UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KBRO... Searching the city database file for: KBRO ... Date:0000Z 23 APR 25 Station: KBRO WMO ident: 72250 Latitude: 25.90 Longitude: -97.43 Elevation: 6.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 6 27.4 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 115 14 299.7 302.8 296.6 349.8 17.13 1 1001 84 25.6 21.1 76 4.5 22.4 128 19 298.7 301.6 295.5 345.0 15.93 2 1000 93 25.4 21.0 77 4.4 22.3 130 20 298.5 301.4 295.4 344.6 15.85 3 993 155 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.1 129 21 298.5 301.4 295.4 344.7 15.86 4 989 190 24.6 19.6 74 5.0 21.1 128 21 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.4 14.67 5 984 235 24.0 20.9 83 3.1 21.8 127 21 298.5 301.4 295.6 345.1 16.01 6 983 244 23.8 20.2 80 3.6 21.3 126 21 298.4 301.2 295.0 343.0 15.33 7 980 270 23.8 17.8 69 6.0 19.7 126 22 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.1 13.20 8 951 533 21.6 18.4 82 3.2 19.4 140 23 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.2 14.14 9 950 542 21.4 17.8 80 3.6 18.9 141 23 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.6 13.62 10 946 578 22.0 13.0 57 9.0 16.2 143 23 299.9 301.7 291.5 329.2 9.99 11 942 615 22.6 10.6 47 12.0 15.1 145 23 300.8 302.4 290.6 326.1 8.54 12 925 774 21.6 10.6 50 11.0 14.7 150 23 301.4 303.0 290.9 327.2 8.70 13 909 925 20.6 10.6 53 10.0 14.4 150 24 301.9 303.5 291.2 328.2 8.86 14 881 1195 18.0 14.0 77 4.0 15.4 150 22 301.9 304.0 293.3 335.8 11.48 15 878 1224 17.6 15.8 89 1.8 16.4 150 22 301.8 304.2 294.3 340.0 12.97 16 865 1352 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 148 20 302.4 304.9 294.8 342.1 13.43 17 857 1431 16.8 14.7 87 2.1 15.4 146 19 303.0 305.3 294.3 339.7 12.37 18 850 1501 16.2 14.3 89 1.9 15.0 145 18 303.1 305.4 294.1 339.1 12.15 19 834 1663 14.8 13.6 93 1.2 14.0 150 15 303.3 305.5 293.9 338.4 11.82 20 831 1693 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.4 151 15 304.5 306.5 293.6 336.9 10.88 21 829 1714 15.6 11.5 77 4.1 13.0 151 14 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.6 10.34 22 827 1734 16.8 7.8 55 9.0 11.3 152 14 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.5 8.05 23 826 1745 17.2 6.2 48 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335.7 6.08 38 635 3947 5.2 -5.8 45 11.0 -0.1 226 15 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.6 3.91 39 612 4247 3.0 -15.0 25 18.0 -4.0 238 15 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.3 1.95 40 602 4380 1.8 -14.2 29 16.0 -4.5 241 15 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.9 2.11 41 513 5642 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -12.0 233 14 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.8 2.16 42 512 5657 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.4 233 14 318.6 318.9 290.3 325.1 1.95 43 510 5687 -9.7 -24.7 28 15.0 -13.7 232 14 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.9 1.01 44 503 5794 -8.9 -39.9 6 31.0 -14.7 231 14 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.5 0.24 45 500 5840 -9.1 -43.1 4 34.0 -15.0 260 26 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.6 0.17 46 498 5871 -9.1 -46.1 3 37.0 -15.1 260 26 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.12 47 493 5949 -8.9 -48.9 2 40.0 -15.1 260 28 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.8 0.09 48 470 6316 -11.7 -42.7 6 31.0 -16.9 267 31 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.19 49 454 6580 -13.1 -45.1 5 32.0 -18.1 268 33 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.15 50 450 6647 -13.3 -36.3 13 23.0 -17.8 267 34 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.38 51 425 7078 -17.3 -35.3 19 18.0 -20.7 263 37 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.45 52 423 7114 -17.7 -34.7 21 17.0 -20.9 262 37 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.48 53 421 7149 -17.9 -36.9 17 19.0 -21.2 262 38 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.38 54 417 7220 -17.9 -46.9 6 29.0 -21.8 261 38 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 55 400 7530 -19.7 -52.7 4 33.0 -23.4 275 44 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.07 56 300 9620 -33.7 -56.7 8 23.0 -35.2 280 69 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 57 250 10860 -44.1 -63.1 10 19.0 -44.7 280 82 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 58 200 12320 -55.1 -69.1 16 14.0 -55.4 280 84 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 59 174 13202 -59.7 -74.7 13 15.0 -59.9 280 93 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 60 150 14120 -64.7 -80.7 9 16.0 -64.8 280 77 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 61 100 16530 -76.5 -87.5 16 11.0 -76.5 275 50 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 62 97 16705 -77.5 -87.5 19 10.0 -77.5 275 50 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 63 93 16945 -78.1 -89.1 15 11.0 -78.1 295 47 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 64 91 17069 -75.9 -88.9 11 13.0 -75.9 298 45 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 65 87 17329 -74.9 -88.9 10 14.0 -74.9 303 40 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 66 80 17818 -72.7 -90.7 5 18.0 -72.8 295 33 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 67 79 17892 -71.1 -90.1 4 19.0 -71.2 288 34 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 68 74 18279 -70.5 -90.5 4 20.0 -70.6 290 29 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.00 69 74 18279 -70.7 -91.7 3 21.0 -70.8 290 29 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.00 70 71 18525 -68.1 -92.1 2 24.0 -68.2 302 14 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.00 71 70 18610 -68.9 -90.9 3 22.0 -69.0 165 4 437.0 437.0 309.6 437.0 0.00 72 61 19425 -73.3 -92.3 4 19.0 -73.4 250 5 444.7 444.7 310.3 444.7 0.00 73 56 19930 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 339 13 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00 74 54 20147 -70.9 -92.9 2 22.0 -71.1 41 14 466.0 466.0 312.3 466.0 0.00 75 53 20258 -68.9 -91.9 2 23.0 -69.1 59 12 473.2 473.2 312.9 473.2 0.00 76 52 20372 -68.1 -92.1 2 24.0 -68.3 77 11 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.6 0.00 77 51 20489 -66.5 -92.5 1 26.0 -66.7 96 9 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 78 50 20610 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -63.7 115 8 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 79 48 20861 -63.3 -91.3 1 28.0 -63.7 121 9 500.1 500.1 314.9 500.1 0.00 80 40 21983 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.4 48 11 530.4 530.4 316.9 530.4 0.00 81 37 22462 -64.5 -91.5 1 27.0 -65.0 102 16 535.7 535.7 317.3 535.7 0.00 82 35 22802 -64.1 -92.1 1 28.0 -64.6 118 11 545.3 545.3 317.8 545.3 0.00 83 34 22981 -59.9 -91.9 1 32.0 -60.7 138 6 560.9 560.9 318.7 560.9 0.00 84 32 23362 -56.5 -89.5 1 33.0 -57.8 55 8 579.8 579.8 319.6 579.8 0.00 85 30 23770 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -59.2 70 12 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.00 86 29 23985 -55.7 -89.7 1 34.0 -57.2 51 16 598.6 598.6 320.6 598.6 0.00 87 20 26380 -50.7 -87.7 0 37.0 -54.0 355 10 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.0 0.01 88 18 27070 -49.7 -86.7 1 37.0 -53.5 18 7 705.0 705.0 324.6 705.1 0.01 89 14 28737 -44.7 -84.7 0 40.0 -51.2 297 12 774.5 774.5 326.6 774.6 0.02 90 14 28737 -44.9 -84.9 0 40.0 -51.4 297 12 773.8 773.8 326.6 774.0 0.02 91 13 29236 -42.1 -83.1 0 41.0 -50.1 284 10 800.1 800.1 327.3 800.3 0.03 92 12 29778 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -51.0 276 17 815.0 815.1 327.6 815.3 0.03 93 12 29778 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -49.5 276 17 825.7 825.7 327.8 826.1 0.05 94 11 30374 -39.1 -81.1 0 42.0 -49.4 307 16 850.1 850.1 328.4 850.6 0.05 95 10 31030 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -49.3 285 17 878.8 878.9 329.0 879.5 0.07 96 10 31030 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -49.3 285 17 878.8 878.9 329.0 879.5 0.07 97 10 31030 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -49.6 285 17 876.6 876.6 329.0 877.2 0.06 98 9.7 31240 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -49.5 885.8 885.8 329.1 886.5 0.07 99 9.0 31759 -34.9 -77.9 0 43.0 -48.7 916.5 916.5 329.8 917.6 0.10 100 7.6 32929 -39.1 -81.1 0 42.0 -51.2 944.9 945.0 330.2 945.7 0.07 101 7.4 33112 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -51.0 956.2 956.3 330.5 957.2 0.09 TRP 93 16945 -78.1 -89.1 15 11.0 -78.1 295 47 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 WND 174 13202 -59.7 -74.7 13 15.0 -59.9 280 93 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.00 m Freezing level: 588.31 mb = 4574.27 m = 15007.