UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KBRO... Searching the city database file for: KBRO ... Date:0000Z 30 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 1011 6 27.4 21.4 70 6.0 23.1 130 13 299.6 302.5 295.8 346.6 16.07 1 1004 69 25.8 21.8 79 4.0 22.9 133 17 298.6 301.6 296.0 346.9 16.60 2 1000 105 25.4 21.7 80 3.7 22.8 135 20 298.5 301.6 295.9 346.7 16.56 3 956 500 21.8 20.4 92 1.4 20.8 145 25 298.8 301.7 295.6 345.3 15.98 4 952 536 21.6 19.4 87 2.2 20.1 145 26 298.9 301.7 295.0 342.8 15.06 5 949 564 21.2 20.6 96 0.6 20.8 145 26 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.3 16.30 6 945 600 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 145 26 298.7 301.7 295.6 345.5 16.07 7 943 619 20.8 19.5 92 1.3 19.9 145 26 298.9 301.7 295.1 343.5 15.30 8 941 637 20.6 19.3 92 1.3 19.7 146 26 298.9 301.7 295.0 343.0 15.14 9 937 674 20.6 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 147 26 299.3 301.8 294.4 340.4 14.08 10 932 721 20.2 18.9 92 1.3 19.3 148 26 299.3 302.0 295.0 342.8 14.91 11 925 786 19.8 17.7 88 2.1 18.4 150 26 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.2 13.91 12 923 805 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 151 26 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.5 13.67 13 912 909 21.6 9.6 46 12.0 14.2 155 29 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.2 8.25 14 895 1072 20.6 8.6 46 12.0 13.3 160 28 303.2 304.7 290.7 326.7 7.85 15 868 1336 18.4 11.4 64 7.0 14.0 169 27 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.8 9.80 16 857 1446 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 173 26 304.5 306.4 293.3 335.8 10.47 17 850 1516 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.1 175 25 305.0 306.9 293.4 336.2 10.42 18 847 1546 17.8 10.8 64 7.0 13.4 180 25 305.1 306.9 292.8 334.0 9.65 19 841 1607 17.4 11.4 68 6.0 13.6 179 24 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.7 10.12 20 825 1770 16.6 9.6 63 7.0 12.2 176 23 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.7 9.13 21 815 1874 16.2 3.2 42 13.0 8.9 173 22 306.8 307.9 290.2 324.9 5.92 22 810 1926 16.6 -2.4 27 19.0 6.9 170 21 307.7 308.5 288.8 320.1 3.95 23 808 1947 16.4 0.4 34 16.0 7.8 169 21 307.8 308.7 289.6 322.8 4.87 24 806 1968 16.4 7.4 55 9.0 10.9 168 21 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.5 8.04 25 803 2000 16.4 5.4 48 11.0 9.9 167 21 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.8 7.02 26 800 2032 16.8 -5.2 22 22.0 6.1 165 21 309.1 309.7 288.5 319.3 3.24 27 798 2053 16.8 -8.2 17 25.0 5.3 164 21 309.3 309.8 287.9 317.5 2.58 28 795 2085 16.8 -12.2 13 29.0 4.4 163 20 309.6 310.0 287.3 315.7 1.88 29 778 2269 15.8 -19.2 7 35.0 2.8 160 20 310.5 310.7 286.8 314.0 1.07 30 768 2378 15.0 -12.0 14 27.0 3.5 160 21 310.7 311.1 287.8 317.2 1.98 31 745 2635 13.8 -17.2 10 31.0 1.8 157 16 312.2 312.4 287.6 316.6 1.33 32 723 2887 14.6 -29.4 3 44.0 0.8 193 8 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.4 0.46 33 712 3017 14.4 -19.6 8 34.0 1.5 227 3 316.9 317.1 289.0 320.8 1.13 34 700 3160 13.6 -9.4 19 23.0 2.9 300 6 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.3 2.68 35 687 3317 12.2 -6.8 26 19.0 3.0 280 7 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.34 36 685 3342 12.0 -4.0 32 16.0 3.8 277 7 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.1 4.15 37 673 3489 10.8 -2.2 40 13.0 3.9 258 9 318.0 318.9 292.7 333.6 4.84 38 643 3868 8.2 -15.8 16 24.0 -1.3 229 9 319.2 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.73 39 595 4502 2.6 -14.4 27 17.0 -4.1 208 9 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.0 2.10 40 582 4680 0.8 -12.2 37 13.0 -4.6 208 11 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.4 2.58 41 576 4763 0.4 -14.6 31 15.0 -5.5 210 11 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.14 42 544 5219 -3.3 -15.3 39 12.0 -7.8 231 11 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.4 2.14 43 540 5277 -3.7 -14.7 42 11.0 -7.9 235 12 321.4 321.8 291.4 329.0 2.26 44 534 5365 -4.5 -9.3 69 4.8 -6.6 