UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for ZSQD... Searching the city database file for: ZSQD ... Date:1200Z 21 MAR 20 Station: ZSQD WMO ident: 54857 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: 120.33 Elevation: 77.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 77 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.9 170 5 287.8 288.9 284.0 306.5 6.63 1 1000 90 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.4 160 5 288.0 289.2 284.5 308.0 7.12 2 925 753 15.2 6.2 55 9.0 10.2 345 17 294.9 296.0 286.6 313.6 6.43 3 850 1463 12.2 -4.8 30 17.0 4.4 320 21 298.9 299.5 284.7 308.5 3.14 4 700 3056 -0.3 -5.2 69 4.9 -2.4 275 19 302.2 302.8 286.6 313.5 3.71 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices Freezing level: 703.60 mb = 3017.77 m = 9900.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.41 mb = 2452.67 m = 8046.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.96 mb = 964.82 m = 3165.38 ft T: 14.30 C ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.70 mb = 2603.42 m = 8541.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 376.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.69 mb = 1543.57 m = 5064.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 341 at 13 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 1002 77 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 164 18 -5.1 17.5 1 1000 90 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 161 18 -5.9 17.3 2 925 753 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 357 4 0.2 -3.8 3 850 1463 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 291 10 9.3 -3.5 4 700 3056 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 233 18 14.7 10.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.5 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 341.5 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -168.0 tot: -168.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: -9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 61.69 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 53 9 121 14| 0.0 18.4 18.4| 0.0 -95.0 -95.0 -190.0 -0.88| 24.4-21.5 1000 342 13 116 0| 0.0 12.2 12.2| 0.0-115.1-115.1 -115.1 -0.85| 21.2-18.0 1500 333 15 292 3| 0.0 8.6 8.6| 0.0-124.9-124.9 -83.3 -0.83| 16.3-13.6 2000 325 17 282 5| 0.0 6.1 6.1| 0.0-138.5-138.5 -69.2 -0.84| 13.5-11.3 2500 318 17 272 7| 0.0 4.6 4.6| 0.0-153.9-153.9 -61.6 -0.83| 11.8 -9.9 3000 NO DATA | 0.0 4.6 4.6| | 4000 NO DATA | 0.0 4.6 4.6| | 5000 NO DATA | 0.0 4.6 4.6| | 6000 NO DATA | 0.0 4.6 4.6| | Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//ZSQD/skewt/ZSQD.skewt.20200321.12.gif