UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for SBFN... Searching the city database file for: SBFN ... Date:1200Z 21 MAR 20 Station: SBFN WMO ident: 82400 Latitude: -3.85 Longitude: -32.42 Elevation: 56.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 56 27.2 22.6 76 4.6 23.9 120 4 299.7 302.8 296.7 350.5 17.38 1 1000 124 27.2 24.0 83 3.2 24.9 105 5 300.4 303.8 298.0 356.5 19.11 2 925 811 22.6 19.3 82 3.3 20.3 90 10 302.4 305.3 296.2 348.0 15.41 3 850 1545 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 130 11 305.4 307.9 295.7 346.0 13.58 4 812 1936 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.7 123 10 306.3 308.6 295.4 344.7 12.81 5 751 2598 13.8 5.8 58 8.0 9.0 133 11 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.3 7.72 6 741 2711 12.8 6.8 67 6.0 9.2 134 11 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.5 8.40 7 715 3011 11.4 -6.6 28 18.0 2.9 139 10 313.2 313.8 289.9 323.7 3.26 8 705 3129 10.2 4.2 66 6.0 6.7 131 8 313.1 314.5 293.3 336.1 7.35 9 700 3188 9.6 5.4 75 4.2 7.1 125 6 313.1 314.7 293.9 338.2 8.06 10 689 3320 8.4 6.0 85 2.4 6.9 121 5 313.2 314.8 294.3 339.7 8.55 11 663 3638 6.4 4.6 88 1.8 5.4 111 3 314.4 316.0 294.2 339.6 8.05 12 544 5241 -2.7 -2.7 100 0.0 -2.7 118 13 321.9 323.0 294.5 340.6 5.78 13 500 5910 -5.1 -10.1 68 5.0 -7.3 95 20 326.8 327.5 294.0 338.8 3.55 14 491 6053 -5.9 -11.9 63 6.0 -8.4 95 24 327.5 328.2 293.9 338.2 3.13 15 475 6311 -7.7 -11.6 74 3.9 -9.4 94 25 328.4 329.1 294.3 339.7 3.32 16 460 6561 -8.7 -18.7 44 10.0 -12.2 92 24 330.2 330.6 293.6 336.9 1.90 17 439 6921 -11.5 -12.5 92 1.0 -11.9 90 23 331.1 331.8 294.9 342.5 3.34 18 419 7277 -13.5 -15.4 86 1.9 -14.2 87 23 333.0 333.6 294.9 342.6 2.76 19 404 7554 -14.1 -21.1 55 7.0 -16.3 85 22 335.7 336.1 294.8 342.0 1.76 20 401 7611 -14.3 -33.3 18 19.0 -18.6 85 22 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.3 0.58 21 400 7630 -14.5 -31.5 22 17.0 -18.5 90 23 336.1 336.3 294.0 338.7 0.69 22 394 7744 -15.3 -21.3 60 6.0 -17.2 92 22 336.6 336.9 295.0 342.9 1.77 23 357 8479 -19.7 -31.7 34 12.0 -22.4 104 18 340.3 340.4 295.1 343.1 0.75 24 341 8816 -22.1 -35.1 30 13.0 -24.6 109 19 341.5 341.6 295.2 343.7 0.57 25 329 9077 -24.3 -32.3 48 8.0 -25.9 114 21 342.0 342.2 295.5 344.9 0.77 26 320 9278 -25.7 -39.7 26 14.0 -27.9 109 21 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.3 0.38 27 300 9740 -29.9 -31.6 85 1.7 -30.2 85 21 343.2 343.4 295.9 346.7 0.91 28 299 9764 -30.1 -31.7 86 1.6 -30.4 85 21 343.3 343.5 295.9 346.7 0.90 29 267 10565 -36.1 -43.1 48 7.0 -36.8 78 21 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.1 0.32 30 250 11020 -40.1 -44.1 65 4.0 -40.5 60 15 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.7 0.30 31 226 11699 -45.1 -48.3 70 3.2 -45.3 55 19 348.9 349.0 296.6 349.8 0.21 32 206 12309 -50.5 -51.6 88 1.1 -50.5 55 24 349.8 349.9 296.7 350.5 0.16 33 202 12436 -51.9 -56.9 55 5.0 -52.1 55 25 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 34 200 12500 -52.3 -57.1 56 4.8 -52.5 55 26 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.08 35 164 13749 -64.1 -68.9 52 4.8 -64.1 51 25 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 36 151 14250 -67.9 -74.9 36 7.0 -67.9 42 16 352.4 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 37 150 14290 -68.3 -75.3 36 7.0 -68.4 40 14 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 38 127 15272 -75.7 -80.5 47 4.8 -75.7 81 9 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 39 116 15794 -78.1 -82.0 53 3.9 -78.1 127 18 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 40 110 16096 -80.3 -85.2 44 4.9 -80.3 130 22 