UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:1200Z 8 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 122 345 8 SFC 991 190 -14.9 -16.8 85 1.9 -15.3 345 8 258.9 259.1 258.5 261.7 1.03 2 983 251 -15.1 -18.6 75 3.5 -15.7 350 11 259.3 259.5 258.5 261.8 0.90 3 973 329 -15.7 -19.2 74 3.5 -16.3 353 14 259.5 259.6 258.5 261.8 0.86 4 926 701 -17.7 -22.2 68 4.5 -18.4 325 21 261.1 261.2 259.5 263.1 0.70 5 925 709 -17.7 -22.2 68 4.5 -18.4 325 21 261.2 261.3 259.6 263.1 0.70 6 875 1123 -19.9 -23.2 75 3.3 -20.4 323 19 263.1 263.2 261.0 265.0 0.67 7 865 1208 -20.5 -24.1 73 3.6 -21.0 320 20 263.3 263.5 261.1 265.1 0.63 8 850 1337 -21.3 -24.7 74 3.4 -21.8 320 21 263.8 263.9 261.4 265.6 0.61 9 845 1380 -21.3 -24.9 73 3.6 -21.8 320 21 264.3 264.4 261.7 266.0 0.60 10 836 1459 -21.3 -25.5 69 4.2 -21.8 319 22 265.1 265.2 262.3 266.7 0.57 11 801 1773 -23.5 -28.0 66 4.5 -24.0 316 24 266.0 266.1 262.7 267.4 0.48 12 767 2089 -25.7 -29.5 70 3.8 -26.1 311 22 267.0 267.0 263.4 268.2 0.43 13 750 2251 -26.7 -30.8 68 4.1 -27.1 308 24 267.6 267.6 263.7 268.7 0.39 14 717 2574 -28.3 -31.3 75 3.0 -28.6 294 27 269.3 269.4 265.0 270.4 0.39 15 702 2726 -28.9 -32.2 73 3.3 -29.2 281 25 270.3 270.3 265.6 271.4 0.37 16 700 2746 -29.1 -32.4 73 3.3 -29.4 275 25 270.3 270.3 265.6 271.3 0.36 17 680 2952 -30.5 -33.3 76 2.8 -30.7 265 25 270.9 271.0 266.0 272.0 0.34 18 610 3713 -35.7 -43.7 44 8.0 -36.1 260 21 273.5 273.5 267.3 273.9 0.13 19 589 3956 -37.5 -45.5 43 8.0 -37.8 260 19 274.2 274.2 267.7 274.5 0.11 20 576 4109 -38.7 -45.7 48 7.0 -39.0 258 20 274.5 274.5 267.9 274.9 0.11 21 515 4871 -41.7 -56.7 18 15.0 -42.1 240 36 279.8 279.8 271.1 279.9 0.03 22 500 5070 -42.7 -57.7 18 15.0 -43.0 255 37 281.0 281.0 271.8 281.1 0.03 23 454 5721 -44.5 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320.5 0.00 37 290 8705 -46.1 -79.1 1 33.0 -46.6 255 84 323.5 323.5 289.8 323.5 0.00 38 272 9130 -46.7 -79.7 1 33.0 -47.2 255 88 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.6 0.00 39 271 9155 -46.7 -79.7 1 33.0 -47.2 255 88 329.0 329.0 291.4 329.0 0.00 40 265 9303 -46.7 -79.7 1 33.0 -47.2 252 90 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.00 41 262 9379 -46.9 -79.9 1 33.0 -47.4 251 91 331.9 331.9 292.2 331.9 0.00 42 257 9507 -46.5 -79.5 1 33.0 -47.1 252 92 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.00 43 255 9558 -46.3 -79.3 1 33.0 -46.9 255 92 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.3 0.00 44 250 9690 -46.3 -79.3 1 33.0 -46.9 260 91 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.00 45 231 10212 -48.3 -80.3 1 32.0 -48.8 258 102 341.9 341.9 294.8 341.9 0.00 46 226 10356 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -49.0 260 103 343.8 343.8 295.2 343.8 0.00 47 219 10563 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -49.2 258 101 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.00 48 212 10776 -48.1 -80.1 1 32.0 -48.7 260 102 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.00 49 202 11094 -47.9 -79.9 1 32.0 -48.5 263 95 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 50 200 11160 -47.7 -79.7 1 32.0 -48.3 265 92 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.00 51 190 11499 -47.5 -80.5 1 33.0 -48.2 261 93 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 52 180 11855 -48.3 -80.3 1 32.0 -49.0 260 98 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 53 173 12116 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -49.3 264 96 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 54 162 12546 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -50.7 265 100 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 55 161 12586 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -50.7 265 99 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 56 155 12835 -49.3 -81.3 1 32.0 -50.0 264 94 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 57 152 12963 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -49.3 259 90 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.00 58 150 13050 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -49.4 255 88 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 59 143 13364 -49.5 -81.5 1 32.0 -50.2 259 87 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 