241 13 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.1 3.54 45 530 5425 -5.1 -8.9 75 3.8 -6.8 245 13 321.4 322.1 292.7 333.5 3.68 46 523 5529 -5.7 -12.7 58 7.0 -8.5 252 14 321.9 322.5 292.0 331.1 2.75 47 514 5665 -6.9 -10.0 79 3.1 -8.2 261 15 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.6 3.48 48 504 5818 -8.1 -12.0 73 3.9 -9.6 269 15 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.02 49 500 5880 -8.5 -11.9 76 3.4 -9.9 265 15 322.7 323.3 292.5 332.9 3.07 50 487 6084 -10.3 -12.1 87 1.8 -11.0 256 14 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.3 3.11 51 473 6308 -12.1 -13.7 88 1.6 -12.7 245 16 323.4 323.9 292.4 332.8 2.81 52 453 6637 -14.1 -25.1 39 11.0 -17.0 236 19 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.8 1.10 53 451 6671 -14.3 -25.3 39 11.0 -17.1 236 19 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.9 1.08 54 440 6858 -15.9 -27.9 35 12.0 -18.7 233 20 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.5 0.88 55 400 7570 -20.5 -34.5 27 14.0 -23.1 230 28 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.2 0.51 56 300 9620 -36.7 -40.2 70 3.5 -37.1 265 31 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.38 57 250 10860 -45.7 -49.5 65 3.8 -45.9 260 53 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.17 58 200 12320 -55.1 -61.1 47 6.0 -55.2 275 100 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 59 176 13122 -61.0 -67.0 45 6.0 -61.0 270 106 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 60 163 13593 -64.5 -70.5 43 6.0 -64.6 270 89 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 61 150 14100 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.8 260 65 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 62 100 16560 -68.1 -88.1 4 20.0 -68.2 245 50 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 63 79 17950 -76.1 -90.1 9 14.0 -76.2 232 42 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 64 75 18250 -76.3 -90.3 9 14.0 -76.3 217 38 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 65 71 18567 -75.1 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79 29 24047 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.4 78 15 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 80 27 24504 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -55.5 107 11 617.1 617.1 321.3 617.2 0.01 81 26 24748 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -53.7 107 10 630.6 630.6 321.9 630.7 0.01 82 24 25268 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -53.6 89 10 646.4 646.4 322.6 646.5 0.01 83 23 25547 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -52.1 79 10 660.8 660.8 323.1 660.9 0.02 84 21 26147 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -51.0 57 10 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.4 0.02 85 20 26470 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -51.9 25 2 690.2 690.2 324.1 690.3 0.02 86 18 27169 -45.9 -81.9 1 36.0 -51.1 80 7 717.0 717.0 325.0 717.2 0.03 87 16 27950 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -52.8 133 9 734.3 734.4 325.5 734.6 0.02 88 14 28834 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -52.1 70 5 769.0 769.1 326.4 769.3 0.03 89 14 28834 -44.5 -82.5 1 38.0 -51.1 70 5 775.1 775.2 326.6 775.4 0.03 90 13 29337 -38.9 -79.9 1 41.0 -48.6 35 2 811.1 811.2 327.5 811.6 0.05 91 12 29885 -40.3 -80.3 1 40.0 -49.6 2 2 825.0 825.0 327.8 825.5 0.05 92 12 29885 -39.1 -80.1 1 41.0 -49.0 2 2 829.2 829.2 328.0 829.7 0.05 93 12 29885 -35.5 -78.5 0 43.0 -47.4 2 2 842.0 842.0 328.2 842.7 0.07 94 12 29885 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -47.3 2 2 842.7 842.7 328.2 843.4 0.07 95 11 30491 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -47.8 71 10 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.7 0.08 96 10 31150 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -50.0 180 10 872.8 872.9 328.9 873.5 0.06 97 9.6 31429 -39.7 -79.7 1 40.0 -50.3 881.6 881.6 329.1 882.3 0.07 98 8.8 32028 -36.9 -78.9 0 42.0 -49.6 914.6 914.7 329.7 915.6 0.09 99 7.8 32860 -38.5 -79.5 1 41.0 -50.8 940.3 940.4 330.2 941.4 0.09 TRP 163 13593 -64.5 -70.5 43 6.0 -64.6 270 89 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 WND 176 13122 -61.0 -67.0 45 6.0 -61.0 270 106 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.00 m Freezing level: 572.54 mb = 4812.46 m = 15788.