UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for U1946... Searching the city database file for: U1946 ... Date:0000Z 23 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 1000 50 -17.7 -24.7 54 7.0 -18.6 270 1 255.4 255.5 254.5 256.9 0.52 1 974 248 -11.1 -23.1 36 12.0 -13.2 236 7 264.0 264.1 261.6 265.8 0.61 2 931 593 -9.3 -27.3 22 18.0 -12.3 178 18 269.3 269.4 265.0 270.6 0.44 3 925 643 -9.5 -27.5 22 18.0 -12.5 170 19 269.6 269.7 265.3 270.9 0.43 4 874 1079 -11.5 -29.5 21 18.0 -14.3 173 18 271.9 272.0 266.7 273.1 0.38 5 850 1291 -13.7 -32.7 18 19.0 -16.2 175 17 271.8 271.8 266.5 272.7 0.29 6 700 2730 -25.1 -42.1 19 17.0 -26.4 180 15 274.7 274.7 268.1 275.1 0.13 7 598 3854 -33.3 -48.3 21 15.0 -34.0 194 20 277.8 277.9 270.0 278.1 0.08 8 500 5090 -40.9 -51.9 30 11.0 -41.3 210 25 283.2 283.2 273.1 283.4 0.06 9 448 5827 -45.1 -54.1 36 9.0 -45.3 210 30 286.9 286.9 275.2 287.1 0.05 10 432 6067 -47.1 -56.1 35 9.0 -47.3 210 32 287.4 287.4 275.4 287.5 0.04 11 400 6570 -51.1 -60.1 33 9.0 -51.2 210 36 288.6 288.6 276.0 288.7 0.03 12 378 6934 -53.9 -62.9 32 9.0 -54.0 216 38 289.6 289.6 276.5 289.7 0.02 13 343 7553 -56.5 -64.5 36 8.0 -56.6 225 42 294.2 294.2 278.7 294.3 0.02 14 337 7665 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.0 -56.6 225 42 295.7 295.7 279.4 295.8 0.02 15 300 8400 -56.9 -66.9 27 10.0 -57.0 225 44 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.2 0.02 16 264 9213 -57.1 -68.1 24 11.0 -57.2 232 47 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 17 250 9560 -56.1 -68.1 21 12.0 -56.2 235 48 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.7 0.02 18 200 10980 -54.5 -67.5 19 13.0 -54.8 235 58 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 19 150 12830 -51.7 -66.7 15 15.0 -52.1 235 66 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.1 0.03 20 102 15350 -48.5 -65.4 12 16.9 -49.4 250 79 431.6 431.6 309.0 431.9 0.06 21 100 15480 -48.3 -65.3 12 17.0 -49.3 245 77 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.7 0.06 22 97 15681 -47.7 -64.7 12 17.0 -48.8 246 78 439.4 439.4 309.8 439.7 0.07 23 70 17840 -46.3 -64.3 11 18.0 -47.9 260 87 485.3 485.4 313.9 485.9 0.10 24 64 18436 -45.3 -64.3 10 19.0 -47.3 260 87 500.1 500.2 315.0 500.8 0.11 25 58 19088 -47.9 -65.9 11 18.0 -49.6 260 87 508.5 508.6 315.6 509.1 0.09 26 50 20070 -45.7 -64.7 10 19.0 -48.0 260 87 535.8 535.8 317.3 536.6 0.13 27 40 21554 -45.9 -64.9 10 19.0 -48.6 262 84 570.6 570.6 319.2 571.7 0.16 28 34 22627 -48.9 -67.9 9 19.0 -51.2 264 82 589.8 589.9 320.2 590.7 0.12 29 30 23450 -47.7 -66.7 9 19.0 -50.5 265 81 614.6 614.7 321.3 615.8 0.16 30 26 24397 -46.7 -65.7 10 19.0 -50.1 643.1 643.2 322.5 644.8 0.21 TRP 343 7553 -56.5 -64.5 36 8.0 -56.6 225 42 294.2 294.2 278.7 294.3 0.02 WND 102 15350 -48.5 -65.4 12 16.9 -49.4 250 79 431.6 431.6 309.0 431.9 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5039.70 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.62 % Est. max temperature: -1.36 C = 29.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.35 mb = 927.73 m = 3043.69 ft T: -10.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 0.40 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.64 mb = 3384.67 m = 11104.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.41 C = 38.14 F Cap Strength: 9.34 C Lifted Index: 13.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.46 C Showalter Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 8.20 C K Index: -22.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 155.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54413.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.83 mb = 2220.35 m = 7284.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 224 at 15 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 50 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 41 14 -9.0 -10.5 1 1000 47 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 41 14 -9.0 -10.5 2 925 643 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 122 16 -13.3 8.2 3 850 1291 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 119 13 -11.5 6.4 4 700 2730 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 114 11 -10.0 4.5 5 500 5090 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 192 11 2.5 11.2 6 400 6570 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 201 22 8.0 20.7 7 343 7553 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 226 27 19.7 19.2 8 300 8400 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 226 29 21.1 20.6 9 250 9560 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 240 34 29.3 17.0 10 200 10980 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 239 44 37.5 22.8 11 150 12830 235 66 54.1 37.9 | 238 52 44.0 27.4 12 102 15350 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 256 66 64.2 16.5 13 100 15480 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 250 64 59.7 22.1 14 70 17840 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 267 76 75.6 4.6 15 50 20070 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 267 76 75.6 4.6 16 30 23450 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 273 71 70.6 -3.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.8 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 223.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -12.2 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 18.59 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 172 9 80 11| 0.0 16.6 16.6| 12.2 -5.3 6.9 13.7 0.36| 21.0 7.5 1000 172 13 103 12| 0.0 9.2 9.2| 12.2 -8.1 4.1 4.1 0.24| 14.2 3.4 1500 173 15 109 12| 0.5 6.1 6.6| 12.2 -9.6 2.6 1.7 0.21| 9.9 2.1 2000 174 15 111 12| 0.6 4.6 5.2| 12.2 -10.7 1.5 0.7 0.19| 7.6 1.5 2500 175 15 112 12| 0.6 3.7 4.3| 12.2 -11.9 0.3 0.1 0.18| 6.3 1.1 3000 176 15 113 12| 0.6 3.1 3.7| 16.9 -12.2 4.7 1.6 0.21| 5.6 1.2 4000 181 16 119 11| 1.1 2.3 3.4| 32.8 -12.2 20.6 5.1 0.33| 4.9 1.6 5000 188 17 132 10| 1.5 1.8 3.4| 50.7 -12.2 38.6 7.7 0.43| 4.6 2.0 6000 194 19 147 10| 1.5 1.8 3.3| 58.1 -12.2 45.9 7.6 0.40| 4.5 1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//U1946/skewt/U1946.skewt.20200323.00.gif