UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:0000Z 21 MAR 20 Station: VH004 WMO ident: 45004 Latitude: 22.32 Longitude: 114.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 80 9 292.5 295.0 292.4 332.5 14.11 1 1000 137 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 80 11 292.4 294.9 292.3 332.2 14.05 2 963 463 20.4 19.7 96 0.7 19.9 146 13 296.7 299.5 294.4 340.5 15.17 3 936 709 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 180 15 297.3 299.9 294.1 339.2 14.47 4 928 783 19.8 16.9 83 2.9 17.8 187 15 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.7 13.16 5 925 811 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.8 190 15 299.4 301.8 293.9 338.1 13.29 6 861 1424 14.4 14.4 100 0.0 14.4 219 20 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.5 12.07 7 855 1484 16.4 9.4 63 7.0 12.1 222 21 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.7 8.69 8 850 1534 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.6 225 21 304.0 305.6 292.0 331.2 9.11 9 846 1574 17.4 7.4 52 10.0 11.4 227 21 304.8 306.2 291.1 327.8 7.65 10 828 1758 16.8 3.8 42 13.0 9.5 236 21 306.0 307.2 290.1 324.5 6.08 11 770 2373 12.0 11.3 95 0.7 11.6 236 21 307.3 309.3 294.4 340.5 10.99 12 736 2751 10.4 6.3 76 4.1 7.9 230 23 309.5 311.1 292.9 334.5 8.16 13 732 2797 12.0 -1.0 41 13.0 5.1 234 22 311.8 312.7 290.9 327.0 4.86 14 726 2866 12.2 -2.8 35 15.0 4.5 240 21 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.3 4.29 15 713 3017 11.4 -8.6 24 20.0 2.3 252 19 313.5 314.0 289.5 322.5 2.80 16 700 3171 9.8 -3.2 40 13.0 3.2 255 19 313.3 314.2 290.9 327.0 4.31 17 672 3509 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.1 250 17 313.7 314.7 292.1 331.3 5.62 18 596 4482 -0.9 -8.9 55 8.0 -4.4 266 21 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.3 3.27 19 588 4590 -0.9 -23.9 16 23.0 -7.8 265 21 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.2 0.94 20 581 4686 -1.9 -11.9 46 10.0 -5.9 262 22 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.5 2.64 21 579 4713 -1.5 -20.5 22 19.0 -7.7 261 23 317.6 317.9 289.3 322.0 1.29 22 575 4769 -1.9 -10.9 50 9.0 -5.7 259 23 317.8 318.3 290.9 327.3 2.89 23 571 4824 -2.1 -14.1 39 12.0 -6.7 257 24 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.6 2.25 24 551 5107 -4.5 -7.1 82 2.6 -5.7 254 28 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.8 4.08 25 534 5354 -5.5 -10.3 69 4.8 -7.5 253 31 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.0 3.27 26 530 5413 -5.1 -15.1 45 10.0 -8.8 252 32 321.4 321.9 291.4 328.9 2.23 27 523 5517 -5.1 -23.1 23 18.0 -10.6 252 33 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.6 1.14 28 512 5684 -6.3 -14.3 53 8.0 -9.4 251 36 323.2 323.6 292.1 331.5 2.47 29 508 5746 -6.5 -22.5 27 16.0 -11.4 251 36 323.6 323.9 291.1 328.0 1.24 30 500 5870 -6.9 -21.9 29 15.0 -11.6 250 38 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.32 31 493 5980 -7.5 -30.5 14 23.0 -13.2 250 37 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.61 32 467 6399 -10.7 -24.7 31 14.0 -14.6 254 38 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.2 1.11 33 464 6448 -10.7 -38.7 8 28.0 -16.1 254 38 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.29 34 454 6615 -11.7 -26.7 28 15.0 -15.7 256 39 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.95 35 415 7295 -17.7 -21.9 70 4.2 -18.9 265 44 328.5 328.8 292.8 334.1 1.60 36 412 7349 -17.7 -33.7 23 16.0 -20.8 263 44 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.54 37 402 7533 -18.9 -24.9 59 6.0 -20.4 252 44 330.0 330.2 292.9 334.5 1.26 38 400 7570 -19.1 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.8 250 44 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.2 1.14 39 397 7626 -19.1 -30.1 37 11.0 -21.5 249 45 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.79 40 392 7720 -19.9 -25.9 59 6.0 -21.4 248 46 331.0 331.3 293.2 335.3 1.18 41 371 8124 -23.1 -27.0 70 3.9 -24.0 244 50 332.0 332.3 293.3 336.1 1.13 42 367 8203 -23.3 -33.3 39 10.0 -25.2 244 51 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.63 43 339 8776 -28.5 -33.5 62 5.0 -29.3 243 57 333.4 333.5 293.3 335.8 0.67 44 324 9098 -30.5 -33.4 76 2.9 -31.0 242 60 334.9 335.1 293.7 337.6 0.71 45 300 9640 -33.5 -37.1 70 3.6 -34.0 240 66 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.2 0.53 46 267 10451 -38.9 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.2 240 75 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.2 0.36 47 254 10792 -42.1 -44.0 82 1.9 -42.3 243 78 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.1 0.30 48 250 10900 -42.9 -45.8 73 2.9 -43.1 245 79 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.25 49 203 12265 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 250 79 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 50 200 12360 -55.5 -59.3 62 3.8 -55.6 250 79 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 51 196 12489 -56.3 -58.3 78 2.0 -56.3 248 79 