UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:1200Z 22 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 170 310 11 SFC 997 190 -10.9 -14.4 75 3.5 -11.7 310 11 262.5 262.7 261.6 265.9 1.25 2 989 252 -12.1 -19.1 56 7.0 -13.4 305 17 261.9 262.0 260.4 264.2 0.85 3 985 283 -12.3 -19.3 56 7.0 -13.6 302 21 262.0 262.1 260.5 264.3 0.84 4 930 721 -16.3 -19.8 74 3.5 -16.9 314 27 262.2 262.4 260.7 264.6 0.85 5 925 762 -16.7 -20.2 74 3.5 -17.3 315 28 262.2 262.4 260.6 264.5 0.83 6 880 1134 -20.1 -22.3 83 2.2 -20.4 329 29 262.5 262.6 260.6 264.5 0.73 7 850 1390 -21.9 -24.2 82 2.3 -22.2 330 30 263.2 263.3 261.0 265.0 0.63 8 845 1433 -22.1 -24.5 81 2.4 -22.4 330 29 263.4 263.5 261.2 265.2 0.62 9 837 1503 -22.5 -24.8 81 2.3 -22.8 330 28 263.7 263.8 261.3 265.5 0.61 10 828 1583 -19.3 -21.2 85 1.9 -19.6 331 28 267.9 268.1 264.8 270.3 0.85 11 819 1664 -18.9 -21.4 81 2.5 -19.3 332 27 269.2 269.3 265.7 271.6 0.84 12 787 1960 -20.1 -24.0 71 3.9 -20.7 331 26 271.0 271.1 266.7 273.0 0.70 13 759 2229 -20.5 -24.9 68 4.4 -21.2 325 27 273.4 273.5 268.2 275.3 0.67 14 729 2526 -21.9 -26.9 64 5.0 -22.6 324 26 275.0 275.1 269.1 276.7 0.58 15 700 2824 -23.1 -27.9 65 4.8 -23.7 325 25 276.9 277.0 270.2 278.6 0.55 16 690 2929 -23.3 -27.9 66 4.6 -23.9 327 25 277.8 277.9 270.8 279.5 0.56 17 666 3187 -24.7 -29.7 63 5.0 -25.3 324 23 279.1 279.2 271.5 280.6 0.49 18 645 3418 -26.5 -31.5 63 5.0 -27.1 314 22 279.6 279.7 271.7 280.9 0.43 19 637 3508 -26.9 -31.9 63 5.0 -27.5 313 21 280.2 280.2 272.0 281.4 0.41 20 596 3985 -29.3 -39.3 37 10.0 -30.1 310 31 282.7 282.8 273.1 283.4 0.21 21 546 4605 -32.1 -46.1 24 14.0 -33.0 320 22 286.6 286.6 275.1 287.0 0.11 22 503 5179 -36.1 -48.1 28 12.0 -36.7 320 13 288.5 288.5 276.1 288.9 0.10 23 500 5220 -36.5 -48.5 28 12.0 -37.1 320 13 288.5 288.6 276.0 288.9 0.09 24 433 6208 -42.7 -56.7 20 14.0 -43.1 273 25 292.8 292.8 278.1 292.9 0.04 25 404 6674 -46.5 -56.5 31 10.0 -46.7 289 23 293.7 293.7 278.6 293.9 0.05 26 400 6740 -47.1 -57.1 31 10.0 -47.3 290 21 293.8 293.8 278.6 293.9 0.04 27 383 7024 -49.7 -58.7 34 9.0 -49.9 290 20 294.0 294.0 278.7 294.2 0.04 28 372 7214 -50.5 -60.5 30 10.0 -50.7 285 25 295.4 295.4 279.3 295.5 0.03 29 363 7373 -50.9 -60.9 30 10.0 -51.1 281 27 297.0 297.0 280.0 297.1 0.03 30 306 8497 -43.9 -58.9 17 15.0 -44.4 266 37 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.04 31 302 8585 -43.5 -58.5 18 15.0 -44.0 260 37 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.6 0.05 32 300 8630 -43.5 -58.5 18 15.0 -44.0 255 36 324.0 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.05 33 274 9240 -44.9 -61.9 13 17.0 -45.4 250 33 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.03 34 250 9860 -41.3 -61.3 10 20.0 -42.2 250 40 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.04 35 249 9887 -41.3 -62.3 9 21.0 -42.2 251 40 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.04 36 221 10691 -44.1 -66.1 7 22.0 -44.9 255 44 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 37 208 11097 -43.9 -66.9 6 23.0 -44.7 258 50 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.02 38 205 11195 -43.9 -66.9 6 23.0 -44.7 256 52 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.02 39 200 11360 -44.5 -67.5 6 23.0 -45.3 255 55 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.02 40 199 11394 -44.5 -68.5 5 24.0 -45.3 255 55 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.02 41 195 11530 -44.7 -68.7 5 24.0 -45.5 255 54 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.02 42 192 11634 -44.3 -69.3 5 25.0 -45.2 255 54 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.02 43 153 13140 -49.7 -77.7 2 28.0 -50.3 253 42 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.01 44 150 13270 -50.7 -78.7 2 28.0 -51.3 245 45 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.01 45 144 13534 -52.3 -80.3 2 28.0 -52.8 245 47 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 46 143 13579 -52.3 -81.3 2 29.0 -52.8 245 48 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 47 138 13809 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.0 -53.0 247 50 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 48 135 13951 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 249 51 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 49 129 14243 -53.7 -83.7 1 30.0 -54.2 254 58 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 50 128 14293 -53.8 -83.8 1 30.0 -54.2 255 59 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 51 126 14394 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -54.4 255 59 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 52 120 14706 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -54.8 257 55 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 53 115 14978 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.4 264 43 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 54 112 15147 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.4 258 38 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 