UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for KDDC... Searching the city database file for: KDDC ... Date:1200Z 9 OCT 25 Station: KDDC WMO ident: 72451 Latitude: 37.77 Longitude: -99.97 Elevation: 790.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 931 790 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 180 11 294.7 296.7 290.8 326.9 11.22 2 925 843 15.8 14.5 92 1.3 15.0 190 18 295.5 297.5 291.1 327.9 11.29 3 912 964 16.8 14.4 86 2.4 15.3 198 26 297.7 299.8 291.9 330.7 11.38 4 902 1058 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.2 204 32 298.6 300.7 292.2 331.9 11.43 5 898 1096 18.0 14.1 78 3.9 15.4 207 35 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.5 11.33 6 874 1330 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.1 218 41 303.6 305.6 293.3 335.9 10.83 7 850 1569 17.4 14.2 81 3.2 15.3 225 38 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.3 12.07 8 848 1589 17.2 14.2 83 3.0 15.2 225 38 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.4 12.09 9 817 1906 15.2 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 225 33 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.3 11.60 10 810 1980 15.4 11.0 75 4.4 12.6 230 33 306.5 308.4 293.6 337.3 10.23 11 793 2160 14.6 8.6 67 6.0 10.9 240 30 307.5 309.1 292.9 334.4 8.88 12 789 2202 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.5 240 29 308.1 309.7 292.7 333.9 8.45 13 739 2754 11.0 4.0 62 7.0 7.0 240 24 309.8 311.1 292.0 331.1 6.91 14 735 2799 11.0 2.0 54 9.0 6.0 242 22 310.3 311.4 291.4 329.0 6.02 15 729 2868 10.4 2.4 58 8.0 5.9 245 20 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.7 6.25 16 723 2937 10.2 0.2 50 10.0 4.8 248 18 310.9 311.9 291.0 327.6 5.37 17 713 3053 10.4 -7.6 27 18.0 2.1 253 15 312.4 312.9 289.4 322.1 3.03 18 700 3206 9.4 -9.6 25 19.0 1.0 260 10 312.9 313.4 289.2 321.4 2.63 19 641 3926 2.6 -12.4 32 15.0 -3.4 299 6 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.6 2.30 20 634 4015 1.8 -13.2 32 15.0 -4.1 308 6 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.3 2.18 21 620 4194 0.8 -24.2 13 25.0 -6.7 352 8 314.1 314.3 287.8 317.1 0.87 22 615 4259 0.8 -32.2 6 33.0 -7.5 8 10 314.8 314.9 287.5 316.3 0.42 23 574 4809 -3.5 -33.5 8 30.0 -10.4 354 7 316.0 316.1 287.9 317.5 0.39 24 549 5160 -4.9 -38.9 5 34.0 -11.8 308 8 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.24 25 547 5189 -4.7 -40.7 4 36.0 -11.8 304 8 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.8 0.20 26 523 5540 -6.5 -41.5 4 35.0 -13.1 257 11 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.19 27 500 5890 -9.1 -43.1 4 34.0 -15.0 265 15 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.6 0.17 28 454 6626 -15.1 -40.1 10 25.0 -19.3 254 15 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.26 29 442 6828 -16.1 -46.1 6 30.0 -20.3 262 17 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.14 30 440 6862 -15.9 -50.9 3 35.0 -20.3 265 17 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.08 31 400 7570 -21.7 -50.7 5 29.0 -24.8 300 21 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.09 32 384 7869 -24.5 -50.5 7 26.0 -27.1 302 23 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.10 33 379 7964 -24.1 -56.1 4 32.0 -26.9 303 24 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.05 34 300 9630 -35.5 -62.5 5 27.0 -36.8 295 37 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.03 35 277 10181 -39.3 -64.3 5 25.0 -40.3 286 46 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 36 263 10535 -40.7 -65.7 5 25.0 -41.6 291 57 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 37 250 10880 -41.7 -68.7 4 27.0 -42.6 295 68 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 38 229 11472 -43.6 -71.6 3 28.0 -44.5 285 89 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 39 228 11502 -43.7 -71.7 3 28.0 -44.5 285 89 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 40 200 12370 -50.1 -76.1 3 26.0 -50.6 290 84 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 41 175 13228 -56.7 -79.7 4 23.0 -56.9 298 82 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 42 158 13869 -60.7 -80.7 6 20.0 -60.9 297 70 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 43 150 14190 -62.9 -81.9 6 19.0 -63.0 295 61 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 44 129 15103 -70.1 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.2 287 58 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 45 124 15337 -70.5 -86.5 8 16.0 -70.6 285 60 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 46 122 15434 -69.3 -86.3 7 17.0 -69.4 285 62 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 47 104 16379 -72.7 -84.7 15 12.0 -72.8 310 36 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 48 103 16436 -71.5 -84.5 13 13.0 -71.6 308 33 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 49 100 16610 -72.5 -85.5 12 13.0 -72.5 300 24 387.6 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 50 97 16790 -71.7 -85.7 11 14.0 -71.8 301 23 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 51 87 17430 -73.9 -86.9 12 13.0 -73.9 319 10 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 52 76 18227 -70.9 -88.9 5 