UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042523.upa.cvt Date: 2300Z 25 APR 25 Searching for FACT... Searching the city database file for: FACT ... Date:2300Z 25 APR 25 Station: FACT WMO ident: 68816 Latitude: -33.98 Longitude: 18.60 Elevation: 42.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 42 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.5 140 4 284.8 286.3 285.1 309.5 8.97 1 1006 98 15.4 10.4 72 5.0 12.5 150 6 288.1 289.4 285.4 310.2 7.89 2 1001 145 19.4 10.4 56 9.0 14.0 158 8 292.5 293.9 287.1 315.1 7.93 3 1000 155 19.4 10.4 56 9.0 14.0 160 8 292.5 294.0 287.2 315.3 7.93 4 995 198 19.2 10.2 56 9.0 13.8 154 9 292.8 294.2 287.2 315.3 7.87 5 989 250 19.4 10.4 56 9.0 14.0 147 11 293.5 294.9 287.6 316.5 8.02 6 984 294 22.2 9.2 43 13.0 14.4 141 12 296.7 298.1 288.2 318.4 7.43 7 979 338 23.8 8.8 38 15.0 14.8 140 11 298.8 300.1 288.8 320.2 7.27 8 956 545 23.8 6.8 34 17.0 13.8 140 4 300.8 302.0 288.8 320.1 6.49 9 925 832 22.4 4.4 31 18.0 12.2 20 9 302.2 303.3 288.5 319.3 5.67 10 901 1060 21.2 3.2 31 18.0 11.2 10 11 303.3 304.2 288.6 319.4 5.35 11 850 1559 16.2 2.2 39 14.0 8.6 335 12 303.1 304.1 288.5 319.1 5.28 12 848 1579 16.0 2.0 39 14.0 8.5 337 12 303.1 304.1 288.4 318.9 5.21 13 838 1680 16.2 -4.8 23 21.0 6.2 344 11 304.4 304.9 286.8 314.2 3.19 14 823 1833 16.0 -12.0 13 28.0 4.3 356 9 305.7 306.1 285.9 311.6 1.85 15 803 2041 15.4 -17.6 9 33.0 2.9 12 7 307.2 307.5 285.7 311.2 1.19 16 797 2104 14.8 -17.2 9 32.0 2.7 17 6 307.3 307.5 285.8 311.3 1.24 17 715 3014 10.8 -30.2 4 41.0 -1.2 332 12 312.5 312.6 286.8 314.1 0.43 18 711 3061 10.2 -30.8 4 41.0 -1.6 329 12 312.4 312.5 286.7 313.8 0.41 19 700 3190 9.4 -31.6 4 41.0 -2.1 320 14 312.9 313.0 286.8 314.3 0.39 20 676 3477 7.6 -33.4 4 41.0 -3.3 320 15 314.0 314.1 287.2 315.2 0.34 21 655 3734 5.4 -33.6 4 39.0 -4.7 320 17 314.4 314.4 287.3 315.6 0.34 22 618 4206 3.8 -22.2 13 26.0 -4.8 309 19 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.4 1.04 23 594 4525 1.4 -24.6 12 26.0 -6.6 293 21 318.7 318.8 289.3 321.7 0.88 24 558 5023 -2.3 -25.3 15 23.0 -9.1 301 23 320.0 320.2 289.7 323.1 0.88 25 543 5238 -4.3 -22.3 23 18.0 -9.9 305 24 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.18 26 518 5606 -6.9 -23.9 24 17.0 -11.8 308 29 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.1 1.07 27 501 5865 -9.1 -25.1 26 16.0 -13.5 310 32 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.2 0.99 28 500 5880 -9.3 -25.3 26 16.0 -13.6 310 32 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.1 0.98 29 478 6226 -10.9 -30.9 18 20.0 -15.5 303 30 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.1 0.61 30 443 6805 -15.1 -37.1 13 22.0 -19.1 300 28 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.36 31 401 7551 -19.3 -34.3 25 15.0 -22.1 286 31 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.52 32 400 7570 -19.7 -33.7 28 14.0 -22.4 285 31 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.4 0.55 33 382 7910 -22.7 -33.7 36 11.0 -24.7 287 31 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.9 0.58 34 368 8183 -25.3 -34.3 43 9.0 -26.8 290 31 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.0 0.57 35 352 8504 -28.3 -36.3 46 8.0 -29.5 286 31 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.49 36 332 8921 -31.7 -38.7 50 7.0 -32.6 279 31 331.0 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.41 37 317 9247 -34.5 -42.5 44 8.0 -35.3 275 28 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.29 38 300 9630 -37.5 -44.5 48 7.0 -38.1 270 26 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.5 0.24 39 294 9769 -38.7 -46.7 43 8.0 -39.3 272 27 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 40 282 10053 -40.7 -50.7 33 10.0 -41.3 277 28 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 41 259 10625 -45.1 -56.1 28 11.0 -45.6 286 30 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 42 250 10860 -47.1 -57.1 31 10.0 -47.5 290 31 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.07 43 249 10887 -47.3 -57.3 31 10.0 -47.7 290 31 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 44 240 11130 -49.7 -57.7 39 8.0 -50.0 288 31 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.07 45 233 11323 -51.5 -57.5 49 6.0 -51.7 287 31 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 46 222 11637 -53.9 -61.9 37 8.0 -54.1 285 32 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 47 215 11842 -55.9 -60.9 53 5.0 -56.0 283 32 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 48 208 12053 -57.7 -62.7 53 5.0 -57.8 282 32 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.04 49 200 12300 -59.5 -66.5 40 7.0 -59.6 280 32 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 50 184 12816 -62.1 -69.1 39 7.0 -62.2 279 37 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.6 0.02 51 165 13482 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 277 44 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 52 150 14060 -65.7 -76.7 20 11.0 -65.8 275 50 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 53 140 14479 -66.5 -78.5 17 12.0 -66.6 278 47 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 54 135 14699 -67.3 -79.3 17 12.0 -67.4 280 45 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 55 120 15411 -66.6 -81.2 11 14.6 -66.7 275 67 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 56 118 15513 -66.5 -81.5 10 15.0 -66.6 275 65 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 57 109 15992 -67.9 -82.9 10 15.0 -68.0 278 55 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 58 100 16510 -68.7 -83.7 10 15.0 -68.8 280 44 