UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 5 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:0000Z 5 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 70 SFC 985 190 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -11.8 280 17 263.8 264.0 262.3 266.7 1.07 2 979 237 -11.3 -19.3 52 8.0 -12.8 282 18 263.4 263.6 261.6 265.8 0.85 3 973 283 -11.7 -19.7 51 8.0 -13.2 284 19 263.5 263.6 261.6 265.8 0.82 4 925 665 -15.5 -22.5 55 7.0 -16.6 275 29 263.5 263.6 261.3 265.4 0.68 5 850 1296 -21.5 -24.5 77 3.0 -21.9 285 37 263.6 263.7 261.3 265.4 0.62 6 800 1739 -25.5 -28.0 80 2.5 -25.8 289 35 264.0 264.0 261.2 265.3 0.48 7 747 2232 -29.7 -33.1 72 3.4 -30.0 295 31 264.6 264.7 261.4 265.6 0.31 8 731 2386 -30.9 -34.3 72 3.4 -31.2 295 32 265.0 265.0 261.6 265.8 0.29 9 723 2464 -31.5 -34.8 73 3.3 -31.7 295 31 265.1 265.2 261.7 266.0 0.28 10 715 2543 -31.9 -35.2 72 3.3 -32.1 293 28 265.5 265.6 262.0 266.3 0.27 11 700 2692 -32.9 -36.1 73 3.2 -33.1 290 23 266.1 266.1 262.3 266.8 0.25 12 651 3199 -36.1 -40.8 62 4.7 -36.4 270 30 268.0 268.0 263.6 268.5 0.17 13 644 3274 -36.1 -41.1 60 5.0 -36.4 270 30 268.8 268.9 264.1 269.3 0.16 14 619 3549 -35.1 -41.1 54 6.0 -35.4 260 39 273.1 273.1 267.1 273.6 0.17 15 594 3836 -35.5 -43.5 44 8.0 -35.9 258 45 275.8 275.8 268.8 276.3 0.14 16 582 3978 -35.3 -44.3 39 9.0 -35.8 260 46 277.7 277.7 269.9 278.1 0.13 17 564 4197 -35.9 -45.9 35 10.0 -36.4 260 48 279.5 279.5 271.0 279.8 0.11 18 559 4258 -35.7 -45.7 35 10.0 -36.2 260 48 280.4 280.4 271.6 280.8 0.11 19 529 4641 -36.9 -48.9 28 12.0 -37.4 254 46 283.4 283.5 273.3 283.7 0.08 20 500 5030 -37.7 -51.7 22 14.0 -38.2 250 51 287.1 287.1 275.2 287.3 0.06 21 487 5211 -38.3 -53.3 19 15.0 -38.9 245 55 288.5 288.5 276.0 288.7 0.06 22 472 5425 -39.1 -55.1 17 16.0 -39.6 245 54 290.1 290.1 276.8 290.3 0.05 23 436 5966 -40.3 -56.3 16 16.0 -40.8 245 56 295.2 295.3 279.3 295.4 0.04 24 410 6383 -42.1 -59.1 14 17.0 -42.6 250 63 298.2 298.2 280.6 298.3 0.03 25 401 6533 -42.1 -59.1 14 17.0 -42.6 246 62 300.1 300.1 281.4 300.2 0.03 26 400 6550 -42.1 -59.1 14 17.0 -42.6 245 62 300.3 300.3 281.5 300.4 0.03 27 381 6880 -42.3 -60.3 12 18.0 -42.8 243 65 304.2 304.2 283.1 304.3 0.03 28 372 7042 -42.5 -60.5 12 18.0 -43.0 245 68 306.0 306.0 283.8 306.2 0.03 29 364 7189 -42.3 -61.3 11 19.0 -42.9 245 70 308.2 308.2 284.7 308.3 0.03 30 360 7263 -42.3 -61.3 11 19.0 -42.9 245 70 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.3 0.03 31 344 7571 -42.1 -63.1 8 21.0 -42.7 245 74 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.02 32 333 7792 -42.3 -63.3 8 21.0 -42.9 245 76 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 33 330 7853 -42.3 -64.3 7 22.0 -42.9 245 76 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.1 0.02 34 323 7998 -41.5 -64.5 7 23.0 -42.2 246 79 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.02 35 313 8212 -41.5 -66.5 5 25.0 -42.2 250 85 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.0 0.02 36 310 8277 -41.5 -65.5 6 24.0 -42.2 250 85 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.02 37 302 8455 -41.7 -65.7 6 24.0 -42.4 250 87 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.1 0.02 38 300 8500 -41.7 -65.7 6 24.0 -42.5 250 87 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.02 39 289 8752 -42.1 -66.1 6 24.0 -42.9 252 85 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.02 40 285 8847 -42.1 -67.1 5 25.0 -42.9 253 84 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.02 41 279 8990 -41.9 -68.9 4 27.0 -42.7 254 83 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.2 0.01 42 270 9212 -42.1 -72.1 2 30.0 -42.9 255 82 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 43 262 9415 -42.5 -76.5 1 34.0 -43.3 255 80 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.3 0.00 44 250 9730 -43.9 -76.9 1 33.0 -44.6 250 82 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.00 45 246 9838 -44.1 -77.1 1 33.0 -44.9 251 84 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.1 0.00 46 243 9921 -44.3 -77.3 1 33.0 -45.0 253 84 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.00 47 232 10232 -43.9 -77.9 1 34.0 -44.7 255 81 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.00 48 230 10290 -43.9 -76.9 1 33.0 -44.7 255 79 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.00 