UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101718.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for KABQ... Searching the city database file for: KABQ ... Date:1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: KABQ WMO ident: 72365 Latitude: 35.05 Longitude: -106.62 Elevation: 1620.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 925 779 2 850 1501 SFC 838 1620 14.2 -0.8 36 15.0 6.6 220 3 302.2 303.0 287.2 315.3 4.30 4 834 1660 13.2 -1.8 35 15.0 5.8 223 3 301.6 302.3 286.6 313.8 4.02 5 802 1987 10.2 -3.8 37 14.0 3.6 283 5 301.8 302.5 286.3 312.8 3.60 6 796 2050 9.4 -4.6 37 14.0 2.9 302 6 301.6 302.2 286.1 312.0 3.41 7 790 2113 9.6 -5.4 34 15.0 2.8 321 7 302.5 303.1 286.2 312.4 3.23 8 702 3079 1.8 -11.2 37 13.0 -3.3 255 10 304.2 304.7 285.9 311.5 2.31 9 700 3102 1.6 -11.4 37 13.0 -3.4 255 10 304.3 304.7 285.8 311.4 2.28 10 688 3241 0.4 -12.6 37 13.0 -4.4 263 10 304.4 304.8 285.7 311.1 2.11 11 674 3405 -1.1 -12.1 43 11.0 -5.2 268 10 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2 24.0 -66.5 273 15 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 53 65 19050 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 316 10 455.1 455.1 311.3 455.1 0.00 54 62 19339 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 39 5 459.1 459.1 311.7 459.1 0.00 55 60 19539 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -66.0 98 6 463.8 463.8 312.1 463.8 0.00 56 59 19641 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 122 5 466.5 466.5 312.3 466.5 0.00 57 56 19960 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.8 147 7 475.8 475.8 313.1 475.8 0.00 58 50 20660 -61.5 -85.5 3 24.0 -62.0 325 5 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.01 59 49 20785 -61.5 -85.5 3 24.0 -62.0 133 13 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.5 0.01 60 45 21309 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.3 34 16 510.4 510.4 315.7 510.4 0.01 61 45 21309 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.3 34 16 510.4 510.4 315.7 510.4 0.01 62 43 21589 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.9 31 9 521.0 521.0 316.4 521.1 0.01 63 41 21884 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -61.3 46 5 529.7 529.7 316.9 529.7 0.01 64 39 22194 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.7 105 8 536.3 536.3 317.3 536.3 0.01 65 39 22194 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.7 105 8 536.3 536.3 317.3 536.3 0.01 66 37 22520 -60.9 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26738 -55.3 -79.3 4 24.0 -57.5 227 13 676.8 676.8 323.7 677.1 0.04 81 18 27084 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -57.4 198 14 687.9 688.0 324.0 688.3 0.04 82 17 27449 -55.3 -79.3 4 24.0 -57.7 221 21 698.6 698.7 324.4 699.0 0.04 83 16 27837 -54.9 -78.9 4 24.0 -57.5 235 26 712.2 712.2 324.8 712.6 0.05 84 15 28251 -54.3 -78.3 4 24.0 -57.2 246 26 727.4 727.4 325.3 727.9 0.06 85 15 28251 -54.3 -78.3 4 24.0 -57.2 246 26 727.4 727.4 325.3 727.9 0.06 86 12 29676 -56.5 -79.5 4 23.0 -59.2 272 24 767.6 767.6 326.4 768.1 0.06 87 12 29676 -56.5 -79.5 4 23.0 -59.2 272 24 767.6 767.6 326.4 768.1 0.06 88 10 30850 -50.7 -75.7 4 25.0 -55.8 240 29 830.3 830.4 328.0 831.6 0.13 89 9.8 30982 -49.9 -74.9 4 25.0 -55.3 838.1 838.2 328.2 839.7 0.15 90 9.2 31396 -48.7 -73.7 4 25.0 -54.8 858.0 858.1 328.6 860.0 0.19 91 8.7 31763 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -55.2 870.2 870.3 328.8 872.3 0.19 92 8.6 31839 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -55.2 873.1 873.2 328.9 875.2 0.19 93 8.4 31993 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -55.4 879.0 879.1 329.1 881.2 0.20 TRP 237 11048 -51.7 -60.7 33 9.0 -52.0 240 72 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 WND 252 10648 -48.6 -60.2 25 11.6 -49.0 235 74 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.00 m Freezing level: 684.27 mb = 3284.71 m = 10776.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.56 mb = 2542.58 m = 8341.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.33 % Est. max temperature: 16.27 C = 61.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.66 mb = 3480.31 m = 11418.20 ft T: -1.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.42 C/km ThetaE index: 3.29 C Layer 834.0- 790.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.43 mb = 5898.24 m = 19350.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.88 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: 10.