UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:1200Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 89 -3.3 -5.8 83 2.5 -4.1 325 7 269.8 270.2 269.0 276.5 2.47 1 1000 110 -3.3 -5.9 82 2.6 -4.2 325 9 269.9 270.3 269.0 276.5 2.46 2 989 198 -4.5 -7.6 79 3.1 -5.5 318 9 269.5 269.9 268.3 275.4 2.18 3 971 345 -5.7 -8.9 78 3.2 -6.7 312 10 269.7 270.0 268.1 275.2 2.00 4 925 728 -8.5 -10.4 86 1.9 -9.1 350 14 270.6 270.9 268.5 275.8 1.87 5 895 983 -9.7 -11.4 87 1.7 -10.2 10 12 271.9 272.2 269.2 276.9 1.78 6 887 1053 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.7 10 15 272.0 272.3 269.2 276.8 1.73 7 873 1175 -8.9 -12.4 76 3.5 -9.9 10 20 274.7 275.0 270.8 279.5 1.69 8 865 1247 -9.5 -15.5 62 6.0 -11.0 8 22 274.8 275.0 270.3 278.6 1.32 9 850 1382 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0.01 50 212 11250 -50.1 -81.1 1 31.0 -50.5 275 84 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.00 51 211 11281 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -50.5 275 85 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.00 52 205 11469 -50.5 -81.5 1 31.0 -51.0 278 80 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 53 203 11533 -50.9 -81.9 1 31.0 -51.3 279 78 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.00 54 202 11565 -51.1 -82.1 1 31.0 -51.5 280 77 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.00 55 200 11630 -51.1 -82.1 1 31.0 -51.5 275 72 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 56 191 11931 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -50.3 271 77 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 57 187 12070 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -49.3 273 76 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 58 182 12248 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -49.7 275 74 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 59 150 13510 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -52.8 270 50 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 60 100 16050 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.3 275 64 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 61 98 16175 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.5 275 64 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 62 97 16238 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.5 275 63 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 63 93 16499 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.6 276 59 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 64 82 17288 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -58.9 274 44 438.9 438.9 309.8 438.9 0.00 65 79 17522 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.7 273 29 442.0 442.0 310.1 442.0 0.00 66 76 17766 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.5 266 23 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.3 0.00 67 72 18104 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.1 252 34 450.9 450.9 311.0 450.9 0.00 68 70 18280 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 245 40 453.2 453.2 311.1 453.3 0.00 69 67 18552 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -60.9 246 39 460.7 460.7 311.8 460.7 0.00 70 65 18741 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.7 252 37 465.1 465.1 312.2 465.2 0.00 71 63 18935 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.3 259 35 468.0 468.0 312.5 468.0 0.00 72 62 19035 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.3 258 37 470.1 470.1 312.7 470.1 0.00 73 62 19035 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.2 258 37 470.6 470.6 312.7 470.6 0.00 74 59 19343 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.6 260 39 478.6 478.7 313.4 478.7 0.00 75 59 19343 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.6 260 39 478.6 478.7 313.4 478.7 0.00 76 56 19669 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.4 268 41 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 77 55 19781 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.2 270 44 489.3 489.3 314.2 489.3 0.00 78 53 20013 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.3 267 38 494.5 494.5 314.5 494.5 0.00 79 50 20380 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -57.0 285 29 511.3 511.3 315.7 511.3 0.01 80 48 20640 -55.1 -84.1 2 29.0 -56.1 281 31 519.7 519.7 316.3 519.7 0.01 81 42 21483 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -60.0 225 21 529.5 529.5 316.9 529.5 0.01 82 41 21634 -59.7 -85.7 2 26.0 -60.4 225 19 532.2 532.2 317.1 532.2 0.01 83 37 22277 -58.5 -85.5 2 27.0 -59.4 281 23 551.1 551.1 318.2 551.1 0.01 84 36 22449 -58.1 -85.1 2 27.0 -59.0 285 22 556.5 556.5 318.5 556.5 0.01 85 32 23187 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -60.4 296 22 571.8 571.8 319.3 571.8 0.01 86 30 23590 -60.5 -85.5 2 25.0 -61.4 210 6 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.8 0.01 87 28 24019 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -62.1 250 