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 41 100 16640 -76.9 -85.9 22 9.0 -76.9 125 40 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 42 85 17566 -79.1 -89.1 18 10.0 -79.1 97 14 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 43 74 18365 -72.5 -87.5 9 15.0 -72.6 37 15 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 44 70 18690 -74.1 -90.1 7 16.0 -74.2 305 14 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 45 66 19031 -76.3 -92.3 6 16.0 -76.3 302 15 428.3 428.3 308.6 428.3 0.00 46 61 19488 -74.3 -91.3 6 17.0 -74.4 325 10 442.5 442.5 310.1 442.5 0.00 47 56 19995 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.9 80 7 468.5 468.5 312.5 468.5 0.00 48 51 20560 -66.3 -92.3 1 26.0 -66.5 81 14 484.5 484.5 313.8 484.5 0.00 49 50 20680 -66.9 -92.9 1 26.0 -67.1 115 17 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.8 0.00 50 45 21320 -64.1 -92.1 1 28.0 -64.5 81 30 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 51 42 21740 -66.1 -95.1 1 29.0 -66.4 87 36 512.7 512.7 315.8 512.7 0.00 52 38 22355 -60.5 -91.5 1 31.0 -61.2 91 43 541.8 541.8 317.6 541.8 0.00 53 30 23830 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.3 65 9 583.0 583.0 319.8 583.0 0.00 54 28 24264 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.2 57 9 598.5 598.5 320.5 598.5 0.01 55 28 24264 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.3 57 9 597.9 597.9 320.5 598.0 0.00 TRP 110 16096 -80.3 -85.2 44 4.9 -80.3 130 22 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.00 m Freezing level: 579.31 mb = 4765.56 m = 15634.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.24 mb = 4662.93 m = 15298.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.08 mb = 640.40 m = 2101.03 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 925.0- 741.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.69 mb = 1266.77 m = 4156.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.50 mb = 919.60 m = 3017.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.50 mb = 1661.42 m = 5450.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 758.50 mb = 2513.60 m = 8246.62 ft B at Equ Level: 22.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 88.50 mb = 17336.33 m = 56877.03 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 141 at 8 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 1008 56 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 341 4 1.4 -4.1 1 1000 124 105 5 -4.8 1.3 | 360 5 0.0 -4.8 2 980 305 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 23 5 -2.0 -4.9 3 946 610 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 36 9 -5.1 -7.0 4 925 811 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 5 914 914 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 44 7 -5.1 -5.2 6 852 1524 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 110 5 -4.3 1.6 7 850 1545 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 105 4 -3.6 1.0 8 822 1829 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 93 4 -4.2 0.2 9 793 2134 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 62 3 -2.9 -1.6 10 765 2438 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 105 4 -3.6 1.0 11 712 3048 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 135 2 -1.6 1.6 12 700 3188 125 6 -4.9 3.4 | 1 3 -0.1 -2.7 13 661 3658 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 338 5 2.0 -5.1 14 613 4267 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 83 5 -4.7 -0.6 15 568 4877 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 16 547 5182 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 94 6 -6.4 0.4 