UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 30 APR 25 Station: KALB WMO ident: 72518 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -73.80 Elevation: 89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 145 8 SFC 993 89 26.8 10.8 37 16.0 16.8 145 8 300.6 302.1 290.2 324.8 8.21 2 987 144 25.2 9.2 36 16.0 15.5 153 12 299.5 300.8 289.2 321.3 7.41 3 981 200 24.8 8.8 36 16.0 15.1 160 16 299.6 300.9 289.0 321.0 7.26 4 945 539 22.6 8.6 41 14.0 14.1 186 31 300.6 301.9 289.5 322.6 7.43 5 937 616 23.0 8.0 38 15.0 14.0 190 33 301.7 303.0 289.7 323.2 7.19 6 925 732 22.4 8.4 41 14.0 13.9 195 28 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.6 7.49 7 850 1459 16.4 7.4 55 9.0 11.0 230 30 303.3 304.7 290.6 326.1 7.62 8 762 2378 9.2 5.3 77 3.9 6.9 258 38 305.2 306.5 291.0 327.4 7.35 9 738 2643 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 5.1 276 37 306.5 307.6 290.5 325.8 6.35 10 712 2939 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 3.1 282 37 307.9 308.9 290.2 324.7 5.46 11 700 3078 5.4 0.4 70 5.0 2.8 280 37 308.5 309.5 290.5 325.8 5.63 12 683 3278 3.6 -0.8 73 4.4 1.4 269 45 308.6 309.6 290.3 325.0 5.29 13 636 3853 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.6 264 47 312.0 312.7 289.8 323.3 3.56 14 617 4096 -0.3 -8.3 55 8.0 -3.8 256 49 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.9 3.31 15 605 4253 -1.3 -9.3 54 8.0 -4.7 251 51 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.9 3.12 16 589 4466 -2.7 -12.7 46 10.0 -6.6 250 54 314.7 315.1 289.6 322.6 2.44 17 566 4780 -5.7 -14.7 49 9.0 -8.9 247 56 314.7 315.1 289.3 321.8 2.16 18 515 5513 -10.7 -14.3 75 3.6 -12.0 255 57 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.4 2.45 19 506 5648 -11.3 -16.0 68 4.7 -12.9 255 60 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.4 2.17 20 500 5740 -11.3 -16.3 66 5.0 -13.0 255 61 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.4 2.14 21 491 5879 -12.3 -17.0 68 4.7 -13.9 256 60 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.6 2.06 22 469 6227 -14.7 -19.5 67 4.8 -16.2 258 54 320.9 321.3 290.8 326.8 1.74 23 456 6439 -16.1 -20.5 69 4.4 -17.4 255 52 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.64 24 400 7410 -23.5 -26.6 76 3.1 -24.2 255 55 324.4 324.7 291.2 328.3 1.09 25 385 7688 -25.3 -28.3 76 3.0 -25.9 266 50 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.1 0.96 26 346 8455 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.3 280 61 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.63 27 338 8620 -32.3 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.7 280 61 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.57 28 307 9291 -37.7 -41.1 70 3.4 -38.0 275 55 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.3 0.34 29 300 9450 -39.1 -42.5 70 3.4 -39.4 270 52 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.30 30 295 9566 -40.1 -43.6 69 3.5 -40.4 270 52 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.27 31 284 9826 -41.9 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.1 273 51 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.24 32 250 10680 -49.3 -52.7 67 3.4 -49.4 290 46 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.12 33 225 11356 -55.7 -59.1 66 3.4 -55.8 286 52 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 34 215 11642 -58.3 -61.7 65 3.4 -58.3 290 55 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.04 35 207 11878 -60.7 -63.9 66 3.2 -60.7 287 59 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.03 36 201 12059 -61.9 -65.4 63 3.5 -61.9 285 62 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 37 200 12090 -61.9 -65.4 63 3.5 -61.9 285 62 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.03 38 195 12247 -63.3 -66.6 64 3.3 -63.3 285 63 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 39 187 12504 -65.5 -68.5 66 3.0 -65.5 285 63 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 40 182 12669 -66.7 -70.0 63 3.3 -66.7 286 60 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.02 41 161 13403 -72.5 -75.2 67 2.7 -72.5 287 53 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.3 0.01 42 157 13551 -73.7 -76.7 63 3.0 -73.7 285 53 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 43 150 13820 -70.5 -75.0 51 4.5 -70.5 280 51 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 44 143 14105 -66.1 -71.1 49 5.0 -66.1 283 46 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.02 45 141 14190 -65.5 -70.5 50 5.0 -65.5 286 40 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.02 46 135 14453 -66.5 -71.5 49 5.0 -66.5 279 28 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.02 47 120 15169 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -62.6 295 45 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.4 0.02 48 118 15272 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 296 43 388.9 388.9 303.6 389.0 0.03 49 116 15377 -62.5 -71.5 29 9.0 -62.6 297 41 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.2 0.02 50 109 15763 -58.9 -68.9 26 10.0 -59.1 300 38 403.8 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.03 51 108 15821 -58.9 -68.9 26 10.0 -59.2 300 39 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.1 0.03 52 100 16300 -60.5 -72.5 19 12.0 -60.7 345 23 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.02 53 90 16955 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.7 349 21 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.5 0.01 54 85 17309 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -62.0 346 19 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.01 55 84 17382 -61.5 -76.5 12 15.0 -61.7 345 18 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.9 0.01 56 76 18001 -63.5 -80.5 8 17.0 -63.7 332 10 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.2 0.01 57 70 