UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for VGSY... Searching the city database file for: VGSY ... Date:0000Z 20 MAR 20 Station: VGSY WMO ident: 41891 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: 91.87 Elevation: 15.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 19.0 15.9 82 3.1 17.0 100 2 291.5 293.5 289.8 323.5 11.34 1 1000 92 18.8 12.8 68 6.0 15.1 100 12 292.0 293.6 288.2 318.5 9.32 2 925 768 20.2 9.2 49 11.0 13.6 355 4 300.0 301.4 289.8 323.3 7.91 3 850 1491 14.8 5.8 55 9.0 9.6 280 13 301.6 302.9 289.3 322.0 6.81 4 700 3099 3.4 -8.6 41 12.0 -1.7 275 23 306.2 306.8 287.2 315.2 2.85 5 500 5740 -11.9 -48.9 3 37.0 -17.0 250 38 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.9 0.09 6 400 7410 -23.7 -37.7 26 14.0 -25.8 255 45 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.37 7 300 9440 -40.7 -47.7 47 7.0 -41.2 240 54 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.17 8 250 10650 -50.7 -56.7 49 6.0 -50.9 245 73 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 9 200 12070 -62.1 -69.1 39 7.0 -62.1 235 93 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 10 185 12549 -64.5 -71.5 38 7.0 -64.6 240 100 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 11 181 12683 -63.5 -71.4 34 7.8 -63.6 245 101 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.01 12 150 13860 -55.3 -70.3 14 15.0 -55.6 255 55 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.02 13 100 16380 -65.3 -83.3 7 18.0 -65.4 250 52 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 185 12549 -64.5 -71.5 38 7.0 -64.6 240 100 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 WND 181 12683 -63.5 -71.4 34 7.8 -63.6 245 101 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.00 m Freezing level: 655.56 mb = 3685.89 m = 12092.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.28 mb = 2839.54 m = 9315.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.89 mb = 419.88 m = 1377.56 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.75 mb = 2552.44 m = 8374.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 20.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7455.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.38 mb = 1565.58 m = 5136.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 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 1008 15 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 113 19 -17.3 7.2 1 1000 92 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 108 29 -27.2 8.9 2 925 768 355 4 0.3 -4.0 | 101 15 -15.0 2.8 3 850 1491 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 151 5 -2.5 4.6 4 700 3099 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 238 9 7.6 4.8 5 500 5740 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 226 28 20.4 19.8 6 400 7410 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 237 34 28.1 18.5 7 300 9440 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 223 46 31.4 33.8 8 250 10650 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 233 63 50.8 37.7 9 200 12070 235 93 76.2 53.3 | 225 86 60.8 60.2 10 185 12549 240 100 86.6 50.0 | 231 91 71.3 56.8 11 181 12683 245 101 91.5 42.7 | 237 91 76.2 49.5 12 150 13860 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 241 43 37.8 21.1 13 100 16380 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 234 42 33.5 24.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: -58.8 tot: -31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 131.39 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 80 9 102 25| 0.0 6.6 6.6| 0.0 -54.0 -54.0 -108.1 -0.40| 21.5 -8.6 1000 65 7 100 22| 0.0 4.4 4.4| 7.6 -58.6 -51.0 -51.0 -0.27| 15.0 -4.1 1500 345 8 85 13| 0.0 5.2 5.2| 16.7 -58.8 -42.1 -28.1 -0.05| 13.6 -0.7 2000 297 10 110 7| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 20.4 -58.8 -38.4 -19.2 0.02| 11.0 0.3 2500 287 11 129 6| 0.0 4.4 4.4| 24.1 -58.8 -34.8 -13.9 0.08| 9.5 0.8 3000 282 13 148 5| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 27.6 -58.8 -31.2 -10.4 0.11| 8.4 1.0 4000 277 16 188 5| 0.0 3.9 3.9| 28.2 -60.3 -32.1 -8.0 0.10| 7.2 0.7 5000 270 19 210 8| 0.0 3.7 3.7| 28.2 -69.9 -41.6 -8.3 0.06| 6.6 0.4 6000 264 22 217 11| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 35.0 -83.8 -48.8 -8.1 0.03| 6.1 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