UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for SB281... Searching the city database file for: SB281 ... Date:1200Z 26 MAR 20 Station: SB281 WMO ident: 82281 Latitude: -2.60 Longitude: -44.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 58 26.6 23.7 84 2.9 24.5 160 5 299.3 302.7 297.5 353.9 18.66 1 1000 102 25.2 22.7 86 2.5 23.4 160 5 298.4 301.6 296.5 349.7 17.63 2 992 173 24.2 22.3 89 1.9 22.9 160 6 298.0 301.2 296.3 348.4 17.34 3 981 271 25.4 18.4 65 7.0 20.5 160 7 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.3 13.70 4 925 787 22.2 17.9 77 4.3 19.2 170 7 302.0 304.6 295.2 343.6 14.09 5 918 853 21.8 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 167 7 302.3 304.8 295.0 342.9 13.75 6 850 1520 20.0 12.0 60 8.0 14.8 145 9 307.1 309.0 294.0 338.6 10.42 7 843 1591 19.8 11.8 60 8.0 14.6 146 11 307.6 309.6 294.1 339.0 10.37 8 700 3170 10.0 5.7 75 4.3 7.4 175 5 313.6 315.1 294.1 339.2 8.24 9 598 4461 2.0 -1.8 76 3.8 0.0 82 3 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.61 10 580 4708 1.0 -3.9 70 4.9 -1.4 78 3 320.4 321.3 293.4 336.4 4.95 11 552 5105 -0.3 -3.3 80 3.0 -1.9 72 4 323.4 324.5 294.6 341.2 5.44 12 500 5890 -5.9 -7.2 91 1.3 -6.5 60 4 325.8 326.7 294.5 340.7 4.46 13 483 6161 -8.1 -8.1 100 0.0 -8.1 67 4 326.4 327.2 294.5 340.7 4.30 14 476 6275 -7.7 -10.4 81 2.7 -8.9 70 4 328.2 329.0 294.4 340.5 3.64 15 419 7258 -14.3 -16.1 86 1.8 -15.0 96 7 332.0 332.5 294.6 341.0 2.60 16 404 7535 -15.9 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.7 103 8 333.4 333.7 294.1 339.2 1.64 17 400 7610 -16.3 -21.3 65 5.0 -17.9 105 8 333.8 334.2 294.3 340.0 1.75 18 397 7666 -16.9 -21.0 70 4.1 -18.1 103 8 333.7 334.1 294.4 340.2 1.81 19 390 7799 -17.1 -31.1 29 14.0 -20.3 98 9 335.2 335.3 293.8 337.9 0.73 20 379 8013 -18.9 -23.3 68 4.4 -20.1 89 10 335.6 335.9 294.6 341.1 1.54 21 375 8091 -19.3 -27.3 49 8.0 -21.3 86 10 336.1 336.3 294.3 340.0 1.09 22 357 8455 -21.3 -27.3 58 6.0 -22.8 91 11 338.1 338.4 294.9 342.3 1.14 23 336 8897 -24.7 -27.9 75 3.2 -25.4 115 11 339.4 339.6 295.2 343.6 1.15 24 300 9710 -30.7 -36.7 56 6.0 -31.6 150 13 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.2 0.55 25 277 10273 -35.1 -47.1 28 12.0 -36.2 146 14 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.5 0.20 26 250 10980 -41.1 -49.1 42 8.0 -41.6 140 15 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.7 0.18 27 235 11395 -44.7 -50.7 51 6.0 -45.0 143 16 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.3 0.16 28 221 11801 -47.9 -56.9 35 9.0 -48.3 142 17 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.08 29 200 12450 -52.9 -64.9 22 12.0 -53.2 110 18 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 30 186 12916 -54.9 -71.9 10 17.0 -55.2 100 12 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 31 150 14260 -65.3 -79.3 13 14.0 -65.4 270 21 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 32 142 14591 -67.9 -81.9 12 14.0 -67.9 275 21 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 33 127 15250 -74.1 -82.1 28 8.0 -74.1 280 23 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.00 34 100 16610 -82.9 -87.1 48 4.2 -82.9 345 12 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 35 99 16666 -83.1 -87.5 46 4.4 -83.1 345 12 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 36 87 17403 -75.7 -88.7 11 13.0 -75.7 307 18 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 37 73 18410 -80.1 -90.1 17 10.0 -80.1 158 9 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 38 70 18650 -77.3 -90.3 11 13.0 -77.3 85 8 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 39 65 19076 -74.7 -89.7 8 15.0 -74.7 348 10 433.7 433.7 309.2 433.7 0.00 40 62 19348 -75.9 -90.9 8 15.0 -76.0 285 13 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.00 41 54 20160 