UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KEPZ... Searching the city database file for: KEPZ ... Date:1200Z 18 OCT 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 108 1 925 782 SFC 875 1252 15.2 5.2 51 10.0 9.6 310 8 299.6 300.7 288.2 318.4 6.34 3 856 1441 17.4 2.4 37 15.0 9.2 310 19 303.8 304.7 288.7 319.9 5.32 4 850 1502 16.8 1.8 36 15.0 8.7 310 23 303.7 304.7 288.5 319.3 5.13 5 796 2056 11.6 0.6 47 11.0 5.8 298 22 304.0 304.9 288.5 319.2 5.02 6 762 2419 8.8 -3.2 43 12.0 3.0 281 22 304.7 305.5 287.8 316.9 3.96 7 740 2660 6.6 -1.4 57 8.0 2.6 269 24 304.9 305.8 288.5 319.2 4.67 8 700 3114 3.6 -17.4 20 21.0 -3.6 280 25 306.5 306.7 285.7 311.0 1.39 9 699 3126 3.4 -17.6 20 21.0 -3.8 280 25 306.4 306.6 285.6 310.8 1.37 10 687 3266 4.0 280 29 308.6 11 681 3337 4.0 280 31 309.3 12 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351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 42 158 13760 -62.7 -84.7 4 22.0 -62.9 263 68 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.00 43 156 13839 -62.7 -84.7 4 22.0 -62.9 262 67 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 44 150 14080 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.0 265 57 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 45 131 14906 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.8 252 50 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 46 127 15093 -67.9 -87.9 4 20.0 -68.0 250 52 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 47 124 15237 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 250 54 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 48 122 15335 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 251 52 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 49 111 15899 -71.5 -91.5 4 20.0 -71.6 261 41 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 50 100 16510 -75.9 -93.9 4 18.0 -75.9 250 35 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 51 98 16626 -76.3 -93.3 5 17.0 -76.3 255 39 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 52 94 16866 -76.5 -92.5 6 16.0 -76.5 259 39 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 53 86 17383 -71.9 -86.9 9 15.0 -72.0 276 44 405.9 405.9 306.0 406.0 0.00 54 84 17521 -70.7 -86.7 8 16.0 -70.8 280 41 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 55 79 17883 -71.9 -89.9 5 18.0 -72.0 257 28 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 56 73 18351 -69.5 -87.5 6 18.0 -69.6 269 20 430.5 430.5 308.9 430.5 0.00 57 70 18600 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 235 8 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 58 63 19229 -68.5 -88.5 4 20.0 -68.7 13 2 451.2 451.2 311.0 451.2 0.00 59 62 19325 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.1 354 2 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 60 61 19422 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 334 1 455.4 455.4 311.4 455.4 0.00 61 56 19943 -61.9 -84.9 3 23.0 -62.3 283 8 481.7 481.7 313.6 481.8 0.01 62 50 20640 -64.3 -91.3 1 27.0 -64.6 70 9 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.00 63 48 20889 -64.5 -91.5 1 27.0 -64.8 103 9 497.3 497.3 314.8 497.3 0.00 64 43 21568 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.7 289 5 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 65 42 21715 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.7 332 4 527.5 527.5 316.8 527.5 0.00 66 34 23043 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.7 342 5 569.8 569.8 319.2 569.9 0.01 67 32 23429 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -56.8 14 6 583.0 583.0 319.8 583.1 0.01 68 31 23631 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.0 33 7 587.8 587.8 320.0 587.9 0.01 69 31 23631 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.0 33 7 587.8 587.8 320.0 587.9 0.01 70 30 23840 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.6 270 10 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 71 28 24284 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -54.9 253 8 612.4 612.4 321.2 612.5 0.01 72 27 24520 -51.3 -82.3 1 31.0 -53.8 293 8 623.3 623.3 321.6 623.4 0.02 73 22 25846 -53.5 -83.5 1 30.0 -55.9 357 3 654.3 654.3 322.9 654.5 0.02 74 21 26146 -53.5 -83.5 1 30.0 -55.9 278 4 663.1 663.1 323.2 663.2 0.02 75 20 26460 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -56.3 235 8 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.3 0.02 76 19 26789 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -56.5 233 7 681.1 681.1 323.8 681.2 0.02 77 16 27885 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -58.5 216 15 708.2 708.2 324.7 708.4 0.02 78 16 27885 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -58.6 216 15 707.6 707.6 324.7 707.7 0.02 79 13 29216 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -55.8 256 12 766.8 766.8 326.4 767.0 0.03 80 12 29736 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -55.1 228 15 789.5 789.5 327.0 789.9 0.04 81 11 30305 -49.5 -81.5 1 32.0 -54.8 221 21 812.3 812.3 327.5 812.8 0.05 82 11 30305 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -54.6 221 21 813.8 813.8 327.6 814.3 0.05 83 10 30930 -48.9 -80.9 1 32.0 -54.8 230 30 837.0 837.0 328.1 837.6 0.06 84 10 30930 -48.9 -80.9 1 32.0 -54.8 230 30 837.0 837.0 328.1 837.6 0.06 85 9.8 31063 -49.1 -80.1 1 31.0 -55.0 841.1 841.1 328.2 841.8 0.07 86 9.0 31620 -50.3 -81.3 1 31.0 -56.0 857.2 857.3 328.5 857.8 0.06 87 7.8 32561 -47.1 -80.1 1 33.0 -54.8 905.9 905.9 329.5 906.8 0.08 88 7.5 32821 -45.9 -78.9 1 33.0 -54.3 921.0 921.0 329.8 922.1 0.11 89 7.3 33001 -46.3 -78.3 1 32.0 -54.6 926.5 926.5 329.9 927.8 0.12 TRP 98 16626 -76.3 -93.3 5 17.0 -76.3 255 39 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 WND 268 10321 -41.5 -59.3 13 17.8 -42.3 275 90 337.5 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.00 m Freezing level: 616.11 mb = 4145.29 m = 13599.85 ft Freezing level: 581.00 mb = 4612.30 m = 15132.02 ft Freezing level: 570.60 mb = 4757.05 m = 15606.