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 VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:0000Z 24 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 1009 63 20.4 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 105 1 292.8 295.3 292.3 332.3 13.92 1 1000 140 19.4 18.7 96 0.7 18.9 85 9 292.5 295.0 292.1 331.4 13.69 2 974 367 18.0 18.0 100 0.0 18.0 89 17 293.4 295.8 292.2 331.6 13.45 3 925 810 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 110 15 295.7 297.9 292.0 331.3 12.38 4 907 977 15.4 14.8 96 0.6 15.0 129 11 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.7 11.75 5 898 1062 15.2 13.3 88 1.9 14.0 149 8 297.4 299.3 291.3 328.5 10.75 6 875 1283 17.0 7.0 52 10.0 11.2 192 4 301.4 302.8 289.6 322.9 7.20 7 861 1421 15.8 11.8 77 4.0 13.3 208 7 301.6 303.5 292.2 331.6 10.15 8 850 1530 15.2 10.5 73 4.7 12.3 215 9 302.1 303.8 291.7 330.0 9.42 9 820 1834 14.8 2.8 44 12.0 8.2 210 11 304.8 305.8 289.4 322.1 5.71 10 819 1845 14.8 4.8 51 10.0 9.1 209 11 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.8 6.59 11 811 1928 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.3 201 10 304.7 306.6 293.4 336.3 10.57 12 800 2043 12.6 11.9 95 0.7 12.1 189 10 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.5 11.01 13 787 2180 11.6 10.3 92 1.3 10.8 182 9 304.9 306.8 293.1 335.1 10.05 14 780 2255 11.6 8.9 83 2.7 9.9 186 10 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.5 9.22 15 774 2320 12.2 -0.8 41 13.0 5.5 190 10 307.0 307.9 289.2 321.4 4.66 16 772 2341 12.0 6.0 67 6.0 8.5 191 10 307.1 308.5 291.7 330.2 7.62 17 748 2606 11.2 -3.8 35 15.0 3.8 206 11 309.0 309.7 289.0 321.1 3.86 18 721 2912 9.2 -7.8 29 17.0 1.5 222 12 310.0 310.6 288.5 319.4 2.95 19 700 3156 7.0 -7.0 36 14.0 0.6 220 15 310.2 310.8 288.9 320.5 3.23 20 697 3191 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 0.6 220 15 310.2 310.8 289.0 320.9 3.40 21 677 3429 5.0 -12.0 28 17.0 -1.9 222 13 311.0 311.4 288.2 318.2 2.25 22 617 4181 1.8 -30.2 7 32.0 -6.7 247 20 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.4 0.50 23 577 4718 -1.9 -36.9 5 35.0 -9.6 246 24 317.4 317.5 288.2 318.5 0.28 24 566 4870 -2.9 -15.9 36 13.0 -7.7 247 24 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.6 1.95 25 548 5125 -4.7 -24.7 19 20.0 -10.4 248 25 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.1 0.94 26 511 5671 -8.3 -18.3 44 10.0 -11.6 255 31 320.9 321.3 290.8 326.9 1.77 27 506 5748 -8.9 -23.9 29 15.0 -13.2 257 33 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.10 28 503 5794 -8.9 -15.9 57 7.0 -11.4 259 34 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.0 2.20 29 500 5840 -8.9 -27.9 20 19.0 -13.7 260 35 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.77 30 498 5871 -8.9 -26.9 22 18.0 -13.6 261 35 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.85 31 494 5934 -8.7 -23.7 29 15.0 -13.0 262 35 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.14 32 493 5949 -8.5 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.8 262 35 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.5 2.52 33 472 6287 -8.9 -38.9 7 30.0 -14.9 263 38 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.28 34 433 6950 -13.3 -30.3 23 17.0 -17.3 256 46 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.7 0.71 35 400 7550 -16.9 -43.9 8 27.0 -21.1 250 54 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 36 392 7700 -18.1 -44.1 8 26.0 -22.0 245 55 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.19 37 377 7989 -20.9 -34.9 27 14.0 -23.5 247 57 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.52 38 373 8067 -21.5 -25.6 69 4.1 -22.5 247 57 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.28 39 370 8126 -21.9 -26.3 67 4.4 -22.9 247 58 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.3 1.21 40 367 8186 -21.9 -32.9 36 11.0 -24.1 248 58 334.7 334.8 293.6 337.1 0.65 41 365 8226 -21.5 -46.5 9 25.0 -24.8 248 58 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.16 42 361 8307 -21.9 -37.9 22 16.0 -24.6 248 59 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.8 0.40 43 328 9000 -28.5 -30.5 83 2.0 -28.9 252 64 336.5 336.7 294.3 339.9 0.92 44 316 9264 -30.9 -32.6 85 1.7 -31.2 253 66 336.8 336.9 294.3 339.7 0.78 45 300 9630 -32.9 -50.9 15 18.0 -34.4 255 69 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 46 285 9989 -35.3 -37.9 77 2.6 -35.6 257 69 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.6 0.51 47 268 10415 -38.3 -48.3 34 10.0 -39.1 251 74 342.3 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.18 48 265 10492 -38.5 -45.5 48 7.0 -39.1 250 74 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.25 49 260 10623 -39.7 -44.7 59 5.0 -40.1 249 76 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.3 0.27 50 250 10890 -41.7 -48.7 47 7.0 -42.2 245 79 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.8 0.18 51 