UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 6 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 6 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 1004 89 -4.3 -13.3 49 9.0 -6.7 155 5 268.5 268.8 266.3 272.3 1.36 1 1000 145 -6.1 -17.1 41 11.0 -8.7 170 18 267.0 267.2 264.5 269.8 1.00 2 992 208 -6.3 -16.3 45 10.0 -8.7 172 18 267.5 267.6 265.0 270.5 1.08 3 958 480 -7.9 -15.9 53 8.0 -9.8 181 18 268.5 268.7 265.8 271.8 1.15 4 940 628 -6.9 -13.9 57 7.0 -8.7 188 17 271.0 271.2 268.0 274.9 1.39 5 925 753 -7.5 -13.5 62 6.0 -9.1 205 16 271.6 271.9 268.5 275.7 1.46 6 923 770 -7.5 -13.5 62 6.0 -9.1 208 16 271.8 272.0 268.6 275.9 1.46 7 914 846 -7.3 -12.2 68 4.9 -8.7 222 17 272.8 273.0 269.5 277.4 1.64 8 870 1229 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.8 -9.8 255 26 274.6 274.9 271.1 279.8 1.88 9 861 1309 -9.9 -11.8 86 1.9 -10.4 257 28 274.8 275.1 271.0 279.8 1.80 10 850 1409 -7.9 -9.1 91 1.2 -8.3 260 30 277.9 278.3 273.6 284.2 2.25 11 843 1473 -8.1 -9.5 90 1.4 -8.5 260 31 278.3 278.7 273.8 284.6 2.20 12 820 1687 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -11.8 255 26 278.4 278.6 272.3 282.0 1.22 13 789 1985 -8.1 -31.1 14 23.0 -12.1 253 23 283.6 283.7 273.9 284.8 0.36 14 775 2124 -8.5 -39.5 6 31.0 -12.9 255 25 284.7 284.7 274.1 285.2 0.16 15 745 2429 -9.7 -29.7 18 20.0 -13.3 265 27 286.6 286.7 275.6 288.0 0.44 16 737 2512 -10.3 -29.3 19 19.0 -13.7 269 26 286.8 286.9 275.7 288.3 0.46 17 716 2734 -11.3 -29.3 21 18.0 -14.6 279 24 288.1 288.2 276.5 289.6 0.47 18 700 2907 -12.1 -33.1 16 21.0 -15.5 275 27 289.1 289.1 276.7 290.2 0.34 19 694 2973 -12.3 -35.3 13 23.0 -15.8 274 28 289.6 289.6 276.9 290.5 0.27 20 644 3540 -16.1 -29.1 32 13.0 -18.3 268 33 291.5 291.6 278.3 293.2 0.53 21 600 4070 -18.1 -37.1 17 19.0 -20.6 269 34 295.2 295.2 279.6 296.1 0.26 22 588 4221 -18.5 -38.5 15 20.0 -21.1 266 35 296.4 296.5 280.1 297.2 0.23 23 511 5253 -25.9 -30.4 66 4.5 -26.6 263 46 299.6 299.7 282.0 301.6 0.60 24 500 5410 -26.9 -31.7 64 4.8 -27.5 270 47 300.2 300.3 282.2 302.0 0.54 25 478 5733 -29.3 -34.3 62 5.0 -29.9 268 52 301.2 301.2 282.4 302.6 0.44 26 462 5975 -31.1 -36.1 61 5.0 -31.6 266 56 301.9 301.9 282.7 303.2 0.38 27 446 6224 -32.9 -40.9 45 8.0 -33.6 267 60 302.7 302.7 282.8 303.5 0.24 28 425 6562 -35.9 -42.9 49 7.0 -36.4 270 66 303.0 303.1 282.9 303.7 0.20 29 415 6727 -37.3 -44.3 48 7.0 -37.8 270 68 303.3 303.3 283.0 303.9 0.18 30 400 6980 -39.5 -46.5 47 7.0 -39.9 270 71 303.7 303.7 283.1 304.2 0.15 31 370 7507 -44.5 -49.5 57 5.0 -44.7 270 70 303.9 303.9 283.1 304.3 0.11 32 360 7690 -45.3 -51.3 51 6.0 -45.5 269 70 305.2 305.2 283.6 305.5 0.09 33 351 7858 -46.5 -52.5 50 6.0 -46.7 266 70 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.1 0.08 34 332 8225 -48.7 -54.7 50 6.0 -48.8 265 76 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.07 35 327 8325 -48.7 -55.7 44 7.0 -48.9 263 79 309.0 309.0 285.0 309.2 0.06 36 321 8447 -48.5 -55.5 44 7.0 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297.1 352.0 0.02 50 200 11550 -49.1 -67.1 10 18.0 -49.6 265 104 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 51 160 12997 -55.1 -77.1 5 22.0 -55.4 271 99 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 52 159 13037 -55.1 -77.1 5 22.0 -55.4 273 97 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 53 156 13159 -54.7 -77.7 4 23.0 -55.1 273 95 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.01 54 155 13200 -54.7 -77.7 4 23.0 -55.1 272 95 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.01 55 154 13241 -54.5 -77.5 4 23.0 -54.9 271 96 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.01 56 150 13410 -55.1 -78.1 4 23.0 -55.5 265 98 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.01 57 149 13453 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -55.5 270 95 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 58 141 13807 -54.1 -79.1 3 25.0 -54.5 271 107 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.01 59 140 13853 -54.1 -79.1 3 25.0 -54.5 272 106 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.01 60 100 16000 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -57.9 270 58 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 61 96 16257 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.3 