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 52 185 12854 -58.5 -62.0 64 3.5 -58.6 243 80 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 53 184 12888 -58.7 -63.3 55 4.6 -58.8 243 80 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.04 54 180 13026 -58.1 -69.1 23 11.0 -58.3 241 81 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 55 157 13874 -65.3 -71.3 43 6.0 -65.4 255 89 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.02 56 151 14110 -67.0 -73.9 37 6.9 -67.1 260 91 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 57 150 14150 -67.3 -74.3 36 7.0 -67.4 260 91 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 58 142 14480 -69.1 -80.1 19 11.0 -69.2 258 88 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 59 128 15098 -71.9 -79.9 29 8.0 -71.9 252 76 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 60 119 15526 -74.7 -84.7 20 10.0 -74.7 255 81 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 61 100 16540 -74.3 -88.3 10 14.0 -74.3 255 58 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 62 92 17021 -77.3 -89.3 13 12.0 -77.3 266 55 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 63 84 17546 -74.7 -89.7 8 15.0 -74.7 283 38 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 64 78 17974 -77.3 -90.3 11 13.0 -77.3 246 19 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 65 70 18600 -73.3 -90.3 6 17.0 -73.4 240 29 427.6 427.6 308.6 427.6 0.00 66 60 19511 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.4 256 23 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.8 0.00 67 57 19820 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 269 24 473.0 473.0 312.9 473.0 0.00 68 54 20149 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 324 9 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.6 0.00 69 50 20620 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.7 15 9 496.7 496.7 314.7 496.7 0.00 70 43 21555 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.2 69 16 525.4 525.5 316.6 525.5 0.00 71 30 23830 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.2 105 23 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 72 29 24047 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -55.9 114 26 603.0 603.0 320.7 603.1 0.01 73 23 25528 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -57.1 91 32 641.4 641.4 322.3 641.4 0.01 74 20 26430 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -53.5 110 31 682.8 682.8 323.9 683.0 0.02 75 17 27505 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -51.4 121 34 728.1 728.2 325.3 728.4 0.03 76 14 28796 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -52.9 100 34 764.3 764.3 326.3 764.6 0.04 77 10 31030 -46.3 -81.3 1 35.0 -53.4 65 38 846.7 846.7 328.3 847.2 0.05 78 9.4 31439 -48.5 -81.5 1 33.0 -54.8 853.5 853.5 328.5 854.0 0.06 79 9.1 31653 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -54.9 861.4 861.5 328.7 861.9 0.05 TRP 119 15526 -74.7 -84.7 20 10.0 -74.7 255 81 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 WND 151 14110 -67.0 -73.9 37 6.9 -67.1 260 91 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.00 m Freezing level: 604.88 mb = 4368.38 m = 14331.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.68 mb = 3895.78 m = 12781.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.98 mb = 154.47 m = 506.78 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 17.99 C Layer 736.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 137.00 m = 449.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.02 C = 68.03 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 20.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.84 mb = 627.72 m = 2059.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.84 mb = 1337.03 m = 4386.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 859.84 mb = 1435.89 m = 4710.86 ft B at Equ Level: 27.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 829.84 mb = 1739.22 m = 5706.03 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 16 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 69 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 88 25 -24.9 -0.8 1 1000 137 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 88 27 -26.9 -1.2 2 981 305 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 104 26 -25.6 6.3 3 947 610 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 130 24 -18.7 15.5 4 925 811 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 139 21 -13.5 15.5 5 914 914 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 139 21 -13.5 15.5 6 850 1534 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 176 16 -1.2 15.6 7 821 1829 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 191 11 2.1 11.3 8 792 2134 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 182 10 0.4 10.3 9 736 2743 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 186 16 1.5 15.5 10 710 3048 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 202 6 2.3 5.7 11 700 3171 