UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 24 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 1009 9 22.0 19.0 83 3.0 19.9 0 0 294.4 296.9 292.8 333.9 13.83 1 1000 88 23.4 16.4 65 7.0 18.7 95 3 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.6 11.81 2 925 766 19.8 12.8 64 7.0 15.3 205 6 299.6 301.4 291.5 329.1 10.09 3 850 1488 14.4 6.4 59 8.0 9.7 300 12 301.2 302.5 289.5 322.4 7.11 4 700 3096 2.4 -14.6 27 17.0 -3.7 300 34 305.1 305.5 285.6 310.8 1.76 5 500 5750 -11.9 -31.9 17 20.0 -16.2 285 27 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.4 0.53 6 400 7420 -23.7 -59.7 2 36.0 -26.5 295 50 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.03 7 300 9450 -39.3 -65.3 5 26.0 -40.2 295 59 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.02 8 250 10680 -47.5 -68.5 7 21.0 -48.0 290 73 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.5 0.02 9 218 11588 -46.9 -72.2 4 25.3 -47.5 305 87 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 10 200 12160 -46.5 -74.5 3 28.0 -47.2 290 72 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 11 150 14020 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.5 295 65 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 12 100 16470 -71.9 -92.9 3 21.0 -71.9 255 63 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 250 10680 -47.5 -68.5 7 21.0 -48.0 290 73 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.5 0.02 WND 218 11588 -46.9 -72.2 4 25.3 -47.5 305 87 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.00 m Freezing level: 666.43 mb = 3541.43 m = 11618.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.52 mb = 2618.79 m = 8591.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.68 mb = 391.67 m = 1284.99 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 23.16 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.24 mb = 1793.29 m = 5883.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 15.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 225.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.59 mb = 1322.99 m = 4340.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.59 mb = 2397.63 m = 7866.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.59 mb = 8330.33 m = 27330.15 ft B at Equ Level: 225.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.59 mb = 10906.86 m = 35783.24 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 322 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 1009 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 142 15 -9.3 12.1 1 1000 88 95 3 -3.0 0.3 | 135 17 -12.3 12.3 2 975 305 200 1 0.3 0.9 | 145 16 -9.0 13.0 3 942 610 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 142 17 -10.7 13.5 4 925 766 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 159 19 -6.8 17.5 5 909 914 130 4 -3.1 2.6 | 140 19 -12.4 14.6 6 850 1488 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 190 6 1.1 6.1 7 786 2134 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 161 14 -4.4 12.9 8 700 3096 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 284 21 20.1 -4.9 9 500 5750 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 253 18 16.8 5.1 10 400 7420 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 284 37 36.0 -9.1 11 300 9450 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 286 46 44.2 -12.9 12 250 10680 290 73 68.6 -25.0 | 282 61 59.3 -12.9 13 218 11588 305 87 71.3 -49.9 | 301 73 62.0 -37.8 14 200 12160 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 282 60 58.4 -12.6 15 150 14020 295 65 58.9 -27.5 | 287 52 49.6 -15.4 16 100 16470 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 241 59 51.5 28.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.4 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 322.4 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.0 neg: -47.0 tot: 156.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 63.38 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 132 2 141 17| 1.7 0.0 1.7| 11.7 -9.0 2.7 5.4 0.07| 7.7 0.5 1000 159 3 145 18| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 40.1 -33.5 6.6 6.6 0.07| 9.9 0.7 1500 254 5 161 14| 4.0 0.0 4.0|101.6 -33.5 68.1 45.4 0.35| 14.1 4.9 2000 279 6 163 12| 3.0 1.8 4.9|101.6 -43.7 57.9 28.9 0.22| 12.5 2.7 2500 277 7 166 12| 4.4 1.5 5.9|139.5 -47.0 92.5 37.0 0.34| 12.6 4.3 3000 288 10 179 9| 6.5 1.2 7.7|203.0 -47.0 156.0 52.0 0.47| 13.5 6.4 4000 294 15 218 7| 5.1 1.2 6.2|217.3 -65.7 151.6 37.9 0.42| 11.0 4.7 5000 294 18 239 9| 4.0 1.3 5.4|217.3 -84.6 132.7 26.5 0.36| 9.2 3.3 6000 292 20 245 10| 3.6 1.3 4.9|228.6 -96.8 131.7 22.0 0.33| 8.2 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20200324.00.gif