UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025123000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 DEC 25 Searching for KCAR... Searching the city database file for: KCAR ... Date:0000Z 30 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 -83 SFC 966 190 -1.9 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 110 6 273.9 274.5 272.9 283.0 3.31 2 961 232 -2.5 -4.7 85 2.2 -3.3 105 8 273.7 274.2 272.0 281.4 2.80 3 945 366 -2.9 -4.7 87 1.8 -3.6 106 16 274.7 275.1 272.6 282.5 2.85 4 937 434 -2.5 -3.9 90 1.4 -3.0 117 21 275.7 276.2 273.5 284.2 3.05 5 929 502 -2.5 -3.6 92 1.1 -2.9 129 26 276.4 276.9 274.0 285.1 3.15 6 925 537 -2.5 -3.7 91 1.2 -3.0 135 28 276.8 277.3 274.2 285.4 3.14 7 921 571 -2.5 -3.7 91 1.2 -3.0 135 30 277.1 277.6 274.5 285.8 3.15 8 907 693 -2.5 -3.8 91 1.3 -3.0 141 39 278.3 278.9 275.2 287.2 3.18 9 895 799 -1.7 -2.5 94 0.8 -2.0 148 46 280.2 280.8 276.7 290.1 3.55 10 850 1212 1.0 0.4 96 0.6 0.7 175 48 287.2 288.0 281.5 300.4 4.63 11 832 1385 1.8 1.2 96 0.6 1.5 167 46 289.8 290.7 283.1 304.2 5.02 12 817 1531 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 160 43 291.1 292.0 283.7 305.6 5.04 13 803 1671 1.8 1.3 96 0.5 1.5 165 40 292.8 293.7 284.5 308.0 5.24 14 769 2020 0.6 0.0 96 0.6 0.3 179 27 295.1 296.0 285.2 309.7 4.98 15 757 2146 0.8 0.3 96 0.5 0.5 186 22 296.7 297.6 286.0 311.9 5.17 16 722 2526 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 211 24 299.1 299.9 286.6 313.7 4.93 17 700 2773 -1.5 -2.3 94 0.8 -1.9 210 21 300.8 301.7 287.0 314.7 4.62 18 630 3605 -5.5 -7.8 84 2.3 -6.4 219 28 305.5 306.1 287.4 315.9 3.37 19 625 3668 -5.9 -8.1 84 2.2 -6.8 220 29 305.7 306.3 287.4 316.0 3.32 20 619 3743 -6.5 -8.9 83 2.4 -7.5 219 28 305.9 306.4 287.3 315.7 3.15 21 603 3947 -7.7 -9.9 84 2.2 -8.5 216 26 306.8 307.3 287.5 316.2 2.99 22 576 4302 -9.7 -12.1 83 2.4 -10.6 215 26 308.5 309.0 287.7 316.8 2.62 23 565 4450 -10.7 -12.7 85 2.0 -11.4 218 28 309.0 309.5 287.8 317.1 2.55 24 550 4657 -11.9 -14.3 82 2.4 -12.7 217 29 310.0 310.4 287.9 317.4 2.30 25 516 5142 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.4 192 38 312.3 312.7 288.3 318.6 1.92 26 500 5380 -16.3 -18.7 82 2.4 -17.0 190 40 313.2 313.5 288.4 318.9 1.75 27 492 5501 -17.1 -19.5 82 2.4 -17.8 190 39 313.6 314.0 288.5 319.1 1.66 28 429 6515 -25.1 -27.8 78 2.7 -25.6 212 44 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.1 0.91 29 418 6703 -26.5 -29.3 77 2.8 -27.0 215 45 316.5 316.7 288.5 319.3 0.81 30 400 7020 -28.9 -32.3 72 3.4 -29.4 215 40 317.4 317.6 288.6 319.7 0.64 31 371 7553 -32.7 -36.2 71 3.5 -33.1 206 39 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.47 32 363 7706 -33.7 -37.1 71 3.4 -34.1 204 41 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.5 0.44 33 356 7842 -34.9 -38.4 70 3.5 -35.3 202 44 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.39 34 341 8141 -37.3 -40.6 71 3.3 -37.6 200 48 320.8 320.9 289.3 322.0 0.32 35 316 8661 -41.9 -45.6 67 3.7 -42.1 204 53 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.20 36 305 8899 -43.9 -47.3 69 3.4 -44.1 208 57 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.6 0.18 37 300 9010 -44.9 -48.3 69 3.4 -45.1 205 58 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.16 38 298 9055 -45.3 -48.8 68 3.5 -45.4 205 58 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.15 39 287 9305 -47.5 -51.3 65 3.8 -47.7 208 64 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.12 40 282 9420 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.6 209 68 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.11 41 273 9633 -50.5 -54.3 64 3.8 -50.6 213 67 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.09 42 257 