UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 2 DEC 25 Searching for KAPX... Searching the city database file for: KAPX ... Date:1200Z 2 DEC 25 Station: KAPX WMO ident: 72634 Latitude: 44.92 Longitude: -84.72 Elevation: 446.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 959 446 -6.5 -7.6 92 1.1 -6.8 215 4 269.9 270.2 268.7 276.0 2.25 2 950 520 -6.9 -9.1 84 2.2 -7.5 222 9 270.2 270.5 268.5 275.7 2.02 3 931 678 -7.7 -9.6 86 1.9 -8.2 236 16 270.9 271.3 268.9 276.4 1.98 4 925 728 -7.9 -9.8 86 1.9 -8.5 240 18 271.2 271.6 269.1 276.6 1.96 5 906 889 -8.3 -10.3 85 2.0 -8.9 257 15 272.4 272.8 269.8 277.8 1.92 6 899 949 -8.3 -10.4 85 2.1 -8.9 261 13 273.0 273.4 270.2 278.4 1.92 7 850 1382 -10.9 -14.1 77 3.2 -11.7 245 9 274.7 275.0 270.5 279.0 1.51 8 844 1436 -11.3 -14.5 77 3.2 -12.1 245 9 274.9 275.1 270.5 279.0 1.47 9 804 1807 -13.9 -16.6 80 2.7 -14.5 240 12 275.9 276.2 270.9 279.7 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275 65 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5182.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: -0.63 C = 30.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.22 mb = 584.04 m = 1916.10 ft T: -7.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 950.0- 931.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.34 mb = 1460.41 m = 4791.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.89 g/kg Conv temperature: -1.48 C = 29.33 F Cap Strength: 14.49 C Lifted Index: 14.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.66 C Showalter Index: 13.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52552.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.61 mb = 1144.01 m = 3753.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 304 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 959 446 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 137 18 -12.4 13.3 1 939 610 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 168 19 -3.9 19.0 2 925 728 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 183 19 0.9 19.0 3 903 914 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 176 12 -0.9 12.5 4 868 1219 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 148 13 -6.7 10.7 5 850 1382 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 155 15 -6.5 13.8 6 834 1524 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 159 15 -5.6 14.3 7 801 1829 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 165 17 -4.3 16.0 8 769 2134 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 177 18 -0.8 18.0 9 739 2438 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 205 18 7.6 16.0 10 710 2743 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 222 17 11.3 12.3 11 700 2846 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 235 14 11.3 7.8 12 681 3048 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 222 11 7.3 8.1 13 626 3658 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 240 11 10.0 5.7 14 601 3962 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 260 9 8.8 1.5 15 576 4267 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 276 9 8.9 -1.0 16 552 4572 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 263 10 9.8 1.1 17 530 4877 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 248 14 12.9 5.2 18 508 5182 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 266 11 10.7 0.8 19 500 5300 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 257 13 12.4 2.8 20 487 5486 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 247 19 17.2 7.2 21 466 5791 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 261 22 21.8 3.6 22 447 6096 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 255 26 25.2 6.5 23 428 6401 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 264 26 25.7 2.9 24 409 6706 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 270 23 23.0 -0.1 25 400 6870 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 264 27 26.7 2.7 26 392 7010 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 265 28 27.7 2.6 27 358 7620 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 245 33 30.2 14.0 28 342 7925 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 247 37 34.2 14.3 29 312 8534 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 248 38 35.2 14.4 30 300 8800 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 243 42 37.5 19.2 31 298 8839 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 243 42 37.5 19.2 32 290 9019 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 248 39 36.2 14.5 33 284 9144 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 248 39 36.2 14.5 34 271 9449 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 250 44 41.1 14.9 35 259 9754 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 249 40 37.2 14.6 36 250 9980 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 243 42 37.5 19.2 37 247 10058 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 248 38 35.2 14.4 38 236 10363 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 