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.27 mb = 2846.96 m = 9340.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.45 % Est. max temperature: 20.89 C = 69.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.78 mb = 2519.00 m = 8264.35 ft T: 7.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.83 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 700.0- 687.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 517.58 mb = 5529.66 m = 18141.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.52 C = 101.34 F Cap Strength: 10.17 C Lifted Index: 10.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 10.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 8.50 C K Index: 4.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58135.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.42 mb = 3343.85 m = 10970.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 332 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 875 1252 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 163 17 -4.9 16.0 1 850 1502 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 226 9 6.6 6.3 2 848 1524 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 239 12 10.3 6.2 3 817 1829 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 230 11 8.7 7.3 4 788 2134 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 213 15 8.0 12.2 5 759 2438 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 212 20 10.7 17.3 6 732 2743 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 211 27 13.9 23.3 7 706 3048 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 219 19 12.2 14.9 8 700 3114 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 219 22 13.6 16.8 9 679 3353 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 233 26 20.5 15.5 10 654 3658 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 235 23 18.9 13.1 11 629 3962 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 225 18 12.5 12.5 12 606 4267 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 238 15 12.4 7.6 13 561 4877 315 42 29.7 -29.7 | 295 21 18.7 -8.6 14 520 5486 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 280 26 25.9 -4.7 15 501 5791 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 288 24 22.7 -7.2 16 500 5800 310 43 32.9 -27.6 | 287 23 21.9 -6.5 17 481 6096 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 294 20 18.0 -7.9 18 444 6706 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 273 15 15.0 -0.8 19 427 7010 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 287 9 8.9 -2.6 20 410 7315 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 269 18 18.5 0.4 21 400 7500 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 251 21 19.8 6.7 22 393 7620 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 251 21 19.8 6.7 23 361 8230 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 251 39 37.2 12.6 24 331 8839 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 259 52 51.0 10.2 25 318 9144 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 259 53 52.0 10.0 26 304 9449 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 263 64 63.8 7.9 27 300 9550 280 83 81.7 -14.4 | 265 71 70.7 6.7 28 291 9754 280 86 84.7 -14.9 | 265 74 73.7 6.2 29 278 10058 275 84 83.7 -7.3 | 259 74 72.7 13.8 30 268 10321 275 90 89.7 -7.8 | 260 80 78.6 13.3 31 266 10363 275 90 89.7 -7.8 | 260 80 78.6 13.3 32 255 10668 275 88 87.7 -7.7 | 260 78 76.7 13.4 33 250 10790 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 258 69 67.7 14.2 34 243 10973 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 251 65 62.0 21.1 35 232 11278 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 253 70 67.0 21.1 36 222 11582 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 253 74 71.0 21.1 37 212 11887 275 68 67.7 -5.9 | 255 59 56.7 15.2 38 202 12192 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 249 60 56.0 21.1 39 200 12270 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 251 64 60.0 21.1 40 193 12497 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 250 62 58.0 21.1 41 184 12802 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 251 64 60.0 21.1 42 175 13106 270 74 74.0 -0.0 | 251 66 63.0 21.1 43 151 14021 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 239 62 53.0 32.4 44 150 14080 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 240 53 45.8 26.1 45 144 14326 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 244 48 43.0 21.1 46 137 14630 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 236 46 