UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:1200Z 28 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 1005 68 21.4 20.6 95 0.8 20.9 0 0 294.1 296.9 293.9 338.0 15.37 1 1000 111 21.0 20.3 96 0.7 20.5 45 3 294.1 296.9 293.7 337.4 15.16 2 925 785 18.0 18.0 100 0.0 18.0 95 13 297.7 300.3 294.0 338.8 14.18 3 850 1507 15.0 15.0 100 0.0 15.0 135 9 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.4 12.72 4 803 1989 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 183 10 304.9 307.1 294.5 340.6 11.97 5 749 2572 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 210 11 306.5 308.2 293.1 335.0 9.47 6 742 2650 11.4 4.4 62 7.0 7.3 219 11 309.9 311.2 292.2 331.7 7.08 7 719 2914 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.2 241 13 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.3 7.74 8 702 3113 10.2 -4.8 34 15.0 2.8 246 16 313.5 314.3 290.5 325.7 3.81 9 700 3137 10.2 -1.8 43 12.0 3.9 245 17 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.9 4.79 10 697 3173 10.0 -2.0 43 12.0 3.8 244 17 313.9 314.9 291.4 329.0 4.74 11 676 3425 7.6 -0.4 57 8.0 3.3 240 18 314.0 315.1 292.1 331.4 5.50 12 659 3635 6.4 -5.6 42 12.0 0.7 236 19 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.2 3.82 13 646 3797 4.8 -1.2 65 6.0 1.7 230 19 314.9 316.0 292.3 332.1 5.43 14 640 3873 5.0 -4.0 52 9.0 0.5 227 18 316.0 316.9 291.8 330.2 4.45 15 626 4053 4.2 -8.8 38 13.0 -1.6 219 18 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.3 3.14 16 621 4119 5.0 -35.0 4 40.0 -5.3 217 18 318.8 318.8 288.7 319.9 0.31 17 602 4371 3.0 -26.0 10 29.0 -5.8 213 16 319.3 319.4 289.3 322.0 0.76 18 584 4616 0.8 -8.2 51 9.0 -3.3 220 15 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.1 3.53 19 573 4768 0.6 -22.4 16 23.0 -6.9 223 16 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.9 1.11 20 557 4995 0.2 -29.8 8 30.0 -8.1 237 20 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.58 21 500 5850 -6.1 -33.1 10 27.0 -12.5 255 25 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.3 0.47 22 408 7403 -19.7 -34.7 25 15.0 -22.4 277 41 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.49 23 400 7550 -19.9 -46.9 7 27.0 -23.4 280 42 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 24 380 7929 -21.9 -50.9 5 29.0 -25.1 291 40 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 25 337 8799 -29.7 -52.7 9 23.0 -31.6 313 38 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 26 307 9458 -33.5 -54.5 10 21.0 -35.0 300 54 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.08 27 300 9620 -33.3 -56.3 8 23.0 -34.9 295 62 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 28 297 9691 -32.7 -62.7 3 30.0 -34.5 298 65 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 29 296 9715 -32.7 -62.7 3 30.0 -34.5 298 66 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 30 250 10890 -39.7 -68.7 3 29.0 -40.8 305 81 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 31 239 11195 -41.0 -70.9 3 29.9 -42.0 310 87 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 32 238 11224 -41.1 -71.1 2 30.0 -42.1 310 87 349.8 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 33 200 12380 -49.5 -76.5 3 27.0 -50.0 300 79 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 34 164 13649 -58.9 -79.9 5 21.0 -59.1 283 72 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 35 150 14200 -64.3 -80.3 9 16.0 -64.4 280 75 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 36 138 14705 -68.9 -80.9 16 12.0 -68.9 281 75 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 37 122 15436 -73.1 -84.1 17 11.0 -73.1 296 73 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 38 118 15632 -71.3 -85.3 11 14.0 -71.3 298 65 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 39 100 16600 -76.1 -87.1 16 11.0 -76.2 250 27 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 40 88 17332 -79.7 -89.7 18 10.0 -79.7 270 40 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 41 82 17734 -77.7 -89.7 13 12.0 -77.7 272 41 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 42 76 18167 -79.9 -90.9 14 11.0 -79.9 299 28 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 43 70 18640 -74.1 -92.1 5 18.0 -74.2 295 19 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 44 65 19076 -70.7 -91.7 3 21.0 -70.8 286 19 442.4 442.4 310.1 442.4 0.00 45 62 19356 -72.3 -91.3 4 19.0 -72.4 270 15 444.9 444.9 310.4 444.9 0.00 46 56 19957 -70.9 -91.9 3 21.0 -71.0 265 10 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.00 47 50 20640 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -64.8 255 15 491.5 491.5 314.3 491.5 0.00 48 47 21022 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 255 17 508.4 508.4 315.5 508.4 0.00 49 42 21725 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.1 354 13 532.0 532.0 317.1 532.0 0.00 50 33 23239 