49 225 10438 -43.5 -77.5 1 34.0 -44.3 256 78 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 50 221 10559 -42.7 -76.7 1 34.0 -43.6 258 77 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 51 209 10935 -44.3 -77.3 1 33.0 -45.2 251 80 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 52 201 11197 -45.3 -78.3 1 33.0 -46.1 263 72 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 53 200 11230 -45.3 -78.3 1 33.0 -46.1 265 71 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.00 54 187 11676 -47.1 -80.1 1 33.0 -47.8 255 76 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.00 55 178 12002 -47.5 -80.5 1 33.0 -48.2 260 82 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 56 174 12152 -47.3 -80.3 1 33.0 -48.0 260 81 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 57 173 12190 -47.1 -80.1 1 33.0 -47.9 260 81 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 58 158 12789 -48.1 -80.1 1 32.0 -48.8 265 76 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 59 150 13130 -48.9 -80.9 1 32.0 -49.6 265 75 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 60 100 15760 -49.3 -81.3 1 32.0 -50.3 260 73 432.5 432.5 309.1 432.5 0.01 61 96 16029 -48.1 -80.1 1 32.0 -49.3 263 66 439.9 439.9 309.8 439.9 0.01 62 87 16677 -49.5 -81.5 1 32.0 -50.6 265 58 449.6 449.6 310.8 449.7 0.01 63 85 16830 -49.3 -81.3 1 32.0 -50.4 270 57 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.1 0.01 64 83 16986 -49.9 -81.9 1 32.0 -51.0 270 55 454.9 454.9 311.3 455.0 0.01 65 74 17731 -53.7 257 37 462.1 66 70 18090 -52.5 275 38 472.1 67 68 18277 -51.9 275 41 477.3 68 58 19294 -55.9 280 33 490.5 69 56 19516 -55.9 295 32 495.4 70 51 20106 -58.3 290 30 503.2 71 50 20230 -57.9 260 22 507.0 72 47 20624 -54.5 258 26 524.2 73 45 20903 -55.1 256 31 529.3 74 42 21346 -53.7 289 30 543.4 75 38 21985 -57.3 229 14 550.0 76 35 22508 -55.5 280 28 567.7 77 33 22883 -55.9 332 12 576.3 78 31 23282 -55.5 284 9 587.8 79 30 23490 -57.5 255 21 587.9 80 28 23922 -59.1 261 22 595.2 81 24 24892 -56.3 273 24 630.1 82 21 25733 -58.3 304 22 648.6 83 20 26040 -57.3 300 22 660.8 84 18 26712 -55.5 334 27 686.7 85 16 27463 -56.7 322 16 706.3 86 15 27876 -54.3 315 17 727.4 87 14 28318 -55.3 344 26 738.5 88 12 29309 -53.3 354 23 778.9 89 12 29309 -53.7 354 23 777.5 90 10 30490 -51.3 345 35 828.1 91 9.7 30688 -51.9 833.0 92 7.3 32552 -46.5 925.6 TRP 187 11676 -47.1 -80.1 1 33.0 -47.8 255 76 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.00 WND 302 8455 -41.7 -65.7 6 24.0 -42.4 250 87 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4960.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.30 % Est. max temperature: -10.56 C = 13.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.28 mb = 917.04 m = 3008.63 ft T: -17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.05 C/km ThetaE index: 1.36 C Layer 979.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1445.32 m = 4741.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.73 g/kg Conv temperature: -10.54 C = 13.02 F Cap Strength: 15.05 C Lifted Index: 17.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 43.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 17.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.20 C Cross Totals Index: 13.20 C K Index: -11.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70262.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.98 mb = 1417.53 m = 4650.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 at 29 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 190 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 133 14 -10.1 9.2 1 970 305 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 131 11 -8.4 7.3 2 932 610 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 171 8 -1.2 7.7 3 925 665 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 192 10 2.1 9.6 4 895 914 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 201 7 2.7 7.0 5 859 1219 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 246 8 7.0 3.1 6 850 1296 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 254 9 8.9 2.6 7 789 1829 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 268 6 6.1 0.2 8 757 2134 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 306 2 1.3 -0.9 9 725 2438 