UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 MAR 20 Searching for ZSQD... Searching the city database file for: ZSQD ... Date:1200Z 28 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 1015 77 6.6 -3.4 49 10.0 2.5 195 7 278.6 279.1 274.9 286.7 2.92 1 1000 201 5.6 -2.4 56 8.0 2.3 190 11 278.8 279.3 275.5 287.7 3.20 2 925 833 2.6 -9.4 41 12.0 -1.6 280 5 282.0 282.3 275.5 287.8 2.02 3 850 1509 -3.1 -14.1 42 11.0 -6.4 355 9 282.9 283.2 275.3 287.3 1.51 4 700 3041 -6.7 -43.7 3 37.0 -12.1 255 15 295.1 295.1 279.3 295.5 0.11 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices Freezing level: 890.79 mb = 1141.35 m = 3744.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 955.97 mb = 566.07 m = 1857.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.71 % Est. max temperature: 10.77 C = 51.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.08 mb = 1322.37 m = 4338.43 ft T: -1.53 C ThetaE index: 0.47 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): None Cap Strength: 10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 390.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.92 mb = 1716.69 m = 5632.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 311 at 7 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 1015 77 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 162 12 -3.8 11.6 1 1000 201 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 167 16 -3.7 15.7 2 925 833 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 170 4 -0.7 4.0 3 850 1509 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 50 6 -4.8 -4.1 4 700 3041 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 225 12 8.9 8.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -30.6 tot: -10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 17.77 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 206 9 173 13| 6.1 0.0 6.1| 19.9 0.0 19.9 39.8 0.47| 12.6 5.9 1000 225 8 178 10| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 19.9 -2.0 18.0 18.0 0.20| 10.2 2.0 1500 267 8 201 6| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 20.3 -3.2 17.1 11.4 0.05| 9.2 0.5 2000 301 8 247 2| 4.1 1.6 5.6| 20.3 -10.1 10.2 5.1 -0.13| 8.5 -1.1 2500 297 9 253 3| 3.3 2.6 5.9| 20.3 -18.7 1.6 0.7 -0.26| 8.3 -2.2 3000 NO DATA | 3.3 2.6 5.9| | 4000 NO DATA | 3.3 2.6 5.9| | 5000 NO DATA | 3.3 2.6 5.9| | 6000 NO DATA | 3.3 2.6 5.9| | Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//ZSQD/skewt/ZSQD.skewt.20200328.12.gif