UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 APR 25 Searching for KEPZ... Searching the city database file for: KEPZ ... Date:1200Z 16 APR 25 Station: KEPZ WMO ident: 72364 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -106.70 Elevation: 1252.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 925 766 SFC 874 1252 17.4 6.4 48 11.0 11.0 140 9 302.0 303.2 289.5 322.6 6.91 3 850 1493 20.0 5.0 37 15.0 11.3 165 11 307.1 308.3 290.8 326.8 6.44 4 848 1513 20.0 5.0 37 15.0 11.2 165 11 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.0 6.46 5 820 1802 18.4 2.4 34 16.0 9.5 196 13 308.6 309.6 290.5 325.7 5.55 6 806 1949 17.8 2.8 37 15.0 9.3 204 17 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.4 5.81 7 798 2034 17.6 2.6 37 15.0 9.1 207 20 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.1 5.79 8 777 2261 17.0 0.0 32 17.0 7.8 220 20 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.3 4.92 9 706 3068 10.2 -2.8 40 13.0 3.6 213 17 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.0 4.41 10 700 3139 9.6 -3.4 40 13.0 3.1 205 16 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.6 4.25 11 665 3562 6.6 -8.4 33 15.0 -0.2 220 22 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.2 3.05 12 636 3927 4.0 -17.0 20 21.0 -3.7 220 30 315.4 315.8 289.0 320.7 1.59 13 598 4424 0.0 -22.0 17 22.0 -7.0 234 33 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.2 1.10 14 581 4655 -1.3 -21.3 20 20.0 -7.7 244 40 317.5 317.8 289.2 321.6 1.20 15 556 5004 -4.1 -25.1 18 21.0 -10.1 238 42 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.3 0.90 16 502 5799 -11.3 -23.3 36 12.0 -14.6 235 49 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.9 1.17 17 500 5830 -11.5 -23.5 36 12.0 -14.8 235 48 319.0 319.2 289.6 323.0 1.15 18 466 6362 -16.5 -26.5 42 10.0 -18.8 226 47 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.6 0.94 19 400 7490 -23.1 -52.1 5 29.0 -25.9 245 36 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 20 397 7545 -23.5 -52.5 5 29.0 -26.3 245 36 325.1 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.07 21 358 8293 -29.1 -59.1 4 30.0 -31.1 242 32 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.04 22 344 8576 -31.5 -58.5 5 27.0 -33.2 250 36 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.04 23 326 8954 -34.1 -62.1 4 28.0 -35.5 247 44 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.03 24 300 9530 -39.3 -61.3 8 22.0 -40.2 240 52 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.03 25 294 9668 -40.5 -60.5 10 20.0 -41.3 240 51 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.04 26 270 10241 -44.9 -63.9 10 19.0 -45.4 239 54 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.03 27 253 10672 -48.3 -65.3 12 17.0 -48.7 240 58 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.02 28 250 10750 -48.9 -65.9 12 17.0 -49.3 245 56 333.4 333.4 292.6 333.5 0.02 29 232 11238 -52.7 -63.7 25 11.0 -52.9 245 54 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 30 210 11879 -55.1 -70.1 14 15.0 -55.4 245 79 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.01 31 200 12190 -57.5 -71.5 15 14.0 -57.7 245 95 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 32 195 12349 -58.7 -72.7 15 14.0 -58.9 245 97 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.01 33 188 12578 -59.9 -72.9 17 13.0 -60.0 245 101 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.01 34 186 12645 -60.2 -73.3 16 13.1 -60.3 245 102 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.01 35 170 13203 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.6 245 92 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 36 169 13240 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.6 245 91 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 37 167 13313 -62.7 -76.7 14 14.0 -62.8 245 90 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 38 154 13816 -60.1 -76.1 11 16.0 -60.3 245 77 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 39 150 13980 -60.3 -77.3 9 17.0 -60.5 245 73 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 40 135 14634 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.7 250 68 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 41 120 15354 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 253 57 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 42 113 15716 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 244 59 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 43 110 15877 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 240 61 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.00 44 105 16157 -68.3 -87.3 5 19.0 -68.4 245 69 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 