UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 11 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 11 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 -56 SFC 979 89 1.2 0.2 93 1.0 0.8 150 5 276.0 276.7 275.0 286.8 3.96 2 947 370 -1.3 -3.3 86 2.0 -2.1 179 25 276.1 276.6 273.9 284.8 3.16 3 928 542 0.6 -1.7 85 2.3 -0.3 188 23 279.7 280.3 276.5 289.8 3.63 4 925 569 0.4 -2.1 83 2.5 -0.6 190 23 279.7 280.3 276.5 289.6 3.54 5 901 780 -0.5 -3.5 80 3.0 -1.7 217 28 280.9 281.5 276.7 290.1 3.27 6 850 1244 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.6 -3.7 255 39 283.3 283.8 277.6 291.9 3.03 7 839 1347 -3.5 -5.9 83 2.4 -4.4 259 38 283.5 284.0 277.6 291.9 2.93 8 773 1990 -6.9 -8.7 87 1.8 -7.5 245 35 286.6 287.0 278.6 294.1 2.56 9 765 2071 -6.7 -8.3 88 1.6 -7.2 239 37 287.7 288.1 279.3 295.5 2.67 10 757 2153 -6.9 -8.5 88 1.6 -7.5 235 39 288.3 288.8 279.6 296.1 2.66 11 717 2575 -8.5 -10.7 84 2.2 -9.2 242 44 291.1 291.5 280.5 298.1 2.36 12 700 2761 -9.1 -11.2 85 2.1 -9.8 245 41 292.4 292.8 281.0 299.4 2.32 13 646 3378 -12.1 -14.9 80 2.8 -12.9 245 48 295.8 296.1 282.0 301.5 1.86 14 595 4002 -16.1 -19.2 77 3.1 -16.9 244 48 298.2 298.5 282.4 302.6 1.41 15 583 4156 -17.1 -19.8 79 2.7 -17.7 239 50 298.8 299.0 282.6 303.1 1.36 16 552 4563 -20.1 -23.1 77 3.0 -20.7 244 52 299.9 300.1 282.7 303.4 1.08 17 540 4725 -21.3 -24.1 78 2.8 -21.8 243 51 300.4 300.6 282.8 303.6 1.01 18 534 4808 -21.7 -24.7 77 3.0 -22.3 241 50 300.9 301.0 283.0 304.0 0.97 19 523 4961 -22.5 -25.2 79 2.7 -23.0 238 49 301.7 301.9 283.3 304.8 0.94 20 503 5246 -23.9 -26.8 77 2.9 -24.4 224 52 303.4 303.5 283.8 306.2 0.85 21 500 5290 -24.1 -26.9 78 2.8 -24.6 220 55 303.7 303.8 284.0 306.4 0.84 22 471 5723 -27.1 -30.3 74 3.2 -27.6 224 63 305.2 305.3 284.3 307.4 0.65 23 451 6034 -28.7 -31.4 77 2.7 -29.1 229 76 307.0 307.1 284.9 309.1 0.61 24 438 6243 -30.3 -33.3 75 3.0 -30.7 229 80 307.5 307.6 285.1 309.3 0.53 25 424 6472 -32.3 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.6 228 82 307.8 307.9 285.1 309.4 0.45 26 401 6863 -35.7 -39.4 69 3.7 -36.0 225 85 308.4 308.4 285.1 309.5 0.31 27 400 6880 -35.9 -39.6 69 3.7 -36.2 225 85 308.3 308.4 285.1 309.4 0.31 28 397 6932 -36.3 -39.9 69 3.6 -36.6 225 85 308.5 308.5 285.1 309.5 0.30 29 356 7679 -43.3 -47.2 65 3.9 -43.5 224 87 308.8 308.9 285.1 309.4 0.15 30 344 7909 -45.5 -49.6 63 4.1 -45.7 220 90 308.9 308.9 285.1 309.3 0.12 31 335 8086 -46.1 -50.6 60 4.5 -46.3 222 87 310.4 310.4 285.6 310.8 0.11 32 331 8166 -45.9 -50.9 57 5.0 -46.1 224 85 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.2 0.11 33 320 8392 -46.5 -52.5 50 6.0 -46.7 225 84 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.3 0.09 34 306 8689 -47.3 -55.3 39 8.0 -47.6 225 90 316.9 316.9 287.8 317.2 0.07 35 301 8798 -47.1 -55.1 40 8.0 -47.4 225 94 318.7 318.7 288.4 318.9 0.07 36 300 8820 -47.1 -55.1 40 8.0 -47.4 225 95 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.2 0.07 37 299 8842 -47.1 -55.1 40 8.0 -47.4 225 96 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.6 0.07 38 290 9043 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.0 228 98 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.5 0.06 39 271 9487 -49.9 -58.9 34 9.0 -50.1 230 102 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.05 40 268 9560 -50.1 -58.1 38 8.0 -50.3 230 101 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.3 0.06 41 258 9806 -51.3 -60.3 33 9.0 -51.5 232 100 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.04 42 255 9882 -51.7 -60.7 33 9.0 -51.9 235 104 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.04 43 250 10010 -52.3 -61.3 33 9.0 -52.5 235 101 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.04 44 249 10036 -52.5 -61.5 33 9.0 -52.7 235 103 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.04 45 244 10167 -52.9 -61.9 33 9.0 -53.1 235 99 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.04 46 243 10194 -52.9 -61.9 33 9.0 -53.1 235 98 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.2 0.04 47 234 10437 -53.3 -63.3 29 10.0 -53.5 236 101 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.03 48 229 10577 -53.1 -63.1 29 10.0 -53.3 238 99 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.03 49 222 10777 -53.5 -64.5 25 11.0 -53.7 238 94 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 50 210 11135 -53.1 -65.1 22 12.0 -53.4 240 91 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 51 206 11259 -53.5 -66.5 19 13.0 -53.8 244 94 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 