UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032323.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:2300Z 23 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 18 26.0 23.3 85 2.7 24.0 0 0 298.5 301.8 296.9 351.3 18.15 1 1000 88 26.2 21.6 76 4.6 22.9 155 6 299.4 302.4 296.1 347.4 16.46 2 925 772 21.2 17.5 79 3.7 18.7 130 10 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.3 13.73 3 850 1508 22.0 11.0 50 11.0 14.9 140 7 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.9 9.74 4 700 3158 9.0 5.2 77 3.8 6.8 345 18 312.5 314.0 293.6 337.1 7.95 5 500 5870 -4.7 -21.7 25 17.0 -10.3 300 19 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.1 1.35 6 400 7590 -16.3 -31.3 26 15.0 -19.7 305 26 333.8 333.9 293.4 336.4 0.70 7 300 9690 -31.3 -41.3 37 10.0 -32.6 310 46 341.3 341.3 295.0 342.6 0.34 8 250 10960 -39.1 -53.1 21 14.0 -40.1 295 29 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.4 0.11 9 200 12450 -51.3 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.7 275 17 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 10 150 14250 -65.9 -79.9 12 14.0 -66.0 280 30 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.00 m Freezing level: 568.61 mb = 4939.61 m = 16205.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.73 mb = 4126.69 m = 13538.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.38 % Est. max temperature: 35.83 C = 96.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.60 mb = 358.86 m = 1177.36 ft T: 24.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 19.29 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.08 mb = 2259.35 m = 7412.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.31 C = 100.96 F Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.41 mb = 996.88 m = 3270.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.41 mb = 3676.25 m = 12061.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 576.41 mb = 4723.80 m = 15497.84 ft B at Equ Level: 9.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 486.41 mb = 6082.45 m = 19955.29 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 13 at 9 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 18 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 193 9 2.1 9.1 1 1000 88 155 6 -2.5 5.4 | 178 15 -0.4 14.6 2 976 305 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 165 16 -4.2 15.5 3 942 610 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 160 17 -5.5 15.6 4 925 772 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 160 17 -5.5 15.6 5 910 914 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 156 17 -6.9 15.5 6 879 1219 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 169 12 -2.2 11.6 7 850 1508 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 171 15 -2.4 14.5 8 819 1829 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 195 5 1.4 5.2 9 790 2134 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 182 1 0.1 1.4 10 762 2438 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 336 5 2.1 -4.9 11 735 2743 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 321 11 6.8 -8.2 12 709 3048 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 311 10 7.9 -6.8 13 700 3158 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 321 11 6.8 -8.2 14 658 3658 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 301 10 8.9 -5.4 15 634 3962 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 302 6 5.5 -3.4 16 610 4267 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 325 6 3.3 -4.8 17 587 4572 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 325 6 3.3 -4.8 18 566 4877 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 288 10 9.1 -3.0 19 524 5486 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 265 14 13.6 1.1 20 500 5870 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 271 19 18.6 -0.4 21 486 6096 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 274 20 20.3 -1.4 22 467 6401 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 267 24 23.7 1.3 23 449 6706 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 265 22 21.9 2.0 24 431 7010 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 270 22 22.1 -0.2 25 415 7315 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 280 20 20.1 -3.5 26 400 7590 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 284 24 23.4 -5.8 27 382 7925 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 278 24 23.8 -3.4 28 366 8230 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 279 25 24.6 -3.9 29 300 9690 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 299 43 37.4 -20.4 30 297 9754 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 298 41 35.8 -19.1 31 261 10668 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 284 33 32.4 -8.4 32 250 10960 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 276 29 28.4 -3.1 33 250 10973 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 281 28 27.2 -5.4 34 238 11278 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 272 29 29.4 -0.8 35 218 11887 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 245 26 24.0 11.1 36 208 12192 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 243 24 21.1 10.8 37 200 12450 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 248 21 19.1 7.7 38 172 13411 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 258 21 20.5 4.2 39 156 14021 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 267 24 23.7 1.3 40 150 14250 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 263 32 31.7 3.9 41 141 14630 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 263 33 32.7 3.8 42 115 15850 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 255 27 26.0 7.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.1 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 13.1 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -51.9 tot: -33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 51.53 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 139 8 169 15| 10.0 0.0 10.0| 0.0 -27.3 -27.3 -54.6 -0.70| 11.2 -7.8 1000 133 9 164 16| 5.0 0.8 5.8| 3.6 -34.5 -31.0 -31.0 -0.57| 7.5 -4.3 1500 131 8 165 15| 2.7 0.5 3.2| 12.2 -35.0 -22.8 -15.2 -0.29| 7.2 -2.1 2000 125 7 164 14| 2.0 3.4 5.4| 18.3 -42.5 -24.2 -12.1 -0.13| 9.1 -1.2 2500 99 8 151 12| 1.6 4.6 6.2| 18.5 -43.6 -25.0 -10.0 -0.06| 9.4 -0.5 3000 51 10 120 6| 1.4 4.3 5.6| 18.5 -51.9 -33.4 -11.1 -0.11| 8.8 -1.0 4000 6 11 338 2| 1.5 3.1 4.7| 22.8 -60.3 -37.4 -9.4 -0.12| 7.7 -0.9 5000 359 12 318 4| 1.3 2.7 4.0| 26.1 -72.7 -46.6 -9.3 -0.16| 7.1 -1.1 6000 343 13 296 6| 1.1 2.8 3.9| 35.1 -83.4 -48.3 -8.0 -0.15| 6.9 -1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20200323.23.gif