UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 1 DEC 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 1009 89 2.4 -2.6 70 5.0 0.4 295 16 274.8 275.4 273.1 283.4 3.12 1 1000 182 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -1.8 305 23 274.1 274.5 271.4 280.4 2.26 2 997 206 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.0 304 23 274.2 274.6 271.4 280.4 2.23 3 957 533 -2.1 -9.1 59 7.0 -4.3 304 33 274.5 274.8 271.2 280.1 2.00 4 949 600 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -4.9 305 36 274.5 274.9 271.1 279.9 1.93 5 933 734 -3.9 -9.9 63 6.0 -5.8 302 37 274.6 275.0 271.2 280.0 1.93 6 925 802 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -6.1 300 38 274.9 275.2 271.2 280.2 1.88 7 924 811 -4.5 -10.5 63 6.0 -6.3 300 38 274.8 275.1 271.1 280.0 1.86 8 850 1461 -10.5 -12.7 84 2.2 -11.1 300 39 275.1 275.4 271.1 279.9 1.69 9 834 1607 -11.9 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-58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.8 358 10 563.5 563.5 318.8 563.6 0.01 78 34 22700 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.8 358 10 563.5 563.5 318.8 563.6 0.01 79 32 23082 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -58.3 339 14 578.2 578.2 319.6 578.3 0.01 80 31 23283 -56.3 -83.3 2 27.0 -57.6 343 20 585.6 585.6 319.9 585.7 0.01 81 30 23490 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -58.9 360 21 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.4 0.01 82 28 23923 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -60.2 352 22 595.2 595.2 320.4 595.2 0.01 83 27 24150 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -60.7 338 25 599.7 599.7 320.6 599.8 0.01 84 26 24386 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -60.4 325 27 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.4 0.01 85 25 24631 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -60.3 329 25 614.8 614.8 321.3 614.9 0.01 86 25 24631 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -60.1 329 25 615.3 615.3 321.3 615.4 0.01 87 23 25153 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -60.0 356 28 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.9 0.01 88 22 25432 -58.3 -83.3 3 25.0 -59.7 3 32 640.0 640.0 322.3 640.2 0.02 89 20 26030 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -60.5 345 27 655.3 655.3 322.9 655.4 0.02 90 19 26351 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -60.7 345 31 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.5 0.02 TRP 217 11013 -57.5 -80.5 4 23.0 -57.7 245 89 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.00 WND 442 6279 -31.1 -68.2 1 37.1 -32.6 255 109 305.7 305.7 283.7 305.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5218.00 m Freezing level: 985.97 mb = 296.32 m = 972.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 1007.26 mb = 106.89 m = 350.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.30 % Est. max temperature: 2.67 C = 36.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.64 mb = 728.70 m = 2390.71 ft T: -3.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.30 C/km ThetaE index: 3.49 C Layer 1000.0- 933.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.61 mb = 1427.95 m = 4684.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.69 C = 36.84 F Cap Strength: 14.30 C Lifted Index: 15.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.18 C Showalter Index: 16.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.40 C Cross Totals Index: 15.20 C K Index: -3.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54632.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.51 mb = 1356.19 m = 4449.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 311 at 35 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 1009 89 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 144 20 -11.5 16.1 1 1000 182 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 143 12 -7.2 9.6 2 985 305 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 157 11 -4.4 10.3 3 948 610 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 238 4 3.5 2.2 4 925 802 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 241 8 6.9 3.8 5 912 914 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 247 8 7.7 3.3 6 877 1219 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 234 7 6.0 4.3 7 850 1461 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 247 8 7.7 3.3 8 843 1524 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 247 8 7.7 3.3 9 810 1829 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 234 7 6.0 4.3 10 778 2134 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 181 1 0.0 1.0 11 747 2438 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 271 7 6.7 -0.1 12 718 2743 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 263 11 11.2 1.3 13 700 2934 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 234 7 6.0 4.3 14 689 3048 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 194 7 1.7 6.8 15 661 3353 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 208 13 5.9 11.2 16 634 3658 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 225 18 12.6 12.5 17 584 4267 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 225 27 18.8 18.9 18 560 4572 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 221 25 16.8 19.1 19 537 4877 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 229 42 31.7 27.9 20 515 5182 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 232 46 36.7 28.3 21 500 5400 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 231 56 43.9 35.2 22 494 5486 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 228 64 47.4 42.5 23 473 5791 