55 107 15438 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.0 258 37 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 56 104 15619 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -55.6 261 38 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 57 100 15870 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -54.7 265 48 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 58 94 16269 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -54.0 268 55 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 59 92 16408 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -53.5 270 57 436.2 436.2 309.5 436.2 0.00 60 74 17800 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.8 231 31 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 61 73 17886 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.0 228 33 453.8 453.8 311.2 453.8 0.00 62 72 17973 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.2 225 36 455.1 455.1 311.3 455.1 0.00 63 70 18150 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.0 235 46 459.2 459.2 311.7 459.2 0.00 64 67 18425 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.5 237 41 466.3 466.3 312.3 466.3 0.00 65 62 18913 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.9 260 34 475.9 475.9 313.1 475.9 0.00 66 58 19336 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.0 265 34 492.3 492.3 314.4 492.3 0.00 67 56 19561 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -54.6 264 41 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.01 68 50 20280 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.6 235 22 504.7 504.7 315.3 504.7 0.00 69 47 20666 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 235 22 506.5 506.5 315.4 506.5 0.00 70 41 21505 -64.7 -91.7 1 27.0 -65.1 230 25 519.7 519.7 316.3 519.7 0.00 TRP 372 7214 -50.5 -60.5 30 10.0 -50.7 285 25 295.4 295.4 279.3 295.5 0.03 WND 128 14293 -53.8 -83.8 1 30.0 -54.2 255 59 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5050.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.69 % Est. max temperature: -10.03 C = 13.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.43 mb = 620.02 m = 2034.16 ft T: -15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 1.65 C Layer 989.0- 985.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.86 mb = 1211.03 m = 3973.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.85 g/kg Conv temperature: -10.68 C = 12.77 F Cap Strength: 19.84 C Lifted Index: 19.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 42.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.92 C Showalter Index: 19.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.60 C Cross Totals Index: 12.30 C K Index: -14.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43636.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.99 mb = 1150.84 m = 3775.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 346 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 190 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 201 11 4.1 10.3 1 982 305 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 249 17 15.6 5.9 2 944 610 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 265 15 14.8 1.3 3 925 762 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 279 16 15.4 -2.4 4 906 914 325 29 16.6 -23.8 | 297 14 12.3 -6.4 5 870 1219 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 307 13 10.1 -7.7 6 850 1390 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 309 14 10.6 -8.6 7 835 1524 330 28 14.0 -24.2 | 305 12 9.6 -6.8 8 801 1829 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 313 9 6.6 -6.2 9 769 2134 325 27 15.5 -22.1 | 293 12 11.1 -4.7 10 738 2438 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 290 11 10.6 -3.9 11 708 2743 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 284 13 13.0 -3.3 12 700 2824 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 287 10 10.0 -3.1 13 678 3048 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 294 8 7.6 -3.4 14 650 3353 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 261 11 11.2 1.8 15 623 3658 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 247 12 11.0 4.5 16 597 3962 310 31 23.7 -19.9 | 277 20 19.4 -2.5 17 572 4267 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 272 17 17.1 -0.6 18 548 4572 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 267 10 9.8 0.6 19 525 4877 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 262 9 9.1 1.3 20 503 5182 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 208 8 4.0 7.4 21 500 5220 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 208 8 4.0 7.4 22 440 6096 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 228 26 19.6 17.4 23 420 6401 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 240 26 22.2 12.7 24 402 6706 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 239 19 16.3 9.9 25 400 6740 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 236 18 15.4 10.2 26 384 7010 