UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 JAN 26 Searching for FALE... Searching the city database file for: FALE ... Date:1200Z 17 JAN 26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 96 110 6 SFC 999 109 25.4 19.4 69 6.0 21.2 110 6 298.6 301.2 294.4 340.3 14.33 2 996 135 24.6 19.6 74 5.0 21.1 113 7 298.1 300.7 294.4 340.4 14.56 3 925 778 19.0 17.8 93 1.2 18.2 220 1 298.7 301.3 294.2 339.5 14.00 4 916 862 18.4 17.5 94 0.9 17.8 294 3 299.0 301.5 294.1 339.4 13.87 5 908 938 18.2 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 343 5 299.5 302.0 294.3 340.1 13.90 6 894 1071 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 357 6 301.5 303.9 294.6 341.2 13.50 7 850 1504 16.4 15.2 93 1.2 15.6 45 9 303.3 305.7 294.7 341.6 12.89 8 700 3143 9.8 7.5 86 2.3 8.4 360 11 313.3 315.1 294.8 342.3 9.34 9 682 3360 9.2 7.1 87 2.1 7.9 337 9 315.0 316.8 295.3 344.1 9.33 10 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13456 -60.7 -62.3 81 1.6 -60.7 300 30 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.3 0.05 52 168 13566 -61.7 -63.8 76 2.1 -61.7 300 30 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.4 0.04 53 150 14260 -66.7 -71.7 49 5.0 -66.7 300 29 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 54 142 14589 -68.7 -74.7 42 6.0 -68.7 303 29 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 55 139 14718 -67.7 -74.7 36 7.0 -67.8 303 29 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 56 136 14848 -68.7 -76.7 31 8.0 -68.8 304 29 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 57 124 15398 -71.3 -79.3 29 8.0 -71.3 309 29 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 58 108 16200 -78.3 -83.1 45 4.8 -78.3 315 29 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 59 100 16640 -76.9 -81.9 45 5.0 -76.9 300 13 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 60 88 17375 -75.3 -83.3 28 8.0 -75.3 325 18 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 61 72 18528 -77.5 -85.5 26 8.0 -77.5 4 26 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 62 70 18690 -75.3 -84.3 23 9.0 -75.3 10 27 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 63 67 18944 -72.9 -83.9 17 11.0 -73.0 12 25 433.8 433.8 309.3 433.9 0.01 64 53 20322 -70.7 -84.7 11 14.0 -70.8 22 15 469.0 469.0 312.5 469.0 0.01 65 50 20670 -66.1 -83.1 8 17.0 -66.4 25 13 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.8 0.01 66 49 20793 -64.5 -82.5 7 18.0 -64.8 27 13 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.4 0.01 67 46 21182 -62.7 -81.7 6 19.0 -63.1 33 14 507.7 507.7 315.5 507.8 0.01 68 40 22042 -64.5 -83.5 6 19.0 -64.9 47 16 523.9 523.9 316.5 523.9 0.01 69 33 23229 -61.5 -82.5 5 21.0 -62.2 66 20 561.5 561.5 318.7 561.6 0.01 70 31 23621 -56.7 -79.7 4 23.0 -57.9 72 20 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.7 0.02 71 30 23830 -55.5 -79.5 3 24.0 -57.0 75 21 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.5 0.02 72 27 24503 -53.5 -78.5 3 25.0 -55.5 80 23 617.1 617.1 321.4 617.3 0.03 73 20 26440 -51.5 -78.5 3 27.0 -54.5 95 30 678.5 678.6 323.7 678.9 0.04 74 15 28329 -46.5 -75.5 2 29.0 -52.0 753.3 753.4 326.0 754.2 0.09 TRP 108 16200 -78.3 -83.1 45 4.8 -78.3 315 29 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.00 m Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4789.85 m = 15714.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.75 mb = 4578.33 m = 15020.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.31 mb = 868.69 m = 2850.01 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 925.0- 908.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.22 mb = 1431.49 m = 4696.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: 2.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29155.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.56 mb = 894.49 m = 2934.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 109 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 159 8 -2.9 7.6 1 977 305 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 161 13 -4.3 12.6 2 943 610 80 5 -4.9 -0.9 | 155 5 -2.1 4.7 3 925 778 220 1 0.6 0.8 | 208 7 3.4 6.3 4 910 914 340 5 1.7 -4.7 | 259 5 4.5 0.9 5 850 1504 45 9 -6.4 -6.4 | 77 4 -3.6 -0.8 6 789 2134 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 23 5 -1.9 -4.4 7 761 2438 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 3 6 -0.3 -6.0 8 700 3143 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 333 6 2.8 -5.4 9 633 3962 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 235 10 7.8 5.6 10 587 4572 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 247 9 8.4 3.5 11 544 5182 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 271 5 4.8 -0.1 12 500 5870 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 299 10 8.8 -4.8 13 467 6401 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 325 12 6.9 -9.9 14 431 7010 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 280 14 14.3 -2.5 15 400 7590 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 288 21 20.0 -6.5 16 367 8230 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 279 22 21.8 -3.3 17 338 8839 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 294 22 20.4 -9.2 18 300 9710 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 277 28 28.2 -3.7 19 250 10980 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 275 34 33.7 -2.7 20 200 12460 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 289 31 29.6 -9.9 21 150 14260 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 288 29 27.9 -8.9 22 108 16200 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 303 28 23.3 -15.0 23 100 16640 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 274 14 14.0 -0.9 24 70 18690 10 27 -4.7 -26.6 | 5 21 -1.9 -21.0 25 50 20670 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 24 7 -2.7 -6.2 26 30 23830 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 90 18 -17.5 0.1 27 20 26440 95 30 -29.9 2.6 | 107 28 -27.1 8.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.6 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 26.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -18.1 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 26.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 121 8 158 10| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 2.8 -6.6 -3.8 -7.6 -0.08| 14.1 -1.2 1000 99 6 155 7| 0.0 5.1 5.1| 24.8 -6.6 18.2 18.2 0.42| 15.8 6.6 1500 65 7 131 4| 2.1 3.4 5.5| 27.5 -7.2 20.3 13.5 0.47| 13.0 6.1 2000 50 7 104 3| 1.6 3.4 5.0| 27.5 -10.5 17.0 8.5 0.36| 10.6 3.8 2500 39 8 69 3| 1.3 3.3 4.5| 27.5 -14.6 12.9 5.2 0.27| 9.1 2.4 3000 30 9 38 3| 1.0 2.9 4.0| 27.5 -18.1 9.4 3.1 0.21| 8.0 1.7 4000 18 9 357 3| 0.8 2.2 3.0| 28.3 -46.3 -18.0 -4.5 -0.06| 7.8 -0.5 5000 6 8 320 3| 1.1 1.7 2.8| 37.7 -46.3 -8.6 -1.7 0.01| 6.9 0.1 6000 357 8 310 4| 1.0 1.7 2.7| 49.5 -46.3 3.2 0.5 0.08| 6.5 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//FALE/skewt/FALE.skewt.20260117.12.gif