45 101 16390 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 253 60 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 46 100 16450 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 255 58 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 47 95 16756 -68.9 -87.9 5 19.0 -69.0 260 49 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 48 93 16882 -68.5 -88.5 4 20.0 -68.6 256 48 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 49 88 17214 -66.1 -86.1 4 20.0 -66.2 255 41 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 50 87 17282 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.1 257 39 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 51 79 17860 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.2 244 29 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 52 71 18487 -74.1 -94.1 3 20.0 -74.2 234 31 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 53 70 18570 -73.1 -92.1 4 19.0 -73.2 235 32 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 54 65 19009 -68.3 -86.3 6 18.0 -68.4 255 27 447.7 447.7 310.6 447.7 0.00 55 64 19103 -68.1 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 271 24 450.1 450.1 310.8 450.1 0.00 56 60 19488 -70.3 -92.3 3 22.0 -70.4 338 8 453.5 453.5 311.2 453.6 0.00 57 60 19488 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 338 8 453.5 453.5 311.2 453.6 0.00 58 53 20235 -64.9 -86.9 3 22.0 -65.2 265 17 482.4 482.4 313.7 482.5 0.00 59 51 20469 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 280 18 486.4 486.4 314.0 486.4 0.00 60 50 20590 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 280 19 491.0 491.0 314.3 491.0 0.00 61 44 21376 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.9 320 13 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 62 44 21376 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -62.0 320 13 517.1 517.1 316.1 517.1 0.00 63 42 21665 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.7 354 13 525.0 525.0 316.6 525.0 0.00 64 41 21814 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.7 33 9 528.7 528.7 316.8 528.7 0.00 65 40 21968 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.7 75 5 532.4 532.4 317.1 532.4 0.00 66 38 22287 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.6 169 8 543.3 543.3 317.7 543.4 0.00 67 36 22626 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.5 267 9 555.4 555.4 318.4 555.5 0.01 68 35 22803 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.0 316 4 558.4 558.4 318.6 558.4 0.00 69 34 22984 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.4 345 4 562.0 562.0 318.8 562.0 0.00 70 33 23171 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.0 2 5 567.8 567.8 319.0 567.9 0.00 71 32 23364 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.3 322 4 575.0 575.0 319.4 575.0 0.01 72 30 23770 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.6 290 6 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.01 73 27 24435 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.9 308 10 602.5 602.5 320.7 602.5 0.01 74 27 24435 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.7 308 10 603.1 603.1 320.7 603.1 0.01 75 26 24674 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.4 344 9 610.7 610.7 321.1 610.8 0.01 76 23 25452 -56.5 -85.5 1 29.0 -58.2 46 9 637.2 637.2 322.2 637.3 0.01 77 22 25736 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -57.1 41 12 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.7 0.01 78 21 26035 -53.7 -83.7 1 30.0 -56.1 99 9 662.5 662.5 323.2 662.6 0.02 79 20 26350 -52.9 -82.9 1 30.0 -55.6 180 4 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.4 0.02 80 15 28234 -46.3 -77.3 2 31.0 -51.8 213 11 754.0 754.0 326.1 754.6 0.07 81 14 28692 -46.7 -76.7 2 30.0 -52.3 242 8 767.7 767.7 326.4 768.4 0.08 82 11 30295 -45.7 -74.7 2 29.0 -52.5 259 7 826.1 826.2 327.9 827.5 0.14 83 10 30932 -44.3 -74.3 2 30.0 -52.2 282 3 854.2 854.3 328.5 855.9 0.16 84 10 30932 -44.3 -74.3 2 30.0 -52.2 282 3 854.2 854.3 328.5 855.9 0.16 85 10 30932 -44.7 -74.7 2 30.0 -52.4 282 3 852.7 852.8 328.5 854.3 0.15 TRP 169 13240 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.6 245 91 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 WND 186 12645 -60.2 -73.3 16 13.1 -60.3 245 102 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 598.00 mb = 4424.12 m = 14514.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.69 mb = 3541.37 m = 11618.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.31 mb = 2657.22 m = 8717.82 ft T: 13.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 777.0- 581.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 578.95 mb = 4682.77 m = 15363.