UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025110400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 4 NOV 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:0000Z 4 NOV 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 66 SFC 985 190 7.0 2.3 72 4.7 4.8 175 3 281.4 282.1 278.7 294.1 4.58 2 978 249 6.4 -0.6 61 7.0 3.3 172 12 281.3 282.0 277.6 291.8 3.74 3 925 703 3.0 -0.4 78 3.4 1.5 190 34 282.4 283.1 278.4 293.6 4.01 4 914 800 2.6 -0.5 80 3.1 1.3 195 36 282.9 283.6 278.7 294.3 4.03 5 889 1026 5.4 0.4 70 5.0 3.1 205 40 288.1 288.9 281.7 300.8 4.43 6 872 1183 4.6 -2.4 60 7.0 1.5 213 43 288.8 289.5 281.1 299.5 3.67 7 850 1391 2.8 -3.2 65 6.0 0.3 215 43 289.1 289.7 281.1 299.4 3.55 8 847 1420 2.6 -3.4 65 6.0 0.0 215 43 289.2 289.8 281.0 299.4 3.51 9 772 2160 -3.7 -7.2 77 3.5 -5.0 215 36 290.1 290.7 280.7 298.6 2.88 10 752 2367 -5.1 -9.5 71 4.4 -6.7 219 39 290.8 291.3 280.5 298.2 2.47 11 705 2870 -9.3 -12.9 75 3.6 -10.4 233 35 291.6 291.9 280.3 297.6 2.01 12 700 2925 -9.7 -13.3 75 3.6 -10.8 235 34 291.7 292.1 280.3 297.6 1.96 13 686 3081 -10.1 -13.3 77 3.2 -11.1 235 35 293.0 293.3 280.9 299.0 2.00 14 654 3447 -11.1 -13.6 82 2.5 -11.9 231 31 295.9 296.3 282.3 302.1 2.04 15 637 3649 -12.3 -15.3 78 3.0 -13.2 235 33 296.8 297.1 282.3 302.4 1.82 16 615 3916 -13.1 -15.7 81 2.6 -13.9 231 39 298.8 299.2 283.2 304.5 1.83 17 599 4116 -14.3 -17.3 78 3.0 -15.1 232 42 299.7 300.0 283.4 304.9 1.64 18 557 4663 -18.1 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.6 229 47 301.5 301.8 283.8 305.9 1.39 19 530 5032 -20.3 -23.5 76 3.2 -21.0 227 45 303.2 303.4 284.1 306.7 1.08 20 514 5258 -22.3 -25.1 78 2.8 -22.8 229 47 303.4 303.6 284.0 306.6 0.97 21 500 5460 -23.5 -28.5 63 5.0 -24.4 225 47 304.4 304.5 284.1 306.8 0.73 22 478 5788 -25.1 -41.1 21 16.0 -26.8 220 58 306.4 306.4 284.2 307.1 0.22 23 455 6146 -26.7 -47.7 12 21.0 -28.5 219 55 308.7 308.7 285.0 309.1 0.11 24 429 6569 -28.7 -36.7 46 8.0 -29.7 220 56 311.4 311.5 286.3 312.7 0.38 25 419 6738 -27.9 -30.7 77 2.8 -28.3 226 52 314.5 314.7 287.8 317.0 0.71 26 401 7052 -30.3 -34.8 65 4.5 -30.9 235 47 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.1 0.50 27 400 7070 -30.3 -34.9 64 4.6 -30.9 235 47 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.4 0.49 28 393 7196 -31.3 -35.6 66 4.3 -31.8 233 48 315.9 316.0 287.9 317.6 0.47 29 389 7268 -32.1 -36.5 65 4.4 -32.6 231 49 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.3 0.43 30 373 7564 -33.9 -38.0 66 4.1 -34.3 230 50 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.6 0.39 31 345 8106 -38.7 -42.9 64 4.2 -39.0 230 60 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.8 0.25 32 336 8288 -40.3 -44.3 65 4.0 -40.6 230 63 318.1 318.1 288.4 318.9 0.22 33 329 8431 -41.7 -46.3 61 4.6 -42.0 228 64 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.18 34 317 8682 -43.9 -48.1 63 4.2 -44.1 226 68 318.4 318.5 288.4 319.0 0.15 35 301 9028 -47.1 -51.4 61 4.3 -47.3 225 73 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.1 0.11 36 300 9050 -47.5 -51.8 61 4.3 -47.7 225 73 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.11 37 287 9341 -49.7 -54.1 60 4.4 -49.8 225 73 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.6 0.09 38 272 9692 -51.3 -54.9 65 3.6 -51.4 217 82 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.08 39 266 9836 -51.9 -56.0 61 4.1 -52.0 215 91 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.4 0.07 40 264 9885 -51.9 -56.1 61 4.2 -52.0 215 93 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.07 41 261 9959 -51.9 -56.4 58 4.5 -52.0 215 96 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.07 42 250 10240 -49.7 -55.7 49 6.0 -49.9 215 106 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 43 244 10399 -47.9 -54.6 46 6.7 -48.1 215 107 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 44 234 10676 -44.7 -52.7 40 8.0 -45.2 220 106 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.6 0.12 45 228 10849 -45.3 -53.3 40 8.0 -45.7 223 100 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.3 0.12 46 205 11563 -40.9 -52.9 26 12.0 -41.8 230 87 365.4 365.5 299.8 366.0 0.14 47 200 11730 -41.5 -53.5 26 12.0 -42.3 235 90 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.6 0.13 48 178 12514 -46.3 -61.3 17 15.0 -47.0 235 96 371.6 371.6 300.9 371.9 0.06 49 154 13468 -51.1 -69.1 10 18.0 -51.6 252 68 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.02 50 153 13511 -51.1 -69.1 10 18.0 -51.6 253 66 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.02 51 150 13640 -50.9 -69.9 9 19.0 -51.4 255 62 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.5 0.02 52 140 14085 -52.9 -72.9 7 20.0 -53.4 258 53 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 53 136 14271 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.8 260 49 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.01 54 134 14367 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.8 260 47 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.01 55 132 14464 -52.5 -73.5 6 21.0 -53.0 