UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 MAR 20 Searching for VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:1200Z 30 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 1004 67 20.6 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 110 1 293.4 296.0 292.8 334.0 14.26 1 1000 101 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 120 3 293.4 295.9 292.7 333.6 14.14 2 964 418 18.4 18.4 100 0.0 18.4 129 8 294.6 297.1 292.9 334.5 13.95 3 937 663 19.6 19.5 99 0.1 19.5 176 10 298.2 301.0 295.0 343.0 15.40 4 925 774 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 190 13 298.9 301.7 295.1 343.3 15.22 5 902 991 18.2 18.2 100 0.0 18.2 199 15 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.2 14.74 6 850 1500 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 225 17 302.5 304.8 294.4 340.4 12.80 7 829 1713 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 225 21 303.6 305.8 294.1 339.2 11.97 8 811 1899 16.4 2.4 39 14.0 8.6 225 24 307.4 308.5 290.2 324.7 5.61 9 798 2037 16.0 9.0 63 7.0 11.6 225 27 308.4 310.1 293.3 336.0 9.07 10 786 2166 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.6 226 29 309.1 311.3 295.5 345.1 11.83 11 700 3140 8.6 8.4 99 0.2 8.5 250 23 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.6 9.94 12 693 3223 8.2 8.2 100 0.0 8.2 252 23 312.5 314.3 295.0 343.0 9.90 13 689 3271 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 254 23 312.3 314.1 294.6 341.2 9.36 14 687 3295 7.4 6.0 91 1.4 6.6 254 23 312.3 314.0 294.0 338.9 8.57 15 685 3318 7.8 3.1 72 4.7 5.1 255 23 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.9 7.00 16 683 3343 10.6 -0.4 46 11.0 4.6 256 23 316.4 317.5 292.7 333.8 5.45 17 680 3379 10.8 -0.2 46 11.0 4.8 257 23 317.1 318.1 293.0 334.8 5.55 18 637 3918 5.6 1.0 72 4.6 3.1 269 25 317.1 318.4 293.7 337.7 6.47 19 621 4125 4.4 -7.6 41 12.0 -1.2 280 24 318.1 318.7 291.5 329.4 3.48 20 616 4191 5.4 -25.6 9 31.0 -4.4 284 24 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.7 0.77 21 563 4922 2.8 -23.2 13 26.0 -5.9 274 31 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.9 1.05 22 500 5870 -3.9 -27.9 14 24.0 -10.7 285 33 328.3 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.77 23 463 6471 -8.9 -34.9 10 26.0 -14.7 293 33 329.4 329.4 292.0 330.9 0.43 24 422 7184 -13.5 -46.5 4 33.0 -18.7 265 37 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.14 25 400 7590 -15.3 -48.3 4 33.0 -20.1 275 38 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.12 26 383 7918 -16.1 -54.1 2 38.0 -21.0 285 40 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.06 27 300 9710 -29.5 -54.5 7 25.0 -31.7 285 40 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 28 250 10980 -39.5 -64.5 5 25.0 -40.6 280 40 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 29 230 11543 -44.1 -65.1 8 21.0 -44.9 280 42 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 30 206 12269 -50.7 -65.7 15 15.0 -51.1 280 45 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 31 200 12460 -51.9 -69.9 10 18.0 -52.2 280 46 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.02 32 184 12997 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.5 264 44 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 33 150 14270 -65.7 -78.7 15 13.0 -65.8 290 40 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 34 137 14815 -70.3 -81.3 18 11.0 -70.4 287 39 358.2 358.2 298.3 358.2 0.00 35 100 16650 -78.3 -87.3 22 9.0 -78.3 305 21 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.5 0.00 36 94 17001 -79.7 -88.7 21 9.0 -79.7 310 19 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 37 78 18053 -80.9 -90.9 17 10.0 -80.9 288 17 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 38 70 18670 -75.5 -91.5 6 16.0 -75.6 330 9 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 39 61 19477 -68.7 -92.7 2 24.0 -68.8 146 7 455.0 455.0 311.3 455.0 0.00 40 51 20551 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.7 154 15 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 41 50 20670 -66.5 -91.5 2 25.0 -66.8 180 17 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 42 40 22056 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -57.8 192 11 543.5 543.5 317.7 543.5 0.00 43 36 22722 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.2 259 8 553.4 553.4 318.3 553.4 0.00 44 30 23870 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.0 355 1 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.01 45 20 26440 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.8 55 19 673.6 673.6 323.6 673.7 0.01 46 10 31060 -39.5 -79.5 1 40.0 -50.0 175 9 872.1 872.1 328.9 872.8 0.07 47 9.3 31553 -42.5 -81.5 1 39.0 -51.8 879.0 879.0 329.0 879.5 0.06 48 8.1 32492 -39.9 -79.9 1 40.0 -51.2 924.7 924.7 329.9 925.6 0.08 TRP 94 17001 -79.7 -88.7 21 9.0 -79.7 310 19 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.00 m Freezing level: 536.67 mb = 5318.21 m = 17448.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.37 mb = 4068.10 m = 13346.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.75 mb = 216.18 m = 709.25 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 902.0- 798.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 985.38 mb = 228.25 m = 748.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.04 C = 69.88 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52587.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.78 mb = 545.80 m = 1790.