UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 3 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 63 315 7 SFC 994 89 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.8 315 7 271.9 272.5 271.6 280.9 3.32 2 957 401 -3.7 -5.8 85 2.1 -4.4 4 17 272.9 273.3 271.1 280.0 2.59 3 939 557 -1.9 -2.8 94 0.9 -2.3 20 20 276.2 276.7 274.2 285.3 3.31 4 925 681 -2.3 -3.5 91 1.2 -2.7 20 18 277.0 277.5 274.4 285.8 3.19 5 923 698 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.7 19 17 277.1 277.7 274.6 286.0 3.22 6 914 776 -2.1 -3.1 93 1.0 -2.5 16 14 278.1 278.7 275.3 287.3 3.32 7 906 846 -2.3 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.7 13 12 278.6 279.2 275.5 287.8 3.30 8 891 978 -2.3 -3.2 94 0.9 -2.7 1 9 279.9 280.5 276.3 289.4 3.38 9 857 1286 -3.9 -5.7 87 1.8 -4.6 322 12 281.4 281.9 276.5 289.6 2.91 10 850 1351 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.8 -4.4 320 13 282.3 282.8 277.0 290.7 2.98 11 818 1654 -4.9 -7.0 85 2.1 -5.7 288 8 284.1 284.6 277.7 292.0 2.76 12 811 1721 -4.9 -6.8 87 1.9 -5.6 272 8 284.8 285.3 278.1 293.0 2.83 13 802 1809 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -5.8 250 8 285.5 286.0 278.4 293.6 2.79 14 787 1958 -3.9 -4.9 93 1.0 -4.3 239 11 288.3 288.9 280.5 298.1 3.37 15 773 2100 -4.7 -6.6 87 1.9 -5.4 232 14 289.0 289.5 280.3 297.8 3.01 16 738 2464 -5.5 -7.3 87 1.8 -6.2 220 18 291.9 292.5 281.7 300.8 2.99 17 725 2603 -5.7 -7.3 88 1.6 -6.3 223 23 293.2 293.8 282.3 302.3 3.05 18 700 2878 -7.1 -9.2 85 2.1 -7.9 230 32 294.6 295.1 282.5 302.8 2.72 19 685 3047 -8.3 -10.7 83 2.4 -9.1 220 33 295.1 295.6 282.4 302.6 2.47 20 650 3452 -10.5 -12.3 87 1.8 -11.1 224 34 297.1 297.5 283.0 304.1 2.29 21 600 4061 -16.5 -26.5 42 10.0 -18.4 239 37 297.0 297.2 281.1 299.4 0.73 22 593 4149 -16.9 -28.9 35 12.0 -19.1 237 39 297.6 297.7 281.1 299.5 0.59 23 551 4703 -15.5 -34.5 18 19.0 -18.7 238 47 305.5 305.6 284.1 306.8 0.37 24 503 5386 -19.5 -41.5 12 22.0 -22.3 231 60 308.7 308.8 285.1 309.5 0.20 25 500 5430 -19.9 -41.9 12 22.0 -22.7 230 61 308.8 308.8 285.1 309.5 0.19 26 452 6168 -26.1 -41.1 23 15.0 -27.8 229 69 310.0 310.1 285.7 310.9 0.23 27 427 6577 -28.9 -43.9 22 15.0 -30.3 219 79 311.6 311.6 286.1 312.2 0.18 28 400 7040 -32.3 -50.3 15 18.0 -33.5 220 80 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.4 0.10 29 395 7129 -32.9 -51.9 13 19.0 -34.1 222 81 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.7 0.08 30 325 8479 -40.5 -66.5 4 26.0 -41.3 220 89 320.9 320.9 289.0 320.9 0.02 31 300 9020 -44.5 -66.5 7 22.0 -45.0 220 86 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.7 0.02 32 263 9890 -49.5 217 98 327.7 33 250 10220 -50.5 225 104 331.0 34 248 10272 -50.7 225 106 331.5 35 235 10622 -51.7 229 102 335.1 36 204 11533 -54.9 239 85 343.9 37 202 11596 -54.9 241 84 344.8 38 200 11660 -54.7 245 85 346.1 39 197 11757 -54.5 245 83 348.0 40 173 12582 -57.5 239 86 356.2 41 162 12996 -58.5 235 88 361.3 42 156 13233 -58.1 241 78 365.9 43 150 13480 -58.7 250 68 368.9 44 136 14091 -61.7 245 75 374.1 45 135 14137 -61.7 245 75 374.9 46 129 14419 -60.3 249 74 382.3 47 124 14666 -60.7 255 76 386.0 48 118 14974 -60.5 260 73 391.8 49 101 15947 -58.9 265 65 412.7 TRP WND 248 10272 -50.7 225 106 331.5 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5367.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 8.97 C = 48.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.18 mb = 128.99 m = 423.20 ft T: -1.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 957.0- 939.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 964.23 mb = 339.31 m = 1113.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: -0.95 C = 30.30 F Cap Strength: 21.06 C Lifted Index: 21.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.74 C Showalter Index: 15.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.40 C K Index: 8.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 87.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18621.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.99 mb = 672.22 m = 2205.