246 51 46.4 20.8 39 225 10668 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 245 49 44.4 20.5 40 214 10973 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 251 46 43.1 15.1 41 208 11166 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 265 50 50.1 4.4 42 204 11278 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 265 50 50.1 4.4 43 200 11420 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 263 42 42.1 5.1 44 195 11582 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 263 43 43.1 5.0 45 186 11887 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 263 42 42.1 5.1 46 177 12192 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 269 38 37.5 0.8 47 169 12497 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 264 44 44.1 4.9 48 162 12802 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 254 37 35.4 10.0 49 154 13106 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 262 39 38.1 5.4 50 150 13280 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 252 33 31.4 10.0 51 147 13411 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 245 33 30.2 14.0 52 134 14021 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 241 38 33.6 18.5 53 127 14326 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 243 43 38.5 19.4 54 121 14630 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 255 40 38.4 10.0 55 116 14935 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 250 43 40.1 14.8 56 110 15240 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 255 38 36.4 10.0 57 105 15545 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 268 36 35.6 1.2 58 100 15850 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 260 33 32.2 5.9 59 100 15870 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 259 31 30.2 6.1 60 96 16154 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 258 30 29.2 6.2 61 91 16459 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 265 29 28.7 2.4 62 87 16764 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 259 31 30.2 6.1 63 83 17069 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 247 25 23.4 10.0 64 79 17374 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 273 29 28.8 -1.6 65 75 17678 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 281 29 28.6 -5.7 66 70 18150 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 246 13 11.9 5.3 67 69 18288 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 255 17 16.9 4.5 68 65 18593 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 243 12 11.0 5.5 69 62 18898 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 246 13 11.9 5.3 70 59 19202 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 230 20 15.2 12.6 71 57 19507 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 246 9 8.5 3.8 72 54 19812 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 257 13 12.4 2.8 73 52 20117 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 226 14 10.4 10.0 74 50 20310 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 295 15 13.9 -6.5 75 49 20422 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 284 15 14.4 -3.5 76 47 20726 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 273 15 15.4 -0.9 77 45 21031 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 282 13 12.5 -2.6 78 43 21336 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 233 13 10.3 7.9 79 39 21946 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 173 20 -2.4 20.3 80 34 22860 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 226 14 10.4 10.0 81 32 23165 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 176 10 -0.6 10.0 82 30 23470 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 111 1 -0.7 0.3 83 30 23570 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 111 1 -0.7 0.3 84 28 23774 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 61 2 -1.6 -0.9 85 26 24079 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 183 2 0.1 1.5 86 23 24384 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 39 5 -3.1 -3.8 87 21 24689 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 310 2 1.7 -1.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.9 neg: -34.4 tot: 156.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 27.53 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 241 14 171 17| 11.3 0.0 11.3| 73.5 -8.9 64.6 129.3 0.58| 22.5 13.0 1000 248 12 165 15| 5.6 2.6 8.2| 80.0 -25.2 54.8 54.8 0.31| 15.4 4.8 1500 246 12 164 15| 3.8 1.6 5.4| 96.4 -25.2 71.1 47.4 0.38| 11.8 4.5 2000 246 13 170 16| 5.6 1.2 6.8|148.0 -25.2 122.8 61.4 0.53| 11.7 6.2 2500 252 16 181 15| 5.2 1.0 6.2|184.1 -29.8 154.3 61.7 0.55| 11.8 6.4 3000 258 17 187 14| 4.4 0.8 5.2|190.9 -34.4 156.5 52.2 0.52| 10.5 5.5 4000 268 19 202 11| 3.8 0.6 4.4|209.5 -37.0 172.5 43.1 0.54| 9.1 4.9 5000 273 21 214 11| 3.0 1.2 4.2|219.1 -60.1 159.0 31.8 0.39| 8.9 3.5 6000 274 24 227 12| 3.3 1.0 4.3|264.5 -69.2 195.3 32.5 0.39| 8.7 3.4 Wrote GIF file: 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