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 VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 20 MAR 20 Station: VGTJ WMO ident: 41923 Latitude: 23.77 Longitude: 90.38 Elevation: 9.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 24.0 18.0 69 6.0 19.9 0 0 296.3 298.6 292.7 333.7 12.96 1 1000 9 24.8 13.8 50 11.0 17.7 180 1 298.0 299.8 290.9 327.0 9.96 2 925 777 20.0 13.0 64 7.0 15.5 280 11 299.8 301.6 291.6 329.7 10.22 3 850 1501 15.2 7.2 59 8.0 10.5 260 9 302.1 303.5 290.1 324.5 7.51 4 700 3111 3.6 -5.4 52 9.0 -0.5 215 23 306.5 307.2 288.1 317.8 3.65 5 500 5750 -10.9 -48.9 3 38.0 -16.3 270 32 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.1 0.09 6 400 7430 -24.3 -41.3 19 17.0 -26.5 270 41 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.26 7 300 9450 -39.9 -56.9 15 17.0 -40.7 260 60 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.06 8 250 10670 -49.3 -55.3 49 6.0 -49.5 240 73 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 9 200 12090 -60.5 -65.5 52 5.0 -60.6 235 90 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 10 150 13880 -60.3 -69.3 30 9.0 -60.4 260 73 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.02 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.00 m Freezing level: 650.34 mb = 3766.20 m = 12356.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.91 mb = 3029.53 m = 9939.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.07 mb = 776.21 m = 2546.58 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 11.91 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2154.90 m = 7069.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 24.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.28 mb = 1557.03 m = 5108.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.28 mb = 3001.83 m = 9848.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 589.28 mb = 4461.47 m = 14637.20 ft B at Equ Level: 7.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 529.28 mb = 5303.71 m = 17400.40 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 277 at 15 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 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 97 15 -14.9 1.8 1 1000 9 180 1 0.0 1.0 | 101 15 -14.9 2.8 2 925 777 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 89 4 -4.1 -0.1 3 850 1501 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 119 7 -6.0 3.4 4 700 3111 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 175 21 -1.7 20.7 5 500 5750 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 264 17 17.1 1.8 6 400 7430 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 266 26 26.1 1.8 7 300 9450 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 255 46 44.2 12.2 8 250 10670 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 232 62 48.3 38.3 9 200 12090 235 90 73.7 51.6 | 228 79 58.8 53.4 10 150 13880 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 256 59 57.0 14.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -5.4 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 35.79 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 237 4 108 12| 0.0 7.7 7.7| 21.9 0.0 21.9 43.8 0.65| 9.5 6.1 1000 275 7 98 8| 2.7 3.9 6.5| 23.1 -4.1 19.0 19.0 0.24| 8.7 2.1 1500 272 8 102 7| 1.8 2.6 4.4| 25.3 -4.1 21.3 14.2 0.29| 6.7 1.9 2000 265 9 112 7| 1.3 3.3 4.6| 34.0 -4.1 30.0 15.0 0.42| 6.3 2.7 2500 255 10 130 7| 1.1 3.7 4.8| 40.7 -4.1 36.6 14.7 0.43| 6.3 2.7 3000 243 12 148 8| 0.9 4.0 4.9| 41.7 -5.4 36.3 12.1 0.35| 6.3 2.2 4000 234 15 165 11| 1.6 3.0 4.6| 84.0 -6.8 77.2 19.3 0.45| 6.0 2.7 5000 239 18 180 11| 2.3 2.4 4.8|132.0 -6.8 125.2 25.0 0.55| 5.9 3.2 6000 247 20 200 10| 2.7 2.0 4.7|170.9 -6.8 164.1 27.3 0.60| 5.8 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20200320.00.gif