60 100 15690 -53.1 -83.1 1 30.0 -53.8 260 77 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 61 94 16089 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -54.5 260 77 431.1 431.1 309.0 431.2 0.00 62 91 16298 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.8 258 75 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.8 0.00 63 90 16369 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.8 257 74 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.2 0.00 64 88 16513 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.4 254 72 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.00 65 84 16813 -53.1 -83.1 1 30.0 -53.9 251 67 446.9 446.9 310.6 446.9 0.00 66 73 17713 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -56.9 253 66 458.4 458.4 311.6 458.4 0.00 67 72 17801 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.8 254 65 460.6 460.6 311.8 460.7 0.00 68 70 17980 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.8 255 64 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00 69 62 18747 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.5 255 57 476.8 476.8 313.2 476.8 0.00 70 61 18849 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.5 255 56 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 71 57 19278 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -56.5 267 54 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.4 0.00 72 54 19625 -51.7 -81.7 2 30.0 -53.1 262 57 510.3 510.3 315.7 510.3 0.01 73 50 20120 -54.3 -83.3 2 29.0 -55.4 225 41 515.5 515.5 316.0 515.6 0.01 74 46 20650 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -58.0 225 41 521.2 521.2 316.4 521.2 0.01 75 42 21224 -57.7 -85.7 2 28.0 -58.6 240 41 533.5 533.5 317.1 533.5 0.01 76 40 21532 -56.3 -84.3 2 28.0 -57.4 253 42 544.5 544.5 317.8 544.5 0.01 77 39 21693 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -56.9 260 43 549.9 549.9 318.1 550.0 0.01 78 38 21858 -56.1 -84.1 2 28.0 -57.2 267 44 553.0 553.0 318.3 553.1 0.01 79 33 22757 -54.3 -82.3 2 28.0 -55.9 239 27 580.6 580.6 319.7 580.7 0.01 80 33 22757 -53.3 -81.3 2 28.0 -55.0 239 27 583.2 583.2 319.8 583.3 0.02 81 32 22955 -52.7 -80.7 2 28.0 -54.6 241 32 590.0 590.0 320.2 590.1 0.02 82 30 23370 -54.5 -81.5 2 27.0 -56.2 220 17 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.2 0.02 83 26 24281 -56.7 -82.7 2 26.0 -58.2 241 31 614.7 614.7 321.3 614.8 0.02 84 23 25065 -52.9 -79.9 2 27.0 -55.3 260 26 647.8 647.8 322.6 648.1 0.03 85 23 25065 -52.7 -80.7 2 28.0 -55.1 260 26 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.6 0.03 86 23 25065 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -55.0 260 26 649.0 649.0 322.6 649.2 0.03 87 21 25653 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -55.2 269 9 666.1 666.1 323.3 666.3 0.03 88 21 25653 -52.3 -80.3 2 28.0 -55.0 269 9 666.7 666.7 323.3 667.0 0.03 89 20 25970 -50.1 -78.1 2 28.0 -53.5 235 16 682.8 682.8 323.9 683.2 0.05 90 18 26663 -47.3 -76.3 2 29.0 -51.9 238 20 712.5 712.6 324.8 713.1 0.07 91 16 27437 -50.3 -77.3 3 27.0 -54.2 216 15 727.2 727.2 325.3 727.7 0.06 92 15 27858 -50.5 -78.5 2 28.0 -54.5 221 16 740.0 740.1 325.7 740.5 0.06 93 15 27858 -50.1 -78.1 2 28.0 -54.2 221 16 741.4 741.4 325.7 741.9 0.06 TRP 454 5721 -44.5 -60.5 15 16.0 -44.9 250 47 286.6 286.6 274.9 286.7 0.02 WND 226 10356 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -49.0 260 103 343.8 343.8 295.2 343.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4948.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.69 % Est. max temperature: -9.20 C = 15.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.82 mb = 423.35 m = 1388.93 ft T: -16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 0.02 C Layer 700.0- 680.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.86 mb = 1629.38 m = 5345.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.77 g/kg Conv temperature: -8.25 C = 17.16 F Cap Strength: 14.18 C Lifted Index: 15.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 40.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.38 C Showalter Index: 12.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: -6.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 79.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61826.