UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:1200Z 12 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 -88 SFC 965 190 -8.9 -12.5 75 3.6 -9.8 250 14 267.0 267.2 265.4 271.1 1.51 2 958 246 -9.5 -15.5 62 6.0 -10.9 255 16 266.9 267.1 264.8 270.2 1.19 3 953 286 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -11.2 258 17 266.9 267.1 264.7 270.1 1.16 4 925 514 -11.7 -15.9 71 4.2 -12.6 265 23 267.3 267.5 265.1 270.7 1.19 5 885 851 -14.7 -18.0 76 3.3 -15.3 278 38 267.6 267.8 265.0 270.6 1.05 6 859 1076 -16.3 -19.7 75 3.4 -16.9 283 46 268.3 268.4 265.3 270.9 0.93 7 850 1155 -16.9 -20.1 76 3.2 -17.5 285 48 268.4 268.6 265.3 271.0 0.91 8 849 1164 -16.9 -20.1 76 3.2 -17.5 285 48 268.5 268.7 265.4 271.1 0.91 9 806 1552 -19.7 -23.4 72 3.7 -20.3 296 51 269.6 269.7 265.8 271.6 0.72 10 790 1700 -20.3 -24.2 71 3.9 -20.9 301 49 270.5 270.6 266.3 272.5 0.68 11 781 1785 -20.3 -24.4 70 4.1 -20.9 304 48 271.4 271.5 266.9 273.3 0.68 12 765 1939 -19.1 -23.0 71 3.9 -19.7 303 44 274.3 274.4 269.0 276.6 0.78 13 758 2007 -18.7 -22.8 70 4.1 -19.4 302 42 275.4 275.6 269.8 277.8 0.81 14 740 2186 -19.5 -23.9 68 4.4 -20.2 301 38 276.5 276.6 270.4 278.7 0.75 15 725 2338 -20.7 -24.9 69 4.2 -21.4 303 39 276.8 276.9 270.4 278.9 0.70 16 701 2586 -21.7 -26.2 67 4.5 -22.4 310 39 278.3 278.4 271.3 280.3 0.64 17 700 2597 -21.9 -26.4 67 4.5 -22.5 310 39 278.2 278.3 271.2 280.1 0.63 18 679 2821 -23.1 -27.4 68 4.3 -23.7 308 39 279.3 279.4 271.8 281.1 0.59 19 645 3196 -24.9 -28.8 70 3.9 -25.4 298 39 281.4 281.5 272.9 283.1 0.55 20 639 3264 -25.3 -29.3 69 4.0 -25.8 297 40 281.7 281.8 273.1 283.4 0.53 21 618 3507 -25.5 -29.0 72 3.5 -25.9 300 42 284.2 284.3 274.5 285.9 0.56 22 584 3916 -27.5 -31.2 71 3.7 -27.9 309 45 286.5 286.6 275.6 288.0 0.48 23 570 4091 -28.1 -31.6 72 3.5 -28.5 314 44 287.8 287.9 276.3 289.3 0.48 24 543 4437 -30.5 -34.3 69 3.8 -30.9 317 36 289.0 289.0 276.7 290.2 0.39 25 523 4704 -32.1 -36.0 68 3.9 -32.4 313 33 290.1 290.2 277.3 291.2 0.34 26 500 5020 -34.1 -37.4 72 3.3 -34.4 315 41 291.5 291.5 277.9 292.5 0.31 27 489 5175 -35.1 -38.3 72 3.2 -35.4 320 45 292.1 292.1 278.2 293.0 0.29 28 459 5612 -38.7 -43.3 62 4.6 -38.9 322 46 292.9 293.0 278.4 293.5 0.18 29 440 5901 -40.9 -46.9 52 6.0 -41.2 327 47 293.7 293.7 278.7 294.2 0.13 30 436 5962 -41.5 -46.5 58 5.0 -41.7 328 47 293.7 293.7 278.7 294.2 0.13 31 426 6119 -42.7 -48.7 52 6.0 -42.9 330 48 294.1 294.2 278.9 294.5 0.11 32 403 6490 -45.9 -50.3 61 4.4 -46.0 330 44 294.7 294.7 279.1 295.0 0.09 33 400 6540 -46.1 -50.6 60 4.5 -46.3 330 44 295.1 295.1 279.3 295.4 0.09 34 351 7401 -49.9 -55.9 49 6.0 -50.0 330 44 301.2 301.2 281.9 301.4 0.06 35 343 7551 -50.7 -56.7 49 6.0 -50.8 330 43 302.1 302.1 282.3 302.3 0.05 36 324 7921 -51.9 -58.9 43 7.0 -52.0 330 37 305.4 305.4 283.6 305.6 0.04 37 317 8062 -52.1 -60.1 38 8.0 -52.2 328 37 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.2 0.04 38 300 8420 -50.3 -59.3 34 9.0 -50.5 305 37 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.6 0.04 39 293 8575 -49.5 -59.5 30 10.0 -49.7 297 35 317.7 317.7 288.1 317.9 0.04 40 288 8688 -49.1 -59.1 30 10.0 -49.4 290 36 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.0 0.05 41 281 8850 -49.3 -60.3 27 11.0 -49.6 280 38 321.8 321.8 289.3 322.0 0.04 42 277 8944 -49.3 -60.3 27 11.0 -49.6 280 40 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.3 0.04 43 271 9088 -49.5 -60.5 26 11.0 -49.8 280 42 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.04 44 256 9463 -48.1 -61.1 21 13.0 -48.5 270 34 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 45 250 9620 -48.1 -61.1 21 13.0 -48.5 270 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.04 46 249 9646 -47.9 -60.9 21 13.0 -48.3 270 39 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 47 246 9726 -47.9 -61.9 18 14.0 -48.3 270 39 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 48 239 9915 -48.5 -62.5 18 14.0 -48.9 