UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:0000Z 1 DEC 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 147 155 6 SFC 995 190 -1.7 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.0 155 6 271.8 272.4 271.5 280.5 3.22 2 990 230 -2.1 -5.4 78 3.3 -3.3 152 12 271.8 272.3 270.4 278.9 2.58 3 956 505 -3.7 -5.7 86 2.0 -4.4 148 31 272.9 273.4 271.2 280.1 2.61 4 948 571 -4.1 -6.1 86 2.0 -4.8 149 33 273.2 273.6 271.2 280.2 2.55 5 931 713 -3.7 -5.3 89 1.6 -4.3 160 42 275.0 275.5 272.7 282.6 2.76 6 925 764 -3.7 -5.3 89 1.6 -4.3 165 45 275.5 276.0 273.0 283.2 2.78 7 895 1024 -4.9 -6.9 86 2.0 -5.6 175 47 276.9 277.3 273.5 284.0 2.54 8 879 1165 -5.1 -6.9 87 1.8 -5.7 182 48 278.1 278.6 274.2 285.4 2.59 9 850 1428 -6.5 -8.6 85 2.1 -7.2 195 49 279.3 279.7 274.5 286.0 2.35 10 844 1483 -6.9 -9.0 85 2.1 -7.6 195 48 279.5 279.9 274.5 286.0 2.29 11 778 2115 -10.1 -12.2 85 2.1 -10.7 209 50 282.6 283.0 275.7 288.2 1.92 12 700 2923 -14.7 -17.0 83 2.3 -15.3 225 53 286.2 286.5 276.9 290.5 1.44 13 697 2956 -14.7 -17.0 83 2.3 -15.3 226 53 286.6 286.8 277.1 290.9 1.45 14 670 3256 -12.5 -14.0 89 1.5 -12.9 233 54 292.3 292.6 280.5 298.1 1.93 15 669 3268 -12.5 -14.0 89 1.5 -12.9 233 54 292.4 292.8 280.6 298.3 1.93 16 637 3641 -14.5 -17.0 81 2.5 -15.2 235 58 294.3 294.5 281.0 299.1 1.58 17 605 4030 -17.5 -20.2 79 2.7 -18.1 229 66 295.2 295.4 281.0 299.1 1.27 18 557 4644 -22.1 -24.4 82 2.3 -22.5 228 60 296.8 297.0 281.3 299.8 0.95 19 522 5118 -25.5 -30.2 65 4.7 -26.2 234 69 298.3 298.4 281.4 300.2 0.59 20 509 5301 -26.5 -31.0 66 4.5 -27.1 235 73 299.2 299.3 281.8 301.1 0.57 21 500 5430 -27.3 -31.7 66 4.4 -27.9 235 75 299.8 299.9 282.0 301.5 0.54 22 472 5842 -30.1 -34.1 68 4.0 -30.6 231 82 301.3 301.3 282.5 302.8 0.45 23 413 6779 -36.3 -43.3 48 7.0 -36.8 235 96 305.0 305.0 283.7 305.7 0.20 24 400 7000 -37.7 -44.7 48 7.0 -38.2 235 102 306.0 306.0 284.0 306.6 0.18 25 388 7209 -38.5 -46.5 43 8.0 -39.0 235 101 307.6 307.6 284.6 308.2 0.15 26 374 7460 -39.9 -46.9 47 7.0 -40.3 235 107 309.0 309.0 285.1 309.6 0.15 27 356 7795 -41.5 -49.5 42 8.0 -41.9 235 114 311.3 311.3 285.9 311.7 0.12 28 347 7969 -41.9 -48.9 46 7.0 -42.3 235 116 313.0 313.0 286.6 313.5 0.13 29 317 8575 -45.3 -49.7 61 4.4 -45.5 235 127 316.5 316.5 287.8 317.0 0.13 30 305 8831 -47.3 -51.7 61 4.4 -47.4 235 133 317.2 317.3 288.0 317.6 0.11 31 300 8940 -48.1 -52.5 60 4.4 -48.3 230 129 317.6 317.6 288.1 317.9 0.10 32 298 8984 -48.3 -52.7 60 4.4 -48.4 230 129 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.3 0.10 33 276 9486 -52.3 -57.1 56 4.8 -52.4 235 129 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.4 0.06 34 251 10095 -56.9 -61.7 54 4.8 -57.0 235 130 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.3 0.04 35 250 10120 -57.1 -61.9 54 4.8 -57.2 235 129 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.3 0.04 36 224 10804 -62.7 -66.5 60 3.8 -62.7 235 127 322.8 322.8 289.6 322.9 0.02 37 218 10971 -63.5 -67.4 59 3.9 -63.6 235 125 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 38 215 11056 -63.7 -67.9 56 4.2 -63.7 230 125 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.2 0.02 39 200 11500 -62.5 -68.5 44 6.0 -62.6 235 112 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 40 191 11784 -63.1 -70.1 38 7.0 -63.1 235 106 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.02 41 169 12544 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.2 241 88 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 42 166 12656 -58.9 -68.9 26 10.0 -59.0 243 81 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.02 43 158 12966 -59.9 -70.9 22 11.0 -60.0 242 73 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.02 44 151 13249 -60.1 -72.1 19 12.0 -60.3 240 79 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 45 150 13290 -60.1 -72.1 19 12.0 -60.3 240 81 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.02 46 130 14189 -56.5 -71.5 