18.0 -71.0 316 19 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.7 0.00 53 76 18227 -68.9 -87.9 5 19.0 -69.0 316 19 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.8 0.00 54 75 18307 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 317 17 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 55 70 18720 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 235 5 435.3 435.3 309.4 435.3 0.00 56 63 19351 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.2 250 8 452.1 452.1 311.1 452.1 0.00 57 61 19547 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 254 9 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.00 58 51 20639 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.8 40 12 486.4 486.4 314.0 486.4 0.00 59 50 20760 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.2 60 12 490.5 490.5 314.2 490.6 0.00 60 36 22785 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.2 1 12 553.4 553.4 318.3 553.4 0.00 61 32 23518 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.2 86 12 566.4 566.4 319.0 566.5 0.00 62 30 23920 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.4 325 7 585.7 585.7 319.9 585.7 0.01 63 28 24355 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.1 306 3 601.8 601.8 320.7 601.9 0.01 64 27 24587 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.3 305 5 614.3 614.3 321.2 614.4 0.01 65 25 25081 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.4 305 8 632.0 632.0 322.0 632.1 0.01 66 23 25618 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.8 230 18 646.1 646.1 322.5 646.1 0.01 67 23 25618 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -54.2 230 18 651.9 652.0 322.7 652.0 0.01 68 21 26205 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.8 314 14 663.7 663.7 323.2 663.8 0.01 69 20 26520 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -55.1 300 15 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 70 16 27958 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.9 282 17 714.8 714.8 324.9 714.9 0.01 71 13 29309 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -53.4 256 17 780.0 780.0 326.7 780.2 0.03 72 12 29837 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -53.7 259 23 798.0 798.0 327.2 798.3 0.03 73 10 31048 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.7 269 18 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.04 TRP 104 16379 -72.7 -84.7 15 12.0 -72.8 310 36 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 WND 229 11472 -43.6 -71.6 3 28.0 -44.5 285 89 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.00 m Freezing level: 607.37 mb = 4361.68 m = 14309.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.36 mb = 3366.96 m = 11046.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.05 mb = 926.10 m = 3038.34 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.44 C Layer 723.0- 574.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.49 mb = 2702.68 m = 8866.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 21.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.75 mb = 1723.30 m = 5653.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.75 mb = 4068.90 m = 13349.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 619.75 mb = 4197.63 m = 13771.59 ft B at Equ Level: 44.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.75 mb = 10619.84 m = 34841.56 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 931 790 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 132 17 -13.0 11.6 1 925 843 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 152 21 -9.9 18.4 2 885 1219 215 43 24.7 35.2 | 198 38 11.6 35.9 3 850 1569 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 207 31 13.8 27.5 4 824 1829 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 198 28 8.8 26.7 5 795 2134 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 221 21 13.8 16.1 6 767 2438 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 210 14 6.9 12.1 7 739 2743 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 212 15 7.8 12.6 8 700 3206 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 127 4 -3.2 2.4 9 687 3353 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 139 3 -2.2 2.5 10 661 3658 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 37 5 -3.1 -4.0 11 637 3962 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 78 9 -8.7 -1.9 12 613 4267 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 13 568 4877 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 66 13 -12.0 -5.3 14 526 5486 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 134 5 -3.4 3.2 15 506 5791 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 252 2 2.0 0.6 16 500 5890 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 225 3 1.9 1.9 17 487 6096 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 187 4 0.5 4.3 18 467 6401 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 160 5 -1.8 4.7 19 449 6706 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 207 5 2.4 4.8 20 414 7315 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 324 10 6.0 -8.2 21 400 7570 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 332 11 5.2 -9.9 