273 43 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.04 49 229 10197 -46.9 -61.9 16 15.0 -47.4 273 43 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.04 50 223 10372 -47.3 -63.3 14 16.0 -47.8 270 39 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 51 218 10521 -46.9 -63.9 13 17.0 -47.4 273 41 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 52 208 10831 -47.5 -64.5 12 17.0 -48.0 272 41 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.03 53 200 11090 -46.7 -65.7 10 19.0 -47.3 265 47 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.03 54 198 11156 -46.7 -65.7 10 19.0 -47.3 265 47 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.03 55 193 11325 -47.1 -66.1 10 19.0 -47.7 266 46 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.03 56 188 11499 -47.1 -67.1 8 20.0 -47.7 269 47 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.02 57 181 11749 -47.5 262 41 367.9 58 178 11859 -47.5 257 37 369.7 59 150 12980 -50.5 250 53 383.1 60 100 15620 -55.9 255 52 419.7 61 96 15879 -56.1 260 52 424.3 62 87 16506 -54.7 255 56 439.2 63 70 17880 -59.1 245 56 457.9 64 69 17970 -59.3 241 51 459.4 65 64 18443 -57.5 247 62 473.3 66 50 19980 -63.3 245 50 494.3 67 47 20359 -64.7 244 48 499.8 68 44 20763 -63.9 246 48 511.3 69 43 20904 -64.1 251 45 514.1 70 40 21348 -63.5 255 50 526.4 71 32 22709 -66.5 240 58 553.0 72 30 23100 -66.3 245 48 563.9 73 29 23305 -66.7 246 56 568.3 74 26 23971 -62.5 257 56 598.2 75 25 24212 -62.9 260 57 603.8 76 21 25288 -61.7 255 55 638.3 77 20 25590 -61.5 250 75 647.9 78 18 26253 -57.5 243 55 680.4 79 15 27393 -64.1 237 45 694.8 80 11 29315 -61.0 230 89 770.4 81 10 29910 -60.1 250 86 795.2 82 9.1 30504 -55.9 833.1 83 7.8 31481 -57.9 862.6 TRP 324 7921 -51.9 -58.9 43 7.0 -52.0 330 37 305.4 305.4 283.6 305.6 0.04 WND 11 29315 -61.0 230 89 770.4 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5108.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.53 % Est. max temperature: -6.53 C = 20.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.99 mb = 630.27 m = 2067.79 ft T: -12.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 0.99 C Layer 958.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.89 mb = 1288.93 m = 4228.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.13 g/kg Conv temperature: -7.00 C = 19.39 F Cap Strength: 16.51 C Lifted Index: 17.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 31.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.14 C Showalter Index: 16.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.00 C K Index: -7.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 137.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67238.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.02 mb = 1119.55 m = 3673.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 335 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 965 190 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 181 32 0.5 32.5 1 951 305 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 189 31 5.1 30.8 2 925 514 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 199 31 10.3 29.7 3 913 610 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 207 31 14.4 27.7 4 877 914 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 233 35 27.7 20.6 5 850 1155 285 48 46.4 -12.4 | 246 37 33.7 15.3 6 843 1219 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 247 38 34.7 15.0 7 809 1524 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 260 34 33.6 6.1 8 776 1829 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 268 26 25.9 0.7 9 745 2134 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 247 22 20.3 8.7 10 715 2438 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 255 20 19.3 5.3 11 700 2597 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 261 17 17.2 2.6 12 686 2743 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 261 17 