UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 6 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:1200Z 6 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 120 0 0 SFC 991 190 -19.3 -20.9 87 1.6 -19.6 0 0 254.5 254.6 254.2 256.5 0.73 2 946 541 -10.9 -21.9 40 11.0 -12.9 204 7 266.4 266.6 263.5 268.4 0.70 3 937 614 -10.7 -18.7 52 8.0 -12.3 215 6 267.4 267.5 264.6 270.0 0.93 4 927 696 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -12.4 219 6 267.8 268.0 265.2 270.8 1.08 5 925 713 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.0 -12.6 220 6 267.8 267.9 265.1 270.7 1.06 6 911 830 -11.5 -20.5 47 9.0 -13.3 205 8 268.7 268.9 265.4 271.1 0.82 7 892 992 -11.5 -21.5 43 10.0 -13.4 199 11 270.3 270.5 266.4 272.6 0.77 8 883 1069 -11.5 -19.5 52 8.0 -13.2 203 13 271.1 271.3 267.2 273.8 0.92 9 875 1139 -11.7 -24.7 33 13.0 -14.0 206 14 271.6 271.7 266.9 273.4 0.59 10 864 1236 -11.7 -34.7 13 23.0 -14.7 212 15 272.6 272.7 266.9 273.3 0.23 11 850 1361 -12.1 -19.1 56 7.0 -13.6 230 17 273.5 273.6 268.9 276.3 0.99 12 849 1370 -12.1 -21.1 47 9.0 -13.9 230 17 273.6 273.7 268.7 276.0 0.84 13 848 1379 -12.1 -20.1 51 8.0 -13.7 230 17 273.7 273.8 268.8 276.3 0.91 14 835 1497 -11.9 -28.9 23 17.0 -14.6 230 19 275.1 275.1 268.9 276.4 0.42 15 833 1516 -11.9 -31.9 17 20.0 -14.9 230 19 275.3 275.3 268.8 276.2 0.32 16 825 1589 -12.3 -29.3 23 17.0 -15.0 234 20 275.6 275.7 269.2 276.9 0.41 17 816 1673 -12.7 -31.7 19 19.0 -15.5 240 20 276.0 276.1 269.3 277.1 0.33 18 810 1729 -12.7 -26.7 30 14.0 -15.1 243 21 276.6 276.7 270.1 278.2 0.53 19 796 1863 -11.7 -15.8 72 4.1 -12.7 249 22 279.1 279.3 273.0 283.1 1.40 20 794 1882 -11.7 -15.8 72 4.1 -12.7 248 22 279.3 279.5 273.1 283.4 1.40 21 788 1940 -11.9 -16.1 71 4.2 -12.9 246 22 279.7 279.9 273.3 283.7 1.38 22 786 1960 -11.9 -16.1 71 4.2 -12.9 246 22 279.9 280.1 273.4 283.9 1.38 23 766 2157 -11.3 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0.36 37 500 5310 -29.5 -34.5 62 5.0 -30.0 255 35 297.1 297.1 280.7 298.4 0.41 38 479 5614 -31.7 -35.9 66 4.2 -32.1 260 34 298.0 298.1 281.0 299.3 0.37 39 442 6177 -36.3 -40.9 62 4.6 -36.7 260 36 299.1 299.2 281.3 300.0 0.24 40 422 6496 -39.1 -43.5 63 4.4 -39.4 260 35 299.5 299.6 281.4 300.2 0.19 41 416 6594 -39.9 -44.4 62 4.5 -40.2 260 36 299.8 299.8 281.5 300.4 0.18 42 400 6860 -42.3 -46.5 63 4.2 -42.5 255 39 300.0 300.0 281.5 300.5 0.15 43 348 7785 -49.9 -53.0 70 3.1 -50.0 255 42 301.9 301.9 282.3 302.2 0.08 44 340 7937 -51.1 -54.4 68 3.3 -51.2 255 44 302.3 302.3 282.4 302.6 0.07 45 305 8635 -55.9 -59.9 61 4.0 -56.0 255 54 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.3 0.04 46 300 8740 -55.5 -60.0 57 4.5 -55.6 255 56 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.3 0.04 47 291 8935 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 255 59 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.7 0.04 48 285 9068 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 255 62 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.0 0.04 49 273 9344 -52.9 -58.9 48 6.0 -53.0 258 67 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.5 0.05 50 256 9757 -53.9 -60.9 42 7.0 -54.1 260 72 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.04 51 250 9910 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 265 74 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.04 52 247 9988 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 265 74 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.04 53 239 10200 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.7 263 75 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.04 54 233 10364 -53.3 -63.3 29 10.0 -53.5 260 77 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 55 213 10943 -52.9 -64.9 22 12.0 -53.2 265 81 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 56 200 11350 -52.7 -65.7 19 13.0 -53.0 265 79 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 57 194 11547 -52.5 -66.5 17 14.0 -52.8 265 76 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.03 58 150 13210 -52.7 -72.7 7 20.0 -53.1 265 85 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.01 59 148 13296 -52.7 -73.0 7 20.3 -53.2 265 87 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.8 0.01 60 100 15820 -53.1 -81.1 2 28.0 -53.8 270 63 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.2 0.01 61 95 16149 -53.5 -81.5 2 28.0 -54.2 270 63 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.7 0.01 62 92 16355 -53.3 -82.3 2 29.0 -54.0 260 65 435.0 435.0 309.4 435.0 0.00 63 85 16862 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.8 268 56 443.3 443.3 310.2 443.4 0.00 64 83 17015 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.8 266 55 446.4 446.4 310.5 446.4 0.00 65 80 17250 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -55.0 259 53 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 66 76 17577 -55.3 -84.3 2 29.0 -56.0 255 50 455.2 455.2 311.3 455.3 0.00 67 73 17833 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.8 255 52 458.8 458.8 311.7 458.8 0.00 68 70 18100 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -56.0 270 61 466.1 466.1 312.3 466.1 0.00 69 69 18192 -55.3 -84.3 2 29.0 -56.1 268 62 468.0 468.0 312.5 468.0 0.00 70 67 18380 -54.7 -83.7 2 29.0 -55.5 268 58 473.3 473.3 312.9 473.3 0.01 71 63 18773 -55.3 -84.3 2 29.0 -56.1 269 40 480.3 480.3 313.5 480.4 0.01 72 58 19302 -54.1 -83.1 2 29.0 -55.1 263 43 494.5 494.5 314.5 494.6 0.01 73 50 20250 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -56.6 240 13 512.2 512.2 315.8 512.3 0.01 74 49 20378 -55.9 -83.9 2 28.0 -56.8 244 12 514.7 514.7 315.9 514.8 0.01 75 47 20643 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.8 241 13 518.5 518.5 316.2 518.5 0.01 76 40 21657 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -60.3 251 27 536.4 536.4 317.3 536.5 0.01 77 37 22146 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.6 290 26 550.6 550.6 318.1 550.6 0.01 78 36 22318 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.8 293 21 554.4 554.4 318.3 554.4 0.01 79 35 22494 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -60.3 276 17 557.3 557.3 318.5 557.4 0.01 80 32 23059 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -57.1 263 20 582.0 582.0 319.8 582.0 0.01 81 31 23261 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -57.1 273 19 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.3 0.01 82 30 23470 -55.9 -82.9 2 27.0 -57.3 250 18 592.2 592.3 320.3 592.3 0.01 83 29 23686 -55.7 -82.7 2 27.0 -57.2 246 17 598.6 598.6 320.6 598.7 0.01 84 27 24140 -57.9 -82.9 3 25.0 -59.2 290 8 604.7 604.8 320.8 604.9 0.02 85 26 24378 -58.7 -83.7 3 25.0 -59.9 290 11 609.0 609.0 321.0 609.1 0.01 86 22 25445 -52.3 -79.3 2 27.0 -54.9 355 13 657.9 657.9 323.0 658.2 0.03 87 20 26060 -53.7 -80.7 2 27.0 -56.2 15 17 671.8 671.8 323.5 672.0 0.03 88 18 26745 -48.7 -77.7 2 29.0 -52.8 0 15 708.1 708.2 324.7 708.6 0.05 89 17 27120 -49.3 -77.3 2 28.0 -53.4 7 16 717.9 717.9 325.0 718.4 0.06 TRP 305 8635 -55.9 -59.9 61 4.0 -56.0 255 54 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.3 0.04 WND 148 13296 -52.7 -73.0 7 20.3 -53.2 265 87 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5190.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.42 % Est. max temperature: 0.56 C = 33.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.27 mb = 388.60 m = 1274.91 ft T: -14.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.44 C Layer 875.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.66 mb = 4735.45 m = 15536.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.01 C = 68.02 F Cap Strength: 24.05 C Lifted Index: 24.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 28.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.29 C Showalter Index: 17.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.40 C Cross Totals Index: 10.40 C K Index: -6.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60144.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 24.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.06 mb = 1515.02 m = 4970.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 282 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 190 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 102 20 -19.1 4.0 1 976 305 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 121 25 -21.4 12.6 2 938 610 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 120 18 -15.7 8.9 3 925 713 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 119 17 -15.2 8.5 4 901 914 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 129 21 -16.5 13.6 5 866 1219 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 146 21 -11.6 16.9 6 850 1361 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 