UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for VGSY... Searching the city database file for: VGSY ... Date:0000Z 24 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 18.6 17.4 93 1.2 17.8 50 2 291.1 293.3 290.7 326.3 12.50 1 1000 93 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.7 100 6 292.0 293.9 289.9 323.7 11.21 2 925 767 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.2 55 1 298.1 300.0 291.3 328.7 10.50 3 850 1486 12.8 7.8 72 5.0 9.9 270 9 299.6 301.0 289.6 322.6 7.83 4 700 3089 3.4 -6.6 48 10.0 -1.0 280 11 306.2 306.9 287.6 316.6 3.33 5 500 5730 -12.3 -22.3 43 10.0 -15.1 320 21 318.0 318.3 289.5 322.4 1.28 6 400 7390 -25.5 -49.5 9 24.0 -27.8 295 17 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.3 0.10 7 300 9410 -41.5 -64.5 7 23.0 -42.3 290 40 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.02 8 250 10630 -46.5 -71.5 4 25.0 -47.0 290 54 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.01 9 200 12100 -47.9 -76.9 2 29.0 -48.5 290 64 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 10 167 13282 -53.8 -81.5 2 27.7 -54.2 290 84 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 11 150 13970 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.6 300 66 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 12 100 16460 -69.3 -91.3 3 22.0 -69.4 275 59 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP WND 167 13282 -53.8 -81.5 2 27.7 -54.2 290 84 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.00 m Freezing level: 656.69 mb = 3660.94 m = 12010.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.24 mb = 2922.68 m = 9588.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.54 mb = 175.14 m = 574.60 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.05 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.70 mb = 1547.41 m = 5076.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 2.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 22.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.21 mb = 997.98 m = 3274.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 435.21 mb = 6762.38 m = 22186.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.21 mb = 8028.89 m = 26341.19 ft B at Equ Level: 26.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.21 mb = 9289.08 m = 30475.61 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 332 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 1008 15 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 138 8 -5.5 6.0 1 1000 93 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 130 13 -9.8 8.3 2 976 305 55 4 -3.3 -2.3 | 125 9 -7.2 5.0 3 942 610 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 136 10 -6.9 7.3 4 925 767 55 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 145 8 -4.7 6.7 5 909 914 115 2 -1.8 0.8 | 145 10 -5.7 8.1 6 850 1486 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 215 9 5.1 7.3 7 786 2134 195 3 0.8 2.9 | 163 11 -3.1 10.2 8 700 3089 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 232 9 6.9 5.3 9 500 5730 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 313 13 9.6 -8.8 10 400 7390 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 270 11 11.5 0.1 11 300 9410 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 281 34 33.7 -6.4 12 250 10630 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 283 48 46.8 -11.2 13 200 12100 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 285 58 56.2 -14.6 14 167 13282 290 84 78.9 -28.7 | 286 78 75.0 -21.5 15 150 13970 300 66 57.2 -33.0 | 296 59 53.2 -25.7 16 100 16460 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 268 55 54.9 2.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 331.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: -30.9 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 27.29 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 77 4 128 10| 1.9 0.0 1.9| 3.3 -6.6 -3.3 -6.6 -0.11| 10.3 -1.1 1000 83 3 134 10| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 10.3 -6.6 3.7 3.7 0.11| 8.0 0.9 1500 52 4 123 9| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 50.1 -6.6 43.6 29.0 0.49| 10.2 5.0 2000 253 5 185 9| 2.7 1.9 4.6| 50.1 -27.7 22.5 11.2 0.18| 9.7 1.8 2500 241 5 181 10| 2.7 1.5 4.2| 61.7 -30.9 30.8 12.3 0.22| 8.8 2.0 3000 257 5 189 9| 3.2 1.3 4.5| 82.1 -30.9 51.1 17.0 0.34| 8.7 2.9 4000 277 7 206 7| 2.9 1.0 3.9| 96.2 -30.9 65.3 16.3 0.40| 7.3 3.0 5000 290 9 228 6| 2.7 0.8 3.5|111.0 -30.9 80.1 16.0 0.46| 6.4 2.9 6000 302 11 255 6| 2.4 0.6 3.0|124.0 -36.1 87.9 14.6 0.45| 5.9 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGSY/skewt/VGSY.skewt.20200324.00.gif