UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 15 APR 25 Searching for FALE... Searching the city database file for: FALE ... Date:1200Z 15 APR 25 Station: FALE WMO ident: 68592 Latitude: -29.60 Longitude: 31.13 Elevation: 109.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 109 20.0 10.0 53 10.0 14.1 200 11 292.3 293.7 286.8 314.2 7.65 1 1000 194 19.0 9.0 52 10.0 13.2 215 13 292.1 293.4 286.3 312.8 7.21 2 953 605 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.2 210 18 292.3 293.6 286.4 312.9 7.17 3 943 695 14.6 8.6 67 6.0 11.2 198 18 292.6 293.9 286.7 314.0 7.45 4 925 858 14.0 11.8 87 2.2 12.7 175 18 293.6 295.3 288.9 320.6 9.44 5 918 922 13.8 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 169 19 294.1 296.0 290.3 325.1 10.86 6 858 1491 11.6 11.6 100 0.0 11.6 117 8 297.5 299.3 290.7 326.7 10.05 7 850 1570 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 110 6 297.9 299.5 289.9 323.7 8.86 8 842 1649 10.8 7.1 78 3.7 8.7 102 6 298.3 299.6 288.9 320.4 7.53 9 711 3042 3.4 3.4 100 0.0 3.4 340 15 304.9 306.2 290.5 325.7 6.89 10 700 3169 3.4 3.4 100 0.0 3.4 325 16 306.2 307.6 291.0 327.5 7.00 11 695 3227 2.8 2.8 100 0.0 2.8 323 16 306.2 307.5 290.7 326.7 6.75 12 673 3487 2.4 1.7 95 0.7 2.0 311 17 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.4 6.44 13 632 3990 -2.7 -5.0 84 2.3 -3.7 290 18 308.4 309.2 289.2 321.4 4.17 14 611 4256 -5.3 -13.3 53 8.0 -8.2 288 16 308.4 308.8 287.3 315.6 2.24 15 573 4759 -6.3 -10.0 75 3.7 -7.8 292 17 312.9 313.5 289.6 322.9 3.12 16 568 4827 -6.7 -9.8 79 3.1 -7.9 295 18 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.5 3.20 17 546 5134 -9.7 -18.7 48 9.0 -12.5 307 25 313.2 313.5 288.3 318.5 1.60 18 522 5480 -11.9 -19.9 51 8.0 -14.2 308 27 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.7 1.51 19 520 5509 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.6 307 27 316.9 317.3 289.8 323.2 1.89 20 516 5568 -11.5 -17.5 61 6.0 -13.4 307 27 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.4 1.87 21 515 5583 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -13.0 307 27 317.3 317.7 289.8 323.5 1.85 22 514 5598 -11.5 -17.5 61 6.0 -13.4 307 27 316.5 316.9 289.6 322.8 1.88 23 507 5703 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.6 306 28 317.5 317.9 289.9 323.8 1.88 24 506 5718 -10.1 -16.1 61 6.0 -12.2 306 28 319.6 320.1 290.8 326.8 2.15 25 500 5810 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.6 305 28 318.8 319.1 290.3 325.2 1.90 26 447 6663 -16.5 -21.5 65 5.0 -17.9 298 41 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.4 1.53 27 400 7490 -22.9 -27.5 66 4.6 -23.9 295 49 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.8 1.00 28 382 7825 -25.9 -28.5 79 2.6 -26.4 295 50 325.6 325.8 291.4 329.0 0.95 29 352 8412 -29.5 -43.5 25 14.0 -31.0 295 54 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.23 30 317 9150 -35.5 -42.5 49 7.0 -36.2 297 65 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.29 31 300 9530 -38.9 -44.9 53 6.0 -39.4 300 67 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.23 32 250 10760 -48.7 -53.7 56 5.0 -48.9 290 77 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 33 238 11082 -51.3 -57.3 49 6.0 -51.5 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.00 m Freezing level: 653.71 mb = 3723.44 m = 12215.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.63 mb = 3659.44 m = 12005.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.56 mb = 1369.08 m = 4491.69 ft T: 12.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 6.32 C Layer 850.0- 711.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.94 mb = 2461.38 m = 8075.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lifted Index: 7.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.90 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2843.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.67 mb = 1339.11 m = 4393.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 327 at 12 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 1010 109 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 172 21 -2.9 20.6 1 1000 194 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 182 21 0.8 20.9 2 987 305 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 183 20 1.1 19.5 3 952 610 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 185 26 2.3 25.9 4 925 858 175 18 -1.6 17.9 | 164 29 -8.2 28.2 5 919 914 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 161 31 -10.0 29.0 6 850 1570 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 135 17 -12.3 12.3 7 794 2134 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 110 15 -14.0 5.1 8 765 2438 50 8 -6.1 -5.1 | 112 14 -12.8 5.2 9 700 3169 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 318 4 2.5 -2.8 10 633 3962 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 248 11 10.3 4.1 11 585 4572 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 220 9 5.9 6.9 12 542 5182 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 296 15 13.3 -6.4 13 500 5810 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 290 17 16.3 -5.8 14 462 6401 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 289 29 27.1 -9.2 15 426 7010 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 284 33 32.3 -7.9 16 400 7490 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 285 39 37.7 -10.4 17 360 8230 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 286 41 39.6 -11.3 18 331 8839 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 288 53 50.4 -16.3 19 300 9530 300 67 58.0 -33.5 | 294 56 51.4 -23.2 20 250 10760 290 77 72.4 -26.3 | 284 68 65.7 -16.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -230.6 tot: -203.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: -6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 53.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 214 14 183 22| 7.6 0.0 7.6| 26.3 0.0 26.3 52.5 0.42| 11.7 4.9 1000 195 16 174 26| 3.8 8.3 12.1| 26.3-131.6-105.3 -105.3 -0.42| 15.8 -6.5 1500 185 14 167 25| 2.5 7.0 9.5| 26.3-172.8-146.5 -97.7 -0.45| 14.7 -6.6 2000 173 12 160 24| 1.9 6.7 8.6| 26.3-201.2-174.9 -87.5 -0.52| 12.8 -6.6 2500 160 12 153 24| 1.5 5.7 7.3| 27.5-212.0-184.5 -73.8 -0.52| 11.3 -5.9 3000 156 12 152 24| 1.3 5.0 6.3| 27.5-230.6-203.2 -67.7 -0.57| 11.8 -6.8 4000 274 13 214 11| 1.0 2.8 3.8| 27.5-248.8-221.3 -55.3 -0.61| 10.6 -6.5 5000 287 14 227 9| 1.3 2.1 3.4| 61.8-257.0-195.2 -39.0 -0.42| 10.2 -4.2 6000 297 16 250 8| 1.1 2.3 3.3| 68.2-264.4-196.1 -32.7 -0.38| 9.4 -3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//FALE/skewt/FALE.skewt.20250415.12.gif