UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for KEPZ... Searching the city database file for: KEPZ ... Date:0000Z 19 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 85 1 925 780 SFC 877 1252 25.0 -3.0 15 28.0 10.4 310 12 309.6 310.2 288.9 320.6 3.49 3 866 1360 23.0 -5.0 15 28.0 9.1 314 12 308.6 309.2 288.2 318.2 3.04 4 850 1519 20.8 -6.2 16 27.0 7.8 320 13 307.9 308.5 287.7 316.9 2.83 5 822 1807 18.6 -6.4 18 25.0 6.6 306 13 308.6 309.1 288.0 317.7 2.88 6 783 2220 15.0 -12.0 14 27.0 3.6 318 15 309.0 309.4 287.2 315.3 1.94 7 753 2549 13.6 -14.4 13 28.0 2.2 350 15 311.0 311.3 287.6 316.4 1.66 8 723 2890 12.0 -21.0 8 33.0 0.3 15 18 312.9 313.1 287.5 316.2 0.99 9 700 3159 10.2 -15.8 14 26.0 0.0 35 15 313.8 314.1 288.4 319.1 1.59 10 670 3520 7.2 -15.8 18 23.0 -1.6 25 16 314.4 314.7 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16.0 -72.5 280 40 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 WND 211 11974 -50.6 -72.6 6 22.0 -51.0 270 72 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.00 m Freezing level: 553.20 mb = 5071.91 m = 16639.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.64 mb = 3163.26 m = 10378.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 578.29 mb = 4715.38 m = 15470.21 ft T: 2.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.69 C Layer 866.0- 822.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 440.40 mb = 6840.12 m = 22441.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.98 C = 105.77 F Cap Strength: 12.63 C Lifted Index: 10.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.66 C Showalter Index: 11.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 0.90 C K Index: -4.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50083.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 554.90 mb = 5047.22 m = 16558.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 26 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 877 1252 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 266 14 13.6 1.0 1 850 1519 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 275 13 12.7 -1.2 2 849 1524 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 275 13 12.7 -1.2 3 819 1829 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 265 15 15.0 1.3 4 790 2134 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 273 16 15.8 -0.9 5 762 2438 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 299 11 9.5 -5.3 6 735 2743 10 16 -2.8 -15.8 | 347 7 1.6 -7.0 7 709 3048 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 | 14 11 -2.8 -11.0 8 700 3159 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 50 6 -4.2 -3.5 9 683 3353 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 1 3 -0.1 -3.5 10 658 3658 30 18 -9.0 -15.6 | 34 8 -4.6 -6.8 11 634 3962 30 21 -10.5 -18.2 | 33 11 -6.1 -9.4 12 610 4267 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 | 341 9 2.9 -8.2 13 587 4572 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 320 12 7.5 -9.0 14 566 4877 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 332 9 4.4 -8.3 15 545 5182 355 8 0.7 -8.0 | 261 5 5.1 0.8 16 524 5486 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 267 10 10.1 0.6 17 505 5791 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 270 7 6.7 0.1 18 500 5870 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 268 7 7.4 0.3 19 485 6096 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 273 4 3.6 -0.2 20 466 6401 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 273 4 3.6 -0.2 21 448 6706 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 260 4 4.4 0.7 22 413 7315 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 218 10 5.9 7.5 23 400 7560 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 232 14 11.4 8.7 24 397 7620 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 230 14 10.4 8.7 25 380 7925 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 239 16 13.3 8.0 26 364 8230 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 242 25 22.1 11.9 27 321 9144 290 47 44.2 -16.1 | 279 49 48.5 -7.3 28 307 9449 295 52 47.1 -22.0 | 284 53 51.5 -13.2 29 300 9620 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 280 57 56.0 -10.1 30 294 9754 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 281 60 58.9 -11.1 31 281 10058 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 275 58 57.5 -5.5 32 269 10363 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 275 58 57.5 -5.5 33 257 10668 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 282 67 65.4 -13.5 34 250 10860 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 282 71 69.2 -14.9 35 246 10973 290 70 65.8 -23.9 | 282 72 70.1 -15.2 36 235 11278 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 282 71 69.2 -14.9 37 214 11887 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 272 64 64.4 -1.8 38 211 11974 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 263 77 76.4 8.7 39 204 12192 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 263 77 76.4 8.7 40 200 12320 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 263 76 75.4 8.7 41 194 12497 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 263 75 74.4 8.7 42 160 13716 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 281 61 59.8 -11.4 43 152 14021 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 260 52 51.4 8.7 44 150 14120 