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.6 173 16 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.3 0.01 51 30 23840 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.9 180 13 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.7 0.01 52 24 25270 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.6 354 21 642.3 642.3 322.4 642.4 0.01 53 21 26135 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.8 35 6 667.9 667.9 323.3 668.0 0.01 54 20 26450 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.6 360 7 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.4 0.01 55 17 27498 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.8 256 5 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.6 0.02 56 16 27895 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -52.0 202 11 738.9 738.9 325.6 739.1 0.03 57 12 29798 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -52.8 265 22 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.3 0.04 58 10 31000 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -54.6 240 23 838.5 838.5 328.1 838.9 0.04 59 9.6 31269 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -54.6 849.1 849.1 328.4 849.5 0.04 60 9.2 31552 -43.7 -82.7 1 39.0 -52.4 877.1 877.1 329.0 877.5 0.05 61 8.5 32087 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -51.7 906.6 906.6 329.5 907.2 0.06 62 7.7 32753 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -53.5 920.5 920.5 329.8 921.1 0.06 TRP 88 17332 -79.7 -89.7 18 10.0 -79.7 270 40 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 WND 239 11195 -41.0 -70.9 3 29.9 -42.0 310 87 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.00 m Freezing level: 555.19 mb = 5022.38 m = 16477.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.47 mb = 3918.37 m = 12855.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.63 mb = 166.29 m = 545.55 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.62 C Layer 702.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.87 mb = 619.57 m = 2032.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.40 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.19 mb = 552.72 m = 1813.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.19 mb = 2283.86 m = 7492.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 745.19 mb = 2614.31 m = 8577.03 ft B at Equ Level: 20.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 715.19 mb = 2957.84 m = 9704.08 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 at 12 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 1005 68 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 73 12 -11.4 -3.4 1 1000 111 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 68 15 -13.6 -5.5 2 978 305 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 | 78 19 -18.4 -4.0 3 944 610 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 81 23 -22.4 -3.4 4 925 785 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 85 24 -24.4 -2.3 5 911 914 95 17 -16.9 1.5 | 86 28 -28.4 -1.9 6 850 1507 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 99 18 -17.8 3.0 7 848 1524 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 86 22 -22.3 -1.5 8 818 1829 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 114 13 -12.2 5.6 9 789 2134 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 128 12 -9.5 7.4 10 761 2438 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 130 11 -8.6 7.2 11 734 2743 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 141 5 -3.0 3.7 12 707 3048 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 237 3 2.7 1.7 13 700 3137 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 226 5 4.0 3.8 14 656 3658 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 209 9 4.1 7.5 15 608 4267 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 165 12 -2.9 11.3 16 586 4572 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 168 8 -1.8 8.1 17 564 4877 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 184 9 0.6 8.6 18 543 5182 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 266 13 13.2 0.9 19 504 5791 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 240 19 16.7 9.7 20 500 5850 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 256 13 12.7 3.1 21 484 6096 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 275 14 13.5 -1.2 22 465 6401 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 256 21 20.4 5.1 23 400 7550 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 290 32 29.9 -10.7 24 396 7620 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 290 32 29.9 -10.7 25 349 8534 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 334 32 14.0 -28.9 26 321 9144 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 327 35 19.2 -29.1 27 300 9620 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 303 54 44.8 -29.6 28 294 9754 