UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:0000Z 21 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 136 240 3 SFC 993 190 -5.3 -11.3 63 6.0 -7.0 240 3 268.4 268.7 266.6 272.8 1.62 2 925 742 -10.7 235 18 268.4 3 850 1393 -10.1 265 20 275.6 4 700 2881 -15.5 255 44 285.3 5 500 5400 -21.7 260 73 306.6 6 400 7010 -34.5 265 78 310.2 7 300 8950 -49.3 275 128 315.9 8 295 9059 -49.9 275 128 316.5 9 257 9945 -54.9 280 107 321.9 10 250 10120 -54.9 280 106 324.4 11 200 11550 -52.3 270 84 349.9 12 150 13420 -50.5 265 78 383.1 13 100 16040 -52.9 260 52 425.5 14 86 17000 -58.9 268 60 432.2 15 85 17074 -58.9 270 61 433.6 16 74 17954 -53.7 294 32 462.1 17 70 18310 -55.5 235 17 465.7 18 55 19818 -62.9 245 32 481.9 19 50 20410 -58.9 275 39 504.7 20 44 21210 -59.9 289 28 521.0 21 42 21502 -58.7 277 30 531.0 22 35 22638 -62.3 240 19 550.0 23 32 23192 -61.7 231 33 565.9 24 30 23590 -63.5 250 39 571.5 25 29 23798 -63.7 252 38 576.5 26 23 25230 -59.7 268 40 627.8 27 21 25797 -60.3 253 38 642.6 28 20 26100 -60.5 265 39 651.0 29 19 26418 -60.5 263 40 660.6 30 17 27106 -61.7 264 27 678.1 31 16 27480 -61.5 253 38 690.6 32 14 28297 -65.1 245 43 705.3 33 12 29239 -62.5 279 53 746.3 34 10 30360 -62.9 260 50 784.8 35 9.7 30548 -62.7 792.4 36 8.7 31217 -63.5 814.3 37 8.2 31581 -62.9 830.6 TRP 257 9945 -54.9 280 107 321.9 WND 295 9059 -49.9 275 128 316.5 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5264.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: -nan % Est. max temperature: 2.27 C = 36.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.76 mb = 929.39 m = 3049.15 ft T: -10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10271.84 C Layer 925.0-2128654499840.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): None Cap Strength: -9725.85 C Lifted Index: 30.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 33.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.86 C Showalter Index: 25.44 C Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 407484.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 902.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 304895.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 263.05 C Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 288 at 33 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 993 190 240 3 2.6 1.5 | 112 31 -28.9 11.5 1 978 305 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 123 29 -24.6 15.8 2 941 610 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 141 29 -18.7 22.8 3 925 742 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 141 26 -16.7 20.4 4 905 914 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 141 21 -13.6 16.5 5 869 1219 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 125 22 -17.7 12.5 6 850 1393 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 136 16 -11.5 11.8 7 836 1524 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 144 19 -11.2 15.5 8 803 1829 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 151 16 -7.8 14.2 9 772 2134 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 151 16 -7.8 14.2 10 742 2438 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 187 19 2.3 19.1 11 713 2743 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 205 23 10.1 21.2 12 700 2881 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 207 24 11.0 21.4 13 685 3048 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 197 21 6.2 20.1 14 657 3353 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 222 19 12.4 13.9 15 631 3658 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 229 22 16.4 14.2 16 606 3962 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 242 33 29.3 15.4 17 582 4267 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 234 35 28.6 20.6 18 558 4572 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 226 37 26.5 25.6 19 536 4877 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 223 44 29.6 32.3 20 500 5400 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 241 46 40.4 22.7 21 494 5486 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 240 45 39.4 22.5 22 474 5791 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 239 44 37.5 22.2 23 454 6096 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 242 49 43.4 23.2 24 435 6401 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 241 47 41.4 22.9 25 417 6706 260 86 84.7 14.9 | 245 59 53.2 25.0 26 400 7010 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 250 49 46.2 16.8 27 400 7010 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 250 50 47.2 16.9 28 365 7620 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 259 52 50.5 10.0 29 349 7925 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 260 58 57.5 10.0 30 305 8839 280 125 123.1 -21.7 | 277 92 91.6 -11.7 31 300 8950 275 128 127.5 -11.2 | 271 96 96.1 -1.1 32 295 9059 275 128 127.5 -11.2 | 271 96 96.1 -1.1 33 291 9144 275 128 127.5 -11.2 | 271 96 96.1 -1.1 34 265 9754 280 111 109.3 -19.3 | 277 78 77.9 -9.2 35 257 9945 280 107 105.4 -18.6 | 277 74 73.9 -8.5 36 252 10058 280 107 105.4 -18.6 | 277 74 73.9 -8.5 37 250 10120 280 106 104.4 -18.4 | 277 73 72.9 -8.4 38 230 10668 285 86 83.1 -22.3 | 283 53 51.6 -12.2 39 209 11278 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 266 47 47.2 3.2 40 200 11550 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 259 53 52.5 10.0 41 199 11582 270 93 93.0 -0.0 | 261 62 61.5 10.0 42 190 11887 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 259 53 51.5 10.0 43 181 12192 270 86 86.0 -0.0 | 260 55 54.5 10.0 44 173 12497 