258 43 393.7 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.01 56 110 15612 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.1 241 55 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 57 107 15783 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -61.9 244 58 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 58 106 15841 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -61.9 245 59 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 59 103 16018 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 248 58 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 60 100 16200 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.3 245 59 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.8 0.00 61 96 16452 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 245 59 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.8 0.00 62 92 16715 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -61.6 249 56 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 63 82 17435 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 263 41 441.4 441.4 310.0 441.4 0.00 64 73 18160 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -62.8 281 23 445.3 445.3 310.4 445.3 0.00 65 70 18420 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.4 265 25 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.00 66 69 18509 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.4 265 27 455.5 455.5 311.4 455.5 0.00 67 65 18879 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.4 270 26 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.00 68 64 18975 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.3 267 28 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.7 0.00 69 62 19171 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.1 261 31 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 70 60 19374 -62.1 -91.1 1 29.0 -62.5 263 32 471.9 471.9 312.8 471.9 0.00 71 50 20510 -58.5 315 17 505.6 72 44 21308 -61.3 322 9 517.6 73 42 21598 -60.7 292 11 526.0 74 42 21598 -61.1 292 11 525.0 75 37 22381 -63.3 255 14 538.8 76 36 22550 -62.3 251 13 545.6 77 34 22902 -63.1 240 17 552.5 78 33 23086 -62.1 237 19 559.9 79 32 23276 -62.9 248 22 562.7 TRP 266 9836 -51.9 -56.0 61 4.1 -52.0 215 91 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.4 0.07 WND 244 10399 -47.9 -54.6 46 6.7 -48.1 215 107 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5394.00 m Freezing level: 816.05 mb = 1725.27 m = 5660.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 846.71 mb = 1422.36 m = 4666.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.78 % Est. max temperature: 14.93 C = 58.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.53 mb = 777.53 m = 2550.91 ft T: 2.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 872.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.30 mb = 2033.95 m = 6673.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.59 C = 60.06 F Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lifted Index: 9.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: 5.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 19.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37582.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.06 mb = 1220.12 m = 4002.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 251 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 190 175 3 -0.3 3.0 | 77 30 -28.9 -6.7 1 971 305 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 107 34 -32.1 10.0 2 936 610 180 32 0.0 32.0 | 128 36 -28.6 22.3 3 925 703 190 34 5.9 33.5 | 136 33 -22.7 23.8 4 901 914 200 39 13.3 36.6 | 150 31 -15.3 26.9 5 868 1219 215 43 24.7 35.2 | 171 26 -4.0 25.5 6 850 1391 215 43 24.7 35.2 | 171 26 -4.0 25.5 7 804 1829 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 157 25 -9.6 23.2 8 774 2134 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 158 21 -8.0 19.8 9 744 2438 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 172 21 -2.9 20.9 10 716 2743 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 176 13 -1.0 13.4 11 700 2925 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 175 10 -0.8 9.8 12 689 3048 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 180 10 0.0 10.3 13 661 3353 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 149 11 -5.6 9.6 14 635 3658 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 170 9 -1.6 9.2 15 610 3962 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 190 17 2.8 16.6 16 586 4267 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 204 16 6.6 14.9 17 563 4572 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 201 23 8.1 21.1 18 540 4877 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 187 22 2.5 21.4 19 519 5182 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 200 22 7.4 20.5 20 500 5460 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 191 24 4.6 23.5 21 498 5486 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 200 22 7.4 20.5 22 478 5791 220 58 37.3 44.4 | 194 36 8.7 34.7 23 458 6096 