UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 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 1006 9 30.2 15.2 40 15.0 20.1 0 0 302.8 304.8 293.0 335.0 10.85 1 1000 65 29.4 13.4 37 16.0 18.9 315 5 302.5 304.3 292.1 331.3 9.70 2 925 752 22.8 11.8 50 11.0 15.8 295 3 302.6 304.4 291.9 330.7 9.44 3 850 1480 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.1 230 1 302.7 304.4 291.6 329.4 8.98 4 700 3095 5.8 -5.2 45 11.0 0.7 330 16 308.9 309.6 288.9 320.5 3.71 5 500 5770 -11.9 -34.9 13 23.0 -16.4 310 21 318.5 318.6 288.7 320.0 0.39 6 400 7460 -20.3 -57.3 2 37.0 -23.9 320 47 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.04 7 300 9510 -38.7 -54.7 17 16.0 -39.6 300 54 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 8 250 10750 -42.3 -67.3 5 25.0 -43.2 305 91 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 9 223 11518 -45.5 -72.5 3 27.0 -46.2 300 99 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 10 200 12240 -48.5 -77.5 2 29.0 -49.1 300 96 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 11 150 14080 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -61.4 295 77 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 12 101 16453 -76.3 -96.3 3 20.0 -76.3 255 47 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 13 100 16510 -76.3 -96.3 3 20.0 -76.3 255 49 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP 101 16453 -76.3 -96.3 3 20.0 -76.3 255 47 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 WND 223 11518 -45.5 -72.5 3 27.0 -46.2 300 99 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.00 m Freezing level: 634.46 mb = 3971.55 m = 13029.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.22 mb = 3183.84 m = 10445.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.95 mb = 1891.77 m = 6206.54 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.14 mb = 2631.23 m = 8632.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 26.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.18 mb = 2097.58 m = 6881.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.18 mb = 4134.85 m = 13565.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 454.18 mb = 6497.98 m = 21318.57 ft B at Equ Level: 56.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.18 mb = 7564.50 m = 24817.60 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 347 at 9 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 1006 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 167 9 -2.1 8.9 1 1000 65 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 195 6 1.5 5.4 2 973 305 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 205 5 2.2 4.7 3 940 610 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 185 6 0.5 5.9 4 925 752 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 185 8 0.6 7.7 5 908 914 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 180 7 0.0 6.8 6 850 1480 230 1 0.8 0.6 | 172 10 -1.3 9.6 7 786 2134 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 200 8 2.6 7.2 8 700 3095 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 310 8 5.9 -4.9 9 500 5770 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 288 15 14.0 -4.6 10 400 7460 320 47 30.2 -36.0 | 314 39 28.1 -27.1 11 300 9510 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 292 48 44.7 -18.1 12 250 10750 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 301 84 72.5 -43.2 13 223 11518 300 99 85.7 -49.5 | 296 93 83.7 -40.6 14 200 12240 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 296 90 81.1 -39.1 15 150 14080 295 77 69.8 -32.5 | 289 72 67.7 -23.6 16 101 16453 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 244 48 43.3 21.1 17 100 16510 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 244 50 45.3 21.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.55 Bulk Shear: 6.74 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 316 5 196 6| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 7.7 -1.8 5.9 11.7 0.44| 7.7 3.3 1000 313 4 189 6| 0.0 1.4 1.4| 8.1 -3.9 4.2 4.2 0.20| 5.7 1.2 1500 310 3 184 7| 0.0 0.4 0.4| 8.1 -7.1 1.0 0.7 0.07| 4.7 0.3 2000 302 3 185 7| 0.9 0.3 1.2| 16.7 -7.1 9.6 4.8 0.25| 4.5 1.1 2500 302 4 190 7| 1.9 0.2 2.1| 27.0 -7.1 19.9 8.0 0.42| 4.8 2.0 3000 311 5 199 6| 2.6 0.2 2.8| 39.3 -7.1 32.2 10.7 0.55| 5.3 2.9 4000 320 8 229 4| 2.2 0.3 2.5| 41.7 -10.0 31.7 7.9 0.49| 4.5 2.2 5000 319 10 256 5| 1.7 0.6 2.3| 41.7 -14.7 27.1 5.4 0.41| 3.9 1.6 6000 317 12 270 6| 1.4 0.9 2.3| 48.9 -19.1 29.8 5.0 0.36| 3.8 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20200324.12.gif