18510 -61.1 -80.1 6 19.0 -61.4 305 27 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.01 58 64 19069 -58.7 -80.7 4 22.0 -59.2 321 27 470.7 470.7 312.7 470.8 0.01 59 63 19168 -58.9 -80.9 4 22.0 -59.4 324 26 472.4 472.4 312.8 472.5 0.01 60 60 19474 -58.5 -81.5 4 23.0 -59.0 343 15 479.9 479.9 313.4 480.0 0.01 61 56 19907 -59.1 -83.1 3 24.0 -59.7 2 10 488.1 488.1 314.1 488.2 0.01 62 52 20373 -57.5 -82.5 3 25.0 -58.2 9 8 502.3 502.3 315.1 502.4 0.01 63 50 20620 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.4 255 8 505.2 505.2 315.3 505.2 0.01 64 47 21007 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.8 259 11 513.2 513.2 315.8 513.2 0.01 65 41 21866 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.9 345 11 539.1 539.1 317.5 539.2 0.00 66 40 22022 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.9 352 10 543.0 543.0 317.7 543.0 0.01 67 38 22346 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.1 338 7 550.5 550.5 318.1 550.5 0.01 68 34 23048 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.0 311 17 568.8 568.8 319.1 568.8 0.01 69 32 23432 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.9 343 16 579.3 579.3 319.6 579.3 0.01 70 31 23633 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 345 17 584.0 584.0 319.9 584.1 0.01 71 30 23840 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 45 7 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.6 0.01 72 24 25260 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.0 28 10 633.6 633.6 322.0 633.7 0.01 73 22 25817 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.6 29 10 651.4 651.4 322.7 651.4 0.01 74 21 26116 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -56.1 41 11 662.5 662.5 323.2 662.6 0.01 75 20 26430 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -55.8 70 11 673.6 673.6 323.6 673.8 0.02 76 18 27112 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -54.5 60 12 700.6 700.6 324.4 700.7 0.02 77 18 27112 -50.5 -63.5 20 13.0 -53.4 60 12 702.4 702.6 324.6 706.1 0.42 TRP 157 13551 -73.7 -76.7 63 3.0 -73.7 285 53 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 WND 195 12247 -63.3 -66.6 64 3.3 -63.3 285 63 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.00 m Freezing level: 621.38 mb = 4040.40 m = 13255.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.75 mb = 3472.36 m = 11392.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.28 mb = 2125.10 m = 6972.04 ft T: 11.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 3.80 C Layer 987.0- 945.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.19 mb = 3240.14 m = 10630.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38320.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.75 mb = 2380.82 m = 7810.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 993 89 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 108 38 -36.4 12.0 1 970 305 175 24 -2.1 23.9 | 131 45 -33.9 29.4 2 938 610 190 33 5.7 32.5 | 145 46 -26.1 37.9 3 925 732 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 143 41 -24.6 32.5 4 906 914 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 154 37 -15.8 33.2 5 874 1219 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 158 32 -11.9 29.2 6 850 1459 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 160 26 -8.9 24.7 7 813 1829 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 174 23 -2.4 22.4 8 784 2134 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 186 18 2.0 17.8 9 756 2438 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 208 14 6.6 12.2 10 729 2743 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 323 5 2.9 -3.9 11 703 3048 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 282 5 4.6 -1.0 12 700 3078 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 282 5 4.6 -1.0 13 676 3353 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 240 20 17.0 9.7 14 651 3658 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 251 17 16.2 5.4 15 626 3962 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 227 20 14.4 13.6 16 602 4267 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 216 29 17.0 23.2 17 580 4572 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 220 32 20.8 24.6 18 558 4877 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 213 35 18.9 29.1 19 537 5182 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 212 34 18.0 28.7 20 516 5486 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 229 31 23.2 20.2 21 500 5740 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 232 34 27.1 21.2 22 497 5791 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 233 35 28.1 21.5 23 477 6096 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 237 28 23.3 15.2 24 458 6401 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 224 26 18.4 18.9 25 439 6706 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 222 25 16.5 18.4 26 422 7010 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 222 25 16.5 18.4 27 405 7315 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 229 31 23.2 20.2 28 400 7410 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 227 29 21.3 19.7 29 388 7620 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 241 20 18.0 9.8 30 372 7925 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 254 20 19.2 5.4 31 356 8230 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 280 30 29.2 -5.3 32 327 8839 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 280 28 27.3 -5.0 33 313 9144 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 280 25 24.3 -4.5 34 300 9450 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 255 21 20.2 5.4 35 287 9754 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 255 21 20.2 5.4 36 274 10058 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 295 17 15.5 -7.2 37 