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 VGSY... Searching the city database file for: VGSY ... Date:0000Z 23 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 17.4 16.6 95 0.8 16.9 0 0 289.7 291.8 289.6 323.0 11.84 1 1000 111 19.4 14.6 74 4.8 16.3 90 9 292.5 294.4 289.5 322.4 10.50 2 925 785 19.0 8.0 49 11.0 12.5 20 3 298.7 300.1 288.8 320.2 7.29 3 850 1504 13.0 7.0 67 6.0 9.5 275 3 299.8 301.1 289.2 321.6 7.41 4 700 3105 2.0 -1.5 78 3.5 0.3 290 4 304.7 305.6 288.6 319.7 4.90 5 500 5740 -13.3 -25.3 36 12.0 -16.3 275 17 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.2 0.98 6 400 7400 -25.1 -35.1 39 10.0 -26.6 285 23 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.48 7 300 9430 -40.9 -59.9 11 19.0 -41.6 295 27 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.04 8 254 10536 -47.7 -67.7 8 20.0 -48.1 265 41 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 9 250 10640 -47.3 -66.3 10 19.0 -47.8 265 44 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 10 200 12120 -47.1 -74.1 3 27.0 -47.7 265 52 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 11 150 13990 -55.5 -80.5 3 25.0 -55.8 260 47 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 12 119 15433 -61.9 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.1 260 71 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 13 100 16490 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 280 41 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 254 10536 -47.7 -67.7 8 20.0 -48.1 265 41 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 WND 119 15433 -61.9 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.1 260 71 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.00 m Freezing level: 673.86 mb = 3449.44 m = 11316.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.58 mb = 3143.41 m = 10312.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.34 mb = 125.39 m = 411.37 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 2.76 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.64 mb = 2174.26 m = 7133.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7981.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.18 mb = 1442.43 m = 4732.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 317 at 6 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 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 137 6 -3.9 4.2 1 1000 111 90 9 -9.0 0.0 | 108 14 -12.9 4.2 2 978 305 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 100 8 -8.0 1.4 3 944 610 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 106 9 -8.6 2.5 4 925 785 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 106 5 -4.9 1.4 5 911 914 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 115 10 -8.9 4.2 6 850 1504 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 167 4 -0.9 4.0 7 788 2134 30 4 -2.0 -3.5 | 97 6 -5.9 0.8 8 700 3105 290 4 3.8 -1.4 | 177 3 -0.1 2.9 9 500 5740 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 258 13 13.0 2.8 10 400 7400 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 275 18 18.3 -1.7 11 300 9430 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 289 22 20.6 -7.2 12 254 10536 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 258 38 36.9 7.8 13 250 10640 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 259 41 39.9 8.1 14 200 12120 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 260 49 47.9 8.8 15 150 13990 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 254 44 42.4 12.4 16 119 15433 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 256 68 66.0 16.6 17 100 16490 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 275 37 36.5 -2.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.4 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 317.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -25.6 tot: -15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 21.64 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 73 6 105 10| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 1.4 -15.0 -13.6 -27.2 -0.38| 16.1 -6.1 1000 69 5 106 9| 2.6 0.3 2.9| 5.6 -20.5 -14.9 -14.9 -0.25| 13.0 -3.2 1500 70 5 108 9| 1.7 2.7 4.4| 8.2 -22.6 -14.4 -9.6 -0.11| 12.0 -1.3 2000 55 4 103 8| 2.5 2.0 4.5| 8.2 -25.2 -17.0 -8.5 -0.18| 10.4 -1.9 2500 46 4 101 7| 2.0 1.8 3.8| 8.4 -25.6 -17.3 -6.9 -0.17| 9.1 -1.5 3000 33 4 97 6| 1.7 2.1 3.8| 9.8 -25.6 -15.8 -5.3 -0.10| 8.2 -0.8 4000 343 5 85 3| 1.3 2.1 3.4| 13.3 -25.6 -12.4 -3.1 -0.01| 6.8 -0.1 5000 303 6 227 2| 1.0 2.2 3.2| 15.7 -25.6 -9.9 -2.0 0.01| 6.0 0.1 6000 287 8 240 4| 0.7 2.1 2.8| 18.9 -25.7 -6.8 -1.1 0.03| 5.4 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGSY/skewt/VGSY.skewt.20200323.00.gif