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.72 mb = 3938.16 m = 12920.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.48 mb = 638.77 m = 2095.69 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 857.0- 815.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.81 mb = 2622.81 m = 8604.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.55 C = 101.39 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 25.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 444.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.01 mb = 1292.38 m = 4240.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.01 mb = 5006.76 m = 16426.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.01 mb = 6058.57 m = 19876.96 ft B at Equ Level: 64.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.01 mb = 9242.19 m = 30321.79 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 225 at 12 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 1010 6 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 83 21 -21.1 -2.6 1 1000 93 130 20 -15.3 12.9 | 100 24 -23.8 4.3 2 976 305 125 22 -18.0 12.6 | 99 27 -26.5 4.1 3 943 610 145 23 -13.2 18.8 | 116 24 -21.6 10.3 4 925 774 150 23 -11.5 19.9 | 120 23 -19.9 11.4 5 910 914 150 24 -12.0 20.8 | 121 24 -20.4 12.3 6 878 1219 150 22 -11.0 19.1 | 118 22 -19.4 10.5 7 850 1501 145 18 -10.3 14.7 | 108 20 -18.8 6.2 8 848 1524 145 18 -10.3 14.7 | 108 20 -18.8 6.2 9 818 1829 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 100 14 -13.5 2.4 10 789 2134 140 8 -5.1 6.1 | 80 14 -13.6 -2.4 11 761 2438 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 75 11 -10.5 -2.9 12 734 2743 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 44 3 -2.1 -2.1 13 708 3048 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 177 9 -0.4 8.7 14 700 3143 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 177 9 -0.4 8.7 15 682 3353 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 109 3 -2.9 1.0 16 656 3658 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 183 4 0.2 3.8 17 608 4267 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 282 5 4.6 -1.0 18 564 4877 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 295 7 6.6 -3.0 19 503 5791 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 258 2 2.3 0.5 20 500 5840 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 283 18 17.2 -4.0 21 483 6096 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 279 21 21.1 -3.3 22 464 6401 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 290 25 23.6 -8.5 23 412 7315 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 273 30 30.0 -1.7 24 400 7530 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 289 37 35.4 -12.3 25 395 7620 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 290 37 34.4 -12.3 26 379 7925 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 292 46 42.8 -17.5 27 320 9144 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 290 58 54.6 -19.6 28 300 9620 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 289 63 59.5 -20.5 29 257 10668 280 84 82.7 -14.6 | 287 78 74.3 -23.1 30 250 10860 280 82 80.8 -14.2 | 287 76 72.3 -22.7 31 200 12320 280 84 82.7 -14.6 | 287 78 74.3 -23.1 32 174 13202 280 93 91.6 -16.1 | 287 87 83.2 -24.7 33 168 13411 280 93 91.6 -16.1 | 287 87 83.2 -24.7 34 150 14120 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 288 71 67.4 -21.9 35 138 14630 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 294 69 63.0 -27.7 36 124 15240 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 299 42 37.0 -20.7 37 118 15545 