UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 21 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 1002 89 0.6 -6.4 59 7.0 -1.9 150 8 273.6 274.0 271.2 280.1 2.36 1 1000 129 0.2 -7.8 55 8.0 -2.5 175 12 273.4 273.7 270.7 279.2 2.12 2 993 185 0.0 -10.0 47 10.0 -3.1 173 15 273.7 274.0 270.4 278.7 1.80 3 990 209 -0.3 -10.3 47 10.0 -3.4 173 17 273.6 273.9 270.2 278.6 1.76 4 938 638 -3.5 -10.5 58 7.0 -5.6 183 32 274.6 274.9 271.0 279.8 1.83 5 925 749 0.2 -13.8 34 14.0 -4.0 195 33 279.5 279.8 273.2 283.6 1.42 6 913 854 3.4 -20.6 15 24.0 -3.1 205 32 283.8 284.0 274.7 286.3 0.81 7 904 934 3.0 -24.0 12 27.0 -3.8 211 33 284.2 284.3 274.6 286.1 0.61 8 880 1152 4.6 -27.4 8 32.0 -3.2 226 45 288.1 288.2 276.4 289.6 0.46 9 872 1227 4.4 -31.6 5 36.0 -3.6 230 48 288.6 288.7 276.5 289.7 0.31 10 850 1434 3.4 -28.6 7 32.0 -4.2 235 39 289.7 289.8 277.2 291.1 0.42 11 740 2541 -4.7 -23.7 21 19.0 -9.3 258 40 292.6 292.7 279.1 295.0 0.76 12 732 2627 -5.1 -24.1 21 19.0 -9.6 257 42 293.1 293.2 279.3 295.4 0.74 13 706 2910 -6.1 -13.1 58 7.0 -8.4 255 49 295.0 295.4 281.8 301.0 1.97 14 700 2977 -6.1 -10.4 72 4.3 -7.6 255 50 295.7 296.2 282.7 303.2 2.47 15 693 3056 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.3 -6.0 260 50 297.7 298.3 284.2 307.2 3.16 16 675 3262 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.2 -7.1 250 53 299.0 299.6 284.5 307.7 2.84 17 663 3402 -6.1 -9.3 78 3.2 -7.3 246 53 300.4 300.9 284.9 309.1 2.85 18 583 4396 -11.5 -16.5 66 5.0 -13.0 267 62 305.3 305.6 285.7 311.1 1.80 19 576 4489 -11.7 -16.5 68 4.8 -13.2 268 62 306.1 306.5 286.0 312.0 1.83 20 570 4569 -11.5 -15.6 72 4.1 -12.8 270 61 307.3 307.7 286.6 313.7 1.99 21 565 4636 -11.9 -15.9 72 4.0 -13.2 269 61 307.6 308.0 286.7 313.9 1.96 22 542 4953 -13.7 -17.8 71 4.1 -14.9 264 64 309.1 309.4 287.0 314.8 1.74 23 504 5500 -17.7 -21.3 73 3.6 -18.6 255 64 310.7 311.0 287.2 315.3 1.38 24 500 5560 -18.1 -21.8 73 3.7 -19.0 255 66 311.0 311.2 287.2 315.4 1.34 25 447 6388 -23.9 -28.8 64 4.9 -24.8 265 67 313.8 313.9 287.6 316.5 0.79 26 426 6738 -26.1 -30.8 65 4.7 -26.9 256 67 315.3 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.69 27 408 7049 -28.7 -33.5 63 4.8 -29.4 262 73 315.9 316.0 288.1 317.8 0.55 28 400 7190 -29.9 -34.4 65 4.5 -30.5 265 76 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.0 0.52 29 370 7743 -34.3 -37.2 75 2.9 -34.6 265 89 317.4 317.5 288.4 318.9 0.42 30 323 8682 -41.7 -46.4 60 4.7 -42.0 263 99 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.4 0.18 31 320 8746 -42.3 -46.9 61 4.6 -42.6 262 99 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.4 0.18 32 308 9004 -44.5 -49.5 57 5.0 -44.7 260 101 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.7 0.14 33 302 9136 -45.7 -50.1 61 4.4 -45.9 260 103 320.3 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.13 34 300 9180 -46.1 -50.8 59 4.7 -46.3 265 103 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.12 35 273 9796 -50.7 -56.7 49 6.0 -50.9 268 103 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.7 0.07 36 250 10360 -54.9 -59.9 54 5.0 -55.0 270 110 324.4 324.5 290.2 324.6 0.05 37 246 10463 -55.7 -60.7 54 5.0 -55.8 270 110 324.8 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.04 38 238 10674 -57.1 -62.1 53 5.0 -57.2 270 116 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.04 39 236 10728 -57.3 -63.3 46 6.0 -57.4 272 118 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.3 0.03 40 233 10809 -57.0 -63.2 45 6.3 -57.1 275 120 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.03 41 225 11031 -56.1 -63.1 41 7.0 -56.2 274 118 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 42 206 11592 -57.3 -65.3 36 8.0 -57.4 267 105 339.1 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 43 200 11780 -56.9 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.1 265 101 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 44 195 11941 -56.3 -66.3 27 10.0 -56.5 263 100 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 45 184 12309 -56.9 -67.9 24 11.0 -57.1 258 100 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 46 171 12772 -57.9 -69.9 20 12.0 -58.1 259 98 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 47 156 13352 -57.1 -71.1 15 14.0 -57.3 274 93 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.02 48 153 13475 -57.3 -72.3 13 15.0 -57.5 275 89 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 49 150 13600 -57.1 -72.1 13 15.0 -57.3 275 83 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.02 50 143 13902 -55.7 -71.7 12 16.0 -56.0 277 83 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.02 51 142 13947 -55.5 -71.5 12 16.0 -55.8 276 82 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.02 52 130 14503 -58.9 -75.9 9 17.0 -59.2 256 82 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.01 