UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032023.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:2300Z 20 MAR 20 Station: VO243 WMO ident: 43243 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 26.4 23.9 86 2.5 24.6 0 0 298.9 302.3 297.4 353.9 18.84 1 1000 91 26.0 21.5 76 4.5 22.8 165 11 299.1 302.1 295.9 346.8 16.35 2 925 777 24.4 9.4 39 15.0 15.1 170 21 304.3 305.7 291.2 328.3 8.02 3 850 1515 21.4 14.4 64 7.0 16.7 195 9 308.6 310.9 295.7 345.6 12.23 4 700 3166 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 6.8 315 7 312.5 314.0 293.6 337.3 8.01 5 500 5860 -5.7 -18.7 35 13.0 -10.2 295 27 326.1 326.4 292.3 332.1 1.75 6 400 7570 -18.3 -32.3 28 14.0 -21.2 280 38 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.64 7 300 9660 -33.7 -39.7 55 6.0 -34.4 295 67 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.4 0.40 8 288 9947 -35.0 -42.3 47 7.3 -35.7 295 68 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.3 0.32 9 250 10930 -39.3 -51.3 27 12.0 -40.2 295 62 347.6 347.7 296.3 348.2 0.14 10 200 12410 -51.3 -66.3 15 15.0 -51.7 290 56 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 11 150 14220 -66.3 -78.3 17 12.0 -66.4 285 52 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 12 100 16600 -77.9 -89.9 13 12.0 -77.9 315 29 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP WND 288 9947 -35.0 -42.3 47 7.3 -35.7 295 68 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.3 0.32 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.00 m Freezing level: 577.55 mb = 4815.39 m = 15798.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.04 mb = 4137.13 m = 13573.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.20 % Est. max temperature: 35.64 C = 96.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.47 mb = 336.60 m = 1104.31 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.52 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2803.70 m = 9198.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.21 C = 102.57 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3879.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.01 mb = 1656.10 m = 5433.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 288 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 21 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 108 10 -9.4 3.0 1 1000 91 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 138 18 -12.3 13.6 2 976 305 165 21 -5.4 20.3 | 147 28 -14.9 23.3 3 943 610 165 20 -5.2 19.3 | 147 27 -14.6 22.3 4 925 777 170 21 -3.6 20.7 | 151 27 -13.1 23.7 5 911 914 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 156 23 -9.4 21.0 6 879 1219 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 145 18 -10.5 15.0 7 850 1515 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 149 14 -7.1 11.7 8 819 1829 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 153 11 -4.8 9.6 9 790 2134 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 159 8 -2.9 7.6 10 763 2438 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 145 8 -4.8 6.9 11 736 2743 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 127 12 -9.4 7.0 12 710 3048 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 96 5 -5.1 0.5 13 700 3166 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 67 5 -4.5 -1.9 14 658 3658 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 126 4 -3.5 2.5 15 634 3962 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 216 3 1.5 2.1 16 610 4267 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 257 3 3.4 0.8 17 587 4572 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 312 4 3.3 -2.9 18 565 4877 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 301 2 1.8 -1.1 19 524 5486 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 314 19 13.5 -13.0 20 500 5860 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 299 17 15.0 -8.4 21 485 6096 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 308 15 12.2 -9.5 22 466 6401 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 306 19 15.7 -11.5 23 448 6706 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 299 20 17.8 -9.7 24 430 7010 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 298 26 23.2 -12.2 25 414 7315 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 291 27 25.3 -9.6 26 400 7570 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 277 28 28.0 -3.6 27 381 7925 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 271 31 31.4 -0.6 28 365 8230 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 278 42 41.8 -6.0 29 300 9660 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 296 57 51.3 -25.3 30 296 9754 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 302 58 49.5 -31.0 31 288 9947 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 296 58 52.2 -25.7 32 260 10668 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 290 48 45.1 -16.8 33 250 10930 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 296 52 46.8 -23.2 34 248 10973 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 290 49 46.0 -17.2 35 237 11278 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 296 53 47.7 -23.6 36 216 11887 295 61 55.3 -25.8 | 296 51 45.8 -22.8 37 207 12192 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 296 48 43.1 -21.5 38 200 12410 290 56 52.6 -19.2 | 290 46 43.2 -16.1 39 171 13411 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 284 51 49.5 -12.8 40 155 14021 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 284 49 47.6 -12.3 41 150 14220 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 284 42 40.8 -10.4 42 140 14630 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 284 43 41.8 -10.7 43 114 15850 325 31 17.8 -25.4 | 340 24 8.3 -22.4 44 108 16154 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 310 12 9.6 -8.0 45 100 16600 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 328 21 11.1 -17.5 46 97 16764 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 328 21 11.1 -17.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: -39.0 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 62.00 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 165 17 144 23| 20.9 0.0 20.9| 46.2 -1.4 44.7 89.5 0.51| 22.6 11.5 1000 168 18 148 24| 8.2 0.0 8.2| 72.7 -8.9 63.8 63.8 0.45| 15.6 7.1 1500 171 16 148 22| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 77.5 -22.0 55.5 37.0 0.32| 13.4 4.2 2000 177 14 149 20| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 82.4 -22.0 60.4 30.2 0.32| 11.3 3.6 2500 183 13 150 18| 1.6 0.6 2.2| 83.1 -28.3 54.8 21.9 0.24| 10.0 2.4 3000 185 11 149 17| 1.3 0.5 1.7| 85.5 -39.0 46.6 15.5 0.12| 10.2 1.2 4000 199 10 154 14| 0.9 0.5 1.5| 92.3 -42.6 49.7 12.4 0.17| 9.2 1.6 5000 224 11 170 11| 1.2 0.4 1.6| 96.9 -43.0 53.9 10.8 0.21| 8.5 1.8 6000 258 13 211 7| 2.1 0.4 2.5|108.5 -60.7 47.8 8.0 0.17| 8.6 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20200320.23.gif