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.40 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 23.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41644.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.00 mb = 3661.28 m = 12011.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 259 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 874 1252 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 95 29 -29.2 2.4 1 850 1493 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 103 27 -26.3 6.1 2 847 1524 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 103 27 -26.3 6.1 3 817 1829 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 112 21 -19.0 7.7 4 788 2134 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 142 20 -11.9 15.4 5 760 2438 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 114 11 -10.3 4.7 6 733 2743 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 110 12 -11.1 4.1 7 708 3048 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 125 17 -13.7 9.4 8 700 3139 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 121 19 -16.7 10.0 9 682 3353 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 132 15 -11.2 10.1 10 656 3658 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 150 16 -8.0 13.9 11 632 3962 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 170 20 -3.5 19.3 12 608 4267 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 170 16 -2.9 16.0 13 585 4572 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 225 17 11.9 12.0 14 563 4877 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 218 21 12.9 16.5 15 542 5182 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 209 22 11.0 19.6 16 522 5486 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 224 28 19.0 20.0 17 502 5791 235 49 40.1 28.1 | 215 29 16.7 23.6 18 500 5830 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 215 28 15.9 23.0 19 482 6096 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 204 27 11.0 24.4 20 463 6401 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 199 30 9.8 28.7 21 444 6706 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 207 30 13.3 26.4 22 410 7315 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 213 17 9.5 14.5 23 400 7490 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 221 14 9.2 10.7 24 393 7620 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 221 14 9.2 10.7 25 376 7925 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 236 16 13.2 8.9 26 360 8230 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 197 12 3.4 11.0 27 345 8534 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 232 12 9.5 7.5 28 331 8839 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 238 19 16.0 9.9 29 317 9144 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 223 27 18.1 19.5 30 303 9449 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 234 29 23.7 17.5 31 300 9530 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 225 30 21.6 21.5 32 290 9754 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 225 30 20.7 21.0 33 277 10058 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 234 29 23.7 17.5 34 265 10363 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 219 36 22.4 27.6 35 253 10668 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 228 36 26.8 24.5 36 250 10750 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 235 33 27.3 19.2 37 242 10973 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 235 34 28.2 19.6 38 230 11278 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 234 31 25.5 18.3 39 220 11582 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 228 38 28.5 25.5 40 210 11887 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 239 57 49.1 29.3 41 200 12190 245 95 86.1 40.1 | 240 72 62.7 35.7 42 190 12497 245 99 89.7 41.8 | 241 76 66.3 37.4 43 186 12645 245 102 92.4 43.1 | 241 79 69.0 38.6 44 181 12802 245 102 92.4 43.1 | 241 79 69.0 38.6 45 173 13106 245 96 87.0 40.6 | 240 73 63.6 36.1 46 169 13240 245 91 82.5 38.5 | 240 68 59.0 34.0 47 164 13411 245 88 79.8 37.2 | 240 65 56.3 32.7 48 150 13980 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 238 50 42.7 26.4 49 149 14021 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 230 45 34.6 29.0 50 142 14326 250 73 68.6 25.0 | 246 50 45.2 20.5 51 135 14630 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 245 45 40.5 18.8 52 128 14935 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 245 44 39.5 18.4 53 122 15240 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 252 33 31.6 10.3 54 110 15850 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 228 38 28.5 25.5 55 105 16154 