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 302 3 2.2 -1.4 10 700 2692 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 130 7 -5.2 4.3 11 695 2743 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 130 7 -5.2 4.3 12 665 3048 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 190 12 2.2 12.2 13 636 3353 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 199 13 4.2 12.2 14 609 3658 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 212 28 14.7 23.3 15 583 3962 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 223 27 18.5 20.2 16 558 4267 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 225 29 20.5 20.5 17 534 4572 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 215 29 16.7 23.8 18 511 4877 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 213 34 18.3 28.6 19 500 5030 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 215 36 21.1 29.6 20 489 5182 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 213 42 23.0 35.4 21 468 5486 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 212 41 22.1 35.0 22 447 5791 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 215 45 25.8 36.7 23 428 6096 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 213 42 23.0 35.4 24 409 6401 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 224 47 32.4 33.7 25 400 6550 245 62 56.2 26.2 | 217 48 29.4 38.4 26 391 6706 240 61 52.8 30.5 | 211 50 26.0 42.7 27 374 7010 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 220 54 34.8 40.9 28 357 7315 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 222 56 37.5 42.2 29 342 7620 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 223 59 40.3 43.4 30 327 7925 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 224 62 43.0 44.7 31 312 8230 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 232 67 53.1 41.2 32 302 8455 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 233 69 55.0 41.9 33 300 8500 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 233 69 55.0 41.9 34 298 8534 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 233 69 55.0 41.9 35 273 9144 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 237 62 52.4 33.4 36 261 9449 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 237 60 50.5 32.9 37 250 9730 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 231 64 50.3 40.2 38 249 9754 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 232 66 52.1 40.9 39 238 10058 255 84 81.1 21.7 | 238 64 54.3 33.9 40 228 10363 255 78 75.3 20.2 | 236 58 48.5 32.4 41 217 10668 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 242 55 49.0 25.5 42 208 10973 250 80 75.2 27.4 | 231 62 48.4 39.5 43 200 11230 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 247 48 43.9 18.4 44 199 11278 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 247 48 43.9 18.4 45 190 11582 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 239 47 40.2 24.0 46 187 11676 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 236 56 46.6 31.8 47 181 11887 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 244 61 54.9 26.6 48 173 12192 260 81 79.8 14.1 | 244 59 53.0 26.2 49 165 12497 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 245 43 38.9 17.9 50 158 12802 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 249 52 48.9 18.8 51 151 13106 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 248 49 44.9 18.4 52 150 13130 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 249 51 47.9 18.7 53 144 13411 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 248 49 44.9 18.4 54 125 14326 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 214 43 24.0 35.8 55 114 14935 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 224 47 32.4 33.7 56 108 15240 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 254 44 42.2 12.2 57 103 15545 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 235 54 43.7 31.1 58 100 15760 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 241 51 45.1 24.8 59 99 15850 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 242 53 47.1 25.2 60 94 16154 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 242 37 33.0 17.4 61 90 16459 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 226 39 28.3 26.9 62 86 16764 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 249 33 31.2 