17 507 5791 95 16 -15.9 1.4 | 67 12 -11.1 -4.7 18 500 5910 95 20 -19.9 1.7 | 74 16 -15.1 -4.4 19 488 6096 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 79 20 -20.1 -3.9 20 401 7620 85 22 -21.9 -1.9 | 65 19 -17.1 -8.0 21 400 7630 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 71 19 -18.1 -6.1 22 369 8230 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 75 12 -11.9 -3.1 23 325 9144 115 21 -19.0 8.9 | 101 14 -14.2 2.8 24 300 9740 85 21 -20.9 -1.8 | 64 18 -16.1 -7.9 25 275 10363 75 27 -26.1 -7.0 | 58 25 -21.2 -13.1 26 263 10668 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 53 15 -11.9 -9.0 27 250 11020 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 31 16 -8.1 -13.6 28 240 11278 55 15 -12.3 -8.6 | 27 16 -7.4 -14.7 29 200 12500 55 26 -21.3 -14.9 | 38 27 -16.4 -21.0 30 157 14021 50 25 -19.2 -16.1 | 33 26 -14.3 -22.2 31 150 14290 40 14 -9.0 -10.7 | 14 17 -4.1 -16.8 32 149 14326 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 16 19 -5.4 -18.3 33 134 14935 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 339 9 3.4 -8.7 34 121 15545 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 109 8 -7.4 2.5 35 110 16096 130 22 -16.9 14.1 | 124 14 -12.0 8.0 36 109 16154 145 20 -11.5 16.4 | 147 12 -6.6 10.3 37 100 16640 125 40 -32.8 22.9 | 121 33 -27.9 16.8 38 98 16764 125 40 -32.8 22.9 | 121 33 -27.9 16.8 39 88 17374 120 21 -18.2 10.5 | 108 14 -13.3 4.4 40 83 17678 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 36 9 -5.1 -7.0 41 79 17983 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 71 14 -13.1 -4.5 42 75 18288 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 39 15 -9.2 -11.2 43 71 18593 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 314 23 16.3 -15.7 44 70 18690 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 311 22 16.3 -14.1 45 68 18898 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 304 23 19.4 -12.9 46 61 19507 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 323 18 10.6 -14.3 47 58 19812 145 1 -0.6 0.8 | 321 7 4.3 -5.3 48 55 20117 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 10 13 -2.2 -13.2 49 52 20422 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 9 15 -2.2 -14.5 50 50 20680 115 17 -15.4 7.2 | 96 11 -10.6 1.1 51 47 21031 115 17 -15.4 7.2 | 96 11 -10.6 1.1 52 45 21336 80 30 -29.5 -5.2 | 65 27 -24.7 -11.3 53 39 22250 95 44 -43.8 3.8 | 87 39 -39.0 -2.3 54 35 22860 75 40 -38.6 -10.4 | 64 38 -33.8 -16.4 55 32 23470 125 23 -18.8 13.2 | 117 16 -14.0 7.1 56 30 23774 110 18 -16.9 6.2 | 90 12 -12.1 0.1 57 30 23830 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 18 10 -3.3 -9.9 58 24 24689 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 1 12 -0.3 -12.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.5 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 141.5 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 406.12 Bulk Shear: 2.16 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 97 7 21 6| 0.0 6.6 6.6| 6.6 0.0 6.6 13.2 0.73| 6.8 5.0 1000 94 8 33 7| 1.5 3.3 4.8| 11.6 0.0 11.6 11.6 0.72| 5.3 3.8 1500 104 9 48 6| 2.6 2.2 4.8| 18.1 0.0 18.1 12.1 0.75| 5.5 4.1 2000 110 10 57 5| 1.9 1.9 3.8| 18.1 -2.3 15.8 7.9 0.53| 4.8 2.5 2500 114 10 62 5| 2.0 1.5 3.5| 20.5 -2.6 17.9 7.2 0.56| 4.5 2.5 3000 118 10 69 4| 1.8 1.2 3.0| 21.3 -2.6 18.7 6.2 0.56| 4.0 2.2 4000 118 9 55 3| 1.6 1.4 3.0| 26.2 -5.6 20.6 5.1 0.32| 4.7 1.5 5000 115 9 58 4| 1.3 1.4 2.7| 37.1 -14.0 23.1 4.6 0.26| 5.2 1.4 6000 111 10 65 5| 1.1 1.9 3.0| 52.6 -22.6 30.0 5.0 0.22| 5.8 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SBFN/skewt/SBFN.skewt.20200321.12.gif