13 15.0 -56.8 253 71 388.3 388.3 303.6 388.4 0.02 47 129 14238 -56.5 -71.5 13 15.0 -56.8 254 70 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.3 0.02 48 123 14540 -56.3 -72.3 12 16.0 -56.6 262 64 394.9 394.9 304.5 395.0 0.02 49 108 15358 -59.7 -77.7 8 18.0 -60.0 244 50 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.01 50 101 15778 -58.5 -77.5 7 19.0 -58.8 239 62 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.01 51 100 15840 -58.5 -77.5 7 19.0 -58.8 240 65 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.01 52 96 16096 -59.1 -79.1 6 20.0 -59.5 245 66 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.01 53 92 16362 -58.9 -79.9 5 21.0 -59.3 245 68 423.9 423.9 308.2 424.0 0.01 54 81 17156 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.4 249 53 435.1 435.1 309.4 435.1 0.00 55 70 18070 -57.1 -83.1 2 26.0 -57.7 275 41 462.2 462.2 312.0 462.3 0.01 56 68 18254 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.7 271 43 466.1 466.1 312.3 466.1 0.00 57 50 20180 -62.9 -91.9 1 29.0 -63.3 265 41 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 58 45 20825 -64.1 -93.1 1 29.0 -64.5 268 37 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 59 38 21864 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.3 279 35 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.00 60 38 21864 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.3 279 35 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.00 61 37 22029 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.5 282 33 542.4 542.4 317.6 542.4 0.00 62 35 22372 -62.7 -91.7 1 29.0 -63.3 291 26 549.0 549.0 318.1 549.0 0.00 63 31 23124 -59.5 -90.5 1 31.0 -60.4 322 33 577.0 577.0 319.5 577.0 0.00 64 30 23330 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.7 350 34 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.01 65 29 23544 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.7 350 34 593.6 593.6 320.3 593.6 0.01 66 26 24231 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.4 355 26 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.4 0.01 67 24 24732 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.7 354 23 620.8 620.8 321.5 620.8 0.01 68 23 24999 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.7 350 25 628.4 628.4 321.9 628.5 0.01 69 22 25277 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -61.3 359 27 634.7 634.7 322.1 634.7 0.01 70 21 25567 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.7 360 27 642.0 642.0 322.4 642.0 0.01 71 20 25870 -61.5 -91.5 1 30.0 -62.6 10 30 647.9 647.9 322.6 648.0 0.00 72 18 26521 -62.7 -91.7 1 29.0 -63.8 14 31 664.0 664.0 323.2 664.0 0.00 73 15 27642 -63.9 -92.9 1 29.0 -65.0 353 37 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.5 0.00 74 15 27642 -63.9 -93.9 1 30.0 -65.0 353 37 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.5 0.00 75 14 28065 -63.7 -92.7 1 29.0 -64.9 352 38 710.0 710.1 324.7 710.1 0.00 76 13 28519 -64.7 -93.7 1 29.0 -65.8 353 37 721.8 721.8 325.1 721.8 0.00 77 13 28519 -65.1 -94.1 1 29.0 -66.2 353 37 720.4 720.4 325.1 720.4 0.00 78 12 29005 -66.1 -94.1 1 28.0 -67.1 341 34 733.5 733.6 325.4 733.6 0.00 79 12 29005 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -67.3 341 34 732.8 732.8 325.4 732.9 0.00 80 12 29005 -66.3 -77.3 20 11.0 -67.1 341 34 732.8 732.9 325.4 733.6 0.09 TRP 218 10971 -63.5 -67.4 59 3.9 -63.6 235 125 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 WND 305 8831 -47.3 -51.7 61 4.4 -47.4 235 133 317.2 317.3 288.0 317.6 0.11 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5283.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.70 % Est. max temperature: 5.91 C = 42.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.08 mb = 277.07 m = 909.00 ft T: -2.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 1.67 C Layer 990.0- 956.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.27 mb = 1554.80 m = 5100.