10024 -54.3 -58.4 61 4.1 -54.4 215 83 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.0 0.06 43 250 10200 -55.9 -59.8 62 3.9 -56.0 215 85 323.0 323.0 289.7 323.2 0.05 44 246 10302 -56.9 -60.7 62 3.8 -57.0 216 86 323.0 323.0 289.7 323.1 0.04 45 232 10671 -59.3 -63.3 60 4.0 -59.3 220 89 324.8 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.03 46 231 10698 -59.3 -63.3 60 4.0 -59.3 220 90 325.2 325.2 290.3 325.3 0.03 47 229 10752 -59.1 -62.9 61 3.8 -59.2 221 93 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.04 48 225 10863 -59.3 -62.7 65 3.4 -59.3 222 97 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.04 49 211 11262 -62.5 -66.3 60 3.8 -62.6 225 115 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 50 208 11350 -63.1 -66.9 60 3.8 -63.1 225 117 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 51 203 11499 -64.1 -68.0 59 3.9 -64.1 225 112 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 52 201 11559 -64.3 -68.6 55 4.3 -64.3 225 116 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.02 53 200 11590 -63.9 -68.8 51 4.9 -64.0 225 107 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.02 54 167 12724 -54.3 -64.3 28 10.0 -54.6 226 52 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.3 0.04 55 151 13368 -56.5 -68.5 21 12.0 -56.8 211 50 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.03 56 150 13410 -56.5 -68.5 21 12.0 -56.8 210 51 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.03 57 126 14507 -60.5 -75.5 12 15.0 -60.7 224 47 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.01 58 124 14607 -60.7 -76.7 10 16.0 -60.9 229 48 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.01 59 122 14708 -60.7 -76.7 10 16.0 -60.9 229 49 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 60 111 15300 -58.1 -76.1 8 18.0 -58.4 220 50 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.01 61 100 15960 -56.7 -76.7 6 20.0 -57.1 255 43 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.01 62 93 16417 -58.5 -79.5 5 21.0 -58.9 255 39 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.01 63 87 16836 -58.9 -80.9 4 22.0 -59.3 239 43 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.8 0.01 64 83 17131 -58.5 -81.5 4 23.0 -58.9 235 51 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.01 65 80 17361 -59.3 -83.3 3 24.0 -59.7 235 57 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.4 0.00 66 76 17684 -57.3 -82.3 3 25.0 -57.8 240 51 451.1 451.1 311.0 451.1 0.01 67 76 17684 -57.3 -82.3 3 25.0 -57.8 240 51 451.1 451.1 311.0 451.1 0.01 68 70 18200 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -60.2 240 42 456.7 456.7 311.5 456.7 0.00 69 56 19576 -64.9 -92.9 1 28.0 -65.2 243 51 474.9 474.9 313.0 474.9 0.00 70 52 20029 -63.3 -93.3 1 30.0 -63.7 261 40 488.8 488.8 314.1 488.8 0.00 71 50 20270 -62.5 -91.5 1 29.0 -62.9 240 36 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 72 43 21193 -65.9 -93.9 1 28.0 -66.2 243 38 509.7 509.7 315.6 509.7 0.00 73 42 21336 -66.5 -94.5 1 28.0 -66.8 244 36 511.7 511.7 315.8 511.7 0.00 74 38 21943 -65.3 -94.3 1 29.0 -65.7 237 40 529.6 529.6 316.9 529.6 0.00 75 37 22106 -64.7 -93.7 1 29.0 -65.1 240 42 535.2 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.00 76 31 23176 -68.7 -95.7 1 27.0 -69.0 246 29 552.2 552.2 318.2 552.2 0.00 77 30 23372 -68.9 247 26 556.8 78 30 23372 -68.7 247 26 557.4 TRP 203 11499 -64.1 -68.0 59 3.9 -64.1 225 112 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 WND 208 11350 -63.1 -66.9 60 3.8 -63.1 225 117 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 866.67 mb = 1059.05 m = 3474.53 ft Freezing level: 738.33 mb = 2348.60 m = 7705.30 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.57 % Est. max temperature: 15.20 C = 59.