UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 DEC 25 Searching for KALB... Searching the city database file for: KALB ... Date:0000Z 27 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 1003 89 -9.9 -14.8 67 4.9 -11.0 85 2 263.0 263.2 262.0 266.3 1.21 1 1001 120 -9.1 -20.1 40 11.0 -11.2 102 6 264.0 264.1 261.9 266.1 0.77 2 1000 135 -10.3 -19.3 48 9.0 -12.1 110 8 262.9 263.0 261.1 265.2 0.83 3 966 400 -12.9 -17.9 66 5.0 -13.9 123 11 262.8 263.0 261.4 265.5 0.97 4 932 675 -11.1 -14.5 76 3.4 -11.9 153 20 267.4 267.6 265.4 271.1 1.33 5 925 733 -11.1 -14.4 77 3.3 -11.9 155 24 268.0 268.2 265.8 271.7 1.35 6 917 799 -11.5 -14.8 76 3.3 -12.3 157 25 268.2 268.4 265.9 271.9 1.32 7 908 875 -11.1 -14.0 79 2.9 -11.8 159 26 269.4 269.6 266.9 273.3 1.42 8 867 1233 -4.3 -5.5 91 1.2 -4.7 170 22 280.1 280.5 275.7 288.3 2.92 9 860 1297 -3.9 -5.1 91 1.2 -4.4 172 20 281.1 281.6 276.5 289.7 3.04 10 851 1380 -4.3 -5.7 90 1.4 -4.8 175 17 281.5 282.0 276.6 289.9 2.93 11 850 1389 -4.3 -5.7 90 1.4 -4.8 175 17 281.6 282.1 276.6 290.0 2.94 12 811 1759 -5.5 -7.7 84 2.2 -6.2 162 20 284.2 284.6 277.5 291.8 2.64 13 805 1817 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -5.8 160 20 285.2 285.7 278.3 293.2 2.78 14 797 1895 -5.3 -7.2 86 1.9 -6.0 169 20 285.8 286.3 278.6 293.9 2.79 15 790 1965 -5.3 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.0 178 20 286.5 287.0 279.0 294.8 2.84 16 770 2166 -6.3 -8.4 85 2.1 -7.0 199 21 287.6 288.0 279.2 295.2 2.63 17 744 2435 -5.1 -6.8 88 1.7 -5.8 190 20 291.7 292.3 281.7 300.8 3.08 18 724 2649 -5.5 -7.4 86 1.9 -6.2 200 19 293.5 294.1 282.4 302.6 3.03 19 718 2715 -5.5 -7.2 88 1.7 -6.1 204 19 294.2 294.8 282.8 303.5 3.10 20 705 2858 -5.7 -7.4 88 1.7 -6.4 218 16 295.6 296.1 283.4 304.9 3.11 21 700 2914 -5.7 -7.3 88 1.6 -6.3 225 15 296.2 296.7 283.7 305.6 3.15 22 697 2948 -5.7 -7.3 88 1.6 -6.3 226 15 296.5 297.1 283.8 306.1 3.17 23 648 3516 -8.1 -10.1 85 2.0 -8.8 230 22 300.1 300.6 284.7 308.5 2.74 24 647 3528 -8.1 -10.1 85 2.0 -8.8 231 22 300.2 300.7 284.8 308.6 2.74 25 634 3686 -8.1 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.8 240 25 301.9 302.5 285.6 310.7 2.84 26 606 4036 -9.7 -11.9 84 2.2 -10.5 245 35 304.0 304.5 286.0 312.0 2.53 27 578 4400 -11.1 -13.1 85 2.0 -11.8 255 38 306.5 307.0 286.8 314.2 2.41 28 566 4561 -11.5 -13.4 86 1.9 -12.2 268 36 307.9 308.4 287.3 315.6 2.40 29 533 5019 -14.7 -17.0 83 2.3 -15.4 268 42 309.4 309.8 287.3 315.5 1.89 30 517 5249 -16.3 -18.7 82 2.4 -17.0 264 45 310.2 310.5 287.3 315.7 1.69 31 500 5500 -17.7 -20.1 81 2.4 -18.3 260 47 311.5 311.8 287.6 316.6 1.55 32 480 5804 -19.7 -22.3 80 2.6 -20.3 260 44 312.6 312.9 287.8 317.1 1.33 33 419 6797 -26.7 -29.7 76 3.0 -27.2 270 49 316.1 316.2 288.3 318.8 0.78 34 400 7130 -29.7 -32.7 75 3.0 -30.2 260 47 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.5 0.61 35 337 8327 -39.7 -43.1 70 3.4 -39.9 270 54 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.6 0.25 36 300 9110 -47.1 -50.7 66 3.6 -47.3 265 58 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.4 0.12 37 299 9132 -47.3 -50.9 66 3.6 -47.4 265 57 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.4 0.12 38 284 9471 -50.5 -54.1 66 3.6 -50.6 265 57 319.1 319.2 288.6 319.5 0.09 39 250 10290 -57.9 -61.6 62 3.7 -58.0 265 74 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.04 40 243 10467 -59.7 -63.4 62 3.7 -59.7 265 73 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.0 0.03 41 228 10861 -62.3 -66.2 59 3.9 -62.3 270 78 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 42 215 11225 -58.9 -65.0 45 6.1 -59.0 285 88 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 43 210 11373 -57.5 -64.5 41 7.0 -57.6 287 85 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 44 209 11403 -56.9 -62.9 47 6.0 -57.0 288 84 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 45 201 11649 -57.5 -64.5 41 7.0 -57.6 294 77 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.03 46 200 11680 -57.3 -64.3 41 7.0 -57.4 295 76 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.03 47 197 11776 -57.1 -64.1 41 7.0 -57.2 295 74 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 48 191 11971 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.8 295 