UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: KCAR WMO ident: 72712 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -68.02 Elevation: 190.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 10 7 SFC 992 190 5.6 3.3 85 2.3 4.5 10 7 279.4 280.2 278.0 292.8 4.89 2 986 240 4.6 -1.4 65 6.0 2.1 1 8 278.9 279.5 275.9 288.6 3.50 3 980 289 4.2 -0.6 71 4.8 2.1 353 9 279.0 279.6 276.3 289.3 3.73 4 930 714 0.6 -1.3 87 1.9 -0.2 351 12 279.5 280.1 276.6 289.9 3.73 5 925 757 0.4 -1.4 88 1.8 -0.3 350 12 279.7 280.4 276.7 290.1 3.73 6 920 800 0.2 -1.7 87 1.9 -0.6 349 12 279.9 280.6 276.7 290.2 3.67 7 903 951 3.4 2.2 92 1.2 2.8 346 11 284.7 285.6 280.7 298.7 4.96 8 894 1032 4.0 2.0 87 2.0 3.1 349 10 286.2 287.0 281.4 300.2 4.94 9 870 1253 3.8 -0.0 76 3.8 2.1 353 9 288.2 289.0 281.7 300.8 4.39 10 850 1442 3.8 -3.2 60 7.0 0.8 340 9 290.1 290.8 281.5 300.5 3.55 11 841 1529 4.2 -6.8 45 11.0 -0.2 5 12 291.4 291.9 281.1 299.5 2.73 12 818 1754 3.6 -6.4 48 10.0 -0.5 1 11 293.1 293.6 282.1 301.7 2.89 13 757 2378 -0.7 -8.7 55 8.0 -3.8 10 11 295.0 295.5 282.5 302.9 2.61 14 743 2527 -1.3 -11.3 46 10.0 -4.9 11 12 296.0 296.3 282.4 302.6 2.17 15 707 2922 -2.5 -16.5 33 14.0 -7.0 22 14 298.9 299.1 282.8 303.5 1.49 16 700 3001 -3.1 -15.1 39 12.0 -7.0 25 13 299.1 299.4 283.1 304.3 1.69 17 688 3138 -4.1 -15.1 42 11.0 -7.7 24 12 299.4 299.7 283.3 304.8 1.72 18 675 3288 -4.7 -17.7 35 13.0 -8.7 15 12 300.4 300.6 283.3 304.9 1.41 19 669 3358 -4.5 -19.5 30 15.0 -8.9 10 12 301.4 301.6 283.5 305.3 1.22 20 663 3429 -4.7 -20.7 27 16.0 -9.2 9 13 301.9 302.1 283.6 305.5 1.11 21 644 3658 -3.9 -33.9 8 30.0 -10.2 5 16 305.4 305.4 284.0 306.5 0.34 22 639 3719 -4.1 -38.1 5 34.0 -10.6 1 17 305.8 305.9 284.0 306.6 0.22 23 633 3794 -4.3 -38.3 5 34.0 -10.8 355 18 306.4 306.5 284.2 307.2 0.22 24 611 4071 -6.3 -29.3 14 23.0 -11.6 338 19 307.2 307.3 285.0 309.1 0.55 25 599 4226 -7.1 -32.1 12 25.0 -12.4 336 17 308.0 308.1 285.1 309.5 0.43 26 582 4450 -8.7 -32.7 12 24.0 -13.6 340 15 308.7 308.8 285.4 310.2 0.42 27 565 4679 -10.5 -34.5 12 24.0 -15.0 344 17 309.2 309.3 285.5 310.5 0.36 28 534 5111 -12.9 -48.9 3 36.0 -17.5 340 24 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.7 0.08 29 525 5241 -13.9 -39.9 9 26.0 -18.0 342 27 311.7 311.8 286.2 312.5 0.23 30 509 5475 -14.9 -54.9 2 40.0 -19.2 354 34 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.04 31 500 5610 -15.5 -51.5 3 36.0 -19.6 360 39 314.1 314.2 286.9 314.4 0.07 32 471 6059 -17.9 -43.9 8 26.0 -21.4 347 48 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.2 0.17 33 453 6349 -20.3 -44.3 10 24.0 -23.2 349 50 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.7 0.16 34 438 6598 -21.7 -50.7 5 29.0 -24.6 353 51 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.7 0.08 35 426 6802 -23.3 -47.3 9 24.0 -25.8 354 52 318.9 318.9 288.5 319.4 0.13 36 421 6888 -23.9 -49.9 7 26.0 -26.4 352 53 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.6 0.09 37 403 7206 -26.1 -45.1 15 19.0 -28.1 350 56 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.0 0.17 38 400 7260 -26.7 -45.7 15 19.0 -28.6 350 56 320.3 320.3 289.0 320.9 0.16 39 384 7553 -28.7 -51.7 9 23.0 -30.5 350 53 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.08 40 369 7837 -31.1 -49.1 15 18.0 -32.6 0 55 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.12 41 365 7914 -31.3 -49.3 15 18.0 -32.7 4 56 322.6 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.12 42 344 8330 -34.5 -50.5 18 16.0 -35.6 359 62 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.11 43 323 8767 -38.1 -53.1 19 15.0 -38.9 355 64 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.1 0.09 44 317 8895 -39.1 -54.1 19 15.0 -39.9 354 64 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.08 45 300 9270 -42.5 -54.5 26 12.0 -43.0 350 67 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.08 46 295 9383 -43.5 -54.5 29 11.0 -44.0 350 67 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.9 0.08 47 279 9757 -46.3 -58.3 24 12.0 -46.7 350 68 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.05 48 265 10097 -48.3 -60.3 24 12.0 -48.6 350 72 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.04 49 263 10147 -48.7 -60.7 24 12.0 -49.0 350 72 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.04 50 261 10198 -48.7 -60.7 24 12.0 -49.0 350 73 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.04 51 250 10480 -50.1 -60.1 30 