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.67 mb = 1057.72 m = 3470.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 301 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 190 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 101 16 -15.6 3.0 1 976 305 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 82 17 -16.5 -2.2 2 937 610 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 44 10 -7.1 -7.5 3 925 709 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 41 9 -5.6 -6.5 4 900 914 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 61 10 -8.6 -4.9 5 864 1219 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 46 7 -4.8 -4.6 6 850 1337 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 38 7 -4.1 -5.4 7 794 1829 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 6 6 -0.7 -6.2 8 762 2134 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 13 4 -0.8 -3.4 9 730 2438 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 315 8 5.3 -5.3 10 700 2743 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 228 9 7.0 6.4 11 700 2746 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 220 11 7.3 8.6 12 670 3048 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 205 17 7.0 15.1 13 641 3353 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 187 18 2.1 17.9 14 613 3658 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 192 15 3.0 14.4 15 587 3962 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 184 14 1.1 14.0 16 562 4267 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 192 17 3.6 16.4 17 514 4877 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 205 32 13.5 28.7 18 500 5070 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 222 27 18.1 20.3 19 492 5182 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 223 28 19.1 20.6 20 454 5721 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 225 38 26.5 26.8 21 449 5791 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 223 36 24.7 26.1 22 429 6096 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 229 46 35.0 29.9 23 410 6401 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 229 46 35.0 29.9 24 400 6570 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 228 59 44.0 39.5 25 392 6706 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 234 58 47.2 34.3 26 358 7315 245 76 68.9 32.1 | 230 67 51.2 42.8 27 341 7620 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 236 68 56.6 37.7 28 326 7925 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 242 67 59.6 31.4 29 312 8230 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 237 74 62.2 39.8 30 300 8480 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 243 70 62.5 32.2 31 298 8534 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 243 69 61.6 32.0 32 284 8839 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 243 73 65.4 33.0 33 271 9144 255 88 85.0 22.8 | 244 75 67.4 33.5 34 259 9449 250 92 86.5 31.5 | 238 81 68.8 42.2 35 250 9690 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 250 77 72.0 26.5 36 248 9754 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 250 77 72.0 26.5 37 236 10058 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 245 88 79.9 36.9 38 226 10356 260 103 101.4 17.9 | 251 89 83.8 28.6 39 226 10363 255 99 95.6 25.6 | 245 86 78.0 36.4 40 216 10668 260 102 100.5 17.7 | 251 88 82.8 28.4 41 206 10973 260 101 99.5 17.5 | 251 87 81.8 28.3 42 200 11160 265 92 91.6 8.0 | 256 76 74.0 18.7 43 196 11278 265 92 91.6 8.0 | 256 76 74.0 18.7 44 188 11582 260 93 91.6 16.1 | 250 79 74.0 26.9 45 179 11887 260 99 97.5 17.2 | 251 85 79.9 27.9 46 171 12192 265 95 94.6 8.3 | 256 79 77.0 19.0 47 163 12497 265 101 100.6 8.8 | 257 85 83.0 19.5 48 156 12802 265 95 94.6 8.3 | 256 79 77.0 19.0 49 150 13050 255 88 85.0 22.8 | 244 75 67.4 33.5 50 149 13106 255 89 86.0 23.0 | 244 76 68.3 33.8 51 142 13411 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 249 73 68.0 25.8 52 135 13716 260 90 88.6 15.6 | 250 76 71.0 26.4 53 123 14326 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 243 69 61.6 32.0 54 118 14630 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 253 60 57.1 17.3 55 112 14935 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 