UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for VGSY... Searching the city database file for: VGSY ... Date:0000Z 28 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 1006 15 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 90 3 295.0 297.8 293.9 338.2 15.07 1 1000 80 22.4 17.8 75 4.6 19.3 85 3 295.5 297.9 292.4 332.7 12.93 2 925 764 23.2 15.2 61 8.0 17.8 280 6 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.1 11.82 3 850 1495 17.6 10.6 64 7.0 13.2 275 13 304.6 306.3 292.5 333.0 9.48 4 700 3132 9.4 -4.6 37 14.0 2.5 300 34 312.9 313.6 290.3 325.2 3.88 5 500 5850 -4.3 -18.3 33 14.0 -9.4 275 43 327.8 328.2 292.8 334.1 1.81 6 400 7570 -17.9 -30.9 31 13.0 -20.7 280 50 331.7 331.9 292.9 334.4 0.73 7 300 9660 -30.1 -53.1 9 23.0 -32.1 270 64 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.09 8 282 10097 -33.4 -56.4 8 23.0 -35.0 270 67 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 9 250 10930 -39.7 -62.7 7 23.0 -40.8 270 65 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 10 200 12410 -52.1 -70.1 10 18.0 -52.5 270 65 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 11 150 14220 -65.3 -81.3 9 16.0 -65.4 275 52 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 12 106 16258 -78.1 -90.1 13 12.0 -78.1 280 51 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 13 100 16590 -77.3 -89.3 13 12.0 -77.3 280 40 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 TRP 106 16258 -78.1 -90.1 13 12.0 -78.1 280 51 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 WND 282 10097 -33.4 -56.4 8 23.0 -35.0 270 67 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.00 m Freezing level: 562.77 mb = 4996.90 m = 16393.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.30 mb = 3640.38 m = 11943.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.85 mb = 294.50 m = 966.21 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.28 mb = 2468.90 m = 8099.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.91 C = 98.44 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: 18.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4412.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.61 mb = 1307.73 m = 4290.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 315 at 19 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 1006 15 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 129 21 -16.3 13.2 1 1000 80 85 3 -3.0 -0.3 | 128 21 -16.3 13.0 2 975 305 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 135 25 -17.6 17.5 3 941 610 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 137 24 -16.2 17.3 4 925 764 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 149 14 -7.4 12.2 5 909 914 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 142 23 -14.2 18.2 6 850 1495 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 178 12 -0.4 12.1 7 788 2134 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 151 15 -7.3 13.2 8 700 3132 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 283 17 16.1 -3.8 9 500 5850 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 252 31 29.5 9.5 10 400 7570 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 263 36 35.9 4.6 11 300 9660 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 255 52 50.7 13.2 12 282 10097 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 256 55 53.7 13.2 13 250 10930 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 256 53 51.7 13.2 14 200 12410 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 256 53 51.7 13.2 15 150 14220 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 257 39 38.5 8.7 16 106 16258 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 263 37 36.9 4.4 17 100 16590 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 256 27 26.1 6.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.3 neg: -41.6 tot: 151.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 115.84 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 127 5 133 24| 4.3 0.0 4.3| 20.1 -0.9 19.2 38.4 0.54| 5.9 3.1 1000 153 5 139 24| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 66.6 -20.4 46.2 46.2 0.33| 11.9 3.9 1500 216 7 153 21| 5.4 0.0 5.4|120.0 -20.4 99.5 66.4 0.45| 13.4 6.1 2000 248 8 159 17| 4.1 1.4 5.5|120.0 -37.9 82.0 41.0 0.28| 11.5 3.3 2500 260 8 160 16| 5.2 1.1 6.3|151.1 -41.6 109.5 43.8 0.38| 11.6 4.4 3000 278 11 167 12| 6.7 0.9 7.6|193.3 -41.6 151.8 50.6 0.50| 12.3 6.1 4000 289 17 197 8| 5.0 0.2 5.2|204.0 -58.9 145.1 36.3 0.43| 10.4 4.5 5000 288 21 226 9| 4.0 0.9 4.9|204.0 -87.3 116.7 23.3 0.35| 9.1 3.1 6000 285 25 238 13| 3.3 1.3 4.6|207.4-116.8 90.6 15.1 0.28| 8.1 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGSY/skewt/VGSY.skewt.20200328.00.gif