UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:0000Z 25 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 64 20.6 18.7 89 1.9 19.3 0 0 293.1 295.5 292.2 331.7 13.58 1 1000 132 20.0 18.4 91 1.6 18.9 95 9 293.1 295.5 292.1 331.4 13.43 2 964 448 17.4 17.4 100 0.0 17.4 95 14 293.6 296.0 291.9 330.9 13.08 3 925 801 16.4 16.3 99 0.1 16.4 130 13 296.1 298.4 292.4 332.7 12.70 4 883 1197 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.2 173 11 299.2 301.2 292.1 331.4 11.01 5 850 1520 13.4 11.2 87 2.2 12.0 210 9 300.2 302.0 291.5 329.2 9.88 6 805 1975 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 243 9 300.8 302.5 290.9 327.2 8.93 7 796 2069 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 5.0 250 9 304.8 305.5 287.8 317.0 3.97 8 769 2358 12.6 -12.4 16 25.0 2.3 207 6 308.0 308.4 286.8 314.2 1.92 9 747 2602 12.2 -5.8 28 18.0 3.7 189 5 310.2 310.8 288.9 320.7 3.32 10 715 2967 9.8 -10.2 23 20.0 1.1 186 5 311.4 311.9 288.5 319.4 2.46 11 700 3143 8.0 0.0 57 8.0 3.8 185 5 311.3 312.4 291.3 328.4 5.47 12 686 3309 6.4 0.4 65 6.0 3.2 202 7 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.3 5.75 13 659 3637 5.0 -11.0 30 16.0 -1.7 237 11 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.50 14 654 3699 4.4 -5.6 48 10.0 -0.3 239 11 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.7 3.85 15 632 3976 2.6 -14.4 27 17.0 -4.0 230 13 314.4 314.8 289.0 320.9 1.98 16 608 4287 0.2 -9.8 47 10.0 -4.1 235 19 315.2 315.7 290.2 324.8 2.99 17 579 4678 -1.3 -22.3 18 21.0 -7.9 252 18 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.6 1.10 18 573 4761 -0.9 -22.9 17 22.0 -7.8 259 19 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.9 1.06 19 511 5662 -8.1 -25.1 24 17.0 -12.8 250 22 321.2 321.3 290.2 324.6 0.97 20 500 5830 -9.7 -17.7 52 8.0 -12.4 255 23 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.90 21 495 5908 -10.3 -16.3 61 6.0 -12.4 256 24 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.16 22 487 6034 -11.1 -26.1 28 15.0 -15.0 259 26 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.2 0.93 23 481 6129 -11.7 -24.7 33 13.0 -15.2 258 27 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.07 24 478 6177 -12.1 -16.9 67 4.8 -13.7 255 28 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.6 2.13 25 472 6274 -10.9 -22.9 37 12.0 -14.4 249 29 325.1 325.3 291.6 329.6 1.28 26 400 7530 -19.3 -41.3 12 22.0 -22.7 240 42 329.9 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.26 27 390 7717 -20.5 -48.5 6 28.0 -23.9 240 45 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 28 377 7966 -22.1 -32.1 40 10.0 -24.1 240 49 331.8 332.0 292.9 334.4 0.69 29 355 8403 -25.9 -32.9 52 7.0 -27.2 240 57 332.5 332.6 293.0 335.0 0.68 30 322 9102 -30.1 -31.0 92 0.9 -30.3 240 68 336.1 336.3 294.1 339.4 0.89 31 300 9600 -33.7 -38.3 63 4.6 -34.3 240 77 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.7 0.47 32 292 9789 -35.1 -42.1 49 7.0 -35.8 239 81 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.8 0.32 33 282 10031 -37.1 -38.7 85 1.6 -37.3 238 85 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.9 0.48 34 276 10179 -37.5 -39.4 82 1.9 -37.7 237 88 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.3 0.45 35 273 10255 -38.1 -45.1 48 7.0 -38.7 237 90 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.7 0.25 36 272 10280 -38.1 -43.1 59 5.0 -38.6 237 90 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.3 0.31 37 271 10305 -37.7 -50.7 24 13.0 -38.7 237 90 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.13 38 269 10357 -37.3 -65.3 4 28.0 -38.6 236 91 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 39 268 10382 -37.3 -65.3 4 28.0 -38.6 236 92 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 40 260 10591 -38.3 -51.3 24 13.0 -39.2 235 96 345.2 345.3 295.7 345.8 0.13 41 258 10644 -38.6 -54.0 18 15.4 -39.6 235 97 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 42 250 10860 -39.9 -64.9 5 25.0 -40.9 235 97 346.7 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 43 249 10888 -40.1 -65.1 5 25.0 -41.1 235 97 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 44 205 12189 -51.5 -68.5 11 17.0 -51.8 235 90 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 45 200 12350 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.7 235 89 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 46 172 13311 -58.1 -68.1 27 10.0 -58.3 241 82 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 47 168 13459 -59.1 -82.1 4 23.0 -59.3 246 79 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 48 150 14160 -64.3 -77.3 15 13.0 -64.4 250 79 