273 63 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 62 86 16945 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -60.8 272 61 428.9 428.9 308.7 428.9 0.00 63 80 17396 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.2 269 51 437.1 437.1 309.6 437.1 0.00 64 78 17553 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -60.9 258 51 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.00 65 71 18141 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.6 274 42 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.1 0.00 66 70 18230 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -59.9 270 37 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 67 62 18984 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -62.9 265 35 466.6 466.6 312.4 466.6 0.00 68 61 19085 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.2 265 34 467.9 467.9 312.4 467.9 0.00 69 59 19290 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.0 266 37 472.8 472.8 312.9 472.8 0.00 70 57 19503 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 267 45 477.0 477.0 313.2 477.0 0.00 71 56 19612 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 268 49 479.5 479.5 313.4 479.5 0.00 72 53 19951 -63.1 -91.1 1 28.0 -63.5 272 50 486.6 486.6 314.0 486.6 0.00 73 52 20068 -63.3 -91.3 1 28.0 -63.7 274 45 488.8 488.8 314.1 488.8 0.00 74 50 20310 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.4 270 46 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 75 45 20968 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.1 287 36 521.6 521.6 316.4 521.6 0.00 76 43 21255 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.0 286 24 531.4 531.4 317.0 531.4 0.00 77 40 21711 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.7 270 20 537.9 537.9 317.4 538.0 0.00 78 39 21870 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.9 260 21 541.3 541.3 317.6 541.4 0.00 79 37 22200 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.6 289 19 550.6 550.6 318.1 550.6 0.00 80 36 22373 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.6 283 16 554.9 554.9 318.3 554.9 0.00 81 35 22549 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.0 265 11 558.4 558.4 318.6 558.4 0.00 82 33 22918 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.4 261 17 566.8 566.8 319.0 566.8 0.00 83 31 23312 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 255 18 584.0 584.0 319.9 584.1 0.01 84 30 23520 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.9 295 12 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.7 0.01 85 28 23955 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.5 278 10 597.4 597.4 320.5 597.4 0.01 86 27 24183 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.7 263 10 603.1 603.1 320.7 603.1 0.01 87 25 24667 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.1 317 12 622.2 622.2 321.6 622.3 0.01 88 23 25196 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.5 337 11 639.6 639.6 322.3 639.7 0.01 89 22 25478 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -58.4 340 8 644.8 644.8 322.5 644.9 0.01 90 21 25772 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -59.0 294 6 651.6 651.6 322.7 651.7 0.01 91 20 26080 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -58.2 20 8 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 92 19 26406 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -58.3 336 10 673.7 673.7 323.6 673.7 0.01 TRP 332 8225 -48.7 -54.7 50 6.0 -48.8 265 76 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.07 WND 235 10489 -48.6 -62.8 18 14.2 -49.0 260 116 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5265.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.88 % Est. max temperature: 3.90 C = 39.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.46 mb = 1224.98 m = 4018.90 ft T: -9.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 820.0- 789.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 562.43 mb = 4547.94 m = 14920.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.64 C = 76.35 F Cap Strength: 21.89 C Lifted Index: 22.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.65 C Showalter Index: 13.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: -11.