52 200 11450 -53.3 -66.3 19 13.0 -53.6 245 87 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 53 163 12755 -56.3 -73.3 10 17.0 -56.6 245 75 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 54 150 13280 -57.7 -75.7 8 18.0 -57.9 250 66 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 55 146 13451 -58.1 -77.1 7 19.0 -58.3 252 65 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 56 145 13494 -58.1 -77.1 7 19.0 -58.3 252 65 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.01 57 133 14037 -59.5 -79.5 6 20.0 -59.7 240 67 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.01 58 132 14085 -59.5 -80.5 5 21.0 -59.7 240 69 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 59 128 14278 -59.1 -80.1 5 21.0 -59.3 242 75 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.4 0.01 60 117 14840 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.1 248 86 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 61 100 15820 -59.7 -85.7 2 26.0 -60.0 265 70 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 62 96 16075 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.3 265 69 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 63 92 16342 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -59.6 263 65 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 64 88 16620 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.5 261 63 428.9 428.9 308.7 428.9 0.00 65 82 17061 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.1 255 74 436.5 436.5 309.5 436.5 0.00 66 78 17374 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -59.9 260 57 443.2 443.2 310.2 443.2 0.00 67 72 17874 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -59.7 260 52 453.8 453.9 311.2 453.9 0.00 68 70 18050 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.3 255 43 456.2 456.2 311.4 456.2 0.00 69 62 18802 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.4 250 47 467.5 467.5 312.4 467.5 0.00 70 56 19427 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.2 265 53 477.2 477.2 313.2 477.2 0.00 71 54 19649 -64.3 -92.3 1 28.0 -64.6 265 55 481.2 481.2 313.5 481.3 0.00 72 53 19763 -64.5 -92.5 1 28.0 -64.8 265 57 483.4 483.4 313.7 483.4 0.00 73 51 19998 -63.1 -92.1 1 29.0 -63.5 268 61 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.00 74 50 20120 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.6 275 53 497.1 497.1 314.7 497.2 0.00 75 49 20245 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.6 277 52 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 76 46 20635 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.1 269 43 507.7 507.7 315.5 507.7 0.00 77 46 20635 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.1 269 43 507.7 507.7 315.5 507.7 0.00 78 45 20771 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.4 262 41 512.8 512.8 315.8 512.8 0.00 79 43 21053 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.5 246 55 522.0 522.0 316.4 522.0 0.00 80 40 21501 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -62.9 260 48 529.4 529.4 316.9 529.4 0.00 81 37 21984 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -62.0 255 46 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.00 82 33 22692 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.3 257 36 558.3 558.3 318.5 558.3 0.00 83 31 23078 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.0 264 46 569.4 569.4 319.1 569.5 0.00 84 30 23280 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -63.2 260 48 574.3 574.3 319.4 574.3 0.00 85 28 23705 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.6 254 47 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.6 0.00 86 27 23929 -63.5 -91.5 1 28.0 -64.1 258 46 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.00 87 25 24403 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -63.0 251 55 606.1 606.1 320.9 606.2 0.00 88 24 24657 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -62.1 259 65 616.2 616.2 321.3 616.2 0.00 89 23 24921 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.7 260 74 621.9 621.9 321.6 622.0 0.00 90 21 25486 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.5 249 60 642.6 642.6 322.4 642.6 0.01 91 20 25790 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.9 250 66 650.4 650.4 322.7 650.4 0.01 92 19 26109 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -62.1 241 69 659.4 659.4 323.0 659.4 0.01 93 19 26109 -60.9 -73.9 16 13.0 -62.0 241 69 659.4 659.4 323.0 660.1 0.09 TRP 243 10194 -52.9 -61.9 33 9.0 -53.1 235 98 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.2 0.04 WND 255 9882 -51.7 -60.7 33 9.0 -51.9 235 104 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5346.00 m Freezing level: 963.64 mb = 224.07 m = 735.13 ft Freezing level: 934.00 mb = 487.53 m = 1599.48 ft Freezing level: 914.33 mb = 662.64 m = 2173.