UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101818.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KABQ... Searching the city database file for: KABQ ... Date:1800Z 18 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 123 1 925 802 2 850 1526 SFC 841 1620 15.6 -2.4 29 18.0 6.6 335 8 303.4 304.1 287.1 315.1 3.81 4 836 1670 14.0 -6.0 24 20.0 4.8 335 10 302.2 302.8 285.8 311.3 2.92 5 829 1741 13.4 -6.6 24 20.0 4.4 335 13 302.3 302.9 285.7 311.0 2.81 6 735 2732 3.8 -7.2 44 11.0 -0.9 335 17 302.4 303.0 285.9 311.8 3.03 7 729 2798 3.4 -8.6 41 12.0 -1.6 333 20 302.7 303.2 285.8 311.2 2.74 8 715 2956 4.2 -12.8 28 17.0 -2.3 328 30 305.3 305.6 285.9 311.6 2.00 9 709 3024 4.6 -10.4 33 15.0 -1.5 326 34 306.5 306.9 286.8 314.2 2.44 10 700 3128 6.2 -21.8 11 28.0 -2.9 335 35 309.4 309.5 286.2 312.5 0.95 11 698 3151 6.2 -21.8 11 28.0 -2.9 335 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11660 -51.5 -66.8 14 15.3 -51.8 290 66 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 40 213 11811 -50.3 -67.3 12 17.0 -50.7 290 66 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 41 205 12060 -50.9 -68.9 10 18.0 -51.3 293 63 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 42 200 12220 -51.1 -73.1 6 22.0 -51.5 280 57 351.8 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 43 191 12518 -53.5 -78.5 3 25.0 -53.8 280 59 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.00 44 186 12688 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -55.6 281 60 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.00 45 177 13003 -56.7 -80.7 3 24.0 -56.9 284 63 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 46 150 14040 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.0 295 47 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 47 148 14123 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.1 295 48 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 48 112 15804 -71.1 -94.1 2 23.0 -71.2 273 46 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 49 106 16129 -71.9 -94.9 2 23.0 -71.9 284 43 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 50 102 16354 -73.1 -96.1 2 23.0 -73.2 285 38 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 51 101 16412 -72.7 -95.7 2 23.0 -72.8 285 38 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 52 100 16470 -71.9 -94.9 2 23.0 -71.9 275 38 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 53 97 16651 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 272 44 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 54 92 16969 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.4 280 41 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 55 91 17035 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.4 283 39 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 56 83 17591 -67.7 -91.7 2 24.0 -67.8 281 25 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.7 0.00 57 80 17813 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.2 261 20 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 58 77 18042 -68.9 -91.9 2 23.0 -69.0 251 17 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 59 73 18360 -69.7 -92.7 2 23.0 -69.8 282 17 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.00 60 70 18610 -70.5 -93.5 2 23.0 -70.6 260 20 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.6 0.00 61 69 18696 -70.5 -93.5 2 23.0 -70.6 260 21 435.3 435.3 309.4 435.4 0.00 62 66 18963 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 261 23 448.7 448.8 310.7 448.8 0.00 63 63 19246 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -65.0 264 23 459.6 459.6 311.7 459.6 0.00 64 60 19544 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 246 4 462.9 462.9 312.0 463.0 0.00 65 59 19646 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -66.0 216 4 466.1 466.1 312.3 466.1 0.00 66 57 19858 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 183 5 475.2 475.2 313.1 475.2 0.00 67 54 20192 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.7 243 15 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.01 68 50 20670 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.6 20 9 497.1 497.1 314.8 497.2 0.00 69 48 20922 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.9 9 9 502.0 502.0 315.1 502.1 0.00 70 43 21601 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.7 155 5 521.5 521.5 316.4 521.6 0.01 71 40 22053 -58.1 -83.1 3 25.0 -59.0 183 9 539.9 539.9 317.5 540.0 0.01 72 37 22544 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -58.7 20 7 553.1 553.2 318.3 553.2 0.01 73 36 22717 -57.7 -81.7 3 24.0 -58.7 20 5 557.5 557.5 318.5 557.6 0.01 74 35 22894 -57.3 -82.3 3 25.0 -58.4 19 4 563.1 563.1 318.8 563.1 0.01 75 32 23461 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -57.6 89 10 580.3 580.4 319.7 580.5 0.02 76 30 23870 -57.3 -81.3 3 24.0 -58.5 110 6 588.4 588.4 320.1 588.6 0.02 77 29 24085 -57.3 -81.3 3 24.0 -58.6 87 5 594.2 594.2 320.3 594.3 0.02 78 29 24085 -57.1 -81.1 3 24.0 -58.4 87 5 594.7 594.7 320.4 594.8 0.02 79 26 24780 -55.5 -80.5 3 25.0 -57.2 261 5 618.1 618.1 321.4 618.3 0.02 80 24 25293 -53.9 -77.9 4 24.0 -56.0 262 11 637.1 637.1 322.2 637.4 0.04 81 24 25293 -53.9 -77.9 4 24.0 -56.0 262 11 637.1 637.1 322.2 637.4 0.04 82 23 25567 -53.7 -78.7 3 25.0 -55.9 220 17 645.5 645.5 322.5 645.8 0.04 83 21 26154 -53.1 -78.1 3 25.0 -55.6 228 18 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.6 0.04 84 20 26470 -51.3 -76.3 4 25.0 -54.3 270 18 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.6 0.06 85 19 26803 -51.3 -76.3 4 25.0 -54.4 267 18 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.7 0.06 86 16 27913 -52.9 -76.9 4 24.0 -56.0 265 19 718.7 718.7 325.0 719.3 0.07 87 15 28329 -52.5 -76.5 4 24.0 -55.8 237 22 733.4 733.4 325.5 734.1 0.08 88 15 28329 -51.7 -75.7 4 24.0 -55.2 237 22 736.1 736.1 325.6 736.8 0.09 89 13 29253 -53.3 -76.3 4 23.0 -56.7 248 21 761.3 761.3 326.3 762.1 0.09 90 12 29768 -52.9 -75.9 5 23.0 -56.6 218 22 780.3 780.4 326.8 781.3 0.11 91 11 30330 -51.7 -75.7 4 24.0 -56.1 224 32 804.3 804.4 327.4 805.5 0.12 92 11 30330 -51.7 -75.7 4 24.0 -56.1 224 32 804.3 804.4 327.4 805.5 0.12 93 10 30950 -49.9 -73.9 4 24.0 -55.2 235 45 833.3 833.4 328.1 835.1 0.17 94 9.9 31016 -49.7 -74.7 4 25.0 -55.1 836.4 836.5 328.1 838.0 0.15 95 9.7 31149 -49.7 -74.7 4 25.0 -55.2 841.3 841.4 328.2 843.0 0.16 96 9.0 31639 -50.3 -74.3 4 24.0 -55.8 857.2 857.3 328.6 859.1 0.18 97 7.8 32575 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -55.6 897.9 898.0 329.4 900.2 0.21 98 7.7 32660 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -55.6 901.2 901.3 329.5 903.6 0.22 TRP 102 16354 -73.1 -96.1 2 23.0 -73.2 285 38 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 WND 218 11660 -51.5 -66.8 14 15.3 -51.8 290 66 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.00 m Freezing level: 581.71 mb = 4625.60 m = 15175.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.36 mb = 2550.82 m = 8368.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.84 % Est. max temperature: 22.10 C = 71.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 640.54 mb = 3849.97 m = 12630.97 ft T: 2.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.06 C Layer 836.0- 735.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 456.62 mb = 6513.15 m = 21368.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.90 C = 96.62 F Cap Strength: 14.18 C Lifted Index: 13.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51184.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 615.62 mb = 4169.40 m = 13678.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 360 at 32 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 841 1620 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 187 25 3.1 24.5 1 820 1829 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 201 18 6.5 17.3 2 790 2134 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 195 24 6.1 22.7 3 761 2438 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 197 21 6.2 20.5 4 734 2743 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 203 18 6.9 16.3 5 707 3048 325 36 20.6 -29.5 | 264 21 20.4 2.3 6 700 3128 335 35 14.8 -31.7 | 270 15 14.5 0.0 7 681 3353 335 42 17.7 -38.1 | 290 19 17.5 -6.3 8 655 3658 330 40 20.0 -34.6 | 278 20 19.7 -2.9 9 631 3962 325 39 22.4 -31.9 | 270 22 22.1 -0.2 10 607 4267 325 43 24.7 -35.2 | 278 25 24.4 -3.5 11 584 4572 325 50 28.7 -41.0 | 288 30 28.4 -9.2 12 563 4877 320 51 32.8 -39.1 | 283 33 32.5 -7.3 13 542 5182 325 55 31.5 -45.1 | 293 34 31.3 -13.3 14 502 5791 325 57 32.7 -46.7 | 295 36 32.4 -14.9 15 500 5820 325 57 32.7 -46.7 | 295 36 32.4 -14.9 16 482 6096 325 56 32.1 -45.9 | 294 35 31.9 -14.1 17 463 6401 330 57 28.5 -49.4 | 302 33 28.2 -17.6 18 445 6706 335 54 22.8 -48.9 | 307 28 22.6 -17.2 19 427 7010 335 50 21.1 -45.3 | 303 25 20.9 -13.6 20 410 7315 340 56 19.2 -52.6 | 318 28 18.9 -20.9 21 400 7500 345 55 14.2 -53.1 | 327 26 14.0 -21.4 22 393 7620 345 55 14.2 -53.1 | 327 26 14.0 -21.4 23 377 7925 340 55 18.8 -51.7 | 317 27 18.6 -19.9 24 361 8230 340 52 17.8 -48.9 | 314 24 17.5 -17.1 25 346 8534 335 50 21.1 -45.3 | 303 25 20.9 -13.6 26 331 8839 340 49 16.8 -46.0 | 311 22 16.5 -14.3 27 317 9144 330 41 20.5 -35.5 | 280 21 20.2 -3.8 28 304 9449 320 38 24.4 -29.1 | 264 24 24.2 2.6 29 300 9540 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 244 30 26.8 12.8 30 291 9754 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 246 30 27.6 12.3 31 278 10058 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 253 42 40.5 12.7 32 254 10668 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 254 44 42.3 11.9 33 250 10770 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 253 49 46.7 14.7 34 231 11278 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 245 63 57.5 26.7 35 221 11582 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 245 63 56.5 26.8 36 218 11660 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 262 62 61.8 9.2 37 211 11887 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 262 62 61.8 9.2 38 201 12192 295 61 55.3 -25.8 | 264 55 55.0 6.0 39 200 12220 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 249 60 55.9 21.9 40 191 12497 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 250 62 57.8 21.5 41 174 13106 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 256 63 61.6 15.2 42 166 13411 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 254 60 57.7 16.2 43 150 14040 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 254 44 42.3 11.9 44 143 14326 