UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 2 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 2 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 1014 89 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.0 -3.8 310 8 270.2 270.5 268.5 275.9 2.08 1 1004 187 -2.5 -11.5 50 9.0 -5.1 310 12 270.3 270.6 267.8 274.7 1.58 2 1002 206 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -5.3 310 12 270.3 270.6 267.8 274.6 1.55 3 1000 226 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -5.3 310 13 270.5 270.7 267.9 274.8 1.56 4 992 289 -3.3 -11.3 54 8.0 -5.6 310 15 270.5 270.7 268.0 275.0 1.62 5 965 505 -4.7 -13.7 49 9.0 -7.1 310 15 271.2 271.4 268.0 275.1 1.37 6 949 635 -5.7 -13.7 53 8.0 -7.8 313 13 271.5 271.7 268.2 275.4 1.40 7 925 834 -6.7 -14.7 53 8.0 -8.8 335 5 272.5 272.7 268.8 276.2 1.32 8 898 1064 -8.5 -15.5 57 7.0 -10.2 37 3 272.9 273.1 269.0 276.5 1.27 9 889 1142 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20657 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.8 273 38 518.5 518.5 316.2 518.5 0.00 78 44 21077 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -54.2 300 39 538.6 538.6 317.5 538.7 0.01 79 40 21685 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -58.1 14 15 542.5 542.5 317.6 542.5 0.01 80 39 21844 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.0 12 14 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.01 81 36 22348 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.8 335 19 560.1 560.1 318.6 560.1 0.01 82 36 22348 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.0 335 19 559.6 559.6 318.6 559.6 0.01 83 34 22710 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.5 340 18 570.4 570.4 319.2 570.4 0.01 84 33 22899 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.4 339 16 575.8 575.8 319.5 575.8 0.01 85 30 23500 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.9 35 18 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.01 86 28 23932 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.1 35 21 592.4 592.4 320.3 592.4 0.01 87 27 24159 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.3 28 19 598.0 598.0 320.5 598.0 0.01 88 25 24640 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.3 7 14 614.8 614.8 321.3 614.8 0.01 89 25 24640 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.1 7 14 615.3 615.3 321.3 615.4 0.01 90 22 25440 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.9 344 24 635.9 635.9 322.2 635.9 0.01 91 22 25440 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.8 344 24 636.5 636.5 322.2 636.5 0.01 TRP 222 10930 -62.1 -68.1 44 6.0 -62.1 260 111 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.02 WND 199 11611 -59.0 -68.0 30 9.0 -59.2 260 123 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5294.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.30 % Est. max temperature: 7.03 C = 44.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.66 mb = 853.71 m = 2800.84 ft T: -6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 1.24 C Layer 1004.0-1000.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.56 mb = 4617.93 m = 15150.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 20.42 C Lifted Index: 21.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.47 C Showalter Index: 16.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.00 C Cross Totals Index: -10.00 C K Index: -57.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52668.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.71 mb = 1531.79 m = 5025.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 285 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 1014 89 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 88 12 -12.0 -0.3 1 1000 226 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 67 9 -8.2 -3.5 2 990 305 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 47 8 -5.9 -5.5 3 952 610 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 61 9 -7.4 -4.2 4 925 834 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 91 16 -16.0 0.3 5 915 914 350 3 0.5 -3.0 | 96 18 -17.6 1.9 6 880 1219 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 103 21 -20.1 4.7 7 850 1492 340 1 0.3 -0.9 | 102 18 -17.8 3.9 8 847 1524 335 1 0.4 -0.9 | 102 18 -17.7 3.9 9 814 1829 175 3 -0.3 3.0 | 113 20 -18.4 7.8 10 783 2134 215 3 1.7 2.5 | 114 18 -16.4 7.3 11 753 2438 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 145 14 -8.3 11.7 12 724 2743 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 148 16 -8.2 13.2 13 700 3005 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 157 13 -5.1 12.3 14 696 3048 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 156 15 -5.8 13.4 15 641 3658 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 188 12 1.6 12.0 16 591 4267 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 220 21 13.8 16.5 17 568 4572 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 238 31 26.3 16.7 18 545 4877 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 241 38 33.1 18.5 19 523 5182 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 232 35 27.9 21.6 20 502 5486 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 234 38 30.7 22.6 21 500 5520 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 242 43 37.9 19.8 22 481 5791 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 250 47 43.9 15.8 23 461 6096 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 251 52 48.8 16.6 24 442 6401 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 252 54 50.8 