22 397 7620 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 332 11 5.2 -9.9 23 365 8230 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 330 17 8.3 -14.3 24 321 9144 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 316 21 14.7 -15.4 25 300 9630 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 306 25 20.5 -15.0 26 295 9754 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 306 25 20.5 -15.0 27 282 10058 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 290 29 27.5 -10.2 28 250 10880 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 300 56 48.6 -28.1 29 229 11472 285 89 86.0 -23.0 | 287 76 72.9 -22.4 30 225 11582 285 89 86.0 -23.0 | 287 76 72.9 -22.4 31 200 12370 290 84 78.9 -28.7 | 293 72 65.9 -28.1 32 170 13411 300 82 71.0 -41.0 | 305 71 58.0 -40.4 33 150 14190 295 61 55.3 -25.8 | 301 49 42.3 -25.2 34 132 14935 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 295 45 40.5 -18.9 35 126 15240 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 288 45 43.0 -14.4 36 120 15545 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 288 51 48.8 -15.9 37 108 16154 305 50 41.0 -28.7 | 315 40 27.9 -28.1 38 104 16379 310 36 27.6 -23.1 | 327 27 14.6 -22.5 39 100 16610 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 326 14 7.8 -11.4 40 97 16764 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 326 14 7.8 -11.4 41 88 17374 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 45 11 -8.0 -8.0 42 83 17678 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 85 3 -3.1 -0.2 43 79 17983 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 328 13 6.9 -10.9 44 75 18288 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 6 13 -1.5 -13.2 45 72 18593 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 87 7 -7.1 -0.4 46 70 18720 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 111 10 -8.9 3.5 47 58 19812 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 127 4 -3.2 2.4 48 50 20760 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 77 24 -23.4 -5.4 49 48 21031 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 79 25 -24.8 -4.9 50 46 21336 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 85 20 -19.6 -1.8 51 43 21641 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 46 12 -8.8 -8.4 52 41 21946 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 56 17 -13.9 -9.3 53 39 22250 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 93 13 -13.0 0.6 54 37 22555 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 45 11 -8.0 -8.0 55 36 22860 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 53 19 -15.1 -11.2 56 31 23774 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 103 25 -23.9 5.7 57 30 23920 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 60 10 -9.0 -5.1 58 28 24384 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 84 11 -10.6 -1.1 59 24 25298 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 43 7 -4.8 -5.1 60 23 25603 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 184 12 0.8 12.2 61 22 25908 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 175 9 -0.7 9.2 62 21 26213 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 19 10 -3.1 -9.3 63 20 26520 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 0 7 -0.0 -6.9 64 18 26822 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 227 9 6.3 5.8 65 17 27127 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 19 7 -2.4 -6.8 66 15 27432 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 230 9 7.3 6.1 67 14 27737 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 281 5 4.9 -0.9 68 13 28042 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 198 6 2.0 6.1 69 12 28346 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 258 14 13.9 3.0 70 11 28651 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 313 6 4.4 -4.0 71 10 28956 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 231 6 4.7 3.8 72 9 29261 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 265 7 7.0 0.6 73 8 29566 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 208 4 1.7 3.2 74 7 29870 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 161 14 -4.4 12.9 75 7 30175 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 222 16 10.5 11.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.4 neg: -49.2 tot: 260.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 47.05 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 208 30 183 27| 34.8 0.0 34.8|217.8 0.0 217.8 435.7 0.84| 37.7 31.7 1000 216 34 194 29| 14.0 0.0 14.0|251.0 -26.0 225.0 225.0 0.66| 24.4 16.1 1500 221 33 199 27| 8.0 0.0 8.0|305.2 -30.9 274.4 182.9 0.62| 21.4 13.2 2000 225 31 201 24| 5.1 0.0 5.1|306.8 -37.8 269.0 134.5 0.55| 17.6 9.6 2500 227 28 201 21| 2.9 0.0 2.9|306.8 -46.7 260.1 104.0 0.37| 16.8 6.3 3000 231 25 201 17| 2.8 0.0 2.8|309.4 -49.2 260.1 86.7 0.31| 15.6 4.8 4000 236 20 198 13| 2.7 0.6 3.2|320.7 -57.6 263.1 65.8 0.27| 14.0 3.7 5000 240 18 195 10| 2.1 2.0 4.2|331.3 -61.5 269.9 54.0 0.30| 13.3 4.0 6000 243 17 196 9| 1.9 1.7 3.6|338.7 -66.6 272.1 45.3 0.27| 12.1 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDDC/skewt/KDDC.skewt.20251009.12.gif