252 54 51.1 16.7 56 107 15240 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 246 58 53.3 23.2 57 102 15545 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 248 64 59.2 24.3 58 100 15690 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 248 63 58.2 24.1 59 98 15850 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 247 62 57.2 23.9 60 93 16154 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 248 63 58.2 24.1 61 89 16459 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 241 61 52.9 29.6 62 85 16764 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 233 55 43.4 33.0 63 81 17069 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 242 64 56.7 30.7 64 77 17374 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 234 57 46.3 34.0 65 70 17980 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 238 52 44.2 27.3 66 67 18288 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 238 51 43.2 27.0 67 61 18898 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 235 43 35.5 25.0 68 58 19202 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 253 36 34.4 10.7 69 55 19507 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 243 47 42.4 21.3 70 52 19812 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 246 37 34.2 15.3 71 50 20117 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 201 34 11.9 31.4 72 50 20120 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 196 41 11.4 39.7 73 45 20726 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 196 41 11.4 39.7 74 43 21031 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 202 41 15.3 38.4 75 41 21336 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 214 33 18.6 27.6 76 38 21946 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 249 29 27.4 10.7 77 36 22250 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 218 14 8.4 10.7 78 34 22555 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 202 16 6.0 14.9 79 33 22860 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 189 30 4.6 29.4 80 31 23165 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 235 25 20.2 14.0 81 30 23370 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 164 25 -6.7 23.8 82 30 23470 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 160 16 -5.4 15.2 83 28 23774 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 171 27 -4.1 26.8 84 26 24384 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 206 28 12.3 24.7 85 23 24994 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 208 17 8.0 15.2 86 22 25298 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 210 18 9.0 15.4 87 21 25603 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 136 14 -9.7 10.0 88 20 25970 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 167 20 -4.5 19.9 89 18 26213 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 181 21 0.6 21.2 90 16 26518 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 159 25 -9.0 23.0 91 14 26822 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 164 23 -6.3 22.0 92 13 27127 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 182 26 0.7 26.2 93 11 27432 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 177 27 -1.4 27.0 94 10 27737 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 176 33 -2.1 32.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -121.1 tot: -114.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 89.76 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 339 16 70 13| 0.0 14.1 14.1| 0.0 -53.9 -53.9 -107.8 -0.84| 17.8-14.9 1000 332 18 62 10| 0.0 6.6 6.6| 6.7 -57.1 -50.5 -50.5 -0.57| 12.0 -6.8 1500 327 19 54 9| 0.0 5.7 5.7| 6.7 -63.6 -56.9 -38.0 -0.62| 9.3 -5.8 2000 323 20 46 8| 0.0 4.4 4.4| 7.1 -66.2 -59.1 -29.6 -0.59| 8.1 -4.8 2500 317 21 33 6| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 7.1 -88.3 -81.2 -32.5 -0.69| 9.5 -6.5 3000 308 22 7 3| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 7.1-121.1-114.0 -38.0 -0.69| 10.2 -7.1 4000 295 22 230 3| 0.4 3.3 3.6| 17.7-139.1-121.4 -30.3 -0.62| 8.9 -5.5 5000 281 24 221 8| 0.9 3.8 4.7|115.8-139.1 -23.3 -4.7 -0.30| 9.8 -2.9 6000 271 28 224 14| 0.7 4.7 5.5|170.7-147.2 23.4 3.9 -0.21| 10.0 -2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251208.12.gif