.7 282.6 303.1 5.42 5 858 1457 5.0 1.2 76 3.8 3.2 157 38 290.6 291.5 283.2 304.6 4.86 6 850 1533 4.6 1.2 79 3.4 2.9 155 35 291.0 291.8 283.4 305.1 4.91 7 760 2441 1.4 -5.6 60 7.0 -1.6 145 15 297.0 297.6 284.1 306.9 3.31 8 700 3097 -3.9 -8.4 71 4.5 -5.6 180 14 298.2 298.7 284.2 307.0 2.90 9 638 3820 -10.1 -10.6 96 0.5 -10.3 153 19 299.1 299.6 284.3 307.3 2.67 10 630 3917 -10.5 -11.9 89 1.4 -11.0 151 21 299.8 300.2 284.3 307.3 2.44 11 625 3978 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.2 150 22 300.9 301.2 283.8 305.9 1.60 12 577 4589 -13.9 -16.0 84 2.1 -14.5 146 25 303.4 303.8 285.1 309.4 1.90 13 553 4910 -16.1 -19.0 78 2.9 -16.9 148 23 304.5 304.8 285.1 309.4 1.54 14 513 5471 -20.5 -22.0 88 1.5 -20.8 150 20 305.8 306.0 285.3 310.0 1.28 15 500 5660 -21.9 -23.9 84 2.0 -22.3 135 21 306.3 306.5 285.3 310.0 1.11 16 442 6554 -28.5 -34.5 56 6.0 -29.3 159 21 309.0 309.1 285.5 310.6 0.46 17 400 7260 -34.7 -39.4 62 4.7 -35.1 160 21 309.9 309.9 285.7 311.0 0.31 18 356 8062 -41.9 -48.9 46 7.0 -42.2 148 33 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.2 0.13 19 327 8631 -46.7 -51.2 60 4.5 -46.9 139 38 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.1 0.11 20 325 8672 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.3 138 36 311.7 311.8 286.1 312.1 0.08 21 320 8775 -47.5 -50.1 74 2.6 -47.6 137 33 312.6 312.6 286.4 313.0 0.12 22 309 9006 -47.9 -55.9 39 8.0 -48.1 133 24 315.2 315.2 287.2 315.4 0.06 23 300 9200 -49.5 -54.5 56 5.0 -49.7 130 17 315.6 315.6 287.4 315.9 0.08 24 285 9536 -51.5 -61.5 29 10.0 -51.7 147 19 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.5 0.03 25 283 9582 -49.3 -75.3 3 26.0 -49.7 156 19 321.2 321.2 289.1 321.2 0.00 26 272 9844 -47.1 -71.1 5 24.0 -47.6 189 20 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.01 27 250 10400 -49.9 -69.9 8 20.0 -50.3 230 15 331.9 331.9 292.2 331.9 0.01 28 241 10638 -50.9 -72.9 6 22.0 -51.2 217 18 333.9 333.9 292.7 333.9 0.01 29 224 11115 -48.3 -75.3 3 27.0 -48.8 215 18 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 30 202 11786 -53.1 -77.1 4 24.0 -53.4 219 11 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 31 200 11850 -52.5 -77.5 3 25.0 -52.9 220 10 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.00 32 177 12645 -51.1 -82.1 1 31.0 -51.6 268 13 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 33 150 13720 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -53.2 270 16 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 34 100 16320 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.5 245 13 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 285 9536 -51.5 -61.5 29 10.0 -51.7 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.5 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.00 m Freezing level: 744.15 mb = 2613.94 m = 8575.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.16 mb = 2114.66 m = 6937.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.88 % Est. max temperature: 17.08 C = 62.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.66 mb = 335.62 m = 1101.12 ft T: 9.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.09 C Layer 1000.0- 957.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.75 mb = 582.84 m = 1912.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.67 C = 54.80 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.22 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 23.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.79 mb = 573.89 m = 1882.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.79 mb = 617.00 m = 2024.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 910.79 mb = 969.36 m = 3180.27 ft B at Equ Level: 5.