17.0 25 405 7010 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 265 57 56.9 4.8 26 400 7100 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 265 58 57.9 4.8 27 370 7620 270 98 98.0 -0.0 | 267 80 79.9 4.8 28 354 7925 270 86 86.0 -0.0 | 266 68 67.9 4.8 29 338 8230 275 98 97.6 -8.5 | 273 80 79.5 -3.7 30 323 8534 275 99 98.6 -8.6 | 273 81 80.5 -3.8 31 309 8839 275 101 100.6 -8.8 | 273 83 82.5 -4.0 32 300 9030 275 106 105.6 -9.2 | 273 88 87.5 -4.4 33 295 9144 275 105 104.6 -9.2 | 273 87 86.5 -4.3 34 281 9449 275 107 106.6 -9.3 | 273 89 88.5 -4.5 35 255 10058 280 107 105.4 -18.6 | 279 88 87.2 -13.8 36 250 10190 270 103 103.0 -0.0 | 267 85 84.9 4.8 37 232 10668 270 102 102.0 -0.0 | 267 84 83.9 4.8 38 222 10930 260 111 109.3 19.3 | 255 94 91.2 24.1 39 220 10973 260 112 110.3 19.4 | 255 95 92.2 24.3 40 210 11278 260 107 105.4 18.6 | 255 90 87.2 23.4 41 200 11580 260 123 121.1 21.4 | 256 106 103.0 26.2 42 200 11582 260 123 121.1 21.4 | 256 106 103.0 26.2 43 199 11611 260 123 121.1 21.4 | 256 106 103.0 26.2 44 190 11887 260 123 121.1 21.4 | 256 106 103.0 26.2 45 165 12802 275 92 91.6 -8.0 | 272 74 73.5 -3.2 46 157 13106 270 87 87.0 -0.0 | 266 69 68.9 4.8 47 150 13380 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 259 59 57.6 11.4 48 149 13411 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 259 58 56.6 11.4 49 142 13716 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 252 58 54.7 17.7 50 135 14021 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 246 59 54.3 24.2 51 129 14326 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 259 63 61.6 11.8 52 123 14630 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 259 58 56.6 11.4 53 117 14935 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 259 60 58.6 11.5 54 111 15240 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 265 54 53.9 4.8 55 106 15545 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 245 54 48.5 22.7 56 101 15850 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 251 53 49.8 16.8 57 100 15920 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 250 47 43.9 15.8 58 96 16154 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 251 49 45.9 16.1 59 92 16459 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 251 51 47.9 16.5 60 87 16764 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 256 42 40.6 10.0 61 83 17069 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 256 42 40.6 10.0 62 79 17374 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 248 37 34.1 14.0 63 76 17678 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 255 38 36.7 9.6 64 72 17983 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 262 33 32.9 4.8 65 70 18160 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 254 34 32.7 9.3 66 69 18288 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 246 33 30.1 13.3 67 65 18593 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 254 35 33.7 9.4 68 62 18898 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 256 20 19.9 4.8 69 56 19507 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 223 32 21.7 23.4 70 54 19812 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 235 27 22.4 15.7 71 51 20117 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 265 19 18.7 1.6 72 50 20270 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 248 21 19.7 8.1 73 49 20422 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 244 18 15.7 7.8 74 47 20726 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 266 21 20.7 1.4 75 44 21031 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 294 24 22.3 -9.9 76 42 21336 355 19 1.7 -18.9 | 49 22 -16.5 -14.1 77 40 21641 15 15 -3.9 -14.5 | 66 24 -22.0 -9.7 78 38 21946 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 66 22 -20.6 -9.0 79 37 22250 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 40 14 -9.1 -10.8 80 35 22555 345 21 5.4 -20.3 | 39 20 -12.7 -15.5 81 33 22860 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 53 15 -11.8 -8.8 82 32 23165 5 23 -2.0 -22.9 | 48 27 -20.1 -18.1 83 30 23470 20 26 -8.9 -24.4 | 54 33 -27.0 -19.6 84 30 23500 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 71 30 -28.5 -9.9 85 28 23774 35 21 -12.0 -17.2 | 68 33 -30.2 -12.4 86 25 24079 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 69 22 -20.4 -8.0 87 23 24384 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 49 20 -15.0 -12.9 88 21 24689 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 22 23 -8.6 -21.5 89 19 24994 355 19 1.7 -18.9 | 49 22 -16.5 -14.1 90 18 25298 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 59 17 -14.5 -8.7 91 16 25603 5 15 -1.3 -14.9 | 63 22 -19.4 -10.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.0 neg: -18.1 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 55.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 310 14 61 9| 0.0 6.3 6.3| 2.8 -15.7 -12.9 -25.8 -0.57| 9.1 -5.2 1000 315 10 78 11| 7.5 3.2 10.6| 35.9 -15.7 20.2 20.2 0.17| 12.2 2.1 1500 317 7 88 13| 5.0 2.8 7.8| 46.4 -18.1 28.3 18.9 0.20| 9.8 1.9 2000 312 6 93 14| 3.7 2.0 5.8| 61.5 -18.1 43.5 21.7 0.26| 8.8 2.3 2500 288 7 103 12| 2.7 1.6 4.3|100.6 -18.1 82.5 33.0 0.41| 9.2 3.7 3000 267 8 117 12| 2.3 1.3 3.6|112.0 -18.1 93.9 31.3 0.43| 8.4 3.6 4000 255 11 137 11| 2.7 1.0 3.7|161.8 -18.1 143.7 35.9 0.53| 8.4 4.4 5000 254 18 175 10| 3.6 1.2 4.8|242.2 -52.7 189.5 37.9 0.46| 9.5 4.4 6000 255 25 208 13| 4.4 1.0 5.4|398.3 -67.8 330.5 55.1 0.47| 10.0 4.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251202.00.gif