UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032123.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:2300Z 21 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 20 26.2 23.9 87 2.3 24.5 0 0 298.7 302.1 297.4 353.6 18.84 1 1000 90 26.0 21.4 76 4.6 22.7 175 12 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.5 16.25 2 925 777 26.6 11.6 39 15.0 16.9 175 19 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.6 9.31 3 850 1519 22.0 13.0 57 9.0 16.0 185 16 309.2 311.3 295.1 343.1 11.14 4 700 3166 7.8 4.9 82 2.9 6.1 320 10 311.1 312.6 293.1 335.1 7.78 5 500 5880 -4.9 -15.9 42 11.0 -9.1 320 21 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.7 2.21 6 400 7590 -18.9 -27.9 45 9.0 -21.0 305 34 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.9 0.96 7 300 9670 -32.1 -42.1 36 10.0 -33.3 295 56 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.4 0.31 8 292 9860 -33.0 -43.1 36 10.1 -34.1 290 65 341.6 341.6 295.0 342.7 0.29 9 250 10940 -37.9 -48.9 31 11.0 -38.8 300 60 349.7 349.8 296.7 350.5 0.18 10 200 12440 -50.7 -63.7 20 13.0 -51.1 290 57 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.04 11 150 14240 -66.7 -77.7 20 11.0 -66.8 290 50 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 12 100 16630 -76.9 -86.9 19 10.0 -76.9 305 26 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 TRP WND 292 9860 -33.0 -43.1 36 10.1 -34.1 290 65 341.6 341.6 295.0 342.7 0.29 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.00 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4832.87 m = 15855.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.43 mb = 4152.31 m = 13622.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.95 % Est. max temperature: 36.45 C = 97.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.30 mb = 310.44 m = 1018.48 ft T: 26.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.61 mb = 2573.84 m = 8444.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.53 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 37.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 374.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.55 mb = 1705.18 m = 5594.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 446.55 mb = 6746.42 m = 22133.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.55 mb = 8838.84 m = 28998.47 ft B at Equ Level: 70.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.55 mb = 9991.28 m = 32779.38 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 302 at 11 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 20 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 122 11 -9.2 5.7 1 1000 90 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 150 20 -10.2 17.7 2 976 305 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 154 28 -12.7 25.4 3 943 610 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 156 27 -10.8 24.7 4 925 777 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 156 27 -10.8 24.7 5 911 914 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 158 25 -9.2 22.7 6 880 1219 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 158 25 -9.2 22.7 7 850 1519 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 160 23 -7.8 21.7 8 820 1829 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 154 19 -8.2 16.7 9 791 2134 180 5 0.0 5.0 | 139 14 -9.2 10.7 10 763 2438 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 90 8 -7.6 -0.1 11 736 2743 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 74 7 -7.1 -2.0 12 710 3048 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 55 4 -3.5 -2.5 13 700 3166 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 55 3 -2.8 -1.9 14 659 3658 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 227 7 4.8 4.5 15 634 3962 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 203 4 1.6 3.8 16 611 4267 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 198 6 1.8 5.7 17 588 4572 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 329 5 2.3 -3.9 18 566 4877 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 328 11 5.7 -9.1 19 525 5486 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 328 11 5.7 -9.1 20 500 5880 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 337 11 4.3 -10.4 21 486 6096 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 337 11 4.3 -10.4 22 467 6401 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 346 12 2.9 -11.5 23 449 6706 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 346 18 4.3 -17.6 24 431 7010 325 27 15.5 -22.1 | 339 18 6.3 -16.4 25 415 7315 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 330 19 9.5 -16.5 26 400 7590 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 306 23 18.7 -13.8 27 382 7925 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 299 24 21.1 -11.8 28 366 8230 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 307 21 17.0 -12.6 29 300 9670 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 293 45 41.6 -17.9 30 296 9754 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 300 44 38.4 -21.8 31 292 9860 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 288 54 51.9 -16.5 32 260 10668 295 61 55.3 -25.8 | 294 50 46.1 -20.0 33 250 10940 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 300 49 42.8 -24.3 34 249 10973 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 300 50 43.6 -24.8 35 238 11278 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 300 50 43.6 -24.8 36 217 11887 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 293 48 44.3 -19.2 37 208 12192 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 293 46 42.5 -18.4 38 200 12440 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 287 46 44.4 -13.8 39 171 13411 295 54 48.9 -22.8 | 293 43 39.8 -17.1 40 155 14021 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 293 42 38.8 -16.7 41 150 14240 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 287 39 37.8 -11.4 42 140 14630 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 287 38 36.9 -11.0 43 114 15850 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 267 17 17.4 1.0 44 108 16154 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 254 21 19.8 5.7 45 100 16630 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 307 15 12.1 -9.2 46 98 16764 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 307 15 12.1 -9.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: -47.3 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 72.85 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 172 16 152 25| 19.8 0.0 19.8| 44.1 0.0 44.1 88.2 0.47| 22.3 10.5 1000 174 17 155 25| 8.7 0.0 8.7| 52.1 0.0 52.1 52.1 0.46| 12.7 5.9 1500 177 17 156 25| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 57.8 0.0 57.8 38.6 0.46| 9.1 4.2 2000 178 16 156 24| 4.1 2.3 6.4| 57.8 -24.1 33.8 16.9 0.21| 9.1 1.9 2500 179 14 154 22| 0.8 1.8 2.6| 65.0 -41.6 23.4 9.3 0.01| 10.9 0.2 3000 182 13 155 20| 0.6 1.9 2.5| 65.0 -47.3 17.7 5.9 -0.04| 9.9 -0.4 4000 207 13 168 17| 0.5 1.2 1.6| 65.0 -53.3 11.7 2.9 -0.15| 9.3 -1.4 5000 239 13 189 13| 1.3 0.9 2.2| 73.8 -53.9 19.9 4.0 -0.02| 9.2 -0.2 6000 272 14 225 7| 1.1 0.8 1.9| 78.9 -53.9 25.0 4.2 -0.00| 7.8 -0.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20200321.23.gif