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 870.79 mb = 1335.86 m = 4382.69 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 187 at 18 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 1023 12 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 318 9 5.9 -6.5 1 987 305 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 132 8 -6.3 5.6 2 951 610 180 31 0.0 31.0 | 171 13 -2.1 13.0 3 917 914 175 40 -3.5 39.8 | 166 23 -5.6 21.9 4 883 1219 165 46 -11.9 44.4 | 152 30 -14.0 26.4 5 850 1533 155 35 -14.8 31.7 | 129 22 -16.9 13.7 6 819 1829 150 33 -16.5 28.6 | 120 21 -18.6 10.6 7 789 2134 150 26 -13.0 22.5 | 107 16 -15.1 4.5 8 760 2438 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 62 12 -10.7 -5.7 9 700 3097 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 28 5 -2.1 -4.0 10 677 3353 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 49 9 -6.6 -5.8 11 600 4267 145 26 -14.9 21.3 | 101 17 -17.0 3.3 12 512 5486 150 20 -10.0 17.3 | 87 12 -12.1 -0.7 13 500 5660 135 21 -14.8 14.8 | 80 17 -17.0 -3.1 14 471 6096 130 22 -16.9 14.1 | 79 19 -19.0 -3.9 15 432 6706 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 107 6 -5.6 1.7 16 400 7260 160 21 -7.2 19.7 | 101 9 -9.3 1.7 17 397 7315 160 21 -7.2 19.7 | 101 9 -9.3 1.7 18 331 8534 140 41 -26.4 31.4 | 115 31 -28.5 13.4 19 300 9200 130 17 -13.0 10.9 | 65 17 -15.2 -7.1 20 289 9449 130 18 -13.8 11.6 | 68 17 -15.9 -6.4 21 285 9536 22 276 9754 190 21 3.6 20.7 | 209 3 1.5 2.7 23 263 10058 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 84 1 -0.6 -0.1 24 251 10363 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 306 18 14.2 -10.4 25 250 10400 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 312 13 9.4 -8.4 26 240 10668 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 292 9 8.2 -3.2 27 218 11278 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 292 9 8.2 -3.2 28 200 11850 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 337 11 4.3 -10.3 29 199 11887 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 334 16 7.3 -14.6 30 190 12192 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 340 10 3.6 -9.8 31 181 12497 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 332 23 10.7 -20.3 32 173 12802 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 328 18 9.5 -14.9 33 165 13106 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 338 24 9.1 -22.1 34 150 13720 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 322 23 13.9 -18.0 35 136 14326 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 309 28 21.9 -18.0 36 130 14630 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 318 15 10.0 -11.0 37 124 14935 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 334 22 9.7 -20.1 38 118 15240 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 314 29 20.8 -20.0 39 113 15545 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 314 22 15.6 -14.9 40 108 15850 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 317 25 16.9 -18.0 41 103 16154 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 336 26 10.6 -23.9 42 100 16320 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 322 16 9.6 -12.5 43 97 16459 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 312 17 12.4 -11.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.8 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 186.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -211.2 tot: -192.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: -7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 11.86 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 180 22 152 5| 0.0 20.3 20.3| 12.1 -10.1 2.0 4.0 -0.36| 26.0 -9.3 1000 178 29 163 11| 0.0 17.0 17.0| 18.9 -29.6 -10.7 -10.7 -0.26| 20.9 -5.4 1500 172 33 156 16| 0.0 10.6 10.6| 18.9-125.6-106.6 -71.1 -0.41| 20.3 -8.3 2000 167 33 146 17| 0.0 6.7 6.7| 18.9-162.0-143.1 -71.5 -0.45| 17.4 -7.9 2500 164 31 138 16| 0.0 3.2 3.2| 18.9-206.5-187.5 -75.0 -0.52| 16.9 -8.8 3000 164 28 132 13| 1.2 2.7 3.9| 18.9-211.2-192.3 -64.1 -0.51| 15.2 -7.8 4000 163 25 122 11| 0.9 3.5 4.3| 43.3-212.2-168.9 -42.2 -0.35| 13.4 -4.7 5000 160 25 116 12| 0.9 3.0 3.9| 49.1-219.6-170.4 -34.1 -0.33| 11.4 -3.8 6000 157 24 110 12| 0.7 2.9 3.6| 49.1-233.7-184.6 -30.8 -0.34| 10.3 -3.5 Wrote GIF file: 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