UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 MAR 20 Searching for VTSP... Searching the city database file for: VTSP ... Date:0000Z 25 MAR 20 Station: VTSP WMO ident: 48565 Latitude: 8.12 Longitude: 98.32 Elevation: 10.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 10 26.6 23.5 83 3.1 24.3 0 0 299.2 302.6 297.3 353.1 18.42 1 1000 72 26.8 22.4 77 4.4 23.6 30 15 300.0 303.1 296.8 350.6 17.30 2 925 757 22.2 19.6 85 2.6 20.4 105 8 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.4 15.71 3 850 1490 17.8 15.1 84 2.7 16.0 120 11 304.8 307.2 295.0 343.0 12.80 4 700 3129 10.8 -0.2 46 11.0 4.8 115 8 314.4 315.5 292.1 331.5 5.39 5 500 5860 -4.5 -33.5 8 29.0 -11.6 310 5 327.6 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.45 6 400 7580 -14.7 -33.7 18 19.0 -18.8 280 15 335.9 336.0 293.8 338.0 0.55 7 300 9690 -29.7 -54.7 7 25.0 -31.9 255 9 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.08 8 250 10960 -39.9 -53.9 21 14.0 -40.8 205 6 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.10 9 200 12450 -52.3 -58.3 48 6.0 -52.5 155 17 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.07 10 150 14240 -67.3 -75.3 31 8.0 -67.4 280 9 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 11 100 16590 -81.3 -88.3 30 7.0 -81.3 70 7 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.00 12 98 16704 -81.7 -89.7 24 8.0 -81.7 70 7 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 13 90 17182 -81.3 -91.3 17 10.0 -81.3 56 8 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 14 78 17982 -83.9 -93.9 16 10.0 -83.9 59 13 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 15 73 18351 -82.3 -93.3 13 11.0 -82.3 60 13 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 16 71 18508 -77.5 -89.5 13 12.0 -77.6 60 7 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 17 70 18590 -76.7 -87.7 16 11.0 -76.7 60 4 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 18 68 18758 -74.7 -85.7 17 11.0 -74.7 63 5 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.1 0.00 19 61 19387 -76.5 -86.5 19 10.0 -76.6 73 9 437.6 437.6 309.6 437.6 0.00 20 50 20560 -67.1 -83.1 9 16.0 -67.3 70 16 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.01 21 30 23710 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.6 100 12 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.00 22 28 24145 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -58.6 89 11 600.2 600.2 320.6 600.2 0.00 TRP 98 16704 -81.7 -89.7 24 8.0 -81.7 70 7 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.00 m Freezing level: 558.82 mb = 5056.76 m = 16590.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.19 mb = 3841.29 m = 12602.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.11 mb = 411.37 m = 1349.63 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 23.83 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.07 mb = 1228.08 m = 4029.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 26.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.12 mb = 897.61 m = 2944.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.12 mb = 3666.85 m = 12030.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.12 mb = 11660.05 m = 38254.30 ft B at Equ Level: 304.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.12 mb = 14845.62 m = 48705.52 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 163 at 6 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 1006 10 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 343 6 1.9 -6.2 1 1000 72 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 16 20 -5.6 -19.2 2 974 305 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 343 6 1.9 -6.2 3 941 610 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 45 9 -6.1 -6.2 4 925 757 105 8 -7.7 2.1 | 55 7 -5.8 -4.1 5 908 914 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 58 7 -5.6 -3.5 6 877 1219 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 70 8 -7.5 -2.8 7 850 1490 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 85 8 -7.6 -0.7 8 817 1829 135 13 -9.2 9.2 | 112 8 -7.3 3.0 9 788 2134 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 131 8 -6.1 5.3 10 760 2438 135 15 -10.6 10.6 | 117 10 -8.7 4.4 11 733 2743 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 99 12 -11.9 1.8 12 707 3048 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 85 8 -7.6 -0.7 13 700 3129 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 62 6 -5.3 -2.8 14 656 3658 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 352 5 0.6 -4.7 15 586 4572 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 183 4 0.2 3.7 16 500 5860 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 329 11 5.7 -9.4 17 485 6096 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 331 8 3.8 -6.9 18 400 7580 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 298 19 16.7 -8.8 19 398 7620 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 302 18 15.4 -9.8 20 323 9144 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 284 12 11.3 -2.8 21 300 9690 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 290 11 10.6 -3.9 22 261 10668 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 280 7 6.9 -1.2 23 250 10960 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 280 5 4.4 -0.8 24 208 12192 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 175 10 -0.9 9.6 25 200 12450 155 17 -7.2 15.4 | 150 11 -5.3 9.2 26 163 13716 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 220 8 5.3 6.4 27 150 14240 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 306 13 10.8 -7.8 28 126 15240 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 332 10 4.7 -9.0 29 100 16590 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 29 10 -4.7 -8.6 30 98 16704 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 29 10 -4.7 -8.6 31 97 16764 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 17 10 -3.0 -9.6 32 74 18288 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 39 18 -11.1 -13.7 33 70 18590 60 4 -3.5 -2.0 | 11 8 -1.6 -8.2 34 57 19812 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 50 13 -9.9 -8.3 35 50 20560 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 48 18 -13.1 -11.7 36 44 21336 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 115 9 -8.0 3.7 37 34 22860 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 39 14 -9.0 -11.3 38 30 23710 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 67 11 -9.9 -4.1 39 25 24384 75 9 -8.7 -2.3 | 39 11 -6.8 -8.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 162.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: -38.5 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 19.97 Bulk Shear: 15.34 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 36 5 7 11| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 25.4 -19.0 6.4 12.9 0.16| 32.5 5.2 1000 79 7 32 9| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 39.7 -19.0 20.7 20.7 0.30| 20.2 6.0 1500 96 8 47 8| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 46.2 -19.0 27.2 18.2 0.35| 14.7 5.1 2000 110 9 64 7| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 56.5 -19.0 37.5 18.8 0.41| 12.3 5.1 2500 119 10 80 7| 2.8 0.6 3.4| 58.3 -25.7 32.6 13.0 0.34| 10.8 3.7 3000 120 11 84 8| 2.3 0.9 3.2| 58.3 -38.5 19.8 6.6 0.22| 10.2 2.3 4000 121 9 78 6| 1.2 0.6 1.8| 59.1 -49.3 9.8 2.4 0.09| 9.2 0.8 5000 131 9 88 5| 1.3 0.5 1.9| 69.0 -49.3 19.7 3.9 0.20| 8.8 1.7 6000 133 9 86 4| 0.5 0.4 0.9| 94.9 -49.3 45.6 7.6 0.28| 8.4 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VTSP/skewt/VTSP.skewt.20200325.00.gif