73 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 49 189 12038 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.8 295 73 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 50 180 12345 -58.3 -67.3 31 9.0 -58.5 293 69 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 51 178 12416 -58.3 -68.3 27 10.0 -58.5 291 67 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 52 171 12668 -59.1 -70.1 23 11.0 -59.3 287 62 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 53 162 13007 -59.5 -71.5 20 12.0 -59.7 292 66 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.02 54 153 13366 -58.7 -71.7 17 13.0 -58.9 287 65 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.02 55 152 13407 -58.7 -71.7 17 13.0 -58.9 285 64 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.02 56 150 13490 -58.7 -71.7 17 13.0 -58.9 290 68 368.9 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.02 57 147 13617 -58.9 -72.9 15 14.0 -59.1 287 67 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.01 58 138 14014 -58.3 -73.3 13 15.0 -58.5 290 67 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.01 59 133 14246 -58.1 -74.1 11 16.0 -58.3 286 71 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.01 60 100 16030 -60.9 -81.9 5 21.0 -61.2 300 50 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 61 96 16283 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -61.7 301 57 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 62 92 16548 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.4 296 57 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.6 0.00 63 91 16616 -59.7 -82.7 3 23.0 -60.0 298 61 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 64 86 16968 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.2 297 59 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.2 0.00 65 74 17897 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 290 68 443.1 443.1 310.2 443.2 0.00 66 71 18152 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.6 297 63 449.3 449.3 310.8 449.3 0.00 67 70 18240 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.6 300 61 451.1 451.1 311.0 451.1 0.00 68 55 19713 -66.7 -93.7 1 27.0 -66.9 298 45 473.2 473.2 312.9 473.2 0.00 69 54 19824 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -66.5 295 42 476.6 476.6 313.2 476.6 0.00 70 52 20052 -65.9 -93.9 1 28.0 -66.2 287 47 482.7 482.7 313.7 482.7 0.00 71 50 20290 -66.5 -93.5 1 27.0 -66.8 295 57 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 72 48 20536 -66.9 -93.9 1 27.0 -67.1 294 55 491.5 491.5 314.4 491.5 0.00 73 47 20663 -67.3 -94.3 1 27.0 -67.5 298 58 493.5 493.5 314.5 493.6 0.00 74 42 21342 -64.9 -92.9 1 28.0 -65.3 300 43 515.6 515.6 316.0 515.6 0.00 75 38 21949 -66.1 -94.1 1 28.0 -66.4 300 43 527.5 527.5 316.8 527.5 0.00 76 36 22277 -65.7 -93.7 1 28.0 -66.1 289 32 536.8 536.8 317.3 536.8 0.00 77 35 22447 -65.5 -93.5 1 28.0 -65.9 280 35 541.7 541.7 317.6 541.7 0.00 78 33 22804 -66.3 -93.3 1 27.0 -66.7 283 41 548.7 548.7 318.0 548.7 0.00 79 32 22990 -66.5 -93.5 1 27.0 -66.9 287 41 553.0 553.0 318.3 553.1 0.00 80 30 23380 -65.7 -93.7 1 28.0 -66.1 270 44 565.5 565.5 318.9 565.5 0.00 81 27 24023 -64.1 -93.1 1 29.0 -64.7 273 46 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.3 0.00 82 26 24254 -63.1 -92.1 1 29.0 -63.8 271 47 596.5 596.5 320.5 596.6 0.00 83 24 24746 -64.1 -92.1 1 28.0 -64.8 275 51 607.4 607.5 320.9 607.5 0.00 84 23 25006 -64.5 -92.5 1 28.0 -65.2 278 53 613.7 613.7 321.2 613.7 0.00 85 22 25278 -64.1 -74.1 24 10.0 -64.7 280 55 622.8 622.8 321.6 623.3 0.08 TRP 228 10861 -62.3 -66.2 59 3.9 -62.3 270 78 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 WND 215 11225 -58.9 -65.0 45 6.1 -59.0 285 88 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.04 % Est. max temperature: 8.54 C = 47.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.03 mb = 716.13 m = 2349.47 ft T: -11.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 1001.0- 966.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 429.72 mb = 6612.73 m = 21695.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.57 C = 108.62 F Cap Strength: 34.72 C Lifted Index: 35.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 35.