UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 DEC 25 Searching for KBRO... Searching the city database file for: KBRO ... Date:1200Z 17 DEC 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 1012 6 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 295 7 291.6 293.9 291.3 328.6 13.10 1 1000 112 19.6 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 340 3 292.8 295.2 292.1 331.4 13.61 2 980 287 19.8 19.0 95 0.8 19.2 259 12 294.6 297.2 293.2 335.4 14.25 3 954 519 19.0 17.5 91 1.5 18.0 246 14 296.1 298.5 292.9 334.4 13.30 4 927 766 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 232 17 297.1 299.6 293.6 337.0 13.79 5 925 785 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 230 17 297.1 299.6 293.4 336.3 13.55 6 878 1231 15.4 14.2 93 1.2 14.6 220 26 299.5 301.6 292.7 333.6 11.67 7 864 1367 14.8 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 220 25 300.2 302.5 293.4 336.4 12.34 8 850 1506 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 220 25 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.6 11.83 9 733 2746 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.8 210 21 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.6 9.10 10 729 2791 7.8 5.6 86 2.2 6.5 210 21 307.5 309.0 292.1 331.4 7.85 11 725 2837 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 210 21 307.8 309.3 292.1 331.5 7.78 12 719 2905 7.4 4.7 83 2.7 5.8 210 21 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.1 7.47 13 700 3126 5.8 3.1 83 2.7 4.3 210 22 308.9 310.2 291.7 329.9 6.85 14 691 3232 5.0 3.2 88 1.8 4.0 210 22 309.2 310.5 291.9 330.6 6.99 15 671 3472 3.8 0.8 81 3.0 2.2 219 21 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.05 16 656 3655 2.2 -0.1 85 2.3 1.0 234 19 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.6 5.80 17 651 3717 2.2 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.0 234 19 311.3 312.3 290.8 326.9 4.97 18 635 3918 0.6 -1.4 86 2.0 -0.4 229 20 311.7 312.8 291.3 328.7 5.44 19 632 3956 0.6 -3.2 76 3.8 -1.3 228 20 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.2 4.78 20 624 4058 0.0 -3.4 78 3.4 -1.7 226 20 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.6 4.77 21 614 4188 -0.9 -1.8 94 0.9 -1.4 222 21 313.0 314.0 291.7 330.2 5.47 22 607 4280 -1.1 -3.2 86 2.1 -2.1 220 21 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.5 4.98 23 604 4319 -1.1 -5.2 74 4.1 -3.0 221 21 314.2 315.1 291.1 327.9 4.30 24 602 4346 -1.5 -3.1 89 1.6 -2.3 221 21 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.1 5.06 25 583 4601 -3.3 -4.1 94 0.8 -3.7 225 23 314.9 315.8 291.8 330.3 4.85 26 578 4669 -3.9 -5.1 91 1.2 -4.5 226 23 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.4 4.53 27 577 4683 -3.9 -4.0 99 0.1 -4.0 227 23 315.1 316.1 291.9 330.8 4.93 28 571 4766 -3.9 -5.5 89 1.6 -4.7 228 23 316.1 316.9 291.8 330.3 4.45 29 568 4807 -3.9 -6.0 85 2.1 -4.9 229 24 316.5 317.4 291.8 330.4 4.30 30 566 4835 -3.3 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.5 229 24 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.3 3.61 31 562 4891 -3.3 -9.3 63 6.0 -5.9 230 24 318.2 318.9 291.5 329.2 3.36 32 554 5005 -3.5 -11.5 54 8.0 -6.8 232 23 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.7 2.86 33 534 5295 -5.3 -15.3 45 10.0 -9.0 237 21 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.8 2.18 34 532 5325 -5.5 -14.5 49 9.0 -8.9 237 21 320.6 321.1 291.3 328.4 2.34 35 523 5459 -5.9 -18.9 35 13.0 -10.3 239 20 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.3 1.64 36 500 5810 -8.9 -20.9 37 12.0 -12.6 220 18 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.2 1.45 37 482 6091 -11.5 -20.5 47 9.0 -14.3 230 18 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.7 1.55 38 470 6283 -12.9 -21.9 47 9.0 -15.5 233 16 323.0 323.3 291.1 327.8 1.41 39 461 6430 -13.5 -25.5 36 12.0 -16.6 234 14 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.7 1.04 40 438 6815 -16.7 -25.7 46 9.0 -19.0 218 18 324.7 325.0 291.3 328.5 1.08 41 436 6849 -16.5 -28.5 35 12.0 -19.3 219 18 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.84 42 435 6867 -16.7 -26.7 42 10.0 -19.1 220 19 325.4 325.6 291.4 328.9 0.99 43 431 6936 -16.9 -32.9 24 16.0 -20.1 222 20 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.56 44 424 7058 -17.7 -37.7 16 20.0 -21.1 225 22 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.35 45 418 7164 -18.1 -34.1 23 16.0 -21.1 225 26 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.51 46 412 7272 -19.1 -32.1 31 13.0 -21.7 225 29 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 47 406 7380 -19.9 -36.9 21 17.0 -22.8 225 32 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.40 48 403 7435 -20.5 -36.5 23 16.0 -23.2 225 34 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.42 49 400 7490 -21.1 -37.1 22 16.0 -23.7 225 36 327.6 327.6 291.5 329.0 0.40 50 387 7733 -22.7 -45.7 10 23.0 -25.5 225 38 