UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:1200Z 24 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 152 80 5 SFC 995 190 -13.5 -16.2 80 2.7 -14.0 80 5 260.0 260.2 259.4 262.9 1.08 2 987 251 -14.1 -21.1 55 7.0 -15.3 77 7 260.0 260.1 258.7 262.0 0.72 3 953 516 -16.3 -21.3 65 5.0 -17.1 96 11 260.4 260.5 259.0 262.4 0.73 4 925 742 -13.9 -16.7 79 2.8 -14.5 145 13 265.1 265.3 263.3 268.2 1.12 5 906 899 -14.9 -18.5 74 3.6 -15.6 131 12 265.6 265.8 263.5 268.4 0.98 6 897 975 -14.5 -18.2 73 3.7 -15.2 122 13 266.8 267.0 264.4 269.7 1.02 7 872 1190 -11.5 -13.5 85 2.0 -12.0 94 15 272.1 272.4 269.0 276.4 1.54 8 863 1270 -11.3 -13.4 84 2.1 -11.8 79 13 273.1 273.4 269.7 277.5 1.57 9 855 1341 -11.5 -14.0 82 2.5 -12.1 64 11 273.6 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396.3 304.7 396.3 0.01 51 123 14407 -53.7 -80.7 2 27.0 -54.2 295 68 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 52 122 14459 -53.7 -80.7 2 27.0 -54.2 295 66 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.6 0.00 53 120 14565 -53.7 -81.7 2 28.0 -54.2 295 61 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 54 115 14838 -53.5 -82.5 2 29.0 -54.1 293 59 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 55 111 15065 -53.9 -82.9 2 29.0 -54.5 291 61 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 56 104 15481 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.4 290 67 416.9 416.9 307.3 417.0 0.00 57 100 15730 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -56.4 285 65 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 58 97 15924 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -56.4 285 66 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 59 94 16124 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.1 285 63 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 60 93 16192 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -55.9 286 63 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 61 82 16988 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -58.9 283 70 438.9 438.9 309.8 438.9 0.00 62 79 17222 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.3 280 67 440.7 440.7 310.0 440.7 0.00 63 76 17464 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -59.9 277 64 446.5 446.5 310.5 446.5 0.00 64 71 17891 -58.1 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0.00 78 37 21938 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.6 255 71 536.7 536.7 317.3 536.7 0.00 79 36 22106 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.8 255 64 540.4 540.4 317.5 540.4 0.00 80 36 22106 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.8 255 64 540.4 540.4 317.5 540.4 0.00 81 31 23027 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -62.3 266 64 571.6 571.6 319.2 571.6 0.01 82 30 23230 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.8 255 68 575.3 575.3 319.5 575.4 0.01 83 29 23439 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -63.2 255 67 579.8 579.9 319.6 579.9 0.01 84 27 23880 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -63.1 258 70 592.4 592.4 320.3 592.4 0.01 85 26 24112 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -63.3 259 70 598.2 598.2 320.5 598.3 0.01 86 24 24606 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -62.6 250 66 614.4 614.4 321.3 614.5 0.01 87 22 25143 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.7 255 71 626.3 626.3 321.7 626.4 0.01 88 20 25730 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -63.5 260 72 644.9 644.9 322.5 644.9 0.01 89 20 25730 -62.3 -86.3 3 24.0 -63.3 260 72 645.5 645.5 322.5 645.6 0.01 90 20 25730 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -63.5 260 72 644.9 644.9 322.5 644.9 0.01 91 19 26047 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -63.3 256 71 655.0 655.0 322.9 655.1 0.01 TRP 293 8828 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 245 32 306.1 306.1 283.8 306.2 0.02 WND 128 14151 -53.0 -79.2 3 26.1 -53.5 295 72 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5138.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.56 % Est. max temperature: 1.21 C = 34.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.42 mb = 521.01 m = 1709.32 ft T: -16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 987.0- 953.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.83 mb = 3756.12 m = 12323.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.17 C = 53.90 F Cap Strength: 21.60 C Lifted Index: 21.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 28.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.25 C Showalter Index: 10.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 5.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 20.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61553.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.56 mb = 1124.41 m = 3688.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 at 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 190 80 5 -4.9 -0.9 | 97 10 -9.8 1.3 1 980 305 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 90 13 -12.6 0.1 2 941 610 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 108 18 -17.5 5.5 3 925 742 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 136 18 -12.4 12.8 4 904 914 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 125 17 -14.1 9.9 5 869 1219 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 96 20 -19.9 2.2 6 850 1386 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 76 13 -12.3 -3.0 7 835 1524 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 55 9 -7.6 -5.4 8 802 1829 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 28 3 -1.5 -2.8 9 770 2134 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 66 3 -2.9 -1.3 10 740 2438 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 245 2 2.0 0.9 11 711 2743 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 298 3 2.4 -1.2 12 700 2862 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 278 7 6.7 -1.0 13 682 3048 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 278 7 6.7 -1.0 14 654 3353 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 234 5 4.1 2.9 15 627 3658 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 177 6 -0.3 6.0 16 601 3962 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 134 6 -4.2 4.0 17 576 4267 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 134 6 -4.2 4.0 18 552 4572 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 107 6 -5.8 1.8 19 529 4877 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 80 10 -9.5 -1.7 20 508 5182 