UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032623.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 26 MAR 20 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:2300Z 26 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 1009 20 25.4 23.3 88 2.1 23.9 0 0 297.8 301.1 296.7 350.4 18.13 1 925 781 25.8 9.8 36 16.0 15.7 145 14 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.6 8.24 2 850 1519 20.8 11.8 56 9.0 15.0 105 20 307.9 309.9 294.1 339.1 10.28 3 700 3171 12.6 -0.4 41 13.0 5.5 85 16 316.4 317.5 292.6 333.4 5.31 4 500 5920 -1.9 -21.9 20 20.0 -8.7 170 12 330.7 331.0 293.2 335.4 1.32 5 400 7650 -15.5 -29.5 29 14.0 -18.9 225 15 334.8 335.0 293.8 337.9 0.83 6 300 9760 -29.1 -46.1 18 17.0 -31.0 285 20 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.2 0.20 7 250 11030 -39.3 -53.3 21 14.0 -40.2 220 10 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.11 8 200 12520 -52.9 -64.9 22 12.0 -53.2 265 5 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 9 150 14310 -65.7 -76.7 20 11.0 -65.8 185 29 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 10 100 16690 -76.3 -89.3 11 13.0 -76.3 235 22 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.21 m Freezing level: 526.21 mb = 5559.79 m = 18240.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.61 mb = 4128.23 m = 13543.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.26 % Est. max temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.04 mb = 284.14 m = 932.21 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 925.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.37 mb = 3451.59 m = 11323.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.58 C = 114.04 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 5.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: 5.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: 21.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4268.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.47 mb = 1635.17 m = 5364.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 140 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 1009 20 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 320 10 6.8 -8.0 1 977 305 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 217 7 4.4 5.8 2 943 610 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 212 8 4.2 6.8 3 925 781 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 160 4 -1.2 3.5 4 911 914 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 104 4 -3.9 1.0 5 880 1219 110 16 -15.0 5.5 | 73 9 -8.2 -2.5 6 850 1519 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 77 13 -12.5 -2.8 7 820 1829 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 77 13 -12.5 -2.8 8 791 2134 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 57 15 -12.2 -8.0 9 763 2438 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 57 15 -12.2 -8.0 10 736 2743 85 20 -19.9 -1.7 | 53 16 -13.1 -9.7 11 710 3048 85 19 -18.9 -1.7 | 51 16 -12.1 -9.7 12 700 3171 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 44 13 -9.1 -9.4 13 660 3658 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 46 11 -8.2 -8.0 14 635 3962 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 57 8 -6.7 -4.4 15 612 4267 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 351 12 1.9 -11.4 16 590 4572 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 343 18 5.2 -16.9 17 568 4877 60 4 -3.5 -2.0 | 342 11 3.3 -10.0 18 527 5486 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 229 9 6.8 6.0 19 500 5920 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 231 6 4.7 3.8 20 489 6096 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 235 7 5.8 4.0 21 470 6401 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 260 10 9.4 1.7 22 452 6706 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 252 9 8.7 2.8 23 434 7010 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 267 10 9.9 0.5 24 418 7315 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 271 16 16.0 -0.3 25 400 7650 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 261 18 17.4 2.6 26 385 7925 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 266 16 16.0 1.2 27 370 8230 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 276 16 15.8 -1.7 28 300 9754 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 290 28 26.7 -9.7 29 300 9760 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 297 29 26.1 -13.2 30 263 10668 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 249 12 11.2 4.2 31 252 10973 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 269 11 10.6 0.2 32 250 11030 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 271 13 13.2 -0.3 33 241 11278 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 265 15 14.5 1.2 34 220 11887 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 297 18 15.8 -8.0 35 210 12192 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 308 19 15.0 -11.8 36 200 12520 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 303 14 11.8 -7.6 37 173 13411 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 243 13 11.9 6.1 38 157 14021 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 223 24 16.0 17.4 39 150 14310 185 29 2.5 28.9 | 204 23 9.3 20.9 40 142 14630 180 30 0.0 30.0 | 197 23 6.8 22.0 41 115 15850 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 311 11 8.7 -7.5 42 110 16154 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 193 10 2.1 9.4 43 100 16690 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 259 25 24.8 4.6 44 99 16764 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 259 25 24.8 4.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.6 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 139.6 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -41.0 tot: -18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 20.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 170 10 248 5| 15.1 0.0 15.1| 20.5 -1.8 18.7 37.3 -0.21| 32.3 -6.7 1000 157 12 212 4| 7.6 6.0 13.6| 20.5 -13.7 6.7 6.7 -0.38| 22.4 -8.5 1500 138 14 133 3| 5.0 6.6 11.6| 22.6 -17.6 5.0 3.3 -0.35| 17.7 -6.1 2000 126 15 100 6| 3.8 5.4 9.2| 22.6 -28.6 -6.0 -3.0 -0.38| 14.1 -5.4 2500 117 16 85 8| 3.0 4.6 7.6| 22.6 -36.1 -13.6 -5.4 -0.40| 11.8 -4.7 3000 110 17 76 9| 2.5 4.0 6.5| 22.6 -41.0 -18.4 -6.1 -0.40| 10.2 -4.1 4000 105 16 67 10| 2.3 3.0 5.3| 27.9 -53.2 -25.3 -6.3 -0.38| 9.0 -3.4 5000 100 15 54 9| 2.6 2.7 5.3| 34.8 -84.8 -50.0 -10.0 -0.37| 9.6 -3.6 6000 110 14 63 7| 3.4 2.4 5.9| 41.6 -84.8 -43.2 -7.2 -0.31| 10.0 -3.1 Wrote GIF file: 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