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 234 18 14.4 10.6 27 372 7214 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 241 23 19.8 10.9 28 350 7620 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 241 30 26.5 14.7 29 334 7925 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 238 33 27.6 17.4 30 319 8230 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 236 31 25.6 17.4 31 304 8534 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 238 39 33.5 20.7 32 300 8630 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 229 40 30.4 26.7 33 291 8839 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 219 40 24.6 30.9 34 278 9144 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 219 40 24.6 30.9 35 266 9449 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 231 37 29.1 23.3 36 254 9754 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 232 46 36.2 28.3 37 250 9860 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 227 46 33.2 31.1 38 243 10058 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 232 45 35.2 28.0 39 232 10363 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 231 44 34.3 27.8 40 222 10668 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 233 48 38.1 28.8 41 212 10973 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 239 49 41.9 25.6 42 202 11278 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 237 57 47.8 31.4 43 200 11360 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 237 58 48.8 31.6 44 193 11582 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 237 57 47.8 31.4 45 185 11887 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 236 54 44.9 30.6 46 176 12192 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 236 55 45.9 30.9 47 169 12497 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 240 53 45.9 26.3 48 154 13106 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 232 45 35.2 28.0 49 150 13270 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 225 52 36.4 36.4 50 140 13716 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 226 55 40.1 38.1 51 134 14021 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 232 57 44.5 35.2 52 128 14293 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 238 62 52.6 32.7 53 127 14326 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 238 62 52.6 32.7 54 121 14630 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 238 62 52.6 32.7 55 116 14935 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 242 45 39.5 21.2 56 110 15240 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 229 40 30.4 26.7 57 105 15545 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 233 40 32.1 23.8 58 100 15850 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 240 41 35.5 20.9 59 100 15870 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 244 49 43.5 21.6 60 91 16459 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 252 56 53.6 17.4 61 87 16764 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 253 45 42.5 13.3 62 83 17069 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 244 40 35.6 17.4 63 75 17678 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 209 38 18.6 33.5 64 72 17983 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 206 48 21.1 42.9 65 70 18150 235 46 37.7 26.4 | 217 55 33.3 43.8 66 68 18288 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 212 53 28.6 45.0 67 62 18898 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 231 37 29.1 23.3 68 59 19202 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 229 30 22.5 19.8 69 56 19507 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 241 44 38.5 21.2 70 54 19812 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 229 35 26.2 22.8 71 50 20280 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 204 33 13.7 30.0 72 44 20726 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 204 33 13.7 30.0 73 41 21031 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 204 37 14.8 33.5 74 38 21336 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 215 41 23.4 33.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 345.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: -22.7 tot: 78.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 2.36 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 306 23 254 15| 16.1 0.0 16.1| 60.5 0.0 60.5 120.9 0.93| 19.1 17.8 1000 316 26 274 14| 9.8 0.0 9.8| 92.9 0.0 92.9 92.9 0.94| 14.2 13.3 1500 321 27 285 13| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 96.6 -1.9 94.6 63.1 0.82| 11.1 9.1 2000 323 27 289 12| 4.4 0.9 5.4| 97.7 -11.9 85.8 42.9 0.62| 9.7 6.0 2500 324 27 289 12| 3.6 1.1 4.7| 97.7 -16.7 81.0 32.4 0.54| 8.3 4.5 3000 324 26 289 12| 2.5 1.0 3.4|101.1 -22.7 78.4 26.1 0.43| 8.1 3.5 4000 321 26 283 12| 1.9 1.7 3.5|129.1 -42.2 86.9 21.7 0.33| 8.4 2.8 5000 320 25 279 12| 1.5 1.2 2.7|129.1 -66.4 62.7 12.5 0.14| 8.5 1.2 6000 316 24 269 12| 1.2 2.6 3.8|152.5 -76.3 76.1 12.7 0.15| 8.9 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251222.12.gif