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 VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:1200Z 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 1007 64 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 135 1 293.6 295.8 291.6 329.7 12.67 1 1000 124 20.6 17.6 83 3.0 18.6 90 7 293.8 296.0 291.7 330.1 12.76 2 960 476 17.2 16.8 97 0.4 17.0 86 10 293.8 296.0 291.6 329.8 12.63 3 942 639 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.6 73 6 297.8 299.9 292.0 331.1 11.45 4 926 787 19.0 15.3 79 3.7 16.5 61 3 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.3 11.89 5 925 796 19.0 15.3 79 3.7 16.5 60 3 298.7 300.9 292.6 333.4 11.90 6 850 1519 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 260 7 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.9 11.44 7 826 1761 13.0 11.8 92 1.2 12.3 227 9 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.6 10.59 8 815 1873 12.6 10.5 87 2.1 11.3 211 10 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.2 9.83 9 771 2341 13.6 -7.4 23 21.0 3.9 175 10 308.9 309.4 288.1 317.9 2.84 10 705 3088 8.4 -3.6 43 12.0 2.5 224 6 311.2 311.9 290.0 324.2 4.16 11 700 3147 8.0 -5.0 39 13.0 1.8 225 7 311.3 312.1 289.8 323.3 3.76 12 673 3470 5.4 -14.6 22 20.0 -2.3 243 11 312.0 312.3 288.1 317.9 1.83 13 644 3829 2.8 -5.2 56 8.0 -1.0 263 15 313.0 313.7 290.5 325.8 4.03 14 619 4148 1.0 -4.0 69 5.0 -1.4 260 16 314.5 315.3 291.5 329.1 4.60 15 584 4614 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -4.9 255 17 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.2 3.34 16 564 4891 -3.1 -18.1 30 15.0 -8.2 250 17 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.6 1.63 17 554 5033 -2.3 -33.3 7 31.0 -9.8 256 19 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.42 18 500 5840 -7.5 -31.5 13 24.0 -13.3 260 29 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.9 0.55 19 449 6669 -11.7 -49.7 3 38.0 -17.3 264 29 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.09 20 400 7540 -18.9 -51.9 4 33.0 -22.8 245 42 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 21 373 8056 -22.5 -46.5 9 24.0 -25.5 240 53 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.16 22 366 8195 -23.3 -33.3 39 10.0 -25.2 240 55 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.4 0.63 23 362 8275 -23.9 -45.9 11 22.0 -26.6 240 57 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.17 24 354 8437 -24.7 -43.7 15 19.0 -27.2 240 60 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.22 25 353 8458 -24.7 -28.6 70 3.9 -25.5 240 61 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.4 1.02 26 345 8624 -26.1 -30.3 68 4.2 -26.9 240 64 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.2 0.89 27 343 8666 -26.1 -36.1 39 10.0 -27.7 240 65 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.51 28 339 8751 -26.5 -38.5 31 12.0 -28.3 240 67 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.6 0.40 29 329 8966 -28.3 -40.3 31 12.0 -29.9 241 70 336.5 336.6 293.8 337.8 0.35 30 324 9075 -29.1 -36.1 51 7.0 -30.2 241 72 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.9 0.54 31 313 9321 -31.5 -40.5 41 9.0 -32.6 243 75 336.9 336.9 293.9 338.3 0.36 32 304 9527 -32.3 -54.3 9 22.0 -34.0 244 78 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 33 300 9620 -32.5 -51.5 13 19.0 -34.1 245 79 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 34 291 9834 -33.5 -43.5 36 10.0 -34.6 244 81 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.2 0.28 35 277 10178 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.1 243 83 341.3 341.4 295.0 343.0 0.43 36 263 10535 -39.5 -42.3 75 2.8 -39.8 241 86 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 37 258 10666 -40.7 -43.2 77 2.5 -40.9 241 87 342.5 342.5 295.2 343.7 0.33 38 256 10719 -40.5 -56.5 16 16.0 -41.3 241 88 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 39 250 10880 -41.1 -54.1 23 13.0 -41.9 240 89 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 40 246 10990 -41.9 -51.9 33 10.0 -42.5 239 89 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.13 41 234 11327 -44.8 -58.5 20 13.7 -45.4 235 89 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 42 233 11355 -45.1 -59.1 19 14.0 -45.7 235 89 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.06 43 222 11677 -47.9 -54.9 44 7.0 -48.2 236 89 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 44 218 11797 -48.3 -64.3 14 16.0 -48.8 236 88 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 45 206 12168 -50.7 -59.7 34 9.0 -51.0 239 88 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.06 46 200 12360 -52.1 -67.1 15 15.0 -52.4 240 87 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 47 195 12524 -53.1 -73.1 7 20.0 -53.4 240 86 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 48 150 14180 -63.1 -79.1 10 16.0 -63.2 260 68 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 49 132 14961 -66.7 -84.7 6 18.0 -66.8 260 55 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 50 120 15531 -71.5 -84.5 13 13.0 -71.5 251 52 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 51 100 16600 -75.1 -88.1 11 13.0 -75.2 230 29 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 52 82 17738 -79.5 -90.5 15 11.0 -79.5 225 19 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 53 72 18486 -73.9 -89.9 7 16.0 -74.0 228 14 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 54 70 18650 -74.7 -90.7 7 16.0 -74.7 165 9 424.6 424.6 308.2 424.6 0.00 55 66 18992 -75.7 -90.7 8 15.0 -75.7 180 10 429.6 429.6 308.8 429.6 0.00 56 57 19853 -69.9 -91.9 3 22.0 -70.1 148 10 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.00 57 55 20069 -65.3 -91.3 2 26.0 -65.5 128 9 476.4 476.4 313.2 476.4 0.00 58 50 20650 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.2 105 15 490.5 490.5 314.2 490.6 0.00 59 48 20899 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.9 116 11 499.6 499.6 314.9 499.7 0.00 60 46 21159 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 112 13 502.9 502.9 315.1 502.9 0.00 61 30 23810 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 95 25 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.6 0.01 62 25 24979 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -55.0 85 25 633.1 633.1 322.0 633.2 0.01 63 22 25804 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -56.5 98 18 651.9 652.0 322.7 652.1 0.01 64 20 26420 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -54.5 50 23 678.5 678.5 323.7 678.7 0.02 65 19 26754 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.0 43 19 696.0 696.0 324.3 696.2 0.02 66 18 27107 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -53.7 40 21 704.3 704.4 324.6 704.5 0.02 67 11 30354 -45.1 -81.1 1 36.0 -52.4 247 6 828.3 828.3 327.9 828.8 0.05 68 10 30990 -44.7 -80.7 1 36.0 -52.5 220 23 852.7 852.7 328.5 853.3 0.06 69 10 30990 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.3 220 23 854.2 854.2 328.5 854.8 0.06 70 9.3 31473 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -54.5 858.4 858.4 328.6 858.9 0.05 71 8.5 32070 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -53.5 890.9 890.9 329.2 891.6 0.06 TRP 82 17738 -79.5 -90.5 15 11.0 -79.5 225 19 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 WND 234 11327 -44.8 -58.5 20 13.7 -45.4 235 89 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.00 m Freezing level: 606.93 mb = 4308.84 m = 14136.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.13 mb = 3287.51 m = 10785.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.94 mb = 494.45 m = 1622.18 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 17.04 C Layer 826.0- 705.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.73 mb = 1511.64 m = 4959.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57538.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.87 mb = 852.84 m = 2797.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 at 10 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 1007 64 135 1 -0.7 0.7 | 103 10 -10.2 2.3 1 1000 124 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 96 17 -16.5 1.6 2 979 305 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 100 23 -22.3 3.9 3 945 610 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 89 16 -16.3 -0.2 4 925 796 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 91 12 -12.1 0.1 5 912 914 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 87 11 -11.4 -0.7 6 850 1519 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 137 4 -2.6 2.8 7 790 2134 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 144 18 -10.7 14.6 8 762 2438 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 136 15 -10.3 10.6 9 735 2743 215 3 1.7 2.5 | 118 9 -7.8 4.1 10 700 3147 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 145 8 -4.6 6.6 11 682 3353 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 160 8 -2.6 7.4 12 657 3658 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 242 6 5.4 2.9 13 586 4572 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 229 9 6.9 6.0 14 564 4877 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 221 10 6.5 7.4 15 523 5486 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 272 15 15.4 -0.6 16 500 5840 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 251 20 19.0 6.6 17 483 6096 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 255 14 13.4 3.6 18 465 6401 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 264 16 15.5 1.6 19 400 7540 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 236 34 28.5 19.4 20 379 7925 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 232 43 33.8 26.6 21 334 8839 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 234 62 50.2 36.1 22 300 9620 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 241 71 62.1 35.0 23 250 10880 