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58679.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 631.12 mb = 3926.68 m = 12882.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 267 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 838 1620 220 3 1.9 2.3 | 94 19 -18.8 1.2 1 817 1829 235 2 1.6 1.1 | 90 19 -19.1 0.0 2 787 2134 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 67 19 -17.2 -7.2 3 759 2438 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 86 15 -14.7 -1.1 4 731 2743 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 80 11 -10.8 -2.0 5 705 3048 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 98 11 -11.1 1.5 6 700 3102 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 98 11 -11.1 1.5 7 678 3353 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 84 11 -10.7 -1.1 8 652 3658 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 100 10 -10.1 1.7 9 628 3962 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 160 8 -2.6 7.3 10 604 4267 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 152 6 -2.9 5.4 11 581 4572 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 210 9 4.6 8.1 12 559 4877 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 209 13 6.4 11.6 13 537 5182 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 204 21 8.7 19.5 14 517 5486 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 211 27 13.7 23.0 15 500 5750 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 212 29 15.3 24.1 16 497 5791 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 212 29 15.3 24.1 17 478 6096 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 206 31 13.7 27.8 18 459 6401 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 206 30 13.0 27.2 19 440 6706 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 201 34 12.5 32.1 20 423 7010 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 203 37 14.6 34.2 21 406 7315 230 49 37.5 31.5 | 209 35 16.8 30.4 22 400 7430 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 208 34 16.0 29.7 23 389 7620 235 51 41.8 29.3 | 217 35 21.0 28.1 24 373 7925 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 219 41 25.9 31.6 25 357 8230 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 226 40 28.6 27.4 26 342 8534 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 235 45 37.3 25.9 27 314 9144 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 236 52 43.6 28.9 28 301 9449 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 236 49 40.9 27.6 29 300 9470 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 236 51 42.7 28.5 30 288 9754 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 230 54 41.6 34.9 31 263 10363 235 70 57.3 40.2 | 223 54 36.6 39.0 32 252 10648 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 224 57 39.9 41.3 33 251 10668 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 224 57 39.9 41.3 34 250 10700 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 224 57 39.9 41.3 35 240 10973 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 230 54 41.6 34.9 36 237 11048 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 230 54 41.6 34.9 37 229 11278 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 230 55 42.5 35.4 38 218 11582 240 68 58.9 34.0 | 229 50 38.1 32.9 39 208 11887 240 68 58.9 34.0 | 229 50 38.1 32.9 40 200 12150 240 65 56.3 32.5 | 229 47 35.5 31.4 41 189 12497 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 228 46 34.7 30.9 42 181 12802 235 68 55.7 39.0 | 223 52 35.0 37.9 43 172 13106 240 71 61.5 35.5 | 230 53 40.7 34.4 44 156 13716 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 233 37 29.1 22.1 45 150 13980 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 216 34 20.2 27.6 46 149 14021 240 56 48.5 28.0 | 226 39 27.8 26.9 47 142 14326 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 216 34 20.2 27.6 48 135 14630 230 63 48.3 40.5 | 215 48 27.5 39.4 49 128 14935 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 228 46 34.7 30.9 50 122 15240 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 232 36 28.2 21.7 51 116 15545 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 230 30 22.8 19.2 52 111 15850 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 224 35 24.3 24.9 53 105 16154 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 237 27 22.5 14.6 54 100 16459 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 