UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031823.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 18 MAR 20 Searching for VO086... Searching the city database file for: VO086 ... Date:2300Z 18 MAR 20 Station: VO086 WMO ident: 43086 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 96 0 0 SFC 993 158 27.0 19.0 62 8.0 21.4 0 0 300.8 303.3 294.8 342.0 14.06 2 925 786 27.4 12.4 39 15.0 17.5 210 13 307.3 309.2 293.6 337.1 9.82 3 850 1530 22.8 11.8 50 11.0 15.5 220 17 310.0 312.0 294.7 341.5 10.28 4 700 3183 9.6 3.6 66 6.0 6.1 285 12 313.1 314.5 293.1 335.3 7.10 5 500 5870 -9.9 -18.9 48 9.0 -12.8 265 28 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.8 1.72 6 400 7560 -22.5 -30.5 48 8.0 -24.1 265 42 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.5 0.75 7 300 9610 -36.7 -46.7 35 10.0 -37.5 265 55 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.19 8 250 10850 -45.7 -57.7 25 12.0 -46.2 265 59 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.06 9 200 12320 -50.9 -73.9 5 23.0 -51.3 260 97 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 10 170 13355 -57.9 -79.2 5 21.3 -58.1 265 109 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 11 150 14130 -63.3 -83.3 5 20.0 -63.4 265 87 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 12 100 16570 -72.7 -93.7 3 21.0 -72.8 260 54 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP WND 170 13355 -57.9 -79.2 5 21.3 -58.1 265 109 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.00 m Freezing level: 601.54 mb = 4505.83 m = 14782.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3956.30 m = 12979.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.07 % Est. max temperature: 36.40 C = 97.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.82 mb = 1186.66 m = 3893.21 ft T: 24.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.65 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.50 mb = 3080.29 m = 10105.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.16 C = 102.49 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 361.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.82 mb = 2176.81 m = 7141.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.82 mb = 4245.24 m = 13927.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.82 mb = 11042.08 m = 36226.87 ft B at Equ Level: 655.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.82 mb = 13250.37 m = 43471.81 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 292 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 993 158 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 112 13 -12.1 4.8 1 977 305 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 147 19 -10.2 15.6 2 944 610 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 160 23 -7.7 21.2 3 925 786 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 161 17 -5.6 16.0 4 912 914 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 163 16 -4.6 15.4 5 881 1219 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 166 15 -3.7 14.7 6 850 1530 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 176 18 -1.2 17.8 7 821 1829 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 183 16 0.9 15.7 8 792 2134 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 197 15 4.4 14.3 9 764 2438 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 204 12 4.8 10.9 10 737 2743 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 183 8 0.5 8.2 11 711 3048 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 156 3 -1.3 2.9 12 700 3183 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 163 2 -0.5 1.7 13 660 3658 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 18 4 -1.4 -4.2 14 635 3962 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 342 3 0.9 -2.7 15 611 4267 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 285 4 3.9 -1.0 16 588 4572 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 257 7 6.6 1.5 17 566 4877 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 269 5 5.3 0.1 18 525 5486 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 251 15 13.9 4.8 19 500 5870 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 245 17 15.8 7.2 20 485 6096 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 264 19 18.8 2.1 21 466 6401 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 259 25 24.9 4.8 22 448 6706 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 266 23 22.8 1.7 23 430 7010 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 268 30 29.7 1.1 24 413 7315 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 260 28 27.9 4.8 25 400 7560 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 254 31 29.7 8.4 26 380 7925 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 243 36 32.3 16.7 27 364 8230 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 243 36 32.3 16.7 28 300 9610 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 257 44 42.7 9.6 29 294 9754 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 258 45 43.7 9.7 30 257 10668 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 264 43 42.9 4.8 31 250 10850 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 258 48 46.7 9.9 32 245 10973 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 258 48 46.7 9.9 33 234 11278 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 258 47 45.7 9.8 34 214 11887 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 254 66 63.7 18.2 35 204 12192 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 249 73 68.1 26.3 36 200 12320 260 97 95.5 16.8 | 255 86 83.4 21.6 37 170 13355 265 109 108.6 9.5 | 262 98 96.5 14.3 38 168 13411 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 262 96 94.5 14.1 39 153 14021 270 100 100.0 -0.0 | 267 88 87.9 4.8 40 150 14130 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 261 76 74.6 12.4 41 138 14630 260 85 83.7 14.8 | 255 74 71.6 19.5 42 113 15850 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 277 50 50.0 -6.2 43 107 16154 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 270 44 43.7 -0.1 44 100 16570 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 251 43 41.1 14.2 45 97 16764 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 251 43 41.1 14.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.7 neg: -10.7 tot: 82.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 17.51 Bulk Shear: 38.23 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 193 12 150 19| 0.0 16.4 16.4| 44.3 0.0 44.3 88.6 0.52| 23.4 12.1 1000 203 13 156 18| 3.0 8.2 11.1| 49.9 0.0 49.9 49.9 0.46| 14.7 6.7 1500 210 13 162 17| 2.5 5.5 7.9| 67.6 0.0 67.6 45.1 0.51| 11.6 5.9 2000 217 15 169 17| 3.3 4.1 7.4| 88.0 0.0 88.0 44.0 0.56| 10.1 5.7 2500 224 15 175 16| 2.9 3.3 6.1| 92.6 -5.7 86.8 34.7 0.46| 9.5 4.4 3000 230 15 177 14| 3.3 2.7 6.0| 92.7 -10.7 82.0 27.3 0.34| 9.3 3.1 4000 247 14 187 10| 3.2 2.6 5.7| 92.7 -14.8 77.9 19.5 0.18| 8.4 1.5 5000 258 15 200 9| 2.5 2.7 5.2| 94.3 -21.2 73.1 14.6 0.11| 7.8 0.8 6000 262 17 215 9| 2.5 2.8 5.3|120.3 -33.4 86.9 14.5 0.11| 7.8 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO086/skewt/VO086.skewt.20200318.23.gif