10.0 -50.4 350 78 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.05 52 244 10637 -51.3 -61.0 31 9.7 -51.6 350 78 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.04 53 232 10961 -53.9 -62.9 32 9.0 -54.1 350 76 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.03 54 230 11016 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.5 350 76 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 55 215 11443 -56.7 -65.7 31 9.0 -56.8 344 74 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 56 212 11531 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 340 74 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 57 204 11774 -55.1 -66.1 24 11.0 -55.3 340 71 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 58 200 11900 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.5 340 71 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 59 150 13720 -58.5 -74.5 11 16.0 -58.7 330 37 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 60 100 16260 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.2 345 19 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 61 97 16450 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.4 345 19 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 62 92 16780 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -60.8 306 15 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.8 0.00 63 85 17274 -60.1 -85.1 2 25.0 -60.4 290 15 431.2 431.2 309.0 431.2 0.00 64 81 17574 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.6 319 15 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00 65 80 17651 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.6 327 14 436.3 436.3 309.5 436.3 0.00 66 78 17808 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.4 336 11 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.9 0.00 67 75 18051 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.2 342 8 443.1 443.1 310.2 443.1 0.00 68 71 18392 -60.5 -86.5 2 26.0 -60.9 303 12 453.1 453.1 311.1 453.1 0.00 69 70 18480 -59.9 -85.9 2 26.0 -60.3 280 14 456.2 456.2 311.4 456.3 0.00 70 67 18753 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.7 290 17 463.3 463.3 312.1 463.3 0.00 71 65 18942 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.2 292 19 468.6 468.6 312.5 468.7 0.00 72 62 19238 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.6 274 17 474.1 474.1 313.0 474.2 0.01 73 60 19442 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.8 271 15 478.1 478.1 313.3 478.2 0.01 74 58 19654 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.9 268 13 482.8 482.8 313.7 482.8 0.01 75 56 19873 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.9 267 13 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 76 50 20580 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -60.3 290 10 502.8 502.8 315.1 502.8 0.01 77 49 20706 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -60.3 281 9 505.7 505.7 315.4 505.7 0.01 78 46 21101 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -60.0 305 11 515.9 515.9 316.1 515.9 0.01 79 46 21101 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -60.0 305 11 515.9 515.9 316.1 515.9 0.01 80 44 21379 -59.9 -84.9 2 25.0 -60.6 333 11 521.0 521.0 316.4 521.1 0.01 81 43 21523 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -60.2 16 8 525.4 525.5 316.6 525.5 0.01 82 42 21670 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -60.0 67 6 529.5 529.5 316.9 529.5 0.01 83 39 22132 -60.7 -85.7 2 25.0 -61.4 231 17 537.3 537.3 317.3 537.3 0.01 84 38 22294 -60.5 -85.5 2 25.0 -61.2 244 21 541.8 541.8 317.6 541.9 0.01 85 37 22460 -60.3 -85.3 2 25.0 -61.0 258 26 546.5 546.5 317.9 546.5 0.01 86 36 22631 -60.5 -85.5 2 25.0 -61.2 270 28 550.3 550.3 318.1 550.3 0.01 87 30 23780 -55.1 190 14 594.4 88 29 23997 -55.1 190 14 600.2 89 27 24454 -55.9 225 14 610.4 90 22 25765 -54.1 235 28 652.5 91 20 26380 -52.3 260 43 676.1 92 17 27435 -50.7 260 43 713.4 93 13 29174 -53.1 250 41 762.0 94 12 29690 -52.9 258 37 780.3 TRP 212 11531 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 340 74 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 WND 244 10637 -51.3 -61.0 31 9.7 -51.6 350 78 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5484.00 m Freezing level: 766.93 mb = 2276.43 m = 7468.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 934.58 mb = 673.86 m = 2210.