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55070.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.03 mb = 1454.53 m = 4772.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 291 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 1004 89 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 118 28 -25.0 13.1 1 1000 145 170 18 -3.1 17.7 | 135 37 -26.0 26.3 2 980 305 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 138 37 -24.5 27.5 3 942 610 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 140 33 -21.4 25.5 4 925 753 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 145 28 -16.1 23.1 5 906 914 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 157 21 -8.1 18.9 6 871 1219 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 188 15 2.2 15.3 7 850 1409 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 206 15 6.7 13.8 8 837 1524 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 209 16 7.7 14.0 9 805 1829 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 169 16 -3.1 15.8 10 774 2134 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 185 15 1.3 15.1 11 744 2438 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 200 12 4.0 11.0 12 715 2743 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 190 4 0.8 4.4 13 700 2907 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 213 7 4.0 6.2 14 659 3353 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 221 15 10.0 11.5 15 633 3658 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 230 13 10.1 8.6 16 607 3962 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 230 13 10.1 8.6 17 583 4267 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 228 18 13.0 11.7 18 560 4572 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 229 24 18.5 15.9 19 537 4877 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 238 23 20.0 12.3 20 516 5182 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 234 28 22.4 16.6 21 500 5410 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 250 26 24.1 8.6 22 495 5486 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 251 27 25.1 8.6 23 454 6096 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 249 37 34.9 13.7 24 434 6401 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 258 42 41.1 8.6 25 400 6980 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 260 49 48.1 8.6 26 398 7010 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 260 49 48.1 8.6 27 380 7315 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 260 48 47.1 8.6 28 363 7620 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 260 48 47.1 8.6 29 347 7925 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 253 49 46.9 14.7 30 332 8225 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 254 55 52.8 15.2 31 332 8230 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 254 54 51.8 15.1 32 317 8534 260 88 86.7 15.3 | 249 68 63.8 23.9 33 302 8839 265 91 90.7 7.9 | 256 70 67.8 16.5 34 300 8890 265 93 92.6 8.1 | 257 72 69.8 16.7 35 289 9144 260 96 94.5 16.7 | 251 76 71.7 25.3 36 275 9449 260 99 97.5 17.2 | 251 79 74.6 25.8 37 263 9754 260 106 104.4 18.4 | 252 86 81.5 27.0 38 251 10058 260 109 107.3 18.9 | 252 89 84.5 27.5 39 250 10080 260 105 103.4 18.2 | 252 85 80.5 26.8 40 240 10363 260 104 102.4 18.1 | 251 84 79.5 26.7 41 235 10489 260 116 114.2 20.1 | 253 96 91.4 28.7 42 229 10668 260 117 115.2 20.3 | 253 97 92.4 28.9 43 218 10973 260 110 108.3 19.1 | 252 90 85.5 27.7 44 208 11278 270 109 109.0 -0.0 | 264 87 86.1 8.6 45 200 11550 265 104 103.6 9.1 | 258 83 80.7 17.7 46 199 11582 265 104 103.6 9.1 | 258 83 80.7 17.7 47 190 11887 270 106 106.0 -0.0 | 264 84 83.1 8.6 48 181 12192 270 101 101.0 -0.0 | 264 79 78.1 8.6 49 165 12802 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 258 86 83.7 17.9 50 157 13106 275 94 93.6 -8.2 | 270 71 70.8 0.4 51 150 13410 265 98 97.6 8.5 | 257 77 74.8 17.1 52 150 13411 270 93 93.0 -0.0 | 263 71 70.1 8.6 53 143 13716 270 110 110.0 -0.0 | 264 88 87.1 8.6 54 136 14021 275 100 99.6 -8.7 | 270 77 76.7 -0.1 55 130 14326 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 269 68 67.8 0.7 56 124 14630 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 262 61 60.1 8.6 57 118 14935 