UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 89 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 355 6 286.3 287.9 286.3 312.8 9.56 1 1000 116 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 335 9 286.0 287.6 285.8 311.4 9.20 2 973 346 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 351 19 286.6 288.0 284.8 308.6 7.89 3 968 389 10.8 9.6 92 1.2 10.1 353 20 286.6 288.0 284.7 308.3 7.77 4 949 555 10.4 8.9 90 1.5 9.6 358 25 287.8 289.2 284.9 309.0 7.56 5 925 768 9.4 8.8 96 0.6 9.0 350 24 288.9 290.3 285.5 310.6 7.70 6 902 977 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 335 22 290.2 291.5 285.9 311.5 7.53 7 880 1181 7.8 7.3 97 0.5 7.5 318 20 291.4 292.7 286.1 312.3 7.30 8 863 1343 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 313 19 292.8 294.2 286.8 314.2 7.45 9 852 1449 8.2 8.2 100 0.0 8.2 310 18 294.5 296.0 288.0 317.7 8.03 10 850 1468 8.2 8.2 100 0.0 8.2 310 18 294.7 296.2 288.1 318.0 8.05 11 831 1655 7.6 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 292 18 296.0 297.4 288.4 319.0 7.90 12 816 1805 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 282 17 297.3 298.8 288.8 320.1 7.78 13 806 1907 7.6 7.1 97 0.5 7.3 282 18 298.6 300.0 289.3 321.7 7.87 14 792 2051 6.8 5.5 91 1.3 6.1 287 21 299.3 300.6 288.9 320.4 7.17 15 774 2240 5.8 4.6 92 1.2 5.1 290 23 300.2 301.4 288.9 320.6 6.88 16 766 2325 5.0 3.8 92 1.2 4.4 290 24 300.2 301.4 288.6 319.7 6.57 17 739 2618 3.8 1.9 87 1.9 2.8 290 33 302.0 303.1 288.7 319.8 5.95 18 734 2673 3.4 1.6 88 1.8 2.5 290 35 302.1 303.2 288.6 319.7 5.86 19 730 2718 3.2 1.2 87 2.0 2.2 290 37 302.4 303.4 288.6 319.6 5.72 20 727 2751 3.4 1.2 85 2.2 2.2 290 38 303.0 304.0 288.8 320.3 5.75 21 710 2943 1.6 0.1 90 1.5 0.8 284 39 303.0 304.0 288.6 319.4 5.43 22 706 2988 1.2 -0.5 88 1.7 0.4 282 40 303.1 304.0 288.4 318.9 5.23 23 700 3057 1.0 -0.4 90 1.4 0.3 280 43 303.6 304.6 288.6 319.7 5.31 24 698 3080 0.8 -0.4 92 1.2 0.2 279 42 303.6 304.6 288.6 319.8 5.33 25 683 3254 0.4 -0.4 94 0.8 0.0 267 37 305.1 306.1 289.3 321.7 5.45 26 681 3278 0.4 -0.4 94 0.8 0.0 266 37 305.3 306.3 289.3 322.0 5.46 27 670 3408 0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 260 34 306.3 307.3 289.8 323.4 5.59 28 663 3492 -0.3 -0.4 99 0.1 -0.3 260 33 306.9 307.9 290.0 324.1 5.61 29 662 3504 -0.3 -0.3 100 0.0 -0.3 260 33 307.0 308.1 290.1 324.4 5.66 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices Freezing level: 670.00 mb = 3408.04 m = 11181.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.76 mb = 3292.21 m = 10801.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.57 C = 70.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.00 mb = 89.00 m = 291.99 ft T: 13.20 C ThetaE index: 4.48 C Layer 1000.0- 949.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.06 mb = 884.92 m = 2903.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.56 C = 61.81 F Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 381.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.21 mb = 658.73 m = 2161.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 327 at 19 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 1001 89 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 136 14 -10.0 10.3 1 1000 116 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 140 11 -6.7 8.1 2 978 305 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 79 8 -7.4 -1.4 3 943 610 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 44 15 -10.5 -10.7 4 925 768 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 41 10 -6.4 -7.4 5 909 914 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 26 6 -2.7 -5.3 6 876 1219 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 239 4 3.6 2.1 7 850 1468 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 215 6 3.3 4.7 8 844 1524 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 215 9 5.1 7.3 9 813 1829 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 205 15 6.2 13.3 10 784 2134 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 229 13 10.2 8.8 11 755 2438 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 242 16 13.9 7.4 12 727 2743 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 263 25 25.2 3.3 13 701 3048 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 252 30 28.9 9.3 14 700 3057 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 255 33 31.8 8.8 15 674 3353 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 226 32 23.0 22.2 16 648 3658 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 224 30 21.0 21.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 6.9 tot: 11.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.5 neg: -88.8 tot: -23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 61.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 352 19 76 8| 21.0 0.0 21.0| 0.0 -31.5 -31.5 -63.1 -0.63| 22.8-14.3 1000 348 21 54 8| 10.5 7.5 18.0| 0.0 -42.1 -42.1 -42.1 -0.57| 19.1-10.9 1500 337 21 44 4| 7.0 8.4 15.4| 0.0 -47.8 -47.8 -31.8 -0.56| 16.6 -9.3 2000 325 20 282 1| 5.3 7.2 12.4| 17.2 -52.1 -34.9 -17.5 -0.42| 14.7 -6.1 2500 316 21 255 4| 5.4 5.7 11.2| 51.3 -52.1 -0.8 -0.3 -0.23| 14.0 -3.3 3000 307 24 258 9| 4.5 6.9 11.4| 65.5 -88.8 -23.3 -7.8 -0.22| 14.2 -3.1 4000 NO DATA | 3.9 6.2 10.1| | 5000 NO DATA | 3.9 6.2 10.1| | 6000 NO DATA | 3.9 6.2 10.1| | Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251008.12.gif