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 59 90 17137 -70.5 -85.5 9 15.0 -70.6 283 38 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 60 71 18546 -69.5 -85.5 8 16.0 -69.6 290 23 433.9 433.9 309.3 434.0 0.00 61 70 18630 -70.3 -85.3 9 15.0 -70.4 290 22 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 62 68 18802 -70.3 -86.3 8 16.0 -70.4 287 20 437.6 437.6 309.6 437.6 0.00 63 63 19262 -65.9 -83.9 6 18.0 -66.1 277 16 457.0 457.0 311.5 457.0 0.01 64 50 20680 -61.9 -82.9 4 21.0 -62.3 250 2 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.7 0.01 65 43 21611 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -63.1 246 8 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.01 66 33 23246 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -62.4 238 18 560.9 560.9 318.7 561.0 0.01 67 30 23840 -59.3 -83.3 3 24.0 -60.3 235 22 583.0 583.0 319.8 583.1 0.01 68 27 24510 -56.9 -81.9 3 25.0 -58.3 247 23 607.6 607.6 320.9 607.7 0.02 69 21 26117 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -58.0 275 26 655.2 655.3 322.9 655.4 0.02 70 20 26430 -54.9 -81.9 2 27.0 -57.1 280 26 668.1 668.1 323.4 668.3 0.02 71 11 30317 -47.5 -79.5 1 32.0 -53.7 819.6 819.6 327.7 820.2 0.07 TRP 135 14699 -67.3 -79.3 17 12.0 -67.4 280 45 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 WND 120 15411 -66.6 -81.2 11 14.6 -66.7 275 67 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.00 m Freezing level: 580.38 mb = 4713.43 m = 15463.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.43 mb = 2732.55 m = 8964.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.07 mb = 69.28 m = 227.28 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 850.0- 797.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 584.16 mb = 4658.11 m = 15282.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.96 C = 116.53 F Cap Strength: 10.14 C Lifted Index: 8.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.67 C Showalter Index: 7.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 11.50 C K Index: -13.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45857.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.98 mb = 2317.49 m = 7603.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 347 at 11 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 1012 42 140 4 -2.6 3.1 | 160 15 -5.2 14.2 1 1000 155 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 164 19 -5.3 18.6 2 983 305 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 153 23 -10.3 20.3 3 949 610 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 163 13 -3.9 12.6 4 925 832 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 115 6 -5.7 2.7 5 916 914 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 97 6 -6.4 0.8 6 850 1559 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 265 2 2.5 0.2 7 794 2134 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 140 7 -4.6 5.5 8 766 2438 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 155 8 -3.3 7.2 9 700 3190 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 267 6 6.4 0.4 10 636 3962 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 287 9 9.0 -2.7 11 589 4572 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 257 18 17.1 3.9 12 546 5182 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 279 17 17.1 -2.7 13 500 5880 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 293 24 21.9 -9.5 14 467 6401 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 279 23 22.5 -3.4 15 431 7010 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 277 21 20.8 -2.4 16 400 7570 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 264 28 27.4 3.1 17 365 8230 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 269 27 26.5 0.5 18 335 8839 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 258 29 27.9 5.7 19 300 9630 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 245 26 23.4 11.1 20 250 10860 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 269 27 26.5 0.5 21 200 12300 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 259 29 28.9 5.6 22 150 14060 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 262 48 47.2 6.8 23 135 14699 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 265 42 41.7 3.3 24 120 15411 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 265 64 64.2 5.3 25 100 16510 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 265 41 40.7 3.5 26 70 18630 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 259 18 18.1 3.6 27 50 20680 250 2 1.9 0.7 | 177 12 -0.7 11.8 28 30 23840 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 213 28 15.4 23.7 29 20 26430 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 254 24 23.0 6.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -50.5 tot: -29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 72.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 145 8 158 19| 0.0 0.2 0.2| 13.2 -18.7 -5.5 -11.0 -0.04| 15.7 -0.6 1000 99 8 140 16| 0.0 7.2 7.2| 13.2 -48.0 -34.8 -34.8 -0.37| 16.5 -6.1 1500 30 9 115 8| 0.0 5.4 5.4| 13.2 -49.0 -35.8 -23.9 -0.39| 13.6 -5.3 2000 11 9 115 5| 2.0 4.1 6.0| 13.5 -50.0 -36.5 -18.2 -0.39| 12.3 -4.8 2500 11 8 124 5| 1.6 3.1 4.7| 18.1 -50.5 -32.3 -12.9 -0.31| 10.8 -3.4 3000 2 8 132 4| 1.3 4.0 5.3| 21.2 -50.5 -29.2 -9.7 -0.19| 10.5 -2.0 4000 340 10 215 2| 1.0 3.8 4.8| 27.3 -52.4 -25.1 -6.3 -0.13| 8.9 -1.2 5000 323 13 257 5| 0.6 3.3 3.9| 48.7 -72.8 -24.1 -4.8 -0.12| 8.5 -1.0 6000 317 15 270 8| 0.5 3.0 3.5| 82.1 -83.0 -0.9 -0.2 -0.06| 8.1 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//FACT/skewt/FACT.skewt.20250425.23.gif