17.2 2.6 13 658 3048 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 245 21 19.4 9.2 14 630 3353 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 249 27 25.4 9.9 15 604 3658 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 262 23 22.6 3.0 16 579 3962 310 45 34.5 -28.9 | 273 22 21.8 -1.2 17 555 4267 320 41 26.4 -31.4 | 285 14 13.7 -3.7 18 532 4572 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 243 11 10.0 5.1 19 510 4877 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 250 15 14.2 5.2 20 500 5020 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 275 16 16.4 -1.3 21 488 5182 320 45 28.9 -34.5 | 293 18 16.3 -6.8 22 467 5486 320 45 28.9 -34.5 | 293 18 16.3 -6.8 23 427 6096 330 48 24.0 -41.6 | 321 18 11.4 -13.9 24 400 6540 330 44 22.0 -38.1 | 318 14 9.4 -10.4 25 390 6706 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 316 12 8.4 -8.7 26 372 7010 335 42 17.7 -38.1 | 334 12 5.1 -10.4 27 355 7315 330 45 22.5 -39.0 | 319 15 9.9 -11.3 28 339 7620 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 316 12 8.4 -8.7 29 324 7921 330 37 18.5 -32.0 | 307 7 5.9 -4.4 30 324 7925 335 37 15.6 -33.5 | 333 7 3.0 -5.8 31 309 8230 320 36 23.1 -27.6 | 269 11 10.5 0.1 32 300 8420 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 250 19 17.7 6.5 33 295 8534 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 238 20 16.8 10.7 34 281 8839 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 230 33 24.8 21.1 35 269 9144 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 236 36 29.7 20.2 36 257 9449 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 218 35 21.4 27.7 37 250 9620 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 224 38 26.4 27.7 38 245 9754 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 224 38 26.4 27.7 39 234 10058 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 235 42 34.2 23.6 40 223 10363 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 224 38 26.4 27.7 41 213 10668 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 231 38 29.2 24.0 42 204 10973 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 226 40 28.4 27.7 43 200 11090 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 227 47 34.2 31.8 44 194 11278 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 226 46 33.2 31.7 45 186 11582 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 231 44 34.4 27.7 46 177 11887 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 211 43 22.1 37.0 47 169 12192 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 211 48 24.9 41.4 48 161 12497 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 221 53 34.7 40.4 49 154 12802 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 218 57 35.3 45.1 50 150 12980 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 219 59 37.2 45.8 51 140 13411 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 221 63 41.9 47.5 52 134 13716 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 223 57 38.6 41.4 53 128 14021 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 216 55 32.5 44.1 54 122 14326 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 217 56 33.4 44.4 55 111 14935 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 194 62 15.0 60.6 56 106 15240 220 45 28.9 34.5 | 195 64 16.3 62.2 57 100 15620 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 222 56 37.6 41.1 58 96 15850 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 226 53 38.6 36.7 59 92 16154 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 225 60 42.4 42.4 60 88 16459 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 225 61 43.4 42.7 61 83 16764 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 219 52 32.8 39.9 62 80 17069 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 213 50 26.8 42.1 63 76 17374 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 208 57 26.3 50.2 64 72 17678 