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.60 mb = 3770.21 m = 12369.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.74 mb = 769.73 m = 2525.33 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 925.0- 868.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.00 mb = 1576.47 m = 5172.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.91 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 15.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 979.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 347.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.61 mb = 827.14 m = 2713.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.61 mb = 4630.08 m = 15190.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.61 mb = 11828.25 m = 38806.13 ft B at Equ Level: 977.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.61 mb = 15176.59 m = 49791.35 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 212 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 1011 6 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 84 16 -16.2 -1.8 1 1000 105 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 101 21 -20.4 4.0 2 977 305 145 24 -13.8 19.7 | 115 22 -20.0 9.5 3 944 610 145 26 -14.9 21.3 | 118 24 -21.1 11.2 4 925 786 150 26 -13.0 22.5 | 123 23 -19.2 12.4 5 911 914 155 29 -12.3 26.3 | 131 25 -18.5 16.1 6 880 1219 165 28 -7.2 27.0 | 141 22 -13.5 16.9 7 850 1516 175 25 -2.2 24.9 | 150 17 -8.4 14.8 8 849 1524 180 25 0.0 25.0 | 157 16 -6.2 14.9 9 819 1829 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 145 14 -8.2 11.8 10 790 2134 160 20 -6.8 18.8 | 124 16 -13.1 8.7 11 762 2438 160 21 -7.2 19.7 | 126 16 -13.4 9.6 12 735 2743 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 98 12 -11.7 1.6 13 709 3048 235 2 1.6 1.1 | 27 10 -4.6 -9.0 14 700 3160 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 5 13 -1.0 -13.1 15 658 3658 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 336 5 2.0 -4.4 16 610 4267 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 27 5 -2.2 -4.4 17 588 4572 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 62 2 -2.0 -1.1 18 566 4877 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 295 1 0.6 -0.3 19 545 5182 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 324 4 2.2 -3.1 20 525 5486 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 308 9 6.9 -5.3 21 506 5791 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 319 13 8.8 -10.1 22 500 5880 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 315 12 8.7 -8.8 23 486 6096 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 312 10 7.3 -6.5 24 467 6401 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 281 9 8.5 -1.6 25 414 7315 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 238 13 10.7 6.8 26 400 7570 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 243 17 15.2 7.9 27 397 7620 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 243 17 15.2 7.9 28 335 8839 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 260 26 25.5 4.7 29 321 9144 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 270 22 22.0 0.1 30 300 9620 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 287 26 24.6 -7.4 31 294 9754 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 291 22 20.7 -7.8 32 281 10058 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 289 31 28.8 -10.1 33 257 10668 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 273 38 38.1 -2.3 34 250 10860 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 271 46 46.0 -0.9 35 200 12320 275 100 99.6 -8.7 | 281 95 93.4 -18.9 36 194 12497 275 104 103.6 -9.1 | 281 99 97.4 -19.2 37 176 13122 270 106 106.0 -0.0 | 276 100 99.8 -10.1 38 168 13411 270 106 106.0 -0.0 | 276 100 99.8 -10.1 39 163 13593 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 277 83 82.8 -10.1 40 150 14100 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 269 58 57.8 1.2 41 145 14326 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 274 59 58.5 -4.5 42 124 15240 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 258 55 53.9 11.8 43 100 16560 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 254 41 39.1 11.0 44 97 16764 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 254 41 39.1 11.0 45 83 17678 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 256 36 34.6 8.9 46 74 18288 215 37 21.2 30.3 | 217 25 15.0 20.2 47 71 18593 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 230 33 24.9 21.0 48 70 18650 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 294 11 9.7 -4.3 49 67 18898 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 271 11 11.1 -0.1 50 64 19202 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 340 11 3.8 -10.1 51 61 19507 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 75 14 -13.9 -3.7 52 55 20117 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 259 8 7.6 1.4 53 52 20422 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 123 9 -7.5 4.8 54 50 20640 160 24 -8.2 22.6 | 131 19 -14.4 12.4 55 49 20726 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 138 9 -6.2 6.9 56 47 21031 160 24 -8.2 22.6 | 131 19 -14.4 12.4 57 45 21336 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 | 31 19 -9.7 -16.2 58 43 21641 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 40 30 -19.0 -22.9 59 41 21946 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 46 17 -12.0 -11.7 60 37 22555 85 22 -21.9 -1.9 | 67 31 -28.1 -12.1 61 35 22860 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 53 15 -12.1 -9.1 62 33 23165 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 71 19 -17.5 -6.0 63 32 23470 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 73 15 -14.4 -4.4 64 30 23774 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 47 21 -15.3 -14.4 65 30 23830 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 72 21 -19.8 -6.5 66 29 24079 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 56 25 -20.7 -14.0 67 28 24384 105 12 -11.6 3.1 | 68 19 -17.8 -7.0 68 26 24689 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 67 17 -15.6 -6.7 69 21 26213 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 42 21 -14.4 -15.9 70 20 26470 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 31 14 -7.1 -11.9 71 20 26518 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 35 22 -12.7 -17.8 72 17 27432 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 52 16 -12.2 -9.6 73 17 27737 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 83 11 -11.2 -1.5 74 12 29870 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 32 12 -6.2 -10.1 75 12 30175 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 24 22 -8.8 -19.8 76 10 31150 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 89 6 -6.2 -0.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.6 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 211.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.0 neg: -68.5 tot: 75.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 36.59 Bulk Shear: 26.77 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 141 22 110 21| 13.6 0.0 13.6| 61.0 0.0 61.0 121.9 0.83| 14.5 12.0 1000 146 24 117 22| 9.4 0.0 9.4|105.1 0.0 105.1 105.1 0.85| 11.4 9.6 1500 153 25 125 22| 6.3 0.0 6.3|137.3 0.0 137.3 91.5 0.79| 10.6 8.4 2000 159 25 130 20| 4.7 1.4 6.1|142.4 -22.3 120.1 60.0 0.51| 10.0 5.1 2500 159 24 129 19| 3.8 1.7 5.5|144.0 -36.6 107.4 43.0 0.39| 9.0 3.5 3000 159 22 126 17| 2.9 1.4 4.4|144.0 -68.5 75.5 25.2 0.05| 10.9 0.5 4000 165 18 124 13| 3.0 1.0 4.0|146.5 -91.1 55.4 13.8 -0.04| 10.5 -0.4 5000 171 16 125 11| 2.7 0.9 3.6|149.8 -91.4 58.4 11.7 -0.01| 9.3 -0.1 6000 182 16 135 8| 2.8 0.8 3.6|155.8 -96.7 59.1 9.8 -0.01| 9.0 -0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBRO/skewt/KBRO.skewt.20250430.00.gif