UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for U4343... Searching the city database file for: U4343 ... Date:0000Z 29 MAR 20 Station: U4343 WMO ident: 24343 Latitude: 66.77 Longitude: 123.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 SFC 985 63 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 18.0 0 0 296.4 298.5 291.7 330.2 11.68 2 300 8370 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.2 305 19 306.3 306.3 283.9 306.3 0.01 3 292 8541 -56.7 -70.7 16 14.0 -56.8 305 19 307.8 307.8 284.5 307.8 0.01 4 279 8827 -57.1 -71.1 15 14.0 -57.2 302 18 311.3 311.3 285.8 311.3 0.01 5 250 9520 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.3 295 15 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.7 0.01 6 200 10950 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.0 -52.8 275 13 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 7 152 12715 -51.5 -71.5 7 20.0 -52.0 275 17 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.02 8 150 12800 -51.3 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.8 275 17 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.02 9 119 14329 -45.1 -68.1 6 23.0 -46.3 281 26 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.4 0.03 10 101 15424 -46.5 -69.5 6 23.0 -47.7 285 33 436.6 436.6 309.6 436.8 0.03 11 100 15490 -46.5 -69.5 6 23.0 -47.8 285 33 437.9 437.9 309.7 438.1 0.03 12 99 15556 -46.3 -69.3 6 23.0 -47.6 284 33 439.5 439.5 309.8 439.7 0.03 13 70 17840 -47.5 -70.5 5 23.0 -49.1 265 36 482.8 482.8 313.7 483.0 0.04 14 50 20070 -48.1 -71.1 5 23.0 -50.0 265 62 530.1 530.1 316.9 530.5 0.05 15 49 20203 -48.2 -71.2 5 23.0 -50.1 265 62 533.1 533.1 317.1 533.4 0.05 16 37 22051 -48.9 -71.9 5 23.0 -51.2 575.7 575.8 319.5 576.2 0.06 TRP 292 8541 -56.7 -70.7 16 14.0 -56.8 305 19 307.8 307.8 284.5 307.8 0.01 WND 49 20203 -48.2 -71.2 5 23.0 -50.1 265 62 533.1 533.1 317.1 533.4 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4854.79 m Freezing level: 792.04 mb = 2403.20 m = 7884.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 818.84 mb = 1354.18 m = 4442.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.74 mb = 680.33 m = 2232.01 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.40 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 827.63 mb = 1279.56 m = 4197.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.08 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -9.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 62.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.86 C Cross Totals Index: 27.87 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2765.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.06 mb = 1068.09 m = 3504.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.06 mb = 1533.76 m = 5031.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.06 mb = 9833.57 m = 32261.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2740.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.06 mb = 12885.92 m = 42276.14 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 326 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 63 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 146 8 -4.8 7.0 1 925 554 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 173 20 -2.5 19.8 2 850 1190 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 179 9 -0.1 8.7 3 700 2629 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 220 6 3.9 4.7 4 500 5010 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 302 7 5.8 -3.6 5 400 6510 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 317 17 11.3 -12.2 6 300 8370 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 290 11 10.8 -3.9 7 292 8541 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 290 11 10.8 -3.9 8 250 9520 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 266 9 8.8 0.7 9 200 10950 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 234 10 8.2 5.9 10 150 12800 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 246 13 12.2 5.5 11 100 15490 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 273 27 27.1 -1.5 12 70 17840 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 252 33 31.1 10.1 13 50 20070 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 258 58 57.0 12.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -29.2 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 98.75 Bulk Shear: 28.00 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 190 7 165 14| 0.0 13.3 13.3| 8.2 -27.2 -19.0 -37.9 -0.05| 24.3 -1.2 1000 199 8 172 15| 5.0 6.6 11.6| 24.1 -27.7 -3.5 -3.5 0.06| 17.4 1.1 1500 210 7 175 13| 4.1 4.4 8.5| 26.5 -29.2 -2.7 -1.8 0.07| 12.7 0.9 2000 224 7 181 12| 3.5 3.3 6.9| 30.1 -29.2 0.9 0.5 0.11| 10.0 1.1 2500 238 7 188 11| 3.3 2.7 5.9| 33.6 -29.2 4.4 1.8 0.15| 8.5 1.3 3000 250 8 194 10| 3.0 2.2 5.2| 36.2 -29.2 7.0 2.3 0.19| 7.3 1.4 4000 269 9 208 8| 2.7 1.7 4.4| 41.6 -29.2 12.4 3.1 0.25| 6.0 1.5 5000 285 10 226 6| 2.6 1.3 3.9| 47.7 -29.2 18.5 3.7 0.30| 5.2 1.6 6000 296 11 249 6| 2.7 1.1 3.8| 53.0 -29.2 23.8 4.0 0.30| 4.9 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//U4343/skewt/U4343.skewt.20200329.00.gif