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.35 mb = 253.66 m = 832.22 ft T: -2.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 961.0- 945.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.55 mb = 227.03 m = 744.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: -2.07 C = 28.27 F Cap Strength: 21.49 C Lifted Index: 21.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.82 C Showalter Index: 12.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.70 C K Index: 16.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39681.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.33 mb = 769.48 m = 2524.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 220 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 966 190 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 52 26 -20.8 -16.4 1 952 305 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 57 32 -27.1 -17.4 2 925 537 135 28 -19.8 19.8 | 92 35 -35.0 1.4 3 917 610 135 33 -23.3 23.3 | 97 39 -38.5 4.9 4 882 914 155 53 -22.4 48.0 | 128 48 -37.6 29.6 5 850 1212 175 48 -4.2 47.8 | 147 35 -19.4 29.4 6 849 1219 175 49 -4.3 48.8 | 147 36 -19.5 30.4 7 818 1524 160 43 -14.7 40.4 | 126 37 -29.9 22.0 8 787 1829 170 36 -6.3 35.5 | 128 27 -21.4 17.0 9 758 2134 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 105 14 -13.3 3.5 10 730 2438 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 127 4 -3.2 2.4 11 703 2743 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 102 2 -2.0 0.4 12 700 2773 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 87 5 -4.7 -0.2 13 676 3048 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 104 6 -5.9 1.5 14 650 3353 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 102 2 -2.0 0.4 15 624 3658 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 222 5 3.4 3.8 16 600 3962 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 174 3 -0.3 2.9 17 577 4267 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 174 3 -0.3 2.9 18 555 4572 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 222 5 3.4 3.8 19 534 4877 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 160 8 -2.9 7.9 20 513 5182 190 39 6.8 38.4 | 157 22 -8.4 20.0 21 500 5380 190 40 6.9 39.4 | 159 23 -8.2 21.0 22 493 5486 190 39 6.8 38.4 | 157 22 -8.4 20.0 23 473 5791 200 43 14.7 40.4 | 179 22 -0.5 22.0 24 454 6096 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 180 14 0.0 14.2 25 435 6401 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 199 21 6.8 19.7 26 417 6706 215 45 25.8 36.9 | 210 21 10.6 18.4 27 401 7010 215 40 22.9 32.8 | 208 16 7.7 14.4 28 400 7020 215 40 22.9 32.8 | 208 16 7.7 14.4 29 383 7315 210 39 19.5 33.8 | 196 16 4.3 15.4 30 367 7620 205 39 16.5 35.3 | 184 17 1.3 16.9 31 351 7925 200 46 15.7 43.2 | 181 25 0.5 24.8 32 321 8534 200 51 17.4 47.9 | 184 30 2.2 29.5 33 307 8839 210 56 28.0 48.5 | 203 33 12.8 30.1 34 300 9010 205 58 24.5 52.6 | 195 35 9.3 34.2 35 294 9144 205 58 24.5 52.6 | 195 35 9.3 34.2 36 280 9449 210 69 34.5 59.8 | 205 46 19.3 41.3 37 268 9754 215 66 37.9 54.1 | 212 42 22.7 35.6 38 255 10058 215 86 49.3 70.4 | 213 62 34.1 52.0 39 250 10200 215 85 48.8 69.6 | 213 61 33.6 51.2 40 232 10668 220 89 57.2 68.2 | 220 65 42.0 49.8 41 210 11278 225 116 82.0 82.0 | 226 92 66.8 63.6 42 208 11350 225 117 82.7 82.7 | 226 93 67.5 64.3 43 203 11499 225 112 79.2 79.2 | 226 88 64.0 60.8 44 200 11582 225 117 82.7 82.7 | 226 93 67.5 64.3 45 200 11590 225 107 75.7 75.7 | 227 83 60.5 57.2 46 191 11887 230 95 72.8 61.1 | 233 72 57.6 42.6 47 182 12192 235 67 54.9 38.4 | 243 44 39.7 20.0 48 157 13106 220 41 26.4 31.4 | 221 17 11.2 