UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 21 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 1008 9 32.8 13.8 32 19.0 20.2 0 0 305.3 307.1 293.0 334.9 9.88 1 1000 79 30.8 21.8 59 9.0 24.2 330 3 304.0 307.0 297.4 353.5 16.66 2 925 773 24.4 22.3 88 2.1 22.9 280 5 304.3 307.7 298.7 359.9 18.63 3 850 1508 17.4 17.4 100 0.0 17.4 265 8 304.4 307.1 296.3 348.7 14.87 4 700 3128 3.2 3.2 100 0.0 3.2 320 21 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.0 6.90 5 500 5770 -12.7 -12.7 100 0.0 -12.7 280 31 317.6 318.1 290.9 327.0 2.88 6 400 7440 -24.5 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 310 17 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.31 7 300 9460 -42.5 -42.5 100 0.0 -42.5 270 19 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.6 0.30 8 250 10660 -51.5 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.5 280 39 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 9 200 12120 -46.7 -46.7 100 0.0 -46.7 270 72 358.8 358.9 298.7 360.0 0.29 10 150 13990 -55.3 -55.3 100 0.0 -55.3 270 77 374.8 374.8 301.5 375.4 0.14 11 138 14518 -58.2 -61.7 64 3.5 -58.3 275 83 378.8 378.8 302.1 379.1 0.07 12 100 16490 -69.3 -86.3 7 17.0 -69.4 290 65 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 250 10660 -51.5 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.5 280 39 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 WND 138 14518 -58.2 -61.7 64 3.5 -58.3 275 83 378.8 378.8 302.1 379.1 0.07 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.00 m Freezing level: 659.75 mb = 3659.72 m = 12006.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.90 mb = 3591.22 m = 11782.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.50 mb = 2381.66 m = 7813.75 ft T: 9.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 32.89 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.23 mb = 1184.54 m = 3886.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.39 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -11.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -9.01 C Showalter Index: -9.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 30.10 C K Index: 47.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4787.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 97.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.74 mb = 1159.81 m = 3805.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.74 mb = 1209.08 m = 3966.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.74 mb = 12128.47 m = 39791.08 ft B at Equ Level: 4763.32 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 325 at 13 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 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 145 13 -7.3 10.4 1 1000 79 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 143 10 -5.8 7.8 2 975 305 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 154 10 -4.5 9.4 3 942 610 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 153 10 -4.6 9.1 4 925 773 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 166 10 -2.4 9.5 5 910 914 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 154 10 -4.5 9.4 6 850 1508 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 183 11 0.7 11.1 7 789 2134 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 167 11 -2.3 10.4 8 700 3128 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 313 8 6.2 -5.7 9 500 5770 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 258 24 23.2 5.0 10 400 7440 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 275 6 5.7 -0.5 11 300 9460 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 228 16 11.7 10.4 12 250 10660 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 263 31 31.1 3.6 13 200 12120 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 261 66 64.7 10.4 14 150 13990 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 262 70 69.7 10.4 15 138 14518 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 268 75 75.4 3.1 16 100 16490 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 282 55 53.8 -11.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -12.4 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 180.03 Bulk Shear: 26.59 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 303 3 151 10| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 4.3 -0.3 4.0 8.0 0.31| 5.1 1.6 1000 294 3 154 10| 0.0 2.0 2.0| 10.5 -4.3 6.2 6.2 0.26| 4.6 1.2 1500 282 4 161 10| 0.0 2.7 2.7| 22.2 -4.3 18.0 12.0 0.49| 4.7 2.3 2000 276 5 166 10| 0.6 2.1 2.7| 22.2 -11.1 11.2 5.6 0.27| 4.2 1.1 2500 277 5 168 10| 1.0 1.6 2.7| 35.8 -12.4 23.3 9.3 0.41| 4.8 2.0 3000 291 7 174 8| 2.6 1.4 4.0| 52.9 -12.4 40.4 13.5 0.59| 5.8 3.4 4000 304 11 201 5| 2.3 1.5 3.8| 57.0 -23.7 33.4 8.3 0.42| 5.5 2.3 5000 301 14 237 6| 1.9 2.0 3.8| 57.0 -45.4 11.6 2.3 0.25| 5.2 1.3 6000 295 17 248 9| 1.5 2.0 3.5| 63.3 -69.0 -5.7 -0.9 0.16| 5.1 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20200321.12.gif