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 U1946... Searching the city database file for: U1946 ... Date:1200Z 21 MAR 20 Station: U1946 WMO ident: 21946 Latitude: 70.62 Longitude: 147.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 41 -22.5 -26.0 73 3.5 -22.9 200 7 250.4 250.4 250.0 251.6 0.46 1 1000 70 -21.7 -24.9 75 3.2 -22.1 200 9 251.4 251.5 251.1 252.8 0.51 2 983 197 -17.1 -19.4 82 2.3 -17.5 203 12 257.3 257.4 256.8 259.6 0.84 3 960 374 -17.3 -19.4 84 2.1 -17.6 208 15 258.9 259.0 258.1 261.2 0.86 4 928 628 -17.1 -21.8 67 4.7 -17.9 214 21 261.6 261.7 259.9 263.6 0.72 5 925 652 -17.3 -22.3 65 5.0 -18.1 215 21 261.6 261.7 259.9 263.5 0.69 6 906 807 -18.3 -23.3 65 5.0 -19.0 221 21 262.1 262.3 260.2 264.0 0.65 7 850 1278 -22.5 -25.2 79 2.7 -22.8 240 21 262.6 262.7 260.4 264.2 0.58 8 707 2602 -32.3 -33.5 89 1.2 -32.4 231 27 266.0 266.0 262.4 266.9 0.32 9 700 2672 -32.7 -33.9 89 1.2 -32.8 230 27 266.3 266.3 262.6 267.2 0.31 10 659 3093 -36.1 -37.5 87 1.4 -36.2 232 27 267.1 267.1 263.0 267.8 0.23 11 583 3934 -40.1 -43.3 71 3.2 -40.2 235 27 271.9 272.0 266.3 272.4 0.14 12 500 4960 -48.5 -53.5 56 5.0 -48.6 240 27 273.9 273.9 267.4 274.1 0.05 13 480 5228 -50.7 -55.7 55 5.0 -50.8 244 30 274.4 274.4 267.7 274.5 0.04 14 410 6251 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 260 40 282.4 282.4 272.6 282.5 0.03 15 400 6410 -54.5 -59.5 54 5.0 -54.6 260 40 284.2 284.2 273.6 284.3 0.03 16 388 6604 -54.5 -59.5 54 5.0 -54.6 258 41 286.6 286.7 275.0 286.8 0.03 17 300 8240 -54.5 -61.5 42 7.0 -54.6 245 52 308.5 308.5 284.8 308.7 0.03 18 250 9410 -54.1 -62.1 37 8.0 -54.2 250 60 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.8 0.04 19 200 10840 -53.3 -63.3 29 10.0 -53.5 250 62 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.04 20 150 12690 -52.3 -64.3 22 12.0 -52.7 245 75 380.0 380.0 302.3 380.2 0.04 21 133 13466 -52.3 -64.3 22 12.0 -52.7 252 79 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.5 0.05 22 126 13817 -50.5 -62.8 22 12.3 -51.1 255 81 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.9 0.06 23 113 14532 -46.9 -59.9 21 13.0 -47.8 253 78 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.6 0.11 24 100 15340 -47.1 -61.1 19 14.0 -48.1 250 75 436.7 436.7 309.6 437.3 0.10 25 97 15541 -47.1 -61.1 19 14.0 -48.1 251 75 440.5 440.6 310.0 441.1 0.11 26 70 17700 -45.3 -60.3 17 15.0 -47.0 260 79 487.5 487.5 314.1 488.5 0.16 27 61 18617 -44.5 -59.5 17 15.0 -46.5 258 80 508.8 508.9 315.7 510.1 0.21 28 50 19940 -46.3 -62.3 15 16.0 -48.3 255 81 534.4 534.4 317.2 535.5 0.18 29 46 20493 -47.1 -62.1 16 15.0 -49.1 545.3 545.4 317.9 546.6 0.20 TRP 410 6251 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 260 40 282.4 282.4 272.6 282.5 0.03 WND 126 13817 -50.5 -62.8 22 12.3 -51.1 255 81 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.9 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4890.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.60 % Est. max temperature: -10.30 C = 13.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.29 mb = 473.86 m = 1554.63 ft T: -17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 0.04 C Layer 925.0- 906.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 70.00 m = 229.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.74 g/kg Conv temperature: -20.32 C = -4.58 F Cap Strength: 9.68 C Lifted Index: 10.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 33.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.42 C Showalter Index: 8.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: -0.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 75.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41100.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.58 mb = 834.77 m = 2738.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 19 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 1004 41 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 108 18 -16.8 5.4 1 1000 70 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 114 18 -16.1 7.3 2 925 652 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 156 18 -7.1 16.0 3 850 1278 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 174 9 -1.0 9.3 4 700 2672 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 185 16 1.5 16.2 5 500 4960 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 199 13 4.2 12.3 6 410 6251 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 254 21 20.2 5.8 7 400 6410 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 254 21 20.2 5.8 8 300 8240 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 233 35 28.0 20.8 9 250 9410 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 243 42 37.2 19.3 10 200 10840 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 243 44 39.1 20.0 11 150 12690 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 238 58 48.8 30.5 12 126 13817 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 251 62 59.1 19.8 13 100 15340 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 245 57 51.3 24.5 14 70 17700 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 258 60 58.6 12.5 15 50 19940 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 251 62 59.1 19.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 30.48 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 208 14 130 17| 12.3 0.0 12.3| 55.5 0.0 55.5 111.1 1.00| 12.5 12.5 1000 216 17 144 16| 7.9 0.0 7.9| 77.7 0.0 77.7 77.7 0.86| 10.4 8.9 1500 224 19 153 14| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 83.7 0.0 83.7 55.8 0.79| 8.4 6.7 2000 228 20 159 13| 4.4 0.7 5.1| 86.7 0.0 86.7 43.3 0.75| 7.0 5.3 2500 229 21 165 13| 3.5 1.1 4.6| 88.8 0.0 88.8 35.5 0.70| 6.1 4.3 3000 229 22 169 13| 3.1 0.9 4.0| 91.5 0.0 91.5 30.5 0.69| 5.3 3.7 4000 231 23 175 14| 2.4 0.7 3.1| 97.4 0.0 97.4 24.3 0.70| 4.3 3.0 5000 232 24 180 13| 2.1 0.5 2.6|105.9 0.0 105.9 21.2 0.71| 3.7 2.6 6000 236 26 190 13| 2.8 0.5 3.3|156.0 0.0 156.0 26.0 0.76| 4.2 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//U1946/skewt/U1946.skewt.20200321.12.gif