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.29 C = 43.32 F Cap Strength: 15.20 C Lifted Index: 15.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.96 C Showalter Index: 11.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 9.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 278.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64162.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.89 mb = 867.76 m = 2846.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 249 at 43 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 190 155 6 -2.5 5.4 | 77 44 -42.7 -9.6 1 981 305 145 22 -12.6 18.0 | 93 53 -52.7 3.0 2 943 610 150 35 -17.5 30.3 | 105 60 -57.6 15.2 3 925 764 165 45 -11.6 43.5 | 119 59 -51.8 28.4 4 907 914 170 46 -8.0 45.3 | 122 57 -48.1 30.2 5 873 1219 185 49 4.3 48.8 | 133 49 -35.9 33.7 6 850 1428 195 49 12.7 47.3 | 140 42 -27.4 32.3 7 839 1524 195 48 12.4 46.4 | 138 42 -27.7 31.3 8 807 1829 200 50 17.1 47.0 | 144 39 -23.0 31.9 9 776 2134 210 50 25.0 43.3 | 152 32 -15.1 28.2 10 745 2438 215 54 31.0 44.2 | 163 31 -9.2 29.2 11 717 2743 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 168 27 -5.4 26.3 12 700 2923 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 173 23 -2.7 22.4 13 688 3048 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 179 18 -0.3 18.4 14 661 3353 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 197 17 4.9 16.5 15 634 3658 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 202 20 7.4 18.2 16 609 3962 230 67 51.3 43.1 | 202 30 11.2 28.0 17 584 4267 225 62 43.8 43.8 | 187 29 3.7 28.8 18 539 4877 230 59 45.2 37.9 | 193 23 5.1 22.9 19 517 5182 235 72 59.0 41.3 | 216 32 18.9 26.2 20 500 5430 235 75 61.4 43.0 | 217 35 21.3 28.0 21 475 5791 230 81 62.0 52.1 | 211 43 21.9 37.0 22 455 6096 235 86 70.4 49.3 | 222 46 30.3 34.3 23 417 6706 235 94 77.0 53.9 | 224 54 36.9 38.9 24 400 7000 235 102 83.6 58.5 | 225 61 43.4 43.4 25 399 7010 235 100 81.9 57.4 | 225 59 41.8 42.3 26 382 7315 235 102 83.6 58.5 | 225 61 43.4 43.4 27 365 7620 235 112 91.7 64.2 | 226 71 51.6 49.2 28 333 8230 235 120 98.3 68.8 | 227 79 58.2 53.8 29 305 8831 235 133 108.9 76.3 | 228 92 68.8 61.2 30 305 8839 235 133 108.9 76.3 | 228 92 68.8 61.2 31 300 8940 230 129 98.8 82.9 | 221 90 58.7 67.9 32 291 9144 230 131 100.4 84.2 | 221 92 60.2 69.1 33 277 9449 235 129 105.7 74.0 | 228 88 65.5 58.9 34 265 9754 235 130 106.5 74.6 | 228 89 66.4 59.5 35 252 10058 235 131 107.3 75.1 | 228 90 67.2 60.1 36 250 10120 235 129 105.7 74.0 | 228 88 65.5 58.9 37 240 10363 235 128 104.9 73.4 | 228 87 64.7 58.4 38 229 10668 235 128 104.9 73.4 | 228 87 64.7 58.4 39 218 10971 235 125 102.4 71.7 | 228 84 62.3 56.6 40 218 10973 230 127 97.3 81.6 | 221 88 57.2 66.6 41 207 11278 230 120 91.9 77.1 | 220 81 51.8 62.1 42 200 11500 235 112 91.7 64.2 | 226 71 51.6 49.2 43 188 11887 235 104 85.2 59.7 | 225 63 45.1 44.6 44 179 12192 240 92 79.7 46.0 | 232 50 39.5 30.9 45 170 12497 240 91 78.8 45.5 | 232 49 38.7 30.4 46 162 12802 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 239 29 25.1 15.4 47 154 13106 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 227 32 23.1 21.4 48 150 13290 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 230 39 30.0 25.4 49 147 13411 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 230 39 30.0 25.4 50 140 13716 245 78 70.7 33.0 | 240 35 30.6 17.9 51 134 14021 250 77 72.4 26.3 | 251 34 32.2 11.3 52 127 14326 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 265 25 24.6 2.3 53 121 14630 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 293 25 22.6 -9.6 54 110 15240 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 255 5 5.0 1.4 55 105 15545 235 53 43.4 30.4 | 192 16 3.3 15.3 56 100 15840 240 65 56.3 32.5 | 223 24 16.2 17.4 57 100 15850 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 235 19 15.2 10.7 58 95 16154 