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 49 141 14537 -65.7 -77.7 17 12.0 -65.8 250 73 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 50 100 16580 -74.9 -88.9 10 14.0 -74.9 240 44 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 51 90 17188 -77.7 -89.7 13 12.0 -77.7 240 36 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 52 77 18080 -78.7 -90.7 12 12.0 -78.7 247 30 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 53 75 18231 -75.7 -90.7 8 15.0 -75.7 253 28 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 54 74 18309 -75.9 -90.9 8 15.0 -75.9 254 26 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 55 70 18630 -75.7 -91.7 6 16.0 -75.7 210 15 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 56 61 19434 -73.9 -91.9 5 18.0 -74.0 214 14 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 57 50 20620 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 135 9 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.8 0.00 58 44 21405 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.1 65 8 519.6 519.6 316.3 519.6 0.00 59 32 23410 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.8 79 21 579.8 579.8 319.6 579.8 0.01 60 30 23820 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.9 80 23 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.6 0.01 61 22 25797 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.1 81 29 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.6 0.01 62 20 26410 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -55.2 100 17 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 63 18 27096 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -53.3 98 18 706.2 706.2 324.6 706.4 0.02 64 13 29249 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -51.8 73 12 789.0 789.0 327.0 789.3 0.04 TRP 90 17188 -77.7 -89.7 13 12.0 -77.7 240 36 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 WND 258 10644 -38.6 -54.0 18 15.4 -39.6 235 97 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.00 m Freezing level: 604.13 mb = 4339.37 m = 14236.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.53 mb = 3519.50 m = 11546.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.51 mb = 301.52 m = 989.22 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 883.0- 747.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.81 mb = 556.54 m = 1825.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.89 C = 71.40 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.82 mb = 574.48 m = 1884.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.82 mb = 1771.54 m = 5812.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.82 mb = 2081.31 m = 6828.35 ft B at Equ Level: 14.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 774.82 mb = 2295.18 m = 7530.03 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 261 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 1008 64 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 81 10 -9.8 -1.6 1 1000 132 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 88 19 -18.7 -0.8 2 980 305 90 13 -13.0 0.0 | 86 23 -22.8 -1.6 3 946 610 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 92 25 -24.5 1.0 4 925 801 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 109 21 -19.7 6.8 5 913 914 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 115 20 -18.1 8.4 6 850 1520 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 140 8 -5.3 6.2 7 850 1524 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 140 8 -5.3 6.2 8 790 2134 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 124 1 -1.1 0.7 9 762 2438 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 110 10 -8.9 3.3 10 700 3143 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 110 10 -9.3 3.4 11 656 3658 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 176 4 -0.2 3.9 12 632 3962 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 182 7 0.2 6.8 13 608 4267 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 212 11 5.8 9.3 14 585 4572 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 225 8 5.6 5.6 15 563 4877 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 278 11 11.2 -1.6 16 522 5486 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 232 12 9.3 7.3 17 500 5830 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 251 13 12.4 4.4 18 483 6096 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 260 17 16.8 3.1 19 464 6401 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 231 22 17.1 13.9 20 428 7010 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 238 22 18.3 11.5 21 400 7530 