242 11111 -43.5 -53.5 32 10.0 -44.0 249 79 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.11 52 225 11599 -47.5 -54.3 46 6.8 -47.8 245 81 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.11 53 221 11718 -48.5 -54.5 50 6.0 -48.8 245 81 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.11 54 215 11899 -49.7 -59.7 30 10.0 -50.0 245 81 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.06 55 206 12179 -52.3 -58.3 48 6.0 -52.5 248 80 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.07 56 200 12370 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.0 -53.9 250 79 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.03 57 150 14170 -64.5 -79.5 11 15.0 -64.6 250 66 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 58 100 16590 -72.1 -88.1 7 16.0 -72.2 270 17 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 59 76 18172 -80.7 -90.7 17 10.0 -80.7 260 13 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 60 70 18640 -77.5 -90.5 11 13.0 -77.6 275 9 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 61 57 19846 -67.9 -90.9 2 23.0 -68.1 79 2 465.7 465.7 312.3 465.7 0.00 62 54 20169 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 40 10 467.9 467.9 312.5 467.9 0.00 63 50 20630 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -67.0 340 3 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 64 37 22484 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.0 72 34 552.1 552.1 318.2 552.2 0.01 65 30 23800 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.1 85 36 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.01 66 23 25493 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.5 90 36 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.3 0.01 67 20 26400 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.1 110 19 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.02 68 17 27459 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -54.2 99 18 714.0 714.0 324.9 714.2 0.02 69 17 27459 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -54.8 99 18 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.6 0.02 70 14 28737 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -51.8 76 16 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.4 0.04 71 12 29757 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -54.0 117 13 795.9 795.9 327.1 796.2 0.04 TRP 76 18172 -80.7 -90.7 17 10.0 -80.7 260 13 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 WND 225 11599 -47.5 -54.3 46 6.8 -47.8 245 81 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.11 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.00 m Freezing level: 597.54 mb = 4442.11 m = 14573.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.08 mb = 3249.16 m = 10659.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.19 mb = 225.06 m = 738.39 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 787.0- 772.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.33 mb = 551.30 m = 1808.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.92 C = 71.46 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 20.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.83 mb = 537.81 m = 1764.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.83 mb = 582.83 m = 1912.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 919.83 mb = 857.72 m = 2813.99 ft B at Equ Level: 16.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 869.83 mb = 1333.66 m = 4375.48 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 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 1009 63 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 84 14 -13.6 -1.4 1 1000 140 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 83 22 -21.6 -2.5 2 981 305 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 84 30 -29.6 -3.2 3 947 610 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 95 29 -29.0 2.7 4 925 810 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 97 27 -26.7 3.4 5 914 914 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 99 25 -24.4 3.8 6 882 1219 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 96 12 -12.4 1.3 7 851 1524 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 127 9 -6.8 5.2 8 850 1530 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 127 9 -7.5 5.7 9 820 1829 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 138 11 -7.1 7.8 10 791 2134 180 9 0.0 9.0 | 120 15 -12.6 7.3 11 709 3048 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 158 7 -2.7 6.7 12 700 3156 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 163 10 -3.0 9.8 13 683 3353 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 153 9 -4.3 8.3 14 657 3658 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 172 8 -1.1 7.9 15 609 4267 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 232 9 7.1 5.5 16 586 4572 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 