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 51 365 8159 -26.5 -37.5 35 11.0 -28.1 229 43 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.42 52 364 8179 -26.7 -37.7 35 11.0 -28.3 229 43 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.41 53 362 8219 -26.3 -47.3 12 21.0 -28.5 230 43 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 54 333 8817 -30.3 -59.3 4 29.0 -32.2 239 48 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.04 55 326 8968 -31.7 -56.7 7 25.0 -33.4 242 49 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 56 300 9550 -36.1 -38.5 78 2.4 -36.4 245 56 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.2 0.46 57 256 10632 -45.0 -48.4 68 3.4 -45.2 240 67 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.18 58 250 10790 -46.3 -49.9 67 3.6 -46.5 240 66 337.2 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.16 59 200 12240 -56.5 -64.5 36 8.0 -56.6 250 55 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 60 167 13362 -64.3 -78.3 13 14.0 -64.4 250 45 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 61 150 14020 -63.3 -82.3 6 19.0 -63.4 260 41 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 62 100 16480 -70.7 -89.7 4 19.0 -70.8 325 29 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 63 77 18005 -77.5 -89.5 13 12.0 -77.5 348 9 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 64 71 18477 -72.5 -87.5 9 15.0 -72.6 290 5 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.6 0.00 65 70 18560 -73.3 -88.3 8 15.0 -73.3 275 3 427.6 427.6 308.6 427.6 0.00 66 63 19183 -69.7 -88.7 5 19.0 -69.8 16 11 448.6 448.6 310.7 448.6 0.00 67 57 19778 -71.1 -89.1 5 18.0 -71.2 50 19 458.4 458.4 311.6 458.4 0.00 68 52 20325 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 64 5 476.7 476.7 313.2 476.7 0.00 69 50 20560 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.1 55 14 481.1 481.1 313.5 481.1 0.00 70 49 20681 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.3 58 14 483.4 483.4 313.7 483.4 0.00 71 40 21902 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -67.0 143 13 518.4 518.4 316.2 518.4 0.00 72 40 21902 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.2 143 13 517.9 517.9 316.2 517.9 0.00 73 37 22376 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.4 174 11 537.2 537.2 317.3 537.3 0.00 74 36 22544 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.5 185 10 538.4 538.4 317.4 538.4 0.00 75 33 23079 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.9 176 12 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.6 0.00 76 31 23467 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -63.0 239 10 569.4 569.4 319.1 569.5 0.00 77 30 23670 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.7 280 9 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 78 27 24327 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.7 286 10 599.7 599.7 320.6 599.7 0.01 TRP 167 13362 -64.3 -78.3 13 14.0 -64.4 250 45 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 WND 256 10632 -45.0 -48.4 68 3.4 -45.2 240 67 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.18 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.00 m Freezing level: 624.00 mb = 4058.42 m = 13314.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.18 mb = 3714.81 m = 12187.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.53 mb = 159.46 m = 523.15 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.01 C Layer 850.0- 725.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 785.00 m = 2575.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.40 mb = 560.92 m = 1840.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.40 mb = 3191.83 m = 10471.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.40 mb = 4999.34 m = 16401.85 ft B at Equ Level: 68.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.40 mb = 10158.47 m = 33327.91 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 at 15 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 1012 6 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 48 11 -8.2 -7.5 1 1000 112 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 61 15 -13.5 -7.3 2 978 305 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 88 2 -2.3 -0.1 3 944 610 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 128 2 -1.8 1.4 4 925 785 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 167 7 -1.5 6.4 5 911 914 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 167 7 -1.5 6.4 6 879 1219 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 188 16 2.2 15.4 7 850 1506 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 186 15 1.6 14.6 8 848 1524 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 190 16 2.9 16.2 9 818 1829 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 164 14 -4.0 13.7 10 788 2134 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 169 16 -3.0 15.4 11 760 2438 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 