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 308 60 47.5 -37.4 29 250 10890 305 81 66.4 -46.5 | 312 74 54.9 -49.9 30 239 11195 310 87 66.6 -55.9 | 317 81 55.2 -59.3 31 236 11278 310 87 66.6 -55.9 | 317 81 55.2 -59.3 32 200 12380 300 79 68.4 -39.5 | 307 71 57.0 -42.9 33 178 13106 285 69 66.6 -17.9 | 291 59 55.2 -21.3 34 150 14200 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 285 65 62.4 -16.4 35 139 14630 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 285 65 62.4 -16.4 36 126 15240 290 77 72.4 -26.3 | 296 68 60.9 -29.7 37 120 15545 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 308 63 50.1 -38.9 38 108 16154 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 300 15 13.2 -7.7 39 102 16459 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 259 5 5.0 1.0 40 100 16600 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 247 15 13.9 5.8 41 97 16764 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 247 15 13.9 5.8 42 88 17332 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 277 29 28.6 -3.4 43 83 17678 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 270 30 30.4 0.3 44 79 17983 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 324 29 17.2 -23.5 45 74 18288 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 324 16 9.4 -13.1 46 71 18593 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 264 21 21.1 2.3 47 70 18640 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 333 13 5.8 -11.4 48 67 18898 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 328 14 7.6 -12.3 49 64 19202 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 320 8 5.3 -6.4 50 60 19507 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 310 2 1.4 -1.2 51 57 19812 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 10 8 -1.5 -8.1 52 55 20117 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 113 4 -4.1 1.8 53 52 20422 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 176 15 -0.9 14.8 54 50 20640 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 261 3 3.1 0.5 55 47 21031 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 259 5 5.0 1.0 56 45 21336 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 10 13 -2.2 -12.6 57 41 21946 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 43 22 -14.8 -16.0 58 39 22250 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 93 24 -23.6 1.0 59 37 22555 135 13 -9.2 9.2 | 106 21 -20.6 5.8 60 35 22860 125 9 -7.4 5.2 | 95 19 -18.8 1.8 61 33 23165 170 17 -3.0 16.7 | 133 20 -14.4 13.3 62 30 23774 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 128 12 -9.5 7.4 63 30 23840 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 130 15 -11.4 9.6 64 29 24079 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 114 13 -12.2 5.6 65 28 24384 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 133 14 -10.3 9.5 66 26 24689 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 32 13 -6.9 -11.2 67 24 25298 355 21 1.8 -20.9 | 22 26 -9.6 -24.3 68 23 25603 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 51 19 -14.5 -11.9 69 22 25908 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 69 17 -15.8 -5.9 70 20 26450 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 48 15 -11.4 -10.4 71 20 26518 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 43 17 -11.4 -12.4 72 18 27127 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 45 17 -12.2 -12.4 73 17 27432 280 3 3.0 -0.5 | 65 9 -8.5 -3.9 74 16 27737 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 120 11 -9.1 5.3 75 14 28651 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 192 8 1.6 7.5 76 13 29261 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 307 12 9.2 -7.1 77 12 29566 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 295 13 11.5 -5.4 78 11 30175 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 246 9 8.3 3.8 79 10 31000 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 226 12 8.5 8.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.0 neg: -18.9 tot: 106.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 60.99 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 83 7 77 19| 10.8 0.0 10.8| 18.5 -3.8 14.7 29.4 0.24| 11.9 2.8 1000 92 10 82 22| 7.7 0.0 7.7| 49.9 -3.8 46.1 46.1 0.36| 10.5 3.8 1500 99 11 86 22| 3.7 0.0 3.7| 69.5 -18.9 50.6 33.7 0.24| 11.1 2.6 2000 111 11 91 21| 2.7 0.0 2.7|113.0 -18.9 94.1 47.1 0.38| 11.8 4.5 2500 128 11 99 20| 2.3 0.0 2.3|119.1 -18.9 100.2 40.1 0.39| 10.4 4.0 3000 146 11 108 18| 2.6 0.0 2.6|125.0 -18.9 106.1 35.4 0.43| 10.4 4.4 4000 191 13 136 13| 2.0 1.2 3.1|125.0 -36.3 88.7 22.2 0.25| 9.2 2.3 5000 204 14 147 11| 2.4 0.9 3.4|152.0 -42.9 109.1 21.8 0.31| 9.2 2.8 6000 223 16 176 8| 2.5 0.8 3.3|197.8 -70.1 127.7 21.3 0.30| 9.8 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VH004/skewt/VH004.skewt.20200328.12.gif