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 237 24 20.6 13.3 59 91 16459 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 238 26 22.4 14.1 60 86 16764 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 227 11 7.9 7.3 61 82 17069 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 252 11 10.6 3.4 62 78 17374 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 225 10 7.0 6.9 63 75 17678 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 271 15 14.9 -0.3 64 71 17983 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 268 19 18.8 0.7 65 70 18070 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 358 19 0.7 -18.6 66 68 18288 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 349 15 2.9 -15.1 67 61 18898 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 55 12 -10.2 -7.0 68 58 19202 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 100 11 -10.7 1.9 69 56 19507 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 127 4 -3.0 2.3 70 53 19812 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 64 4 -3.5 -1.7 71 51 20117 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 313 10 7.1 -6.7 72 50 20180 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 356 12 0.7 -11.5 73 48 20422 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 351 12 1.7 -11.4 74 46 20726 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 15 12 -3.3 -11.8 75 44 21031 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 10 19 -3.3 -18.3 76 41 21336 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 25 17 -7.1 -15.1 77 38 21946 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 15 22 -5.7 -21.1 78 34 22555 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 38 31 -19.3 -24.8 79 32 22860 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 24 25 -10.2 -23.1 80 30 23330 350 34 5.9 -33.5 | 35 59 -34.2 -48.5 81 29 23470 350 34 5.9 -33.5 | 35 59 -34.2 -48.5 82 28 23774 350 32 5.6 -31.5 | 37 58 -34.6 -46.6 83 27 24079 350 30 5.2 -29.5 | 38 57 -34.9 -44.6 84 25 24384 360 21 -0.0 -21.0 | 48 54 -40.1 -36.1 85 23 24994 350 25 4.3 -24.6 | 42 53 -35.8 -39.7 86 22 25298 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 44 58 -40.1 -42.1 87 21 25603 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 44 58 -40.1 -42.1 88 20 25870 10 30 -5.2 -29.5 | 45 64 -45.3 -44.6 89 20 25908 25 28 -11.8 -25.4 | 52 66 -52.0 -40.4 90 16 26518 360 35 -0.0 -35.0 | 39 64 -40.1 -50.1 91 15 26822 350 38 6.6 -37.4 | 33 62 -33.5 -52.5 92 13 27127 355 38 3.3 -37.9 | 35 64 -36.8 -52.9 93 12 27432 340 34 11.6 -31.9 | 31 55 -28.5 -47.0 94 9 28346 350 45 7.8 -44.3 | 29 68 -32.3 -59.4 95 8 28651 350 44 7.6 -43.3 | 29 67 -32.5 -58.4 96 7 28956 350 50 8.7 -49.2 | 26 72 -31.4 -64.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 57.2 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 42.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1004.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1004.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 334.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.0 stream: 13.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 388.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 149 27 98 54| 35.2 0.0 35.2|448.4 0.0 448.4 896.8 0.87| 37.6 32.9 1000 164 36 112 54| 22.4 0.0 22.4|744.1 0.0 744.1 744.1 0.87| 30.5 26.7 1500 176 41 120 50| 15.4 0.0 15.4|832.7 0.0 832.7 555.1 0.83| 24.5 20.3 2000 184 43 127 46| 12.3 0.0 12.3|906.1 0.0 906.1 453.1 0.80| 21.4 17.2 2500 192 45 133 42| 10.6 0.0 10.6|963.9 0.0 963.9 385.6 0.80| 19.0 15.2 3000 199 46 139 38| 9.0 0.0 9.0|1004.5 0.01004.5 334.8 0.78| 18.0 13.9 4000 209 50 151 32| 7.5 1.3 8.7|1027.4 -45.3 982.1 245.5 0.64| 16.2 10.3 5000 215 52 160 30| 7.1 1.0 8.1|1123.6 -58.91064.8 213.0 0.62| 15.2 9.5 6000 219 57 172 29| 6.7 1.5 8.2|1232.2-104.11128.2 188.0 0.57| 14.5 8.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251201.00.gif