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 994 89 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 71 20 -19.1 -6.7 1 968 305 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 54 28 -22.8 -16.7 2 933 610 25 21 -8.9 -19.0 | 58 39 -33.0 -20.8 3 925 681 20 18 -6.2 -16.9 | 58 36 -30.2 -18.7 4 898 914 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 67 28 -25.7 -10.6 5 864 1219 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 59 21 -17.8 -10.8 6 850 1351 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 53 20 -15.7 -11.7 7 832 1524 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 67 21 -18.9 -7.9 8 800 1829 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 95 17 -16.8 1.6 9 769 2134 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 122 15 -12.6 7.9 10 740 2438 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 131 17 -13.2 11.3 11 712 2743 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 169 19 -3.6 18.7 12 700 2878 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 181 19 0.4 18.8 13 684 3048 220 33 21.2 25.3 | 173 24 -2.9 23.5 14 658 3353 225 33 23.3 23.3 | 178 22 -0.8 21.6 15 632 3658 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 178 26 -0.9 25.8 16 607 3962 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 204 18 7.1 16.2 17 583 4267 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 204 24 9.5 21.7 18 560 4572 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 216 26 14.9 20.7 19 538 4877 235 49 40.1 28.1 | 211 31 16.0 26.3 20 517 5182 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 216 38 22.6 30.9 21 500 5430 230 61 46.7 39.2 | 211 44 22.6 37.4 22 496 5486 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 217 40 24.2 32.1 23 476 5791 225 65 46.0 46.0 | 206 49 21.9 44.2 24 456 6096 230 68 52.1 43.7 | 214 50 28.0 41.9 25 437 6401 225 72 50.9 50.9 | 209 56 26.8 49.1 26 419 6706 215 84 48.2 68.8 | 200 71 24.1 67.0 27 400 7040 220 80 51.4 61.3 | 205 65 27.3 59.5 28 384 7315 225 82 58.0 58.0 | 211 66 33.9 56.2 29 368 7620 220 84 54.0 64.3 | 206 69 29.9 62.6 30 352 7925 225 84 59.4 59.4 | 211 68 35.3 57.6 31 337 8230 220 91 58.5 69.7 | 207 76 34.4 67.9 32 322 8534 220 88 56.6 67.4 | 206 73 32.5 65.6 33 308 8839 220 89 57.2 68.2 | 207 74 33.1 66.4 34 300 9020 220 86 55.3 65.9 | 206 71 31.2 64.1 35 294 9144 220 86 55.3 65.9 | 206 71 31.2 64.1 36 281 9449 220 87 55.9 66.6 | 206 72 31.8 64.9 37 268 9754 215 94 53.9 77.0 | 202 81 29.8 75.2 38 256 10058 220 104 66.8 79.7 | 209 89 42.8 77.9 39 250 10220 225 104 73.5 73.5 | 215 87 49.4 71.8 40 248 10272 225 106 75.0 75.0 | 215 89 50.9 73.2 41 245 10363 225 106 75.0 75.0 | 215 89 50.9 73.2 42 233 10668 230 101 77.4 64.9 | 220 83 53.3 63.1 43 212 11278 235 88 72.1 50.5 | 225 68 48.0 48.7 44 202 11582 240 84 72.7 42.0 | 230 63 48.7 40.2 45 200 11660 245 85 77.0 35.9 | 237 63 52.9 34.1 46 193 11887 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 237 58 48.4 32.0 47 184 12192 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 237 58 48.4 32.0 48 175 12497 240 84 72.7 42.0 | 230 63 48.7 40.2 49 167 12802 235 91 74.5 52.2 | 225 71 50.5 50.4 50 159 13106 235 86 70.4 49.3 | 224 66 46.4 47.6 51 152 13411 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 241 43 37.9 20.8 52 150 13480 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 242 45 39.8 21.5 53 135 14021 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 236 53 43.9 29.9 54 128 14326 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 243 51 45.4 23.5 55 121 14630 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 257 53 51.7 11.6 56 114 14935 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 257 43 41.9 9.9 57 107 15240 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 265 43 42.7 4.1 58 101 15545 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 265 42 41.7 4.0 59 96 15850 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 264 31 30.7 3.0 60 90 16154 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 256 34 33.0 8.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 9.1 tot: 12.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.3 neg: -80.8 tot: 152.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 241.82 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 2 15 56 30| 19.7 0.0 19.7| 19.8 -40.0 -20.2 -40.4 -0.21| 22.0 -4.7 1000 8 14 59 30| 9.8 7.3 17.1| 62.3 -53.8 8.5 8.5 -0.04| 19.1 -0.8 1500 355 13 58 27| 6.6 7.1 13.6| 88.1 -66.2 21.9 14.6 0.03| 16.4 0.4 2000 341 12 57 24| 4.9 8.6 13.5|144.5 -66.2 78.3 39.1 0.23| 16.0 3.7 2500 310 13 54 17| 3.9 8.8 12.8|186.0 -66.2 119.8 47.9 0.33| 14.9 4.9 3000 266 16 85 8| 3.3 9.1 12.4|233.3 -80.8 152.5 50.8 0.36| 15.0 5.3 4000 242 21 145 10| 2.4 6.8 9.3|298.7 -81.1 217.6 54.4 0.40| 13.7 5.5 5000 239 26 171 12| 1.7 6.5 8.2|348.2 -95.4 252.8 50.6 0.38| 13.0 4.9 6000 236 32 189 17| 1.4 6.7 8.1|477.2-223.8 253.4 42.2 0.30| 13.4 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251203.00.gif