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 238 46 39.1 24.7 56 100 16450 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 252 34 32.6 10.5 57 100 16459 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 244 38 33.9 16.4 58 95 16764 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 261 25 24.8 4.0 59 90 17069 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 240 23 19.8 11.2 60 86 17374 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 262 12 12.0 1.8 61 77 17983 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 180 9 -0.1 9.0 62 73 18288 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 178 15 -0.5 14.8 63 70 18570 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 191 14 2.8 13.9 64 70 18593 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 181 15 0.3 15.4 65 66 18898 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 191 14 2.8 13.9 66 60 19507 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 60 24 -20.7 -12.0 67 57 19812 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 76 16 -15.5 -3.8 68 54 20117 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 89 7 -7.0 -0.1 69 51 20422 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 37 10 -5.7 -7.6 70 50 20590 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 31 9 -4.7 -7.8 71 49 20726 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 29 7 -3.5 -6.2 72 47 21031 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 57 14 -11.8 -7.6 73 44 21336 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 46 20 -14.2 -13.7 74 42 21641 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 48 27 -19.8 -18.0 75 40 21946 65 5 -4.5 -2.1 | 77 29 -28.0 -6.6 76 36 22555 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 91 13 -13.5 0.2 77 35 22860 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 72 23 -21.9 -7.1 78 33 23165 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 68 26 -23.9 -9.5 79 31 23470 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 72 21 -20.0 -6.5 80 30 23770 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 70 19 -17.8 -6.5 81 30 23774 100 4 -3.9 0.7 | 82 28 -27.4 -3.8 82 29 24079 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 73 19 -18.6 -5.8 83 27 24384 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 57 18 -14.8 -9.5 84 26 24689 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 58 25 -21.1 -13.2 85 25 24994 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 78 27 -26.3 -5.5 86 24 25298 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 78 29 -28.3 -5.8 87 22 25603 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 59 33 -27.9 -16.7 88 21 25908 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 75 35 -33.4 -9.1 89 20 26350 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 89 23 -23.4 -0.5 90 19 26518 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 115 31 -28.1 12.9 91 17 26822 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 85 25 -25.4 -2.2 92 16 27127 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 90 29 -28.8 0.0 93 15 27432 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 93 13 -12.6 0.6 94 13 27737 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 84 19 -19.1 -2.0 95 12 28042 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 84 20 -20.2 -2.2 96 11 28346 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 79 16 -15.6 -3.1 97 10 28651 255 4 3.9 1.0 | 80 20 -19.6 -3.5 98 9 28956 340 1 0.3 -0.9 | 77 24 -23.1 -5.4 99 9 29261 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 67 27 -24.5 -10.4 100 8 29566 100 3 -3.0 0.5 | 81 27 -26.4 -4.0 101 7 29870 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 94 17 -16.5 1.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 259.2 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.9 neg: -30.2 tot: 152.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 106.86 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 167 11 103 27| 10.1 0.0 10.1| 51.6 0.0 51.6 103.2 0.70| 10.7 7.5 1000 193 14 115 22| 10.6 0.0 10.6|109.0 -6.7 102.3 102.3 0.63| 13.5 8.6 1500 207 15 119 19| 6.2 0.0 6.2|109.0 -25.8 83.3 55.5 0.33| 11.6 3.8 2000 210 15 119 18| 4.7 1.7 6.4|128.4 -30.0 98.4 49.2 0.33| 11.5 3.8 2500 213 17 124 17| 5.4 1.4 6.8|163.4 -30.0 133.5 53.4 0.43| 11.2 4.8 3000 215 19 131 17| 5.1 1.1 6.3|182.9 -30.2 152.7 50.9 0.44| 10.7 4.7 4000 225 24 153 14| 5.8 1.5 7.2|252.0 -55.9 196.1 49.0 0.45| 11.1 5.0 5000 229 29 173 15| 4.6 1.9 6.5|279.1-129.4 149.7 29.9 0.32| 10.7 3.4 6000 229 32 182 16| 3.8 1.6 5.4|324.4-136.4 188.0 31.3 0.32| 10.3 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KEPZ/skewt/KEPZ.skewt.20250416.12.gif