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 301 38 33.1 -19.6 38 100 16530 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 287 43 41.4 -12.9 39 96 16764 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 287 43 41.4 -12.9 40 93 16945 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 310 44 34.2 -28.4 41 82 17678 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 330 34 16.9 -29.7 42 78 17983 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 300 29 25.1 -14.4 43 74 18288 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 314 26 18.8 -18.4 44 70 18593 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 1 14 -0.2 -14.2 45 70 18610 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 64 11 -9.5 -4.6 46 63 19202 220 1 0.6 0.8 | 45 11 -7.8 -7.7 47 57 19812 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 352 15 2.0 -14.5 48 54 20117 35 14 -8.0 -11.5 | 39 26 -16.5 -20.0 49 50 20610 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 72 16 -15.7 -5.1 50 47 21031 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 81 17 -16.6 -2.8 51 44 21336 205 2 0.8 1.8 | 49 10 -7.6 -6.7 52 42 21641 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 32 10 -5.4 -8.8 53 40 21946 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 43 22 -14.9 -16.2 54 38 22250 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 73 24 -23.4 -7.2 55 37 22555 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 81 25 -24.9 -4.1 56 35 22860 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 78 17 -17.1 -3.5 57 33 23165 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 49 12 -8.8 -7.6 58 31 23470 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 26 22 -9.4 -19.5 59 30 23770 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 57 23 -19.7 -12.6 60 30 23774 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 50 26 -19.9 -16.5 61 29 24079 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 48 29 -21.5 -19.4 62 27 24384 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 61 18 -15.4 -8.5 63 26 24689 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 59 22 -19.1 -11.4 64 25 24994 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 45 12 -8.4 -8.5 65 21 26213 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 349 8 1.5 -7.6 66 20 26380 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 22 20 -7.6 -18.5 67 20 26518 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 9 17 -2.7 -16.7 68 19 26822 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 27 21 -9.3 -18.5 69 17 27432 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 42 16 -10.7 -11.8 70 16 27737 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 20 20 -6.7 -18.4 71 16 28042 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 25 23 -9.5 -20.5 72 14 28956 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 342 11 3.4 -10.6 73 13 29261 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 354 11 1.2 -11.1 74 12 29566 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 290 8 7.5 -2.7 75 11 30175 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 352 20 2.9 -19.8 76 10 31030 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 328 15 8.0 -12.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.4 neg: -62.7 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 55.37 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 129 21 100 25| 11.6 0.0 11.6| 73.8 -4.2 69.5 139.1 0.73| 15.6 11.4 1000 139 22 109 24| 7.4 0.0 7.4|103.9 -5.9 98.0 98.0 0.73| 10.9 8.0 1500 142 22 112 23| 4.9 2.0 6.9|103.9 -30.5 73.3 48.9 0.41| 9.3 3.8 2000 143 20 110 21| 2.5 1.5 4.0|103.9 -51.0 52.8 26.4 0.16| 9.3 1.5 2500 144 17 106 19| 2.5 1.2 3.7|105.1 -61.0 44.2 17.7 0.08| 8.8 0.7 3000 150 16 108 17| 4.2 1.0 5.2|107.4 -62.7 44.7 14.9 0.12| 10.2 1.2 4000 165 16 118 14| 3.2 0.7 3.9|112.9 -68.5 44.4 11.1 0.12| 9.7 1.2 5000 181 16 131 11| 2.7 0.6 3.3|117.1 -69.0 48.1 9.6 0.15| 8.4 1.3 6000 195 16 148 8| 3.6 0.3 3.9|126.6 -74.2 52.4 8.7 0.13| 8.9 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBRO/skewt/KBRO.skewt.20250423.00.gif