UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 23 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 28.6 15.6 45 13.0 19.9 280 2 301.1 303.1 292.7 333.8 11.12 1 1000 76 27.4 15.4 48 12.0 19.4 280 5 300.5 302.6 292.6 333.1 11.06 2 925 759 21.2 13.2 60 8.0 16.0 265 6 301.0 302.9 292.1 331.5 10.36 3 850 1484 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.0 230 5 302.1 303.5 290.6 326.0 8.05 4 700 3094 3.0 0.4 83 2.6 1.7 290 15 305.8 306.9 289.7 323.0 5.63 5 500 5760 -9.9 -38.9 7 29.0 -15.3 295 37 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.26 6 400 7440 -22.9 -43.9 13 21.0 -25.5 295 41 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 7 300 9470 -39.9 -46.9 47 7.0 -40.4 275 66 329.1 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.19 8 250 10690 -49.3 -59.3 30 10.0 -49.6 275 67 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 9 238 11011 -50.3 -60.7 29 10.3 -50.6 275 76 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 10 215 11671 -52.5 -63.5 25 11.0 -52.8 295 62 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 11 200 12140 -50.5 -66.5 13 16.0 -50.9 290 50 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 12 150 14000 -57.3 -79.3 5 22.0 -57.6 285 52 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 13 100 16470 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 265 64 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 215 11671 -52.5 -63.5 25 11.0 -52.8 295 62 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 WND 238 11011 -50.3 -60.7 29 10.3 -50.6 275 76 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.00 m Freezing level: 653.49 mb = 3714.00 m = 12184.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.46 mb = 3318.36 m = 10886.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.08 mb = 1640.77 m = 5383.04 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.90 mb = 1987.73 m = 6521.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.56 mb = 1695.83 m = 5563.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.56 mb = 2373.29 m = 7786.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 513.56 mb = 5547.96 m = 18201.75 ft B at Equ Level: 136.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.56 mb = 12025.52 m = 39453.31 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 319 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 9 280 2 2.0 -0.3 | 146 12 -6.6 9.7 1 1000 76 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 158 10 -3.7 9.1 2 974 305 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 179 7 -0.1 6.9 3 941 610 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 163 9 -2.7 9.0 4 925 759 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 166 11 -2.6 10.5 5 908 914 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 166 11 -2.7 11.1 6 850 1484 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 160 14 -4.8 13.2 7 700 3094 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 228 7 5.5 4.9 8 500 5760 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 283 26 24.9 -5.6 9 400 7440 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 284 29 28.6 -7.3 10 300 9470 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 266 57 57.2 4.3 11 250 10690 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 266 58 58.2 4.2 12 238 11011 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 267 67 67.1 3.4 13 215 11671 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 289 50 47.6 -16.2 14 200 12140 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 280 39 38.4 -7.1 15 150 14000 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 275 42 41.6 -3.4 16 100 16470 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 254 57 55.2 15.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 319.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.4 neg: -8.8 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.74 Bulk Shear: 15.11 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 286 7 166 8| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 13.1 -3.0 10.1 20.3 0.42| 9.6 4.0 1000 278 7 167 9| 2.6 1.7 4.3| 14.5 -5.1 9.4 9.4 0.27| 6.7 1.8 1500 268 6 166 10| 1.7 1.9 3.6| 14.5 -8.8 5.7 3.8 0.16| 5.3 0.9 2000 261 6 168 11| 2.2 1.4 3.7| 27.5 -8.8 18.7 9.4 0.32| 4.9 1.6 2500 263 7 171 11| 2.7 1.2 3.8| 39.7 -8.8 30.9 12.4 0.42| 4.9 2.1 3000 271 8 177 10| 2.9 1.0 3.9| 50.4 -8.8 41.6 13.9 0.50| 5.0 2.5 4000 281 11 192 8| 3.3 0.7 4.0| 65.7 -8.8 57.0 14.2 0.55| 4.8 2.7 5000 286 14 218 8| 3.5 0.6 4.0| 82.2 -8.8 73.4 14.7 0.54| 4.7 2.5 6000 289 18 242 9| 3.5 0.5 3.9| 97.1 -8.8 88.3 14.7 0.51| 4.5 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20200323.12.gif