UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 DEC 25 Searching for FAUP... Searching the city database file for: FAUP ... Date:0000Z 25 DEC 25 Station: FAUP WMO ident: 68424 Latitude: -28.40 Longitude: 21.27 Elevation: 836.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 925 763 230 5 SFC 916 836 24.2 5.2 29 19.0 13.1 230 5 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.3 6.06 3 906 934 26.6 5.6 26 21.0 14.1 229 7 308.3 309.5 291.0 327.7 6.30 4 850 1504 24.4 2.4 24 22.0 11.8 220 16 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.5 5.35 5 829 1722 23.4 -1.6 19 25.0 9.9 229 16 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.9 4.10 6 723 2893 13.4 -6.6 24 20.0 3.8 278 17 314.4 315.0 290.2 324.8 3.22 7 700 3164 10.8 -3.2 37 14.0 3.7 290 17 314.4 315.3 291.2 328.2 4.31 8 587 4597 -2.9 -3.5 96 0.6 -3.2 274 20 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.7 5.04 9 586 4611 -2.9 -3.7 94 0.8 -3.3 274 20 314.9 315.8 291.9 330.7 4.97 10 583 4652 -2.9 -5.8 80 2.9 -4.3 274 20 315.3 316.2 291.4 329.0 4.26 11 577 4734 -0.9 -30.9 8 30.0 -8.7 273 20 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.4 0.50 12 575 4762 -0.5 272 21 319.4 13 573 4790 -0.3 272 21 320.0 14 564 4917 -0.3 271 21 321.4 15 500 5870 -7.1 -37.1 7 30.0 -13.5 260 23 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.32 16 425 7107 -16.9 -34.9 19 18.0 -20.3 260 45 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.0 0.46 17 408 7412 -16.5 -47.5 5 31.0 -20.8 260 50 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 18 400 7560 -17.3 -43.3 8 26.0 -21.3 260 53 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.21 19 372 8101 -20.5 -47.5 7 27.0 -24.0 256 57 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 20 300 9650 -34.3 -51.3 16 17.0 -35.6 245 67 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.11 21 263 10558 -42.5 -55.5 23 13.0 -43.1 252 76 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 22 260 10635 -42.9 -56.9 20 14.0 -43.5 253 76 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.07 23 250 10900 -43.5 -62.5 11 19.0 -44.2 255 79 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 24 236 11288 -43.7 -66.7 6 23.0 -44.5 260 80 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 25 200 12380 -52.1 -70.1 10 18.0 -52.5 275 82 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 26 187 12812 -55.7 -71.5 12 15.7 -56.0 275 82 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 27 183 12949 -56.9 -71.9 13 15.0 -57.1 273 81 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 28 170 13414 -58.9 -77.9 7 19.0 -59.1 266 78 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 29 152 14109 -63.5 -79.5 10 16.0 -63.6 256 74 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 30 150 14190 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.6 255 73 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 31 119 15566 -75.7 -83.7 27 8.0 -75.7 266 60 363.0 363.0 299.2 363.0 0.00 32 112 15917 -74.1 -84.1 20 10.0 -74.1 269 56 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 33 100 16570 -78.7 -87.7 22 9.0 -78.7 275 50 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 TRP WND 187 12812 -55.7 -71.5 12 15.7 -56.0 275 82 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.00 m Freezing level: 610.92 mb = 4294.06 m = 14087.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.79 mb = 3896.27 m = 12782.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.40 mb = 3264.62 m = 10710.58 ft T: 9.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 829.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.37 mb = 4564.66 m = 14975.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.78 C = 92.80 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 5.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.48 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 9.50 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6397.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.25 mb = 4109.56 m = 13482.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 916 836 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 133 14 -10.0 9.2 1 850 1504 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 169 19 -3.5 18.2 2 700 3164 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 267 2 2.2 0.1 3 500 5870 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 222 13 8.9 9.9 4 400 7560 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 248 41 38.4 15.1 5 300 9650 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 234 58 46.9 34.3 6 250 10900 255 79 76.3 20.4 | 247 68 62.5 26.4 7 200 12380 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 271 68 67.9 -1.2 8 187 12812 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 271 68 67.9 -1.2 9 150 14190 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 246 62 56.7 24.8 10 100 16570 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 267 36 36.0 1.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 67.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 27.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 223 9 149 15| 0.0 8.5 8.5| 28.9 0.0 28.9 57.7 0.91| 8.6 7.8 1000 224 12 161 16| 2.1 4.3 6.4| 48.7 0.0 48.7 48.7 0.81| 7.6 6.2 1500 232 14 168 15| 3.1 2.8 5.9| 60.0 0.0 60.0 40.0 0.73| 7.1 5.2 2000 242 14 175 13| 3.6 2.1 5.7| 66.0 0.0 66.0 33.0 0.68| 6.9 4.7 2500 252 15 182 11| 3.5 1.7 5.2| 68.4 -0.1 68.3 27.3 0.66| 6.4 4.3 3000 259 15 189 9| 2.9 1.8 4.7| 68.4 -0.9 67.5 22.5 0.60| 5.7 3.4 4000 265 17 200 8| 2.2 1.9 4.1| 68.4 -3.7 64.7 16.2 0.49| 4.8 2.4 5000 265 18 207 8| 1.7 2.0 3.7| 68.4 -9.2 59.2 11.8 0.39| 4.4 1.7 6000 263 20 216 10| 1.5 2.9 4.4|105.5 -9.2 96.3 16.1 0.39| 5.1 2.0 Wrote GIF file: 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