37.8 25.4 47 130 14935 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 223 52 36.0 38.2 48 124 15240 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 225 56 39.7 39.6 49 112 15850 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 226 41 29.4 28.2 50 106 16154 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 229 37 27.8 24.5 51 100 16510 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 213 40 21.9 33.1 52 98 16626 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 221 41 26.7 31.2 53 96 16764 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 213 40 21.9 33.1 54 91 17069 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 245 40 35.8 17.0 55 86 17374 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 242 37 32.8 17.3 56 82 17678 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 248 29 26.7 11.0 57 78 17983 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 198 32 9.8 30.8 58 74 18288 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 203 25 9.9 22.9 59 70 18593 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 201 18 6.4 16.4 60 70 18600 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 170 26 -4.5 25.7 61 67 18898 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 170 26 -4.5 25.7 62 63 19202 20 2 -0.7 -1.9 | 149 22 -11.7 19.2 63 60 19507 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 153 23 -10.4 20.3 64 57 19812 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 177 22 -1.0 22.0 65 55 20117 305 5 4.1 -2.9 | 159 19 -6.9 18.2 66 52 20422 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 149 10 -5.1 8.4 67 50 20640 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 133 27 -19.5 18.0 68 49 20726 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 128 24 -18.7 14.7 69 47 21031 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 151 32 -15.6 27.7 70 45 21336 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 166 33 -8.2 31.7 71 43 21641 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 157 20 -7.9 18.5 72 41 21946 25 3 -1.3 -2.7 | 146 22 -12.3 18.4 73 39 22250 10 1 -0.2 -1.0 | 151 23 -11.2 20.1 74 37 22555 345 4 1.0 -3.9 | 150 20 -10.0 17.2 75 35 22860 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 142 26 -16.0 20.7 76 33 23165 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 163 21 -6.2 19.8 77 32 23470 25 6 -2.5 -5.4 | 139 21 -13.5 15.7 78 30 23774 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 135 22 -15.5 15.7 79 30 23840 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 177 21 -1.0 21.1 80 29 24079 195 2 0.5 1.9 | 156 25 -10.5 23.0 81 28 24384 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 179 19 -0.2 19.2 82 26 24689 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 158 19 -7.2 17.9 83 25 24994 360 2 -0.0 -2.0 | 150 22 -11.0 19.1 84 24 25298 225 3 2.1 2.1 | 159 25 -8.9 23.2 85 23 25603 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 172 18 -2.6 18.0 86 22 25908 15 2 -0.5 -1.9 | 149 22 -11.5 19.2 87 21 26213 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 162 24 -7.2 22.5 88 20 26460 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 170 26 -4.5 25.7 89 20 26518 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 168 29 -5.8 28.5 90 19 26822 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 168 26 -5.3 25.1 91 18 27127 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 163 35 -10.0 33.1 92 17 27432 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 170 31 -5.5 30.6 93 16 27737 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 164 31 -8.7 29.8 94 16 28042 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 189 33 5.4 32.6 95 15 28346 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 171 30 -4.7 30.1 96 14 28651 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 200 31 10.6 29.0 97 14 28956 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 190 23 3.9 22.4 98 13 29261 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 181 24 0.6 24.2 99 12 29566 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 189 27 4.0 26.6 100 12 29870 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 175 33 -3.0 32.6 101 10 30930 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 197 42 12.0 40.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.4 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 332.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: -41.5 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 17.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 307 20 211 10| 0.0 17.0 17.0| 43.8 -3.8 40.0 80.0 0.70| 20.3 14.2 1000 303 21 217 12| 0.0 7.3 7.3| 43.8 -18.2 25.6 25.6 0.35| 14.0 4.9 1500 294 22 216 15| 0.0 6.9 6.9| 44.2 -22.9 21.3 14.2 0.24| 12.8 3.0 2000 289 23 218 17| 2.0 5.2 7.2| 83.9 -22.9 61.0 30.5 0.30| 13.2 3.9 2500 287 24 222 19| 2.2 4.1 6.3|105.5 -28.4 77.1 30.8 0.30| 12.2 3.6 3000 288 25 223 18| 2.6 3.4 6.1|120.2 -41.5 78.7 26.2 0.27| 11.7 3.2 4000 296 28 238 17| 3.6 3.2 6.8|189.4 -59.0 130.4 32.6 0.35| 11.6 4.1 5000 300 31 251 17| 2.8 2.5 5.4|218.3 -77.4 140.9 28.2 0.32| 10.6 3.4 6000 302 32 256 16| 2.4 2.2 4.6|224.3-105.7 118.6 19.8 0.23| 10.3 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KEPZ/skewt/KEPZ.skewt.20251018.12.gif