7 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.1 0.01 88 28 24019 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -62.1 250 7 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.1 0.01 89 25 24726 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -60.1 221 10 615.3 615.3 321.3 615.4 0.01 90 24 24983 -58.1 -84.1 2 26.0 -59.5 216 11 624.9 624.9 321.7 625.0 0.01 91 23 25251 -58.7 -83.7 3 25.0 -60.0 217 10 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.9 0.02 92 23 25251 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -60.4 217 10 629.6 629.6 321.9 629.7 0.01 93 22 25529 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -60.4 219 9 637.6 637.7 322.2 637.8 0.02 TRP 252 10128 -52.9 -69.9 11 17.0 -53.2 280 88 326.7 326.7 290.7 326.7 0.01 WND 251 10154 -52.8 -70.3 10 17.5 -53.1 285 89 327.2 327.2 290.9 327.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5340.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.60 % Est. max temperature: 3.42 C = 38.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.26 mb = 416.10 m = 1365.13 ft T: -6.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 1.31 C Layer 989.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.62 mb = 1038.39 m = 3406.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.98 g/kg Conv temperature: -1.07 C = 30.08 F Cap Strength: 25.78 C Lifted Index: 25.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 18.44 C Showalter Index: 21.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.40 C Cross Totals Index: 7.40 C K Index: -24.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 106.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57054.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 25.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.81 mb = 830.73 m = 2725.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 335 at 26 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 89 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 159 19 -6.9 18.2 1 1000 110 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 161 18 -5.8 16.6 2 976 305 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 169 18 -3.3 17.5 3 939 610 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 165 14 -3.5 13.3 4 925 728 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 140 13 -8.5 10.1 5 903 914 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 140 20 -12.5 15.1 6 868 1219 10 22 -3.8 -21.7 | 99 15 -14.7 2.3 7 850 1382 360 24 -0.0 -24.0 | 90 11 -10.9 -0.1 8 835 1524 360 24 -0.0 -24.0 | 90 11 -10.9 -0.1 9 803 1829 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 138 6 -3.7 4.2 10 772 2134 320 26 16.7 -19.9 | 235 7 5.8 4.0 11 742 2438 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 227 9 6.8 6.3 12 714 2743 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 255 11 10.3 2.7 13 700 2892 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 245 10 8.9 4.1 14 686 3048 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 276 15 14.5 -1.5 15 659 3353 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 262 15 15.1 2.1 16 633 3658 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 269 17 17.4 0.2 17 584 4267 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 262 31 30.8 4.5 18 561 4572 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 264 34 33.5 3.2 19 539 4877 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 268 37 37.1 1.5 20 500 5450 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 265 44 43.6 4.1 21 497 5486 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 265 45 44.5 3.8 22 477 5791 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 261 50 49.0 7.9 23 457 6096 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 260 48 47.0 8.4 24 438 6401 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 260 49 48.0 8.1 25 420 6706 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 260 48 47.0 8.4 26 402 7010 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 261 50 49.0 7.9 27 400 7050 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 261 50 49.0 7.9 28 385 7315 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 259 47 46.1 8.7 29 368 7620 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 261 50 49.0 7.9 30 351 7925 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 257 56 55.1 12.3 31 336 8230 285 72 69.5 -18.6 | 265 59 58.6 5.3 32 321 8534 290 70 65.8 -23.9 | 270 55 54.9 -0.0 33 307 8839 290 80 75.2 -27.4 | 273 64 64.3 -3.4 34 300 8990 290 84 78.9 -28.7 | 274 68 68.0 -4.8 35 293 9144 290 84 78.9 -28.7 | 274 68 68.0 -4.8 36 280 9449 285 82 79.2 -21.2 | 268 68 68.3 2.7 37 267 9754 285 79 76.3 -20.4 | 267 65 65.4 3.5 38 252 10128 280 88 86.7 -15.3 | 263 76 75.7 8.7 39 251 10154 285 89 86.0 -23.0 | 269 75 75.0 0.9 40 250 10180 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 269 74 74.1 1.2 41 243 10363 285 89 86.0 -23.0 | 269 75 75.0 0.9 42 232 10668 285 81 78.2 -21.0 | 267 67 67.3 