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 234 33 26.6 19.4 22 300 9600 240 77 66.7 38.5 | 237 68 56.9 36.9 23 258 10644 235 97 79.5 55.6 | 232 88 69.7 54.0 24 250 10860 235 97 79.5 55.6 | 232 88 69.7 54.0 25 246 10973 235 97 79.5 55.6 | 232 88 69.7 54.0 26 200 12350 235 89 72.9 51.0 | 232 80 63.1 49.4 27 177 13106 235 85 69.6 48.8 | 232 76 59.9 47.2 28 161 13716 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 254 65 62.7 17.8 29 150 14160 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 248 69 64.5 25.4 30 146 14326 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 249 73 68.2 26.8 31 139 14630 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 248 58 54.1 21.7 32 132 14935 245 62 56.2 26.2 | 242 53 46.4 24.6 33 125 15240 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 225 56 39.3 39.5 34 113 15850 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 254 50 48.2 13.9 35 107 16154 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 240 31 26.5 15.3 36 100 16580 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 234 35 28.3 20.4 37 97 16764 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 234 35 28.3 20.4 38 90 17188 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 233 27 21.4 16.4 39 87 17374 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 238 24 20.1 12.3 40 83 17678 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 219 27 17.0 20.9 41 74 18288 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 252 17 16.3 5.4 42 70 18593 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 220 10 6.7 7.9 43 70 18630 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 169 12 -2.3 11.4 44 67 18898 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 153 12 -5.3 10.6 45 64 19202 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 195 2 0.6 2.2 46 60 19507 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 164 12 -3.4 12.0 47 57 19812 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 140 8 -5.3 6.2 48 54 20117 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 16 5 -1.3 -4.7 49 52 20422 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 21 8 -2.9 -7.4 50 50 20620 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 106 17 -16.1 4.8 51 49 20726 85 13 -13.0 -1.1 | 83 23 -22.7 -2.7 52 47 21031 100 3 -3.0 0.5 | 85 13 -12.7 -1.1 53 42 21641 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 62 20 -17.6 -9.4 54 40 21946 70 23 -21.6 -7.9 | 73 33 -31.4 -9.5 55 39 22250 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 61 26 -22.8 -12.5 56 37 22555 75 31 -29.9 -8.0 | 76 41 -39.7 -9.6 57 35 22860 85 21 -20.9 -1.8 | 84 31 -30.7 -3.4 58 33 23165 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 77 33 -32.0 -7.6 59 30 23774 85 19 -18.9 -1.7 | 84 29 -28.7 -3.3 60 30 23820 80 23 -22.7 -4.0 | 80 33 -32.4 -5.6 61 29 24079 65 17 -15.4 -7.2 | 71 27 -25.2 -8.8 62 27 24384 100 23 -22.7 4.0 | 94 33 -32.4 2.4 63 21 26213 75 31 -29.9 -8.0 | 76 41 -39.7 -9.6 64 20 26410 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 93 27 -26.5 1.3 65 19 26518 80 25 -24.6 -4.3 | 80 35 -34.4 -5.9 66 18 26822 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 93 27 -26.5 1.3 67 16 27127 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 95 22 -22.3 1.8 68 15 27432 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 69 23 -21.0 -8.1 69 14 27737 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 80 25 -24.5 -4.2 70 13 28042 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 75 21 -20.1 -5.4 71 11 28651 40 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 77 11 -10.4 -2.4 72 8 29870 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 110 7 -6.9 2.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: -7.1 tot: 94.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 70.42 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 12 88 21| 15.1 0.0 15.1| 18.4 -1.7 16.7 33.4 0.22| 16.0 3.5 1000 111 12 98 22| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 85.7 -1.7 84.0 84.0 0.52| 15.2 7.9 1500 128 12 106 20| 3.1 0.0 3.1|100.5 -1.7 98.8 65.9 0.48| 13.8 6.6 2000 146 11 115 18| 2.3 0.0 2.3|101.5 -2.0 99.6 49.8 0.43| 11.8 5.0 2500 158 10 120 16| 1.9 1.6 3.5|101.5 -6.9 94.6 37.8 0.31| 11.2 3.4 3000 162 9 120 15| 1.5 1.4 2.9|101.5 -7.1 94.4 31.5 0.31| 9.4 2.9 4000 186 9 131 12| 2.7 1.1 3.8|119.6 -7.1 112.4 28.1 0.38| 8.9 3.4 5000 215 11 157 8| 3.0 0.8 3.8|151.6 -14.2 137.4 27.5 0.42| 9.1 3.8 6000 231 13 184 7| 3.0 1.0 4.0|172.1 -32.0 140.1 23.3 0.36| 8.8 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VH004/skewt/VH004.skewt.20200325.00.gif