158 16 -6.1 14.9 7 832 1524 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 164 17 -4.5 16.2 8 800 1829 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 188 12 1.6 11.5 9 768 2134 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 183 15 0.8 15.5 10 738 2438 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 173 18 -2.2 18.1 11 709 2743 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 175 19 -1.5 18.7 12 700 2844 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 179 17 -0.3 17.1 13 681 3048 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 179 17 -0.3 17.1 14 626 3658 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 220 15 9.9 11.7 15 601 3962 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 257 17 16.9 4.0 16 576 4267 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 259 21 20.9 4.0 17 553 4572 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 250 22 20.7 7.4 18 530 4877 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 247 18 16.8 7.1 19 509 5182 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 236 17 14.4 9.9 20 500 5310 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 228 20 14.7 13.0 21 487 5486 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 237 18 15.4 10.0 22 467 5791 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 233 16 12.4 9.5 23 447 6096 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 238 19 16.4 10.2 24 427 6401 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 237 18 15.4 10.0 25 409 6706 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 238 19 16.4 10.2 26 400 6860 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 233 23 18.6 14.0 27 391 7010 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 234 24 19.5 14.3 28 373 7315 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 235 26 21.5 14.8 29 356 7620 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 235 25 20.5 14.6 30 340 7925 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 237 28 23.4 15.3 31 310 8534 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 240 34 29.2 16.9 32 305 8635 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 242 38 33.1 17.9 33 300 8740 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 242 40 35.0 18.4 34 282 9144 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 244 46 41.8 20.3 35 269 9449 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 252 51 48.8 15.9 36 256 9754 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 252 54 51.8 16.5 37 250 9910 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 259 56 54.6 10.4 38 244 10058 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 259 56 54.6 10.4 39 233 10363 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 253 59 56.7 17.3 40 222 10668 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 253 61 58.7 17.7 41 212 10973 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 260 63 61.6 11.0 42 202 11278 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 260 67 65.6 11.4 43 200 11350 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 260 61 59.6 10.8 44 193 11582 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 259 58 56.6 10.6 45 184 11887 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 254 64 61.7 18.2 46 176 12192 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 260 61 59.6 10.8 47 167 12497 265 86 85.7 7.5 | 260 68 66.6 11.4 48 160 12802 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 260 67 65.6 11.4 49 152 13106 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 254 64 61.7 18.2 50 150 13210 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 260 67 65.6 11.4 51 148 13296 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 260 69 67.6 11.5 52 145 13411 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 260 69 67.6 11.5 53 139 13716 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 260 63 61.6 11.0 54 132 14021 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 260 63 61.6 11.0 55 126 14326 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 266 54 53.9 4.0 56 120 14630 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 253 57 54.8 17.0 57 115 14935 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 253 57 54.8 17.0 58 109 15240 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 260 59 57.6 10.7 59 104 15545 