53 119 15058 -57.3 -76.3 7 19.0 -57.6 266 83 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.01 54 118 15111 -57.3 -76.3 7 19.0 -57.6 269 80 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.01 55 112 15439 -58.5 -78.5 6 20.0 -58.8 265 61 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.01 56 108 15667 -57.7 -78.7 5 21.0 -58.0 258 57 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.01 57 103 15965 -58.1 -79.1 5 21.0 -58.5 259 61 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.01 58 100 16150 -59.3 -80.3 5 21.0 -59.6 265 63 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.01 59 98 16277 -59.7 -81.7 4 22.0 -60.0 263 66 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.01 60 92 16674 -58.5 -81.5 4 23.0 -58.9 267 62 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.01 61 80 17548 -62.3 -86.3 3 24.0 -62.6 279 47 434.2 434.2 309.3 434.2 0.00 62 70 18380 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.2 265 25 456.7 456.7 311.5 456.7 0.00 63 68 18561 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.7 261 26 461.3 461.3 311.9 461.3 0.00 64 61 19233 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.2 247 12 467.9 467.9 312.4 467.9 0.00 65 57 19650 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -61.9 234 25 480.2 480.2 313.5 480.2 0.00 66 55 19871 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.1 245 35 484.7 484.7 313.8 484.7 0.00 67 51 20337 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 244 38 496.7 496.7 314.7 496.7 0.00 68 50 20460 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.8 255 39 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 69 47 20843 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -63.0 246 43 505.1 505.1 315.3 505.1 0.00 70 46 20975 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.1 247 42 507.7 507.7 315.5 507.7 0.00 71 45 21111 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.7 250 40 514.8 514.8 315.9 514.8 0.00 72 44 21251 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.3 253 39 519.1 519.1 316.2 519.1 0.00 TRP 238 10674 -57.1 -62.1 53 5.0 -57.2 270 116 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.04 WND 233 10809 -57.0 -63.2 45 6.3 -57.1 275 120 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5431.00 m Freezing level: 993.00 mb = 185.22 m = 607.65 ft Freezing level: 925.70 mb = 743.00 m = 2437.64 ft Freezing level: 803.83 mb = 1898.70 m = 6229.26 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.60 % Est. max temperature: 16.62 C = 61.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.14 mb = 987.03 m = 3238.24 ft T: 3.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.54 C Layer 1000.0- 938.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 478.26 mb = 5888.40 m = 19318.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.14 C = 102.45 F Cap Strength: 24.88 C Lifted Index: 25.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.79 C Showalter Index: 17.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: -10.50 C K Index: -11.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 211.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35804.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 24.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.19 mb = 1996.66 m = 6550.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 282 at 36 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 1002 89 150 8 -4.0 6.9 | 110 42 -39.7 14.4 1 1000 129 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 118 42 -36.7 19.4 2 978 305 170 22 -3.8 21.7 | 126 49 -39.5 29.1 3 941 610 180 32 0.0 32.0 | 138 53 -35.7 39.5 4 925 749 195 33 8.5 31.9 | 145 48 -27.1 39.3 5 906 914 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 151 40 -19.7 35.2 6 873 1219 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 182 38 1.1 38.3 7 850 1434 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 173 30 -3.7 29.8 8 809 1829 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 174 17 -1.9 16.5 9 778 2134 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 186 11 1.2 10.7 10 749 2438 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 187 14 1.8 14.1 11 721 2743 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 202 21 7.8 19.1 12 700 2977 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 212 24 12.6 20.4 13 694 3048 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 220 21 13.6 16.2 14 667 3353 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 204 33 13.3 30.3 15 641 3658 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 203 26 10.4 24.2 16 616 3962 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 216 26 15.5 21.2 17 592 4267 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 244 30 27.1 13.0 18 569 