UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 22 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 26.8 18.8 62 8.0 21.2 60 2 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.64 1 1000 95 25.2 16.2 57 9.0 19.2 40 10 298.4 300.5 292.3 332.3 11.66 2 925 774 20.0 13.0 64 7.0 15.5 360 4 299.8 301.6 291.6 329.7 10.22 3 850 1497 13.6 11.6 88 2.0 12.3 235 4 300.4 302.2 291.7 330.2 10.15 4 700 3104 3.4 -5.6 52 9.0 -0.7 275 20 306.2 306.9 287.9 317.4 3.60 5 500 5760 -13.1 -23.1 43 10.0 -15.8 280 25 317.1 317.3 289.1 321.1 1.19 6 400 7420 -25.1 -48.1 10 23.0 -27.4 305 29 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.12 7 300 9450 -38.9 -65.9 4 27.0 -39.9 300 50 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.02 8 253 10601 -45.6 -68.0 6 22.3 -46.2 295 68 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.02 9 250 10680 -46.1 -68.1 7 22.0 -46.7 295 67 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 10 200 12170 -47.1 -75.1 3 28.0 -47.7 270 55 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 11 150 14030 -55.5 -81.5 3 26.0 -55.8 275 35 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 12 100 16510 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 275 54 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP WND 253 10601 -45.6 -68.0 6 22.3 -46.2 295 68 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.00 m Freezing level: 658.79 mb = 3651.30 m = 11979.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.88 mb = 3011.34 m = 9879.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.90 mb = 1018.73 m = 3342.26 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 12.79 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.98 mb = 1674.33 m = 5493.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.24 mb = 1444.44 m = 4738.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.24 mb = 2100.36 m = 6890.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.24 mb = 9213.13 m = 30226.44 ft B at Equ Level: 504.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.24 mb = 11526.26 m = 37815.36 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 310 at 12 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 60 2 -1.7 -1.0 | 122 13 -11.0 6.8 1 1000 95 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 90 16 -15.7 0.1 2 976 305 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 96 14 -14.4 1.6 3 943 610 45 8 -5.7 -5.7 | 98 15 -14.9 2.1 4 925 774 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 112 10 -9.2 3.8 5 910 914 55 7 -5.7 -4.0 | 104 15 -15.0 3.7 6 850 1497 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 149 12 -6.0 10.1 7 700 3104 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 241 12 10.7 6.0 8 500 5760 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 257 16 15.4 3.4 9 400 7420 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 301 17 14.5 -8.9 10 300 9450 300 50 43.3 -25.0 | 297 38 34.1 -17.2 11 253 10601 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 292 56 52.4 -21.0 12 250 10680 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 292 55 51.5 -20.6 13 200 12170 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 260 46 45.8 7.8 14 150 14030 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 260 26 25.6 4.7 15 100 16510 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 266 45 44.6 3.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.1 neg: -29.7 tot: 93.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 8.34 Bulk Shear: 60.63 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 41 8 97 15| 0.0 6.3 6.3| 7.0 -27.3 -20.3 -40.6 -0.56| 10.8 -6.1 1000 42 7 100 14| 2.7 3.1 5.8| 26.2 -29.7 -3.5 -3.5 -0.07| 12.1 -0.8 1500 41 7 102 14| 4.1 2.1 6.2| 72.5 -29.7 42.8 28.6 0.23| 12.9 3.0 2000 25 7 99 12| 4.3 1.6 5.9| 88.2 -29.7 58.5 29.2 0.33| 11.0 3.6 2500 308 8 134 5| 4.3 1.3 5.6|104.6 -29.7 74.9 30.0 0.40| 9.9 4.0 3000 289 9 173 5| 4.3 1.0 5.3|123.1 -29.7 93.4 31.1 0.47| 9.3 4.4 4000 282 12 205 6| 3.5 0.8 4.3|131.8 -29.7 102.1 25.5 0.49| 7.4 3.6 5000 280 14 222 7| 3.0 0.6 3.6|137.5 -29.7 107.8 21.6 0.50| 6.1 3.1 6000 280 16 233 8| 2.6 0.5 3.1|149.3 -29.7 119.6 19.9 0.52| 5.4 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20200322.12.gif