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 94 12 473.9 473.9 313.0 473.9 0.00 42 50 20620 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.9 80 21 481.6 481.6 313.6 481.6 0.00 43 49 20741 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.9 83 23 484.4 484.4 313.8 484.4 0.00 44 48 20866 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.4 85 24 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.5 0.00 45 47 20994 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 88 26 494.5 494.5 314.5 494.5 0.00 46 44 21398 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 90 32 516.1 516.1 316.1 516.2 0.00 47 37 22473 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.0 94 41 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.00 48 32 23369 -64.7 -90.7 2 26.0 -65.2 59 20 557.9 557.9 318.5 557.9 0.00 49 30 23770 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.7 340 14 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.01 50 28 24207 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.9 61 19 602.4 602.4 320.7 602.4 0.01 51 23 25450 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.5 253 10 632.5 632.5 322.0 632.6 0.01 52 21 26029 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.6 200 16 660.7 660.7 323.1 660.8 0.01 TRP 99 16666 -83.1 -87.5 46 4.4 -83.1 345 12 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.00 m Freezing level: 558.46 mb = 5013.75 m = 16449.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.76 mb = 4464.78 m = 14648.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.96 mb = 424.80 m = 1393.68 ft T: 24.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 1000.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.90 mb = 2263.03 m = 7424.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.46 C = 99.44 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.89 mb = 1132.29 m = 3714.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.89 mb = 4246.39 m = 13931.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 573.89 mb = 4793.04 m = 15725.02 ft B at Equ Level: 18.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 323.89 mb = 9160.54 m = 30053.89 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 175 at 4 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 1005 58 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 119 2 -1.4 0.8 1 1000 102 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 119 2 -1.4 0.8 2 977 305 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 146 4 -2.4 3.6 3 944 610 165 6 -1.6 5.8 | 147 2 -1.2 1.9 4 925 787 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 163 3 -0.9 3.0 5 912 914 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 152 3 -1.5 2.8 6 880 1219 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 166 6 -1.4 5.9 7 850 1520 145 9 -5.2 7.4 | 125 6 -4.9 3.5 8 850 1524 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 132 9 -6.6 5.9 9 791 2134 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 133 4 -2.6 2.4 10 763 2438 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 215 1 0.7 1.1 11 700 3170 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 173 1 -0.1 1.1 12 635 3962 55 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 6 5 -0.5 -4.5 13 611 4267 85 3 -3.0 -0.3 | 33 5 -2.7 -4.2 14 500 5890 60 4 -3.5 -2.0 | 28 7 -3.2 -5.9 15 487 6096 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 31 7 -3.3 -5.6 16 400 7610 105 8 -7.7 2.1 | 76 8 -7.4 -1.8 17 367 8230 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 61 12 -10.5 -5.8 18 311 9449 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 130 8 -6.0 5.1 19 300 9710 150 13 -6.5 11.3 | 140 10 -6.2 7.3 20 250 10980 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 129 12 -9.3 7.6 21 228 11582 145 16 -9.2 