13.0 49 150 13410 210 51 25.5 44.2 | 202 28 10.3 25.8 50 143 13716 205 56 23.7 50.8 | 195 33 8.5 32.3 51 136 14021 210 57 28.5 49.4 | 203 34 13.3 30.9 52 130 14326 215 46 26.4 37.7 | 210 22 11.2 19.3 53 124 14630 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 240 25 21.6 12.4 54 118 14935 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 230 26 20.2 16.9 55 112 15240 220 50 32.1 38.3 | 220 26 16.9 19.9 56 107 15545 220 49 31.5 37.5 | 220 25 16.3 19.1 57 102 15850 230 67 51.3 43.1 | 236 44 36.1 24.7 58 100 15960 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 285 27 26.3 -7.3 59 97 16154 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 285 27 26.3 -7.3 60 92 16459 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 292 23 21.5 -8.6 61 88 16764 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 264 20 20.3 2.1 62 84 17069 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 248 28 25.8 10.3 63 80 17374 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 246 35 31.5 14.3 64 72 17983 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 269 26 25.6 0.6 65 70 18200 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 263 21 21.2 2.6 66 69 18288 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 258 27 26.4 5.6 67 66 18593 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 262 22 22.0 3.1 68 62 18898 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 254 20 19.2 5.7 69 59 19202 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 241 23 20.0 11.2 70 57 19507 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 255 32 30.7 8.1 71 51 20117 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 304 27 22.7 -15.1 72 50 20270 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 271 16 16.0 -0.4 73 48 20422 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 282 17 16.5 -3.6 74 45 20726 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 262 22 22.0 3.1 75 41 21031 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 285 16 15.6 -4.0 76 38 21336 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 256 18 17.6 4.5 77 36 21641 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 271 24 23.8 -0.2 78 33 21946 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 294 17 15.8 -7.1 79 31 22250 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 303 12 10.2 -6.6 80 28 22555 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 333 12 5.5 -10.9 81 26 22860 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 333 12 5.5 -10.9 82 24 23165 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 268 12 11.8 0.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.5 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 219.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 657.1 neg: -144.6 tot: 512.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 21.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 110.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 127 21 81 33| 34.2 0.0 34.2|302.9 0.0 302.9 605.8 0.87| 38.7 33.7 1000 149 35 109 35| 23.7 0.0 23.7|643.7 0.0 643.7 643.7 0.86| 37.3 32.2 1500 156 38 118 35| 15.8 3.8 19.6|648.1-110.9 537.2 358.2 0.58| 30.4 17.7 2000 160 36 119 32| 8.5 2.8 11.4|650.2-143.0 507.2 253.6 0.41| 28.3 11.7 2500 166 34 121 27| 7.3 2.3 9.6|655.0-143.6 511.4 204.6 0.39| 24.7 9.6 3000 171 32 123 24| 6.1 2.0 8.1|657.1-144.6 512.5 170.8 0.37| 21.6 8.1 4000 181 30 129 19| 5.5 1.8 7.3|659.6-147.3 512.3 128.1 0.35| 17.7 6.3 5000 187 30 135 16| 4.4 1.9 6.3|662.6-162.9 499.6 99.9 0.27| 16.7 4.5 6000 190 32 143 16| 4.1 1.6 5.7|721.5-165.2 556.3 92.7 0.30| 15.6 4.7 Wrote GIF file: 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