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 26.04 C Showalter Index: 18.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.40 C Cross Totals Index: 12.00 C K Index: 6.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 230.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50904.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 35.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.79 mb = 1102.14 m = 3615.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 264 at 21 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 1003 89 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 84 23 -22.5 -2.5 1 1000 135 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 91 28 -28.0 0.4 2 978 305 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 91 28 -28.0 0.4 3 940 610 150 16 -8.0 13.9 | 112 31 -28.5 11.5 4 925 733 155 24 -10.1 21.8 | 122 36 -30.6 19.4 5 904 914 160 26 -8.9 24.4 | 127 37 -29.4 22.1 6 869 1219 170 22 -3.8 21.7 | 129 31 -24.3 19.4 7 850 1389 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 124 26 -22.0 14.6 8 836 1524 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 126 30 -23.9 17.4 9 804 1829 160 20 -6.8 18.8 | 121 32 -27.3 16.5 10 773 2134 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 143 22 -13.3 17.4 11 744 2438 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 136 24 -17.0 17.4 12 715 2743 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 140 19 -12.4 14.9 13 700 2914 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 130 13 -9.9 8.3 14 688 3048 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 120 12 -10.5 6.0 15 661 3353 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 146 15 -8.3 12.2 16 635 3658 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 182 10 0.3 9.7 17 611 3962 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 221 16 10.3 12.1 18 587 4267 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 226 21 14.9 14.2 19 564 4572 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 278 16 15.5 -2.3 20 542 4877 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 276 21 20.5 -2.3 21 501 5486 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 257 26 25.8 5.9 22 500 5500 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 257 26 25.8 5.9 23 480 5791 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 257 23 22.9 5.3 24 461 6096 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 275 27 26.5 -2.3 25 442 6401 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 266 28 28.3 2.0 26 424 6706 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 274 30 29.5 -2.3 27 407 7010 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 275 25 24.5 -2.3 28 400 7130 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 257 26 25.8 5.9 29 389 7315 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 266 24 24.4 1.6 30 373 7620 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 257 27 26.8 6.0 31 341 8230 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 274 35 34.5 -2.3 32 326 8534 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 274 31 30.5 -2.3 33 312 8839 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 266 36 36.3 2.7 34 300 9110 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 266 37 37.3 2.7 35 298 9144 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 266 35 35.3 2.6 36 285 9449 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 266 36 36.3 2.7 37 259 10058 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 259 51 50.4 10.2 38 250 10290 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 266 53 53.2 4.1 39 247 10363 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 266 50 50.3 3.9 40 235 10668 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 266 55 55.2 4.3 41 228 10861 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 272 58 57.5 -2.3 42 224 10973 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 272 58 57.5 -2.3 43 215 11225 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 291 69 64.5 -25.1 44 213 11278 285 88 85.0 -22.8 | 291 69 64.5 -25.1 45 200 11680 295 76 68.9 -32.1 | 305 59 48.4 -34.4 46 194 11887 295 72 65.3 -30.4 | 306 55 44.8 -32.7 47 184 12192 295 74 67.1 -31.3 | 306 57 