13.1 | 136 13 -8.9 9.2 22 208 12192 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 126 17 -13.8 10.2 23 200 12450 110 18 -16.9 6.2 | 98 17 -16.6 2.2 24 180 13106 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 72 10 -9.7 -3.0 25 164 13716 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 266 10 10.3 0.7 26 150 14260 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 280 22 21.3 -3.9 27 134 14935 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 290 22 21.0 -7.6 28 120 15545 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 288 27 25.9 -8.4 29 100 16610 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 348 16 3.4 -15.5 30 99 16666 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 348 16 3.4 -15.5 31 97 16764 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 347 17 3.7 -16.5 32 92 17069 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 334 25 10.8 -22.1 33 87 17374 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 322 21 13.0 -16.6 34 83 17678 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 253 16 15.0 4.6 35 79 17983 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 276 11 10.9 -1.1 36 75 18288 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 207 6 2.9 5.7 37 70 18650 85 8 -8.0 -0.7 | 59 9 -7.7 -4.6 38 67 18898 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 72 10 -9.7 -3.0 39 64 19202 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 299 12 10.2 -5.7 40 60 19507 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 302 17 14.4 -9.0 41 57 19812 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 359 6 0.1 -5.9 42 54 20117 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 81 12 -11.5 -1.8 43 52 20422 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 50 14 -10.6 -9.0 44 50 20620 80 21 -20.7 -3.6 | 70 22 -20.4 -7.6 45 45 21336 95 30 -29.9 2.6 | 87 30 -29.6 -1.3 46 42 21641 75 40 -38.6 -10.4 | 70 41 -38.3 -14.3 47 40 21946 105 40 -38.6 10.4 | 100 39 -38.3 6.4 48 38 22250 105 48 -46.4 12.4 | 100 47 -46.1 8.5 49 37 22555 90 39 -39.0 0.0 | 84 39 -38.7 -3.9 50 33 23165 100 23 -22.7 4.0 | 90 22 -22.3 0.1 51 30 23770 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 343 18 5.1 -17.1 52 30 23774 80 28 -27.6 -4.9 | 72 29 -27.3 -8.8 53 28 24079 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 50 20 -15.3 -12.9 54 26 24384 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 339 19 6.6 -17.5 55 24 24689 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 352 14 2.0 -13.8 56 23 24994 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 228 7 5.3 4.7 57 21 25298 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 207 13 5.8 11.1 58 18 25908 100 19 -18.7 3.3 | 88 18 -18.4 -0.6 59 16 26518 70 25 -23.5 -8.6 | 62 26 -23.2 -12.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.5 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 175.5 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -5.8 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 76.45 Bulk Shear: 0.62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 161 7 142 3| 1.4 0.0 1.4| 0.9 -0.0 0.9 1.7 0.31| 4.2 1.3 1000 164 7 149 3| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 1.7 -0.3 1.5 1.5 0.29| 3.5 1.0 1500 163 8 150 4| 1.2 1.7 2.9| 2.2 -5.5 -3.3 -2.2 -0.07| 4.7 -0.4 2000 158 8 144 5| 0.8 1.3 2.1| 2.7 -5.5 -2.9 -1.4 -0.05| 4.7 -0.2 2500 160 8 145 4| 1.4 1.0 2.4| 4.2 -5.6 -1.4 -0.5 0.08| 4.7 0.4 3000 162 7 148 4| 1.2 1.0 2.1| 4.2 -5.8 -1.5 -0.5 0.06| 4.0 0.2 4000 162 6 142 3| 0.9 1.0 1.9| 5.0 -10.5 -5.6 -1.4 -0.15| 4.1 -0.6 5000 155 6 119 2| 0.5 0.8 1.4| 7.0 -10.7 -3.7 -0.7 -0.09| 3.5 -0.3 6000 145 5 99 3| 0.4 0.8 1.2| 7.4 -11.3 -3.9 -0.6 -0.09| 3.0 -0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SB281/skewt/SB281.skewt.20200326.12.gif