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 970.29 mb = 164.67 m = 540.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.92 % Est. max temperature: 9.11 C = 48.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.76 mb = 221.85 m = 727.83 ft T: 0.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 947.0- 928.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.14 mb = 1458.74 m = 4785.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.19 C = 48.55 F Cap Strength: 13.23 C Lifted Index: 13.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.64 C Showalter Index: 10.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 14.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46955.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.38 mb = 829.54 m = 2721.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 33 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 89 150 5 -2.5 4.3 | 94 36 -35.6 2.2 1 954 305 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 124 43 -35.3 23.8 2 925 569 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 125 36 -29.1 20.6 3 920 610 195 22 5.7 21.3 | 125 33 -27.4 19.2 4 886 914 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 157 18 -6.8 16.3 5 853 1219 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 214 10 5.6 8.3 6 850 1244 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 210 9 4.6 8.0 7 820 1524 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 242 2 1.8 1.0 8 789 1829 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 144 7 -4.1 5.7 9 759 2134 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 177 20 -1.1 20.3 10 730 2438 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 200 23 7.7 21.4 11 702 2743 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 192 15 3.2 14.8 12 700 2761 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 195 16 4.1 15.2 13 674 3048 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 198 22 6.8 20.9 14 647 3353 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 210 21 10.5 18.2 15 621 3658 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 203 24 9.4 22.4 16 597 3962 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 210 21 10.5 18.2 17 573 4267 235 51 41.8 29.3 | 198 29 8.7 27.2 18 550 4572 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 215 24 14.1 19.9 19 528 4877 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 203 24 9.4 22.4 20 507 5182 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 187 29 3.7 28.8 21 500 5290 220 55 35.4 42.1 | 183 40 2.3 40.0 22 486 5486 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 182 39 1.0 38.5 23 447 6096 230 79 60.5 50.8 | 209 56 27.5 48.7 24 400 6880 225 85 60.1 60.1 | 205 64 27.1 58.0 25 392 7010 225 84 59.4 59.4 | 205 63 26.3 57.3 26 375 7315 225 87 61.5 61.5 | 206 66 28.5 59.4 27 358 7620 225 87 61.5 61.5 | 206 66 28.5 59.4 28 343 7925 220 90 57.9 68.9 | 200 71 24.8 66.9 29 327 8230 225 84 59.4 59.4 | 205 63 26.3 57.3 30 313 8534 225 84 59.4 59.4 | 205 63 26.3 57.3 31 300 8820 225 95 67.2 67.2 | 208 73 34.1 65.1 32 299 8839 225 96 67.9 67.9 | 208 74 34.8 65.8 33 285 9144 230 99 75.8 63.6 | 215 75 42.8 61.6 34 272 9449 230 103 78.9 66.2 | 216 79 45.9 64.1 35 260 9754 230 98 75.1 63.0 | 215 74 42.0 60.9 36 255 9882 235 104 85.2 59.7 | 222 78 52.1 57.6 37 250 10010 235 101 82.7 57.9 | 222 75 49.7 55.8 38 248 10058 235 104 85.2 59.7 | 222 78 52.1 57.6 39 243 10194 235 98 80.3 56.2 | 221 72 47.2 54.1 40 237 10363 235 102 83.6 58.5 | 222 76 50.5 56.4 41 226 10668 240 97 84.0 48.5 | 228 69 51.0 46.4 42 215 10973 235 88 72.1 50.5 | 219 62 39.0 48.4 43 205 11278 245 94 85.2 39.7 | 234 64 52.1 37.6 44 200 11450 245 87 78.8 36.8 | 233 57 45.8 34.7 45 196 11582 245 87 78.8 36.8 | 233 57 45.8 34.7 46 187 11887 240 87 75.3 43.5 | 226 59 42.3 41.4 47 178 12192 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 233 56 44.9 34.3 48 162 12802 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 229 45 34.0 29.2 49 154 13106 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 230 46 34.9 29.6 50 150 13280 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 235 35 29.0 