275 12 12.3 -1.1 55 100 16470 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 230 5 3.9 3.2 56 90 17069 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 146 21 -11.9 17.9 57 86 17374 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 142 27 -16.7 21.5 58 82 17678 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 154 19 -8.1 16.9 59 78 17983 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 168 22 -4.7 21.8 60 74 18288 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 170 17 -3.1 16.6 61 70 18600 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 98 11 -11.1 1.5 62 67 18898 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 62 5 -4.8 -2.5 63 63 19202 355 5 0.4 -5.0 | 73 21 -20.3 -6.1 64 60 19507 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 88 27 -26.7 -1.1 65 57 19812 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 97 22 -22.1 2.7 66 55 20117 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 101 28 -27.1 5.3 67 52 20422 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 110 23 -21.5 7.9 68 50 20660 325 5 2.9 -4.1 | 74 19 -17.9 -5.2 69 49 20726 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 114 28 -25.2 11.1 70 47 21031 20 14 -4.8 -13.2 | 61 29 -25.5 -14.3 71 45 21336 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 65 33 -29.9 -14.2 72 43 21641 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 72 26 -24.7 -8.0 73 41 21946 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 81 24 -23.8 -3.7 74 39 22250 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 95 29 -28.9 2.7 75 37 22555 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 90 21 -21.1 -0.2 76 35 22860 80 3 -3.0 -0.5 | 86 24 -23.7 -1.6 77 33 23165 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 71 18 -17.3 -6.0 78 32 23470 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 68 22 -20.1 -8.1 79 30 23774 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 79 29 -28.5 -5.6 80 30 23830 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 78 17 -16.4 -3.6 81 29 24079 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 76 19 -18.7 -4.6 82 27 24384 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 77 19 -18.2 -4.2 83 26 24689 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 77 16 -15.3 -3.6 84 25 24994 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 53 15 -11.6 -8.8 85 24 25298 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 70 19 -18.2 -6.5 86 23 25603 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 74 18 -17.5 -4.9 87 22 25908 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 95 10 -9.9 0.8 88 21 26213 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 108 13 -12.1 3.9 89 20 26410 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 92 12 -11.9 0.5 90 20 26518 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 116 10 -9.0 4.4 91 18 27127 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 126 21 -17.1 12.4 92 17 27432 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 151 16 -7.9 14.2 93 16 27737 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 198 14 4.4 13.4 94 16 28042 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 157 15 -5.9 13.7 95 14 28651 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 309 16 12.1 -9.9 96 13 28956 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 327 14 7.4 -11.4 97 12 29566 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 325 4 2.2 -3.1 98 10 30850 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 198 14 4.4 13.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.8 neg: -45.6 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 85.20 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 284 4 83 17| 8.4 0.0 8.4| 0.0 -35.4 -35.4 -70.7 -0.81| 9.8 -7.9 1000 289 5 80 16| 4.2 3.5 7.7| 18.5 -36.8 -18.3 -18.3 -0.20| 9.2 -1.9 1500 277 7 82 14| 2.8 3.4 6.2| 27.5 -38.4 -10.9 -7.3 -0.05| 7.7 -0.4 2000 271 8 84 13| 2.1 2.6 4.7| 33.3 -44.3 -11.0 -5.5 -0.04| 6.9 -0.2 2500 263 9 91 11| 1.7 3.8 5.5| 51.1 -44.9 6.1 2.4 0.20| 7.6 1.5 3000 258 12 98 9| 2.0 3.2 5.2| 63.8 -45.6 18.3 6.1 0.30| 7.9 2.4 4000 248 18 141 7| 1.5 4.6 6.2| 82.0 -51.3 30.7 7.7 0.24| 8.3 2.0 5000 241 23 178 10| 1.2 4.2 5.4| 84.2 -93.2 -8.9 -1.8 0.14| 7.6 1.1 6000 237 28 190 14| 1.8 3.5 5.3|175.4-101.9 73.5 12.3 0.22| 7.6 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KABQ/skewt/KABQ.skewt.20251017.18.gif