159 16 -5.6 14.5 12 733 2743 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 164 14 -4.0 13.7 13 700 3126 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 166 15 -3.5 14.5 14 680 3353 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 166 15 -3.5 14.5 15 655 3658 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 189 6 1.1 6.4 16 607 4267 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 175 12 -1.0 11.6 17 562 4877 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 200 12 3.9 10.9 18 521 5486 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 207 6 2.8 5.5 19 501 5791 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 167 10 -2.3 10.0 20 500 5810 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 162 10 -2.9 9.3 21 481 6096 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 174 7 -0.7 7.1 22 462 6401 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 139 5 -3.0 3.5 23 444 6706 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 148 10 -5.3 8.6 24 426 7010 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 182 10 0.3 10.3 25 400 7490 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 208 24 11.0 20.9 26 393 7620 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 208 24 11.0 20.9 27 376 7925 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 211 28 14.5 24.5 28 318 9144 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 242 36 31.7 17.0 29 304 9449 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 249 37 34.4 13.3 30 300 9550 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 242 41 36.3 19.2 31 256 10632 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 236 52 43.5 29.0 32 255 10668 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 236 52 43.5 29.0 33 250 10790 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 236 51 42.7 28.5 34 200 12240 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 249 40 37.2 14.3 35 167 13362 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 249 30 27.8 10.9 36 158 13716 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 241 32 28.1 15.4 37 150 14020 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 264 26 25.9 2.6 38 143 14326 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 256 28 27.0 6.6 39 123 15240 315 33 23.3 -23.3 | 342 29 8.8 -27.8 40 111 15850 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 336 29 11.5 -26.4 41 106 16154 335 28 11.8 -25.4 | 5 30 -2.7 -29.9 42 100 16480 325 29 16.6 -23.8 | 356 28 2.1 -28.3 43 95 16764 325 29 16.6 -23.8 | 356 28 2.1 -28.3 44 86 17374 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 35 28 -16.2 -23.4 45 81 17678 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 50 22 -17.1 -14.2 46 73 18288 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 38 15 -9.3 -11.9 47 70 18560 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 68 12 -11.5 -4.8 48 70 18593 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 56 24 -19.5 -13.2 49 66 18898 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 40 19 -11.9 -14.2 50 60 19507 50 13 -10.0 -8.4 | 62 28 -24.5 -12.9 51 57 19812 50 20 -15.3 -12.9 | 60 35 -29.8 -17.4 52 54 20117 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 82 25 -24.5 -3.6 53 51 20422 50 3 -2.3 -1.9 | 69 18 -16.8 -6.4 54 50 20560 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 64 29 -26.0 -12.5 55 46 21031 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 69 29 -27.2 -10.4 56 44 21336 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 89 29 -29.0 -0.6 57 36 22555 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 112 15 -13.6 5.5 58 33 23165 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 116 17 -15.5 7.4 59 30 23670 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 43 8 -5.6 -6.1 60 27 24079 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 34 9 -4.8 -7.1 61 25 24384 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 32 12 -6.3 -10.2 62 23 24689 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 37 17 -10.3 -13.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -46.8 tot: -11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 24.81 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 258 10 63 6| 0.0 10.7 10.7| 15.3 -13.3 2.1 4.1 0.24| 22.8 5.4 1000 243 13 113 3| 0.0 9.4 9.4| 21.2 -13.3 7.9 7.9 0.32| 15.8 5.1 1500 232 17 167 6| 0.0 8.3 8.3| 26.3 -15.3 11.0 7.3 0.29| 13.0 3.8 2000 226 18 171 8| 0.0 5.8 5.8| 28.0 -37.0 -9.0 -4.5 0.13| 11.6 1.6 2500 222 19 169 10| 0.0 4.5 4.5| 29.8 -46.8 -16.9 -6.8 0.09| 9.9 0.9 3000 219 19 168 11| 0.3 3.8 4.0| 35.6 -46.8 -11.2 -3.7 0.11| 8.6 1.0 4000 219 20 170 11| 0.9 2.8 3.8| 47.9 -49.0 -1.2 -0.3 0.14| 8.0 1.1 5000 221 20 173 11| 1.1 2.5 3.6| 63.0 -51.1 11.9 2.4 0.18| 7.2 1.3 6000 223 20 176 10| 1.1 2.2 3.3| 67.1 -63.8 3.3 0.5 0.11| 7.2 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KBRO/skewt/KBRO.skewt.20251217.12.gif