UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032310.upa.cvt Date: 1000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for NZWP... Searching the city database file for: NZWP ... Date:1000Z 23 MAR 20 Station: NZWP WMO ident: 93112 Latitude: -36.78 Longitude: 174.63 Elevation: 27.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 27 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.5 280 14 291.1 293.1 289.6 322.8 11.21 1 953 442 16.0 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 269 32 293.2 295.1 289.8 323.4 10.60 2 925 697 14.2 9.5 73 4.7 11.4 264 40 293.8 295.3 287.8 317.1 8.08 3 899 937 13.0 5.0 58 8.0 8.6 260 40 295.0 296.1 286.3 312.7 6.09 4 850 1405 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.4 265 40 295.2 296.4 287.3 315.8 7.11 5 835 1552 7.2 6.3 94 0.9 6.7 268 42 295.2 296.5 287.4 316.0 7.19 6 794 1964 4.4 1.2 80 3.2 2.8 276 48 296.5 297.4 286.0 312.0 5.26 7 788 2026 5.2 -9.8 33 15.0 -0.7 278 48 298.0 298.4 283.4 305.0 2.30 8 771 2204 5.2 -26.8 8 32.0 -3.5 282 50 299.8 299.9 282.0 301.7 0.55 9 733 2615 2.8 -34.2 5 37.0 -5.5 290 52 301.6 301.6 282.4 302.6 0.29 10 700 2987 1.0 -39.0 3 40.0 -7.1 290 55 303.6 303.6 283.1 304.3 0.19 11 637 3738 -4.1 -35.1 7 31.0 -10.5 293 60 306.1 306.1 284.2 307.2 0.30 12 566 4662 -8.3 -51.3 2 43.0 -14.2 298 66 311.7 311.7 286.0 311.9 0.06 13 500 5610 -16.1 -52.1 3 36.0 -20.1 305 73 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.6 0.06 14 423 6839 -26.7 -52.7 7 26.0 -28.7 306 74 315.2 315.2 287.2 315.5 0.07 15 400 7240 -28.3 -55.3 6 27.0 -30.2 305 92 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.4 0.05 16 376 7682 -30.9 -45.9 22 15.0 -32.2 309 99 320.4 320.5 289.0 321.1 0.17 17 338 8430 -36.1 -61.1 6 25.0 -37.2 307 108 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.03 18 300 9250 -40.9 -55.9 18 15.0 -41.6 305 119 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.07 19 274 9861 -45.3 -59.3 19 14.0 -45.8 304 123 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.05 20 250 10470 -48.1 -64.1 14 16.0 -48.5 300 120 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 21 227 11100 -52.1 -69.1 11 17.0 -52.4 300 114 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 22 200 11920 -51.9 -77.9 3 26.0 -52.3 290 101 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.00 23 197 12018 -51.7 -78.7 3 27.0 -52.1 290 98 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.00 24 150 13770 -55.3 -83.3 2 28.0 -55.6 280 67 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 25 100 16330 -59.1 -85.1 2 26.0 -59.5 285 49 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 227 11100 -52.1 -69.1 11 17.0 -52.4 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.00 m Freezing level: 687.65 mb = 3134.18 m = 10282.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 789.19 mb = 2013.70 m = 6606.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.44 % Est. max temperature: 22.00 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.14 mb = 332.71 m = 1091.56 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 794.0- 733.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.08 mb = 1143.25 m = 3750.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.93 C = 71.47 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: -8.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 229.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.70 mb = 902.69 m = 2961.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.70 mb = 1329.76 m = 4362.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.70 mb = 2239.03 m = 7345.81 ft B at Equ Level: 40.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 547.70 mb = 4913.31 m = 16119.58 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 41 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 1000 27 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 157 31 -12.3 28.8 1 934 610 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 202 37 13.8 34.7 2 901 914 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 199 40 13.3 38.1 3 850 1405 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 202 37 13.8 34.7 4 777 2134 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 226 32 23.2 22.5 5 749 2438 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 238 26 21.8 13.8 6 700 2987 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 244 28 25.6 12.4 7 594 4267 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 262 31 31.0 4.6 8 500 5610 305 73 59.8 -41.9 | 288 35 33.7 -10.7 9 468 6096 310 74 56.7 -47.6 | 298 35 30.6 -16.4 10 413 7010 305 74 60.6 -42.4 | 288 36 34.5 -11.2 11 400 7240 305 92 75.4 -52.8 | 294 54 49.3 -21.6 12 396 7315 310 94 72.0 -60.4 | 302 54 45.9 -29.2 13 300 9250 305 119 97.5 -68.3 | 297 80 71.4 -37.1 14 278 9754 305 123 100.8 -70.5 | 298 84 74.7 -39.3 15 250 10470 300 120 103.9 -60.0 | 290 83 77.8 -28.8 16 227 11100 17 221 11278 300 112 97.0 -56.0 | 289 75 70.9 -24.8 18 211 11582 290 122 114.6 -41.7 | 277 89 88.6 -10.5 19 200 11920 290 101 94.9 -34.5 | 273 69 68.8 -3.3 20 192 12192 290 94 88.3 -32.1 | 271 62 62.3 -0.9 21 150 13770 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 244 44 39.9 19.6 22 137 14326 285 66 63.8 -17.1 | 249 40 37.7 14.1 23 131 14630 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 250 52 48.8 18.0 24 108 15850 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 228 23 17.1 15.5 25 100 16330 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 229 28 21.3 18.5 26 98 16459 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 229 28 21.3 18.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.1 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 320.1 at 40.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 4.7 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.3 neg: -15.5 tot: 406.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 135.03 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 270 25 178 31| 0.0 23.5 23.5|175.3 0.0 175.3 350.5 0.94| 23.7 22.2 1000 265 32 190 34| 0.0 14.0 14.0|205.0 -15.5 189.5 189.5 0.75| 16.0 11.9 1500 265 35 194 36| 1.7 9.3 11.0|240.3 -15.5 224.8 149.9 0.74| 12.4 9.2 2000 267 38 199 35| 3.9 7.0 10.9|332.5 -15.5 317.0 158.5 0.79| 12.0 9.5 2500 272 40 205 33| 5.2 5.6 10.8|402.0 -15.5 386.6 154.6 0.78| 12.0 9.4 3000 276 42 211 31| 4.8 4.7 9.5|422.3 -15.5 406.8 135.6 0.78| 10.6 8.3 4000 281 47 222 30| 4.6 3.5 8.0|477.5 -15.5 462.1 115.5 0.80| 8.9 7.1 5000 285 50 232 29| 4.7 2.8 7.5|563.1 -15.5 547.6 109.5 0.82| 8.2 6.7 6000 290 54 243 28| 4.8 2.3 7.1|673.7 -15.5 658.2 109.7 0.84| 7.9 6.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZWP/skewt/NZWP.skewt.20200323.10.gif