UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032710.upa.cvt Date: 1000Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for NZWP... Searching the city database file for: NZWP ... Date:1000Z 27 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 1014 27 15.0 8.0 63 7.0 11.1 255 6 287.0 288.2 283.7 305.7 6.64 1 1006 97 15.4 8.4 63 7.0 11.4 253 8 288.1 289.3 284.4 307.5 6.88 2 1000 149 15.0 9.0 67 6.0 11.6 251 9 288.1 289.4 284.7 308.5 7.21 3 925 804 9.6 8.0 90 1.6 8.7 238 24 289.1 290.4 285.2 309.7 7.29 4 919 858 9.0 7.5 90 1.5 8.2 239 25 289.0 290.3 284.9 309.1 7.09 5 850 1500 3.8 1.9 87 1.9 2.9 255 22 290.1 291.0 283.4 305.0 5.16 6 840 1596 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.1 256 22 290.3 291.1 283.2 304.6 4.97 7 817 1820 2.0 -3.0 69 5.0 -0.2 258 21 291.5 292.2 282.4 302.5 3.75 8 773 2268 3.4 -23.6 12 27.0 -4.2 253 20 297.7 297.8 281.4 300.1 0.74 9 761 2395 2.6 -26.4 10 29.0 -5.0 247 20 298.2 298.3 281.4 300.1 0.58 10 753 2480 2.2 -11.8 35 14.0 -3.0 248 21 298.6 299.0 283.4 305.0 2.05 11 746 2555 2.0 -15.0 27 17.0 -3.8 254 22 299.2 299.5 283.1 304.2 1.60 12 732 2708 3.0 -21.0 15 24.0 -4.3 267 25 301.9 302.1 283.4 305.1 0.98 13 700 3068 -0.3 -19.3 22 19.0 -6.1 275 26 302.2 302.4 283.8 306.0 1.18 14 673 3381 -2.7 -24.7 17 22.0 -8.5 278 29 302.9 303.0 283.5 305.4 0.77 15 625 3966 -4.9 -34.9 7 30.0 -11.0 265 31 306.8 306.9 284.5 307.9 0.32 16 601 4273 -6.5 -28.5 16 22.0 -11.7 256 34 308.4 308.6 285.5 310.5 0.61 17 506 5591 -17.3 -40.3 12 23.0 -20.5 268 34 310.9 310.9 285.9 311.7 0.23 18 500 5680 -17.7 -44.7 8 27.0 -21.1 270 34 311.5 311.5 286.0 312.0 0.14 19 400 7310 -29.7 -51.7 10 22.0 -31.3 275 45 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.7 0.08 20 333 8586 -39.9 -57.9 13 18.0 -40.6 278 47 319.4 319.5 288.6 319.6 0.05 21 300 9290 -44.9 -62.9 12 18.0 -45.4 280 48 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.2 0.03 22 250 10490 -53.1 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.4 285 48 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.02 23 241 10724 -54.9 -66.9 21 12.0 -55.1 285 49 327.9 327.9 291.1 327.9 0.02 24 215 11446 -58.1 -70.1 20 12.0 -58.2 286 49 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 25 200 11900 -57.9 -74.9 10 17.0 -58.1 285 40 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.1 0.01 26 181 12534 -54.1 -82.1 2 28.0 -54.4 278 36 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.00 27 161 13280 -56.3 -84.3 2 28.0 -56.6 292 39 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 28 150 13730 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -55.3 290 40 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 29 134 14454 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -53.4 281 37 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 30 122 15055 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -56.5 279 30 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 31 100 16320 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.0 265 34 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 215 11446 -58.1 -70.1 20 12.0 -58.2 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5531.00 m Freezing level: 702.91 mb = 3035.30 m = 9958.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 818.57 mb = 1804.76 m = 5921.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.46 % Est. max temperature: 17.91 C = 64.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.81 mb = 913.66 m = 2997.53 ft T: 8.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.67 C Layer 919.0- 753.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.22 mb = 1064.48 m = 3492.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.41 C = 63.34 F Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lifted Index: 5.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.37 C Showalter Index: 7.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 4.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.38 mb = 962.72 m = 3158.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.38 mb = 1286.24 m = 4219.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 802.38 mb = 1966.27 m = 6450.92 ft B at Equ Level: 16.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 772.38 mb = 2274.40 m = 7461.85 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 289 at 20 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 1014 27 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 121 16 -13.5 8.1 1 946 610 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 179 20 -0.5 19.7 2 912 914 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 187 19 2.4 19.0 3 850 1500 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 189 12 2.0 12.2 4 786 2134 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 182 10 0.4 10.0 5 757 2438 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 176 15 -1.2 15.0 6 729 2743 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 226 9 6.7 6.5 7 700 3068 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 237 8 6.6 4.3 8 675 3353 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 261 9 9.3 1.5 9 649 3658 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 216 18 10.7 14.6 10 624 3962 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 231 15 11.6 9.2 11 600 4267 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 221 20 13.5 15.3 12 577 4572 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 216 23 13.6 18.5 13 500 5680 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 246 16 14.7 6.5 14 453 6401 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 262 22 21.6 3.0 15 400 7310 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 264 26 25.5 2.6 16 300 9290 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 274 28 28.0 -1.8 17 250 10490 285 48 46.4 -12.4 | 282 28 27.1 -5.9 18 221 11278 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 283 31 30.0 -6.7 19 215 11446 20 200 11887 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 291 23 21.1 -8.2 21 200 11900 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 281 20 19.3 -3.8 22 182 12497 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 258 17 16.6 3.4 23 174 12802 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 302 18 15.1 -9.5 24 150 13730 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 291 20 18.3 -7.1 25 137 14326 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 282 23 22.2 -4.6 26 130 14630 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 247 10 9.6 4.0 27 103 16154 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 292 12 10.8 -4.4 28 100 16320 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 237 17 14.6 9.5 29 97 16459 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 237 17 14.6 9.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.7 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 288.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.7 neg: -8.7 tot: 104.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 30.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 240 13 149 15| 0.0 15.4 15.4| 53.0 0.0 53.0 106.0 0.90| 15.6 14.0 1000 239 19 168 16| 2.2 7.7 9.9| 76.4 0.0 76.4 76.4 0.83| 11.3 9.4 1500 243 20 175 16| 2.2 5.1 7.4| 78.1 -0.3 77.8 51.9 0.68| 9.4 6.4 2000 247 20 178 15| 1.9 3.8 5.8| 78.1 -3.3 74.8 37.4 0.59| 7.6 4.5 2500 248 20 178 14| 1.6 3.6 5.1| 87.4 -8.7 78.7 31.5 0.48| 7.8 3.8 3000 252 21 183 13| 3.0 3.0 6.0|112.7 -8.7 104.0 34.7 0.57| 8.3 4.7 4000 257 23 196 12| 2.3 3.3 5.5|132.7 -38.2 94.5 23.6 0.37| 8.8 3.2 5000 256 26 204 14| 2.3 3.3 5.6|153.5 -59.4 94.0 18.8 0.30| 8.3 2.5 6000 259 27 212 14| 2.7 2.8 5.4|193.7 -59.4 134.2 22.4 0.36| 7.9 2.8 Wrote GIF file: 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