240 89 77.1 44.5 | 236 82 67.6 46.1 24 234 11327 235 89 72.9 51.0 | 230 82 63.4 52.7 25 225 11582 235 89 72.9 51.0 | 230 82 63.4 52.7 26 200 12360 240 87 75.3 43.5 | 236 80 65.8 45.1 27 154 14021 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 240 65 56.6 32.5 28 150 14180 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 257 59 57.4 13.4 29 146 14326 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 251 60 57.1 19.5 30 139 14630 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 262 51 50.3 6.8 31 126 15240 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 249 41 38.8 14.6 32 113 15850 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 238 46 39.4 24.4 33 108 16154 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 255 35 33.8 9.3 34 102 16459 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 245 23 20.4 9.6 35 100 16600 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 212 24 12.7 20.3 36 97 16764 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 212 24 12.7 20.3 37 92 17069 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 206 18 8.1 16.4 38 87 17374 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 168 18 -3.7 17.6 39 82 17738 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 195 16 3.9 15.0 40 79 17983 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 180 18 -0.0 18.1 41 75 18288 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 201 19 6.7 17.9 42 71 18593 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 160 8 -2.6 7.4 43 70 18650 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 131 16 -11.8 10.3 44 67 18898 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 131 16 -11.8 10.3 45 64 19202 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 160 12 -4.0 11.1 46 55 20117 125 9 -7.4 5.2 | 112 18 -16.9 6.8 47 50 20650 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 103 25 -24.0 5.5 48 49 20726 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 107 12 -11.8 3.5 49 47 21031 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 103 27 -25.9 6.0 50 45 21336 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 109 18 -17.3 6.1 51 43 21641 105 25 -24.1 6.5 | 103 35 -33.7 8.1 52 41 21946 120 21 -18.2 10.5 | 114 30 -27.7 12.1 53 39 22250 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 106 27 -25.5 7.4 54 37 22555 140 21 -13.5 16.1 | 128 29 -23.0 17.7 55 35 22860 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 109 18 -17.3 6.1 56 33 23165 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 85 24 -24.0 -2.3 57 32 23470 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 93 27 -26.5 1.6 58 30 23774 55 21 -17.2 -12.0 | 69 29 -26.7 -10.4 59 30 23810 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 96 35 -34.4 3.8 60 29 24079 75 29 -28.0 -7.5 | 81 38 -37.5 -5.9 61 27 24384 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 96 35 -34.4 3.8 62 26 24689 70 23 -21.6 -7.9 | 79 32 -31.1 -6.3 63 25 24994 85 25 -24.9 -2.2 | 89 34 -34.4 -0.6 64 24 25298 80 27 -26.6 -4.7 | 85 36 -36.1 -3.1 65 23 25603 105 23 -22.2 6.0 | 103 33 -31.7 7.6 66 22 25908 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 97 25 -24.5 2.9 67 20 26420 50 23 -17.6 -14.8 | 64 30 -27.1 -13.2 68 20 26518 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 64 24 -21.5 -10.4 69 18 27127 40 21 -13.5 -16.1 | 58 27 -23.0 -14.5 70 17 27432 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 81 26 -25.5 -4.2 71 14 28651 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 59 16 -14.2 -8.4 72 14 28956 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 51 15 -11.4 -9.2 73 13 29261 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 40 15 -9.5 -11.4 74 12 29870 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 54 13 -10.3 -7.4 75 11 30175 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 102 9 -8.6 1.9 76 10 30990 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 195 20 5.3 19.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -67.2 tot: -48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 63.42 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 94 10 97 19| 0.0 7.6 7.6| 4.2 -20.9 -16.7 -33.4 -0.22| 17.0 -3.8 1000 84 7 93 16| 0.0 2.4 2.4| 5.0 -30.2 -25.2 -25.2 -0.26| 12.8 -3.3 1500 83 6 93 16| 0.0 2.7 2.7| 10.2 -33.1 -22.9 -15.3 -0.06| 12.5 -0.8 2000 143 7 118 16| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 12.3 -43.5 -31.2 -15.6 -0.08| 12.7 -1.0 2500 160 8 126 15| 1.2 2.4 3.6| 12.3 -60.4 -48.1 -19.3 -0.14| 12.0 -1.6 3000 169 7 129 14| 1.4 2.0 3.4| 18.9 -67.2 -48.3 -16.1 -0.12| 11.2 -1.3 4000 215 9 152 10| 2.3 1.5 3.8| 40.6 -68.5 -27.9 -7.0 0.05| 10.2 0.5 5000 236 10 173 7| 2.0 1.4 3.4| 49.3 -73.8 -24.4 -4.9 0.06| 8.8 0.5 6000 250 13 203 7| 2.4 1.4 3.8| 78.3-101.7 -23.5 -3.9 0.07| 9.1 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VH004/skewt/VH004.skewt.20200324.12.gif