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 286 at 17 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 1004 67 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 106 18 -17.6 5.2 1 1000 101 120 3 -2.6 1.5 | 108 20 -19.3 6.4 2 977 305 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 106 24 -23.4 6.7 3 943 610 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 127 23 -18.2 13.7 4 925 774 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 141 23 -14.4 17.7 5 910 914 195 15 3.9 14.5 | 147 23 -12.8 19.4 6 850 1500 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 165 18 -4.7 16.9 7 848 1524 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 165 18 -4.7 16.9 8 789 2134 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 189 26 3.8 25.4 9 734 2743 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 194 12 3.1 12.1 10 708 3048 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 207 12 5.5 10.8 11 700 3140 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 201 14 4.9 12.7 12 657 3658 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 222 9 6.2 6.9 13 633 3962 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 240 10 8.3 4.9 14 609 4267 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 301 6 4.9 -3.0 15 587 4572 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 283 10 9.4 -2.1 16 544 5182 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 246 20 18.2 7.9 17 500 5870 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 284 16 15.2 -3.7 18 486 6096 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 283 14 13.3 -3.2 19 467 6401 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 304 16 13.2 -9.1 20 415 7315 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 241 24 20.7 11.5 21 400 7590 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 266 21 21.2 1.6 22 382 7925 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 284 23 22.0 -5.5 23 324 9144 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 267 23 23.2 1.4 24 300 9710 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 284 23 22.0 -5.5 25 261 10668 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 293 21 19.0 -8.1 26 250 10980 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 275 23 22.7 -2.1 27 200 12460 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 276 29 28.6 -3.1 28 199 12497 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 276 29 28.6 -3.1 29 180 13106 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 245 29 26.7 12.5 30 150 14270 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 293 23 20.9 -8.8 31 141 14630 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 293 23 20.9 -8.8 32 115 15850 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 253 17 16.3 4.9 33 103 16459 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 284 21 20.0 -5.0 34 100 16650 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 356 7 0.5 -7.2 35 98 16764 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 356 7 0.5 -7.2 36 94 17001 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 16 8 -2.1 -7.3 37 93 17069 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 2 14 -0.6 -14.3 38 88 17374 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 330 5 2.4 -4.0 39 79 17983 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 29 3 -1.3 -2.3 40 71 18593 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 163 13 -3.7 12.4 41 70 18670 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 76 13 -12.2 -2.9 42 67 18898 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 184 3 0.3 3.4 43 64 19202 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 124 24 -19.8 13.3 44 55 20117 115 3 -2.7 1.3 | 108 20 -19.4 6.1 45 52 20422 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 114 30 -27.3 12.3 46 50 20670 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 143 28 -16.7 21.9 47 50 20726 170 21 -3.6 20.7 | 142 33 -20.3 25.5 48 47 21031 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 143 28 -16.7 21.9 49 45 21336 160 17 -5.8 16.0 | 133 31 -22.5 20.8 50 43 21641 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 133 20 -14.3 13.6 51 41 21946 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 127 23 -18.2 13.7 52 39 22250 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 152 16 -7.5 14.1 53 37 22555 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 136 12 -8.5 8.7 54 30 23870 355 1 0.1 -1.0 | 103 17 -16.6 3.9 55 29 24079 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 106 17 -16.7 4.9 56 22 25908 35 9 -5.2 -7.4 | 83 22 -21.8 -2.5 57 21 26213 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 69 27 -25.2 -9.9 58 20 26440 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 79 33 -32.2 -6.0 59 20 26518 55 21 -17.2 -12.0 | 78 35 -33.9 -7.2 60 19 26822 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 79 33 -32.2 -6.0 61 18 27127 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 90 31 -30.8 -0.3 62 17 27432 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 66 26 -23.9 -10.5 63 16 28042 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 63 18 -15.5 -8.1 64 14 28651 350 25 4.3 -24.6 | 32 23 -12.3 -19.8 65 13 29261 10 19 -3.3 -18.7 | 55 24 -20.0 -13.8 66 11 30175 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 68 16 -14.8 -6.0 67 10 31060 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 128 22 -17.5 13.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.3 neg: -3.2 tot: 206.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 100.86 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 127 6 112 23| 8.4 0.0 8.4| 49.5 -3.2 46.3 92.5 0.55| 13.5 7.5 1000 172 10 129 23| 8.0 0.0 8.0|115.3 -3.2 112.1 112.1 0.74| 12.5 9.3 1500 194 12 140 21| 6.3 0.0 6.3|143.5 -3.2 140.3 93.5 0.75| 10.8 8.1 2000 208 15 151 20| 4.7 2.5 7.2|183.2 -3.2 180.0 90.0 0.75| 10.6 7.9 2500 216 17 160 20| 3.1 2.0 5.1|201.4 -3.2 198.2 79.3 0.66| 10.6 7.0 3000 223 18 166 18| 2.8 1.7 4.5|209.3 -3.2 206.1 68.7 0.63| 9.9 6.2 4000 236 19 178 16| 2.7 1.3 3.9|233.5 -6.1 227.3 56.8 0.63| 9.0 5.7 5000 249 21 193 13| 2.5 2.1 4.6|242.2 -36.1 206.1 41.2 0.44| 9.4 4.1 6000 256 23 209 12| 2.4 1.8 4.2|292.6 -43.4 249.3 41.5 0.46| 9.2 4.3 Wrote GIF file: 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