UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011811.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 18 JAN 26 Searching for FAPE... Searching the city database file for: FAPE ... Date:1100Z 18 JAN 26 Station: FAPE WMO ident: 68842 Latitude: -33.98 Longitude: 25.60 Elevation: 60.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 60 23.2 11.2 47 12.0 15.8 230 23 295.6 297.1 288.6 319.6 8.30 1 1008 69 23.2 11.2 47 12.0 15.8 231 24 295.7 297.2 288.6 319.7 8.31 2 900 1027 11.4 6.4 71 5.0 8.6 242 35 293.3 294.5 286.2 312.6 6.71 3 876 1251 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.5 246 31 294.3 295.4 286.3 312.7 6.34 4 850 1499 8.4 3.4 71 5.0 5.8 250 28 294.9 296.0 285.9 311.7 5.75 5 832 1675 7.0 3.1 76 3.9 5.0 247 27 295.3 296.3 286.1 312.1 5.75 6 812 1875 6.4 0.4 65 6.0 3.4 244 25 296.7 297.6 285.7 311.1 4.85 7 785 2151 4.6 -4.4 52 9.0 0.6 242 23 297.7 298.3 284.7 308.2 3.51 8 779 2213 4.2 -6.8 45 11.0 -0.4 247 22 297.9 298.4 284.1 306.8 2.94 9 777 2234 4.4 -12.6 28 17.0 -1.9 249 22 298.3 298.7 283.0 304.1 1.87 10 774 2265 4.6 -16.4 20 21.0 -2.5 252 21 298.9 299.1 282.7 303.2 1.37 11 771 2297 5.2 -19.8 14 25.0 -2.7 254 21 299.8 300.0 282.7 303.2 1.03 12 763 2382 6.0 -24.0 9 30.0 -2.8 261 20 301.6 301.7 283.0 304.0 0.72 13 745 2577 5.4 -21.6 12 27.0 -3.0 303.0 303.2 283.8 306.0 0.91 14 718 2879 6.0 -36.0 3 42.0 -4.0 306.9 306.9 284.5 307.8 0.25 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices Wetbulb zero: 781.35 mb = 2188.41 m = 7179.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.04 % Est. max temperature: 22.32 C = 72.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.24 mb = 1545.20 m = 5069.49 ft T: 8.03 C ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 812.0- 763.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.14 mb = 1673.69 m = 5491.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.60 mb = 1590.44 m = 5217.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 272 at 22 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 1009 60 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 165 16 -4.2 15.6 1 1000 133 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 192 16 3.3 15.4 2 980 305 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 193 20 4.4 19.2 3 945 610 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 197 21 6.1 20.4 4 925 796 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 206 21 9.4 18.9 5 912 914 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 206 21 9.4 18.9 6 850 1499 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 203 11 4.5 10.4 7 787 2134 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 171 13 -1.9 12.4 8 759 2438 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 131 4 -2.9 2.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.8 neg: -27.1 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.86 Bulk Shear: 1.96 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 236 31 192 19| 11.3 0.0 11.3| 38.7 0.0 38.7 77.4 0.71| 13.1 9.3 1000 238 33 198 20| 6.5 0.0 6.5| 60.8 0.0 60.8 60.8 0.68| 9.8 6.7 1500 240 32 200 18| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 60.8 -4.9 55.8 37.2 0.43| 9.2 3.9 2000 241 31 198 16| 2.4 1.4 3.8| 60.8 -21.1 39.7 19.8 0.20| 8.2 1.6 2500 NO DATA | 2.4 1.4 3.8| | 3000 NO DATA | 2.4 1.4 3.8| | 4000 NO DATA | 2.4 1.4 3.8| | 5000 NO DATA | 2.4 1.4 3.8| | 6000 NO DATA | 2.4 1.4 3.8| | Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//FAPE/skewt/FAPE.skewt.20260118.11.gif