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 263 73 72.1 8.6 58 113 15240 275 88 87.7 -7.7 | 269 65 64.8 0.9 59 107 15545 280 78 76.8 -13.5 | 275 54 53.9 -4.9 60 102 15850 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 267 48 47.9 2.4 61 100 16000 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 256 36 35.1 8.6 62 93 16459 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 266 44 43.9 2.8 63 88 16764 275 63 62.8 -5.5 | 266 40 39.9 3.1 64 84 17069 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 257 37 36.1 8.6 65 80 17374 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 253 29 28.1 8.6 66 76 17678 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 224 36 25.1 26.0 67 73 17983 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 271 27 27.4 -0.3 68 70 18230 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 239 17 14.1 8.6 69 69 18288 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 259 24 24.0 4.5 70 66 18593 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 232 19 15.0 11.9 71 63 18898 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 226 17 12.0 11.7 72 60 19202 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 224 16 11.0 11.6 73 54 19812 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 255 34 33.1 8.6 74 52 20117 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 256 21 20.0 4.9 75 50 20310 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 250 25 23.1 8.6 76 49 20422 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 218 19 11.6 14.7 77 47 20726 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 262 28 27.9 4.2 78 45 21031 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 288 9 8.1 -2.7 79 42 21336 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 141 4 -2.6 3.2 80 40 21641 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 150 8 -3.9 6.9 81 39 21946 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 174 14 -1.6 14.3 82 37 22250 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 96 6 -5.7 0.6 83 35 22555 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 129 15 -11.9 9.6 84 33 22860 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 150 12 -5.9 10.1 85 32 23165 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 151 17 -8.4 15.4 86 30 23470 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 164 11 -2.9 10.3 87 30 23520 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 106 13 -12.0 3.5 88 29 23774 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 90 11 -10.6 -0.0 89 27 24079 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 122 19 -16.0 9.8 90 26 24384 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 138 12 -7.9 8.6 91 25 24689 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 88 15 -15.2 -0.6 92 24 24994 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 96 10 -9.9 1.1 93 23 25298 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 89 22 -22.1 -0.4 94 22 25603 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 97 20 -19.4 2.5 95 21 25908 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 117 20 -17.9 9.0 96 20 26080 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 92 26 -25.6 1.1 97 19 26213 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 89 19 -18.6 -0.5 98 17 26518 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 84 23 -22.9 -2.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.7 neg: -41.8 tot: 224.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 166.58 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 176 18 138 36| 13.4 0.0 13.4|110.4 0.0 110.4 220.7 0.70| 19.0 13.3 1000 199 18 146 31| 12.0 0.0 12.0|193.9 0.0 193.9 193.9 0.66| 20.3 13.5 1500 226 21 162 24| 10.4 0.0 10.4|234.8 -8.8 226.0 150.6 0.65| 17.8 11.6 2000 235 22 167 22| 7.8 1.2 9.0|246.6 -40.5 206.1 103.1 0.46| 16.1 7.4 2500 242 23 172 19| 6.8 1.0 7.8|261.5 -40.9 220.6 88.3 0.46| 14.8 6.8 3000 249 23 176 17| 5.6 0.2 5.9|266.7 -41.8 224.9 75.0 0.44| 13.8 6.0 4000 256 26 188 15| 4.2 0.6 4.9|276.0 -42.3 233.7 58.4 0.42| 11.5 4.8 5000 258 29 200 15| 3.7 1.5 5.2|301.2 -52.6 248.6 49.7 0.38| 10.9 4.1 6000 261 33 214 17| 3.6 2.0 5.6|357.2 -67.6 289.6 48.3 0.37| 10.8 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251206.00.gif