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 213 51 27.8 42.4 65 70 17880 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 217 64 38.1 51.4 66 69 17983 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 210 61 30.7 52.7 67 66 18288 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 218 67 40.8 52.6 68 62 18593 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 224 70 48.4 49.9 69 57 19202 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 223 49 33.6 35.9 70 54 19507 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 207 45 20.2 39.7 71 50 19980 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 214 59 32.7 48.8 72 49 20117 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 205 53 22.0 47.7 73 47 20422 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 214 59 32.7 48.8 74 44 20726 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 213 58 31.8 48.4 75 42 21031 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 216 48 27.9 38.6 76 40 21336 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 221 54 35.7 40.6 77 36 21946 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 216 73 42.8 59.7 78 34 22250 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 215 72 41.1 58.7 79 33 22555 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 211 73 37.3 62.7 80 31 22860 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 216 62 36.3 50.5 81 30 23100 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 213 57 30.9 48.0 82 30 23165 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 217 66 39.9 52.2 83 27 23774 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 217 56 33.4 44.4 84 26 24079 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 231 60 46.4 38.1 85 24 24384 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 228 55 40.5 37.1 86 22 24994 245 62 56.2 26.2 | 219 69 43.6 53.9 87 21 25298 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 224 58 40.5 41.9 88 20 25590 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 227 79 57.8 53.3 89 20 25603 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 224 59 41.5 42.2 90 19 25908 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 227 78 56.9 53.0 91 18 26213 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 217 64 38.1 51.4 92 16 26822 215 40 22.9 32.8 | 190 61 10.3 60.5 93 16 27127 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 192 59 12.4 57.6 94 15 27432 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 208 58 27.2 50.7 95 13 28042 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 238 77 65.2 41.4 96 13 28346 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 233 54 43.1 32.6 97 12 28651 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 243 61 54.4 27.7 98 12 28956 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 222 77 50.8 57.3 99 11 29315 230 89 68.2 57.2 | 213 101 55.5 84.9 100 11 29566 230 89 68.2 57.2 | 213 101 55.5 84.9 101 10 29910 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 230 89 68.2 57.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 464.7 neg: -77.2 tot: 387.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 104.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 265 22 197 31| 19.1 0.0 19.1|153.6 0.0 153.6 307.1 0.99| 19.2 19.0 1000 275 31 217 31| 19.5 0.0 19.5|324.8 0.0 324.8 324.8 0.97| 19.8 19.2 1500 283 38 231 31| 14.2 0.0 14.2|426.4 0.0 426.4 284.2 0.92| 18.0 16.6 2000 288 39 238 29| 8.1 0.0 8.1|437.1 -49.8 387.3 193.7 0.64| 16.8 10.8 2500 292 39 241 27| 7.0 0.0 7.0|460.9 -49.8 411.1 164.4 0.65| 14.8 9.6 3000 294 39 243 26| 5.9 1.4 7.3|464.7 -77.2 387.5 129.2 0.51| 13.9 7.2 4000 297 40 247 25| 5.6 1.1 6.7|547.7 -77.2 470.5 117.6 0.55| 13.0 7.1 5000 301 39 250 23| 5.8 1.6 7.4|604.5-103.5 501.0 100.2 0.47| 13.2 6.3 6000 305 41 259 21| 5.3 1.3 6.6|644.2-103.8 540.4 90.1 0.50| 11.8 5.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251212.12.gif