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 252 57 54.6 17.6 45 145 14326 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 248 61 56.5 22.7 46 138 14630 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 248 63 58.5 23.2 47 124 15240 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 269 51 50.6 0.6 48 118 15545 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 273 46 45.9 -2.4 49 118 15561 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 268 44 43.8 1.8 50 112 15850 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 268 45 44.7 1.6 51 107 16154 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 249 40 36.9 14.5 52 101 16459 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 257 40 39.4 8.7 53 100 16540 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 275 29 28.8 -2.7 54 96 16764 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 277 32 31.5 -3.9 55 91 17069 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 259 26 26.0 4.9 56 87 17374 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 253 21 20.1 6.0 57 82 17678 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 250 26 24.4 8.7 58 78 17983 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 243 27 24.1 12.2 59 74 18288 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 269 27 26.9 0.5 60 70 18593 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 254 25 24.3 7.0 61 70 18630 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 251 16 14.7 5.0 62 67 18898 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 251 14 13.4 4.5 63 64 19202 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 305 10 8.2 -5.7 64 61 19507 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 231 13 10.3 8.2 65 58 19812 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 261 17 17.0 2.8 66 55 20117 75 4 -3.9 -1.0 | 184 8 0.5 7.7 67 52 20422 125 6 -4.9 3.4 | 177 12 -0.6 12.2 68 50 20670 15 16 -4.1 -15.5 | 358 7 0.2 -6.7 69 50 20726 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 291 8 7.5 -2.8 70 47 21031 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 | 341 9 2.9 -8.2 71 45 21336 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 153 7 -3.4 6.7 72 43 21641 185 2 0.2 2.0 | 203 12 4.5 10.7 73 41 21946 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 205 13 5.4 11.6 74 39 22250 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 175 14 -1.3 14.4 75 35 22860 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 202 8 2.9 7.3 76 32 23470 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 198 20 6.1 18.6 77 31 23774 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 224 13 9.3 9.6 78 30 23890 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 193 19 4.4 18.7 79 28 24384 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 197 22 6.4 20.6 80 27 24689 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 208 23 10.9 20.0 81 25 24994 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 206 21 9.0 18.7 82 24 25298 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 216 20 11.4 15.8 83 23 25603 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 235 22 17.9 12.4 84 22 25908 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 224 25 17.5 17.9 85 21 26213 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 258 25 24.1 5.3 86 20 26510 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 265 15 15.0 1.3 87 18 26822 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 259 15 14.8 2.7 88 17 27127 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 243 13 11.9 6.0 89 16 27432 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 217 6 3.7 4.8 90 14 27737 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 206 20 8.6 17.8 91 13 28042 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 224 20 13.9 14.2 92 12 28346 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 222 17 11.3 12.7 93 11 28651 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 206 20 8.6 17.8 94 10 28956 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 222 27 18.1 20.3 95 9 29261 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 212 31 16.4 25.9 96 9 29566 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 216 32 18.5 25.6 97 8 29870 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 219 30 19.2 23.6 98 7 30175 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 216 33 19.1 26.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.5 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 26.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: -33.2 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 11.09 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 315 13 271 13| 0.0 1.1 1.1| 7.1 -6.0 1.2 2.3 0.09| 4.5 0.4 1000 312 13 271 14| 1.9 0.5 2.4| 24.9 -7.9 17.0 17.0 0.42| 5.3 2.2 1500 324 14 282 13| 5.2 0.4 5.5| 54.0 -7.9 46.1 30.7 0.66| 8.0 5.3 2000 341 15 300 11| 4.4 0.3 4.7| 73.3 -9.7 63.6 31.8 0.60| 9.8 5.9 2500 351 15 313 9| 4.4 0.2 4.6| 77.7 -11.6 66.0 26.4 0.51| 9.7 4.9 3000 359 16 327 8| 3.6 1.5 5.1| 77.7 -33.2 44.5 14.8 0.27| 9.9 2.7 4000 358 16 325 8| 2.7 1.8 4.6| 82.6 -54.9 27.6 6.9 0.08| 9.6 0.8 5000 356 14 317 8| 2.5 1.5 4.1| 84.7 -55.5 29.2 5.8 0.09| 8.7 0.7 6000 356 13 310 7| 2.1 1.8 3.9| 84.7 -65.5 19.2 3.2 0.02| 7.9 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KEPZ/skewt/KEPZ.skewt.20251019.00.gif