UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for U3078... Searching the city database file for: U3078 ... Date:1200Z 29 MAR 20 Station: U3078 WMO ident: 23078 Latitude: 69.33 Longitude: 88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -13 SFC 990 65 -7.5 -10.2 81 2.7 -8.2 225 11 266.4 266.7 265.5 271.2 1.77 2 925 590 -11.1 -15.0 73 3.9 -12.0 240 19 268.0 268.2 265.7 271.5 1.29 3 850 1233 -16.3 -19.8 74 3.5 -17.0 260 15 269.1 269.2 265.8 271.7 0.93 4 845 1277 -16.7 -20.3 74 3.6 -17.4 260 15 269.1 269.3 265.8 271.7 0.90 5 829 1421 -16.1 -20.4 69 4.3 -16.9 259 17 271.2 271.4 267.3 273.8 0.91 6 788 1801 -18.9 -28.9 41 10.0 -20.3 256 20 272.2 272.3 267.0 273.5 0.45 7 774 1935 -17.1 -30.1 31 13.0 -18.9 255 22 275.5 275.6 269.1 276.7 0.40 8 715 2526 -19.9 -37.9 19 18.0 -21.8 251 27 278.8 278.8 270.8 279.4 0.20 9 700 2683 -21.5 -38.5 20 17.0 -23.2 250 29 278.7 278.7 270.7 279.3 0.20 10 561 4262 -35.9 -48.9 25 13.0 -36.5 260 26 279.9 279.9 271.2 280.2 0.08 11 500 5050 -41.5 -54.5 23 13.0 -41.9 265 25 282.4 282.4 272.6 282.6 0.05 12 405 6459 -51.1 -64.1 20 13.0 -51.3 260 21 287.6 287.6 275.4 287.6 0.02 13 400 6540 -51.5 -63.5 23 12.0 -51.7 260 21 288.1 288.1 275.7 288.1 0.02 14 346 7474 -53.3 -66.3 19 13.0 -53.5 266 25 297.8 297.8 280.4 297.9 0.01 15 318 8012 -56.3 -69.3 18 13.0 -56.4 270 27 300.9 300.9 281.7 301.0 0.01 16 300 8380 -56.7 -69.7 18 13.0 -56.8 280 33 305.4 305.4 283.6 305.5 0.01 17 250 9540 -58.1 -71.1 17 13.0 -58.2 270 33 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.7 0.01 18 249 9565 -58.3 -71.3 17 13.0 -58.4 270 33 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.8 0.01 19 200 10950 -56.3 -70.3 16 14.0 -56.5 275 38 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.01 20 162 12290 -55.5 -70.5 14 15.0 -55.8 279 54 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.02 21 150 12780 -55.3 -70.3 14 15.0 -55.6 280 60 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.02 22 100 15370 -52.3 -69.6 11 17.3 -52.9 265 83 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.9 0.03 23 75 17231 -50.1 -69.1 9 19.0 -51.2 261 93 467.9 467.9 312.5 468.2 0.05 24 70 17680 -50.1 -70.1 8 20.0 -51.2 260 95 477.2 477.2 313.2 477.5 0.04 25 56 19132 -51.9 -72.9 6 21.0 -53.1 260 94 504.5 504.6 315.3 504.8 0.04 26 50 19870 -49.5 -70.5 7 21.0 -51.2 260 93 526.8 526.8 316.8 527.2 0.06 27 47 20276 -48.7 -69.7 7 21.0 -50.6 259 91 538.1 538.2 317.5 538.6 0.07 28 42 21012 -51.1 -73.1 6 22.0 -52.8 258 88 549.8 549.8 318.1 550.1 0.05 29 36 22026 -46.1 -69.1 6 23.0 -49.1 257 83 587.5 587.5 320.0 588.2 0.10 30 30 23230 -49.5 -73.5 4 24.0 -52.1 255 77 609.7 609.7 321.0 610.2 0.06 31 27 23923 -47.7 -71.7 5 24.0 -51.0 633.4 633.4 322.0 634.1 0.09 TRP 318 8012 -56.3 -69.3 18 13.0 -56.4 270 27 300.9 300.9 281.7 301.0 0.01 WND 100 15370 -52.3 -69.6 11 17.3 -52.9 265 83 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.9 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5063.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.32 % Est. max temperature: -4.17 C = 24.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.25 mb = 398.18 m = 1306.33 ft T: -9.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 0.31 C Layer 788.0- 774.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1021.06 m = 3349.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.41 g/kg Conv temperature: -5.21 C = 22.62 F Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lifted Index: 9.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.81 C Showalter Index: 8.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: -11.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50880.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.69 mb = 885.94 m = 2906.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 286 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 65 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 144 15 -9.0 12.5 1 925 590 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 179 14 -0.3 14.2 2 850 1233 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 165 8 -2.0 7.3 3 700 2683 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 216 18 10.5 14.6 4 500 5050 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 230 11 8.1 6.9 5 400 6540 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 205 9 3.9 8.3 6 318 8012 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 245 11 10.2 4.7 7 300 8380 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 274 16 15.7 -1.1 8 250 9540 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 254 17 16.2 4.7 9 200 10950 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 266 21 21.1 1.4 10 150 12780 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 278 43 42.3 -5.7 11 100 15370 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 260 67 65.9 11.9 12 70 17680 260 95 93.6 16.5 | 255 80 76.8 21.2 13 50 19870 260 93 91.6 16.1 | 254 78 74.8 20.8 14 30 23230 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 247 63 57.6 24.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -5.0 tot: 56.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 15.67 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 234 15 160 14| 8.7 0.0 8.7| 32.6 0.0 32.6 65.2 0.99| 8.7 8.6 1000 241 16 168 13| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 33.9 -3.5 30.5 30.5 0.54| 7.2 3.9 1500 246 16 170 11| 3.7 0.0 3.7| 39.8 -5.0 34.8 23.2 0.52| 6.4 3.3 2000 249 17 177 11| 2.8 1.3 4.0| 48.9 -5.0 43.9 22.0 0.55| 6.0 3.3 2500 250 19 185 11| 2.2 2.1 4.3| 56.6 -5.0 51.6 20.6 0.53| 5.9 3.1 3000 250 21 192 12| 2.0 1.7 3.7| 61.0 -5.0 56.0 18.7 0.52| 5.3 2.7 4000 252 22 201 13| 1.6 1.3 2.9| 67.2 -5.0 62.1 15.5 0.51| 4.4 2.3 5000 254 23 206 12| 1.4 1.0 2.5| 71.3 -5.0 66.3 13.3 0.50| 3.9 1.9 6000 256 23 209 12| 1.2 0.7 1.9| 71.3 -12.5 58.9 9.8 0.39| 3.5 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//U3078/skewt/U3078.skewt.20200329.12.gif