UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032223.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 22 MAR 20 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:2300Z 22 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 27.0 24.1 84 2.9 24.9 0 0 299.5 302.9 297.8 355.3 19.07 1 1000 91 26.4 22.1 77 4.3 23.3 160 8 299.5 302.6 296.4 349.2 16.98 2 925 776 21.2 18.1 82 3.1 19.1 145 11 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.9 14.27 3 850 1511 21.8 12.8 57 9.0 15.8 85 8 309.0 311.1 294.9 342.4 10.99 4 700 3159 8.2 3.2 71 5.0 5.4 315 15 311.6 312.9 292.5 333.0 6.90 5 500 5870 -4.5 -19.5 30 15.0 -9.7 315 18 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.3 1.63 6 400 7580 -19.1 -32.1 31 13.0 -21.8 275 14 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.65 7 300 9670 -33.3 -43.3 36 10.0 -34.4 320 46 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.28 8 250 10940 -38.9 -54.9 17 16.0 -39.9 300 57 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.09 9 200 12420 -51.1 -74.1 5 23.0 -51.5 305 52 351.8 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 10 150 14230 -65.3 -82.3 8 17.0 -65.4 310 38 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 11 100 16610 -78.5 -95.5 5 17.0 -78.5 275 36 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.00 m Freezing level: 570.87 mb = 4909.41 m = 16106.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.92 mb = 4021.72 m = 13194.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.95 % Est. max temperature: 35.64 C = 96.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.89 mb = 386.87 m = 1269.25 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.34 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.31 mb = 2096.86 m = 6879.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.53 C = 99.56 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.71 mb = 940.02 m = 3084.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.71 mb = 2888.00 m = 9474.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.71 mb = 10594.58 m = 34758.70 ft B at Equ Level: 561.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.71 mb = 13718.28 m = 45006.94 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 344 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 | 164 10 -2.8 9.5 1 1000 91 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 162 18 -5.5 17.0 2 976 305 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 159 22 -7.9 20.4 3 943 610 150 12 -6.0 10.4 | 156 22 -8.8 19.9 4 925 776 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 154 21 -9.1 18.5 5 910 914 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 147 19 -10.4 15.9 6 879 1219 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 144 15 -9.1 12.5 7 850 1511 85 8 -8.0 -0.7 | 129 14 -10.8 8.8 8 819 1829 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 149 14 -7.1 12.0 9 790 2134 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 181 10 0.2 10.0 10 762 2438 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 187 6 0.8 6.0 11 735 2743 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 235 7 5.4 3.8 12 709 3048 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 260 9 8.7 1.5 13 700 3159 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 278 8 7.8 -1.1 14 658 3658 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 266 20 19.8 1.3 15 634 3962 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 249 15 13.6 5.1 16 610 4267 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 298 11 9.4 -5.0 17 587 4572 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 299 7 6.4 -3.6 18 566 4877 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 331 4 2.0 -3.6 19 524 5486 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 318 12 7.7 -8.7 20 500 5870 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 288 10 9.9 -3.2 21 485 6096 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 282 9 8.5 -1.8 22 467 6401 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 269 17 17.2 0.2 23 448 6706 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 252 19 17.9 5.9 24 431 7010 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 247 14 12.7 5.4 25 414 7315 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 236 15 12.2 8.2 26 400 7580 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 233 14 11.2 8.3 27 381 7925 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 293 9 8.1 -3.5 28 366 8230 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 313 15 11.0 -10.1 29 300 9670 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 314 37 26.8 -25.7 30 296 9754 325 45 25.8 -36.9 | 320 36 23.0 -27.3 31 260 10668 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 292 52 48.3 -20.0 32 250 10940 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 292 50 46.6 -19.0 33 249 10973 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 287 53 50.7 -15.4 34 238 11278 300 58 50.2 -29.0 | 292 51 47.4 -19.5 35 217 11887 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 292 49 45.7 -18.5 36 207 12192 300 52 45.0 -26.0 | 291 45 42.3 -16.5 37 200 12420 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 297 45 39.8 -20.3 38 171 13411 310 53 40.6 -34.1 | 303 45 37.8 -24.5 39 155 14021 310 47 36.0 -30.2 | 302 39 33.2 -20.7 40 150 14230 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 300 30 26.3 -14.9 41 140 14630 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 285 26 24.9 -6.5 42 114 15850 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 248 34 31.1 12.5 43 108 16154 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 249 35 33.1 12.7 44 100 16610 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 259 34 33.1 6.4 45 97 16764 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 259 34 33.1 6.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -48.8 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 69.05 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 155 10 159 20| 12.3 0.0 12.3| 0.0 -11.1 -11.1 -22.2 -0.17| 13.2 -2.3 1000 148 10 156 20| 6.2 2.9 9.1| 0.0 -33.0 -33.0 -33.0 -0.34| 9.6 -3.3 1500 138 10 151 19| 4.1 3.9 8.0| 0.0 -48.8 -48.8 -32.5 -0.41| 8.6 -3.5 2000 134 9 150 18| 3.8 2.9 6.7| 40.8 -48.8 -8.0 -4.0 0.02| 9.4 0.2 2500 135 8 151 17| 2.0 2.3 4.3| 48.9 -48.8 0.0 0.0 0.10| 9.2 0.9 3000 141 8 154 18| 1.7 2.6 4.3| 60.3 -48.8 11.4 3.8 0.21| 9.0 1.9 4000 279 11 226 11| 1.2 2.1 3.3| 71.3 -80.7 -9.4 -2.4 0.10| 9.5 1.0 5000 305 12 250 8| 0.4 1.7 2.0|103.1 -81.0 22.1 4.4 0.21| 9.4 2.0 6000 314 13 267 7| 0.3 1.6 1.9|103.1-102.4 0.7 0.1 0.11| 8.9 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20200322.23.gif