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.03 % Est. max temperature: 17.47 C = 63.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.50 mb = 477.55 m = 1566.73 ft T: 2.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 4.23 C Layer 986.0- 980.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.70 mb = 4024.07 m = 13202.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.82 F Cap Strength: 18.95 C Lifted Index: 19.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.41 C Showalter Index: 13.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.30 C K Index: 4.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53419.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.13 mb = 967.63 m = 3174.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 24 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 992 190 10 7 -1.2 -6.9 | 218 7 4.3 5.5 1 978 305 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 244 8 7.1 3.5 2 942 610 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 266 7 6.6 0.4 3 925 757 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 266 8 7.6 0.5 4 907 914 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 258 9 8.4 1.7 5 874 1219 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 242 7 6.3 3.4 6 850 1442 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 246 9 8.6 3.9 7 841 1524 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 265 4 4.5 0.4 8 810 1829 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 256 6 5.5 1.4 9 780 2134 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 236 5 3.8 2.5 10 751 2438 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 247 4 3.6 1.5 11 723 2743 15 15 -3.9 -14.5 | 322 3 1.6 -2.1 12 700 3001 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 182 1 0.0 0.6 13 696 3048 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 166 2 -0.5 2.0 14 669 3353 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 261 3 3.4 0.5 15 643 3658 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 311 5 4.1 -3.6 16 618 3962 340 20 6.8 -18.8 | 297 14 12.4 -6.4 17 595 4267 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 280 12 12.3 -2.1 18 572 4572 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 283 10 9.4 -2.1 19 550 4877 340 22 7.5 -20.7 | 302 15 13.0 -8.3 20 528 5182 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 308 18 14.1 -11.1 21 500 5610 360 39 -0.0 -39.0 | 348 27 5.5 -26.6 22 488 5791 360 38 -0.0 -38.0 | 348 26 5.5 -25.6 23 468 6096 345 50 12.9 -48.3 | 333 40 18.5 -35.9 24 449 6401 350 50 8.7 -49.2 | 339 40 14.2 -36.9 25 431 6706 355 51 4.4 -50.8 | 345 40 10.0 -38.4 26 414 7010 350 55 9.6 -54.2 | 340 44 15.1 -41.8 27 400 7260 350 56 9.7 -55.1 | 340 45 15.2 -42.8 28 397 7315 350 54 9.4 -53.2 | 340 43 14.9 -40.8 29 380 7620 350 53 9.2 -52.2 | 340 42 14.7 -39.8 30 364 7925 5 56 -4.9 -55.8 | 359 43 0.6 -43.4 31 348 8230 360 62 -0.0 -62.0 | 354 50 5.5 -49.6 32 333 8534 355 63 5.5 -62.8 | 348 52 11.0 -50.4 33 319 8839 355 64 5.6 -63.8 | 348 53 11.1 -51.4 34 305 9144 350 65 11.3 -64.0 | 342 54 16.8 -51.6 35 300 9270 350 67 11.6 -66.0 | 342 56 17.1 -53.6 36 279 9754 350 68 11.8 -67.0 | 342 57 17.3 -54.6 37 266 10058 350 71 12.3 -69.9 | 343 60 17.8 -57.6 38 254 10363 350 76 13.2 -74.8 | 343 65 18.7 -62.5 39 250 10480 350 78 13.5 -76.8 | 344 67 19.1 -64.4 40 244 10637 350 78 13.5 -76.8 | 344 67 19.1 -64.4 41 243 10668 350 78 13.5 -76.8 | 344 67 19.1 -64.4 42 231 10973 350 76 13.2 -74.8 | 343 65 18.7 -62.5 43 221 11278 350 75 13.0 -73.9 | 343 64 18.5 -61.5 44 212 11531 340 74 25.3 -69.5 | 332 65 30.8 -57.2 45 200 11887 340 69 23.6 -64.8 | 331 60 29.1 -52.5 46 200 11900 340 71 24.3 -66.7 | 331 62 29.8 -54.4 47 191 12192 340 72 24.6 -67.7 | 331 63 30.1 -55.3 48 182 12497 345 67 17.3 -64.7 | 336 57 22.9 -52.3 49 173 12802 350 59 10.2 -58.1 | 341 48 15.8 -45.7 50 165 13106 345 55 14.2 -53.1 | 334 45 19.7 -40.8 51 158 13411 355 47 4.1 -46.8 | 344 36 9.6 -34.5 52 150 13716 335 34 14.4 -30.8 | 313 27 19.9 -18.4 53 150 13720 330 37 18.5 -32.0 | 309 31 24.0 -19.7 54 143 14021 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 312 36 26.5 -24.0 55 136 14326 335 43 18.2 -39.0 | 318 36 23.7 -26.6 56 130 14630 335 38 16.1 -34.4 | 316 31 21.6 -22.1 57 124 14935 335 32 13.5 -29.0 | 311 25 19.0 -16.6 58 118 15240 335 29 12.3 -26.3 | 308 23 17.8 -13.9 59 112 15545 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 305 26 21.5 -15.3 60 107 