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 341 1 0.3 -0.8 21 500 5290 275 2 2.0 -0.2 | 124 4 -2.9 2.0 22 486 5486 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 132 4 -3.0 2.7 23 445 6096 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 204 11 4.3 9.9 24 425 6401 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 193 14 3.1 13.6 25 407 6706 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 182 10 0.3 9.5 26 400 6820 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 206 12 5.1 10.5 27 388 7010 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 209 10 4.9 9.0 28 371 7315 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 204 14 5.7 12.8 29 353 7620 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 257 9 9.1 2.2 30 337 7925 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 227 19 14.2 13.2 31 322 8230 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 237 17 13.9 9.0 32 300 8680 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 231 26 20.2 16.7 33 293 8828 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 237 29 24.1 15.7 34 292 8839 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 237 29 24.1 15.7 35 279 9144 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 237 28 23.2 15.3 36 266 9449 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 254 30 28.6 8.1 37 253 9754 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 289 24 22.4 -7.8 38 250 9830 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 289 27 25.2 -8.8 39 241 10058 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 283 31 29.9 -7.2 40 230 10363 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 289 37 34.6 -12.2 41 220 10668 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 284 37 35.7 -8.7 42 209 10973 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 295 45 40.4 -19.0 43 200 11270 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 295 45 40.4 -19.0 44 200 11278 290 47 44.2 -16.1 | 290 42 39.3 -13.9 45 191 11582 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 295 48 43.1 -20.2 46 173 12192 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 284 46 44.4 -11.0 47 165 12497 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 295 44 39.5 -18.6 48 158 12802 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 301 49 41.9 -24.8 49 151 13106 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 290 45 42.1 -14.9 50 150 13130 290 56 52.6 -19.2 | 290 51 47.7 -17.0 51 144 13411 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 290 60 56.2 -20.1 52 137 13716 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 290 59 55.2 -19.7 53 131 14021 290 61 57.3 -20.9 | 290 56 52.4 -18.7 54 128 14151 295 72 65.3 -30.4 | 295 67 60.4 -28.3 55 125 14326 295 72 65.3 -30.4 | 295 67 60.4 -28.3 56 119 14630 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 295 53 47.7 -22.4 57 108 15240 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 290 57 53.4 -19.1 58 103 15545 290 68 63.9 -23.3 | 290 63 59.0 -21.1 59 100 15730 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 284 60 57.9 -14.7 60 98 15850 285 67 64.7 -17.3 | 284 62 59.8 -15.2 61 93 16154 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 284 58 56.0 -14.2 62 89 16459 290 63 59.2 -21.5 | 290 58 54.3 -19.4 63 85 16764 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 284 68 65.6 -16.7 64 73 17678 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 273 56 55.9 -3.2 65 70 17980 280 72 70.9 -12.5 | 279 67 66.0 -10.4 66 70 17983 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 274 72 71.8 -4.6 67 67 18288 280 71 69.9 -12.3 | 279 66 65.0 -10.2 68 63 18593 280 72 70.9 -12.5 | 279 67 66.0 -10.4 69 60 18898 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 263 60 59.9 7.8 70 58 19202 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 268 63 63.1 2.2 71 55 19507 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 262 57 56.9 7.6 72 52 19812 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 262 58 57.9 7.6 73 50 20080 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 279 64 63.1 -9.8 74 50 20117 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 279 64 63.1 -9.8 75 47 20422 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 279 64 63.1 -9.8 76 45 20726 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 268 59 59.1 2.2 77 41 21336 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 257 59 57.1 13.1 78 39 21641 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 252 61 57.9 19.0 79 37 21946 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 252 67 63.7 20.5 80 35 22250 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 251 53 50.2 16.9 81 32 22860 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 273 55 54.9 -3.1 82 30 23230 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 252 64 60.8 19.8 83 29 23470 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 252 63 59.8 19.5 84 26 24079 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 257 67 65.0 14.5 85 25 24384 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 246 59 54.3 23.7 86 24 24689 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 247 63 58.1 25.1 87 23 24994 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 247 71 65.6 27.8 88 21 25298 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 257 62 60.1 13.6 89 20 25603 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 263 59 58.9 7.7 90 20 25730 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 257 68 66.0 14.7 91 19 25908 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 252 67 63.7 20.5 92 17 26213 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 258 69 67.0 14.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.6 neg: -108.5 tot: -49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 38.32 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 96 10 102 15| 10.8 0.0 10.8| 44.4 -3.5 40.9 81.9 0.56| 16.1 9.0 1000 111 11 112 17| 5.4 4.4 9.8| 56.4 -56.1 0.3 0.3 0.01| 15.2 0.2 1500 95 11 101 16| 3.6 6.4 10.0| 56.4-101.9 -45.4 -30.3 -0.26| 16.7 -4.3 2000 85 10 95 14| 2.7 4.5 7.2| 57.8-102.9 -45.1 -22.6 -0.22| 13.9 -3.1 2500 77 9 91 14| 2.2 4.2 6.4| 58.6-103.8 -45.1 -18.1 -0.24| 12.4 -2.9 3000 44 9 68 12| 1.8 3.9 5.7| 58.6-108.5 -49.9 -16.6 -0.26| 11.5 -3.0 4000 314 8 343 4| 1.3 1.6 2.9| 58.6-126.5 -67.9 -17.0 -0.37| 10.2 -3.8 5000 345 7 31 6| 1.1 1.9 3.0| 58.6-149.5 -90.9 -18.2 -0.44| 10.3 -4.5 6000 264 7 217 4| 0.9 1.6 2.5| 66.4-151.4 -85.0 -14.2 -0.28| 10.1 -2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KCAR/skewt/KCAR.skewt.20251224.12.gif