46.6 -33.6 48 176 12497 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 301 46 39.7 -24.2 49 167 12802 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 295 42 38.4 -18.1 50 159 13106 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 307 52 41.2 -31.0 51 152 13411 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 295 45 41.3 -18.9 52 150 13490 290 68 63.9 -23.3 | 300 50 43.4 -25.6 53 145 13716 285 67 64.7 -17.3 | 294 48 44.2 -19.7 54 138 14021 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 301 49 42.5 -25.2 55 131 14326 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 293 54 50.0 -21.2 56 125 14630 295 70 63.4 -29.6 | 307 54 43.0 -31.9 57 119 14935 290 78 73.3 -26.7 | 299 60 52.8 -29.0 58 113 15240 295 80 72.5 -33.8 | 305 63 52.0 -36.1 59 108 15545 295 78 70.7 -33.0 | 305 61 50.2 -35.3 60 100 16030 300 50 43.3 -25.0 | 320 36 22.8 -27.3 61 98 16154 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 321 49 30.3 -37.9 62 93 16459 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 313 35 25.7 -23.9 63 89 16764 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 313 56 41.0 -37.8 64 85 17069 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 312 37 27.6 -24.7 65 81 17374 295 69 62.5 -29.2 | 307 53 42.1 -31.5 66 77 17678 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 300 51 44.4 -25.9 67 73 17983 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 301 49 42.5 -25.2 68 70 18240 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 315 46 32.4 -32.8 69 69 18288 300 70 60.6 -35.0 | 313 55 40.1 -37.3 70 66 18593 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 315 46 32.4 -32.8 71 63 18898 300 64 55.4 -32.0 | 314 49 35.0 -34.3 72 60 19202 315 60 42.4 -42.4 | 334 50 22.0 -44.7 73 54 19812 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 319 27 17.6 -20.1 74 51 20117 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 299 31 26.9 -15.0 75 50 20290 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 310 41 31.2 -26.4 76 49 20422 290 53 49.8 -18.1 | 305 36 29.3 -20.4 77 47 20726 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 316 44 30.6 -31.8 78 44 21031 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 325 39 22.1 -32.1 79 42 21336 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 325 29 16.8 -23.8 80 38 21946 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 325 29 16.8 -23.8 81 36 22250 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 324 16 9.6 -13.3 82 34 22555 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 289 17 16.4 -5.5 83 33 22860 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 303 24 20.1 -13.2 84 31 23165 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 314 23 16.2 -15.6 85 30 23380 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 276 24 23.5 -2.3 86 29 23470 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 301 27 23.0 -14.0 87 27 23774 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 275 26 25.5 -2.3 88 22 24384 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 289 36 33.7 -11.9 89 20 24689 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 291 32 29.8 -11.2 90 18 24994 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 266 39 39.3 2.9 91 17 25298 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 258 45 44.5 9.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.2 neg: -60.9 tot: 218.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 134.32 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 127 10 97 29| 15.1 0.0 15.1|101.0 0.0 101.0 202.1 0.79| 17.4 13.7 1000 150 17 113 31| 12.1 0.0 12.1|196.8 0.0 196.8 196.8 0.75| 16.3 12.3 1500 158 18 118 31| 6.8 0.0 6.8|205.0 -20.5 184.5 123.0 0.52| 14.9 7.7 2000 161 19 120 30| 5.6 0.0 5.6|267.8 -34.5 233.2 116.6 0.51| 14.8 7.5 2500 169 19 124 29| 4.2 0.0 4.2|276.4 -46.5 229.8 91.9 0.45| 13.1 5.9 3000 175 18 126 27| 2.7 0.0 2.7|279.2 -60.9 218.3 72.8 0.34| 12.8 4.3 4000 194 20 138 23| 4.9 0.0 4.9|350.4 -60.9 289.5 72.4 0.46| 13.0 6.0 5000 218 24 160 17| 3.9 0.7 4.7|427.5 -79.2 348.2 69.6 0.47| 13.1 6.2 6000 234 27 187 14| 3.5 1.0 4.5|478.1-113.3 364.8 60.8 0.43| 12.5 5.4 Wrote GIF file: 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