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 238 71 59.6 37.9 24 454 6096 255 96 92.7 24.8 | 234 82 66.7 47.7 25 442 6279 255 109 105.3 28.2 | 237 94 79.3 51.1 26 434 6401 255 109 105.3 28.2 | 237 94 79.3 51.1 27 416 6706 250 107 100.5 36.6 | 231 95 74.5 59.4 28 400 6980 250 103 96.8 35.2 | 231 92 70.8 58.1 29 381 7315 250 103 96.8 35.2 | 231 92 70.8 58.1 30 364 7620 250 106 99.6 36.3 | 231 94 73.6 59.1 31 348 7925 250 106 99.6 36.3 | 231 94 73.6 59.1 32 332 8230 250 102 95.8 34.9 | 230 91 69.8 57.7 33 318 8534 250 107 100.5 36.6 | 231 95 74.5 59.4 34 304 8839 250 100 94.0 34.2 | 230 89 67.9 57.0 35 300 8920 245 101 91.5 42.7 | 225 93 65.5 65.5 36 290 9144 250 101 94.9 34.5 | 230 90 68.9 57.4 37 277 9449 245 99 89.7 41.8 | 225 91 63.7 64.7 38 264 9754 250 97 91.2 33.2 | 229 86 65.1 56.0 39 252 10058 245 90 81.6 38.0 | 222 82 55.5 60.9 40 250 10110 250 89 83.6 30.4 | 227 78 57.6 53.3 41 240 10363 245 84 76.1 35.5 | 221 77 50.1 58.3 42 229 10668 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 226 75 53.8 51.9 43 218 10973 245 89 80.7 37.6 | 222 81 54.6 60.5 44 217 11013 245 89 80.7 37.6 | 222 81 54.6 60.5 45 208 11278 245 90 81.6 38.0 | 222 82 55.5 60.9 46 200 11530 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 232 73 57.0 45.1 47 198 11582 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 227 77 55.7 52.6 48 180 12192 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 232 73 57.0 45.1 49 172 12497 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 230 67 51.2 43.5 50 164 12802 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 230 68 52.2 43.8 51 156 13106 250 76 71.4 26.0 | 223 67 45.4 48.8 52 150 13360 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 228 64 47.4 42.5 53 149 13411 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 223 66 44.4 48.5 54 142 13716 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 229 65 48.3 42.8 55 135 14021 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 235 63 51.8 36.6 56 129 14326 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 229 65 48.3 42.8 57 123 14630 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 226 59 42.5 41.2 58 111 15240 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 209 54 26.5 47.4 59 101 15850 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 225 58 41.6 41.0 60 100 15920 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 229 53 40.0 34.5 61 92 16459 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 217 40 24.2 31.7 62 87 16764 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 215 38 22.2 31.3 63 83 17069 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 199 50 16.4 47.3 64 76 17678 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 204 42 17.2 38.6 65 72 17983 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 206 50 22.0 45.2 66 70 18160 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 203 37 14.5 33.7 67 69 18288 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 229 52 39.0 34.3 68 65 18593 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 199 44 14.8 41.9 69 59 19202 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 189 29 4.5 28.2 70 57 19507 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 171 33 -5.2 32.6 71 54 19812 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 159 19 -6.7 17.7 72 51 20117 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 159 19 -6.7 17.7 73 50 20290 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 161 24 -8.0 22.8 74 47 20726 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 161 24 -8.0 22.8 75 44 21031 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 178 30 -0.9 29.6 76 42 21336 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 161 13 -4.3 12.7 77 40 21641 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 190 23 4.0 22.8 78 38 21946 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 210 19 9.4 16.6 79 35 22555 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 116 30 -26.9 12.9 80 33 22860 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 116 27 -24.1 12.0 81 32 23165 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 115 22 -19.7 9.2 82 30 23470 355 27 2.4 -26.9 | 80 24 -23.7 -4.1 83 30 23490 360 21 -0.0 -21.0 | 94 26 -26.0 1.8 84 29 23774 360 21 -0.0 -21.0 | 94 26 -26.0 1.8 85 26 24384 325 27 15.5 -22.1 | 94 11 -10.5 0.7 86 25 24689 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 98 14 -14.0 2.1 87 24 24994 345 27 7.0 -26.1 | 80 19 -19.0 -3.2 88 22 25298 5 29 -2.5 -28.9 | 78 29 -28.6 -6.0 89 21 25603 360 35 -0.0 -35.0 | 65 29 -26.0 -12.2 90 20 25908 350 29 5.0 -28.6 | 75 22 -21.0 -5.7 91 20 26030 345 27 7.0 -26.1 | 80 19 -19.0 -3.2 92 19 26213 345 32 8.3 -30.9 | 66 19 -17.7 -8.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.3 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 311.3 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -29.3 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 71.09 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 302 27 159 9| 20.2 0.0 20.2| 19.8 -0.4 19.4 38.8 0.47| 21.7 10.2 1000 302 33 196 6| 10.1 2.0 12.1| 22.7 -2.0 20.6 20.6 0.41| 13.8 5.6 1500 301 34 214 6| 6.7 1.5 8.3| 25.9 -4.0 21.9 14.6 0.39| 10.2 4.0 2000 301 35 220 6| 4.5 1.2 5.6| 25.9 -7.6 18.3 9.1 0.25| 9.5 2.3 2500 302 36 227 6| 3.6 2.6 6.1| 27.2 -8.6 18.6 7.4 0.24| 9.4 2.2 3000 302 36 232 6| 3.0 1.5 4.5| 27.2 -29.3 -2.1 -0.7 0.02| 9.9 0.2 4000 298 37 228 9| 2.2 3.4 5.6| 49.9 -30.0 19.9 5.0 0.10| 9.8 0.9 5000 291 39 230 14| 1.8 4.9 6.7|102.7 -39.8 62.8 12.6 0.11| 10.3 1.2 6000 281 46 234 24| 1.5 7.2 8.7|305.8-183.9 121.9 20.3 0.10| 12.4 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251201.12.gif