250 10668 290 47 44.2 -16.1 | 311 16 12.3 -10.6 38 250 10680 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 312 15 11.4 -10.3 39 227 11278 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 294 20 18.4 -8.0 40 217 11582 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 305 23 18.9 -13.0 41 200 12090 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 291 30 28.1 -10.6 42 197 12192 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 291 29 27.1 -10.3 43 195 12247 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 291 31 29.0 -10.9 44 187 12497 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 291 31 29.0 -10.9 45 169 13106 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 306 21 17.0 -12.3 46 157 13551 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 293 21 19.4 -8.3 47 153 13716 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 304 24 19.8 -13.4 48 150 13820 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 281 19 18.4 -3.4 49 145 14021 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 280 20 19.4 -3.6 50 138 14326 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 18 6 -1.8 -5.5 51 131 14630 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 130 12 -8.9 7.5 52 125 14935 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 318 22 14.4 -16.1 53 119 15240 295 44 39.9 -18.6 | 329 15 8.0 -13.1 54 113 15545 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 359 13 0.2 -13.1 55 108 15850 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 352 14 1.9 -14.1 56 102 16154 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 51 27 -21.3 -17.2 57 100 16300 345 23 6.0 -22.2 | 57 31 -25.9 -16.8 58 88 17069 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 62 32 -28.2 -15.2 59 84 17374 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 66 30 -27.2 -11.9 60 80 17678 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 74 31 -29.4 -8.3 61 76 17983 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 83 28 -27.6 -3.6 62 73 18288 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 90 17 -16.8 -0.0 63 70 18510 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 44 14 -9.7 -10.0 64 69 18593 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 55 12 -10.2 -7.1 65 66 18898 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 40 19 -12.0 -14.4 66 63 19202 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 47 23 -16.9 -15.9 67 60 19507 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 74 29 -28.2 -8.1 68 57 19812 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 80 32 -31.8 -5.6 69 54 20117 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 86 33 -32.5 -2.5 70 52 20422 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 86 33 -33.2 -2.4 71 50 20620 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 107 25 -24.1 7.5 72 49 20726 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 104 29 -28.1 6.8 73 47 21031 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 109 22 -21.0 7.4 74 45 21336 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 107 22 -20.9 6.4 75 43 21641 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 84 32 -31.8 -3.6 76 41 21946 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 78 28 -27.7 -5.8 77 39 22250 25 6 -2.5 -5.4 | 90 34 -34.4 0.0 78 37 22555 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 111 27 -24.9 9.4 79 35 22860 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 100 20 -20.0 3.4 80 33 23165 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 61 25 -21.8 -11.9 81 32 23470 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 70 29 -27.7 -10.0 82 30 23774 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 66 30 -27.2 -11.9 83 30 23840 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 91 37 -36.8 0.5 84 29 24079 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 70 34 -31.8 -11.6 85 28 24384 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 95 35 -34.9 2.9 86 26 24689 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 97 33 -33.3 4.0 87 25 24994 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 98 38 -37.8 5.4 88 24 25298 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 84 35 -35.3 -4.0 89 23 25603 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 88 40 -40.3 -1.6 90 22 25908 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 85 35 -34.9 -3.0 91 21 26213 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 87 41 -41.0 -2.3 92 20 26430 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 92 42 -42.2 1.7 93 20 26518 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 89 39 -38.7 -0.3 94 18 26822 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 89 42 -42.2 -0.6 95 17 27127 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 94 36 -35.7 2.2 96 15 27432 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 86 38 -37.6 -2.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 521.9 neg: -8.0 tot: 513.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 230.89 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 178 23 131 43| 28.0 0.0 28.0|315.5 0.0 315.5 630.9 0.95| 29.8 28.3 1000 193 27 141 41| 15.3 0.0 15.3|399.7 -4.1 395.6 395.6 0.79| 23.2 18.2 1500 205 28 147 37| 11.0 0.0 11.0|429.6 -4.1 425.5 283.7 0.72| 18.9 13.5 2000 216 30 154 33| 9.9 0.0 9.9|473.7 -4.1 469.6 234.8 0.72| 16.7 12.1 2500 227 31 161 28| 8.8 0.0 8.8|513.2 -4.1 509.1 203.6 0.72| 16.8 12.0 3000 237 32 168 23| 7.5 0.0 7.5|521.9 -8.0 513.9 171.3 0.67| 15.9 10.7 4000 248 36 185 19| 5.6 2.7 8.3|533.2 -70.6 462.6 115.6 0.40| 15.8 6.4 5000 248 40 195 21| 4.5 3.3 7.8|547.0-126.4 420.6 84.1 0.32| 14.2 4.6 6000 250 43 203 22| 4.6 2.8 7.4|664.1-126.4 537.7 89.6 0.36| 13.8 5.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20250430.00.gif