226 11 8.2 8.0 17 523 5486 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 239 15 12.7 7.5 18 500 5840 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 259 22 21.8 4.4 19 484 6096 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 266 23 23.2 1.4 20 400 7550 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 246 42 38.1 16.8 21 396 7620 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 240 42 36.3 21.1 22 300 9630 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 253 56 54.0 16.2 23 295 9754 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 259 53 52.4 9.8 24 250 10890 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 242 67 59.0 31.7 25 247 10973 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 248 67 61.6 25.3 26 225 11599 245 81 73.4 34.2 | 242 69 60.8 32.5 27 215 11887 245 81 73.4 34.2 | 242 69 60.8 32.5 28 200 12370 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 248 67 61.6 25.3 29 161 13716 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 248 63 57.9 24.0 30 150 14170 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 247 54 49.4 20.9 31 125 15240 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 259 43 42.5 8.0 32 119 15545 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 226 39 28.3 27.0 33 113 15850 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 228 45 33.2 30.4 34 102 16459 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 220 22 14.4 17.2 35 100 16590 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 291 5 4.4 -1.7 36 97 16764 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 291 5 4.4 -1.7 37 92 17069 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 37 9 -5.7 -7.5 38 83 17678 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 197 1 0.2 0.6 39 79 17983 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 158 7 -2.7 6.7 40 76 18172 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 197 1 0.2 0.6 41 74 18288 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 330 1 0.3 -0.6 42 71 18593 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 178 2 -0.1 1.7 43 70 18640 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 56 4 -3.7 -2.5 44 67 18898 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 56 4 -3.7 -2.5 45 57 19812 85 1 -1.0 -0.1 | 83 14 -13.6 -1.8 46 55 20117 45 9 -6.4 -6.4 | 67 21 -19.0 -8.1 47 52 20422 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 51 22 -17.1 -13.9 48 50 20630 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 69 12 -11.6 -4.5 49 49 20726 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 54 25 -20.1 -14.7 50 47 21031 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 50 17 -12.6 -10.7 51 45 21336 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 70 27 -25.6 -9.2 52 42 21641 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 64 29 -25.6 -12.6 53 39 22250 60 29 -25.1 -14.5 | 67 41 -37.7 -16.2 54 37 22555 75 35 -33.8 -9.1 | 77 48 -46.4 -10.8 55 35 22860 90 35 -35.0 0.0 | 88 48 -47.6 -1.7 56 32 23470 75 27 -26.1 -7.0 | 77 40 -38.7 -8.7 57 30 23800 85 36 -35.9 -3.1 | 84 49 -48.5 -4.8 58 27 24384 85 38 -37.9 -3.3 | 84 51 -50.5 -5.0 59 25 24994 90 40 -40.0 0.0 | 88 53 -52.6 -1.7 60 24 25298 90 33 -33.0 0.0 | 88 46 -45.6 -1.7 61 22 25908 90 42 -42.0 0.0 | 88 55 -54.6 -1.7 62 20 26400 110 19 -17.9 6.5 | 99 31 -30.5 4.8 63 18 26822 110 19 -17.9 6.5 | 99 31 -30.5 4.8 64 15 27432 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 74 25 -24.4 -7.2 65 14 27737 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 81 30 -29.4 -4.6 66 11 28346 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 104 22 -21.1 5.4 67 10 28956 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 150 10 -5.2 9.0 68 8 29566 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 198 17 5.1 16.0 69 7 29870 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 238 13 10.9 6.9 70 7 30175 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 217 12 7.3 9.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.4 neg: -18.9 tot: 97.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 112.37 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 90 14 87 27| 0.0 16.5 16.5| 39.6 -0.6 39.0 77.9 0.25| 20.8 5.1 1000 101 14 92 26| 6.7 8.2 14.9| 77.4 -0.6 76.7 76.7 0.32| 17.3 5.6 1500 111 11 96 23| 7.6 5.5 13.1| 92.1 -7.8 84.3 56.2 0.31| 15.6 4.9 2000 132 11 105 22| 5.7 5.2 11.0| 95.3 -16.3 79.0 39.5 0.25| 13.2 3.3 2500 146 11 111 20| 5.2 4.2 9.4|106.4 -18.9 87.5 35.0 0.27| 11.6 3.2 3000 163 11 119 18| 5.3 3.5 8.8|116.4 -18.9 97.4 32.5 0.31| 10.7 3.3 4000 193 12 136 14| 4.8 2.6 7.4|135.6 -23.1 112.5 28.1 0.35| 9.7 3.4 5000 217 14 157 10| 4.5 2.1 6.6|147.4 -26.0 121.4 24.3 0.36| 8.6 3.1 6000 232 17 185 9| 4.8 1.7 6.5|198.7 -26.0 172.7 28.8 0.41| 8.4 3.5 Wrote GIF file: 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