UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 APR 25 Searching for FCPP... Searching the city database file for: FCPP ... Date:1200Z 23 APR 25 Station: FCPP WMO ident: 64400 Latitude: -4.82 Longitude: 11.89 Elevation: 17.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 17 30.6 25.6 75 5.0 26.8 220 12 303.1 306.9 299.7 365.3 20.92 1 1000 84 27.6 22.6 74 5.0 24.0 190 12 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.2 17.52 2 925 771 23.2 20.7 86 2.5 21.4 105 7 303.0 306.1 297.3 353.0 16.84 3 888 1127 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.3 65 4 304.3 307.2 296.7 350.1 15.37 4 850 1507 22.0 13.0 57 9.0 16.0 355 6 309.2 311.3 295.1 343.1 11.14 5 700 3164 11.6 5.6 67 6.0 8.0 105 4 315.3 316.9 294.6 341.0 8.18 6 500 5890 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.8 45 13 328.0 328.7 294.3 340.0 3.55 7 400 7620 -13.7 -43.7 6 30.0 -18.8 205 5 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.20 8 300 9730 -30.1 -53.1 9 23.0 -32.1 65 6 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.09 9 250 11010 -39.7 -50.7 30 11.0 -40.5 330 7 347.0 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.15 10 200 12490 -51.5 -67.5 13 16.0 -51.9 360 21 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 11 150 14300 -66.3 -75.3 27 9.0 -66.4 355 22 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 12 100 16630 -84.1 -88.7 44 4.6 -84.1 310 12 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 TRP 888 1127 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.3 65 4 304.3 307.2 296.7 350.1 15.37 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.00 m Freezing level: 552.23 mb = 5178.11 m = 16988.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.80 mb = 4524.43 m = 14843.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.36 % Est. max temperature: 35.69 C = 96.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.21 mb = 646.07 m = 2119.62 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 15.02 C Layer 888.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.32 mb = 2031.69 m = 6665.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.73 C = 101.71 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 751.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.39 mb = 928.94 m = 3047.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.39 mb = 3358.59 m = 11018.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.39 mb = 13035.60 m = 42767.20 ft B at Equ Level: 750.40 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 94 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 1008 17 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 236 16 13.3 8.8 1 1000 84 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 214 14 7.6 11.5 2 925 771 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 140 2 -1.2 1.4 3 888 1127 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 317 3 1.9 -2.1 4 850 1507 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 316 9 6.1 -6.3 5 700 3164 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 248 2 1.7 0.7 6 500 5890 45 13 -9.2 -9.2 | 21 10 -3.7 -9.6 7 400 7620 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 241 9 7.7 4.2 8 300 9730 65 6 -5.4 -2.5 | 358 3 0.1 -2.9 9 250 11010 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 305 11 9.0 -6.4 10 200 12490 360 21 -0.0 -21.0 | 345 22 5.5 -21.4 11 150 14300 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 342 23 7.5 -22.3 12 100 16630 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 299 17 14.7 -8.1 13 74 18288 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 243 27 23.6 12.3 14 42 21336 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 334 20 8.7 -18.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.8 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 93.8 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -46.2 tot: -41.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 25.62 Bulk Shear: 29.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 11 203 11| 0.0 14.5 14.5| 0.0 -39.7 -39.7 -79.4 -0.76| 16.9-12.9 1000 154 9 193 8| 0.0 8.3 8.3| 0.0 -42.4 -42.4 -42.4 -0.71| 12.9 -9.1 1500 136 7 184 5| 0.0 5.8 5.8| 0.5 -45.3 -44.9 -29.9 -0.58| 11.2 -6.5 2000 107 7 146 2| 0.8 4.3 5.2| 3.9 -45.3 -41.4 -20.7 -0.48| 9.3 -4.5 2500 88 7 64 1| 1.2 3.5 4.7| 4.4 -45.4 -41.0 -16.4 -0.44| 8.0 -3.5 3000 87 6 46 1| 1.3 2.9 4.2| 4.4 -46.2 -41.7 -13.9 -0.45| 7.2 -3.2 4000 90 6 52 1| 1.1 2.4 3.5| 4.4 -46.5 -42.1 -10.5 -0.45| 5.9 -2.6 5000 80 7 29 2| 0.9 2.4 3.3| 4.4 -47.9 -43.5 -8.7 -0.43| 5.2 -2.2 6000 64 7 17 4| 0.8 2.2 3.0| 9.1 -52.1 -43.0 -7.2 -0.38| 4.9 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: 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