12.2 63 82 17069 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 246 30 27.2 12.2 64 78 17374 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 207 14 6.2 12.2 65 75 17678 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 198 22 7.0 21.2 66 71 17983 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 228 24 18.0 16.1 67 70 18090 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 231 14 11.1 8.9 68 68 18288 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 239 16 14.0 8.6 69 65 18593 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 234 15 12.0 8.8 70 62 18898 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 208 17 8.1 15.2 71 59 19202 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 213 11 6.1 9.3 72 56 19507 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 302 3 2.2 -1.4 73 53 19812 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 258 4 4.2 0.9 74 51 20117 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 216 2 1.4 1.9 75 50 20230 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 162 17 -5.1 16.0 76 49 20422 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 147 12 -6.9 10.4 77 46 20726 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 181 22 0.4 22.1 78 44 21031 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 198 19 5.7 17.9 79 42 21336 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 216 2 1.4 1.9 80 40 21641 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 141 25 -16.2 19.6 81 38 21946 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 141 28 -17.6 21.4 82 35 22555 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 195 5 1.2 4.7 83 33 22860 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 93 22 -21.7 1.3 84 32 23165 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 115 24 -22.1 10.5 85 30 23470 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 132 16 -11.9 10.9 86 30 23490 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 160 19 -6.5 17.6 87 29 23774 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 157 19 -7.5 17.3 88 26 24384 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 201 7 2.7 7.0 89 25 24689 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 148 10 -5.1 8.4 90 24 24994 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 172 12 -1.8 12.2 91 23 25298 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 209 8 3.7 6.8 92 21 25603 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 87 9 -8.8 -0.4 93 20 26040 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 99 8 -7.7 1.2 94 19 26213 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 92 6 -6.0 0.2 95 19 26518 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 77 7 -7.1 -1.6 96 18 26822 350 29 5.0 -28.6 | 53 27 -21.8 -16.4 97 17 27127 350 25 4.3 -24.6 | 61 26 -22.5 -12.4 98 16 27432 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 87 18 -17.6 -0.9 99 15 27737 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 105 16 -15.3 4.1 100 14 28346 345 26 6.7 -25.1 | 57 24 -20.1 -12.9 101 13 28651 355 23 2.0 -22.9 | 67 27 -24.8 -10.7 102 13 28956 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 72 23 -21.6 -7.1 103 12 29261 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 63 25 -22.6 -11.5 104 12 29566 10 21 -3.6 -20.7 | 74 32 -30.4 -8.5 105 11 29870 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 69 27 -24.9 -9.7 106 10 30490 345 35 9.1 -33.8 | 39 28 -17.7 -21.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -2.3 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 47.57 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 281 22 148 9| 0.0 12.6 12.6| 21.9 -1.1 20.8 41.7 0.68| 13.9 9.5 1000 281 27 176 7| 3.8 6.3 10.1| 34.6 -1.1 33.5 33.5 0.74| 10.9 8.0 1500 283 30 203 6| 3.4 4.2 7.5| 41.2 -1.1 40.1 26.8 0.71| 9.0 6.4 2000 285 31 216 5| 2.7 3.1 5.8| 43.8 -1.1 42.7 21.4 0.66| 8.2 5.4 2500 287 31 217 4| 2.1 1.6 3.8| 43.8 -2.3 41.5 16.6 0.35| 8.9 3.1 3000 286 30 206 5| 1.8 3.3 5.1| 63.7 -2.3 61.4 20.5 0.44| 9.4 4.2 4000 278 33 215 10| 1.7 4.6 6.3|126.5 -2.3 124.2 31.1 0.45| 9.9 4.5 5000 271 36 218 15| 1.4 5.0 6.4|137.2 -61.3 75.9 15.2 0.30| 9.9 3.0 6000 264 39 217 20| 1.3 4.3 5.6|189.3 -84.1 105.2 17.5 0.30| 9.1 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251205.00.gif