UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for VGSY... Searching the city database file for: VGSY ... Date:0000Z 22 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 1010 15 18.0 17.2 95 0.8 17.5 70 4 290.3 292.5 290.2 324.9 12.31 1 1000 110 17.6 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 40 15 290.8 292.7 289.3 321.8 10.99 2 925 781 18.6 7.6 49 11.0 12.1 50 16 298.3 299.6 288.5 319.2 7.09 3 850 1501 15.0 5.0 51 10.0 9.3 220 8 301.9 303.0 289.1 321.1 6.44 4 700 3108 2.6 -0.9 78 3.5 0.8 235 28 305.4 306.3 289.0 321.0 5.12 5 500 5750 -13.3 -16.5 77 3.2 -14.3 225 17 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.8 2.10 6 400 7410 -25.3 -27.5 82 2.2 -25.8 250 13 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.6 1.00 7 300 9420 -42.3 -46.8 61 4.5 -42.6 270 18 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.19 8 250 10630 -51.9 -57.9 48 6.0 -52.1 260 32 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.06 9 233 11088 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 260 52 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 10 200 12090 -47.7 -66.7 9 19.0 -48.3 275 61 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 11 150 13960 -54.5 -77.5 4 23.0 -54.9 275 49 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.01 12 133 14726 -58.9 -81.0 4 22.1 -59.2 255 68 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 13 100 16480 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 265 46 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 233 11088 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 260 52 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 WND 133 14726 -58.9 -81.0 4 22.1 -59.2 255 68 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.00 m Freezing level: 667.30 mb = 3540.03 m = 11614.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.93 mb = 3233.18 m = 10607.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.37 mb = 124.02 m = 406.90 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 5.76 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.31 mb = 2380.56 m = 7810.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: 2.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8528.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.03 mb = 1302.72 m = 4273.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 14 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 1010 15 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 79 18 -17.8 -3.4 1 1000 110 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 60 27 -23.7 -13.6 2 925 781 50 16 -12.3 -10.3 | 65 29 -26.3 -12.3 3 850 1501 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 115 10 -8.9 4.1 4 700 3108 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 212 17 8.9 14.0 5 500 5750 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 168 10 -2.0 10.0 6 400 7410 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 142 3 -1.8 2.4 7 300 9420 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 298 4 4.0 -2.1 8 250 10630 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 259 18 17.5 3.5 9 233 11088 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 259 38 37.2 7.0 10 200 12090 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 279 47 46.7 -7.4 11 150 13960 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 280 35 34.8 -6.3 12 133 14726 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 253 54 51.6 15.5 13 100 16480 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 266 32 31.8 1.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.3 neg: -44.9 tot: 188.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 145.16 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 43 14 62 27| 0.0 12.4 12.4| 9.7 -42.3 -32.6 -65.1 -0.45| 13.9 -6.3 1000 51 15 66 28| 7.4 6.2 13.6|122.4 -42.3 80.1 80.1 0.31| 14.9 4.6 1500 48 13 65 26| 8.1 4.1 12.3|185.4 -44.9 140.5 93.7 0.36| 17.5 6.3 2000 52 13 67 26| 7.7 3.1 10.8|200.3 -44.9 155.4 77.7 0.43| 14.7 6.3 2500 187 14 133 17| 7.5 2.5 9.9|215.7 -44.9 170.9 68.3 0.48| 13.1 6.3 3000 234 15 168 7| 7.3 2.1 9.3|233.3 -44.9 188.4 62.8 0.51| 12.0 6.1 4000 234 18 184 9| 5.4 1.9 7.3|236.8 -57.2 179.6 44.9 0.44| 9.7 4.3 5000 233 19 186 10| 4.4 1.9 6.3|236.8 -69.4 167.4 33.5 0.37| 8.2 3.0 6000 232 19 185 10| 3.5 1.8 5.3|236.9 -77.6 159.3 26.5 0.32| 7.2 2.3 Wrote GIF file: 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