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 191 32 6.1 31.6 24 439 6401 215 60 34.4 49.1 | 188 40 5.8 39.4 25 403 7010 235 46 37.7 26.4 | 209 19 9.1 16.7 26 400 7070 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 210 20 9.9 17.2 27 386 7315 230 49 37.5 31.5 | 202 24 8.9 21.8 28 369 7620 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 203 24 9.7 22.4 29 353 7925 230 58 44.4 37.3 | 210 32 15.8 27.6 30 338 8230 230 62 47.5 39.9 | 212 36 18.9 30.1 31 309 8839 225 70 49.5 49.5 | 208 45 20.9 39.8 32 300 9050 225 73 51.6 51.6 | 209 48 23.0 41.9 33 296 9144 225 74 52.3 52.3 | 209 49 23.7 42.6 34 282 9449 225 72 50.9 50.9 | 208 47 22.3 41.2 35 269 9754 215 84 48.2 68.8 | 198 62 19.6 59.1 36 266 9836 215 91 52.2 74.5 | 200 69 23.6 64.8 37 250 10240 215 106 60.8 86.8 | 203 84 32.2 77.1 38 245 10363 210 105 52.5 90.9 | 196 85 23.9 81.2 39 244 10399 215 107 61.4 87.6 | 203 85 32.8 77.9 40 234 10668 220 106 68.1 81.2 | 209 82 39.5 71.5 41 224 10973 225 96 67.9 67.9 | 214 70 39.3 58.2 42 214 11278 225 85 60.1 60.1 | 212 59 31.5 50.4 43 204 11582 230 87 66.6 55.9 | 219 60 38.0 46.2 44 200 11730 235 90 73.7 51.6 | 227 62 45.1 41.9 45 195 11887 235 92 75.4 52.8 | 227 64 46.7 43.0 46 187 12192 235 93 76.2 53.3 | 227 65 47.6 43.6 47 178 12497 235 96 78.6 55.1 | 228 68 50.0 45.3 48 163 13106 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 241 50 43.9 24.1 49 150 13640 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 259 32 31.3 6.3 50 135 14326 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 274 19 18.7 -1.4 51 128 14630 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 274 6 6.2 -0.4 52 122 14935 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 210 1 0.5 0.9 53 116 15240 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 215 14 7.8 11.3 54 111 15545 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 226 25 18.1 17.3 55 106 15850 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 239 29 24.9 15.2 56 101 16154 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 249 27 24.9 9.8 57 100 16200 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 239 29 24.9 15.2 58 96 16459 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 239 29 24.9 15.2 59 91 16764 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 249 25 23.1 9.1 60 87 17069 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 237 24 20.3 13.1 61 75 17983 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 25 19 -7.9 -17.3 62 72 18288 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 22 13 -4.7 -11.8 63 70 18420 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 26 8 -3.7 -7.6 64 68 18593 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 6 7 -0.7 -7.3 65 65 18898 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 66 62 19202 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 325 5 2.9 -4.2 67 59 19507 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 335 8 3.3 -6.9 68 56 19812 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 25 11 -4.6 -9.7 69 53 20117 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 13 19 -4.2 -18.6 70 51 20422 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 10 19 -3.2 -19.0 71 50 20510 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 37 27 -16.6 -21.8 72 48 20726 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 27 23 -10.4 -20.2 73 44 21031 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 54 29 -23.5 -17.1 74 41 21336 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 55 21 -16.8 -11.8 75 38 21641 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 63 16 -13.8 -7.1 76 36 21946 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 72 17 -16.4 -5.3 77 33 22250 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 95 13 -13.1 1.2 78 31 22555 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 42 7 -5.0 -5.6 79 29 22860 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 8 12 -1.7 -12.1 80 27 23165 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 33 26 -14.1 -21.9 81 25 23470 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 37 23 -13.9 -18.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 471.9 neg: -46.5 tot: 425.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 106.85 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 177 24 115 33| 31.7 0.0 31.7|286.6 0.0 286.6 573.2 0.96| 35.9 34.4 1000 193 31 134 30| 20.7 0.0 20.7|428.5 0.0 428.5 428.5 0.95| 27.8 26.3 1500 201 35 145 28| 13.8 1.1 15.0|435.6 -28.2 407.5 271.6 0.81| 20.4 16.5 2000 204 36 148 27| 9.7 0.9 10.6|442.0 -40.2 401.8 200.9 0.72| 16.8 12.2 2500 208 36 152 25| 7.9 0.7 8.6|470.2 -40.2 430.0 172.0 0.70| 15.5 10.8 3000 212 36 155 23| 5.9 0.6 6.5|471.9 -46.5 425.3 141.8 0.61| 14.2 8.7 4000 218 36 160 20| 4.6 0.7 5.3|507.2 -53.7 453.5 113.4 0.59| 12.9 7.5 5000 221 38 168 19| 3.8 1.1 4.8|538.3 -89.4 449.0 89.8 0.50| 12.0 6.0 6000 221 40 174 21| 3.1 2.0 5.1|553.9-147.5 406.4 67.7 0.37| 12.3 4.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251104.00.gif