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 257 46 45.1 10.6 45 136 14630 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 233 43 34.2 25.7 46 129 14935 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 229 49 36.7 31.8 47 123 15240 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 230 55 41.6 35.4 48 117 15545 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 233 60 47.6 35.9 49 105 16154 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 243 46 41.3 20.6 50 102 16354 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 239 43 36.4 21.9 51 100 16459 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 239 43 36.4 21.9 52 100 16470 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 233 47 37.6 28.4 53 95 16764 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 236 57 46.7 31.8 54 86 17374 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 235 30 24.9 17.3 55 78 17983 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 201 42 15.1 38.9 56 74 18288 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 213 34 18.5 28.5 57 70 18593 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 200 30 10.1 28.0 58 70 18610 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 209 40 19.4 35.2 59 67 18898 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 211 42 21.4 35.6 60 64 19202 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 218 43 26.6 34.1 61 60 19507 260 4 3.9 0.7 | 186 33 3.7 32.5 62 58 19812 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 179 35 -0.8 34.7 63 55 20117 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 197 41 11.9 38.8 64 52 20422 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 202 40 14.8 37.2 65 50 20670 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 172 24 -3.3 23.3 66 50 20726 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 194 29 6.7 27.8 67 47 21031 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 163 26 -7.3 24.7 68 45 21336 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 163 35 -10.1 33.5 69 43 21641 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 177 36 -1.6 35.5 70 41 21946 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 169 40 -7.3 38.8 71 39 22250 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 191 34 6.5 33.6 72 37 22555 20 7 -2.4 -6.6 | 174 25 -2.7 25.2 73 35 22860 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 177 29 -1.3 28.9 74 34 23165 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 173 22 -2.8 22.1 75 32 23470 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 162 33 -10.3 31.8 76 30 23774 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 158 28 -10.7 25.8 77 30 23870 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 170 34 -5.9 33.8 78 29 24079 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 171 32 -5.2 31.3 79 28 24384 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 177 40 -2.3 39.5 80 25 24994 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 185 29 2.8 29.2 81 23 25603 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 192 48 10.1 46.5 82 22 25908 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 196 51 13.9 48.6 83 21 26213 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 197 45 12.8 42.7 84 20 26470 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 209 36 17.7 31.8 85 20 26518 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 201 51 18.1 47.2 86 19 26822 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 209 36 17.7 31.8 87 18 27127 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 208 36 16.7 31.8 88 17 27432 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 210 50 25.1 43.6 89 16 28042 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 208 36 16.7 31.8 90 15 28346 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 202 48 17.8 44.4 91 14 28651 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 205 38 16.5 34.7 92 14 28956 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 212 37 19.7 31.8 93 12 29566 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 198 50 15.3 47.3 94 12 29870 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 194 51 12.4 49.8 95 10 30950 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 212 68 36.6 57.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.5 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 359.5 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.8 neg: -39.5 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 114.60 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 333 13 196 21| 0.0 3.7 3.7| 26.7 -9.9 16.8 33.6 0.23| 13.0 3.1 1000 331 13 196 21| 2.3 1.8 4.2| 37.5 -9.9 27.6 27.6 0.29| 8.8 2.5 1500 330 17 206 19| 8.3 1.2 9.5|126.2 -9.9 116.2 77.5 0.60| 14.3 8.6 2000 332 23 222 16| 6.2 2.4 8.6|148.2 -23.4 124.7 62.4 0.54| 13.2 7.1 2500 330 26 235 16| 5.0 2.4 7.4|155.7 -39.5 116.1 46.4 0.46| 11.7 5.3 3000 329 30 247 16| 4.1 3.5 7.6|194.8 -39.5 155.3 51.8 0.48| 11.4 5.4 4000 327 36 264 19| 3.4 3.1 6.5|250.8 -55.4 195.4 48.9 0.47| 9.9 4.6 5000 327 40 275 22| 2.8 2.5 5.3|312.6 -58.9 253.7 50.7 0.49| 9.0 4.4 6000 330 42 283 22| 2.8 2.1 4.9|393.9 -70.7 323.2 53.9 0.50| 9.0 4.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KABQ/skewt/KABQ.skewt.20251018.18.gif