UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for VTCC... Searching the city database file for: VTCC ... Date:0000Z 20 MAR 20 Station: VTCC WMO ident: 48327 Latitude: 18.78 Longitude: 98.98 Elevation: 314.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 0 0.0 -44.0 2 44.0 -6.2 273.1 273.2 267.0 273.4 0.08 SFC 975 314 24.0 17.0 65 7.0 19.2 0 0 299.3 301.6 293.3 336.1 12.60 2 956 489 27.6 15.6 48 12.0 19.5 292 4 304.6 306.8 294.3 339.7 11.73 3 925 782 25.2 15.2 54 10.0 18.4 230 10 305.1 307.3 294.4 340.4 11.82 4 850 1521 21.4 10.4 49 11.0 14.4 330 7 308.6 310.3 293.6 337.0 9.36 5 825 1779 20.0 7.0 43 13.0 12.1 293 5 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.2 7.64 6 758 2502 14.0 6.0 58 8.0 9.2 258 8 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.8 7.76 7 744 2659 13.4 -1.6 35 15.0 5.5 253 9 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.2 4.57 8 734 2773 12.2 7.2 71 5.0 9.2 249 10 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.6 8.72 9 701 3157 10.0 -9.0 25 19.0 1.5 235 16 313.4 314.0 289.5 322.3 2.76 10 700 3169 10.0 -8.0 27 18.0 1.7 235 16 313.6 314.1 289.7 323.2 2.99 11 673 3494 6.6 -1.4 57 8.0 2.4 222 17 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.5 5.13 12 649 3791 4.8 -19.2 16 24.0 -3.6 211 18 314.5 314.8 288.3 318.9 1.29 13 621 4150 3.0 -37.0 3 40.0 -6.4 199 20 316.5 316.5 287.9 317.4 0.26 14 587 4604 -0.5 -15.5 31 15.0 -6.1 205 18 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.0 1.95 15 500 5870 -7.9 -31.9 13 24.0 -13.6 165 52 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.53 16 491 6011 -9.1 -31.1 15 22.0 -14.3 165 51 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.7 0.58 17 426 7097 -14.5 -44.5 6 30.0 -19.2 216 42 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.17 18 400 7570 -18.7 -42.7 10 24.0 -22.3 240 37 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.5 0.22 19 395 7663 -19.5 -49.5 5 30.0 -23.2 235 38 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 20 341 8734 -28.1 -46.1 16 18.0 -30.0 242 53 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.18 21 336 8840 -29.1 -43.1 25 14.0 -30.7 243 54 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.25 22 323 9121 -30.5 -33.7 73 3.2 -31.0 245 58 335.2 335.4 293.8 337.8 0.69 23 307 9479 -33.3 -35.7 79 2.4 -33.6 235 63 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.5 0.59 24 300 9640 -34.5 -37.3 76 2.8 -34.8 230 65 336.7 336.9 294.0 338.7 0.52 25 279 10144 -38.9 -43.0 65 4.1 -39.3 232 72 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.7 0.31 26 276 10218 -38.5 -43.5 59 5.0 -38.9 233 73 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.29 27 271 10345 -36.5 -59.5 7 23.0 -37.8 233 75 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 28 250 10900 -40.7 235 76 345.6 29 214 11939 -49.9 235 83 347.0 30 200 12380 -52.5 235 102 349.6 31 183 12948 -57.5 235 138 350.5 32 176 13193 -59.3 235 154 351.5 33 150 14177 -66.5 355.5 TRP WND 176 13193 -59.3 235 154 351.5 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.00 m Freezing level: 591.86 mb = 4538.88 m = 14891.17 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.76 % Est. max temperature: 34.35 C = 93.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.92 mb = 1218.64 m = 3998.13 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 701.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.31 mb = 3035.08 m = 9957.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.49 C = 99.48 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 21.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 142.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 281.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.64 mb = 2109.68 m = 6921.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.64 mb = 4445.52 m = 14584.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.64 mb = 6873.39 m = 22550.20 ft B at Equ Level: 81.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.64 mb = 10936.49 m = 35880.43 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 227 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 975 314 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 47 14 -10.1 -9.6 1 943 610 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 30 8 -3.7 -6.6 2 925 782 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 38 4 -2.4 -3.1 3 911 914 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 4 880 1219 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 30 14 -7.3 -12.4 5 850 1521 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 23 17 -6.6 -15.6 6 820 1829 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 26 12 -5.3 -10.9 7 791 2134 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 23 8 -3.3 -7.7 8 763 2438 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 15 8 -2.2 -8.2 9 736 2743 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 6 6 -0.7 -6.1 10 700 3169 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 277 3 3.0 -0.4 11 659 3658 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 183 5 0.2 5.2 12 610 4267 195 20 5.2 19.3 | 153 11 -4.9 9.8 13 566 4877 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 166 4 -0.9 3.5 14 500 5870 165 52 -13.5 50.2 | 150 47 -23.6 40.7 15 485 6096 165 51 -13.2 49.3 | 150 46 -23.3 39.7 16 400 7570 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 248 24 21.9 8.9 17 397 7620 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 240 23 20.2 11.7 18 321 9144 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 250 46 43.4 15.4 19 300 9640 230 65 49.8 41.8 | 231 51 39.7 32.2 20 259 10668 235 80 65.5 45.9 | 237 66 55.4 36.3 21 250 10900 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 237 62 52.2 34.0 22 206 12192 235 85 69.6 48.8 | 237 71 59.5 39.2 23 200 12380 235 102 83.6 58.5 | 236 88 73.5 48.9 24 176 13193 235 154 126.1 88.3 | 236 140 116.1 78.8 25 170 13411 235 154 126.1 88.3 | 236 140 116.1 78.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -42.3 tot: -30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.89 Bulk Shear: 29.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 239 6 39 8| 0.0 10.0 10.0| 2.0 -16.2 -14.3 -28.5 -0.25| 13.9 -3.5 1000 246 6 32 8| 5.6 5.0 10.6| 9.3 -22.7 -13.4 -13.4 -0.16| 13.3 -2.1 1500 270 6 23 10| 3.7 4.3 8.0| 12.1 -29.1 -17.1 -11.4 -0.15| 11.3 -1.7 2000 268 6 23 10| 2.8 4.2 7.1| 12.1 -32.0 -19.9 -9.9 -0.16| 9.6 -1.5 2500 264 7 21 9| 2.2 4.2 6.4| 12.1 -36.3 -24.2 -9.7 -0.20| 8.5 -1.7 3000 255 8 17 8| 1.9 4.6 6.5| 12.1 -42.3 -30.2 -10.1 -0.31| 8.4 -2.6 4000 233 11 25 3| 1.4 3.9 5.3| 12.1 -53.4 -41.3 -10.3 -0.37| 7.7 -2.9 5000 222 13 87 2| 1.6 4.8 6.4| 16.8 -62.0 -45.2 -9.0 -0.26| 8.6 -2.2 6000 197 19 150 10| 1.4 5.5 7.0|117.4-191.3 -74.0 -12.3 -0.22| 10.6 -2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VTCC/skewt/VTCC.skewt.20200320.00.gif