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 266 64 63.9 4.0 60 100 15820 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 265 44 43.9 4.0 61 100 15850 275 78 77.7 -6.8 | 273 59 58.6 -2.8 62 95 16154 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 265 44 43.9 4.0 63 90 16459 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 245 49 44.6 21.0 64 86 16764 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 264 38 37.9 4.0 65 82 17069 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 256 37 35.7 8.7 66 78 17374 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 240 35 30.2 17.2 67 75 17678 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 240 34 29.2 16.9 68 71 17983 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 242 38 33.1 17.9 69 70 18100 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 265 42 41.9 4.0 70 68 18288 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 258 46 44.7 9.5 71 65 18593 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 270 26 25.7 0.0 72 62 18898 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 247 18 16.8 7.1 73 59 19202 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 253 26 24.7 7.8 74 56 19507 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 242 23 20.3 10.9 75 54 19812 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 242 14 12.8 6.7 76 51 20117 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 243 9 7.9 4.0 77 50 20250 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 143 13 -7.8 10.5 78 49 20422 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 138 12 -8.2 9.0 79 46 20726 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 147 13 -7.0 11.0 80 44 21031 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 197 10 3.1 9.9 81 42 21336 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 204 9 3.5 7.9 82 40 21641 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 205 15 6.3 13.2 83 38 21946 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 254 14 13.9 4.0 84 36 22250 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 354 8 0.8 -7.5 85 35 22555 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 142 5 -3.1 4.0 86 33 22860 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 169 14 -2.6 13.5 87 31 23165 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 221 3 1.8 2.1 88 30 23470 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 142 5 -3.1 4.0 89 30 23470 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 168 10 -2.2 10.1 90 29 23774 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 162 12 -3.7 11.1 91 27 24079 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 97 13 -12.5 1.6 92 26 24384 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 91 9 -8.8 0.2 93 25 24689 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 86 9 -9.1 -0.7 94 24 24994 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 123 7 -6.1 4.0 95 23 25298 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 65 21 -19.1 -9.0 96 21 25603 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 62 19 -16.8 -8.9 97 20 25908 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 60 16 -13.6 -7.8 98 20 26060 15 17 -4.4 -16.4 | 62 27 -23.5 -12.5 99 19 26213 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 61 20 -17.9 -10.0 100 17 26518 10 17 -3.0 -16.7 | 60 25 -22.1 -12.8 101 15 26822 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 82 26 -25.5 -3.7 102 13 27127 45 13 -9.2 -9.2 | 80 29 -28.3 -5.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.1 neg: -20.9 tot: 147.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 76.40 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 186 7 120 21| 0.0 6.2 6.2| 51.1 -4.9 46.2 92.5 0.41| 18.6 7.6 1000 197 8 126 20| 0.0 7.5 7.5| 97.3 -4.9 92.5 92.5 0.57| 14.5 8.3 1500 214 12 137 19| 3.9 5.0 8.9|139.7 -4.9 134.8 89.9 0.63| 13.9 8.7 2000 226 14 147 16| 2.9 4.4 7.3|148.4 -10.6 137.8 68.9 0.56| 12.2 6.8 2500 228 16 153 16| 2.3 3.8 6.2|151.0 -20.9 130.2 52.1 0.48| 10.6 5.1 3000 230 17 158 16| 2.7 3.2 5.9|168.1 -20.9 147.2 49.1 0.51| 9.6 4.9 4000 241 21 176 14| 4.7 2.4 7.1|252.4 -20.9 231.6 57.9 0.62| 10.1 6.2 5000 249 24 196 13| 3.8 2.4 6.2|252.4 -62.7 189.8 38.0 0.45| 9.3 4.2 6000 252 26 205 13| 3.1 2.1 5.2|271.8 -77.4 194.4 32.4 0.40| 8.8 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251206.12.gif