4572 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 254 26 25.3 7.5 19 547 4877 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 245 31 28.1 13.0 20 505 5486 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 227 35 25.2 23.8 21 500 5560 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 229 37 28.1 24.6 22 484 5791 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 237 35 29.3 18.9 23 465 6096 265 68 67.7 5.9 | 247 35 32.1 13.4 24 446 6401 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 247 34 31.1 13.3 25 427 6706 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 230 38 29.1 24.8 26 400 7190 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 251 42 40.0 14.1 27 393 7315 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 251 42 40.0 14.1 28 376 7620 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 254 54 52.0 15.1 29 360 7925 265 90 89.7 7.8 | 254 56 54.0 15.3 30 329 8534 265 99 98.6 8.6 | 256 65 63.0 16.1 31 315 8839 260 99 97.5 17.2 | 248 67 61.8 24.7 32 302 9144 260 103 101.4 17.9 | 249 70 65.8 25.4 33 300 9180 265 103 102.6 9.0 | 256 69 66.9 16.4 34 288 9449 265 104 103.6 9.1 | 256 70 67.9 16.5 35 262 10058 270 102 102.0 -0.0 | 264 67 66.3 7.5 36 250 10360 270 110 110.0 -0.0 | 264 75 74.3 7.5 37 250 10363 270 109 109.0 -0.0 | 264 74 73.3 7.5 38 238 10668 270 113 113.0 -0.0 | 264 78 77.3 7.5 39 238 10674 270 116 116.0 -0.0 | 265 81 80.3 7.5 40 233 10809 275 120 119.5 -10.5 | 272 84 83.9 -3.0 41 227 10973 275 120 119.5 -10.5 | 272 84 83.9 -3.0 42 216 11278 270 111 111.0 -0.0 | 264 76 75.3 7.5 43 200 11780 265 101 100.6 8.8 | 256 67 65.0 16.3 44 187 12192 260 99 97.5 17.2 | 248 67 61.8 24.7 45 179 12497 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 241 70 61.9 33.6 46 170 12802 260 98 96.5 17.0 | 248 66 60.8 24.5 47 155 13411 275 92 91.6 -8.0 | 271 56 56.0 -0.5 48 150 13600 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 270 47 47.0 0.2 49 147 13716 280 88 86.7 -15.3 | 279 52 51.0 -7.8 50 140 14021 275 80 79.7 -7.0 | 269 44 44.0 0.5 51 134 14326 255 79 76.3 20.4 | 236 49 40.6 27.9 52 121 14935 260 90 88.6 15.6 | 246 58 53.0 23.1 53 116 15240 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 268 37 37.1 1.1 54 110 15545 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 227 25 18.5 17.0 55 105 15850 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 223 31 21.3 22.7 56 100 16150 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 244 30 27.1 13.0 57 100 16154 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 246 33 30.1 13.2 58 95 16459 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 237 34 28.3 18.8 59 82 17374 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 310 15 11.3 -9.6 60 78 17678 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 231 12 9.3 7.5 61 75 17983 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 263 20 20.1 2.6 62 71 18288 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 271 8 7.7 -0.2 63 70 18380 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 132 14 -10.8 9.6 64 68 18593 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 140 16 -10.1 12.0 65 64 18898 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 102 28 -27.8 6.1 66 58 19507 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 128 32 -25.4 19.7 67 56 19812 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 172 20 -2.8 19.4 68 53 20117 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 163 34 -10.2 32.9 69 50 20460 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 187 18 2.0 17.6 70 47 20726 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 187 26 3.3 25.6 71 43 21031 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 183 17 1.0 17.3 72 40 21336 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 181 24 0.6 24.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 696.1 neg: -29.7 tot: 666.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.5 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 316.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 23 128 48| 25.4 0.0 25.4|275.4 0.0 275.4 550.8 0.87| 26.3 22.8 1000 192 28 140 46| 20.2 0.0 20.2|545.2 0.0 545.2 545.2 0.84| 27.9 23.4 1500 210 33 152 41| 13.3 0.0 13.3|629.6 -28.6 601.0 400.7 0.66| 26.2 17.3 2000 222 34 158 35| 10.4 0.0 10.4|639.2 -29.7 609.5 304.8 0.59| 23.1 13.6 2500 232 35 164 30| 8.3 1.3 9.6|651.3 -29.7 621.6 248.6 0.58| 20.0 11.5 3000 237 37 170 28| 8.5 1.1 9.6|696.1 -29.7 666.4 222.1 0.59| 18.5 10.9 4000 242 41 181 26| 7.6 1.6 9.2|776.9 -78.6 698.3 174.6 0.50| 17.6 8.8 5000 249 45 196 24| 6.9 2.2 9.1|869.2-140.1 729.0 145.8 0.46| 16.5 7.5 6000 252 49 205 25| 6.3 2.5 8.8|986.7-199.3 787.4 131.2 0.43| 15.6 6.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KALB/skewt/KALB.skewt.20251221.00.gif