15850 325 22 12.6 -18.0 | 287 19 18.1 -5.7 61 100 16260 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 300 12 10.4 -6.0 62 97 16459 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 300 12 10.4 -6.0 63 88 17069 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 235 21 17.5 12.4 64 84 17374 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 257 20 19.4 4.4 65 80 17678 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 269 13 12.5 0.2 66 76 17983 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 239 9 7.6 4.6 67 72 18288 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 245 11 10.0 4.6 68 70 18480 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 243 22 19.3 9.9 69 65 18898 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 259 23 22.7 4.3 70 62 19202 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 244 25 22.4 10.9 71 57 19812 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 232 22 17.5 13.4 72 54 20117 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 244 25 22.4 10.9 73 51 20422 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 230 23 17.3 14.5 74 50 20580 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 239 17 14.9 8.9 75 49 20726 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 233 18 14.4 10.8 76 44 21336 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 257 14 13.2 3.2 77 42 21641 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 190 9 1.7 9.2 78 40 21946 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 209 25 12.4 22.2 79 36 22555 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 246 37 33.4 14.8 80 35 22860 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 262 34 33.5 4.9 81 33 23165 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 242 27 23.5 12.4 82 30 23774 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 235 30 24.8 17.5 83 30 23780 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 197 27 7.9 26.2 84 29 24079 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 197 27 7.9 26.2 85 27 24384 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 215 27 15.4 22.3 86 26 24689 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 215 27 15.4 22.3 87 25 24994 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 224 29 20.2 20.9 88 24 25298 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 217 27 16.2 21.4 89 23 25603 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 228 38 28.0 25.4 90 22 25908 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 222 42 27.7 31.0 91 21 26213 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 237 44 36.5 23.7 92 20 26380 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 247 52 47.9 19.8 93 19 26518 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 236 42 34.6 23.0 94 17 26822 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 248 53 48.8 20.0 95 14 27432 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 246 47 42.9 19.0 96 13 27737 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 239 51 44.0 26.4 97 12 28042 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 246 45 41.0 18.6 98 11 28346 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 227 48 35.0 33.0 99 10 28651 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 227 48 35.0 33.0 100 9 28956 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 241 62 54.4 30.2 101 7 29566 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 228 57 42.4 38.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.0 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 24.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -9.5 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.32 Bulk Shear: 8.23 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 354 10 251 7| 0.0 5.9 5.9| 11.4 0.0 11.4 22.9 0.91| 6.9 6.2 1000 351 10 254 7| 1.5 3.0 4.4| 11.4 -6.4 5.0 5.0 0.28| 5.5 1.5 1500 353 10 253 7| 0.7 2.0 2.7| 15.9 -6.7 9.1 6.1 0.29| 6.0 1.7 2000 356 10 253 7| 1.0 1.5 2.5| 15.9 -9.3 6.6 3.3 0.16| 5.2 0.8 2500 359 11 253 6| 1.1 1.2 2.3| 18.9 -9.3 9.6 3.8 0.28| 5.0 1.4 3000 4 11 255 5| 1.0 1.0 2.0| 19.8 -9.5 10.4 3.5 0.23| 5.2 1.2 4000 1 12 270 5| 0.8 2.2 2.9| 24.2 -26.0 -1.7 -0.4 0.14| 6.2 0.9 5000 355 14 281 7| 0.8 2.4 3.2| 47.6 -29.1 18.4 3.7 0.20| 6.4 1.3 6000 354 18 307 9| 1.9 3.3 5.3|147.6-104.9 42.7 7.1 0.20| 8.3 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251018.12.gif