3.0 43 221 10973 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 254 65 62.8 17.5 44 211 11278 275 85 84.7 -7.4 | 257 76 73.8 16.5 45 201 11582 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 261 66 64.9 10.6 46 200 11630 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 254 63 60.8 17.7 47 192 11887 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 250 70 66.1 23.9 48 184 12192 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 255 66 63.8 17.4 49 167 12802 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 246 59 54.1 23.9 50 160 13106 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 247 62 57.1 23.9 51 152 13411 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 245 46 41.9 19.3 52 150 13510 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 239 46 39.1 23.9 53 145 13716 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 239 47 40.1 23.9 54 138 14021 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 232 55 43.2 33.5 55 125 14630 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 212 56 29.8 47.4 56 119 14935 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 211 54 28.0 46.4 57 114 15240 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 228 57 42.2 38.2 58 108 15545 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 237 53 44.9 28.8 59 103 15850 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 240 59 50.8 29.3 60 100 16050 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 251 56 52.8 18.4 61 98 16154 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 251 56 52.8 18.4 62 94 16459 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 249 52 48.9 18.7 63 89 16764 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 251 45 42.3 14.6 64 85 17069 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 244 55 49.1 23.9 65 81 17374 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 233 34 26.9 20.6 66 77 17678 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 201 26 9.1 23.9 67 70 18280 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 212 48 25.3 40.8 68 70 18288 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 211 41 21.0 35.6 69 67 18593 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 212 48 25.3 40.8 70 63 18898 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 217 37 22.6 29.8 71 60 19202 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 220 45 28.7 34.5 72 58 19507 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 223 37 24.9 27.1 73 55 19812 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 235 42 34.1 23.9 74 52 20117 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 222 36 23.9 27.0 75 50 20380 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 226 24 17.1 16.4 76 50 20422 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 227 35 26.1 23.9 77 47 20726 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 226 24 17.1 16.4 78 45 21031 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 194 32 7.9 30.8 79 43 21336 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 187 40 4.6 39.5 80 41 21641 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 184 37 2.5 37.4 81 37 22250 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 210 23 11.7 19.9 82 34 22860 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 208 17 8.1 15.1 83 32 23165 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 212 17 9.0 14.6 84 31 23470 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 179 13 -0.3 13.3 85 30 23590 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 165 30 -7.9 29.1 86 28 23774 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 169 26 -5.1 25.5 87 26 24079 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 173 31 -3.9 31.0 88 24 24384 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 172 33 -4.6 32.9 89 22 24689 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 171 31 -5.1 30.8 90 20 24994 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 205 15 6.4 13.9 91 18 25298 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 152 14 -6.8 12.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: -87.5 tot: -24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 81.62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 318 11 167 17| 0.0 6.0 6.0| 14.9 -3.3 11.5 23.0 0.29| 8.1 2.3 1000 339 12 153 15| 6.1 3.0 9.1| 16.2 -54.4 -38.2 -38.2 -0.39| 13.3 -5.2 1500 352 15 136 12| 4.1 4.9 9.0| 18.2 -82.7 -64.5 -43.0 -0.45| 12.8 -5.7 2000 347 17 135 10| 3.1 6.0 9.0| 34.5 -82.7 -48.2 -24.1 -0.09| 13.3 -1.2 2500 339 19 147 8| 2.5 5.5 8.0| 40.9 -84.3 -43.3 -17.3 -0.05| 11.9 -0.5 3000 333 21 166 6| 2.0 5.9 8.0| 63.4 -87.5 -24.2 -8.1 0.05| 11.8 0.6 4000 323 25 226 6| 1.5 5.8 7.3| 71.0-110.6 -39.6 -9.9 0.01| 10.8 0.1 5000 313 30 253 11| 1.2 5.9 7.2|101.3-126.9 -25.6 -5.1 0.02| 10.1 0.2 6000 305 35 259 18| 1.0 5.5 6.6|102.9-194.1 -91.3 -15.2 -0.03| 9.5 -0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251203.12.gif