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 202 6 2.3 5.7 12 684 3353 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 175 8 -0.7 7.9 13 659 3658 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 184 5 0.4 5.2 14 634 3962 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 256 3 2.9 0.8 15 588 4572 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 242 5 4.9 2.6 16 566 4877 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 228 11 8.1 7.2 17 500 5870 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 235 24 19.6 13.7 18 485 6096 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 234 22 17.8 13.1 19 414 7315 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 261 28 27.8 4.6 20 400 7570 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 238 30 25.3 15.8 21 381 7925 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 233 35 27.4 21.0 22 300 9640 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 231 53 41.1 33.8 23 259 10668 240 77 66.7 38.5 | 232 64 50.6 39.3 24 250 10900 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 238 65 55.5 34.1 25 200 12360 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 244 64 58.2 27.8 26 177 13106 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 233 68 54.1 41.3 27 151 14110 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 257 75 73.5 16.6 28 150 14150 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 257 75 73.5 16.6 29 146 14326 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 257 75 73.5 16.6 30 125 15240 250 73 68.6 25.0 | 244 58 52.5 25.7 31 119 15526 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 251 66 62.2 21.7 32 113 15850 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 245 68 61.9 29.1 33 100 16540 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 248 43 40.0 15.8 34 96 16764 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 248 43 40.0 15.8 35 87 17374 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 283 34 33.2 -7.9 36 82 17678 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 299 14 11.9 -6.8 37 78 17983 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 187 9 1.2 8.8 38 74 18288 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 190 17 3.1 16.8 39 70 18593 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 210 13 6.6 11.3 40 70 18600 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 211 18 9.0 15.3 41 67 18898 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 211 18 9.0 15.3 42 63 19202 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 288 3 2.9 -0.9 43 60 19507 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 223 9 6.1 6.7 44 57 19812 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 252 9 8.8 2.9 45 54 20117 320 9 5.8 -6.9 | 59 12 -10.3 -6.1 46 50 20620 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 67 20 -18.4 -7.9 47 49 20726 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 69 6 -5.4 -2.1 48 45 21336 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 67 26 -23.5 -9.9 49 43 21641 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 86 33 -32.8 -2.2 50 39 22250 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 82 30 -30.2 -4.4 51 37 22555 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 96 29 -28.9 3.0 52 35 22860 75 17 -16.4 -4.4 | 84 33 -32.5 -3.6 53 33 23165 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 97 41 -40.7 5.1 54 30 23774 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 91 41 -41.1 0.8 55 30 23830 105 23 -22.2 6.0 | 100 39 -38.3 6.7 56 29 24079 115 27 -24.5 11.4 | 107 42 -40.5 12.2 57 24 25298 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 | 88 43 -43.0 -1.6 58 22 25908 100 40 -39.4 6.9 | 98 56 -55.5 7.7 59 20 26430 110 31 -29.1 10.6 | 104 47 -45.2 11.4 60 20 26518 110 36 -33.8 12.3 | 105 52 -49.9 13.1 61 19 26822 110 27 -25.4 9.2 | 104 43 -41.4 10.0 62 16 27737 125 36 -29.5 20.6 | 115 50 -45.6 21.4 63 14 28651 100 33 -32.5 5.7 | 98 49 -48.6 6.5 64 12 29870 100 44 -43.3 7.6 | 98 60 -59.4 8.4 65 10 31030 65 38 -34.4 -16.1 | 73 53 -50.5 -15.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 227.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 112.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 123 12 105 27| 16.6 0.0 16.6|120.0 0.0 120.0 240.0 0.92| 19.3 17.8 1000 162 13 124 24| 11.5 0.0 11.5|166.5 0.0 166.5 166.5 0.88| 14.7 13.0 1500 187 15 138 21| 9.9 0.0 9.9|209.5 0.0 209.5 139.6 0.89| 13.3 11.9 2000 205 17 150 18| 7.2 0.0 7.2|219.8 -3.0 216.8 108.4 0.81| 11.6 9.4 2500 214 17 157 17| 5.8 0.7 6.5|221.7 -3.8 217.9 87.2 0.75| 10.1 7.6 3000 219 18 163 15| 4.6 0.6 5.2|230.8 -3.8 227.0 75.7 0.67| 10.2 6.8 4000 230 18 170 12| 3.8 0.5 4.4|236.6 -9.7 227.0 56.7 0.59| 9.2 5.4 5000 239 19 180 11| 3.1 1.3 4.3|238.5 -14.5 224.0 44.8 0.49| 8.4 4.1 6000 243 21 196 11| 2.6 1.8 4.3|243.3 -17.4 225.9 37.7 0.43| 8.1 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VH004/skewt/VH004.skewt.20200321.00.gif