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 258 48 46.5 10.0 45 165 12802 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 251 51 48.2 17.0 46 157 13106 270 91 91.0 -0.0 | 260 60 59.5 10.0 47 150 13411 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 252 55 52.2 17.4 48 150 13420 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 250 49 46.2 16.8 49 137 14021 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 245 37 33.3 15.7 50 130 14326 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 243 34 30.3 15.4 51 119 14935 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 233 48 38.1 28.7 52 113 15240 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 234 50 40.0 29.2 53 108 15545 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 247 41 37.3 16.1 54 103 15850 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 245 37 33.3 15.7 55 100 16040 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 226 27 19.7 19.1 56 98 16154 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 225 27 18.8 18.9 57 94 16459 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 230 31 23.7 19.8 58 89 16764 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 230 31 23.7 19.8 59 85 17069 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 251 31 29.5 10.0 60 81 17374 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 268 22 21.7 0.7 61 77 17678 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 260 13 12.9 2.2 62 74 17983 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 48 5 -3.4 -3.1 63 70 18288 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 127 17 -13.5 10.0 64 70 18310 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 138 26 -17.5 19.8 65 67 18593 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 143 28 -16.9 22.3 66 64 18898 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 141 28 -17.7 21.6 67 61 19202 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 158 27 -10.2 25.0 68 58 19507 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 162 30 -9.2 28.7 69 50 20410 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 228 10 7.4 6.6 70 50 20422 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 215 28 15.9 22.7 71 45 21031 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 58 5 -4.3 -2.6 72 43 21336 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 118 7 -6.3 3.3 73 41 21641 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 189 10 1.5 10.0 74 39 21946 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 109 21 -19.9 6.9 75 37 22250 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 112 24 -22.5 9.3 76 35 22555 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 142 25 -15.0 19.5 77 34 22860 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 147 24 -13.3 20.5 78 32 23165 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 167 31 -6.9 30.6 79 31 23470 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 189 31 4.9 31.0 80 30 23590 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 193 24 5.2 23.4 81 28 24079 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 192 20 4.3 19.6 82 26 24384 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 188 27 3.9 26.5 83 24 24994 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 224 26 17.8 18.7 84 23 25298 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 209 11 5.5 10.0 85 22 25603 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 187 26 3.0 26.1 86 20 26100 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 209 15 7.4 13.4 87 20 26213 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 224 14 9.5 10.0 88 19 26518 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 202 18 6.9 16.8 89 18 26822 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 202 22 8.1 20.7 90 17 27127 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 156 14 -5.6 12.3 91 16 27432 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 197 21 6.2 20.1 92 15 27737 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 178 28 -1.2 27.5 93 15 28042 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 185 26 2.1 25.7 94 14 28346 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 196 30 8.4 28.6 95 13 28956 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 226 27 19.7 19.1 96 12 29261 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 268 21 20.7 0.8 97 11 29566 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 247 26 23.5 10.0 98 11 29870 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 255 21 20.3 5.5 99 10 30360 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 224 26 17.8 18.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 6.6 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.2 neg: -46.1 tot: 209.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 410.52 Bulk Rich Number: 2695.61 Bulk Shear: 151.17 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 228 12 130 29| 0.0 15.5 15.5|114.9 0.0 114.9 229.9 0.90| 16.9 15.3 1000 239 15 134 26| 4.4 7.7 12.1|115.5 -30.2 85.3 85.3 0.35| 14.1 4.9 1500 247 16 135 23| 2.9 7.8 10.7|148.0 -30.2 117.8 78.5 0.43| 13.1 5.6 2000 251 18 138 21| 2.4 5.8 8.2|161.2 -30.2 131.0 65.5 0.46| 10.8 5.0 2500 253 22 147 20| 1.9 7.9 9.8|230.9 -30.2 200.6 80.3 0.58| 11.9 6.9 3000 254 25 156 19| 2.1 6.6 8.7|255.2 -46.1 209.1 69.7 0.53| 11.5 6.1 4000 258 32 179 17| 2.5 6.5 9.0|332.7 -74.7 258.0 64.5 0.49| 11.9 5.8 5000 257 38 197 20| 2.7 5.6 8.3|427.5-157.4 270.1 54.0 0.39| 11.8 4.6 6000 258 44 211 23| 2.7 5.0 7.7|518.3-168.3 350.1 58.3 0.40| 11.1 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251221.00.gif