20.5 51 140 13716 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 243 32 28.8 14.5 52 133 14021 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 218 40 25.0 31.4 53 121 14630 245 87 78.8 36.8 | 233 57 45.8 34.7 54 110 15240 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 248 51 47.1 19.4 55 104 15545 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 246 41 37.5 16.8 56 100 15820 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 264 37 36.7 4.0 57 100 15850 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 264 44 43.7 4.6 58 95 16154 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 264 33 32.7 3.7 59 86 16764 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 253 29 28.0 8.7 60 82 17069 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 246 42 38.4 17.1 61 78 17374 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 251 24 23.1 7.8 62 74 17678 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 249 19 18.2 6.9 63 71 17983 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 249 19 18.2 6.9 64 70 18050 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 223 12 8.5 9.0 65 67 18288 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 225 13 9.5 9.3 66 64 18593 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 213 15 8.3 13.0 67 61 18898 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 222 20 13.0 14.7 68 58 19202 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 263 19 18.8 2.4 69 55 19507 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 263 21 20.7 2.6 70 53 19812 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 263 24 23.7 2.9 71 50 20117 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 274 30 29.9 -2.1 72 50 20120 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 289 21 19.7 -6.7 73 48 20422 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 302 20 17.2 -10.9 74 45 20726 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 257 6 5.8 1.3 75 43 21031 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 218 27 16.8 21.2 76 41 21336 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 237 22 18.1 11.6 77 39 21641 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 260 10 9.8 1.7 78 37 21946 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 231 16 12.3 10.1 79 35 22250 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 200 8 2.7 7.5 80 34 22555 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 161 7 -2.1 6.2 81 31 23165 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 262 15 14.8 2.1 82 30 23280 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 246 16 14.2 6.2 83 29 23470 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 275 22 21.9 -2.1 84 28 23774 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 215 16 9.2 13.3 85 26 24079 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 262 14 13.8 2.0 86 25 24384 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 227 24 17.7 16.4 87 24 24689 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 254 33 31.9 9.4 88 23 24994 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 255 43 41.8 11.1 89 22 25298 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 242 29 25.9 13.7 90 21 25603 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 222 31 20.4 22.8 91 20 25790 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 235 35 29.0 20.5 92 19 25908 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 219 42 26.7 32.4 93 17 26213 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 235 36 29.9 20.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 435.1 neg: -11.4 tot: 423.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.5 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 184.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 179 21 119 38| 19.7 0.0 19.7|225.0 -0.0 225.0 450.1 0.75| 30.0 22.4 1000 208 25 133 29| 19.3 0.0 19.3|348.7 -0.0 348.7 348.7 0.71| 30.6 21.9 1500 231 29 148 19| 12.4 0.0 12.4|367.0 -1.0 366.0 244.0 0.65| 25.5 16.6 2000 238 30 152 16| 9.3 4.1 13.4|380.8 -3.8 377.0 188.5 0.54| 23.8 13.0 2500 238 33 161 16| 8.8 3.3 12.1|426.5 -7.3 419.2 167.7 0.55| 21.7 11.9 3000 239 35 168 16| 7.3 3.1 10.5|435.1 -11.4 423.8 141.3 0.52| 19.5 10.1 4000 240 38 180 17| 5.8 2.4 8.2|467.7 -34.6 433.1 108.3 0.48| 16.3 7.8 5000 240 41 187 18| 5.1 2.8 7.8|517.4-118.3 399.1 79.8 0.37| 15.5 5.7 6000 236 44 189 23| 6.1 3.5 9.6|790.5-168.2 622.3 103.7 0.37| 16.7 6.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251211.00.gif